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Boston couple marks 50th anniversary with kids here
S
ERGIO AND
MARY CLIVIO came here from Boston to celebrate their 50th wedding anniversary and to visit their daughter
Andrea Kia, and son
John Clivio and their families. Another of the Clivios' seven children,
Kay-Kay, lived here before moving to Hong Kong. She returned for the anniversary party that Andrea and John threw Feb. 18. Two other Clivio children,
Kristine Papozzoli and
David Clivio, came from the mainland with their families for the celebration. Music was by
Mona and
Ethylene Teves and
Tau Grieg. A highlight was a hula by Andrea's daughter,
Ana Malia Kia, 10. Mary is a vice president of the Garden, the entertainment and sports center that was called Boston Garden before it was sold and rebuilt. It's still the home of the Celtics and Bruins. Sergio and his brothers,
Ernie and
Mario, were close friends with the late heavyweight boxing champ
Rocky Marciano. The Clivio brothers owned a dairy and Rocky's picture was on their milk bottle labels. Ernie helped Rocky well before he was known and the champ never charged them for advertising ...
BETTE MIDLER'S Hulaween at the Waldorf Astoria rates a full-page photo spread in the March Town & Country. The costumes in the Hawaiian-themed Halloween party were wild. Bette, also celebrating her 60th birthday, came as a rose, with her face popping out of a big rose petal. Elton John performed. T&C says about $2.3 million was raised for Bette's New York Restoration Project ...
Nabors eyes BMW SUV in the Heart Ball auction
JIM NABORS was eyeing the BMW SUV that was in the silent auction at Saturday night's jam-packed Heart Ball at the Sheraton Waikiki.
Lord Waterford was in Jim's group. Dr.
Kalani Brady was emcee. Sheraton's food and beverage staff was in top form and the servers looked sharp in their crisp uniforms. Music by vocalist
Ginai Johnston and the
Honolulu Jazz Quartet had the dance floor crowded ... Ginai has come out with a groovy jazz album. Besides her pipes, another reason for the success of "Jazz Island" is the strong backing by HJQ's
John Kolivas on bass, pianist
Daniel Del Negro, drummer
Adam Baron, Tim Tsukiyama on sax, and guest guitarist
Robert Shinoda. Tim particularly stands out on the CD ...
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