Mike Foley's blog
Here are a couple of samples:
Laie carver completes Hawaiian wa’a kaulua
[Story and photo by Mike Foley, originally published in Kaleo, April 9, 1998] Tuione Pulotu shows his nearly completed Hawaiian wa’a kaulua. When the young man from the tiny island of Fangai in Tonga’s Ha’apai group first visited Ala Moana Shopping Center in 1961, he fell in love with Hawaiian tikis. “I really admired them,” said Tuione […]
Teaching kids responsibility
While watching several of our grandkids recently, I recalled something we taught our kids early-on . . . BUT FIRST, I apologize for being away from my blog for a while, just in case anyone out there in the blogosphere wondered if this site is still active. Okay, back to the grandkids: My wife, Sally, […]
Tribute to the late “Uncle Bill”
After “Uncle Bill” — William Kauaiwiulaokalani Wallace III — passed away on March 2, 2009, I started digging through some of my old photos to put together a pictorial tribute, along with a few comments. Most of these photos center around the BYU-Hawaii sailing canoe, Iosepa, and either have never previously been published or haven’t […]
Laie ladies named top teachers at Kahuku
[Originally published in KALEO on October 3, 1996] Students, staff and faculty at Kahuku High and Intermediate School recently elected two Laie women as top teachers at the North Shore school: Sunday Mariteragi (left) and Elizabeth Kammerer (right). In addition to tying for the teacher of the year award and winning $100 each, Mariteragi received the Oceanic Cablevision/Finance […]