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Hawaii
WITH the Ford people getting hit the hardest in the Firestone Fortune hands
Chun a breakTires brouhaha, the president of Honolulu Ford has to be feeling it. But Dave Chun put his tireless battle to bridge bad publicity behind him to participate in the UH basketball team's fund-raising golf tourney at the Ala Wai, and it paid off. Oh, he didn't win the tourney, but he did win the drawing for a round trip for two on Delta anywhere in the continental United States. A happy Chun watched as coach Riley Wallace pulled from a hat the name of a team, with each member winning round trips to Vegas. Yes, Chun's team won that one too, leaving Wallace nonplused, a rarity for him. Chun now has two new excuses to get out of town and enjoy his good fortune ...
WHILE we're on the subject of UH sports, not only will the UH Warriors be debuting new uniforms in their opening game Saturday, but coach June Jones will also be sporting a new look. He's signed with Mango Moon to wear and promote official "Game Day" Mango Moon aloha shirts, and will wear a different one at each home game. Warrior supporters can preview the shirts and talk story with Coach Jones at Liberty House Ala Moana on Sept. 13 at 7 p.m. A display will be set up to let fans know which shirt he'll be wearing at what game, and identical shirts will be for sale to fans ...
AUTHOR Bruce Hale has a new children's book out -- in hardback, like the Harry Potter books. Harcourt has published it, "The Mystery of Mr. Nice," sub-titled "A Chet Gecko Mystery." My favorite gecko remains the flamenco dancing creature in a Corky Trinidad comic strip. He was named "Jose Gecko." ...
En Garde!
YOU might hear some odd and unfamiliar noises around the Honolulu Club today through Friday. That's when members of the UH Olympic Women's Fencing Team will be training en route to Olympic Games 2000 in Sydney, Australia. The team consists of America's No. 1 ranked fencer, 17-year old Iris Zimmerman; her sister, Felicia, 25, who's ranked No. 2 and Dr. Ann Marsh, No. 3 in the United States. The Honolulu Club begins fencing classes this month under the leadership of Colin Chock, who got interested in fencing after reading an article on the sport written by Lois Taylor in the Star-Bulletin ...THE item here about the defunct Hawaii Food Service News brings a response from Robert Kee Chong. He's bought the paper and once he gets his "organizational puzzle together," will again publish news devoted to the food service and hospitality industries ... Scott Sorensen of Coco Palms Pictures filmed Kevin Hughes in "The Comedy of Love" at the Waikiki Terrace Hotel and parts will be used on the Hawaiian airlines in-flight programming schedule in October and November ...
Koko's Palms
IT may be a year or two away, but Koko, the gorilla who knows more than 1,000 words in sign language, is moving to Maui. She and her pal, Ndume, will be moving from sometimes chilly Northern California to the warmer climes of Maui to take up residence on a sloping piece of land in West Maui, turned over to the Gorilla Foundation for a nominal fee by Maui Land & Pine. One of the Gorilla Foundation's staunch supporters is Mary Cameron Sanford, former Maui Land & Pine board chairman, who made it happen. The facility should be ready for residence, and perhaps romance, in a year or two. Another $2-3 million must be raised to finish the facility ...
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