Mike Foley's blog
Here are a couple of samples:
Elder Ballard speaks on BYUH, PCC impact
[Story by Mike Foley: Published originally in the BYU-Hawaii online “Newsroom,” June 11, 2008] Elder M. Russell Ballard [pictured at left] of the Quorum of the Twelve Apostles, emphasized the importance of the generosity of members of the BYU-Hawaii and Polynesian Cultural Center President’s Leadership Council (PLC) at their April 7, 2008, meeting in Salt […]
Rainy Rushmore!
Mt. Rushmore and surrounding region (if you don’t see a video window above, please go to http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=HWp2Q05v77E) Almost every time I saw pictures or movies of Mt. Rushmore in the past, its grand-scale patriotism instilled in me a desire to see it in person . . . so, even though it made for several long […]
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 […]
Kahana family shares taro patch
[Originally published in KALEO on October 31, 1996] Almost 200 people turned out early Saturday morning, Nov. 2nd, before the sun climbed over the Ko’olau ridges of Kahana Valley to squish their toes in the mud and help Ron Johnson plant huli or taro tops in his family patch alongside Kamehameha Highway. It had been […]