Hawaii
NOW that we've been assured there'll be no dock strike, whatever will the hoarders of rice and toilet paper do? The rice can be eaten, of course, though the mass buyers will probably find themselves eating more than they need. That includes the families Stuart Lee watched lugging one full cart after another out of Sam's Club the Non-strike fills cupboards
other day. "They didn't even wait for the pallets to reach the floor," says Lee, brother of actor Jason Scott Lee. He watched in awe as they pulled the bags off the pallets before a forklift could set them on the ground. Now they can fill a couple of closets with them ... As for the run on toilet paper, so to speak, is one result of a threatened dock strike diarrhea? Just part of the foibles of island living, folks ...
ONE person who's relieved the dock strike is off is Laurie Breeden Callies, the childrens' photog who's opening a major exhibit Monday at the Canon Gallery on Ward Avenue. Seems her frames were held up on the dock, and she was mulling how to hang her photos without them. Then word came that the ship was to be unloaded and if Kevin Brew at Frame Arts worked overtime everything would be ready for the opening ...
Direct from Argentina?
THE Dalai Lama won't be here, except in spirit, but Gangchenpa, the Tibetan singers featured on the CD of the holy leader's 1994 trip to Hawaii, will be in town to perform Nov. 3 at the Hawaii Theatre. Gangchenpa ("People of the Snowlands") comes here at the invitation of Van. Karma Lekshe Tsomo, the Tibetan Buddhist nun who brought the Dalai Lama here in '94. The group was formed during the filming of "Seven Years in Tibet," on location in Argentina, oddly enough. Ticket buyers can hear and meet the Tibetan artists as well as the nun who brought them here. Call 528-0506 ...LAHAINALUNA High student Tiare Lawrence must be a believer in the Frank Sinatra song that begins, "When I was 17, it was a very good year." It's an age she won't soon forget. Tiare, who dances hula at the Old Lahaina Luau, has just been named homecoming queen on the heels of winning a one-year modeling contract with the Local Girl clothing company. She's readying for her first professional photo shoot in Honolulu. Tiare's luau pals say she's an "awesome" surfer, which may come in handy if "Baywatch Hawaii" is in the market for a surfer girl. She's definitely one to keep an eye on ...
SPEAKING of "Baywatch," Terri Beckham is leaving as membership head of the Honolulu Club to be G.M. of Away Spa at the prestigious "W" Hotel in New York. On her last day working out at the Honolulu Club she found herself sandwiched between stars of "Baywatch Hawaii" on one side and cast members of "Miss Saigon" on the other, something she admits she'll miss ...
Overdue recognition
THE Rotary Club of West Honolulu is presenting Winona Kealamapuana Ellis Rubin with the 1999 David Malo Award. She'll be honored Nov. 12 at the Hilton Hawaiian Village's Tapa Ballroom. Rubin, widow of Judge Barry J. Rubin, has impressive credentials. She headed up the non-profit Hawaiian education group Alu Like for 10 years and ran the state Department of Human Services from 1986 to 1994. She follows in the footsteps of former Malo Award winners Duke Kahanamoku, Kahauanu Lake, Monsignor Charles Kekumano, Mahi Beamer, Genoa Keawe, John Bellinger, Gladys Brandt and Herb Kane ...
Dave Donnelly has been writing on happenings
in Hawaii for the Star-Bulletin since 1968.
His columns run Monday through Friday.Contact Dave by e-mail: ddonnelly@starbulletin.com