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October 27, 2007

The Accolades Keep Coming for Waikiki Beach Walk®

By Nancy Daniels

Waikiki Beach Walk has been garnering tremendous comments from visitors and residents since the opening of the very first store last December. The project has also received a number of awards this past year, the latest recognition coming from the Waikiki Improvement Association (WIA). The WIA held its annual membership meeting on October 10, and this year’s program featured a number of awards recognizing the best improvements and contributions made to Waikiki in the past two years. Outrigger Enterprises Group received WIA’s Ho‘owehiwehi “NUI” Award for Waikiki Beach Walk. This award highlights a new project that has contributed greatly to the quality of the Waikiki experience. WIA Vice Chair Kelvin Bloom presented the award to Outrigger’s representative Barbara Campbell during the luncheon and noted that Waikiki Beach Walk “has surpassed all expectations. It has transformed a once aging and deteriorating portion of the resort district into a dynamic new gathering place, a place where all aspects of its physical setting, architectural design, tenant mix, activity, and program offerings combine to celebrate and honor Hawaii and her root culture.” We can all be proud of Waikiki Beach Walk and Outrigger’s commitment to improving the Waikiki experience, not just for the visitor, but more importantly, for those of us who call Oahu and Hawaii home.

Mel Kaneshige with Barbara Campbell, who accepted the Waikiki Improvement Association’s Ho‘owehiwehi

“NUI” Award for Waikiki Beach Walk

Dr. Richard Kelley and Brigadier General Susan Helms, Space Wing Commander and five-time astronaut

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Sixty Hours With the U.S. Air Force

About a month ago, I received an invitation to spend nearly three days with the U.S. Air Force, and in particular the Air Force Space Command, traveling across the nation and visiting air bases in Colorado, Virginia and Florida. I consulted with Outrigger’s Military Liaison, Mildred Courtney, who strongly urged me to take the time to go on the trip. “It will be the experience of a lifetime,” she said. I took her advice and I am certainly glad I did. The trip began a little over a week ago at Peterson Air Force Base (AFB) in Colorado Springs where I reported bright and early on Thursday morning for a briefing prior to boarding an aircraft. The transport for our small group was a 49-year old KC-135 Stratotanker, similar to an old Boeing

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Saturday Briefing is published by and for employees of Outrigger Enterprises Group.

Editor-In-Chief: Richard KelleySenior Editor: Marie Casciato Assistant Editor: Lehua Kala`iContributing Writers Employees of Outrigger Enterprises Group

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Submit suggestions, comments, and news tidbits to Marie Casciato at

marie.casciato@outrigger.com or

via interoffice mail to OEH/Executive Office,

or contact her at (808) 921-6601.© 2007 Outrigger Hotels Hawaii An Equal Opportunity Employer

Happy Birthday!

Nov 12: Yi Zhen Lee, Gah-Yeu S. Lee, Cristina C. Mamuad, and Lori L. Naone.

Nov 13: Lodrigo C. Lapitan, Audrey D. Lee, Jerald K. Dolak, Anita D. P. Cabulera, Scott K. Fujimori, Patricia Kelley, Daniel N. Nakasone, and Debbie Lou H. K. Murakami.

Nov 14: Kimberly P. Rodrigues, Marrisha J. Valdez, Sei Mui H. Vong, Brenda C. Leano, Margaret Chasteen, Kent L. Paulsen, Frances Camacho, and Cynthia Tafolla.

Nov 15: Kehaulani Cappo, Christina Ednilao, Elvin P. Butay, Shu-Lian Lu, Franklin P. Hinds Jr., Hui Lun Weng, and Wai Choi Ho.

Nov 16: Joel Ono, Jodymae Suyat, Jong Hwan Lee, Loyce T. Hurley, Danette Bolosan, Kaulangi N. Finau, and Michael Y. Tomei.

Nov 17: Flor D. Ramos, Kendra H. Wilson, Carol Ly, Juddson K. Winchester, and Lane T. Ito.

Nov 18: Janice P. Y. Ng, Lynn Tran, and Jill L. Lottie.

Ready, Set, Quit!

Employment Opportunities If you are interested in the positions listed below and meet the qualifications, please submit an in-house application obtained from your Supervisor or Human Resources. If you have any questions, please call Eric Ishikawa at (808) 921-6989. Application deadline for the following positions is November 2, 2007.

Bell Person (Full Time)Must have at least six months customer service experience, be able to lift 70 lbs and be flexible to work any shift and day.

Guest Service Manager (Full Time)A minimum of two years experience in a hotel guest service environment preferred. Must be highly-organized, computer proficient, and possess excellent written and verbal communication skills. Must also be able to work any shift and day.

Maintenance Technician (Full Time)Must have two years experience with interior and exterior maintenance, including demonstrated ability to install, repair, service, inspect, and maintain FF&E facilities. Must also have experience with heating, cooling, plumbing, ventilation, water, electrical, and mechanical systems and be flexible to work any shift and day.

Participate in Outrigger’s Adopt-a-Smoker Program

By The Human Resource Service Center

If you smoke, the odds of developing and dying from lung cancer are stacked against you. That means, if you’re a male smoker, you increase your risk of lung cancer 22 times, and if you’re a female smoker, your risk is increased nearly 12 times. That’s better odds than Vegas—too bad it’s not the kind of bet you want to win. Thursday, November 15, is the American Cancer Society’s Great American Smokeout. Each year, Outrigger provides employees the opportunity and incentive to remain smoke-free for a day, which will hopefully lead to a lifetime of smoke-free days. Non-smoking employees are encouraged to adopt and support their coworkers and help them achieve their goal of going smoke-free for the day—this could be the first step they take to a lifetime of smoke-free living. As an added incentive, participants who remain smoke-free on November 15 will be entered in a prize drawing with the chance to win a Safeway Gift Card. If you would like to participate or adopt a coworker for this event, please call the Human Resource Service Center at 921-6965, and we’ll send you a Survival Kit to help you or your adopted coworker get through the day.

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John Rosemond at November Lunch & LearnBy Ruthann Yamanaka

Outrigger is pleased to host nationally-recognized family psychologist John Rosemond at a “Lunch & Learn” on a special day and time: Thursday, November 8, from 11a.m. to 12 p.m., in the Poolside Conference Room at the OHANA East Hotel. Mr. Rosemond will speak on, “Assuming the Power of Parenthood.” For over two decades, Mr. Rosemond has been a family psychologist, speaker, and writer. He is currently Director of The Center for Affirmative Parenting in Gastonia, North Carolina. The Center is a national parenting resource center whose primary activity is that of providing “skillshops” and other educational presentations for parents and professionals who work with children and families. Mr. Rosemond is the author of 12 parenting best-sellers, including The New Six-Point Plan for Raising Happy; Healthy Children (2006); Teen-Proofing; Because I Said So; A Family of Value; Making the “Terrible” Twos Terrific!; Ending the Homework Hassle; and Parent Power! His latest book (Sept. 2007) is Parenting by The Book™.

Mr. Rosemond is a regularly-featured columnist for Signs of the Times and Hemispheres magazines and his nationally- syndicated column appears in more than 175 newspapers from coast-to-coast, reaching more than 10 million readers weekly. If this is not your lunchtime, please check with your supervisor for approval, then RSVP by November 1, to charlene.luning@outrigger.com.

Lunch & LearnParent Power

Speaker: John Rosemond, Family Psychologist

Date: Thursday, November 8

Location: OEH Poolside Conference Room

Time: 11a.m. – 12 p.m. (note special start time)

RSVP: To charlene.luning@outrigger.com by

November 1.

Kumulā‘au Arbor Day CelebrationBy Luana Maitland

Three Outrigger properties, the Outrigger Reef on the Beach, the Outrigger Waikiki on the Beach, and the Outrigger Keauhou Beach Resort will be giving away hundreds of native Hawaiian plants and sponsoring family-friendly crafts during our Kumulā‘au (trees) Arbor Day Celebration, slated for November 1 and 2 on Oahu, and November 3 on the Big Island. In addition, lectures about Hawaiian plants, their cultural significance, and the importance of protecting the islands’ unique environment will be presented during the celebration. The native plant giveaways are an extension of the hotels’ efforts to preserve and promote Hawaii’s natural environment. Native Hawaiian plants are a prominent aspect of all three properties’ gardens and landscaping. “Hawaiians used many plants in their daily lives, for shelter, clothing, tools, medicine, sailing, and more,” said Kimberly Agas, Vice President of Operations overseeing Outrigger’s beachfront properties. “We hope to share the cultural significance of these native plants with our guests as part of their Hawaii experience.”

Kumulā‘au Arbor Day Activities Calendar

Thursday, November 1 (Oahu)Outrigger Reef on the Beach - 10 a.m. to 12 p.m. In the courtyard, there will be free ti leaf lei-making sessions, a lā`au lapa`au (Hawaiian medicinal plants) presentation, and an exhibit of calabash made from native Hawaiian woods. Native plants and certified cuttings will be distributed while supplies last.

Friday, November 2 (Oahu)Outrigger Waikiki on the Beach - 10 a.m. to 12 p.m. In the back lobby, participants can enjoy lei making, kukui leaf printing, and hybrid hibiscus derived from native varieties. Native plants and certified cuttings will be distributed while supplies last.

Saturday, November 3 (Big Island of Hawaii) Outrigger Keauhou Beach Resort - 10 a.m. to 12 p.m. Participants will learn about native plants used in lei, hula, and oli. There will be a special display highlighting Hawaiian grown gourds and the Niihau decoration technique. Native plants will be given away, while supplies last, courtesy of the Amy Greenwell Botanical Gardens.

Koki‘o Ke‘o Ke‘o - White Hibiscus

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Lifesaver ClubDr. Chuck Kelley and Marie Miyahira

October 23Blood Drive Results

60 Appointments44 Registered Donors32 Pints Drawn 4 First-time Donors12 Deferred Donors

Mahalo Lifesavers! Mahalo to everyone who came out on Tuesday, October 23, to the OHANA East Blood Drive. With your help, we collected 32 pints of blood. Because these pints will be separated into its three components (red blood cells, plasma, and platelets) to treat life- threatening medical problems, you helped to collect enough blood to save 96 lives! To those of you who were deferred, a huge “mahalo” for your efforts! Your willingness to try is just as good as giving! Please don’t give up! For those of you who were unable to make it to the drive or were deferred and would like to donate at a location most convenient for you, please contact:

Blood Bank of Hawaii845-9966

www.bbh.org

orMarie Miyahira

921-6881 marie.miyahira@outrigger.com

Congratulations to Irene Masterson and JoJo Cabulera who won the raffle at the drive!

Edna Salvador and raffle winner JoJo Cabulera

Crystal Salavea, Joey Fukuoka, and Patrice Shibuya

Laurie Hirata

Masako Sawyer and Jason Sewell

Rik Yanagida and Sheri Takashi

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Lifesaver ClubContinued from page 4

Robert Uchida Walter Tolentino

William BethelLori Ortiz

Raffle winner Irene Masterson

Joanna DemeoReyn Nakamasu

Marilou Agdinaoay

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The Outrigger on the Lagoon – FijiThe Perfect Spot for A Wedding

By Una Murray

The Outrigger on the Lagoon – Fiji was pleased to welcome Alanna Edwards and her mother, Dr. Sylvia Edwards, for a five-night stay. Alanna, a model for Viviens Australia and a Segment Producer for Channel 10 Australia was in Fiji looking for the “perfect spot” to hold her wedding. When Banquet Coordinator Praveena Dewan took mother and daughter to see the new Bure Ni Loloma wedding chapel with its sweeping views of the Coral Coast, Alanna knew she had found the “perfect spot” for her wedding which will take place in June 2008. Alanna, who had never been to Fiji before said she loved the crystal clear water, the beautiful culture, and the friendliness of everyone she met.

Front: Praveena Dewan, Dr Sylvia Edwards, bride-to-be Alanna Edwards, and Charlotte SteeleBack: Metuisela Tabua, Jimmy Tui, and Vili Laqai.

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F-22 Raptor

707 airliner – but not intended for passengers. An aerial “gas station” with limited seating, its main mission is to refuel other aircraft in mid-air. In fact, that’s what we did while flying to Langley AFB, Virginia. A couple of F-15 fighter jets pulled up below and behind us, where they were skillfully refueled by an Airman maneuvering a boom from a small rear-facing cockpit located below our tail section. At Langley AFB, we had a series of briefings on the organization and missions of the Air Force and its Space Command. We also had a chance to learn about and see the F-22 Raptor, America’s newest and most advanced stealth fighter. Bad weather forced a last-minute cancellation of a scheduled flight to demonstrate its phenomenal maneuverability and air combat capabilities, but we did get a chance to see the plane close up and talk to the pilot. (To see it fly, check out www.youtube.com/watch?v=UnU1xyBCte0.) The Raptor is scheduled to operate out of Hickam AFB, in Honolulu, in the foreseeable future.

We passed our final day at Cape Canaveral, Florida, and learned firsthand about the Air Force’s involvement in the launching of a wide variety of satellites that circle the earth to provide critical communications, global positioning information, surveillance and missile detection. We spent a great deal of time with the commander of the base, Brig. Gen. Susan Helms, who kept us fascinated with stories of her

five space flights and world-record eight-hour, 56-minute space walk. We also visited the neighboring Kennedy Space Center and had an opportunity to see the Space Shuttle Discovery, which was poised to take off on its flight to the International Space Station three days later. The trip and the briefings brought home to me how different the Air Force is today from the one I almost joined 54 years ago. Its mission and operational reach go far into space, control of which

is critical for so many things, ranging from on-the-ground military operations to everyday communications and financial

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Dr. Richard Kelley near launch site of Space Shuttle Discovery - visible in background

Sixty Hours With the U.S. Air Force

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Dr. Richard Kelley (right) with fellow Air Force ROTC Cadet and future California developer,

Don Koll, circa 1951

Almost An AirmanA Personal Story

By Dr. Richard Kelley

My 60 hours with the Air Force last week was not only exciting and informative, but also nostalgic because I was once on track to become an Airman. To put that into perspective, one has to understand that the entire nation was mobilized during World War II. All able-bodied men and many women joined one branch or another of the military. Even after the war ended, the tradition of service continued. All major high schools on Oahu had Reserve Officer Training Corps (ROTC) units, and for young men, participation was mandatory. I spent four years in my high school’s Army ROTC program. When I went off to college in 1951 at the height of the Korean War, I switched over to the ROTC of the Air Force, the military’s newest and most exciting branch, formed in 1947, just four years earlier. The plan was to serve four college years in ROTC followed by two years of active duty. When the Korean War ended in 1953, the need for Air Force officers dropped way off. The unit commander told me I could continue with ROTC only if I signed up for flight school and a five-year active duty commitment. “But, that would interfere with my plans to go to medical school,” I replied. “In that case, we’d allow you to defer your active duty. After medical school, you would be a flight surgeon with only a seven-year active duty commitment,” the commander said. I did the math: Four years of medical school, plus four years of specialty training, plus seven years of active duty totaled 15 years. That seemed like a long, long time to my then 19-year old brain, and I declined the offer to continue in the Air Force ROTC. I thought I had put those memories permanently away in some remote corner of my mind. Yet they all came back to me again last week and got me thinking about what my life might have been like if I had decided to accept the offer to continue in ROTC and later became a flight surgeon. It is fun to speculate but I’ll never know.

transactions. As you read this article, our troops serving in Iraq and Afghanistan depend on functioning satellites for communication and coordination of support. Overhead, unmanned Predator aircraft, flown remotely by pilots in Nevada, conduct surveillance and bring firepower to bear with the help of satellite links. Another thing that impressed me is the quality and dedication of the men and women serving our country. Called Airmen (the counterpart of Soldiers, Sailors and Marines), they represent the finest of our nation’s youth. Every one of them I encountered was bright, articulate, knowledgeable, and professional. The third conclusion I came to was our nation must reinvest heavily in the Air Force in the coming years. Air dominance and control of space is vital for our nation if we are to survive as a bastion of freedom and remain a world leader. While it is great that new aircraft such as the F-22 Raptor are being delivered, the fact that the Air Force is still flying 50-year old, pre-Vietnam War KC-135 Stratotankers while Congress is earmarking billions of dollars on thousands of pork-barrel projects tells me our nation’s spending priorities need to be re-evaluated. My thanks to all the Airmen who made my 60-hour visit so enjoyable and informative.

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“The Passion Team: Helping to Rebuild the Gulf South”By Conchita Malaqui

From October 13 through 18, I attended the International Council of Shopping Centers conference in New Orleans. The theme “Passion” was selected by the Program Committee to underscore the efforts to rebuild New Orleans and because it distinctly describes the PASSION we all have for the shopping center industry. As part of the conference, attendees were given the unique opportunity to participate in Volunteer Day. More than 300 of us took up the challenge to assist in the rebuilding of New Orleans and participated in what was called “The Passion Team: Helping to Rebuild the Gulf South.” Buses shuttled the participants to 21 locations around the city, including homes, churches, and schools, which were ravaged by Hurricane Katrina. My crew was assigned to rebuild the Lafayette Academy Charter School. We divided the crew into two—the indoor crew and the outdoor crew, which I was a part of. The indoor crew painted and patched the walls and ceilings of the school. The outdoor crew removed debris and dirt from the entire perimeter of the property, laid mulch and rock, picked up an unending amount of broken glass, and

repainted the hopscotch pad and other playground equipment. Finally, we lifted drainage grates and cleaned out and hauled away dirt and debris clogging the system. I must admit that I haven’t had so much fun in a feel-good back-breaking way in a long, long time…Oh, yes - and the convention was a success!

Conchita Malaqui assisted in rebuilding the Lafayette Academy Charter School in New Orleans

Over 300 volunteers from the International Council of Shopping Centers conference participated in a day of rebuilding New Orleans.Conchita Malaqui (front row center with black hat) and crew worked on rebuilding the Lafayette Academy Charter School.