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She went from Kaimuki High to Hollywood! Read all about the exciting life of fellow classmate, Marie.

After graduating from Kaimuki High School in 1977, Marie attended KCC and graduated with a Hotel Management Degree while working at the Sheraton Waikiki Hotel in Room Reservations. She transferred to the UH and graduated with a B.A. in Communications, and moved to Los Angeles in 1985 to pursue her interest in Television Production. She has worked as a Production Supervisor and Script Supervisor for such shows as In Living Color, The Chevy Chase Show, The Suzanne Somers Show, The Roseanne Show, Comic Relief, Cedric the Entertainer Presents, Will & Grace, The American Idol Christmas Special with Kelly, Ruben and Fantasia, The Bachelor and all 8 seasons of Big Brother. One of the highlights in her career was when she worked on the Disney Presidential Inauguration Event for Bill Clinton in D.C. in January of 1993. Marie got to meet and shake hands with the President prior to his Inauguration.

Another highlight in Marie’s life is that she married her best friend, Randall, in May ’98. He proposed to her in ‘97 at the Ritz Hotel in Paris. Randall is a composer and the V.P. of Business Affairs at Rondor Music, a subsidiary of Universal Music Group.

Marie & Randall love to travel in their spare time, and have been to many places around the world including the U.K., France, Japan, Germany, Switzerland, Austria, Italy, Sweden, Norway, Denmark, Australia, Costa Rica, St. Thomas, St. John’s, the Bahamas, the Hawaiian Islands and across the Continental U.S.

Baron has worked in a few different jobs including dishwasher across the street from Kaimuki High School at Sekiya’s. Baron is currently employed as a staff photographer at the daily newspaper West Hawaii Today and sister publication North Hawaii News based in Kona on the Big Island. Baron also has done assignment work for the Associated Press, New York Times, USA Today, Seattle Times, Hawaii Magazine, PC Laptops Computers Magazine and has photos or video appear in numerous other publications like Newsweek, American Photographer, World Book Encyclopedia, ABC-TV, CNN and all the Hawaii daily newspapers. Please meet Baron, a very tech savvy classmate who’s the web master for our class web page.Although he never worked for The Bulldog newspaper or Kaimuki Yearbook while in high school he did later work for the U.H. newspaper Ka Leo and worked at the Honolulu Advertiser as an intern during college as a photographer along with Sun Press & MidWeek. His photos did get published in the Bulldog once, but that was while at the U.H. and a Kaimuki High student asked to borrow one of his concert photos to go with her story. He got started in photography as a concert photographer.

Photography has allowed him to meet sports stars, rock stars, celebrities (O.J. Simpson has a super strong handshake, he could have done it), the everyday person young and old. He has gone to many places in Hawaii to bring it to people via photos, in submarines, hanging out of helicopters, on mountains, in mud, fires, lava, rain and snow.

He also works a lot with computers and was newspaper’s first webmaster (West Hawaii Today was the 2nd daily newspaper in Hawaii on the web, after the Maui News, the Garden Isle was first on the internet though via newsgroups). He also put together this class website, though you should thank Wendy for much of the information on here and maintaining it.

Not married and no kids that he knows of.

This week’s bio was written by Laura. Enjoy!

Everyone says that life is one big circle. As we begin to reach middle age, some of us have already had a full life.

As for me, my oldest (29) has a terrific job with the DOE. Our daughter (20) is studying nursing. Thus my second job (we do what we gotta do). And our youngest, (19), is a Private First Class in the US Army stationed in Ft. Hood in Texas.

I have the most wonderful husband in the world. We both work for the US Government and we are each counting the days until retirement.

Now we find ourselves not only caring for our children, but also caring for our parents. With one Dad in a nursing home, one Mom living with us and one more set of parents ready to move in with us, our circle is almost complete. They cared for us when we were just beginning our lives and now we will care for them through the duration of theirs.

Being with you all on our reunion weekend will be just awesome. I can’t wait to see you all again when we turn 50, if not sooner.

Why would a stamp be of importance to Laura? You’ll find out at the reunion!

Are you ready to party hearty? Our 30th reunion is now just weeks away and we hope that you’re as excited as we are to get together with old friends again.

Photos, please! Our slideshow won’t be complete without current photos of you in it. Send your photos to our class email address, kaimuki77@hotmail.com, and include a brief biography of yourself.

Friday, October 5, 2007
View Tournament of Kings information here.
Saturday, October 6, 2007
Reunion: The evening promises to be filled with dining, dancing and great times. Please try to be prompt; you won’t want to miss a minute of it!
Time: 6:00 – 10:00 pm
Location: Main Street Station Hotel Social Club – 200 N. Main Street, Las Vegas, NV, 89101, Phone: 1-800-713-8933
The Social Club is located outside the hotel, adjacent to the Main Street Hotel’s parking structure. Look for the Kaimuki ’77 Reunion signs.
Buffet Menu: Spinach salad, tossed greens, crab salad, fresh sliced fruits, chef-carved prime rib, herb-roasted chicken, Chinese-style salmon, steamed rice, garlic potato en croute, green beans almondine, chocolate decadence, hot and iced tea, regular and decaf coffee.
Cash Bar: Alcoholic beverages and soft drinks will be served at the cash bar. Drinks are no-host, cash only.
Raffle Tickets: purchase raffle tickets at the reception table for the chance to win cash prizes! Tickets will be sold for $5 each or 5 tickets for $20. Bring some cash and try your luck!
Group photo: Las Vegas photographer Warren Wong will be taking candid and group photos at the banquet. A group photo will be taken at 6:45 pm. Group and candid photos will be available for purchase for $25 on a CD and will be delivered to your home in 2-3 weeks.
777 Brewery: We don’t want the evening to end just because the banquet is over! After the reunion, walk over to Main Street Hotel’s 777 Brewery for drinks and more socializing.
Sunday, October 7, 2007
The slot tournament that was scheduled for this day has been canceled.

This week’s bio is by yours truly; website upkeeper, reunion committee member and fellow classmate.

Aloha, friends! I can’t tell you how excited I am that our reunion in LV will soon be upon us. I’m trying to get skinny but that won’t happen anytime soon.

I’m married to a Kaimuki ’75 grad. We met after high school and have been together FOREVER but didn’t marry until our late 30’s. No children.

I’m one of two tech. coordinators at an elementary school. I’ve been with the DOE for 20 years and can finally see the retirement light! I can honestly say that I enjoy the challenges and dynamics of my job. Life is good when the profession you’ve chosen has meaningful rewards.

I love to travel, make jewelry with glass beads, and collect hashioki (chopstick rests). I like to be clean and recently discovered I am claustrophobic. Tight, enclosed places like the tunnel at the top of Diamond Head freak me out!

I can’t tell you how much I am looking forward to seeing you all again at the reunion! In my humble opinion, there’s no greater class than Kaimuki’s class of ’77. See you soon, buds!

This Year of the Pig Google is special to me. Find out why at the reunion!