Mike Foley's blog
Here are a couple of samples:
Congratulations, Steelers’ Chris Kemoeatu
Congratulations to Pittsburg Steeler OL Chris Kemoeatu of Kahuku — all-state defensive lineman and Kahuku Red Raider who went on to play for the University of Utah before the NFL drafted him. It was very satisfying to watch him start and play most of the game which the whole world now knows Pittsburg won in […]
Original Maori artisan refreshes PCC carvings
[Published in the December 2013 issue of IMUA Polenisia, the Polynesian Cultural Center newsletter: Story and photos by Mike Foley] Before sunrise on November 30, in accordance with New Zealand Maori custom, carvers, service missionaries, island representatives, other Maori from the community and special guests waited at the Maori Village gate for a special kawanga ceremony to […]
Missionary explains Book of Mormon ‘wordprint’ analysis
[Story and photo by Mike Foley: Published originally in the BYU-Hawaii “Newsroom,” April 17, 2007] Elder Gale Bryce [pictured at right], a volunteer service missionary at the Polynesian Cultural Center, explained in the heavily attended April 17. 2007. BYUH School of Computing InForm meeting how two former colleagues used “wordprint” statistical analyses to authenticate Book of Mormon […]
Lua halau visits Nioi Heiau
[Story and photo by Mike Foley: Originally published in KALEO, March 26, 1998] Pa-Ku’i-a-Lua, a halau of Hawaiians studying the ancient martial art of lua, and family members visited the Nioi Heiau [pictured at right] and Hawai’i Reserves, Inc.’s new taro project in Laie on March 14 to gain additional exposure to Hawaiian culture. Richard […]