C O NT E N T S • • •••••••••••••••• FOCUS: MERRIE MONARCH PERPETUATES LEGACY OF ANCIENT HAWAI'I ••. PG 18 Ra inbow Fa lls in Hilo. H awai 'i. APRIL - 'APE LI LA COU rlesy of the MAY - MEl HaH'a i 'i \!isitors & Conve ntio n Bureau. RED ROCK CANYON: A PLEASANT FAMILY ACTIVITY o E PA R T ME N T S FOR THE FAMILY 9 ALOHA FROM BoYS' DAY & SOUTHERN CALIFORNIA MEMORIAL DAY 10 Join Hawaii's television $29.95 each (includes shipping & handling) by Alo h a J oe .. .. .. .. ...1 3 personality, Emme Tomi mbang, send chec k or money order to: 'OHANA MAGAZINE EMME INC. IS EVERYWHERE IN HAWAI'I 12 CALENDAR . ... .. .. •. .. • . ... 6 as she brings you the music, e/ o Christine Biaggi the people and the culture that makes P.O. Box 90024 • Henderson, Nevada 89009 14 ISLANDERS GRADUATE CLASSIFIED . .. " .. .. ... .39 email: emmeine@(ava.net • 1·702·565·4388 FROM UNLV 15 Hawai'i unique and special. *payable to EMM E INC. FROM THE EDITOR .... .. ... .. .4 ALOHA MARCH 20 1999 SOCIETY PRINCESS 22 EMME'S ISLAND MOMENTS b y Emili e T o m im b ol1 g . ... ...25 HAWAIIAN SOVEREIGNTY 23 IT'S A SMALL WORLD GASA-GASA GOSSI P ....,(\\~\ RRTS & ('1I.a IN HAWAI'I 24 by Steven Lum . .. .. ... 8 TAKAHASHI MARKET HAWAIIAN MUS IC REVI EW SERVING ISLANDERS b y A lo h a J oe .. .. 16 .'" & ..¥~~ FOR 100 YEARS 26 ISLAND HOPP I NG ...11 KAMA'AINA LIVING ON MAINLAND LAS VEGAS: W H A T'S NEW & HOT ~ FOOD FESTIVAL .,. CAN'T RETURN HOME 27 b y Deke C astfell/ elll . •.. .. .. ..•. 31 During Merrie Monarch Week! EASTER CELEBRATED 28 LETT E RS TO THE EDITOR . .. .. .. 7 HI STORY OF HAWAIIAN A Celebration of the Artistic STATE SEAL 2 7 NI NTH ISLAND BUSINESSES . ....35 and CllltlirallIerita~e of l iawai'i, MOTHER'S DAY 36 S UMO: THE BATTL E OF TH E BOUT its people and its environment. e Ol 'er "ho to of Pearl /-1 {/;/i. Po '1/ hy A1illo /-1 0/1 • • •. .33 Prill cf'SS (~ l !vl olli - A1e r r i e M O//{/rch F es t;" o ! '97. p llO los ( ~r Do reen B(/Irlado IN T H E N EXT I SSUE : & alld Killg K(/IIIl'hol1l l'ha O i l 1 J(/ ~e s 18- /9. April 8, 9 10, 1999 Kailw'o Mall, J1jJo • AN EXC LU SIV E INTE RV IE W W ITH A L EADING C E O {fill/ H all'aiian (" 1I/ flIre sTll d en!s fi ll page 23. CO/I ,.{t'SY (~ r Chrisly Lassiler ON T H E LAS V EGAS STR IP PhOlog raphy. , FA Mi l Y A CTIVIT I ES ON TH E LAS V EGAS STRIP P UIII 'C S~"V I~ ' """<J" " lOl "'l" , N IH' '>.'1> /I ii' , " "~I''' , 2 ' O H A N A ' APEL I LA / M E I 1999 3 A Note from the Editor ___________.OHANA <family)® V OLUME 3 ISS U E 5 MEL O ZEKI , PH . D . Publisher I Editor Mel Ozeki, Ph.D. • Dottie Thompson, director o f the Associate Publi sher & Editor I Accounts Em il y Ozeki world-famo us Me rri e Mo narc h Ass:. to Publisher Christine Biaggi Festival in Hilo since it began in Art Director / Design Diana Barclay-Crane 1964, honored 'OHANA (jalllily)® GraphicArti sl l Design Kathy Miya-Revuelto Magazine as her guests in April. A Marketing. Sales & PR Chri stine Bi aggi Tip of the 'OHANA Coconut Papale a lso goes to Bill Smith Account Executi ve Sano Wright and Duke Duclayan at Vacations- Hawai'i fo r w ing ing LI S Accountalll Stephanie GOlD there and coordinating deli very of 'OHANA's magazines fo r Cont ributi ng Writers Aloha Joe Seiler island di stribution. All of th ese wonderful people and their Deke Cast leman Ri ta De S il va staffs truly epitomize the meaning of Aloha Spirit for every­ Mitch Fox one in the Aloha State. Kimberl y Fu Mina Hall • Have you heard th e phrase, "The best laid plans of mice and Bert Kekauoha men?" Fi guratively, means that even the bes t laid plans, be ing Hal Kap Steven Lurn contri ved by man, can and wi ll go awry (ala. Murphy's Law, P'H Morita what can go wrong, w ill go wrong.) T o 'OHANA's c hagrin , Michael Perry some subscribers in Hawai' j received the ir magazines after Emlllc Tomimbang Leilchu <l Yuen mid-February, and some not at a ll ! 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