Wednesday, June 28, 2017

30th Reunion

30th Reunion
Saturday, July 14, 2007
Dave & Busters, Sunset Lounge


The McKinley Class of 1977 Reunion Committee would like to thank everyone (150 classmates, spouses and friends)
for making the 30th reunion a big success! Here's a recap for those who weren't able to make it:

The committee arrived at about 3 p.m. to set up and encountered two challenges: the parking at Ward Entertainment Complex and the weather. But never fear not even the opening of the latest Harry Potter movie or the slight drizzle could dampen our party.

Kathleen Campbell made sure all the arrangements with Dave and Buster's were going smoothly, while Ed Young provided several things: he took care of the bills, made the name tags (with the old yearbook photos), took all the pictures of the McKinley campus and scanned all the old Pinions that were on display, as well as take the group pictures. He also was in charge of the Web site as well as keeping track of our class data base. (No wonder Ed was reportedly seen dancing on the table).

Guy Inaba helped make arrangements for our mobile music, which was provided by A&W Mobile Music. Stacy Kaneshiro assisted with Nelson Tanabe, who played his guitar and sang for the reunion.

Sharon (Nakata) Viveiros and Sheri (Sonoda) Kim were in charge of the favors and organizing the check-in. (Thanks to Sharon (Domai) Lock, Colleen (Nakato) Lee, Susan (Lee) Yamamoto and Lynne (Horiuchi) Chinen for helping at the check-in). Kalene Shim Sakamoto and Susan Sugitani assisted with the program. Guy and Kalene also were charged with the making of our reunion DVD.

As the skies cleared, Greg Nishioka and Bart Asato began their stint as the emcees for the night. They kept the program to a minimum so everyone could talk story and catch up for some it was 30 years since they had seen each other. But judging from the laughter and chatter heard at the rooftop gathering, the time gap closed quickly.

As the guests arrived, they were greeted by tunes of the 1970s, everything from Kung Fu Fighting to How Deep Is Your Love could be heard throughout the night. Among attendees were alumni from Florida, California, Texas, Oregon, the Big Island, Maui, Guam and even Costa Rica!

Food was served buffet style with a variety of eats, including kung pao sesame noodle salad, blackened chicken pasta, veggies and grilled fajita steak kebabs.

Many agreed the informal atmosphere of Dave and Buster's really added to the night. People were able to walk around and chat, as well as dress comfortably - some even wore shorts! -making it a relaxing time. The view of Ala Moana Park and the sunset were beautiful.

After dinner, Nelson, who now lives in Beaverton, Ore., played tunes from the past including songs made popular by local artists such as Cecilio and Kapono, Kalapana and Olomana as well as a few contemporary tunes.

We also tested the memories of the 40-somethings with a McKinley Class of 1977 super-trivia quiz. Questions included: Who was the senior class football game played against on Oct. 15, 1976? Name one of the favorite pep rally songs that the MHS Band played and Name of the three McKinley Theatre Group productions in 76-77. Prizes were given out to the classmates with the best memories.

There were a lot of donations, monetary and prizes, including Barbara (Ige) Yoshikawa-created gift baskets, restaurant certificates, travel vouchers, CDs and even a Colt Brennan-autographed football, won by Ed Kama Jr. Several donations also came from classmates who weren't able to join us this time.

Also attending were student council adviser Jean Matsuo and class adviser George Maeda, who helped us with the prize giveaways.

And special credit had to be given to classmate Paul Naki, who arrived after 10 p.m., after a flight from Texas. Luckily, the party was still going strong and Paul was able to be a part of it.

Most of the time was spent remembering old times, catching up with events of the past 30 years and renewing friendships. Talk of jobs, adventures, children and grandchildren. And at the end of the night people were already talking about when we could have the next reunion.

Aloha!

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Classmates who made it up to the roof:

 



McKinley High School Class of 1977
40th Reunion Summer 2017


Monday, June 19, 2017

20th Reunion

20th Reunion
Saturday, August 23, 1997
Prince Kuhio Hotel


Hi everyone!

The reunion committee members belatedly would like to thank the 165 people who attended our 20th-year reunion dinner and 70 who came to the picnic in August. We appreciate the great feedback we've received since then and it sounds like everyone had a good time.

It was fun finding out what everyone was doing after 20 years... The folks who have become parents - and grandparents... Those who found job succes at home and on the Mainland... Even someone who retired after 20 years of military service! We also appreciate all those who made the trip from the Neighbor Islands, and the Mainland from such places as Virginia, Texas, Pennsylvania and California.

For those of you who didn't make it: We missed you! 

We hope to stay in contact with all those on the mailing list and plan something for the 25th-year reunion (2002!) as many of you suggested. Most of the class members who attended the reunion said they would like to have something informal for the 25th. The committee made a pact to meet in the year 2000 to start talking about what we want to do. We don't want to limit the organization to the current committee. We'd like to include more people and already have offers of help. If you are interested, please contact us at the address or phone number below.

The committee was asked to ID the group picture taken at the reunion (some folks came too late; typical of our class, eh?). We believe we got all the IDs correct! If not, give Bart a call so he can correct the original. We don't look that much older, do we? 

Bottom row: Dannard Nichols, Randall Casquit, John Piilani, Bart Asato, Scott Fuchigami, Stacy Kaneshiro, Dondi Vinca, Kalok Chan.
Second row: Darlene (Pang) Mau, Margaret Matsuoka, Joanne (Liu) Young, Julie Leong, Corinne (Nagamine) Suzuka, Gayle (Koike) Marumoto, Sheri (Sonoda) Kim, Sharon (Nakata) Viveiros, Kalene Shim, Naomi (Yamamoto) Pai, Catherine (Uyehara) Yamauchi, Kathleen (Campbell) Kageyama, Susan Sugitani.
Third row: Valerie Badua, Frances (Uemura) McFarland, Florence Uemura-Oshiro, Mary (Furuto) Kim, Marion (Siu) Choi, Susan Kono, Kathy Tamanaha, Louise (Fujihara) Asato, Louise (Fujioka) Liu, Janet (Kuwata) Miyake, Karen Yamauchi, Gail (Morikawa) Camara.
Fourth row: Patrick Pias, Jon Ogoshi, Fay (Hirata) Ogoshi, Sanae Marabellas, Claudette (Chun) Chee, Lavaina (Bush) Lee, Roseanne (Wong) Leydon, Jolinda Kirkpatrick, Kathy Kolo, Lilia (Lee) Tashiro, Barbara (Henderson) Hope, Joy (San Buenaventura) Hutson, Chandelle (Hirao) Fuchigami, Amy Yamamoto, Natalie Silva, Davilynne (Kaneao) Jandoc. Fifth row: Dean Miyasato, Adele Aoyama, Ernesto Mostoles, Darrell Chun, Tod Matsumoto, Beverly (Kaya) Uchima, Brian Uchima, Lynn (Taketa) Yap, Lynne Uyehara, Lorna Soong, Patricia Burlison, Willington Leong, Clyde Souza, Darrell Wong.
Sixth row: Lloyd Wong, Sergio Dupio, Jeffrey Fong, Ronnie Pacis, Cavin Yonamine, Nolan Komatsu, Owen Uehara, Mauri (Peterman) Nakasone, Charles Linkee, Guy Inaba, Kenneth Hashimoto, Dean Kawano, Jon Obara, Ed Young, Paul Tomino, Joel Yuen, Michael Victorino, John LeRoy
Back row: Mictchell Nowicki, George Coble, Derek Gasper, Michael Yoshimura, Keith Kojima, Jerry Tamamoto, Mark Matsumoto, patrick Ganeku, John Takushi, Vinson Motas, Roscoe Nishida, Arthur Fujioka, Keoni Alip, Wendell Kau.




McKinley High School Class of 1977
40th Reunion Summer 2017


Tuesday, June 13, 2017

10th Reunion

10th Reunion
September 6, 1987
Honolulu International Country Club








McKinley High School Class of 1977
40th Reunion Summer 2017

Monday, June 5, 2017

112th Commencement June 5, 1977

McKinley High School Class of 1977
112th Vesper Commencement
Sunday, June 5, 1977
McKinley High School Campus
752 Graduates



A
Richard Abbate | Leo Acierto | Natalie Aczon | Isaac Adams | Joe Afoa | Liauaa Afuvai | Felix Aguilar | William Aguinaldo | Kathleen Ahn | Nylyne Ahu | Christopher Akamine | Anna Akamu | Brian Akima | Virgilio Alarcio | Daniel Afonso | Francis Keoni Alip | Lauda Alonz | Zenaida Ancheta | Wendell AnCog | Andy Anderson | Lee Anderson | Donna (Akaji) Annoura | Lloyd Antonio | Adele Aoyama | William Aquinaldo | Alan Arakawa | Alan Arizumi | Bart Asato | | Grayson Asato | Louise (Fujihara) Asato | Nathan Asato | Alvin Asuncion | Joe Atiga | Lian Au | Theresa Au | Valerie Au (Badua) | Gwen Auyeung | Dennis Auyong | Harry Avilla |

B
Alex Badua | Sofronio Baldonado | Marian Balicanta | Texas Baloran | Kathleen Bandy | Jay Barrett | Jeanette Barrows | Trason Basconis | Zenaida (Ancheta) Bayan | Lynda Beck | Kehau Bell | Millard Berman | Lynn (Taketa) Bhanot | Francisco Biacan | Sharon Bluemke | Tim Bowman | Patti (Matayoshi) Buechner | Kelly Burgett | Patricia Burlison | Hye Sun Byun |

C
Elvira Calderon | Gail (Morikawa) Camara | Kathleen Campbell | Maria Campeau | Virgie Cariaga | Mike Carroll | Julie Cary | Randall Casaquit | Aurelio Castillo | Vanessa Castillo | Lorna Castro | Joseph Celebrado | Bill Chan | David Kalok Chan | Lai Mee Chan | Leslie Chan | Rosemarie Chan Chow | Mary Ann Chanel | Anne Chang | Catherine Chang | Donna (Yuen) Chang | Lisa Chang | Neal Chang | Yong Jun Chang | Celestine Chau | Annie Chee | Claudette (Chun) Chee | Darrick Cheng | Moi Cheng | Molin Cheng | Shigeru Chigusa | Janet Chin | Lynne (Horiuchi) Chinen | Dayton Ching | Godfrey Ching | Ramona Ching | Dennis Chiu | Howard Chiu | Howard Chiu | Tina Cho | Euna Choi | Marion (Siu) Choi | Pok Sun Choi | Hung Che Chon | Carolyn Chong | Cindy Chong | Colin Choy | Lily (Lam) Chu | Calvin Chun | Darrell Chun | Joyce Chun (Nakamaejo) | Judy Chun | Lorna Chun | Maury Chun | Randall Chun | Raymond Chun | Sandra (Ige) Chun | Ty Chun | Stephanie Clemente | George Coble | Cindy Contrades | Patricia Costa | Susan Covey |

D
Diana Davis | Whittier Davis | Lyla Dayrit | Richard DeCoite | Haunani Dela Cruz | Marieta Dela Cruz | Virgilio Deocares | Steve Depweb | Lori Dillon | Jonnie Dixon | Norma Dumaoal | Michael Dupin | Sergio Dupio | Barbara (Uyeno) Dworshak |

E
Brigeda Ebia | Geni Ebisutani | Mark Edwards | Mark Enomoto | Ramona Espina |

F
Timote Fahina | James Farrish | Louis Ferreira | Militoni Finau | Donald Fong | Ellen Fong | Jeffrey Fong | Maryann Fong | Wai Ching Fong | Kathrine Fonseca | Clara (Oshima) Foo | Kalene Foo | Debbie Franco | Teddy Freitas | Scott Fuchigami | Chandelle (Hirao) Fuchigami | Jay Fujii | Keith Fujii | Dana Fujimoto | Arthur Fujioka | Isaac Fujioka | Liane (Fujii) Fujita | Keith Fukumoto | Bonnie Furuta |

G
Gary Gabalas | Alva Galera | Patrick Ganeku | Barbara Garrett | Derek Gaspar | Glenn Gaspar | Jeffrey Gaspar | Kenneth Gibson | Phyllis (Miyata) Gibson | Kathy Ginoza | Norma Godoy | Lynne (Sato) Goeller | Robertha Gomes | Bobbie Gomez | Antonio Gonzales | Richard Goto | George Goya | Chris Groat | Virginia Gutierrez | Scott Gyotoku |

H
Tae Sik Ha | Inhae Ham | Raymond Handa | Yeole (Estrella) Hanohano | Lynette Hao | Robin Sharlene Hao | Herbert Hara | Jay Hara | Nathan Harada | Sandy Haraguchi | Jennifer Hartl-Davis | Darren Hashida | Kenneth Hashimoto | Susan (Kono) Hashimoto | Alden Hayashi | Mae Hayashida | Bob Hemsley | Jane Hideko (Yanai) Henderson | Angie Hermogila | Lilia Hernandez | Claire (Shimamoto) Hew | Clayton Higa | Colleen Higa | Debbie Higuchi | Wayde Higuchi | Dean Hirabayashi | Kenneth Hironaka | Craig Hironaka | Earl Hishinuma | Alan Ho | Karen Ho | Shirley Ho | Audrey Hokyo | Barbara (Henderson) Hope | Gary Horita | Randy Howard | Cary Hsia | Rosemarie (Chan Chow) Hsia | Maria Huang | Susan Huang |

I
Elaine Ikeda | Stacy Ikeda | David Ikehara | Chang Im | David Imai | Guy Inaba | Leward Inaura | Lily Ishida | Henry Ishiki | Richard Ishiki | Scott Iwaki | Robert Izawa |

J
Davilynne (Kaneao) Jandoc | Marites Jaralba | Rozanna Johnson | Jaread Johnson | Myong Hui Jon | Jae Sook Jung |

K
Morris Kainuma | Colbert Kaio | Karen Kaio | Kirk Kaku | Darlene Kalepa | Stacy Kaluna | Edward Kama, Jr. | Arleen (Ige) Kamita | Brian Kanakuri | Davilynne Kaneao | Hea Suk Kang | Il Ho Kang | Rene Kaneshiro | Stacy Kaneshiro | Wendell Kau | Walter Kauleinamoku | Asa Kaulia | Gwen Kawamoto | Jay Kawamoto | Karl Kawamoto | Dean Kawano | Milton Kawasaki | Reuben Kaleimamahu | Joann Keamohuli | Jeffrey Keola | Byron Kido | Cathie Kim | Chae Yeon Kim | Debbie Kim | Du Uk Kim | Kyonghwa Kim | Mary (Furuto) Kim | Sheri (Sonoda) Kim | Silhouette Kim | Song Kyu Kim | Leilani (Shiroma) Kimata | Joseph Kimura | Richard King | Jolinda Kirkpatrick | Kayle Kitamori | Gail Kiyuna | Song Ko | Brian Kodama | Keith Kojima |Randall Koki | Katherine Kolo | Nolan Komatsu | David Kondo | Jan Kouchi | Michael Kreiner | Anthony Ku | Ricky Kuhaiki | Amy Kuo | Kevin Kurashima | Lorraine (Napolis) Kurashima | Lori (Cheng) Kurokawa | Janet Kuwata | Ewa Kwan | Anna Kwon |

L
Brenda Labank | Marcelo Laborte | Lily Lam | Puisin Lam | Sui Yee Dolla Lam | Philip Lau | Baron Lee | Cardine Lee | Hong Ja Lee | Lala Lee (Lavina Bush) | Tommy Lee | Yuen Lee | Nancy (Young) Leiggi | Julie Leong | Roland Leong | Willington Leong | John LeRoy | Alan Leung | Bernadette Lewis | Dee Ann Lewis | Rosanne (Wong) Leydon | Sookyu Lim | Melissa Ling | Charles LinKee | Bernadine Lino | Louise (Fujioka) Liu | Wing Liu | Lena Llacuna | Helen Lo | Sharon (Domai) Lock | Joan Lopez | Fred Lorenzo | Eric Louie | Peter Louie | Bryan Louis | Barbara (Sato) Low | Kapino Lucas | Karen Lucas | Patty Lui | Bonnie (Aoyagi) Lum | Gloria (Mun) Lum | Paul Lum | Dale Lundberg |

M
Cindy (Chong) Ma | Dickson Ma | Susanna Ma | Joeleytte Maae | Melissa Maghanoy | Michael Maielua | Vickie Mak | Annie (Chee) Maldonado | Robert Maldonado | Brenda Malek | Alden Manamtam | Stacia Mansinon | Sanae Marabellas | William Marcelo | Warlita Martin | Gayle (Koike) Marumoto | Nani (Winchester) Maseuli | Ray Masuda | Pattie Matayoshi | Alan Matsudo | Sheryl (Iwamoto) Matsui | Drew Matsumoto | Man Matsumoto | Mark Matsumoto | Tod Matsumoto | Margaret Matsuoka | Irene Mattson | Mary Ann Mattson | Siu Chun Mau | Elizabeth Mauia | Frances (Uemura) McFarland | Gary Medeiros | Faye (Sailola) Meek | Phyllis Melendez | Peter Melendy | Annette Mendiola | Isabelle Mireles | Janet (Kuwata) Miyake | Lee (Yukitomo) Miyamoto | Jan Miyasaki | Jay Miyasaki | Dean Miyasato | Carlita (Cabalda) Miyashiro | Ramona (Mento) Moore | Randolph Morales | Lori Moribe Fukunaga | Jeffrey Morris | Ramie Mossman | Ernesto Mostoles | Reynaldo Mostoles | Vinson Motas | Iris Muranaka | Mark Muranishi |

N
Meri Nagao | Steven Nagao | Charlotte (Owens) Nahinu-Liberato | Mari Naito | Glenn Nakagawa | Mark Nakamura | Tamra Nakamura | Neil Nakao | Colleen Nakaoka | Kyle Nakasone | Mauri Nakasone (Peterson) | Lynn Nakata | Clifton Nakatani | Lillian Nakato | Paul Naki | Ruth Namnama | Lori (Sakai) Naylon | Floyd Neal | Catherine (Chang) Nelson | Catherine Nemoto | Tony Nemoto | Cynthia Neves | Cathie Ng | Ericson Ng | Freddie Ng | Philip Ng | Texi Ngiraingas | Dannard Nichols | Marliss Nihei | Naomi Nishida | Roscoe Nishida | Layne Nishihara | Claire Nishimoto | Tami Nishimoto | Sheri Nishimura | Greg Nishioka| Darren Nitta | Mitchell Nowicki | Chikayo Nushihara |

O
Harry Oba | Jon Obara | Stuard Oda | Trudy Ann Oda | Noreen Ogata | Elden Ogoshi | John Ogoshi | Faye (Hirata) Ogoshi | Terrence Oi | Mark Okamoto | Lyndon Okata | Paul Okimi | Christine Okuda | MaryAnn (Lau) Omerod | Bryon Ono | Milton Ono | Sharon Ono | Florentina Ordinado | Clara Oshima | Michael Oshima | Sachiko Oshiro | Florence (Uemura) Oshiro | Cheryl Oyadamori | Russell Oye |

P
Ronnie Pacis | Chang Mi Paek | Young Mae Paek | Darlene Pang Raffanello | Gail Pang (Tanaka) | Chul Sun Park | Janet Park | Kyung Park | Soonbun Park | Joseline Pascual | Jose Pasion | Laverne Patty | Lynnette(Lefty) Pavao (Hao) | Marissa Pavon | Janet Pelayre | Darnell Peralto | Gail (Tanaka) Perez | Laraine (Koyama) Peterson | Teri Peterson | Patrick Pias | Eleanor Pigao | John Piilani | Michael Pisano | Junoregina Poumele | Khamphanh Praseuth | Michael Price | Gudelia Prieto | Elliot Purcell |

R
Alex Racoma | Darlene Raffanello (Pang) | Angie Ramos | Flordeliza Razon | Marieta Razon | Meliss Rederos | Frederick Remigio | Reynaldo Riveira | Jennifer Ritchey | Deborah Roberts | Linda Rodarte | Donna Rodrigues | Dorcas Rodrigues | Vicky Rogers | Robert Rosa | Rebecca Russell |

S
Gloria Sabado | Melchor Sabado | Judy Sabugo | Lin Saito | Brenda Sakakida | Isaac Sakamoto | Debra Sakashita | Merina Salevao | Joy San Buenaventura | Baron Santiago | Ata Sapolu | Ricky Sasaki | Lynne Sato | Lisa Sato | Amapola Sayno | Carol Seva’aetasi | Sheffield Schwartz |Kalene Shim Sakamoto | Lynn Shimabukuro | Claire Shimamoto | Harold Shimura | Young Yoon Shin | Kelly Shishido | Christine Shiroma | Deanne Shiroma | Natalie Silva | Sunnie Sinclair | Fogavaiuto Sio | Jeannette (Arcayna) Smith | Carolyn So | Gaynon Sobrado | Donard Sonoda | Lorna Soong | Vongsack Souratha | Clyde Souza | Irene (Miyashiro) Spring | Debra (Jacobsen) Suganuma | Susan Sugitani | Faamusami Sula | Frances Sutton | Arthur Suverkropp | Corrine (Nagamine) Suzuka | Alan Suzukawa | Mark Swanson | Sharmaine (Erice) Swisher |

T
Elma Tabion | Lynn Tachibana | Karl Takai | Rory Takahashi | Lynn (Kaneshiro) Takahashi | Danny Takanishi | Duane Takeba | Terry Takiguchi |Jon Takushi | Shui Ki Tam | Jerry Tamamoto | Kathy (Kotani) Tamanaha | Nelson Tanabe | Stewart Tang | Rodney Tanoue | Joy (Kurihara) Tanouye | Mark Tanouye | Joseph Tao | Lilia (Lee) Tashiro | James Tavares | Luanne Terai | Alicia Tercy | Paul Teruya | Constance Tesoro | Karen Tindall | Debbie Tokuda | Raymond Tokuda | Todd Tolzmann | Gerald Tom | Faye (Momohara) Tom | Carey Tomasa | Joni Tominaga | Paul Tomino | Sue Tomita | Alan Torikawa | Kathy Tsuchiyama | Galen Tsujiuchi | George Tupua | Lena (Llacuna) Tyau |

U
Beverly (Kaya) Uchima | Brian Uchima | Shanon Uda | Alan Uehara | Mike Uehara | Owen Uehara | Patsy Uehara | Lawrence Ung | Audrey Uratani | Hilda Urita | Karen Uyehara | Lynne Uyehara |

V
Paula Vandervort (Field) | Annette Velasco | Mamie (Gon) Velez | Robin Vesper | Debra Victorino | Michael Victorino | Leona Viernes | Tammy Vierra | Cynthia Villanueva | Nadeen Villaruel | Joanne Villegas | Dondi Vinca | Sharon (Nakata) Viveiros |

W
Paulette Wage (Tomita) | Sandra Wasay | Allen Watson | Karl Wensel | Rocky West | Ruth Wilson | Darryl Winchester | Chung Young Won | Chi Kwan Wong | Darryl Wong | Deborah Wong | GiGi Wong-Monaco (Gail Wong) | Garrett Wong | Jeffrey Wong | Lianne Wong | Lloyd Wong | Lori (Ouchi) Wong | Polor Wong | Amy Wu | Nora Wu |

Y/Z
Vaughn Yadao | Warren Yagi | Amy Yamada | Donna Yamada | Sandra Yamada | Robertha Yamaguchi | Alicia Yamamoto | Amy Yamamoto | Brian Yamamoto | Garret Yamamoto | George Yamamoto | Leanne Yamamoto | Naomi Yamamoto | Scully Yamamoto | George Yamashita | Catherine (Uyehara) Yamauchi | Karen Yamauchi | George Yangco | Gary Yatomi | Man-Ho Yeung | Chong Ki Yi | Robynn Yim | Fu Lam Yip | Vince Yokoyama|Calvin Yonamine| May Yonamine | Edwin Yonenaka | Kathy Yoo | Grant Yoshida | Melanie Yoshida | Ronald Yoshida | Barbara (Ige) Yoshikawa |Michael Yoshimura | Jason You| Baker Young | Edward Young | Joanne (Liu) Young | Laura Young | Suk Kwan Young | Cheung Fat Yuent | Joel Yuen | Sherill Yuen | Ann Zukemura |


Thursday, June 1, 2017

Daily Pinion May 27 Pinion Staff

The Daily Pinion - Friday, May 27, 1977

Headlines:
The McKinley Athlete
Thank You
The 1977 Black and Gold
The Daily Pinion

McKinley High School Class of 1977
40th Reunion Summer 2017