Hawaii
Romantic thrillers
and a baby tooIT took a few years, but in a way Honolulu magazine is responsible for a New York Times best-selling author getting into writing for a living. It was back in the early '80s that Dr. Tess Gerritsen, a Stanford grad who'd received her M.D. from the University of California, San Francisco, and following her internal medicine residency was practicing medicine in Honolulu. While on maternity leave, the doctor began to write fiction and submitted a short story to Honolulu's fiction writing contest. Surprise -- she won first place and a few years later her first novel, "After Midnight," was published. Tess could knock off these romantic thrillers at will and her first book was quickly followed by eight others. In 1993 she wrote a screenplay, "Adrift," which aired as a CBS Movie of the Week starring Kate Jackson in 1993. The now retired doctor entered the N.Y. Times bestseller list for the first time in 1996 with "Harvest," followed by five others, the latest being "The Apprentice," No. 10 on this week's list. Gerritsen now lives with her family in Maine and writes full time ...
WITH Yvonne Elliman back in Hawaii, it seems a fitting time to mention that local girl Aiko Schick got excellent reviews for her portrayal of Mary Magdalene in "Jesus Christ Superstar" at the Surflight Theater in Beach Haven, N.J. Her parents, Mike & Paulie Schick flew over to see her in the role that Elliman first created on record for Andrew Lloyd Webber ...
Far from home
HONOLULU is a long way from New Boston, Texas, making it all the more appropriate that melanoma patient Zacarrie Mullins, his mom, stepfather and brother, are flying in to see the Christian Rock group, Far From Home, in concert at the Hawaii Theater Sept. 21 and 22. The "Make-a-Wish" foundation of North Texas is underwriting the trip to see FFH, one of Zacarrie's favorite groups ...SO what was City Prosecutor Peter Carlisle doing loading the famous "red couch" from the KHON-TV morning show into a truck the other morning? Seems he was a guest on the show and was told the couch was being retired and donated to charity making way for a new set on the show. Carlisle quickly volunteered to help with the move ...
Swab jockeys
THE Battleship Missouri is looking a bit spiffier than usual this week thanks to the Aloha United Way's "Day of Caring" last week. Some 65 job hopefuls polished brass and swept and mopped the decks and 18 Young Brothers employees sandpapered paint off the rails, helping with renovations. Though Tiki's Grill & Bar hasn't opened yet, owners Bill Tobin, Greg Montgomery and Fred DeAngelo also pitched in ...
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