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YOU'D think we had enough drivers in Hawaii who appear to be going around in circles, but Mayor Jeremy Harris seems to think we need more. That's why he's proposing "roundabouts," that dreaded circular, option-creating motorist's nightmare that became established in the United Kingdom, and now are popping up elsewhere. Our far-flung Roundabout
foes write incorrespondents, many of them expatriate islanders who are aghast that roundabouts are being introduced here, say they're like a bad dream wherever they're located. Old friend Roger Carroll, the former KMPC disc jockey from L.A. who was also announcer on the "Smothers Brothers" TV show, read about them in our online edition of the Star-Bulletin and writes, "Recently returned from the UK, where many of the turnabouts now have 'stop lights.' " Doesn't that kind of defeat the purpose? ... FROM circles to circuses: The New Shanghai Circus is coming to the Hawaii Theatre March 3 to 5, and they're said to be even more impressive than the Chinese acrobats who performed there last year. (Cirque du Soliel's latest production, "Dralion," playing in San Francisco, also features an all-Asian cast of performers.) And the Circus Chimera is setting up its big top at Kalani High in time for Valentine's Day. The shows will go on Monday through Wednesday (Feb. 14-16) with kids under 14 getting free passes. And a former student, tuning in to see Punahou's "Carnival Camera" on the Internet, was amazed to find the webcam inoperative. Especially since fellow Punahou grad, AOL president Steve Case, could have provided a camera in every condo room near the campus and made them work ...
Up, up and auwe
THERE'LL be some folks flying high as a result of this year's Heart Ball, and we're not talking about those getting a bit too tipsy. Up for bid at the silent auction fund-raiser for the Heart Association are such items as a year's worth of roundtrip tickets for two, and a set of roundtrip passes for two to Hong Kong and Gay Paree. The ball is tomorrow night at the Hilton Hawaiian Village's Coral Ballroom. Now if they had a flight to his native Ireland, hotel G.M. Noel Trainor might bid ... MANY more actors than usual have called Joyce Maltby expressing an interest in auditioning this weekend for HPU's next production (after "Tintypes"), Oscar Wilde's "The Importance of Being Earnest." And if there are any Sinatra or Marilyn Monroe wannabes out there, those are just two of the characters in "Jackie: An American Life," next up at Diamond Head Theatre. Oh yeah, Aristotle Onassis is in there too ... Congrats to illusionist Mike Ching, who's been re-elected president of the local chapter of the Society of American Magicians for 2000 ...
No sweat shops
NIKE and Kathie Lee Gifford have taken such heat for running sweat shops in foreign countries to make their gear, that others are going out of their way to protect their images. Reebok, for example. Jill Tucker, Punahou ('78) and Stanford grad, is Reebok's Director of Human Rights for Asia, stationed in Myanmar. Just back from visiting her there are her parents, localites Jerry and Alice Tucker. They report the country is beautiful, the people warm, the culture fascinating and the food a nice combination of Chinese and Indian, with nary a McDonald's in sight. Jill's next assignment will be in Hong Kong, so mom and dad will make that their next vacation destination ...
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