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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- By Bob Sigall, Special to the Star-Advertiser
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July 1, 2022
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Rolf Nordahl of the MacMouse Club and I were talking recently about Lemon Road in Waikiki, where he lives and works. It’s not named for the fruit, he told me, but for a family that lived there.
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- By Bob Sigall, Special to the Star-Advertiser
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June 24, 2022
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I wrote about Spencecliff restaurants several weeks ago and heard from several who worked at one of its 50 establishments.
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- By Bob Sigall, Special to the Star-Advertiser
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June 17, 2022
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Last week I wrote about several streets in Hawaii and how they got their names. Since then I have been deluged with stories and questions. Here are some of them.
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- By Bob Sigall, Special to the Star-Advertiser
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June 10, 2022
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Jed Gaines, founder of Read Aloud America, recently suggested I write about streets and how they got their names. Who was Keeaumoku Street named for, he wanted to know.
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- By Bob Sigall, Special to the Star-Advertiser
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June 3, 2022
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When I was old enough to have a few bucks in my pocket to go out to eat, I often found myself at a Spencecliff restaurant. The food was good.
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- By Bob Sigall, Special to the Star-Advertiser
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May 27, 2022
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I was looking through an old Hilo High School Vikings yearbook a while ago and noticed it had three pages devoted to student nicknames. Every senior, it seemed, had one.
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- By Bob Sigall, Special to the Star-Advertiser
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May 20, 2022
Every now and then I open my mailbag and respond to reader questions. Here are some I’ve gotten recently.
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- By Bob Sigall, Special to the Star-Advertiser
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May 13, 2022
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Louise Saffery asked: “Do you remember the Green Turtle, a restaurant and bar, across the street from the former KGMB studios?
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- By Bob Sigall, Special to the Star-Advertiser
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May 6, 2022
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Every year, I highlight local companies and organizations that reach significant milestones. Today I’m happy to congratulate the Outdoor Circle on all it has accomplished in 110 years.
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- By Bob Sigall, Special to the Star-Advertiser
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April 29, 2022
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Last week I wrote about a few restaurants that are long gone and the dishes readers wished they could still order and dine on. Since then my inbox has been flooded with more nominations and memories. Here are some of them.
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- By Bob Sigall, Special to the Star-Advertiser
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April 22, 2022
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I was talking to my neighbor Ivan Young this week. He told me he used to work at Lyn’s Delicatessen at Ala Moana Center with 18-year-old John Gotanda, who’s now president of Hawaii Pacific University.
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- By Bob Sigall, Special to the Star-Advertiser
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April 15, 2022
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I enjoyed seeing Tiger Woods return to the Masters last weekend, and it reminded me of a local golfer who did something similar in 1934. His name was Francis I‘i Brown.
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- By Bob Sigall, Special to the Star-Advertiser
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April 8, 2022
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Last week I wrote about the Waikiki Jungle, the part of Waikiki that extended from about Kaiulani Avenue to the zoo. In the 1960s and 1970s, it was filled mostly with one- and two-story houses whose low rents attracted young locals, members of the military and hippies.
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- By Bob Sigall, Special to the Star-Advertiser
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April 1, 2022
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Many ideas for this column arrive in my email inbox. Iris Nitta wrote recently, saying: “One place that I’d like to hear more about is the Waikiki Jungle.
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- By Bob Sigall, Special to the Star-Advertiser
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March 25, 2022
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I’ve written about Hawaii people crossing paths with celebrities a few times this year. Former KGMB news anchor Linda Coble told me she met several presidents, two first ladies and even Oprah Winfrey.
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I’m sure most of my readers could point to where such Oahu neighborhoods as Waipahu, Palama, Manoa or Kapahulu are.
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- By Bob Sigall, Special to the Star-Advertiser
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Feb. 18, 2022
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L&L Hawaiian Barbecue Co-chairman Eddie Flores Jr. called in January. He’s leading a project to build two arches in Chinatown, at the Hotel Street side of Kekaulike Street, and the King Street side.
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