Mike Foley's blog
Here are a couple of samples:
Serious about soccer
[Story and photo by Mike Foley: Originally published online through the BYU-Hawaii “Newsroom,” September 18, 2002] A BYU-Hawaii history professor literally used the arenas of the 2002 World Soccer Cup matches in Korea and Japan to further his research on nationalism and sports as an idea as well as a mode of behavior. Associate Professor […]
Hundreds join in Laie taro planting ceremony
[Story and photos by Mike Foley: Originally published in KALEO, February 12, 1998] Several hundred kupuna, kuleana neighbors, VIPS, community and business leaders, residents, keikis, students and guests gathered in old Po’ohaili on Feb. 7 to participate in the large-scale restoration of taro to Laie. The sounds of the pu shell and Hawaiian chanting by […]
Thank you, Miss Rappaport
I learned one of my most useful skills in life in the late 1950s when I was in the 8th grade at Roosevelt Junior High School in Salt Lake City, Utah — touch typing. For that I must thank a most unusual teacher: Miss Bertha Rappaport. Anybody who took beginning typing from her back in […]
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 […]