Hawaii
THE UH's Judith Hughes has been given a permanent appointment as dean of arts and humanities at Manoa. And since her maiden name is Dean, she can now be addressed as Dean Judith Dean Hughes ... James V. Hall, who works as a writer in the office of the mayor, has written a new book called "To Win the Hearts." No, it's not a quest of Mayor Jeremy Harris but a novel that draws on Hall's personal experiences in Vietnam working "as part of a government agency." That's sometimes translated as CIA, but I'm not one to jump to conclusions. In any case, Hall will be signing books at Barnes & Noble at the Kahala Mall on April 23 at 7:30 p.m. ...
HONOLULU attorney Clinton Ashford, a retired senior partner of Ashford and Wriston, has resigned after seven years as chief justice of the Republic of the Marshall Islands. In that role, he could live in Honolulu and fill his duties with regular visits there. But now he's stepping down, citing political meddling in a pending court case by none other than the legislature and chief executive ...
IT'LL be a special evening at the venerable Royal Hawaiian Hotel tomorrow night. "Hawaii Recalls the Moonlight & Magic" is the theme of the Alzheimers Association's fund-raiser, which features the return of Emma Veary to Hawaii's most prestigious showroom. Now retired and living on Maui, "Old Golden Throat" as she was lovingly known for years in Hawaii, will be accompanied on piano by Donald Yap and dancing in the show will be her daughter, Robin Kneubuhl, and choreographer Randy Ngum. The aforementioned Martin Denny also will perform for dancing, along with some of his old "Exotica" sidemen including Augie Colon and Harold Chang plus saxman Gabe Baltazar. Tickets are $125 and there'll be lots of goodies up for bid ...
Chris Kanazawa
AMFAC president Chris Kanazawa made the "honor roll" at August Ahrens Elementary School. Amfac presented a golf cart to the Waipahu elementary school recently, and it happened to be on the morning of the school's Technology Fun Run. First grader Alfred Marquez became ill during one of the laps and had to be rushed from the field to the nurse's office. Voila, the golf cart was put to immediate use transporting the youngster. Talk about a fore-tuitous gift! ...
