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LEAVE it to Jay Leno to foster the base canard about Rolling Stones guitarist Keith Richards and drugs. Richards just became a grandfather, Leno reported, adding that the baby weighed "two and a half kilos." Incidentally, I've always insisted that "base canard" was "duck a l'orange" at Kaneohe MCAS ... And were you aware that public relations exec Anna Czack of Becker Communications has a day named after her? Down Under they shorten it to "ANZAK Day." ... San Francisco wit Bruce Bellingham emails that he's figured out the name of the German "Unknown Soldier." His name is Anonymous Bosch ... Yellow Brick leads
to good actsTHERE were some good performances in "An Evening of One Acts" at The Actors Group's Yellow Brick Studio. Dorothy Stamp, a talented actress who's appearing in one of the plays as a grieving widow (who cries real tears), is perfect for that venue in that she actually has a dog named Toto. By the way, the tiny theater now has 40 matching chairs, which artistic director Brad Powell bought at a Hale Koa Hotel garage sale for $5 each. They weren't all needed the night I was there -- in sad fact, the cast outnumbered the audience, but the two works by director Patricia Elser Gillespie's late father, Donald Elser, deserved better, even if each is just under a half-hour in length ...
On the wings of a horse
PEGASUS is the name of a slick magazine filled with stories about expensive items such as trips. Little wonder, since the magazine is mailed toprivate jet owners. The summer cover photo looked mighty familiar, as well it should. It shows the Halekulani's famous Orchid pool, comprised of 1.25 million glass mosaic tiles. Fred Honda, who's just taken over as G.M. of the hotel, is hoping the cover catches the eye of return guest John Travolta, who not only owns but also flies his own plane. The Big Isle's Hualalai with its Four Seasons Hotel, shares the cover story and yet another feature is on Dr. Earl Bakken and his North Hawaii Community Hospital. The celebrated heart doctor is pictured with the staff, all posed Patch Adams style, complete with red sponge noses ...
IT was worth it waking up in the middle of the night yesterday to watch the British Open "live" from St. Andrews. Tiger Woods' demolition of the course, which rarely gives up so readily to any golfer, proved the old Scots' adage to be true: "Nay wind, nay golf." It was perhaps the finest four days of weather in a row ever seen at the Old Course ...
SHE used to enjoy the morning view of the surf from the veranda of the Moana when she performed there, but now harpist Pumehana Davis has moved to the Sheraton Waikiki's Hanohano Room on Sunday evenings, and gets to see the city lights come on while she plays. Davis also performs at private functions such as weddings and receptions ...
All feel like winners
IN past years, when basketball players from throughout Micronesia gather for the annual tournament, they had to find a place to lay their heads, often on the floors of classrooms in local schools. Well, not this year. The Outrigger Marshall Islands Resort is the Tournament 2000 title sponsor, and will be putting up coaches and athletes from Palau, Yap, Guam, Saipan, Chuuk, Pohnpei, Kosrawe and Kiribati on Majuro Atoll. There, they'll enjoy air-conditioned hotel rooms with cable TV, private bathrooms, a spectacular lagoon view and have the feel of a champion, win or lose ...
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