Mike Foley's blog
Here are a couple of samples:
Happy Thanksgiving everybody!
I like the new Parenthood TV series, but was a little surprised on November 23, 2010, when the entire family thought it so strange that the “patriarch” (played by the actor Craig T. Nelson) wanted everyone to participate in a prayer before their Thanksgiving feast. At first he used his grandson’s laptop computer to look […]
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 […]
Pass the pliers and nail clipper, please
Back in the mid-60s when I was a Mormon missionary in Samoa, we often had to be flexible when it came to repairing things. For example, in an earlier blog entry, I shared the story of how barbed wire might be used to jump a car battery. Now, I’d like to tell two more tales […]
Sports entrepreneur advises BYUH students
[Story and photo by Mike Foley, originally published online in the BYU-Hawaii Newsroom, October 1, 2002] A prominent sports marketing and event management businessman took time on October 1st from a nearby professional golf tournament to advise BYU-Hawaii School of Business students on practical aspects of entrepreneurship. John Korff [pictured at right], President of Korff […]