Mike Foley's blog
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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 […]
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 […]
Ono “char siu” and other adventure food tales
My wife, Sally, and I went to a graduation party last night for our nephew, Gabriel Kai Chan, combined with a birthday party for his sister, Jenna’s three-year-old, Kyra. Their mom, Ida, is Sally’s youngest sister and pal. We often have extended family gatherings at Ida and Peter’s house because it has a very large […]
Internationalization of CCH (2004)
Ross R. Allen (1957-1966): 1957 registrar recalls internationalization of CCH Ross R. Allen (pictured at right), who joined the Church College of Hawaii administration in 1957 as the registrar and director of admissions, claims to be “the first person who ever applied for a job” at the university, compared with the original faculty, “who were […]