Tim Fichtner:  

ed in Maine, then Canada from Quebec to Toronto, to Banff to Vancouver. On to Seattle, hiked Olympic Peninsula, from there to California and Yosemite again (& more damn bears!). By then in love, stayed in San Diego. Married, 2 kids, divorced. Still here in San Diego. Love the weather here, not humid like Hawaii. Good thing took Spanish at Kalani with Mrs. Ayala, as Tijuana,Mexico only 7 miles away! "Que pasa, mi amigo! Como estas?" Thanks to Classmates.com, connected in Spring 2000 with former classmate, at Niu Valley Intermediate & Kalani, sweet Christine Shizuko Ouchi. She living in San Jose, northern Calif., and also divorced with 2 kids. My older daughter was a flight attendant with United Airlines, and man, did I fly a lot of free trips up north every Friday night, for over a year, till I talked Chris into moving down here! We went to our 30th Kalani reunion together, nice to see some of the old (don't take that personally) faces. Ha, speaking of old faces, my Senior Prom date, Lynn Honda, didn't even recognize me. Must be my bald head! She looked the same, though! Chris and I got married in a hot air balloon over Del Mar in San Diego County, 2002. Poor Chris fell out of the basket after we landed, flipped over onto her back into the freshly plowed tomato field. Yikes! Actually, it was hilarious, once we found out she was okay! My daughter Mandy performed the marriage ceremony, as a '1 day/1 event' county official (one of the crazy things they let you do here, for a $50 fee, of course!). My younger daughter, Tamara Leilani, did her college time at UH also, but she graduated (unlike her Dad) and decided to move back to San Diego. She's the branch manager at a national staffing agency, and has built her location into the most successful store nationwide! You go, girl! Tami also loves Hawaii, wishes she were back, but making way too much kala to leave. Her 2 young sons keep her busy! My older daughter, Amanda, lived 5 yrs on the North Shore, working all those crazy minimum wage jobs, eating rice and beans, before hiring on with United. She's a stay at home Mom now, in Carlsbad, CA. I'm not so sure if she wants to move back to Hawaii, but she sure loves to visit, when she can, but taking 3 kids along ain't cheap! I have 5 precious grandkids, Mariana Patricia, Maya Leilani, & Joey Ernesto Carranza, and Evan Sato & Chase Joseph Kennedy. Finally retired at 67 in 2019. I was in store management at Firestone Tire & Rubber for 13 yrs. For last 30 yrs was a service consultant at Buick/GMC/Pontiac dealerships. I was the interface between overzealous technicians and trusting customers. My mottos: "Do unto others as you would have them do unto you", and "If you had to pay for it yourself, would you do this repair on your own vehicle AND your mother's?". Life is good. Chris and I wish you all "ALOHA"!!!