Hawaii
MOVE over, all you prospective Tiger Woods wannabes, and hear this tale of woe. Attorney Jerry Jossem, insurance exec Bill Gleason and adman Marty Schiller were engaged in a fearsome "skins" game of their own devising at Waialae the other day. Gleason, a 14 handicap, shot an 81, but unfortunately that was through only 15 holes. In order to top the "bleeding," Jossem offered his own brand of assistance, and applied a small Johnson & Johnson bandage to Gleason's ball as they set to hit on the 16th hole, a 160-yard par 3. Gleason, being a good sport, smacked his ball with the bandage still intact and knocked it stiff three inches from the cup, nearly a hole-in-one. Schiller, a 20-handicapper, drove to a spot some 30 feet from the pin and Jossem's drive was 15 feet away. Gleason was given his "gimme" putt and was sure his "two" not only won the hole but his first skin of the day as well. Not so fast. Schiller rolled in his 30-footer and, with a stroke handicap on the hole, won the skin with a net "one." Jossem missed his putt but tapped in. So here were three golfers with a combined handicap of 45, having a total of seven strokes on the par-3 hole. Gleason might well consider going back to bandaging his golf ball ... Golfers endure agony
on Waialae courseNOW this is my kind of building. Being basically anti-cell phone by nature, I was pleased to hear about the sign on the wall of the steps going up to the second floor of the Walter Murray Gibson building -- the old, old police station at Bethel and Merchant. It reads, "Please do not use cellular phone in the building. It will set off our fire alarm system." It sets me off, too, seeing people chatting away as they walk down the street -- or worse yet, driving -- as if what they have to say is so important they can't wait until they get to a phone ...
Bos man
FORMER local restaurateur Arie Bos has been operating restaurants at world fairs and expositions for many years. He just left this week for Switzerland to set up eight different eateries at a world's fair and in a tip of his hat to his days in Honolulu, offer Hawaiian goods for sale to fairgoers. Bos says if he can hang in there, he'll also have some multi-ethnic food restaurants at the 2004 expo in Paris ...AFTER his opening-night show at the Blaisdell Concert Hall, illusionist David Copperfield surprised the crew at Compadres by stopping by and making a plateload of quesadillas disappear. David Copperfield's forever fans also dined at Compadres, but it was Monday night when their package included dinner, riding a trolley to the Concert Hall and then meeting the magician backstage after the show
Friendly skies
THE original "Chaplain of Waikiki Beach," Bob Turnbull was recently flying from Maryland to his Orange County home with wife Yvonne when he was recognized by the flight attendant, Clyde Otsugi, who recalled that Turnbull had talked at his school when he was at Jarrett Intermediate. "You haven't changed a bit," said Otsugi, immediately winning Turnbull over and causing his wife to snicker just a bit. Both Otsugi and his wife, Janice, were born in Hawaii but now live on the mainland and both are flight attendants with United Airlines ...
Dave Donnelly has been writing on happenings
in Hawaii for the Star-Bulletin since 1968.Contact Dave by e-mail: ddonnelly@starbulletin.com