Mike Foley's blog
Here are a couple of samples:
Te Aroha Nui Maori group returns to PCC
[Story and photos by Mike Foley, originally published in PCC’s Imua Polenesia newsletter, August 2005] In the summer of 1963 the late Wendell B. Mendenhall, president of all LDS labor missionaries in the Pacific, asked 148 New Zealand Maori to help get the Polynesian Cultural Center ready for its opening on October 12th that year. […]
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 […]
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 […]
Mahalo to Christian Wilson
I want to publicly thank Christian Wilson of Laie for his generous assistance in helping me organize the back-end of my new blog. Chris knows a lot about computers and is one of the best SEO [Search Engine Optimization] people around: He frequently donates his talent to friends and various organizations throughout Koolauloa.