Emily T Gail Talk Story

Marsha Music  recites her poem Just Say Hi and has plenty to share about her words ... it was the first time I had met Marsha. I attended my first Detroit Urban Consulate Parlor Talk in June 2016 to hear Marsha Music. I was going to be giving a Parlor Talk the following week and felt this would be an opportunity for me to meet Marsha Music as  I have enjoyed seeing and hearing her virtually . I also wanted to get a feel for the setting at the Urban Consulate in preparing for my own Parlor Talk the next week.I was overcome with a sense of joy, melancholy, gratitude, optimism, reality, and so many emotions all wrapped up in my response to what Marsha shared ... perhaps most of all the unexpected warm and heartfelt welcome she gave me when she saw I was  there to hear her speak. I did not know Marsha personally and had no idea she knew me.  I knew that night when Marsha spoke to me from her heart I was home. I was at the right place at the right time with the right person coming into my life.  Marsha's words when talking story, her message in her poems she read, her personality, her brutal yet graceful honesty about so many issues that do linger in my subconscious, her warmth for all that were in attendance, her generosity in acknowledging others made it a very special evening. I did not record all of the talk but here is some of what I got and I hope you find listening as worthwhile as I did and do each time I listen when sharing it with others. I have since read so much more of Marsha 's work. I've had a long conversation by phone the day after her talk that I treasure as she has so much wisdom to share. I was so pleased Marsha attended my parlor talk and shared her heart and so grateful to know Marsha.  I was certain Marsha should be reciting her poem at Detroit Homecoming and told her I was going to make that a goal of mine. It was a blessing that when I was able to introduce Colleen Robar, who produces Detroit Homecoming at an event I created at Detroit Foundation Hotel an instant friendship and mutual respect  between the two evolved and Marsha did in fact present her poem at the closing of Detroit Homecoming in 2017 and so many meaninfgful friendships have evolved from bringing us all together. We have spent a lot of time together in person and on the phone and in spirit.  I have loved how we have weaved our support for one another and others too into some wonderful thoughtful friendships with new friends and people from our past.  Can't begin to express how much I have learned about the Detroit I thought I knew from what Marsha shares.

 Kelly Fliear Tournament Manager Mitsubishi Electric Championship at Hualalai talks story about the 28th year of the Mitsubishi Electric Championship at Hualalai at the Four Seasons Resort on the Big Island of Hawaii. January 18, 19, 20 forty two PGA TOUR Champions Player  who earned a spot in the the 54 hole stroke play tournament will play for a  $2,000,000 purse. Steve Stricker defends. The Big Island community has received million dollars plus for charities from this event.

I met Chris Ruzzin 5 years ago at the first PGA TOUR Rocket Mortgage Classic at Detroit Golf Club. when he was trying to cross some TV cables in his wheelchair. After giving him a hand we had a conversation about how couple places had been very difficult for him to get around and spectate at the tournament, I said I bet they would find it helpful if you reached out and gave them some suggestions. There is no doubt in my mind he was already thinking that.  And he did follow up ... and over the last few years they have added ADA throughout the golf course.The picture of Chris is at the ADA platform at the 18th green at Detroit Golf Club.  I think it is cool how it has evolved. The more I get to know Chris I see he is a get it done advocate.   

I called Susy Ruddle this morning spur of moment and taped an informal conversation which I am turning into a Emily T Gail Talk Story episode. I wanted to get an update on the HIHS  and also have chance to mention how helpful Dr. Beth was to me when my cat Pono Boy was diagnosed as diabetic and I had no clue what to do. What I interesting and encouraging conversation we had about what the new HIHS facility in Kona. I've been there. It's fantastic and Susy does shares what they have been able to do for pet owners and those who want to spend a day with a pet or foster. It's a good conversation. Hope you listen.  That is Susy's husband Francis Ruddle with her in the picture. I have known Francis and Susy for years and whenever I see them I am reminded how blessed I am that I have been on the Big Island of Hawaii for so many years. 35+ years.  Also coming up Saturday July 1 is the  Hawaii Island Humane Society Putts for Paws Golf Tournament at Mauna Lani Golf North Course..  Help raise funds for the HIHS and enjoy the award banquet at the beautiful Fairmont Orchid, complete with a gourmet lunch. and even meet some adoptable dogs on the golf course. HIHS gets no government funding. All grants and private donations.    Susy Ruddle and friends and CEO of HIHS Lauren Nickerson want you to  know it is a 4-person scramble format so that means that everyone can have fun .... regardless of your skill level.. And it is the purrfect opportunity to combine your love of the game and your love of animals. To contribute a prize for the players or be a sponsor email Lauren@hihs.org.hihs.org to register or donate for the tournament at Mauna Lani.

Jim DeMello, Coach of the  University of Hawaii - Hilo Vulcans Women's Golf Team  talks with Emily T Gail from Hapuna Golf Course at Mauna Kea Resort on the Big Island of Hawaii where the Division II Dennis Rose invitational with 16 teams was taking place. Jim talked about his history with University of Hawaii-Hilo Men's Golf Team for many years. He had the opportunity to coach the women's team when they received some title IX monies. He has been successful  recruiting players  from the Hilo area which is given local players an opportunity to get college scholarships and pursue their golf experiences. Teams from all over the country enjoy playing in the Dennis Rose invitational because the Vulcans are the hosts and their hospitality is well known. The men's team played their 2 day 36 hole Stroke Play event at Waikoloa Beach Resort. Cal State San Marcos won the Women' Division with Point Luma coming in second.

I met Caroline Wales when she played in the Dennis Rose Invitational for Division II players at Hapuna Golf Course, Mauna Kea Resort. She runs along side her push/pull remote golf bag cart when she plays....  interesting how it all evolved for her to add running to her on course routine.

Emily T Gail with Kelly Fliear, Tournament Manager PGA TOUR Champions Mitsubishi  Electric Championship at Hualalai  Thursday, January 19-Sunday January 21 . Kelly gives an update of the season opening event here on the  Big Island of Hawaii at Four Seasons Resort Hualalai for the PGA TOUR Champions MEC. 42 players are eligible for the 3 day tournament with a 2 million dollar purse. Miquel Angel Jimenez defends. Can buy tickets at the gate $25 daily, $45 week. 16 years and under complimentary when accompanied with adult as retired military and active are as well.    Some of the beneficiaries of monies raised are the Rotary Club of Kona who from year one has organized the volunteers every year and in turn funds go into the Rotary Club of Kona Community Foundation. Also the Daniel Sayre Memorial Foundation raising funds and equipment for our Hawaii County Fire and Rescue needs. Big Island Junior Golf is sponsored by the MEC and The Daniel Sayre Foundation and the community volunteers who have raised so much money and procured equipment and training for our County of Hawaii Fire and Rescue Team. Big Island Junior Golf which has provided a local active organization to prepare junior golfers for the many opportunities with Big Island Junior Golf and the Hawaii State Junior Golf Association where so many find college scholarship opportunities. Added this year is the Pua Ka 'Ilima 'O Kawaihaea O Kawaihae Cultural Surf Park Inc dedicated to develop and protect the area of 1.4 acres of coastline at the Kawaihae Breakwater. The  PGA TOUR raises more money for non profits and charities than all the major league sports organization who also raise lots of monies.

Emily talks with the Westminster College  Women's Golf Team Salt Lake City at the Dennis Rose Invitational at Hapuna Golf Course. It was the Dennis Rose Invitational for Division II colleges hosted by University of Hawaii-Hilo Men's Golf Team and Waikoloa Beach Resort. The men played at Waikoloa Beach Resort Golf and the Women at Hapuna Golf Course at Mauna Kea Beach Resort.  I've covered the Dennis Rose Invitational over the years.  When I  met Nat Sponenburgh at Mauna Lani Golf where he had just finished playing and I was headed to the putting green  he told me about his daughter playing on the Westminster Team in Salt Lake City and  I decided I should get up to Hapuna and watch the women play. It was very impressive and lot of fun to spend time with Nate and the Westminster College Denise Larson and some of the players. 

It was the Dennis Rose Invitational for Division I colleges hosted by University of Hawaii-Hilo Men's Golf Team and Waikoloa Beach Resort. The men played at Waikoloa Beach Resort Golf and the Women at Hapuna Golf Course at Mauna Kea Beach Resort.  I've covered the Dennis Rose Invitational over the years.  When I  met Nat Sponenburgh at Mauna Lani Golf where he had just finished playing and I was headed the putting green he told me that his daughter Kyra would playing  up at Hapuna Golf Course on the Westminster Team from Salt Lake City  I decided I should get up to Hapuna and watch the women play. Was great fun and great golf. Fun to ride around on the cart with their Coach Denise Larson and get a chance to meet the players, watch them play and talk story after the round. This was day 2.

Sean Maekawa, Professional Golfer and  Assistant Men's Golf Coach University of Hawaii-Hilo Vulcans is a guest on Emily T Gail Talk Story. Professional golfer Sean Maekawa, who grew up in Paauilo, Big Island of Hawaii started to play golf in 1999 at the 9 hole Honokaa Golf Course where he received some encouragement from Alan Texeira. Alan, RIP  who lived in Honokaa and was a PGA Professional with Waikoloa Beach Golf  and that lead Sean to join the Waikoloa Junior Golf Program. He shares how being involved with the Hawaii State Junior Golf Association and Waikoloa Junior Golf where he met PGA Professional Ross Birch. Ross continued to coach Sean  helped him win the Big Island Interscholastic Federation Individual golf titles from 2004-2007 while playing for the Honokaa High School team and the Hawaii High School State Championship in his senior year.. I met Sean through Ross  when they were guests on my Emily T Gail Talks Golf Show on espnhawaii.com. It was Sean's first time on the radio. I have enjoyed remaining friends with Sean and his parents and being a long time supporter in spirit of his golf journey. With such stellar high school golf play in Hawaii, Sean earned a golf scholarship to the University of Oregon and played for the Division I Oregon Ducks under PGA Professional Casey Martin. He was a member of the Oregon Ducks Men's Golf Team in the Annual Amer-Ari Division I Invitational Tournaments at Waikoloa Beach Resort that has a reputation as one of the best Division I tournaments in the country for the quality of players and the hospitality shared by Coach Earl and his coaches and the Vulcan golf booster club and Waikoloa Beach Resort. The Oregon Ducks team  had some very strong finishes including winning the NCAA in Sean's  junior year.  After college Sean turned professional and played on the Gateway Tour and other mini tours. He wanted to explore coaching which led to an opportunity to be a volunteer coach with his former college coach Casey Martin for the Oregon Ducks. Sean says he “discovered he enjoyed coaching at college level having been a college player. He wanted to share with others what he has learned being on both sides of the ball”. That led him back to the Big Island where he could be Asst. Professional at Waikoloa Beach Resort Golf under PGA Professional Kevin Ginoza. Kevin had played for the Division II Pac West University of Hawaii-Hilo Vulcan Golf team and has been an Assistant Coach with his former coach Earl Tamiya  along with Troy Tamiya and Sean joined them as well as Assistant Coach. He is grateful to be back home with the opportunity to be a Asst. Golf Coach while raising a family with his wife Ashley. They have two young children Kamden and Aliah. Sean credits the encouragement he has received from mentors, his parents Schoen and Monica and his sister Elisye as he pursued golf as what kept him motivated to follow his dream of a golf career.   Waikoloa Beach Resort recently were hosts for their Annual Division II Dennis Rose Invitational Tournament with top NCAA Division II men's and women's golf teams.   Dennis Rose, also a mentor for Sean was long time Director  of Golf at Waikoloa and president at Waikoloa who passed away at the age of 59 in 2007 after a two year battle with cancer. The men played at Waikoloa Beach Resort Golf and the women played at Hapuna Golf Course. at Mauna Kea Resort. Sean talks about the Dennis Rose Invitational and Vulcan team experiences this year who are ranked in the top 50 Division II teams in the country. That is their best ranking ever and they will be the only Division II team in the The Amer-Ari coming up in February  Past winners and participants of the Amer-Ari have included Tiger Woods, Notah Begay, Matt Kucher, Jordan Spieth, Matthew Wolf and many others who have gone on to careers on the PGA TOUR. The Division II Vulcan's Men's team and Coach Earl and Asst Coaches Kevin, Troy and Sean and the team are focused on holding their own.  Scott Head, VP Operations Waikoloa Beach Resort is sure they will also be great hosts and add to their reputation as one of the most prestigious and fun Division I Invitational Tournaments in the country. Mahalo for listening. Emily T Gail 808 896-6780 emilytgail@emilys.org

I well into one of my long phone conversations with my brother Max. Always thoughtful talk story. We were talking about our personal archives of what we have documented or created  and asked if there was one of his poems/songs he would like more people to hear what one would it be. I was pretty I knew which one. I asked him to recite it and said I was going to record. here it is ...

Welcome to Emily T Gail Talk Story ...August 2022. Sharing some thought about my enthusiasm for the PGA TOUR Rocket Mortgage Classic in Detroit at Detroit Golf Club last week with one of my favoirtie players Tony Finau winning. Tony used to be at Turtle Bay here in Hawaii.  In this first show that I have recorded in a while I share some of my own stories.  Correction due regarding my Sam Saunders story. Sam is Arnold Palmer's grandson. I said son. One of the stories I told was about seeing Sam when he played in the Rocket Mortgage Classic year one (2019). I first met Sam when he was about 6 years old and Arnold used to fly his own Cesna Citation if I remember correctly  here for the Mauna Lani Senior Skins on ABC that ran before the Super Bowl. Used to meet Arnold and his guests and family when they would arrive at the airport.- Arnold in the pilots seat. Arnold's son in law Roy would caddy for Arnold. Sam is son of Roy and Arnold's daughter Amy. . About the time I met Arnold I met Mark Rolfing, who at the time was with ABC. Now with NBC/Golf Channel. That was well over 25 years ago and Mark and his wife Debi have been friends ever since and over the years been very good to me. Mark always has time to talk story with me.  Mark was at the Rocket Mortgage Classic with Golf Channel last two years and has been great about letting me lead some of my fellow Detroit media friends to him. We both enjoy weaving Detroit love and Hawaii aloha.  At the end of this show is a talk story Mark and I did in January at the Senior PGA TOUR Mitsubishi Electric Championship at Hualalai here on the Big Island of Hawaii.  Mark and I talk about his long time efforts to grow junior golf here in Hawaii with the recent merging of the First Tee Hawaii and HSJGA.  I was a junior golfer in the 1960's and that is why I have been able to shape a way to stay around the game in my own way. I love how Mark acknowledges my doing it my way. I learned it from him. He has been a pioneer in many ways. Thanks for listening. Aloha.

Kelly Fliear, Tournament Manager, Mitsubishi Electric Championship at Hualalai gives an overview of the monies raised for Big Island Charities from the PGA TOUR Champions event that has been hosted by Hualalai Resort for 26 years. It will take place Jan. 20-22 with a field of players that include 7 current World Golf Hall of Fame members like Fred Couples,  Hale Irwin, Tom Watson, and Vijay Singh. Well over a million dollars has been raised for non profits and charities.  The wonderful 400+ volunteer effort is under the Rotary Club of Kona with Volunteer Co-Chairs Kris Hazard and Larry Webb and in turn the Rotary Club of Kona Community Foundation receives monies each year that go into our community.The Daniel Sayre Foundation is also a beneficiary of the MEC. Created by Dr. Frank and Laura Sayre   the Daniel Sayre Foundation has been purchasing rescue equipment for the Hawaii County Fire Department for the past 20 years in memory of their son Daniel who lost his life in a hiking accident in Polulu Valley.  Big Island Junior Golf receives funds from the MEC as well and the organization has been able to bring many juniors into the game of golf.  And the Hualalai Resort Hualalai Ohana also receives funds that are used to help those who are part of the Hualalai team from scholarships to support with health issues. photo by Emily T Gail Pat Fitzgerald CEO Hualalai Resort with Vounteer Co-chairs Kris Hazard Larry Webb and some of their team captains. Every year the Rotary Club of Kona has done a wonderful job organizing the very dedicated volunteer effort. This years Mitsubishi Electric Championship at Hualalai is next week Thursday, Friday, Saturday, January 20-22. Tickets available at the gate only. Credit cards only.

 Called Jack Berry the other day as the PGA Tour Aloha Swing begins in Hawaii. We talked golf and little bit of everything. Always love talking with Jack Berry  who was a long time  Detroit News golf writer who covered over 100 major golf tournaments and 43 Masters. In face he had a hand in creating access in locker room for female reporters at the Master.In recent years even at 91 years of age Jack is still telling and writing stories with my along long time friends and publishers of Michigan Golfer Art and Jeannie McCafferty.  the one responsible for getting the band of female reporters at the Masters lifted. A member of the Michigan golf Hall of Fame Jack was a leader and pioneer in promoting Women's golf and amateur golf.  I met Jack in the 1960's when I was playing competitive junior golf. We became friends over the years and in many ways Jack was a mentor.  I love that he attributes his becoming a marathon runner to his running in our Emily Detroit Runs through the streets of Detroit in the 1970's-80's.  Jack shares stories from the 1945 Detroit Tigers World Series win over the Chicago Cubs when his father was the Detroit Tigers Traveling Secretary . A member of the Michigan Golf Hall of Fame Jack was a leader and pioneer in promoting Women's Golf and Amateur Golf. Jack shares a lot of fun stories from his days of covering the Red Wings when they were playing at Olympia and only 6 teams in the league. I like documenting stories from others that weave into my own stories ... and keep the thread of history tied into the present. As the Detroit Historical Museum would say where Past is Present .  Also these conversations with Jack remind how just how special our fun long time friendship has been.  

The PGA TOUR Champions Mitsubishi Electric Championship at Hualalai here on the Big Island of Hawaii will have spectators this year. The event is Thursday-Saturday Jan. 20-22. Tickets available at the gate. The event will be broadcast on the Golf Channel.Kelly Fliear, Tournament Manager of the MEC talks about this being the 26th year at Hualalai and the longest running event on the tour at the same venue. It follows the Sony Open on Oahu and which follows the Sentry Tournament of Champions at Kapalua. Kelly gives us an overview of this event which will feature 42  PGA TOUR Champions players who all earned their way into the event.  World Golf Hall of Fame members include Hale Irwin, Tom Watson, Bernhard Langer, Fred Couples, Mark O'Meara, Vijay Singh. Darren Clarke defends. And our Big Island of Hawaii is also a winner with all the monies that have been raised over the 26 years.

 Called Jack Berry the other day as the PGA Tour Aloha Swing begins in Hawaii. We talked golf and little bit of everything. Always love talking with Jack  who was a long time Detroit News Golf Writer who covered over 100 major golf tournaments and 43 Masters.   I met Jack in the 1960's when I was playing competitive junior golf. We became friends over the years and in many ways Jack was a mentor.  I love that he attributes his becoming a marathon runner to his running in our Emily Detroit Runs through the streets of Detroit in the 1970's-80's.  The photo is from 2002 when Jack was visiting the Big Island to do some hiking with his wife Bonnie.In recent years even at 91 years of age Jack is still telling and writing stories with my long time friends and publishers of Michigan Golfer Art and Jeannie McCafferty.  Jack was long time Secretary and President of the Golf Writers Association of America and is the one responsible for  female reporters finally getting equal access at the Masters in Augusta.  A member of the Michigan Golf Hall of Fame Jack was a leader and pioneer in promoting Women's golf and amateur golf.  Jack shares stories from the 1945 Detroit Tigers World Series win over the Chicago Cubs when his father was the Detroit Tigers Traveling Secretary. Jack has the World Series ring his dad received when the Tiger won.. Jack shares a lot of fun stories from his days of covering the Red Wings when they were playing at Olympia and only 6 teams in the league. I like documenting stories from others that weave into my own stories ... and keep the thread of history tied into the present. As the Detroit Historical Museum would say where Past is Present .  These conversations with Jack sure remind how just how special our fun long time friendship has been.  Ohana spirit is a beautiful thing.

I was so pleased to have a conversation with Mark Rolfing, NBC/Golf Channel Analyst few days before he heads to Whistling Straits in Wisconsin site of this 43rd Ryder Cup. While the  43rd Ryder Cup in matches take place Sept. 24-26, beginning Monday Sept. 20 4pm EST Mark will begin his Mark Rolfing Live from the Ryder Cup.  which is his favorite tournament to cover. this Monday at 4pm EST.  He covered his first Ryder Cup in 1991 for ABC. It is his favorite tournament to cover and he has some interesting takes on this years event.   Mark  has seen a lot, has accomplished a lot outside of his broadcasting life which began as a result of playing in a professional golf tournament he had created at Kapalua on Maui. After Don Ohlmeyer who was producer with ABC/ESPN saw him in the interview booth encouraged him to get into the business and offered him a job.   That tournament site at Kapalua where he had created the professional tournament has evolved. We now know it as Tournament of Champions played on the renowned Plantation Course that Mark was involved developing. USA Today labeled Mark “TV sport's best on course golf reporter”.  Long time sports reporter Ann Miller calls Mark's rise to the top of network golf television a unique and intriguing story and that is what I asked Mark to talk about in this interview. Mark and his wife have made a difference in others lives  with their Mark and Debi Rolfing Production Company and the Mark and Debi Charitable Foundation  and their dear to their heart “Angel Babies” foster program.  Mark is the reason there is a Maui Basketball Classic and it is televised every year. I could go on and on and we sort of do that in this fun conversation as they always are. I've been interviewing Mark for over 20 years …. Grateful that he always makes time for me. Been one of my biggest supporters in my years of covering golf.

I met Jon when I came to Kona with Pooh to do the Ironman in 1981. Learned he was living in Detroit. Was a jockey at the time and we encouraged Jon to run in our Emily Detroit Runs. Jom would hang out at Emily's  Across the Street. Jon returning to Kona to start farming  and sharing his knowledge of  planting, growing and producing Kona Coffee and most of all create his own brand, Jon's Kona Marathon and the spirit behind was inspired by what he learned from what we did in Detroit including the difficult lessons. Joon and his ohana added their aloha to all the he knew he wanted to create and as a result It become one of the most popular events on the Big Island.

I met Vance Patrick at the farewell retirement party at the Detorit Historical Museum for Bob and Mary Ann Bury celebrating Bob's 16 years as CEO and Executive Director and their efforts as a team. I had read about the reopening of the The Belle Isle Aquarium and when Vance Patrick who was at the helm along with others of getting the Aquarium reopened said come let me show you around I did so a few days later. As we were talking I decided to turn on my recorder and I am glad I did. As always I record and no editing. It is what it is and I feel this was one very worthwhile conversation with Vance. I appreciate he took the time to educate me. They get up to 5,000-6,000 people over the weekend who come enjoy the free admission and easy to walk through Belle Isle Aquarium. It was a steady stream of all ages coming through as we walked around. Some history of the Belle Isle public aquarium located in Belle Isle Park in Detroit, Michigan. Designed by noted architects George D. Mason and Albert Kahn,[5] it opened on August 18, 1904, and was the oldest continually operating public aquarium in North America when it closed on April 3, 2005.[2] The aquarium reopened to the public on August 18, 2012, and is now run entirely by volunteers.[6] The 10,000-square-foot (930 m2) historic building features a single large gallery with an arched ceiling covered in green glass tile to evoke an underwater feeling.[1][7] The aquarium was operated by the Detroit Zoological Society prior to the 2005 closure. It is currently operated by the Belle Isle Conservancy. August 3, 2005, Detroit citizens voted to reopen the aquarium by an overwhelming margin (88% in favor, 12% opposed).[11] However, the vote was non-binding and the aquarium remained closed. In 2010, supporters of the aquarium were still trying to find donors to help defray the building's operating costs.[11] Although the building was closed between 2005 and 2012, goldfish and koi from an outside pond were housed in the aquarium during the winter.[11] Each year in February, the aquarium opened for a day for the annual "Shiver on the River,"[11] a fund raising event to promote public support of Belle Isle non-profit groups including the Friends of Belle Isle Aquarium.[2] On 14 August 2012, The Belle Isle Conservancy, a non-profit volunteer group established in 2011 from the merger of the Friends of Belle Isle Aquarium and other Belle Isle non-profit groups, announced the re-opening of the aquarium on a limited basis. The aquarium was reopened on 18 August 2012, the 108th anniversary of its opening.[citation needed] The aquarium is normally open Friday-Sunday However hours due to covid check their site. https://www.belleisleconservancy.org/belle-isle-aquarium

It was a year ago June 21, 2019. The Aloha Friday Ohana Gathering at Detroit Foundation Hotel and live worldwide Broadcast with Michael Patrick Shiels Michigan’s Big Show. Started at 6am in the Detroit Foundation Apparatus Room. Michael is a long time friend. He has won many awards with his Michigan's Big Show and his extensive travel and golf writing as author and journalist. Some back story on why I wanted to do this live broadcast with Michael at Detroit Foundation Hotel. Michael's mentor was the legendary JP McCarthy, WJR Radio. In the 1970's-80's JP and WJR were was very supportive as they still are of my efforts in Detroit. Michael was JP's Producer after I left Detroit. Michael and I actually met here in Hawaii in the 1990's as he is a wonderful ambassador for Hawaii and has written extensively and broadcast from Hawaii. I mention that because I have been weaving my Detroit community and Hawaii community for years with a lot of friends and ohana. There are a lot of threads that weaved nicely over last couple years as Bob Lambert, GM Detroit Foundation Hotel had been so open to sharing ideas and ways to showcase the community space and spirit I had learned to appreciate at Detroit Foundation Hotel. So Michael and Bob and his team at DFH and a whole bunch of us I like to call Ohana shared a wonderful morning last June 21. Michael let me line up all the guests that included who we had partnered with at DFH like Empty Bowls Detroit, Rainbow Connection and the Detroit Historical Society. We also showcased the Rocket Mortgage Classic and the monies being raised for the Detroit community as Michael talked with Steve Wilke (RIP) Hour Magazine and GAM and RJ King dBusiness who had just released his new book, Detroit: Engine of America. Larry Alexander ...DMCVB aka VisitDetroit was a guest and talked about all the efforts in Detroit. Tony Michaels, Parade Company joined us and talked about the Ford Fireworks that were coming up the following week. . Watching many of the summer events being cancelled and the Detroit Foundation Hotel being temporarily closed is difficult .... however the good efforts of so many of our ohana going on in many places in the community and hopefully DFH will be open again soon. I loved listening to this broadcast the other day. I heard Michael Patrick say the crowd and energy and spirit of the day reminded him of JP McCarthy's Focus Radio Show parties. What a compliment. While it was a year ago I remember so well how happy we all were about the day and how much gratitude I had for all that helped make it such a memorable day. Bob Lambert and Jennifer Lee and the DFH team at the time, Darraugh Collins, Michael Patrick and like always Colleen Robar helping us out in so many ways. So that is why I am replaying our Broadcast.

Kelly Fliear, Tournament Manager, Mitsubishi Electric Championship at Hualalai gives an overview of the PGA TOUR Champions season opening event Jan 16-18 at Four Seasons Resort Hualalai. He talks about the field of 38 players who have earned a spot in the season opening tournament including some Ernie Els, Fred Couples, Hale Irwin, Tom Watson, Mark O'Meara, Retif Goosen, John Daly, Scott McCarren, Jay Hass, defending champion Tom Lehman. . Fliear talks about the volunteer efforts of over 250 volunteers organized by the Rotary Club of Kona and over million dollars raised for the Rotary Club of Kona Community Foundation, Big Island Junior Golf and Daniel R. Sayre Foundation. The MEC which will be broadcast on NBC Golf Channel 2-5 pm each day. Tickets available at pgatour.com/mec or at the gate and Juniors under 16 and retired and active military are complimentary. Emily T Gail Talk Story is available as free iTunes podcast, EmilyTGailTalkstory.podomatic.com and EmilyTGailTalkStory For information contact Emily at 896-6780 or emilytgaiil@emilys.org

I had my talk story with David S. Ishii at the Waikoloa Beach Resort at the 2019 HHSAA (Hawaii High School Athletic Association) Boys Golf Championship. Waikoloa Beach Resort was host to the 36 hole championship played at Waikoloa Beach Resort Kings' Course on the Big Island of Hawaii. The girls championship was earlier in the week. The HHSAA is sponsored by David S. Ishii Foundation. Scott Head, VP Waikoloa Beach Resort calls David Ishii the best player to ever come out of Hawaii and says David's support for high school players has had a huge impact on the sport. Waikoloa Beach Resort is always proud to host junior, high school, college and professional tournaments and very happy the high school state championships were played at Waikoloa Kings Course in 2019 as it rotates from island to island each year. Nice touch with David Ishii being on hand for the tournament. David, and his wife Lorraine and son presented the awards. Mid Pac's Jake Sequin won the individual state title and my friend Ethan Jaehn, a freshman playing for Coach Lee Kakawa at Kealakehe was third overall and low Big Island player. He edged out 5th place finisher from Kamehameha-Hawaii senior Pono Yanagi, the BIIF champion, by a stroke for top Big Islander honors. Hawaii Baptist won the team title with a 42-over 618. Second place was Mid Pacific (652). Iolani was third (655) and Waiakea (657) was close behind in fourth

Jason Langwell, Rocket Mortgage Classic shares lot of information and update on the many way fans can enjoy the Rocket Mortgage Classic. The PGA Tour event will be at Detroit Golf Club June 25-30. Rickie Fowler, Dustin Johnson, Bubba Watson, Danny Lee, and many of the top PGA pros will be in the field at Detroit Golf Club. The Fan Experience Area is going to be a wonderful area for families and anyone whether they are golf enthusiasts or not. Many opportunities have been created for our local non profits to raise funds including the Birdies for Charities that over 100 local charities are participating in this first year. Jason shares the many ways the community is involved including awesome response by those signing up to volunteer. Chaired by former Mayor Dennis Archer. There is a waiting list!!! Talk about the community getting involved!! They have set up a viewing area at the RMC which is called Area 313. Think it's going to be the place to be as spectators will be able o watch the signature three-hole strectch that features Detroitr Golf Club's par 5 14th hole, par-3 15th and par-4 16th for fan experience. The area offers the best sightlines with general admission stadium seating options and upgraded hospitality venues. Cool. Tickets and info at rocketmortgageclassic.com Tuesday June 25 Practice Day $10 Wed. June 26 Delta Dental Pro-Am $15. The 72 hole tournament play is: Thursday, June 27 $45 Friday, June 28 $50 Saturday June 29 $55 Sunday June 30 $55

I had my talk story with Scott Head, VP Waikoloa Beach Resort at the 2019 HHSAA (Hawaii High School Athletic Association) Boys Golf Championship. Waikoloa Beach Resort was host to the 36 hole championship played at Waikoloa Beach Resort Kings' Course on the Big Island of Hawaii. The HHSAA is sponsored by David S. Ishii Foundation. Scott talks about the impact David, who Scott calls the best player to ever come out of Hawaii has made for high school players with his support. Scott also shares the commitment by Waikoloa Beach Resort to host junior, high school, college and professional tournaments. Waikoloa Beach Resort is a planned community and I have worked with them for a long time. I have admired how they have evolved gracefully during the ever present development on the Big Island. The Queens Marketplace and Kings' Shop serving locals and visitors everyday with great stores, restaurants and Hawaiiana entertainment and cultural events. Scott and I talk about how the hotels, condos, time shares, beaches, golf courses, hiking trails are there for all of us to enjoy. I sure do. On another note. Nice touch with David Ishii who is in the photo with Scott being on hand for the tournament. David, and his wife Lorraine and son presented the awards. Mid Pac's Jake Sequin won the individual state title and my friend Ethan Jaehn, a freshman playing for Coach Lee Kakawa at Kealakehe was third overall and low Big Island player. He edged out 5th place finisher from Kamehameha-Hawaii senior Pono Yanagi, the BIIF champion, by a stroke for top Big Islander honors. Hawaii Baptist won the team title with a 42-over 618. Second place was Mid Pacific (652). Iolani was third (655) and Waiakea (657) was close behind in fourth

Golf legend Jack Nicklaus will help the Golf Association of Michigan (GAM) celebrate its Centennial this year. He'll headline a GAM Foundation gala fundraiser on Monday, June 17 at Oakland Hills CC, one of the original 14 clubs to form what would eventually become the GAM. The event will include golf on the famous South course, dinner and the fireside chat with Jack. Dinner only tickets are available at $300. The GAM 100 Celebration benefits the GAM Foundation including its Youth on Course program which allows kids ages 6 to 18 to play golf for five dollars or less at participating courses. HOUR Media is the presenting sponsor of the GAM 100 Celebration. Again Dinner only and the fireside chat with Jack Nicklaus tickets are still available at $300 and a limited amount of golf spots are available where you get to play your own ball on the iconic South Course at Oakland Hills. It was Oakland Hills where in 1961 Jack Nicklaus was fourth in the U.S. Open as a 21-year-old amateur. In 1991 he won the US Senior Open on the South course at Oakland Hills in a playoff with Chi Chi Rodriguez. On a side note Chi Chi's nephew Juan Rodriguez, Aloha Section PGA member is my neighbor and a wonderful person and player. Go to GAM.org for info about Dinner only tickets at $300 and the limited number of golf spots or sponsor opportunities or contact Steve Wilke at swilke@gam.org or 248-752-8842. Steve and I also talk about the GAM participating in the PGA TOUR Rocket Mortgage Classic Birdies for Charities. The program is centered around the first-ever PGA TOUR event in Detroit June 25-30 at the Detroit Golf Club. Rickie Fowler, Dustin Johnson and Bubba Watson are among the PGA Tour stars who will be in the field. Donations can be made by a per birdie pledge or by a flat rate donation. And donations received by May 31 will be entered to win a VIP Package for Two to the Rocket Mortgage Classic. The VIP Package includes two Honorary Observer positions for Saturday. Believe me Honorary Observer at a PGA tournament is very cool! They have a link on their website on how you can be a part of this opportunity the Rocket Mortgage Classic has created for our local non-profits including GAM. https://www.pgatour.com/tournaments/rocket-mortgage-classic.html

The 2nd Annual Detroit Heritage Theatre Festival-2019 Friday May 17-Sunday May 19 ... "It's ALL About Detroit" Founded by Karen Chappelle who grew up in Detroit and after years away from Detroit and a career in Law has come back to her roots in Detroit and her love of the Arts since she was a young girl because of the plays she got to be involved in with the Detroit Parks and Rec. Here is an overview.... Detroit Heritage Theatre Festival-2019 "It's ALL About Detroit" 1 Welcome to Detroit’s Newest Theatrical Event. This year the Detroit Heritage Theatre Festival (DHTF) continues its tradition celebrating Detroit’s rich heritage. The Opening Play takes us back to a more genteel period in our history; Nacirema- American spelled backwards. In this year of the woman, we share the work of playwright Pearl Cleage, who spent many years growing up here in Detroit. A Celebration of Art for Detroit, by Detroit. The Detroit Heritage Theatre Festival proudly invites playwrights of all ages to showcase their talents during an amazing and immersive new festival! An experience like none other, participants are invited to present work that inspires and innovates; intentionally subverting the traditional narratives about Detroit. The festival is designed to utilize as many of the spaces in the cultural corridor as possible, in addition to reaching out and including the oldest, newest, professional, amateur and student artists. The festival will take place over three days. Day one: May 17, The festival opening and reception takes place at The Players Club, 3321 East Jefferson Avenue Detroit, MI. The Players Club was designated as a Michigan Heritage site in 1975, built in 1925. With a four story high stage and auditorium accommodating 200, a kitchen, dressing rooms, basement storage, prop rooms and a formal meeting room on upper floor. This is a private club and not traditionally open to the public. The commonality of mission, using art to educate and engage the community has formed a wonderful home for DHTF Opening Night festivities. The mission of the Detroit Heritage Theatre Festival coincided with the current mission of the Players club for community outreach. We will utilize the services of the Capuchin kitchen, whose services to the poor and under served in Detroit and help restore their lives is also consistent with the mission of the transformative nature of art. Day Two: May 18, 2019 our venue is the Historic and beautiful Detroit Main Public Library located at 5201 Woodward Ave. Detroit Michigan. The Detroit Public Library enlightens and empowers people and artists by providing diverse and dynamic pathways to literacy and learning. This year we will launch the very first Dominique Morisseau monologue competition. This is more than a competition. It’s a workshop with teaching and professional artists, and an introduction to one of the gifted playwrights of our generation. . .from OUR hometown! High School students in grades 9-12 from across the city will gather at the HYPE Teen Center in the Detroit Main Public Library to broadcast live on 791.4 HYPE radio. The three round progressive competition will award a cash prize to the top 3 students. It will be held in the friends auditorium May 18, 2019 from 9 am to 4 pm. Also, Day 2, right down the hall, in the Explorer Room, we look forward to performances from students at Mosaic Youth Theatre of Detroit. Mosaic, with a mission of empowering young people through professional performing arts training is, will perform their signature piece and excerpt from their current production: Detroit to Dakar, the powerful true story of a group of Detroit teenagers who traveled to sing in Dakar, Senegal in 2003. This performance opens the Ten Minute Festival of Plays About Detroit. This is a showcase of performances by students and professional artists in Detroit. We will again offer coffee and pastries compliments of Avalon Bakery- Midtown Detroit. There will be follow up workshops offered with “ How To” tips on writing 10 minute play. This will continue to connect and promote great theatre community engagement. Day 3: Closing day of the festival takes place a the Charles H. Wright Museum of African American History located 315 E. Warren Ave, Detroit, Michigan 48201, now the second largest permanent collection on African-American culture. The museum now hosting an exhibit which pays tribute to the intellect, heroism and brotherhood of the World War II heroes. Detroit boasts of several original Tuskegee airmen ages 93 to 103! The event begins with a reception. The tribute will be followed by a production of the Off- Broadway Sensation: Black Angels Over Tuskegee, by Layon Gray in the beautiful General Motors Theatre. There will also be an awards program which acknowledges the outstanding work of selected artists: Renee Elyse Goldsberry, Pearl Cleage, and Jeff Daniels. Awards will be given to festival participants and honorees, and certificates awarded from the mayors office. . . . Because It's All About Detroit!! Selected playwrights will be provided with all the necessary resources, and watch as their pieces are produced featuring professional artist. Once selected, playwrights will be assigned dedicated industry professionals as mentors. Join us as we use theatre to build our community. www.detroitheritagetheatrefestival.org

Wes Kimura, Guest Attendant at Waikoloa Beach Resort King's and Beach Course on the Big Island of Hawaii where I love to hit balls in the evening and work on my short game is also the President of the Waikoloa Village Lions Club. So we took a few minutes to talk about their Waikoloa Village Lions Club Golf Tournament coming up Saturday April 27, 2019 at the Waikoloa Village Golf Course. I encourage visitors and local to enjoy a fun day at Waikoloa Village Golf Course. Wes and his fellow Lions Clubs members SERVE our community in so many ways. The Waikoloa Lions Club Annual Golf Tournament is Saturday, April 27, 2019, at the Waikoloa Golf Course. A two-person scramble, the tournament begins with registration at 7 a.m. and first tee off at 8 a.m. Mulligans are optional. Lunch will follow at the very popular Pueo's Restaurant, with prizes for top finishers and an exciting silent auction. Entry is $110 per player, including greens fees, cart, lunch and prizes. Mulligans are optional. The tournament is a fundraiser for the Waikoloa Lions Club, part of a 100-year-old organization with over 1.4 million members worldwide. The Lions have dedicated themselves to a mission of global service in five areas of need: diabetes, vision, hunger, the environment and childhood cancer. For more information and to register in advance, call Lion Wes Kimura at (808) 938-1279 or email westkimura@yahoo.com. and if you have a Silent auction item you can call Sue at 808 989-0215.

Jack Berry has covered many milestone sports experiences including 40 Masters ... he is in Michigan Golf Hall of Fame. I talked to him at conclusion of round 3 of the 2019 Masters and asked him what he was feeling as he was watching the days events unfold ... and his thoughts before the final round Sunday. I've known and admired Jack Berry for 50+ years. I was a junior golfer aspiring to play on the LPGA. Never was good enough however did play in LPGA events in the 1960's as amateur as you could in those days with a 5 handicap or less. Jack wrote about my amateur golf in the 60's. He was a mentor to me in ways he never knew as I got into writing about golf and having radio shows like my Emily T Gail Talks Golf & Other Sports on esphawaii.com for long time. I started calling Jack for interviews and having him share his stories and knowledge of the game. I've learned so much for Jack. He still covers golf with GLSP published by my long time friend Art McCafferty. Art also publishes Michigan Runner who I credit for the popularity of our Emily Detroit Runs in the 1970'-80's. Jack used to run in the Emily Detroit Runs. We talk about the PGA TOUR Rocket Mortgage Classic coming to Detroit end of June. Will be held at Detroit Golf Club, the only private club in the Detroit City limits. Lots of golf history there. Personal history for me as I played Junior and Women's Amateur events at Detroit golf in the 1960'-70's. Horton Smith, who was one of the first to win the Masters was the pro at Detroit Golf at the time. The photo of Jack and I was when he was visiting Hawaii ... in between his hikes and active visit we met up on the seawall on the ocean in Kailua Village across the street from Kona Plaza where I lived.

Description: Bill Dow is a free lance sports writer and big supporter of the Detroit Historical Society. He is Involved in the fundraiser this Saturday 6-10pm celebrating the opening of the new exhibit : A Night at the Lindell AC The Lindell AC was Detroit’s original watering hole for athletes and entertainers alike. celebrate the opening of the new exhibition Lindell AC: America's First Sports Bar. Share burgers and beer, sports trivia and fun panel talk and meet and greet with Bill Dow, Terry Foster, Roxanne Foster, Pete Waldmier, Jerry Green, Dave Rozama and others. everyone of them with stories about the Lindell AC and it place in legends of sports. 6 p.m. Meet Me at the Lindell movie Seating first come, first served.) 7 p.m. Enjoy burgers and beer in our recreated Lindell, featuring some of the original treasured photographs and sports memorabilia from the bar. $75 members DHS can join at Detroithistorical.org or $100 non members. Bill and I talk about how he became a free lance writer when he was a stay at home dad. He shares what he has learned about the effort it takes and the pleasure he has derived from researching his stories and people he has met. Be is a collector and some of his items are in the Lindell AC exhibit and he has volunteered his time in helping curate and write some of the copy. items Bill is a friend of mine ... I admire and enjoy his work. *Co-Editor/Co-Author of book "Tiger Stadium, Essays and Memories of Detroit's Historic Ballpark, 1912-2009" (McFarland & Company 2018) * Guest Curator and Writer: "Year of the Tiger 1968: at the Detroit Historical Museum April 20 to October 7, 2018 (50th Anniversary of the 1968 World Champion Detroit Tigers Exhibit) * guest writer and curator on the Lindell AC exhibit opening March 2019 Wrote feature articles for newspapers and magazines, covering a wide range of subjects in business, sports history, health, music, education and parenting. Wrote and distributed news releases, scheduled media interviews, and cultivated relationships with Detroit area media outlets. • Published 200 +articles in The Detroit Free Press, D Business Magazine, Hour Detroit Magazine, Detroit Home Magazine, Baseball Digest, The Oakland Press, Metro Parent Magazine. Wrote Afterword to Paper Lion by George Plimpton (later editions) • Provided media relations assistance for Wayne State University Press (Rodwan Communications) and United Way for Southeastern Michigan. (Rodwan Communications) • Wrote marketing copy for the Danbury Mint and Easton Press, performed research for Cranbrook Schools, and provided photographic research and caption writing for Avanti Press.

Bill Dow is a free lance sports writer and big supporter of the Detroit Historical Society. He is Involved in the fundraiser this Saturday 6-10pm celebrating the opening of the new exhibit : A Night at the Lindell AC The Lindell AC was Detroit’s original watering hole for athletes and entertainers alike. celebrate the opening of the new exhibition Lindell AC: America's First Sports Bar. Share burgers and beer, sports trivia and fun panel talk and meet and greet with Bill Dow, Terry Foster, Roxanne Foster, Pete Waldmier, Jerry Green, Dave Rozama and others. everyone of them with stories about the Lindell AC and it place in legends of sports. 6 p.m. Meet Me at the Lindell movie Seating first come, first served.) 7 p.m. Enjoy burgers and beer in our recreated Lindell, featuring some of the original treasured photographs and sports memorabilia from the bar. $75 members DHS can join at Detroithistorical.org or $100 non members. Bill and I talk about how he became a free lance writer when he was a stay at home dad. He shares what he has learned about the effort it takes and the pleasure he has derived from researching his stories and people he has met. Be is a collector and some of his items are in the Lindell AC exhibit and he has volunteered his time in helping curate and write some of the copy. items Bill is a friend of mine ... I admire and enjoy his work. *Co-Editor/Co-Author of book "Tiger Stadium, Essays and Memories of Detroit's Historic Ballpark, 1912-2009" (McFarland & Company 2018) * Guest Curator and Writer: "Year of the Tiger 1968: at the Detroit Historical Museum April 20 to October 7, 2018 (50th Anniversary of the 1968 World Champion Detroit Tigers Exhibit) * guest writer and curator on the Lindell AC exhibit opening March 2019 Wrote feature articles for newspapers and magazines, covering a wide range of subjects in business, sports history, health, music, education and parenting. Wrote and distributed news releases, scheduled media interviews, and cultivated relationships with Detroit area media outlets. • Published 200 +articles in The Detroit Free Press, D Business Magazine, Hour Detroit Magazine, Detroit Home Magazine, Baseball Digest, The Oakland Press, Metro Parent Magazine. Wrote Afterword to Paper Lion by George Plimpton (later editions) • Provided media relations assistance for Wayne State University Press (Rodwan Communications) and United Way for Southeastern Michigan. (Rodwan Communications) • Wrote marketing copy for the Danbury Mint and Easton Press, performed research for Cranbrook Schools, and provided photographic research and caption writing for Avanti Press.

I have always been a big fan of my brother Max's poems and song writing and piano playing ... as I have been of Max's twin Mary and my twin sister Edee creativity as musicians. Over the years if they were playing music I was taping if I could.... As I'm curating of what I have documented over the years of family moments and public moments I keep finding so many heartwarming moments ... on video, in photos, news stories, audio recordings like this audio recording (on cassette) from probably 20 years ago. I'm grateful for the many moments of wonderful memories with my big brother Max and his family and some of my siblings at Max's home in Malibu when we would hang out. Many times Max would share share his original music and poems with me. I would always cry feeling his words .... and watching him play. On this day his twin Mary was there and they were sharing their music with each other ... Sure glad I turned on my recorder 20 years or whenever it was. No doubt I sobbed when they were singing and sharing that day just as I did a few weeks ago when pulled this cassette tape out of a box. Wanted to share it ...

This Friday evening January 18 at the Detroit Foundation Hotel Apparatus Room is the NAIAS Charity Preview After Party. Everyone is invited. No Cover. Come as you are. Starts at 8pm. Ken Jimenez, Gail & Rice VP of Production & Entertainment, Bob Lambert GM Detroit Foundation Hotel and Jenn Life, Lifestyle Director DFH have created a evening with some Motown Music and some other fun entertainment. I'll let you hear it from Ken. I do know Bob Lambert, GM Detroit Foundation Hotel and his team will have a warm welcome for Detroiters and visitors.

Always appreciate the support Mahalo Multi Media (LAVA 105 & KOA Country 107) give to The PGA TOUR Champions Mitsubishi Electric Championship at Hualalai. aka PGA Champions MEC. There are good about doing ticket giveaways which listeners love. So I stopped by to tell the listeners more about the MEC and talk about who is playing, best way to watch, tee times... dis n dat about the MEC. It’s starts tomorrow through Saturday Jan. 19 The MEC has been at this beautiful Four Seasons Resort Hualalai for 22 years. This is the 23rd year. Jerry Kelly defends in a field that includes Fred Couples, John Daly, Tom Watson, Olin Browne, Rocco Mediate and many more. Over a million dollars has been raised for non profits and charities with funds going to the Rotary Club of Kona for their Rotary Club of Kona Community Foundation. The wonderful 400+ volunteer effort is under the Rotary Club of Kona with Volunteer Co-Chairs Kris Hazard and Larry Webb grateful for every ones commitment. The Daniel Sayre Foundation and Big Island Junior Golf receive funds from the MEC as well. Daily $25. $45 for 3 day tournament pass. Juniors and military complementary. There will be wonderful coverage of great golf and our beautiful Big Island and of course Four Seasons Resort Hualalai to viewers all over the world as Golf Channel will broadcast live all 3 days. For those of us lucky enough to be here I suggest go to Four Seasons watch the tournament live and then watch the replay at night on the Golf Channel. To those of you on the mainland, we hope you will be watching and we send you aloha.

Who is Jack Berry? He's a long time dear friend of mine. He was a Sports Writer with the Detroit New for many years. He was awarded the 2007 PGA Lifetime Achievement Award in Journalism. He watched me grow up as a pretty good Junior Golfer in Michigan in the 60'-70's. Wrot some nice things about me and I love that he ran in our Emily Detroit Run's in the 70'-80'. I took this story about Jack off the Golf Wire from 2007. What a career he has had and he is still very active with his writing and video story telling in many ways including with my good friend Art McCafferty's GLSP Michigan Golfer. Jack Berry, the 2007 PGA Lifetime Achievement Award in Journalism,was the 18th individual to be recognized with this Award. The award honors members of the media for their steadfast promotion of golf.In 1945, the year the Detroit Tigers beat the Chicago Cubs in the World Series Jack Berry's father was the Detroit Tigers Traveling Secretary. PALM BEACH GARDENS, Fla. – Jack Berry, of W. Bloomfield, Mich., whose five decades of reporting featured more than 70 of golf’s major Championships, as well as the promotion of the PGA Professional, has been named recipient of the 2007 PGA Lifetime Achievement Award in Journalism. Berry is the 18th individual to be recognized with this Award. Berry, 75, will be honored April 4, 2007, at the 35th Golf Writers Association of America Annual Spring Dinner and Awards Ceremony at the Savannah Rapids Pavilion in Augusta, Ga. "It is with a great deal of pride that The PGA of America presents this award to Jack Berry, a professional who has enlightened us all by both his attention to detail and wit, and has captured the best in the game of golf in his work," said PGA of America President Brian Whitcomb. "Mr. Berry has spent his journalistic career covering the landmark events, but he also has been a tireless servant of the game by promoting local golf and elevating the PGA Professional’s vocation to the general public." Born in Detroit, Berry began a lifelong love affair with sports as a baseball fan, following his father, Clair, who was the traveling secretary for the Detroit Tigers. Jack Berry picked up a golf club, his father’s wooden-shaft driver, for the first time in high school. He learned the game through the late PGA Professional Chet Jawor, who was PGA head professional for Detroit’s six municipal golf courses. "I soon became a big fan of the PGA Professional," said Berry. "I always liked what they did for the game and all were good guys and completely different than the Tour professional. I was fortunate that the two newspapers where I worked (Detroit Free Press and Detroit News) had a good tradition of local golf coverage. I enjoyed the opportunity to work with people in the community in covering golf. I am very honored to receive this Award, considering those who have preceded me." Berry attended Marquette University from 1949-1951, and also served two years in the U.S. Army from 1952-54. Upon his discharge, he finished his college education and graduated from Michigan State University in 1956. His journalism career began as a correspondent for United Press (1956-59), where he distinguished himself through his versatility, covering professional and local sports as the wire service’s sports editor for the state of Michigan. Berry joined the Detroit Free Press in 1959, and spent the next 12 years on the sports staff. He marked his first Tour event when he covered the 1958 Buick Open in Grand Blanc, Mich. His professional sports "beat" featured the Detroit Red Wings of the then-six-team National Hockey League; and he marked his first major Championship in 1961, at the U.S. Open at Oakland Hills Country Club in Bloomfield Township, Mich. Berry joined the Detroit News in 1971, and remained its premier golf writer through 1993, during which time he developed a relationship with Michigan PGA Professionals and the Free Press Junior Golf Program, which collaborated with the Detroit Recreation Department. It is a program "that was a forerunner to today’s First Tee in providing opportunities for young people to join the game," said Berry. In 1984, Berry was named the 27th president of the Golf Writers Association of America, making him the second journalist from the Detroit News (preceded by John Walter in 1958-59) to hold that position. Berry also served as GWAA secretary-treasurer from 1990-98. Following his Detroit News’ career, Berry became one of the most prolific golf freelance writers, with columns and features appearing in PGA Magazine, Chicagoland Golf and the Michigan Golfer. He is the recipient of the 1997 Golf Association of Michigan Distinguished Service Award. In 2003, he became the second journalist inducted into the Michigan Golf Hall of Fame, joining the late Walter. Among the members of the Michigan Hall of Fame are legendary five-time PGA Champion and founding PGA member Walter Hagen, and 1953 PGA Champion Walter Burkemo. Berry marked the 1986 Masters, when Jack Nicklaus conquered Augusta National Golf Club at age 46, as not only his most memorable golf event as a reporter, but also a defining moment in his life. Berry nearly died following the Masters. He was stricken with acute viral myocarditis two weeks earlier at the Players Championship. After enduring great pain and energy loss during the Masters, he arrived home to enter the emergency room of the local hospital. "I arrived with heart, liver and kidney failure, and in shock," said Berry. "I almost made the final six-footer." Some two years later, Berry’s recovery was complete, as he competed in the New York City Marathon. His reporting has also ventured into horse racing, where he chronicled Secretariat’s path to the 1973 Triple Crown; to Super Bowl VII, where the Miami Dolphins became the NFL’s first and only unbeaten championship team at the Los Angeles Memorial Coliseum in 1973; and to Lake Placid, N.Y., where the 1980 United States Olympic Hockey Team upset the squad from the former Soviet Union in the famous "Miracle on Ice." The PGA Lifetime Achievement Award in Journalism, first presented in 1989, honors members of the media for their steadfast promotion of golf. Past Award winners include: Dick Taylor, Herbert Warren Wind, Jim Murray, Frank Chirkinian, Bob Green, Dan Jenkins, Furman Bisher, Jack Whitaker, Dave Anderson, Ken Venturi, Jim McKay, Kaye Kessler, Nick Seitz, Renton Laidlaw, Bob Verdi, Al Barkow and Ron Green Sr. The Award selection committee is composed of representatives from The PGA of America, PGA Tour, USGA, LPGA Tour, Champions Tour, European Tour, Golf Superintendents Association of America, National Golf Course Owners Association, American Society of Golf Course Architects, National Golf Foundation and past recipients.

I am at the Four Seasons Resort Hualalai here on the Big Island of Hawaii. Doing this interview for Emily T Gail Talk Story Show with Kelly Fliear Tournament Manager PGA TOUR Champions Mitsubishi Electric Championship at Hualalai. aka PGA Champions MEC. It’s coming up January 17-19 which is a Thursday, Friday, Saturday. The MEC has been at this beautiful resort for 23 years. I am grateful for the opportunity to have worked on the MEC with the PGA Champions Tour since the first year. Jerry Kelly defends in a field that includes Fred Couples, John Daly, Tom Watson, Olin Browne, Rocco Mediate and many more. Over a million dollars has been raised for non profits and charities with funds going to the Rotary Club of Kona for their Rotary Club of Kona Community Foundation. The wonderful 400+ volunteer effort is under the Rotary Club of Kona with Volunteer Co-Chairs Kris Hazard and Larry Webb grateful for every ones commitment. The Daniel Sayre Foundation and Big Island Junior Golf receive funds from the MEC as well. Just $45 for 3 day tournament pass. Juniors and military complementary. There will be wonderful coverage of great golf and our beautiful Big Island and of course Four Seasons Resort Hualalai to viewers all over the world as Golf Channel will broadcast live all 3 days. For those of us lucky enough to be here I suggest go to Four Seasons watch the tournament live and then watch the replay at night on the Golf Channel. We hope you will be watching and we send you aloha.

Emily met up with her long time friends John and Judy Collins Co-Founders of the Ironman. Emily met John and Judy when she and Pooh came from Detrit to Kona in 1981 to participate in the Ironman. John and Judy Co-founders of the Ironman back in 1978 were in Kona with and their daughter Kirsten and son Michael for the 40th Anniversary of the Ironman. Michael was not with us for the show as he was getting ready to participate in the Ironman. We thought it would be a good time for John and Judy to get on record how the Ironman started and dispel the myth that it all started in a bar, as a challenge among a bunch of navy seals. Thanks for watching.

Colleen and I were having a catch up conversation in her office at Robar PR on Burns and Jefferson ... More of my reaching out to her about some of my visions for how to keep weaving and being a part of the Detroit community ... Detroit Homecoming has been the last few years a wonderful support system for what I am doing in and for Detroit and for myself as I'm one of the small entrepreneurs/artists waking up every day working at figuring out how to be an expat who continues to contribute while creating some income for what I do in Detroit. So I thought I would have Colleen share a few words about the 2018 Detroit Homecoming and spur of the moment turned on my voice memo to record. While it was educational, informative which I love because I learn from the speakers and panel discussions things about Detroit I don't know and should know that would take me so much more time to learn on my own. It's a chance to meet and reconnect with expats and locals and it was also a lot of fun. My heart is still filled with joy from the party at The Corner at Michigan and Trumbull aka Tiger Stadium on the Thursday evening. It got to do batting practice and Bettye LaVette an American soul singer-songwriter raised in Detroit whose 2005 album I've Got My Own Hell to Raise brought her deserved acclaim gave an intimate performance I'll never forget. Colleen talks about the many new ways we were able to see neighborhoods and so many of the ways that so many are doing so much in Detroit.

Lisa Nuskowski who is the Founder and Executive Director of MOGO Detroit bike share arrived at the Detroit Foundation Hotel on a MOGO bike for a meeting with Darraugh Collins and Jennifer Lee, DFH and me at The Apparatus Room. Lisa and I had time to tape this show before she headed off to a meeting a Eastern Market on .... yes a MOGO. Lisa talks about how MOGO was just an idea 6 years ago and what has gone into bring it along to the such success that it is being expanded not just to more neighbors but to the suburbs too. I've been a huge admirer of Lisa's efforts since they rolled out MOGO Detroit which is part of Downtown Detroit Partnership whose efforts under the leadership of Eric Larson I also admire. Thanks for listening.

I have loved watching the people over the last few years on HandleBar Detroit. I see them when I am riding my bike around town. Singing, laughing and having a good time as they are going around downtown or whatever area the group chooses to pedal to ... So finally his Sunday I've got a group going out for couple hours... related to something with the Detroit Historical Society and Detroit Foundation Hotel. Brian Lindsey, owner with his brother Steve has been so helpful. I stopped by and met up with Brian and while we were talking I turned on my recorder and he shared how they started HandleBar Detroit and some interesting pieces to their back story. .... what is neat is you can organize your own group or go as single ad join up with others.

I met Vance Patrick at the farewell retirement party at the Detorit Historical Museum for Bob and Mary Ann Bury celebrating Bob's 16 years as CEO and Executive Director and their efforts as a team. I had read about the reopening of the The Belle Isle Aquarium and when Vance Patrick who was at the helm along with others of getting the Aquarium reopened said come let me show you around I did so a few days later. As we were talking I decided to turn on my recorder and I am glad I did. As always I record and no editing. It is what it is and I feel this was one very worthwhile conversation with Vance. I appreciate he took the time to educate me. They get up to 5,000-6,000 people over the weekend who come enjoy the free admission and easy to walk through Belle Isle Aquarium. It was a steady stream of all ages coming through as we walked around. Some history of the Belle Isle public aquarium located in Belle Isle Park in Detroit, Michigan. Designed by noted architects George D. Mason and Albert Kahn,[5] it opened on August 18, 1904, and was the oldest continually operating public aquarium in North America when it closed on April 3, 2005.[2] The aquarium reopened to the public on August 18, 2012, and is now run entirely by volunteers.[6] The 10,000-square-foot (930 m2) historic building features a single large gallery with an arched ceiling covered in green glass tile to evoke an underwater feeling.[1][7] The aquarium was operated by the Detroit Zoological Society prior to the 2005 closure. It is currently operated by the Belle Isle Conservancy. August 3, 2005, Detroit citizens voted to reopen the aquarium by an overwhelming margin (88% in favor, 12% opposed).[11] However, the vote was non-binding and the aquarium remained closed. In 2010, supporters of the aquarium were still trying to find donors to help defray the building's operating costs.[11] Although the building was closed between 2005 and 2012, goldfish and koi from an outside pond were housed in the aquarium during the winter.[11] Each year in February, the aquarium opened for a day for the annual "Shiver on the River,"[11] a fund raising event to promote public support of Belle Isle non-profit groups including the Friends of Belle Isle Aquarium.[2] On 14 August 2012, The Belle Isle Conservancy, a non-profit volunteer group established in 2011 from the merger of the Friends of Belle Isle Aquarium and other Belle Isle non-profit groups, announced the re-opening of the aquarium on a limited basis. The aquarium was reopened on 18 August 2012, the 108th anniversary of its opening.[citation needed] The aquarium is open Friday-Sunday 10am-4pm. https://www.belleisleconservancy.org/belle-isle-aquarium

I met Vance Patrick at the farewell retirement party at the Detorit Historical Museum for Bob and Mary Ann Bury celebrating Bob's 16 years as CEO and Executive Director and their efforts as a team. I had read about the reopening of the The Belle Isle Aquarium and when Vance Patrick who was at the helm along with others of getting the Aquarium reopened said come let me show you around I did so a few days later. As we were talking I decided to turn on my recorder and I am glad I did. As always I record and no editing. It is what it is and I feel this was one very worthwhile conversation with Vance. I appreciate he took the time to educate me. They get up to 5,000-6,000 people over the weekend who come enjoy the free admission and easy to walk through Belle Isle Aquarium. It was a steady stream of all ages coming through as we walked around. Some history of the Belle Isle public aquarium located in Belle Isle Park in Detroit, Michigan. Designed by noted architects George D. Mason and Albert Kahn,[5] it opened on August 18, 1904, and was the oldest continually operating public aquarium in North America when it closed on April 3, 2005.[2] The aquarium reopened to the public on August 18, 2012, and is now run entirely by volunteers.[6] The 10,000-square-foot (930 m2) historic building features a single large gallery with an arched ceiling covered in green glass tile to evoke an underwater feeling.[1][7] The aquarium was operated by the Detroit Zoological Society prior to the 2005 closure. It is currently operated by the Belle Isle Conservancy. August 3, 2005, Detroit citizens voted to reopen the aquarium by an overwhelming margin (88% in favor, 12% opposed).[11] However, the vote was non-binding and the aquarium remained closed. In 2010, supporters of the aquarium were still trying to find donors to help defray the building's operating costs.[11] Although the building was closed between 2005 and 2012, goldfish and koi from an outside pond were housed in the aquarium during the winter.[11] Each year in February, the aquarium opened for a day for the annual "Shiver on the River,"[11] a fund raising event to promote public support of Belle Isle non-profit groups including the Friends of Belle Isle Aquarium.[2] On 14 August 2012, The Belle Isle Conservancy, a non-profit volunteer group established in 2011 from the merger of the Friends of Belle Isle Aquarium and other Belle Isle non-profit groups, announced the re-opening of the aquarium on a limited basis. The aquarium was reopened on 18 August 2012, the 108th anniversary of its opening.[citation needed] The aquarium is open Friday-Sunday 10am-4pm. https://www.belleisleconservancy.org/belle-isle-aquarium

Paul and Jennifer Eisenstein and I met up at the Fish and The Hog in Waimea on Hawaii Island. I've known Paul Eisenstein, Automotive Journalist TheDetroitBureau.com since the late 1970's in Detroit when he was with WXYZ Channel 7 and a regular at Emily's Across the Street. However, we had not seen each other for 35+ years. Paul & Jennifer were on the Kona Coast for the roll out of the 2018 Hyundai Kona at the beautiful Mauna Kea Resort. I call Kona home. I call Detroit home. I feel a part of both communities and like many Detroiters who I meet up with here on Hawaii Island it was fun to learn they too have been here enough to feel very at home. So talking about Kona and the new 2018 Hyundai Kona was fun. And very interesting to hear Paul share what has to be considered when car names are being created. I've listened on line for years to Paul's automotive related conversations from all parts of the world. It was very fun to finally reconnect in person and meet Jennifer and feel the Detroit bond while in Kona. While they got out of the snow in Michigan to be in Hawaii and cover the roll out of the 2018 Hyundai Kona, it was winter like weather in Hawaii that week. I thought Paul shared that in a polite manner while also describing well all the different climates we have here on Hawaii Island and let it work for him while test driving the new Hyundai Kona. This is Paul's lead in to the story about the Hyundai Kona on his website TheDetroitBureau.com by Paul Esisenstein ... So much for palm trees swaying in a sunny, South Pacific breeze. The wind is blowing, all right, but the normally desert-like Kona Coast is anything but warm and dry as we head out for a day’s drive across the Big Island of Hawaii. Actually, we’re just fine with that, as it gives us a chance to put the new 2019 Hyundai Kona through its paces as we explore one of the most ecologically diverse places on the planet. By the time we wrap up we’ll experience just about every sort of weather one can imagine short of snow – and at the top of Saddle Road, which cuts between the currently dormant Mauna Kea and Mauna Loa volcanoes, even a blizzard is possible. We’ve spent nearly 12 hours in the air flying to, yes, Kona, Hawaii to see just how well the new Kona crossover lives up our expectations. Hyundai was slow to recognize one of the most dramatic shifts in the automotive market, the rapid shift from sedans and coupes to SUVs and crossover-utility vehicles. As it rolls into dealer showrooms across the U.S. in the coming weeks, it becomes the Korean brand’s third utility vehicle, joining the compact Tucson and midsize Santa Fe – with an assortment of others, including the hydrogen-powered Nexo, to follow. On a personal note: I signed up for Paul's at the TheDetroitBureau.com. I'm new to his website. After seeing all the stories I get what he means when he says he loves what he does because he is not just talking and covering stories about cars. So many subjects and interesting people that are part of the tapestry of all the back stories related to the automotive industry he shares on the site. I love learning.

Gary Lichtman, Director of Media Relations University of Detroit-Mercy has over recent years educated me not just about the University however about how many alumni are doing good things in Detroit. Like Tom Page a long time mutual friend. Each year, University of Detroit Mercy honors seven alumni — one from each of the colleges and schools at the University — with a Spirit of Detroit Mercy award. Tom is one of the honorees this year from the College of Liberal Arts & Education. These honorees are alumni who have marked themselves with distinction in their career and in their personal life. I thought it was a good time to catch up and talk with Tom. Tom and I talk story about his love of Detroit, his committment to give back to University of Detroit/Mercy and his family roots in Detroit. He shares having been with the Detroit Police Dept., and the challenge and success he experience of going to LAPD as a result of a layoff in Detroit. And it's obvious since he has come back to Detroit, he continues to do what he can to make a difference in Detroit and contribute to his University of Detroit/Mercy in gratitude for the education he received in many ways. . Meanwhile... this is a good read I think. I took it from the udmercy.edu/alumni page.... Thomas E. Page describes himself as a regular guy — “Call me Tom,” he says — but he’s much more than that. The former Detroit and Los Angeles police officer — now retired — has taken on the roles of ad hoc ambassador for the city of Detroit and promoter and devotee of bicycling in the city. These two activities keep him very busy. He is also a major booster of University of Detroit Mercy. He earned a bachelor’s degree in Psychology in 1971 and a master’s degree in Urban Studies in ’76 from University of Detroit and he credits his education for his success. “One of the things I learned here is that education is much more than knowledge of facts,” Page said. “A person needs to be able to adapt to changes in technology, in society and to think for themselves. Things change so rapidly in society today that we have to look at things in a circular way, not a linear way, because one issue is affected by so many other things — it’s not just ‘this happened then that happened.’ ” That kind of global thinking, he said, made him a good police officer. His career in law enforcement began with the Detroit Police Department before he headed out to Los Angeles where he worked for about 20 years with the LAPD. It was there he began work on a new initiative, helping to create a standardized, effective approach to combat drug-impaired driving. “It became very important for police to know what they were dealing with in terms of drug use,” Page said. He helped create the first formal Drug Recognition Expert (DRE) curriculum for police officers and has taught drug influence recognition and criminal justice topics to police and prosecutors across the country and around the world. In his current role as a law enforcement consultant and DRE Emeritus, Page regularly provides expert testimony on the impairing effects of alcohol and legal and illegal drugs on driving in courts around the United States. Page has written extensively about techniques officers can use to determine what types of drugs a person may be under the influence of. After retiring from the LAPD as the Officer-in-Charge of the department’s Drug Recognition Expert program, Page realized it was time to put his Urban Studies degree to use and moved back to Detroit’s Midtown area. “I saw all the things that were happening in Detroit and started to get more involved, and I wanted to vote here,” he said. “I wanted a say in what was going on.” As he reacquainted himself with his hometown, he began hosting bicycling events around the city — he’d long been a bicycling enthusiast — and getting involved with neighborhood organizations, he found himself drawn back to Detroit Mercy’s McNichols Campus. He served on the Board of Advisors for the College of Liberal Arts & Education and attends many University-sponsored events. He even makes sure some of his bike tours make their way to campus, just to show it off to people who don’t know its beauty. He recently showed just how he feels about the University and its students by giving two significant gifts designed with the same goal in mind. “I’ve realized what’s important to me,” he said. “I’m secure; I don’t need more stuff. But what I could do is to create a legacy that gets carried on at this University, which I care deeply about.” One gift is designed to have an immediate impact on the current student experience. Each year for five years, Page has pledged to support a project designed to build an energized student body and campus. Last year, his gift paid for two bicycle repair stations on the McNichols campus; this year, the gift will be used to establish a bicycle loan program. Four bicycles, specially designed by Detroit Bikes in Detroit Mercy colors, will be available on campus for students to borrow. The details of this program are still a work in progress, but the bicycles will be ready to use this fall. This year’s gift also supports a dean-designated initiative in the College of Liberal Arts & Education as well as the women’s soccer team. In addition to Page’s generous five-year annual gift commitment, he has also included the University in his estate planning, leaving a significant and transformational gift to enhance student life on the McNichols Campus. “This gift is in support of the morality, the ethics, the very DNA of Detroit Mercy,” Page said. “This place serves a very wonderful purpose for our community and our society, and we need to support that.” “I want the students on campus to feel the same way about this University that I do,” Page said. “I want them to know there are alumni who care about them and care about this city.” “Tom Page’s significant gifts to University of Detroit Mercy are reflections of the love he has for his alma mater and the high value he has placed on the education he received,” said Detroit Mercy President Antoine M. Garibaldi, Ph.D. “His generous ways of supporting current and future students will undoubtedly inspire others to express appreciation for their successful and boundless careers.” Page acknowledges there is yet another motive for the gifts: To provide inspiration. “I still have many friends — many of them Phi Sigma Kappa fraternity brothers — I met at the University, and we’re at the stage in our lives where it’s time for some of them to give back to the school because of what it has meant to them,” Page said. “I want them to say, ‘If Tom Page can do this, I can do something.’ ” “I want my gifts to go to something that’s actually useful,” he said. “I want to help create a vibrant campus experience for the students.”

Did you watch LUGE at the Winter Olympics? Curious to know more about the sport. This is a talk story I had with John Porter 4 years ago on my ESPN Hawaii Emily T Gail Show. I listened to the show again last week after watching LUGE to refresh what John, who has been involved in the sport of LUGE for many years had shared with us. It was so interesting so I am running it again. John explains the development process for luge athletes, the significant differences between natural track and artificial track luge. He also explains why it can be said that three of the five luge tracks in the country are located in Michigan. The artificial track at the Muskegon State Park which is iced is one. The 2-curve fiberglass track on which wheeled-sleds are used during three seasons in the state park is another. And then there is the half-mile long natural track in Negaunee, Michigan on which competitions at the local, national, continental, and World Cup levels have been held for 29 years. It was a fun conversation for several reason. Informative however best of all John and I were classmates, played in our high school band together and was great to reconnect.

Always fun to talk story with Mark Rolfing, NBC Golf Channel d during the MItsubishi Electric Championship at Hualalai at Four Seasons Resort Hualalai. We covered a lot of subjects. JR De Groote, Sports Editor West Hawaii Today was with us. I turned on my recorder as we were heading over to the Golf Channel Broadcast Booth where we were going to park and talk story in event Mark had to get on air. Mark was sharing a story about Tiger Woods and Peter Jacobson and Fluff Cowan who had been Peter's Caddie and ended up with Tiger. I met Fluff through Peter and followed all that so thought it was a story told by mark I wanted to share. After we settled in while we were talking I shifted into video ... so our sound shifts at that point. I put the two together so I could share our whole talk story.

Brendan Moynahan talks story with JR DeGroote, Sports Editor West Hawaii Today and me at the 2018 PGA TOUR Champions MItsubishi Electric Championship at Hualalai on Hawaii Island after the 2nd round was complete and his long time friend Jerry Kelly was one of the leaders. Brendan is the Director of Golf Operations at Hualalai and shares stories about the Mitsubishi Electric Championship and his experiences with many of the Champions Tour players including Jerry Kelly who Brendan met when Brendan was Head Golf Professional at the Experience at Koele on Lanai in Hawaii. Brendan talks about his Dad Mike Moynahan who was a Master Club maker, who won awards for his craft and contributed in many ways to the game of golf and charities. Jerry Kelly won the Mitsubishi Electric Championship and gave Brendan a whole lot of credit for the comfort Jerry feels playing in Hawaii at the Sony and at the Hualalai Golf Course home of the Mitsubishi Electric Championship. Brendan represented Hawaii in the US Amateur Golf Tournament in 1987 and 1989. After turning professional in 1991 Brendan won 10 Aloha Section PGA tournaments and represented Hawaii eight times in the PGA Club Professional Championships. Brendan became an associate and teaching golf professional at Kapalua Golf Resort on the island of Maui, upon his return to the Islands, earning more accolades, such as the Maui Golf Magazine Player of the Year award in 1997 and Assistant Professional of the Year in 1998 by the Aloha Section of the PGA. He then moved to Lanai and became the head golf professional of the island’s two esteemed courses. In 2005, Moynahan returned to Hawaii Island, where his family resides, assuming the role of Head Golf Professional at Hualalai Golf Club. In 2009, he was promoted to his current position as Director of Golf.

Jerry Kelly, winner of the PGA TOUR Champions 2018 MItsubishi Electric Championship at Hualalai on Hawaii Island was very happy as he talked with Laura Vescovi, PGA TOUR Champions Communications Manager, JR DeGroote, West Hawaii Today, Paul Arnett, Honolulu Star- Advertiser and myself. JR De Groote's WHT column today had the headline ... Kelly Birdies 18, shocks Montgomerie with 1st win at Hualalai. Here is an excerpt from JR's column that tells well how Jerry won. "Staring down the wide 16th fairway at Hualalai, Kelly sliced his drive into an usually untouched patch of a’a lava. After a short search-and-rescue, the PGA TOUR Champions newly-named Rookie of the Year dropped his ball, saved bogey, kept his head, and down just a stroke, gave himself a chance. He would still need a little help to chase down Colin Montgomerie, but that came when the Hall of Fame Scot made an inexplicable mistake of his own on 18, setting up a finish for the ages at the Champions Tour’s season-opening event. In front of a crowd of 400-plus on the 18th green, Kelly nailed a 17-foot birdie putt, turning a one-shot deficit into a victory when he watched Montgomerie miss a 6-foot par putt." It was a beautiful trophy and closing presentation on Golf Channel and like every year the Lim Family Hula Halua performing on the 18th to a large crowd. I loved Jerry comments about his long time friendship with Brendan Moynahan, Director of Golf Operations at Hualalai and how their friendship played a part in his win. Fun stuff.

Jack Berry is a long time friend and in many ways has been a mentor. We had a fun talk story. Reminded me how much I love my friendship with Jack and mutual support. I hope you will listen. Whether you were a reader of Jack's during his many years at the Detroit News, and now in his retirement with Art and Jeannie McCafferty's Michigan Golfer or just enjoy taking about sports and how it weaves into our lives and friendships I think you will pick up how much Jack loves what he does so well. Tells stories. And I love pulling the stories out of Jack ... about how he has made a difference. Like how he was the one who got the locker room ban of females into the locker at the Masters lifted because he felt it was the right thing for them to do and he was going to do something about it. Jack covered 43 Masters!!!! This is the bio from when Jack was inducted into the Michigan Golf Hall of Fame in 2003. Jack Berry is a renowned sports writer who honed his ability reporting sports in the Detroit area. Beginning his sports writing career with the UPI, United Press International, in Detroit, he went on to write for both the Free Press and the Detroit News. A talented writer, Jack covered most sports and all of our national sports teams. Covering golf for many years allowed Jack to bear witness to some of the great events in golf. Jack also loved writing about amateur golf and covered 30-plus Michigan Amateurs. For committee service on the Michigan Golf Summits I and II, he received an Outstanding Service Award. Jack wrote about Michigan golf for 40 years. During this time, he had a strong, national influence on promoting the sport for all golfers. He served for more than ten years on the Board of Directors of the National Golf Writers Association of America (GWAA), two years in the mid 80’s as President and eight years in the 90’s as Secretary-Treasurer. As President in 1984, he successfully intervened with Augusta National Golf Club Chairman, Hord Hardin, to lift the ban on female reporters in the Masters’ locker room. Golf throughout the state of Michigan benefited from Jack Berry’s powerful pen. He advanced the promotion of golf in our state by writing the Guide to Michigan Golf, first published in 1991 and updated in 1993. He followed this in 1992, with an influential inside back cover column for Golf World entitled, “A Convincing Case for Michigan: When it comes to golf, this Northern state is state of the art.” Jack also used his skills to promote and publicize the formation of the Michigan Women’s Publinx Golf Association and the Metro Detroit Executive Women’s Golf Association. He is a regular contributor to the Michigan Golfer. The GAM Distinguished Award in 1997 acknowledged his wealth of contributions to amateur golf and more than three decades of writing that inspired the growth and maintained the popularity of golf in Michigan. Since retiring, he freelances for national and local golf publications. Locally, he serves as the GWAA’s representative at Michigan State University, interviewing journalism students as prospective scholarship recipients. He hosts an annual celebrity golf day fundraiser for the Friends of Wayne County Parks Committee. He has four bright, beautiful and loving daughters with whom he is very close. Elected to Michigan Golf Hall of Fame in 2003.

Emily T Gail Talk Story Kelly Fliear, Tournament Manager, PGA TOUR Champions Mitsubishi Electric Championship at Hualalai gives an overview of the PGA TOUR Champions event Thursday-Saturday January 18-20 at Four Seasons Resort Hualalai. He talks about the field of 44 players who have earned a spot in the season opening tournament including current World Golf Hall of Fame members like Fred Couples, Hale Irwin, Tom Watson, Craig Stadler and Mark O'Meara. Fliear talks about the volunteer efforts of over 400 volunteers organized by the Rotary Club of Kona (Co-chairs Larry Webb & Kris Hazard) and monies raised for the Rotary Club of Kona Community Foundation to distribute to charities and non profit and community projects, Big Island Junior Golf and the Daniel Sayre Foundation. Bernhard Langer defends at the 54 hole stroke play tournament which will be broadcast on NBC Golf Channel 2-5 pm each day. Tickets are available at pgatour.com/mec or at the gate. $25 daily. $45 for the 3 days. Juniors complimentary. The 2018 Mitsubishi Electric Championship at Hualalai PGA TOUR Champions eligible players who will play Thursday-Saturday January 18-20 are ... 2018 Eligible Player Field 1. Michael Allen 2. Stephen Ames 3. Woody Austin 4. Paul Broadhurst 5. Olin Browne 6. Mark Calcavecchia 7. Fred Couples 8. Marco Dawson 9. Joe Durant 10. Carlos Franco 11. David Frost 12. Fred Funk 13. Doug Garwood 14. Paul Goydos 15. Jay Haas 16. Kohki Idoki 17. Hale Irwin 18. Miguel Angel Jimenez 19. Brandt Jobe 20. Jerry Kelly 21. Tom Kite 22. Peter Jacobsen 23. Bernhard Langer 24. Tom Lehman 25. Sandy Lyle 26. Jeff Maggert 27. Scott McCarron 28. Rocco Mediate 29. Colin Montgomerie 30. Mark O’Meara 31. Jesper Parnevik 32. Tom Pernice Jr. 33. Loren Roberts 34 Gene Sauers 35. Jeff Sluman 36. Vijay Singh 37. Craig Stadler 38. Kevin Sutherland 39. Esteban Toledo 40. David Toms 41. Kirk Triplett 42. Duffy Waldorf 43. Tom Watson 44. Mark Wiebe Emily T Gail Talk Story is available as free iTunes podcast and at EmilyTGail.podomatic.com. For information contact Emily at 896-6780 or emilytgaiil@emilys.org

Emily T Gail Talk Story Show Wes Wailehua, Executive Director/C.E.O. Aloha Section PGA and Foundation talks about the Mauna Lani Resort Hawaii State Open in partnership with the Aloha Section PGA coming up December 15-17. Hawaii’s most prestigious and historic golf event of the year of professionals and amateurs is a 54-hole stroke play championship event consists of four divisions: Men’s Open, Men’s Senior Open, Women’s Open, and Men’s A-Flight. Spectators are welcome. Wes also gives an overview of the Aloha Section PGA and the member's role in the growth of the game and care of the golf industry that involves over 25,000 employees in over a 100 facilities in Hawaii. The Aloha Section PGA Foundation is very involved in the offering of clinics, supporting Junior Golf Programs and many amateur and professional events. Monies raised with the foundation also support scholarships. The Emily T Gail Talk Story Show is available at emilytgailtalkstory.podomatic.com, Emily T Gail Talk Story and Emily T Gail on face book and is a free iTunes podcast. For more information contact Emily at 896-6780 or emilytgail@emilys.org Here is some back story to the history of the Hawaii State Open ... which became the Hawaiian Open ... Past champions include 1987 U.S. Open Champion Scott Simpson and local favorites Japan PGA touring professional David Ishii and PGA Tour player Dean Wilson. David is the only player to have won both the Hawaii State Open and the Hawaiian Open. The Hawaii State Open is one of Hawaii’s oldest tournaments and has an interesting history. According to the Aloha Section PGA web site, it began in 1974 as a revival of the original Hawaiian Open which began in the 1920's to determine the best golfer in the Islands. Great players from the mainland were invited to compete and did so for more than 30 years. Because of the diversity of players and the boost in economy from these events, three former Waialae Country Club presidents, Ken Brown, John Bellinger and Francis Wright asked the PGA Tour in 1965, to add the Hawaiian Open as a regular stop on the PGA Tour. Although this was a great commercial success, it restricted Hawaiian pros and amateurs from participating in the Hawaiian Open, since now to play in the event, you had to be a playing member on the PGA Tour. So for a few years there was not a premier event for Hawaiian players. The tournament was revived in 1974 and it was called the Hawaii State Open with same mission: to find the best golfer in Hawaii with the Ted Makalena perpetual trophy after Makalena who was the first Hawaii resident to win a PGA Tour event – the 1966 PGA Tour Hawaiian Open. In 1976, a women’s division was added. In 1989, a senior division was added. It was run by the Oahu Junior Golf Association until 1993 when it was taken over by the Aloha Section PGA and in 2006 the Aloha Section PGA Foundation took over and has full fields each year.

Greg McLaughlin, President PGA TOUR Champions talks about the Mitsubishi Electric Championship at Hualalai returning to the Big Island of Hawaii for the 22nd year. It's the season opening event for the PGA TOUR Champions with official event champions of the 2016 and 2017 seasons, winners of the majors from recent years and professionals by invitation with a minimum of five or more career victories, including one major. Played on the beautiful Hualalai Golf Course, designed by Jack Nicklaus at Four Seasons Resort Hualalai at Historic Ka’upulehu, the Pro-Am is on Tuesday January 16 and Wednesday January 17 Thursday, Friday, and Saturday January 18-19-20 is the 54 hole stroke play event broadcast on NBC Golf Channel. It's a 1.8 million purse. Bernhard Langer defends. Advance tickets are available at pgatour.com/mec $20 One Day Pass / $40 Tournament Pass (purchase on website) or at the Gate tournament week for $25 Tournament Day and $ 45 Tournament Week Pass . I think one of the best aspects of this Mitsubishi Electric Championship is monies raised for our local charities. The Rotary Club of Kona organizes the 300+ volunteers with Kris Hazard and Larry Webb continuing as volunteer co-chairs and in return the tournament donates to the Rotary Club of Kona Community Foundation. Big Island Junior Golf and the Daniel R Sayre Foundation are also recipients. 2018 Eligible Player Field: Michael Allen, Stephen Ames, Woody Austin, Paul Broadhurst, Fred Couples, John Daly, Marco Dawson, Joe Durant, Carlos Franco, David Frost, Doug Garwood, Paul Goydos, Jay Haas, Kohki Idoki, Miguel Angel Jimenez, Brandt Jobe, Jerry Kelly, Bernhard Langer, Tom Lehman, Jeff Maggert, Scott McCarron, Rocco Mediate, Colin Montgomerie, Jesper Parnevik, Tom Pernice,Jr., Kenny Perry, Gene Sauers, Vijay Singh, Esteban Toledo, Kirk Triplett, Duffy Waldorf, Mark Wiebe Sponsor Exemptions: Olin Browne, Mark Calcavecchia, Fred Funk, Peter Jacobsen, Corey Pavin, Loren Roberts, Jeff Sluman, David Toms Hall of Fame Eligible: Hale Irwin, Tom Kite, Sandy Lyle, Larry Nelson, Mark O’Meara, Jose Maria Olazabal, Tom Watson, Ian Woosnam I think it is significant that Greg McLaughlin was involved with many of the current PGA TOUR Champions players as they were coming up and making strides on the PGA TOUR. Before he joined the PGA TOUR as Senior VP of PGA TOUR Championship Management, Greg was Tournament Director of the PGA Northern Trust Open (formerly Nissan Open), Honda classic, BMW Championship and Director of the Tiger Woods Foundation for 14 years. At the Nissan Open in 1992 at Rivera Country Club in LA Greg was responsible for providing Tiger Woods with his first exemption to compete in a PGA TOUR. Fred Couples won the Nissan Open that year. I was at that 1992 Nissan Open and it was the first time I met Greg McLaughlin and it was the first time I ever saw Tiger Woods. He was around 16 years old. I was just venturing to other venues to cover golf and I'll always remember how helpful and friendly Greg was to me when I got press credentials for the Nissan Open over several years. I appreciate having worked with and been very involved with the PGA TOUR Champions and Kelly Fliear, Tournament Manager for 22 years now. It's been fun to weave so many relationships in the world of golf in my hometown Detroit and Hawaii into my life. For instance Brian Goin. Brian had been Tournament Director of the Ford Seniors in Detroit for many years and then as Director of PGA Tour Championship Management we worked together on the Mitsubishic Electric Championship at Hualalai. We have mutual friends in the Detroit Media and handful of my friends from Detroiters have for years played in the Mitsubishi Electric Championship at Hualalai Pro-AM and we have a few spots open for this year. Greg and I mention Warwick Hills in Grand Blanc, Michigan being the site in September 2018 for the PGA TOUR Champions Ally Challenge. Warwick Hills hosted the Buick Open for 45 years through 2009. As a junior golfer aspiring to play professional golf in the 1960's, attending the Buick Open was very special. So grateful for the game of golf and the relationships in my life through golf professionally and personally. Thanks for listening to the Emily T Gail Talk Story Show emilytgailtalkstory.podomatic.com.