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Belle "Ma" Teves turned 100 March 5, and she put aside her wheelchair and stood up to hula during one of her celebrations. She danced last Saturday for 100 guests at Fort Shafter's Hale Ikena as Lenore Young sang. Belle rings in
her 100th birthdayMore music and hula was performed by Kalu Cummings, Mapuana Schneider, Clorinda
Freitas Postum, Maxine Sampio, Lena Mota, Mae Brown, Bobbie Martinsen,
Mackie
Rodrigues, Shirley Yong and Erlene Cabrinha. Belle's daughters, Yvonne and
Nonabelle Teves, threw the party for their mom. Belle was honored at the Travel Women's fashion show March 5 at the Sheraton Waikiki. The Travel Women took to the runway and sang "Happy Birthday" to her ...
Trudy enjoys her Coffee
United flight attendant Trudy Schandler-Wong and her sister,Linda Newman, both wore bracelets during the Vietnam war with POW Jerry Coffee's name on them. Recently, she got to meet Coffee when he boarded her flight, and she told him about the bracelets. Coffee took names and addresses of Trudy and her sister. He sends thank you letters to all who supported him during his seven years of captivity. Trudy is president of the La Pietra Parent Faculty Association. Her daughter, Shaaroni Wong, attends the school. Trudy asked Coffee to speak at the school, and he will do so Friday ...
Guests at the outstanding Mystery of the Nile gala last Saturday at the Academy of Arts really got into the spirit as far as colorful costumes were concerned. Word has it that Academy staffers worked so hard on this exhibit that they look a bit like Princess Hatason, the mummy in the tomb gallery. The excellent exhibit runs until July 30 ... An evening with the musical Farden Family, with
Irmgard Aluli as hostess, plays tonight, 7:30, at the Academy Theatre ... There are five sets of twins in our Police Department. they are: Capt. Kevin and Lt. Keith Lima, Lt. Jerry and Sgt. Kerry Inouye, officers Denise and Debra Nakabayashi, officers Brian and Byron Valdez and officers Kurt and Kyle Takahashi ...
Sam Choy's Diamond Head is holding a Rosemount Wine Dinner Wednesday at 6 p.m., $45. Starting Friday, the semi-private dining room will become Sam's Tasting Kitchen each Friday from 5 to
6:30 p.m. Wine tastings and cooking demos will be among the offerings, $20 ... Swiss Inn will close March 27-April 13 for a spring break ...
L'Uraku chef Hiroshi Fukui's 10-course Kaiseki dinner, with wines by Chuck Furuya, is scheduled Friday, $49 for food only or $67 with nine wines. L'Uraku's fourth anniversary dinner is April 7, with music by Pure Heart. Emme Tomimbang and Furuya are hosts. Pua Rochlen's Portlock is now open for Sunday Brunch ...
QB Young's wedding a beaut
"It was absolutely beautiful," said Judy Jensen, of Tuesday's Kona wedding of her niece, Barbara Graham, and San Francisco 49ers star quarterback Steve Young. Judy looks much like the beautiful bride, a former model. Judy, who has joined Claude Heon Realty, was sworn to secrecy about wedding details. But she did say her ex, Dick Jensen, who appears at the Waikiki Terrace, sang at the event ... The Society of Seven wore "Lion King" costumes while selling Star-Bulletin Kids Day papers in Waikiki Tuesday. Bert Sagum's son, Christian, 4, helped dad. I sold Kids Day papers at the News Building corner. Tommy Igarashi, Gus Hannemann andKanoe Cazimero were the most generous with donations for kids ...
Ben Wood, who sold the Star-Bulletin in the streets
of downtown Honolulu during World War II, writes of
people, places and things every Saturday.
E-mail him at bwood@starbulletin.com