Kymberlee Weil, Joe Namath
THE same week Hawaii establishes that Aloha Stadium is a perfect place to play the Pro Bowl and a new contract with the NFL is signed, incompetence raises its ugly head. It's decided 10 days are not enough to break down a stage put up for the Rolling Stones on this, their historic last tour, and still get the stadium ready for the football game. Something about painting logos on the grass. Well, excuuuuuse me! The people running the stadium probably don't read the same literature as Stones fans, but you can bet that when word gets out, Honolulu's stock will fall as a potential venue for future blockbuster shows. Most stadiums in America would fight to put on a Stones concert and it would bring in millions of dollars in revenue, present and future. Surely Gov. Ben Cayetano can intercede and we can put on both major events. Surely! Or am I kidding myself? ... Throwing Stones
at stadium chiefsSPORTING note: Kymberlee Weil, who used to mow down many a batter with fast balls as a star pitcher for the UH Wahine softball team, can be found out of uniform in the new issue of Playboy magazine ... Lisa Leung, who plays fiddle with various groups around town including an Irish one, had a blast playing at the Willy Clancy festival in Ireland. "I must be doing something right," she postcards, "because Guinness keeps magically appearing when I play in the pubs." It doesn't hurt that she's an attractive Colleen as well ...
TODAY'S a big one in the life of longtime isle resident Kenneth Joyner. He's being sworn in at the State Capitol as the first African-American male to be a member of the board of barber and cosmetology. Joyner owns and operates the Hair Fair salon ... Beware of board games around Fred Collins. He just won the 25th anniversary State Backgammon Championship at the Pacific Club, making him the first four-time winner ...
THE July 14 issue of Sports Illustrated has a long article about Joe Namath, who's appearing in a Chekhov play, of all things, and it goes into some of the famous people he met during his years as "Broadway Joe." One was Jackie Gleason, who challenged him to a golf match for $10,000. Namath recalls the foursome: "Gleason, Arnold Palmer, a doctor from Honolulu who'd paid $10,000 to charity to play a round of golf with Gleason, and me." So who was this doctor, you ask? Bob Corboy says it was Dr. Hans Zimmerman, a colorful sportsman of the era. When the doctor got home he told Corboy the nine holes with the trio was great -- they were rained out on the back nine -- but the subsequent five hours of drinking were "the greatest time of my life." ... Broadway Joe
NOT mentioned in the Namath article among the famous people he's met -- John Wayne, Frank Sinatra and the "Rat Pack," Elvis etc. -- was Don Ho, but I met Namath in Ho's dressing room many moons ago. When I was introduced to him as a newspaper writer, he wanted to punch me out on general principals, but Ho, God bless him, interceded. True story! We've all mellowed in the ensuing years ...
FORMER Farrington High student Jan Yanehiro married Rob Eves the other day. Yanehiro is now a TV news reporter in San Francisco ... Reach out: Adman Jim Loomis tried to call AT&T to cancel his long distance cell-phone service, and was given an "800" number to call. He dialed the number and a recorded voice said, "Thank you for calling. To continue this call, press 'one'." What is this world coming to? ...
LANDSCAPING from across America: Fifty girls from 50 states are joining hands today to landscape the entire front of the Institute for Human Service's Kaaahi Street Shelter for single women and families in Kalihi. The girls are members of the teen division of Pilot Club International, and are here for the club's annual convention at the Hilton Hawaiian Village. The Red Cross donated the plants, and the girls the elbow grease. They also voted to donate $500 to IHS. Good for them ... Pilot project
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