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Kapolanialaimaka “Kapo" Kealoha is the Executive Chef at Tiki's Grill & Bar in Waikiki. Since he returned from culinary stints in Wyoming and Northern California to take the top job at Tiki's, he's worked to accomplish three things: create an all-new breakfast buffet service, expand the over-all level of food and service, and teach all employees how to pronounce his first name. We hear he's nailed the first two, but using the nickname “Kapo" just might indicate goal number three is a bit more elusive than first thought. Kapo's a local man, having attended Moanalua High School and then cracking the culinary arts books at the Travel Institute of the Pacific. He's got a ton of local experience under his belt, not including those two sojourns at the Four Seasons Hotels already alluded to in paragraph one.
Register and School Bells Ring
When the holiday weekend is over, school starts. Cash registers are ringing along with school bells. The National Retail Federation says it expects families to spend 6.9 percent more this year than last year on back to school merchandise. The NRF predicts total spending will reach 18.4 million dollars. "Binders, spirals pens, pencils, paper, folder, shirts and pants and hoodies and stuff," Kendra Everts named the items on her back-to-school list. "Mostly my cell phone, some clothes come in handy, but I like my cell phone," high school junior Andrea Marcera said. The list for every student is different, heading back to class means making one last stop at the mall. For parents it's all about the necessities. "I try to get what she needs to start off school," Andrea's mother Lori Marcera said.
Customer Service
SANTA FE, N.M. (AP) - A CBS reality series in which youngsters run their own town has prompted complaints from one of the children's parents, and may have skirted New Mexico's child-protection laws. "Kid Nation," slated to premiere Sept. 19, was filmed over 40 days during April and May in a movie-set town in the high desert just south of Santa Fe. While parents and children made available by CBS praised the production as safe, well-supervised and a learning experience, one mother has told authorities the conditions warrant an abuse investigation. Janis Miles of Fayetteville, Ga., said in a letter that her 12-year-old daughter, Divad Miles, was spattered on her face with grease while cooking potatoes on a wood stove, and that four other children required medical attention after they accidentally drank bleach.
Ignoring The Mtn. no longer viable option
If ever the annual Mountain West Front Range Kickoff Luncheon needed the comic relief of former Air Force coach Fisher DeBerry, it was Thursday. The stalemate in satellite distribution of the league's dedicated cable-only network, The Mtn., is no laughing matter. MWC commissioner Craig Thompson didn't address the issue in his formal statements, although he discussed it after the program. "I know that Dish and DirecTV have at any given time about 100 proposals sitting on their desk," Thompson said. "Why is The Mtn. any different than the fourth cooking show or the third QVC jewelry show? They have to make a determination. How they make a determination is 'Will I lose subscribers if I don't have it or will I gain subscribers if I do have it?' " To that end, he is delighted with an online petition (addthemtntosatellite.blogspot.com) that has collected nearly 9,500 signatures from across the country.
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