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The stars still
head to islands
for summer vacation

Spockya: Kenny Rogers and Michelle Pfeiffer, separate sightings, were seen in the Kahala area a couple of weeks ago ... Gary Sinise at Ruth's Chris Steak House at The Shops at Wailea on Maui last Wednesday ... Adam Sandler also in the Kahala area this past weekend ... Artist Kim Taylor Reece and his wife at the "HIFF Summer Saturday" at the Hawaii Theatre this past Saturday, and "Untold Triumph" project coordinator Domingo Los Banos at the showing of the Korean film "Marathon." And for all those Korean-film lovers (I know there are a lot of you), Hawai'i International Film Festival executive director Chuck Boller announced that HIFF and the Honolulu Academy of Arts is bringing K-Fest -- 11 days of award-winning Korean films -- to the Doris Duke Theatre from Aug. 11 to 21. We'll bring you more details as we get them ...

Kudos to the Honolulu Club for donating $10,000 in exercise equipment to Kapiolani Community College's new Exercise Science Program. Group exercise coordinator Jennifer Keane reports changes on the fitness floor too: University of Hawaii medical student Grace Liu, who replaced Mrs. Hawaii International Geri Berger, already has a huge following for her new kickboxing classes. And Sundae Merrick, who is teaching yoga and stretching classes, are packing them in as well ... Compadres Bar & Grill's owner Rick Enos doesn't have to worry if his restaurant gets "too hot." His former bar manager Justin Brownfield just graduated as a firefighter and is back doing catering and working part-time behind the bar. Les Harris, another firefighter graduate, can also be spotted at the restaurant. He and partner Taz Vegas a k a Kalaeloa perform there from 9 p.m. to midnight Friday nights ...

Congratulations go out to Hawaiian chanter James Ka'upena Wong of Waianae for being one of the 12 recipients of the 2005 National Endowment for the Arts National Heritage Fellowship; and Habitat for Sri Lanka, a team of students from the East-West Center Asia Pacific Leadership program and the University of Hawaii, for raising $10,300 to assist in rebuilding housing in the tsunami-devastated country. The students will work alongside villagers to build houses for homeless families in Sri Lanka ...