Mary Adamski and Mihana Souza
Really a splendid, lovely retirement party for the Honolulu Star-Bulletin’s Mary Adamski, Helen Altonn and Ben Wood, crowded with co-workers past and present, ranging from Keith Haugen, John Simonds and Leslie Wilcox to the current staff of the merged Honolulu Star-Advertiser. Between the three of them, we’re talking some like 147 combined years of experience. That’s an invaluable memory bank. In other words, they know who the mayor was ten years ago. Journalism isn’t like basketball; your best seasons aren’t your early years. These folks are going out at the top of their game, and it’s Honolulu’s loss.
We appreciate them now. We’re going to miss their expertise later.
The event was at Murphy’s, which has become our home-away-from-home. Entertainment provided by the lovely Mihana Souza, even if she did make me sing with her.
Ben Wood
Helen Altonn and Ben Wood
why no current pic of Altonn? I’ll especially miss her science articles.
Too dark where Helen was. I barely got these pictures…
It might have been too dark where Helen was, but she was lit! Haw haw haw! … ahem …