Mike Foley's blog
Here are a couple of samples:
BYUH Honors students look at countering terrorism
[Story and photo by Mike Foley: Published originally in the BYU-Hawaii online “Newsroom,” April 4, 2007] A counter-terrorism expert now on the BYU-Hawaii faculty suggested to Honors students in their April 4 colloquium that humanitarian aid — helping people — will ultimately be more effective than military intervention in fighting terrorism. “Terrorism isn’t something new. […]
Kahuku Elementary: May Day 2009
[Originally published May 10, 2009] Kahuku Elementary School — where my wife, Sally, teaches second grade — held their May Day program on May 8 in the BYU–Hawaii Cannon Activities Center…and I thought you might enjoy a sampling of my pictures:
5¢ ice cream and 10¢ movies
[By Mike Foley: Originally published on December 18, 2008] In a recent post, I mentioned the fact that I used to buy gas for as little as 12¢ a gallon when I was a teenage driver in Salt Lake City…which reminded me that just a few years before then, in the 1950s, I could buy […]
Pacific Pioneer: Aivao Leota
[Originally published in KALEO on April 3, 1997] Connections to Samoa, Tonga and Hawaii By Ipolani Thompson As a little child, even before starting school, I’ve always loved and appreciated journals and genealogy. Always! My mother, Vaiolini Leota Niko, was an excellent example of this for she was truly a record keeper. Her journals are […]