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Baseball lovers young
and old attend
Cartwright event

About 200 fans of all ages, including Little Leaguers in uniform, turned out for the unveiling of a large plaque honoring baseball founder Alexander J. Cartwright at his Oahu Cemetery grave site Sunday. The ceremony was held on Cartwright's 185th birthday. Cartwright was Honolulu's first fire chief and that's why Fire Chief Attilio Leonardi came riding up in a big yellow firetruck with a group of firefighters. The chief spoke of Cartwright's early creative ideas. It was made clear through Lyle Nelson's research that Cartwright, who was also an adviser to Hawaiian royalty, was quite the Renaissance man. Nelson has put away his baseball glove and spikes but is still running marathons at 80. Mayor Mufi Hannemann was there and the former Iolani sports star said that he hit a home run as a pinch-hitter in his first Little League game. How's that for a start? And he belted it at none other than Cartwright Field in lower Makiki. Former Hawaii Supreme Court Chief Justice William Richardson, a Roosevelt athlete in earlier years, attended. Bob Corboy, an organizer of the event and one of Punahou's finest in his day on the baseball diamond and football field, said the plaque will be cemented in place within a week for all to view. After the ceremony, about 20 people who attended rolled into O'Toole's and the good times continued ...

Vicky and Ginny dress for 'Breakfast at Tiffany's'

Vicky Cayetano was dressed in "Breakfast at Tiffany's" attire with a print dress and hat in keeping with the 1950s theme of the Alzheimer's Association benefit gala at the Sheraton Saturday night. Vicky was co-chair of the event along with Dr. Gary Okamoto. Her sister, Ginny Tiu, who backed singer Jimmy Borges on piano, was wearing similar attire. They looked like twins. Vicky also sang a duet with Jimmy. Jimmy revealed that emcee Kimo Kahoano recently scored a hole in one. It was on Waialae's 171-yard, 8th hole using a 7 wood. "It rolled 30 feet and went in," Kimo said. "What a miracle!" Kimo spoke of the fight his late dad, Jimmy Kahoano, had against Alzheimer's and for the first time in public read thoughts he had written about what his dad was going through. Kimo's well-written prose was quite touching and very appropriate for the occasion ...

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