Hawaii
WE'VE written here about great strides made by women in various professions, but not all are success stories. Take Fran Hartmann, for example. She was running for the office of commodore of the Waikiki Yacht Club, seeking to become the first woman to hold that office since the club was Change slow in
old buoy’s clubfounded in 1944. But as fate and the voting members would have it, she was cut off at the pass last week by the Cisco kid. Current vice-commodore Cliff Cisco won the election, which means the WYC is keeping up its "Buoy's Club" reputation for at least another year. Hartmann had good credentials for the job - she was CFO for the Myers Corporation when he was developing First Hawaiian Center, and now runs her own business. But with all-women crews participating in America's Cup events and a female commodore of the Golden Gate Yacht Club in San Francisco, there's still a lot of hope for a woman skipper locally ...
FORMER TV newsman and now Hawaiian Electric Industries exec Scott Shirai is moving to Denver. Bad timing, if he's a football fan. The Broncos went from Super Bowl champs to also-ran chumps in just one year, sort of the opposite of the UH Rainbows ... The two luxury resorts on Lanai, Manele Bay and the Lodge at Koele, have released their rates for the year 2000, and they've added a wedding package that takes care of everything for $2,500. Somehow, I get the idea Microsoftie Bill Gates spent more than that on helicopter rentals when he made his marriage vows at Manele Bay ...
Rohring right along
WAIKOLOA'S Thos Rohr was disappointed when Waikoloa Beach Resort touring pro Peter Jacobsen couldn't play at his annual King's Cup tournament this year, but Jake made up for it. He wore his Waikoloa golf shirt in a photo taken for Senior Golfer magazine. Rohr had to make do with the likes of Clint Eastwood (who rarely misses the three-day event), Danny Kaleikini, who'll tee up any time, and Chris Hemmeter, the developer who helped put the Big Isle on the resort map with his massive Hyatt Regency Waikoloa, now owned and operated by Hilton ...JAZZ sax fiend Gabe Baltazar took over the mike from both Jimmy Borges and Shari Lynn at the La Pietra "Jazz on the lawn" performance Sunday, and mentioned that one tune won a "Hokey" award. The audience erupted in laughter. Shucks, I've been calling the Hokus that for years ...
THE Hawaii Theatre ended its Hawaiian Friday Nights series with a sell-out concert featuring Amy Hanaiali'i Gilliom and Willie K last week, and manager Burton White revealed the series Year 2000 lineup. It begins in January with the Brothers Cazimero, who opened the theater in 1996 after a $22 million restoration. They'll be followed by Moe Keale, then a tribute to Maiki Aiu Lake and a May concert by Ho'okena ...
Gilliom the Younger
AMY Gilliom is not the only recording artist in her family. Brother Eric Gilliom has released a CD called "Like Chow Fun," with echoes of the Cazimeros, the Beamer Brothers and Country Comfort. Gilliom has an extensive background in theater with a degree from the prestigious Goodman School of Drama in Chicago. He's done Shakespeare ("Romeo") and the role of Judas in "Jesus Christ Superstar." Eric's even appeared on stage in London and on Broadway in the short-lived musical, "Carrie," but insists playing music excites him most ...
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