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- By Bob Sigall, Special to the Star-Advertiser
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Dec. 2, 2022
Last week I wrote about long-gone restaurants and the dishes readers would like to be able to dine on again. Over 100 readers responded and suggested their favorite places, so here is another installment.
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- By Bob Sigall, Special to the Star-Advertiser
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Nov. 25, 2022
Recently, I was talking to a friend about Mama’s Mexican Kitchen. It had locations at 378 N. School St., Moanalua Shopping Center, Pearl Kai Food Court and in Waikiki at 478 Ena Road. I particularly liked their taquitos, sopes and salsa.
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- By Bob Sigall, Special to the Star-Advertiser
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Nov. 18, 2022
A landmark for over 50 years, and once the Leeward area’s swankiest place to dine, the Pearl City Tavern began in 1940 when only 800 people lived in Pearl City.
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- By Bob Sigall, Special to the Star-Advertiser
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Nov. 11, 2022
My research this year has brought up a man named Donald Billam-Walker a few times. He and Clarice Taylor researched 1,300 Honolulu street names, writing about them in 1956.
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- By Bob Sigall, Special to the Star-Advertiser
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Nov. 4, 2022
Every year, I write about the anniversaries of important Hawaii organizations. In August I explored the 190th anniversary of Liliuokalani Church in Haleiwa, the 100th anniversary of Misaki’s Grocery on Molokai and the 95th anniversary of St. Francis Hospital in Liliha. Here are some more significant anniversaries.
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- By Bob Sigall, Special to the Star-Advertiser
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Oct. 28, 2022
At the end of the year, I give out awards to Hawaii people who have made history, preserved it, written about it or, in this case, all three.
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- By Bob Sigall, Special to the Star-Advertiser
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Oct. 21, 2022
I spoke to the Roosevelt High School class of 1960 reunion Thursday at the Waialae Country Club. I gave them a quiz — a “final exam” — that tested their knowledge of the school, coaches and students.
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- By Bob Sigall, Special to the Star-Advertiser
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Oct. 14, 2022
Every now and then I find myself with several vignettes that didn’t fit into an earlier column but are too interesting to ignore. So I put three or four together, even if they are unrelated. I call this type of column “leftovers.”
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- By Bob Sigall, Special to the Star-Advertiser
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Oct. 7, 2022
It’s always interesting to me when a simple question leads to unexpected places. Such was the case in September when a question about Eames Street in Wahiawa turned up the fact that Alfred W. Eames Sr., who gave the street its name, narrowly missed being on the Titanic in 1912.
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- By Bob Sigall, Special to the Star-Advertiser
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Sept. 30, 2022
Queen Elizabeth II died Sept. 8 after a reign of 70 years. I’ll write about her three visits to Hawaii another time. Today I thought I’d write about her mother, Queen Elizabeth, the Queen Mother, who visited Honolulu twice, in 1958 and 1966.
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- By Bob Sigall, Special to the Star-Advertiser
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Sept. 16, 2022
The University of Michigan football team took revenge on Hawaii on Saturday, beating the Rainbow Warriors 56-10 in a “close” game.
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- By Bob Sigall, Special to the Star-Advertiser
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Sept. 9, 2022
Four years ago I wrote about Dammit the Dalmatian, a dog who “attended” classes at University of Hawaii at Manoa. Max Urata told me the staff of the student newspaper, Ka Leo, gave Dammit his own column in 1954, and he even ran for student body president. He lost by a whisker, Urata said.
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- By Bob Sigall, Special to the Star-Advertiser
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Sept. 2, 2022
In this column, I thought I’d look back 61 years, to the first Hawaii team to capture a winners bracket game at the 15th Little League World Series in Williamsport, Pa. It took place in August 1961. The team was the Hilo Americans.
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- By Bob Sigall, Special to the Star-Advertiser
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Aug. 26, 2022
I love it when readers share a personal experience that was meaningful to them and that is also entertaining to the rest of us. This week’s column features tales of spirits — from carrying pork over the Pali, to the spirit of aloha transplanted to the Midwest, to a spirited tribute to a retiring Punahou president that surprised and amused his local audience. Enjoy.
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- By Bob Sigall, Special to the Star-Advertiser
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Aug. 19, 2022
Every year, I write about the anniversaries of important Hawaii organizations. Last week I explored the 100th anniversary of radio and the 70th anniversary of television in Hawaii. Here are some other significant milestones: a church, hospital, country store and bike path.
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- By Bob Sigall, Special to the Star-Advertiser
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Aug. 12, 2022
One hundred years ago in Hawaii, there was a race between two competitors to be the first to broadcast a live show on a newfangled device called radio.
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- By Bob Sigall, Special to the Star-Advertiser
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Aug. 5, 2022
In the past few weeks, I’ve been driving by Pohakupu Mini Park across the street from Castle Hospital in Kailua, and wondered what its story was.
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- By Bob Sigall, Special to the Star-Advertiser
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July 29, 2022
Hawaii streets and avenues often have interesting stories about how they were named or designed. In this column I’ll respond to questions from readers about several particular streets.
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- By Bob Sigall
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July 22, 2022
Imentioned recently that a few Fisherman’s Wharf waitresses were World War II Italian war brides. I heard from David Yamada, the now-retired Honolulu Advertiser director of photography. His mother, Maria, was one of the Italian war brides, he told me. She worked there for 54 years!
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- By Bob Sigall, Special to the Star-Advertiser
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July 15, 2022
Sometimes I have interesting stories that don’t take up an entire column. In this week’s edition I’ll look at why Holmes Hall at UH was given that name. Then we’ll skip over to Heeia to look at what those concrete remnants are in the ocean near King Intermediate.
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- By Bob Sigall
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July 8, 2022
Fifty years ago many islanders shared a common summer experience: working at one of the several pineapple canneries in Hawaii. Many teenagers earned their college tuition in this manner. I asked readers what working at a cannery was like.
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