Nainoa, Kathy
are married at sea
on an outrigger canoe
Leave it to navigator Nainoa Thompson and KITV's Kathy Muneno to come up with something special for their wedding. Their immediate families and close friends went out on outrigger canoes Thursday for the ceremony. They hope to start a family soon ...
Iron Chef Sakai joins Chai Chaowasaree and Beth-An Nishijima for a taping of "Two Skinny Chefs" Sunday, 6 p.m., at Chai's Island Bistro. Other chefs preparing food are Edwin Goto, Russell Siu, Wayne Hirabayashi, Joy Chaowasaree, Jason Takemura and Rodney Uyehara. The Brothers Cazimero and Royal Dance Company will perform ...
ReTIRED police chief Lee Donohue and some of his officers were invited to a screening of "Hawaii" by the series' producer Jay Benson last week. The cops show makes its debut on NBC Aug. 30. Two of the show's technical advisers are HPD Detective Michael Cho and Lt. Kevin Katamoto ...
Martin ohana holds family reunion in Kailua
Annie Martin Wilson hosted a Martin family reunion at the Kailua home of her daughter, Missy Persin, recently. Attending with their families were Annie's sisters, Beryl Haxton and Joan Rodby, and the Porter brothers, Leo and Charlie. Relatives come from Idaho, Alabama and Maui for the event ...
Ruth Ann Becker is still talking about her trip to D.C., where she attended the Jefferson Awards for Public Service ceremonies. Frank Boas was the Hawaii recipient. He received a certificate from Sen. Daniel Akaka at a Senate reception. There was a black-tie dinner at which others were honored, including Supreme Court Justice Sandra Day O'Connor and filmmaker Ken Burns. Mistress of ceremonies was Cicely Tyson. "It was truly cool," Ruth Ann said ...
Most of the Murphy's staff attended a farewell party for cook Rogelio "Bong" Garingo at Side Street Inn June 27. Don and Marion Murphy tossed the party. It was also a belated Christmas party for the staff. Others attending were Jan Diehl, Margo Hosoi, Pepe Diaz, Wayne Larrow, Trina Wong, Wendy Snow, Carrie Pearson, Lance Takaki and Jay Niebuhr. There was plenty of karaoke singing. Puna Chillingworth dropped in to give Bong a lei. Bong has been with Murphy's 16 years. He is moving to Bellview, Wash., to work on his masters in computer science ...
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Ben Wood, who sold the Star-Bulletin in the streets of downtown Honolulu during World War II, writes of people, places and things every Wednesday and Saturday. E-mail him at
bwood@starbulletin.com