Wood Craft Premium http://www.staradvertiser.com/featurespremium/woodcraftpremium RSS Feed for Wood Craft Premium en-us Fri, 18 May 2012 11:30:00 GMT Classmate's grandfather crafted palace's staircase http://www.staradvertiser.com/featurespremium/woodcraftpremium/20120518_Classmates_grandfather_crafted_palaces_staircase.html JIMMY THOMAS, one of my Roosevelt class of '49 football teammates, sent me a letter after reading in my May 4 column that PBS Hawaii was to film a pledge program at ‘Iolani Palace. Comic book action heroes deliver a knockout hit http://www.staradvertiser.com/featurespremium/woodcraftpremium/20120511_comic_book_action_heroes_deliver_a_knockout_hit.html WOW! When it comes to action, both high-tech and ordinary knock 'em down, drag 'em out battles, "The Avengers" takes the cake. 'Iolani Palace opens doors for star-filled pledge drive http://www.staradvertiser.com/featurespremium/woodcraftpremium/20120504__Iolani_Palace_opens_doors_for_starfilled_pledge_drive.html PBS HAWAII will shoot what should be a blockbuster pledge program inside ‘Iolani Palace. Musical performances will be shot in the Blue Room, Throne Room and around the Grand Staircase. Photos of isle troops killed in Vietnam sought for Wall http://www.staradvertiser.com/featurespremium/woodcraftpremium/20120427__Photos_of_isle_troops_killed_in_Vietnam_sought_for_Wall.html GEN. COLIN POWELL'S announcement promoting the "Call for Photos" of Hawaii service personnel who were killed in the Vietnam War is running on TV. Vibrations from Dalai Lama felt long after appearances http://www.staradvertiser.com/featurespremium/woodcraftpremium/20120420_Vibrations_from_Dalai_Lama_felt_long_after_appearances.html NORA MEIJIDE-GENTRY walked up to the Dalai Lama Sunday morning at the Kahala Hotel and shook his hand. Later she was among the large crowd that saw him at the Stan Sheriff Center, as she is among his great admirers. Late journalist Roy Essoyan left his imprint across globe http://www.staradvertiser.com/featurespremium/woodcraftpremium/20120413_Late_journalist_Roy_Essoyan__left_his_imprint_across_globe.html Roy Essoyan, who died March 22 at age 92 at his home in Pupukea, got his U.S. citizenship in Hawaii but was truly a citizen of the world. Corky’s Felt cartoon stars on ‘Deep Throat’ book cover http://www.staradvertiser.com/featurespremium/woodcraftpremium/Corkys_Felt_cartoon_stars_on_Deep_Throat_book_cover.html CORKY TRINIDAD, the legendary editorial cartoonist for the Star-Bulletin who died in 2009, is still reaching readers with his mighty pen. Corky’s cartoon of Mark Felt, the shadowy FBI official who revealed himself as the Watergate source “Deep Throat” in 2005, is the jacket cover art on the newly released book “Leak: Why Mark Felt Became Deep Throat,” by Max Holland (University Press of Kansas). School to honor its 'Music Man' http://www.staradvertiser.com/featurespremium/woodcraftpremium/20120330_School_to_honor_its_Music_Man.html The late Shigeru Hotoke was Kailua High's "Music Man." Saturday, the school's music building will be named the Shigeru Hotoke Music Building in his honor. The program will run from 10 a.m. to noon. Borges' passion for singing will enliven Rotary benefit http://www.staradvertiser.com/featurespremium/woodcraftpremium/20120323__Borges_passion_for_singing_will_enliven_Rotary_benefit.html Jimmy Borges will sing anywhere, anytime his musical spirit moves him. This started when he was 6 years old on a Honolulu trolley bus on the way to school at St. Louis and he sang to a little girl. Memorial for Maguire evokes gridiron memories http://www.staradvertiser.com/featurespremium/woodcraftpremium/20120316__Memorial_for_Maguire_evokes_gridiron_memories.html Bill "Maggie" Maguire, 82, who retired after serving many years as branch manager for Carrier Air Conditioning in Hono­lulu, died Jan. 13 in Kirkland, Wash.