Hawaii
WHEN you need something done, it is said, ask the busiest man (or woman) you know. Well, when the owners of the All Star Cafe in Waikiki felt their operation needed some smart local measures, who should they call but Don Murphy. You'd think Murph had his hands full with his Murphy's Bar & Grill downtown, various street parties and a whole lot of charity work, but he responded to the call. Murph has accepted a consulting agreement with All Star Cafe, a position that may lead to other arrangements down the line. But in the meantime, Murph will be working to expand on All Star's sports theme and provide UH sports exposure to the visitor market, as well as to locals ... One man likely to look favorably on the move is UH offensive line coach Mike Cavanaugh. He's looking favorably at lots of things these days, having just had his eyes fixed at Laser Eye Center in the Pan Am Building. It's easy to say he's also looking forward to the fall football season ... Murphy brings UH sports
to Waikiki’s All Star CafeTHIS seems to be the time of year for ex-isle folks to revisit Honolulu. Currently in town are adman and woman Tom & Sherri Sellers, who now live in Idaho. They had a get-together with old friends Monday at Restaurant Row. One person there is back to live -- promoter Ken Rosene ... At one time, ex-Honolulu journalists Steve Spence and Tom Horton, both of whom had worked at the Sacramento Union, went into business together. The two ran the Stinson Beach Grill in Northern California until they had a falling out and Spence moved to Detroit without so much as a goodbye. He's now managing editor of Car & Driver magazine, while Horton still runs the grill. As luck would have it, both chose the same time to return to Hawaii, but went out of their way not to meet. I got together with Spence one night and Horton the next. It's a pity, because in older, kindlier times, we three had a ball ...
Sea legs
More than 400 fourth-graders from August Ahrens School in Waipahu had a ball on a sail aboard Paradise Cruise's flagship, Star of Honolulu. The trip was set up by Pleasant Hawaiian Holidays president Gary Hogan, who joined the kids as they enjoyed hula and ukulele lessons, lei-making, coconut weaving and an up-close and personal view of eight dolphins. Hogan's wife, former beauty queen Nadine Tanega, opted not to join the crew because "I really don't have water legs right now." It may have something to do with the fact that she's expecting in July. Schools wanting to participate in the program should call 983-STAR ...
Calling all destroyermen
ALL local Navy vets who've served on destroyers over the years are invited to the Royal Hawaii's Monarch Room on May 24 to mark the 100th anniversary of the destroyer in the U.S. Navy. Hawaii veterans who served on the ships during various periods will be part of a program recalling life on the "Greyhounds of the Fleet." The destroyers have grown from the first -- the USS Bainbridge, commissioned in 1902, weighed only 450 tons with three deck guns and anti-ship torpedoes. Today's state-of-the-art destroyer is the USS Arleigh Burke, weighing in at 8,200 tons with one deck gun and enough surface-to-air and surface-to-surface missiles to be a virtual Navy of its own ...
Dave Donnelly has been writing on happenings
in Hawaii for the Star-Bulletin since 1968.
The Week That Was recalls items from Dave's 30 years of columns.Contact Dave by e-mail: ddonnelly@starbulletin.com