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Kapiolani sells its Miracles Calendar


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POSTED: Saturday, October 11, 2008

Kapiolani Medical Center for Women and Children turns 100 next year and the 2009 Hawaii's Miracles Calendar is on sale as fundraiser and part of the anniversary. A picture of a child born at Kapiolani, some needing expert care to pull through, is featured each month. As one of the sidelights, pro golfer Tadd Fujikawa, who made the cut as a 16-year-old amateur in the 2007 Sony Open, is mentioned as being born at Kapiolani 14 weeks premature, weighing only 1 pound and 15 ounces. He was given a 50 percent chance of survival and spent his first three months in the Newborn Intensive Care Unit. The calendar was produced by the hospital and Island Style Images. More than 100 families attended photo sessions with Joanne Barratt of Island Style Images. The public voted online on 30 finalists to choose the pictures of the children. The photos are treasures. The winners pictured are: On the cover, Katie Carlos; for January, Nalani Chock; February, Nigel Palalay; March, Jamie, Caitlyn and Brianna Arce; April, Joanna Nakasone; May, Ariana Cazimero; June, Kodey Deuz; July, Kyle Rivera (his twin brother, Troy, is in a smaller photo); August, Kaetlyn Amine; September, Cohen and Larken Nakasone; October, Kira Goode; November, Aaliyah Jefferson; and December, Danziell Pandal-Gaboya. The calendar is priced at $15 and sold at the hospital's gift shop and all Foodland and Sack N Save stores. It can be purchased online at www.kapiolani.org. Add $6 for mailing. The hospital gets all the money from sales as production and services were donated ...

Former Boston Red Sox pitcher and Kauai resident Frank Sullivan is coming to town next week to promote his new book, “;Life is More Than Nine Innings.”; Oahu baseball enthusiasts Bob Corboy and Jack Sullivan—there are a lot of Sullivans out there—will greet him. They'll talk baseball, visit baseball inventor Alexander Joy Cartwright's monument at Oahu Cemetery and view the Cartwright Cup at First Hawaiian Bank's branch near where old Honolulu Stadium stood. Frank will be inducted into the 52-member Boston Red Sox Hall of Fame on Nov. 7, joining the likes of Bosox heroes Ted Williams, Carlton Fisk, Johnny Pesky and others ...

Brasserie Du Vin is one of 10 spots nationwide given a nice plug in this month's Bon Appetite magazine ...

Tommy Campos, a tough hard-riding rancher, rodeo competitor and standout polo player in his day, died Sept. 29 at age 84. Tommy was also a close friend of Don Ho. He was always at Don's side in the early years of the entertainer's career and was adept a keeping potential troublemakers away from Don. Condolences to his family ... Condolences also go out to the family of Sandy Kodama, who was known as “;Mom”; at son D.K. Kodama's Sansei restaurant and d.k Steak House. She had a strong presence at the eateries. Mom, 77, died last Saturday of lung cancer ...