Hawaii
OFF today looking tough and buff is British actress Kate Beckinsale, who just wrapped up a two-week vacation here. It wasn't all lying around on the beach for Beckinsale. In fact, she worked her tail off at Gold's Gym on South Street working with personal trainer Mike Sapp. No relation to former Miss America Carolyn Sapp of Hawaii, Mike worked with Kate for seven weeks while she was in town filming "Pearl Harbor," and she wants to stay in top shape for her personal appearance at the opening of her newest flick, "Serendipity." ... Kate Beckinsale gets
fit at Gold’s GymYOU wouldn't want to be in a whole lot of onion-eating contests, but if it involves the sweet Maui onions, it's not so bad. There'll be such a contest tomorrow at 12:30 p.m. at Market City Shopping Center. The adult who eats the most weight in onions in one minute receives a $200 Market City gift certificate, though it's not likely the winner will get a kiss as part of the award ceremony. The winning youth, 16 and under, gets a $100 certificate. It's all part of the center's Maui Family Fun Day ... Retired Islanders David and Mary Anne Stubenberg have sold their home in Incline Village, Nev., and are now itinerants, albeit well-heeled ones. They're off to Myrtle Beach, N.C., where David will play in a golf tourney and the Stubenbergs will meet up with another pair of Hawaii expatriates, Mary Ann & Bob Sandla. Then they fly to Amsterdam and set sail on Celebrity's Galaxy with 16 friends to Scandinavia and Russia ...
KIPO Blues Night returns to Anna Bannanas tomorrow, a marathon session running from the Eric Petersen Band at 4 p.m. through Bluzilla at 6, Third Degree at 8, Bob Jones & Hard Drive at 10 and a blues jam at midnight. The evening is sponsored by Hawaii Public Radio ...
Aloha means hello again
AFTER writing about an hour and forty minute wait at Kona Airport to board an Aloha Airlines flight, comes an e-mail from Frank Espanto who was also bumped from the scheduled flight. "Sometimes I don't mind if one of their planes is late," writes Espanto, because he then sends in a "guarantee form" in the inflight magazine and gets a coupon good for a future flight. "I usually carry a few of the forms with me when I fly." So at least Aloha tries to make it up to the flyer. The attendant at the gate told us the plane was "oversold," but an airlines spokesman says an earlier flight was canceled, which is why so many people couldn't board ...WHEN Mrs. Hawaii, Sydney Fernandez Fasi, competes in the Mrs. America TV special, slated for airing on PAX-TV on Oct. 13, she'll have a chance to meet the co-hosts, actor John O'Hurley (J. Peterman on "Seinfeld") and "Downtown" Julie Brown of MTV fame ...
Hawaiian Ryans
I WAS saddened to learn of the sudden death of Edna Ryan, mother of isle actress Linda Ryan. Her late husband, Jack Ryan, was one of the best and best-known technical theater men in the state. Years ago, the two insisted to Linda and her brother, Larry, that their ashes one day be co-mingled and scattered off Lanikai Beach. The ashes of Jack Ryan have been waiting for five years in a koa box Larry made for him until the time he and his loving wife could be joined together one last time ...
Dave Donnelly has been writing on happenings
in Hawaii for the Star-Bulletin since 1968.Contact Dave by e-mail: ddonnelly@starbulletin.com