Hawaii
By Dave Donnelly
Wednesday, April 3, 1996
HARD to believe that some people got bent out of shape about Taco Bell's little April Fool's prank of announcing they'd purchased the Liberty Bell in Philadel-phia and renamed it the Taco Liberty Bell. A classic April 1 gag that got the p.r. man an interview with Bryant Gumbel on the "Today" show. You can't buy publicity like that. At least the White House had a sense of humor. Spokesman Mike McCurry said Ford is sprucing up the Lincoln Memorial in return for renaming it the Lincoln Mercury Memorial ...
Jeremy Harris
AND when Bob Bowen heard KGU's Bobby Curran interviewing L.A. Dodger pitcher Hideo Nomo complete with translator Monday, he couldn't help wondering if that were an April Fool's gag too. But like Nomo, it was the real thing ... So yesterday Mayor Jeremy Harris proclaimed on his weekly KHON-TV morning news appearance that Hawaii has "the best police force in the nation." Then you open the Star-Bulletin to find that Arnold Morgado has embraced the endorsement of SHOPO, the police union, in his bid to unseat Harris. Hawaii politics as usual ...
THE good folks at Child & Family Service are certain that good things come in twos. CEO Rob Welch points out that the human service organization is the beneficiary of two special events just two days apart. The first is on April 11 when the Child's Play golf tournament takes place at the Makaha West Golf Course. And two days later, on April 13, CFS will benefit from a gala dinner at the long awaited grand opening of the Kahala Mandarin Oriental, Hawaii. And while we're dealing with "twos," Walter and Diane Dods serve as honorary co-chairs of both events. And if that leads to dual exhaustion, the First Hawaiian Bank chairman and his wife will have two good reasons. Oh yes, the golf tournament features two hole-in-one contests where two lucky people will have a chance at winning a Nissan. With dual exhausts? ...THE annual Pele Awards will be handed out Saturday night and Arthur Suehiro's book, "Honolulu Stadium: Where Hawaii Played," is up for awards for photography (Bud Muth) and design (Leo Gonzalez). Suehiro is starting the day on the Big Isle where he has his first neighbor isle book signing at Prince Kuhio Mall in Hilo. Joining him will be Futoshi "Taffy" Okamura, who at age 18 pitched against Babe Ruth in Hoolulu Park (now Wong Stadium) in Hilo ...
