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LILIES FOR EASTERDENNIS ODA / DODA@STARBULLETIN.COM
Lily plants grown at Maui's Howard's Nurseries are on sale at Foodland and Sack 'N Save stores through April 10 to benefit Easter Seals Hawaii. Alyssa, left, Aaron, Stephen, Grace and Richard -- participants in Easter Seals' Honolulu Adult Day Health at Central Union Church -- looked over the plants at Foodland Beretania during their weekly shopping trip to Foodland. Funds raised through the lily sale will support such programs for children and adults with disabilities.
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EASTER SEALSDENNIS ODA / DODA@STARBULLETIN.COM
Howard Takishita, owner of the nursery, benefited from Easter Seals' assistance when he was 3 years old and afflicted with polio. He says the lilies are exceptional this year -- the potted plants are more than 2 feet tall, and each has at least seven buds. They sell for about $9. The Easter lily has been the symbol of Easter Seals since 1952.
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BOOK SIGNING
'Flags' author will sign his latest WWII history, 'Flyboys'
Is the pen mightier than the sword? Ask author James Bradley after he's signed a couple of thousand books. At 10 a.m. Sunday at the Barnes & Noble store in Ala Moana, Bradley will autograph his books "Flags of Our Fathers" and "Flyboys: A True Story of Courage."
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James Bradley will sign books at Barnes & Noble, Ala Moana Center.
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"Flags of Our Fathers," the story of five U.S. Marines and Bradley's Navy corpsman father raising an American flag during the Battle of Iwo Jima, was a sensation when it was released in 2000. Bradley's search for the true causes and motivations of servicemen during that pivotal battle, and the iconic flag-raising picture that stirred the nation, was adapted into a much-honored film directed by Clint Eastwood.
Three years later, Bradley released "Flyboys: A True Story of Courage," a kind of coda to the Iwo Jima story, about a nearby air raid on Chichi Jima, 150 miles from Iwo. During an aerial fight, several American aircraft were shot down, nine crewmen surviving. One pilot, rescued by the submarine USS Finback, was Lt. George H.W. Bush, who went on to become the 41st president of the United States -- and who also revisited Chichi Jima with Bradley.
Some of the profits from the book are donated to the James Bradley Peace Foundation, in partnership with Youth for Understanding USA, an organization that funds American students as they live in foreign homes while studying abroad.
This event is free and open to the public. Information: 944-3135 or e-mail crm2249@bn.com.
