Mike Foley's blog
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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 […]
Lanihuli luau an ono success
[Story and photo by Mike Foley: Originally published in KALEO, March 12, 1998] The Lanihuli Hawaiian Civic Club (LHCC) scholarship luau on March 7 was described as “the best country luau you’ll ever find.” “To me, it’s what the old-time country luau used to be,” said new LHCC president Sheree Evans, who added that about 500 […]
Hawaii Diocese recognizes Napela-St. Damien collaboration
[Reprinted from a press release I wrote on May 12, 2010] LAIE, Hawaii — The Most Reverend Clarence “Larry” Silva, Bishop of the Roman Catholic Diocese of Honolulu, presented the Polynesian Cultural Center and The Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints in Hawaii with a special Certificate of Appreciation on May 7, 2010, “in […]
Scholarly panel shares perspectives with Korean journalists
[By Mike Foley, originally published online in the BYU-Hawaii Newsroom, May 27, 2003] A group of South Korean journalists accompanied by two Latter-day Saint authorities from that country recently met with compatriots on campus and heard a scholarly panel discuss the history and status of the Korean Peninsula. The panel, which met in the McKay […]