OIA champ

Kahuku claims ’98 OIA football championship

[Story by Mike Foley, photo by Barry Markowitz, originally published in Kaleo, November 19, 1998]

Kahuku’s D-men didn’t let pouring rain stop them from keeping
Waianae scoreless during the OIA title match at Aloha Stadium

Kahuku High School’s unstoppable, nationally-ranked varsity Red Raiders finished out a perfect 1998 12–0 football season during a downpour at Aloha Stadium Nov. 14th by thrashing Waianae by 20-0 to claim their rightful place as Oahu Interscholastic Association (OIA) champions for the fifth time since 1989.

A crowd of almost 30,000 braved the weather to watch Kahuku’s shut-out victory over the Waianae Seariders, giving the Red Raiders a 12-0 season re-cord and the bid to take on defending Prep Bowl champions St. Louis on Nov. 27th.

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City Council names Ramos a ‘Living Treasure’

[Story and photo by Mike Foley: Originally published in KALEO, February 26, 1998] At the January 28 meeting of the City Council, Councilmember Steve Holmes presented a Council Certificate of Appreciation to Kahuku resident Angel Ramos, honoring him as “A Living Treasure.” [Ramos is pictured at right with his daughter, Carol Bowden] Ramos is well […]

Laie chicken roundup garners wide interest

[Story by Mike Foley, originally published in Kaleo, May 18, 2000] You might say the recent Laie Community Association notice of a stray chicken round-up on Saturday, May 20th and 27th, has really taken flight. Since the notice appeared in the May 4th issue of Kaleo, the story was picked up by the Honolulu Advertiser, […]

Please ‘courtesy flush’

After several hours of doing research at the BYU-Hawaii Archives in Laie this past week, I went to one of the men’s bathrooms, and was surprised to find that a previous patron in the only available stall had not bothered to flush. Ewww, he left his stinky mess behind . . . which, you may […]

MPHS tours small, old cemeteries in Laie

MPHS members at the small cemetery on the Hau‘ula side of Temple Hill About three dozen people, including kupuna, gained new appreciation for the aloha of families and volunteers during the Mormon Pacific Historical Society’s (MPHS) November 24, 2007, tour of five small and previously completely overgrown cemeteries in Laie. In fact, many community residents […]

Kahuku claims ’98 OIA football championship

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City Council names Ramos a ‘Living Treasure’

Laie chicken roundup garners wide interest

Please ‘courtesy flush’

MPHS tours small, old cemeteries in Laie

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