Ukulele virtuoso charts new territory.
Byline: Serena Markstrom The Register-Guard Soft-spoken, humble, polite and deferential, Jake Shimabukuro is an unlikely pop star. But he's being called the Jimi Hendrix of the ukulele. The 30-year-old does have some of the Hendrix rebelliousness in him. He breaks the rules and astonishes people...

2007 OREGON STATE RECRUITING CLASS.
Byline: The Register-Guard Pos Name Ht Wt Hometown Outlook QB Jake Gelakoska 6-3 206 Mill Creek, Wash. Ranked as 17th-best quarterback in nation by Rivals.com RB Ryan McCants 6-2 230 Corona, Calif. Despite injury rushed for 2,217 yards and 20 TDs in 2...

ICSA.
ICSA: The International Chain Salon Association announced its 2007 Board of Directors. Henry Pelusi, Philip Pelusi Salons, Pittsburgh, PA; Phillip Gould, Gould's Salons & Spas, Memphis, TN; ICSA vice president Carlton Whitaker, Mitchell's Day Spas, Raleigh, NC; Jason Volk, Chatters Canada Ltd., Red Deer, Alberta, Canada; ICSA...

Christine K. (Senkowski) Plouffe 1949 - 2007.
BARRE Christine Ku'ulei (Senckowski) Plouffe, 57, of South Barre, MA, was called home by the Lord on Friday, February 23, 2007, while surrounded by her loving family at the Rose Monahan Hospice Center on Coes Pond, Worcester, MA. Christine zealously fought a courageous, four-year battle with ovarian...

Toasting take-off; Strict controls and innovative best practices allow HMSHost to run profitable and exciting beverage programs across multiple concepts in the most challenging of environments: the nation's airports.
Remember when travelers arrived at the airport 20 minutes before a flight and dashed through the terminal, grabbing a soggy hot dog and a stale beer along the way? In this post-9/11 world, travelers spend a lot more time in airports--an estimated 90 minutes between security checkpoints and boarding...

Military families need help dealing with war's effects.
HONOLULU -- One in four U.S. servicemembers returning from deployment has a mental disorder. Meanwhile, their families at home also have significant emotional needs, Lt. Col. Harvey Leighnor reported at the annual meeting of the National Medical Association. The deployment-related emotional needs of families are relatively new...

Airline News - North America.
Jun 4, 2007 Alaska Airlines Alaska Airlines today announced new service between the Aloha state and Seattle and Anchorage all aboard two-class Boeing 737-800s. The airline will offer year-round daily flights beginning Oct. 12 between Seattle-Tacoma International Airport and Honolulu, and nonstop between Seattle and...

Company Watch - United Airlines.
May 7, 2007 United Airlines said Thursday its traffic rose 0.8 percent in April, despite a modest reduction in capacity. The carrier said its overall traffic grew to 9.89 billion revenue passenger miles from 9.81 billion in last year's April. A revenue passenger mile is an industry...

Olivia: My Life of Exile in Kalaupapa [Honolulu].
Olivia: My Life of Exile in Kalaupapa [Honolulu] Arizona Memorial Museum Association, 1988 viii pp 104, photographs. US$7.95 http://www.arizonamemorialbookstore.org/browse.cfm/4,44.htm 'I was ... Number 3306. This is my patient identification number to this day. But I am not just a number now. I have finally regained the sense...

Airline News - North America.
May 21, 2007 US Airlines Less Popular Than The IRS. Americans like the tax collector better than their airlines, according to a customer satisfaction survey released on Tuesday. Weighed down by delays, grumpy employees and lost bags, US airlines scored 63 out of a possible 100 on...