[TAKING NOTICE]

NEW JOBS

>> Hagadone Printing Co. has hired Marianne Martin as print coordinator for Kauai and the Big Island. She comes to the company from of Tsunami Marketing and HonBlue. Wayne Toomey was named a sales executive at the company. Jonelle Rezantes will serve as director of publications at Hagadone. She has more than 15 years experience in the printing industry. And Alison Chang will serve as a publication coordinator. She has been with Hagadone since 1998.

>> Majors Ralph and Ivy Hood have been named divisional leaders of The Salvation Army's Hawaiian and Pacific Islands Division. Ralph Hood will serve as divisional commander and Ivy Hood will serve as director of women's organizations. The two last served in Hawaii 25 years ago at the The Salvation Army Kauluwela Mission Corps in Honolulu.

PROMOTIONS

>> Glenn Manaba has been named sales and marketing manager at The New Otani Kaimana Beach Hotel. He has been employed at the company since 1994.

>> Harold C. Hughes was named vice president and area manager of branch banking for the Hawaii Region at First Hawaiian Bank. He has been with the company since 1982. Also at First Hawaiian, Charles K. Erskine was named assistant vice president and manager of the bank's Kamuela Branch. He joined the bank in 1990. Todd T. Nitta who was hired in 1998, was named assistant vice president in the branch commercial real estate department. Arthur H. Suehiro will serve as assistant vice president in the bank card account management department. He joined the bank in 1984.

>> Vicki Valenciano has been named assistant general manager at the Outrigger Reef on the Beach. She moves to Oahu after serving as resort manager at the Outrigger Kiahuna Plantation Resort (Kauai). Valenciano has more than 15 years of hospitality industry experience.

>> Harvey Yasuda has been named retail store manager for the Verizon Wireless store at Pacific Guardian Tower. A 20-year veteran of the retail industry, Yasuda joined Verizon Wireless in 1999 as an account executive in the business sales department.

>> Cecelia Puopolo has been named assistant account executive at AdWorks Inc. She will manage advertising and collateral material and assist in marketing and promotion efforts. Puopolo joined AdWorks in 1999.

ON THE BOARD

>> John and Bettylou Schauer have been named to the board of CSI Inc. The two are currently employed at Affordable Casket and Moanalua Mortuary. CSI is a nonprofit organization that assists the elderly with money management.

>> Bernice Fujiwara was named president of the Hawaii Division of the International Association of Administrative Professionals for the year 2001-02. In addition, Anna Kaanga as named vice president. Karen Kutaka and R. Healani Waiau were named secretary and treasurer, respectively.

>> Diamond Head Theatre has announced the addition of the following individuals to its Board of Directors: C. Scott Bradley, Coldwell Banker Pacific Properties; John Magauran, Ueno Clinic; Corine Hayashi, HTH Corp.; Hugh C. Damon, CB Richard Ellis; Timothy E. Johns, The Damon Estate; and Mindy Tucker. Diamond Head Theatre begins its 87th season this year.

RECOGNITION

>> Maui resident Leslie R. Wilkins has been named president of Business and Professional Women USA. Wilkins, who is also the chair of the state Commission on the Status of Women, was installed during the BPW/USA national conference by Lt. Gov. Mazie Hirono. Approximately 20 Hawaii BPW members were in attendance during the recent conference in Portland, Ore.

>> Joann Nakamura and Marileen Hashida have been named two of Burger King's 40 top restaurant managers in the United States for 2000. Nakamura and Hashida, managers at the S. Beretania and N. King branches respectively, were chosen based on their restaurants' speed of service. Hashida, designated as a Gold winner, will receive a prize worth over $5,000. Nakamura was named a Silver winner and will receive a prize valued at approximately $1700.

[WINNERS & LOSERS]

[WINNERS]

<< J.W.A. "Doc" Buyers, who has added to his considerable local legend with the purchase of many assets of Hawaii's oldest company, C. Brewer & Co. Buyers is buying Brewer's building overlooking Hilo Bay, ML Resources Inc., Hawaii's Own Corp., as well as land on the Hamakua Coast. The 73-year-old Brewer chairman said the land will be used to develop "health, wellness and assisted living facilities." Not that he needs them.

Hawaii real estate agents, who are probably scratching their heads about all this talk of an economic slowdown. Actually, the housing market has been strong nationwide and Hawaii has been no exception. In July, Oahu home sales jumped 20.8 percent and condominium purchases soared 26.5 percent. The agents will have a tough act to follow in August.

University Health Alliance, the financially ailing Hawaii health insurer, which has one foot in the grave but four interested bidders who could give the company new life. There's still one catch. With UHA about $2.5 million short of the state-required minimum level of financial reserves, the potential buyers will need the resources to be able to cover that shortfall.

[ LOSERS]

>> Cheap Tickets, which lived up to its earnings warning by announcing that net income plunged 75 percent in the second quarter. What the travel discounter hadn't said previously, though, was that it was going to close all but one of its 10 retail stores and put 50 people out of work. Among those outlets to be shuttered are ones in Pearl City, Kaneohe and on Maui. Only the kiosk on the corner of Kapiolani Boulevard and Atkinson Drive will remain.

Marty Schiller, the well-respected Honolulu advertising executive, who ran up $978,000 in debt and was forced to put his agency, The Schiller Group Ltd., into Chapter 7 bankruptcy. He won't be the only one feeling the pinch. His 67 creditors will have to share some of the pain because the company only listed $75,000 in assets.

KITV News Director Wally Zimmerman, who must have gotten a feeling of deja vu when he received a pink slip for the second time from General Manager Mike Rosenberg. The last time occurred when the two occupied similar positions at KOHN. Of course, Rosenberg said is was a "personally painful decision." We're sure Zimmerman feels your pain, Mike.