June 2002, Cathy Vincent AhYo writes "I was working my crafts booth at the Northridge Ho'olaule'a. A voice at the front said 'Is that Cathy Vincent back there?' Penny Parker Emmons! We haven't seen each other in years!"

"...then, Sonya Kintaro Skyles stopped by Cathy's house in Las Vegas for dinner and some talking, and more talking! Had a great time catching up on kids and grandkids and sharing pictures!"

June 7, 2002 Stuart Henderson writes "I drove up to Hilo to have breakfast at Osakas...Ono saimin! Little did I know I was entering a plot of multiple conspiracies. The bunch in Honolulu mild compared to these radicals! --Nathan, David, Mili, and Meliss with her husband. One shot attached below (this may be evidence to put me in jail someday when 'they' round up everyone associated with these radicals, but then again, I would be proud to go)!"

"Good fun and very interesting. If breakfast not enough, Nathan and David take me up to their beautiful office and indoctrinate me some more. They talk one mean game to convince me I really need to come back home (like I needed!). These guys big strategizers. Look out Cayetano, Inouye, and all, the next 10 years Imua 69 come into power. "

-Aloha, -Da Haole

Simeon Alo writes about June 3, 2002, "We did make it to Queen Surf last evening, arriving 'Hawaiian time', 6:30pm for a 5:30 picnic.; but still before the sun went down. Guest of Honor, all the way from Texas, was ROTC Cadet Major Stuart Henderson, Executive Officer, Kamehameha School for Boys!"

"Sam Tollefson, Walt & Eda w/daughter Emily, Nancy, Lorraine and Alexis were there. Strollng by later from the Hale Koa were Janice & Daniel K. Last to arrive were Mike Souza and Gerry Lam.

Good food! Poki, lomi-smoked-&-hibachi-(salmon) and chicken, fruit and mac-salad, poi and rice, and a lot of other goodies...

We shared memories of high school and funny stories about classmates; catching up on old friends found and wondering on thoses still missing, but we still looking for them!!! Finally we departed glad that we came together and looking forward to meeting again..."

P.S. -Aloha Big Island, Stuart's coming home!!!

May 11, 2002 brought the classmates living in the Pacific Northwest together again. ToDAI, an all-you-can-eat buffet, provided the perfect culinary backdrop for our antics, causing us to change the pronunciation from "toe-dai" to "to die..." as in 'food so good it was "to die" for'. Mike & Laulani Donlin, Theone, DJ, Mahea, Bobby Lu and her friend Cathy, and Wayne & Flora Wong was there --so much laughter and so many stories.

The get-together came about because Bobby Lu came up from Portland to train Nick at the Key Classic Benefit Morgan Horse Show in Monroe, Washington. We got to watch Bobby Lu put Nick through his paces. Let me tell you, that girl can ride!

On April 26, 2002 Nathan Chang writes, "George Kahumoku performed at the Naniloa Hotel in Hilo tonight...here's a snapshot of George with Melissa, myself and Penny. It was a great, magical evening."

A classmate writes, "I recently came across this picture that is quite funny. This is a picture of the Mokuaikaua Church (Kailua, Kona) children's choir taken in 1957 or 1958. There are two Imua69 classmates pictured here. Can you guess who they are?"

On March 20, 2002 Nathan Chang writes, "Attached is a photo of myself, Ikaika Hauanio ('91) and Wallace Wong ('77) in San Jose at the recent Rotary Presidents training. As it turns out this coming year, three of the seven Rotary Presidents on the Big Island are Kamehameha graduates. Ikaika's dad is from the class of '68."

(March 23, 2002) Classmates in the Puget Sound Area assembled for a Dim Sum lunch at the House of Hong Restaurant in Seattle. Lead by marathon veterans Laulani and Mike Donlin, it was proclaimed that this first Saturday of Spring marked the beginning of training, -a 'bulking up', for the upcoming Seattle Marathon in December.