University High School Alumni Home Page

Alas, our fifth guestbook is now no more. What is up with guestbooks crashing and disappearing? This is one of the great mysteries of the internet. For the time being, we will have no guestbook : (

WHAT'S UP

13th Annual Golf FUNdraiser on 10 July 2009

As many of you know, we hold an annual golf tournament fundraiser every summer. This year would have been the 13th annual tournament. However, due to the current economic situation and because it gets more and more difficult to find prizes each year, we are shifting gears.

Danny Alvarez and I know that there are plenty of Jr. Bows who look forward to the annual golf outing, and we want to keep that opportunity alive. This year we'll be holding our FIRST annual golf get-together: Just FORE Fun.

There will be no prizes, no hole contests, and no need for handicaps this year. Come join us on Friday, July 10th at Ala Wai Golf Course, 11:00 check-in and start-up of the Denis Kam Longest Putt Challenge.

The rock-bottom price to play is $70 per player. This just allows us to cover the cost of cart and green fees, food including dinner in the clubhouse after we golf, liability insurance, and a $10 donation to help the school.

Here is a link to the registration form: http://www.hawaii.edu/labschool/09golfregform.rtf.

Please join us for golf, for food and many, many, many beverages, and for Jr. Bow extended family fellowship: Just FORE Fun : )

8th Annual Alumni Dinner on 11 July 2009

We will hold our 8th Annual Alumni Dinner on Saturday, July 11th at the MPB. This is our annual FREE dinner for all Jr. Bows and dues-paying non-graduate friends, and their spouses/partners/boyfriends/girlfriends/children. The party will run from 5:00 to 9:00. Please rsvp by July 3rd to me Lanning Lee with your name, the year you graduated, and the name of your guest and your children attending. Hope to see you all there : )

• Mahalo nui loa to everyone who has contributed to the ULSAA fire fund. Please click here to confirm that your donation has been received and to see the most current list of purchases made so far using ULSAA fire fund donations. (Last purchase 04/09)

• Kokua in Kind: You can help ULSAA by donating your car to the cause:
  I donated my car to ULSAA last year through Kokua in Kind on Paiea St, out by the airport. This is actually the fourth car in a row my family has donated there. It's a very easy process. Happily, this brought in over $2000 for our alumni association endowment fund. Yes, I could have made more had I sold the car myself, and I certainly could have traded it in against a new car. But I wanted to do it this way. And it was nice to get the tax deduction. If you ever decide you want to donate your car (or your truck, motorcycle, moped, sailboat, or jet ski, believe it or not) to ULSAA, just designate the University Lab School Alumni Association. Here's a link to the Kokua in Kind home page:
  http://www.kokuainkind.com/

• Myke Okuhara '04 is now a fully certified Financial Services Representative with New England Financial, a MetLife company. "My mission is to help clients clarify and achieve their financial objectives, from retirement planning to insurance needs. During these turbulent economic times, it's important to have someone who can devote full attention to your investments, and back it up with a trusted name like MetLife. I'd like to give something back to Lab School by helping alumni plan for their future, so I'm hoping to hear from some of you soon to better get to know you and your financial goals. Thank you for your time. "

  You can contact Myke by phone at (w) 808.521.0818 ext 117, (c) 808.218.1453 or by email .

• Jazz (and more) bassist Steve Jones '72 is now giving lessons, electric or acoustic, at both the Easy Music in Pearl City and the King St. Easy Music shop as well. He has an intro special of the first five 1/2 hour lessons for $100, with rates of $25 per 1/2 hour and $50 per hour thereafter. If you'd like to learn to play bass from a Jr. Bow, email Steve.

• Danielle Robins Kaalele '91, along with her husband Keoki, have gradually taken over the management of Danielle's dad's business: Bob's Building Services Inc. Danielle says, "It's been a long ride, but I love it!" They handle both new home construction and renovation, and they are bonded and insured, and even do custom homes through Honsador Lumber. If you'd like to get in touch with Danielle, please call her at 808.259.9410.

• Lisa Adams '91 has her own Los Angeles area design business, spinning off the closet division from her husband's kitchen/bath design firm, Troy Adams Design. You can view her company's website here: www.laclosetdesign.com
  
  Read the 02/22/08 Star-Bulletin article by Erika Engle: http://starbulletin.com/2008/02/22/business/engle.html

• Cindy Rees-Ouchi '72 works at Island Realtors as a senior partner. You can reach Cindy at 808.687.8012.

• Scott Yamashita '76 runs his own independent real estate business. Visit his website: www.scottrealestate.com

• Band Director Ira Wong has put up more than 40 videos of Lab School Band performances on YouTube, and he's going to upload more and more and more : ) You can check them out at this link:
  http://www.youtube.com/user/ulsband

• Ira Wong has also come up with a definitive chronology of Jr. Rainbow band directors from the beginning to the present:
  Jack Browne (1950-53)
  Norman Rian (1953-55)
  Millard Mundy (1955-58)
  Don Walters (1957-58)
  Floyd Uchima (1960-66)
  Calvin Cullen (1966-67)
  William Steinhort (1967-69)
  Sharon Swindle (1969-70)
  Alan Fetterman (1970-1974)
  Richard Berg (1974-76)
  Fred E. Graff (1976-1977)
  Richard Berg (1977-78)
  Kazuhiko Sunabe (1978-79)
  Alan Ing (1979-84)
  Derrick Yamane (1984-85)
  Alan Akaka (1985-86)
  Derrick Yamane (1986-1993)
  Eugene Yonamine*
  Clarence Matsumoto*
  Dustin Ebesu* (Spring 1991)
  George Nomura* (Fall 1991)
  Juan Gregorio* (Spring 1992)
  Nolan Santa-Ana (1993-94)
  Elizabeth Kaneshiro* (1992-94)
  Elizabeth Kaneshiro (1994-95)
  Ira Wong (1995-96 to present)

  * indicates part-time

  

  Neighbor Island Speech Tournament 1996. Akaka Falls . . . Slowly I turn, step by step, inch by inch . . .

• If you would like to come back and talk to current Lab School students about the "real world" of college and work, contact Bill Teter by email, or call him at 808.956.4925. This is not a "career day" format talk. This is more like, "Hey, I've been through what you're going through right here at the Lab School, and here's what it's been like since I graduated."

  Back when I did college and career counseling, many alumni including Heidi Rian ('66), Gabe Garduque ('71), Gerald Lau ('72), John Shigemura ('72), Nate Fujita ('73), Leighton Wong ('73), Carolyn Kaichi ('74), Ray DeVilla ('85), Maia Forman ('85), Ken Tano ('85), and Cathy Wall ('86) took the time to come and talk to UHS students. The impact is enormous; you can greatly uncloud their thoughts and help them understand much more clearly what college and work are all about. There is nothing better than people who have lived the University High experience talking to students who are living it right now. The students listen very closely to UHS grads because grads have that extra credibility of having escaped from, er, I mean, uh, come from the same "family" : ) These students are a step away from breaking out, so you don't have to sugar-coat anything either. Feel free to tell them all about the good, the bad, the ugly, and the beautiful. They need to hear all of that. Please get in touch with Bill if you can give some of your time back to the family.

REUNIONS

• The Class of 1989 will gather together for their 20th year beyond the hallowed halls of UHS. Here's a message from Keoni Jeremiah:
  The Class of 1989 will celebrate their 20th class reunion on July 10 - 11, 2009. If you haven't received the email messages, please contact Keoni Jeremiah keonijeremiah at gmail dot com .

  Here is the schedule of events for July 10-11, 2009:

  Alumni Golf, Friday, July 10 -- Please contact the alumni association for sign up. Info can be found on the alumni website above.

  The Living Room At The Wharf, Friday, July 10 (Classmates and significant others). Info on registration was sent out by email. Contact Keoni if you didn't receive the notice.

  All-School Alumni Dinner, Saturday, July 11. Please email Lanning Lee with your RSVP -- reference May 25 email.

• From Dave Murakami, here's info about the Class of 1959's 50th reunion in 2009:
  When: Tuesday-Thursday, September 22-24, 2009

  Location:
  Resort Quest Shores
  Waikoloa, HI (Big Island)
  Condo with 1 & 2 Bedroom Units $190.00 per night

  You are welcome to stay elsewhere. Let me know if you want hotel info.

  Contact Info: Please let us know how we can contact you: Name, address, phone, cell, email (even if you can't come).

  Info About You: Please tell us what you have done since high school, college, your career, children, grandchildren, retirement.

  Share with us: Something You've Learned About Life.

  Also please let us know of any 1959 class members you know how to contact.

  Let me know if you want a reservation at the Resort Quest Shores. Do you want info about hotels in the area?

  RSVP by 5/1/08 so we can get a head count.

  Email: David Murakami murakamid808 at hawaii dot rr dot com or call me: (808)728-2001 cell phone

• The Class of 1969 will celebrate their 40th this year. Here is the tentative schedule:
  Alumni Golf, Friday, July 10
  Dinner at Natsunoya, Friday, July 10 (Classmates only)
  All-School Alumni Dinner, Saturday, July 11
  Las Vegas Trip, Friday, September 25 through Sunday, September 27, including dinners, brunches, lunches, shopping, and more : )

  Please email Mel Nakao for more information. Mahalo : )
  

  ULSAA

  

  

  ULSAA logo designed by Sandy Hiraoka ('86).

  

  Current President and Vice President

• ULSAA BUSINESS:

  Aloha to all graduates and friends. Here is the current University Laboratory School Alumni Association Board of Directors:

  Danny Alvarez '88, President, through 07/10
  Fred Birkett, current Lab School Principal
  Lanning Lee '72, Vice-President, co-founder of ULSAA, through 07/10
  Rhegan Liwanag-Luat '01, through 07/11
  Allison Mark '96, through 07/09
  Rhonda Nagao, former UHS faculty member, through 07/09
  Melvina Nakao '69, through 07/09
  Wayne Tong '70, through 07/11
  Julia West '98, through 07/11
  Thurston Wong '81, past Treasurer, through 07/09
  Scott Yamashita '76, Treasurer, co-founder of ULSAA and first President, through 07/10
  
  Honored former officers:
  Robbie Alm '69
  Jane Burke, former Principal
  Peter Estomago, former Principal
  Sandy Hiraoka '86
  Loretta Krause, former Principal
  Grace Kusuhara '53
  Warren Nishimoto '67
  Kawehi Sellers '92
  Krista Stanfill '98
  Dana Takahara-Dias '84
  Nylen Takahashi '77
  Pam Toguchi '89
  Darren Yoshioka '86
  Leighton Wong '73, co-founder of ULSAA and first Treasurer

• Become a member of ULSAA! Click here for a printable membership form.

THE CLASSES

• The ten latest additions to the alumni class lists, most recent first:
  Allan Donneson '59
  David Mann '81
  Doug Scott '68
  Babes Kalulu '89
  The Class of 2009
  Kanani (Dorinda) Hanohano Okuda '80
  Brandon Nakasato '93
  Brandon Gabriel '94
  Darin Awong '84
  Randy Canencia '84
  

• The ten most recently updated email addresses:
  Von Akama '73
  Orlando Dona '78
  D. Tafa`i Silipa '97
  Linda Mae Onomoto '63
  Michelle Parrish-Beaver '92
  Iwalani Ah Quin '92
  Laura Gust '86
  Paula Arcena '82
  Claire Barndt '77
  James Burghardt '86
  

• Note: If a person has an email button next to his/her name, click on that button to send an email message. If a person's name is highlighted, click on the name to view his/her home page or a website bearing information about that grad. A date in parentheses (xx/xx) at the end of an entry indicates how recently the info was updated. If there is no date at the end of the entry, the info might still be excellent. It just means there is no recent contact info change. I wish I could guarantee that all contact info is current, but I can't. People do move, or take new jobs, or switch email addresses, I've found. Please keep me updated as your own contact info changes. Mahalo ( :

Honored Friends & Other Grads:

Cary Miyashiro . . . email . . . 1658 Ua Dr, Honolulu HI 96816 . . . (w) 808. 534.4347 (12/05)

If you do not have your own electronic address, I'd be happy to list your mailing address and/or phone number. Please let me know your name (including last name before marriage if changed) and your graduation year.

• This is a happy list of UHS alumni marriages--both partners being grads:
  • Cheryl and Jim Harstad (Yes, this one definitely counts. Honorary grads. If not for UHS . . . :)
  • George and Shirley Iwahiro
  • Doug Watson and Tammi Arakaki
  • Lisa Enomoto and James Sereno
  • George and Rina Kawelo
  • Carl Racuya and Anita Kunihisa
  • Erinn Graulty and Scott Kawamura
  • Dennis and Patsy Irie
  • Margo and Bill Baist
  • Lyann Kahookele and Gabe Garduque
  • Lynn Yuen and Scott Yamashita
  • Claire Oasa and Michael Muraoka
  • Eleanor Ventula and Darryl Honda
  • JoAnn Hironaga and Milton Hino
  • Junior Atisanoe and April Stevens
  • Vernon Yang and Diane Sugihara
  • Gerald Fujita and Kathy Kamo
  • Oren Chikamoto and Beryl Morimoto
  • Koki Akamine and Joanne Hamada
  • Dianne Tashima and Dennis Sugihara
  • Melvin Miyamoto and Susan Kajikawa
  • Deanna Nakamura and Gerard Sakamoto
  • Donald Hosaka and Helen Fujiki
  • David McComas and JoAnne Harper
  • Michael Crossley and Marie Pahk
  • Kimo Leong and Nani Tamara
  • Linda Davis and John Macdonald
  • Stanley Naguwa and Janice Mitsuzawa
  • Ellsworth Hew and Sandra Leong
  • Malisa Evans and Romeo Gampong (10/26/02)
  • Marisol Pabo and Ken Peters (08/21/04)
  • Allison Chang and Michael Hirakami
  • Kendys Ko and Richard Min (08/09/08)
  • Jann Cabacungan and Stacie Fujii (09/27/08)

  Hey, Michael and Marie, you would not believe how many people emailed me about you--phone calls, even. You are truly well remembered by grads. Any others?

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