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MAN Retired lifeguard Clifford Chillingworth maintains his ties to the ocean as a competitive paddler

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Waterman Clifford Chillingworth, who turns 80 this year, pursues his passion for paddling

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WATERMAN Clifford Chillingworth participates in canoe paddling as a way to stay in shape and be close to the ocean

By Kyle Galdeira Special to the Star-Advertiser

It came as no surprise to those familiar with Clifford

dler while helping to mentor the next generation of watermen and women.

“This will probably be my last

Chillingworth that following his

canoe club,” said Chillingworth

retirement from the city’s

with a chuckle. “I turn 80 this

Ocean Safety Division, the wa-

year. I take it one year at a time

terman turned to outrigger ca-

now. It gets harder every sea-

noe paddling as a way to satiate son, but as long as I can get in his devotion to the ocean.

After all, Chillingworth has

and out of the canoe, I’ll still be paddling. Plus, it’s close to

spent nearly his entire life in, on home, so I just roll down the hill and around the water, and it was clear that retirement would

Clifford Chillingworth holds his newest canoe paddle along with his oldest, which he used when he started paddling 40 years ago. Chillingworth paddles with Na Keiki o ka Mo‘i out of Pokai Bay.

While Chillingworth and his

not alter his affinity for the

Ka Mo‘i teammates will com-

ocean.

pete in the Na ‘Ohana o na Hui

The 79-year-old stepped

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and I’m in the water.”

Wa‘a regatta season that runs

down as a Honolulu City and

from late May through early Au-

County lifeguard in 1981 follow-

gust, the ocean aficionado

ing nearly 30 years of service,

stays in shape throughout the

and joined the Waianae-based

year by paddling his one-man

Na Keiki o ka Mo‘i Canoe Club

canoe in the water off Pokai

in 1984 after a stint with the

Bay along the Waianae coast-

Leeward Kai Canoe Club as a

line. The waterman also runs

way to stay in touch with the

and lifts weights to ensure that

beach and water he loves. After

he’s ready to go when the com-

nearly three decades of pad-

petitive season rolls around. He

dling with the club, Chilling-

and a group of fellow retirees

worth established himself as Ka routinely gather on the beach Mo‘i’s elder statesman, serving

to trade stories while also mak-

as the club’s oldest active pad-

ing time to exercise and paddle.

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around 180 paddlers, and it’s

Chillingworth explained that

water, being on the beach,” said from a host of talented competi- been great to watch the club

prior to starting the racing sea-

“I just like being around the Chillingworth. “I like the camaraderie when the preseason

tas despite facing challenges tors. Chillingworth paddled

grow throughout the years,”

son, he undergoes a yearly

with the club’s men’s 60 and 55

said Chillingworth of Ka Mo‘i’s

physical to make sure he is still

starts and practices get going. It crews, and plans on doing the

steady increase in membership. fit to paddle competitively. He

gives me something to look for-

same in the upcoming summer

“We did good last year. We took looks forward to April, as the

ward to, and I try to keep up

regatta season.

the Hui Wa‘a championship af-

club will begin its preseason

ter winning all the regattas, and

practices in anticipation of the

Clifford Chillingworth paddles at Pokai Bay Beach in Waianae. “It’s close to home, so I just roll down the hill and I’m in the water.”

with all the paddlers we have in

The club has grown over the

our club. I’m primed and ready

years to include nearly 200 pad-

qualified a bunch of crews for

upcoming regattas. From partic- last season. If it is, then so be it.

to go.”

dlers, who take cues from Ka

the state championship race.

ipating in conditioning drills to

I know where I’m at, and I’m not

We just need to maintain it this

rigging canoes or competing in

going to push it,” Chillingworth

Ka Mo‘i completed an impres- Mo‘i head coach Lisa sive run through the Hui Wa‘a

Ka‘aekuahiwi. Her father, Rona,

year and keep producing. When

races, Chillingworth plans on

said. “But when they see me

season in 2012, and notched its

started the club 37 years ago.

you have a winning organiza-

continuing his paddling career

walking down the beach with

tion, it’s pretty easy to keep the

until his body tells him to stop.

my paddle, they’ll know I’m

first undefeated campaign since 1984 by winning all nine regat-

“It’s pretty awesome for any club to have somewhere

interest level high.”

“At my age, this may be my

back.”

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Linda Yuen and her husband, Heeny, are world travelers. Linda was named one of National Geographic’s Travelers of the Year in 2012. A focal point of their condo is a Chinese “opium” bed, which they bought locally. But treasures from their trips surround them, including the item Linda is holding, at right. The penis covering, which she got in Indonesia, is worn for modesty, she said.

The Yuens do thorough research on the places they visit and often consult a large map on a wall of their home, opposite page.

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Tourist traps cannot hold this traveler An 85-year-old who likes visiting faraway places goes out of her way to find exotic adventures

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INDA YUEN finds her way to remote villages and always visits sites that are off the beaten path. She has visited all of the continents. So

it’s no wonder that the 85-year-old Honolulu resident was named one of National Geographic’s Travelers of the Year in 2012.

Although Yuen is intrigued by new places, it’s the people and culture that capture her attention. “We’ve

“We had a magical trip to Europe with the kids in the

made friends and connection over the world. We stay

’70s,” she said. They started in Copenhagen, spent

in touch with people, and sometimes they come to Hawaii for a visit. So much kindness has been shown to me. I’ve been surrounded by good people.”

One of her favorite places to visit is Punta Arenas in Chile’s southernmost region. “I would love to go back again and again,” she said.

“Bhutan is an absolute feast for the eyes. The peo-

three weeks in France, made friends in Austria and vis-

People always comment on the uniqueness of my itinerary. I don’t want to go to the ordinary places. I feel like that’s wasting my time.”

Linda Yuen World traveler

ited the Netherlands, Belgium and Switzerland while traveling in a Volkswagen bus.

Yuen came from a family of six kids and was raised on Kauai. “I’ve always been active. As a kid we hiked a lot, gathering mountain apples and guavas. I was about 5 years old at the time. Those are happy childhood mem-

ple are so friendly,” said Yuen, who recalls trekking up

ories,” she said. “We were swimming all of the time. We

a steep hill in Bhutan with the assistance of a couple

grew up in the ocean.”

of children. “The kids just popped up and helped me,

Most of her traveling happened after retirement.

held onto my hands and pointed out sights along the

“Mesa Verde in Colorado and Haleakala in Maui are

teenager we’d hike for three miles in the hills just to

trail,” Yuen said. She also enjoyed the remote villages

two places that are very precious to me,” she said.

go to our favorite swimming holes.” She also was in-

in South China, Thailand and Vietnam. “We were the first outsiders to visit some of the villages.”

Dune sliding, searching for petroglyphs, sailing on

Yuen has been traveling with her husband, Heeny, a

Her active lifestyle didn’t cease as she aged. “As a

terested in roller skating, swimming and dancing.

retired marine biologist, since the pair got married after

“Roller skating was my passion. … I could dance on

meeting at the University of Michigan. “We started trav-

those skates.”

chartered vessels, taking weeklong mountain treks

eling with the kids when they were small. It seemed like

and going river rafting are among her adventures.

we were always traveling," she said.

Yuen believes that maintaining a healthy, active lifestyle early on has helped her maintain the level of

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fitness needed to continue her travels.

She still exercises at the YMCA four to five times per week and attends classes at the University of Hawaii. Last semester she took two religion classes and one on the architecture of Asia and Pacific. She also volunteers at various organizations including Honolulu Theatre for Youth.

Yuen raised her children and later worked in the school system as a teacher and counselor, retiring at age 62 to pursue a volunteer docent position at The Contemporary Museum.

She doesn’t like to go on organized trips. “People always comment on the uniqueness of COURTESY LINDA YUEN

my itinerary. I don’t want to go to the ordinary places. I feel like

River rafting in Cairns, Australia, is among the more strenuous adventures experienced

by Linda Yuen, center. At left, Yuen and her husband show two handmade vests they picked up in China. Behind them is a painting made by their son.

that’s wasting my time.” She spends countless hours, sometimes taking an entire year to research and plan a trip.

Last November she went to Egypt, Jordan and around the Red Sea on a cruise, typically her choice of travel these days.

She always flies in several days early to check out the place. “I don’t do a lot of hiking anymore, but I’ll still go if I really want to see something,” she said.

“I’ve been able to make meaningful contact with people during my travels. I appreciate the friendliness. It’s the way that Hawaii used to be.”

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Nancy Kim, front, who worked as a nurse at the Queen’s Medical Center for about 50 years, has stayed on as a volunteer. She and other volunteers work on gift baskets.

Nancy Kim devotes her time to volunteer work at Queen’s, regular exercise and seeing the world

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Eighty-two-year-old Nancy Kim is keeping active and staying healthy.

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her 60 years and counting in the health

ticipates in an informal walking group at

That comes as much from a natural

For the past 11 years, Kim has been

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volunteering at Queen’s, where she attended the Queen’s Hospital School of Nursing after graduating from Maui High School in 1948 and worked for nearly 50 years as a nurse before retiring in 2000.

She said volunteering at the hospital is fulfilling and keeps her young.

“I enjoy the work, I enjoy the people and I like keeping active,” she said. “The camaraderie you develop with everyone (at Queen’s) is great.

“As long as I’m mentally and physically able to be here, I’m happy to do it.

I’m happy that I’m able to help the patients, especially when they tell me their experience was good, because it makes me feel good, too.”

One recent morning, Kim happily wheeled Betty Lam-Frederick, who cradled her newborn second daughter, also named Betty, in her arms, from the 10thfloor postpartum nursery to the hospital’s main entrance to be discharged.

Lam-Frederick, who works at Queen’s as a senior supply technician, said having upbeat and courteous volunteers like

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One of Nancy Kim’s favorite volunteer duties is pushing the wheelchairs holding mothers and their newborn babies from their hospital rooms to the pickup area outside the Queen’s Medical Center. She says it’s such a happy, loving moment. She is about to escort father Daryl Frederick and mother Betty Lam-Frederick and their newborn daughter, Betty Suk-Man Frederick, from their room as they prepare to go home.

Kim completes the Queen’s experience.

“I’m very grateful for our volunteer

decades of nursing experience make her

service, and it’s lovely that the volun-

an invaluable volunteer and resource for

teer service welcomes back our re-

others.

tirees,” she said. “They’re always so

Kim is “always happy, always upbeat,

up to date.

“There’s so much new technology now, and of course I’ve seen all the new

She has traveled throughout Europe and parts of South America, Asia and the Pacific.

wings come up (at Queen’s) and all the

“I enjoy seeing different things, partic-

happy to be here, and we’re happy to

very consistent,” Parker said. “And we

different ways that they treat and care

ularly in Europe because their history is

have them.”

get a lot of nursing students that volun-

for patients now,” Kim said. “But it’s

just so awesome,” she said. “Our history

In addition to discharging patients,

teer, so someone like Nancy, who’s been wonderful to be a part of all that change.

(the U.S.) is not that old, but when you

Kim also helps dispatch other volun-

there, done that, is a really good person

I like to keep up with what’s happening.”

go to Europe and see the old buildings,

teers on assignments throughout the

to bounce ideas off of, ask questions of,

Her thirst for knowledge doesn’t stop

hospital, runs errands and makes deliv-

just learn from.”

artwork, it’s just amazing.”

with health care. Kim also continues to

Asked where she’s going this year, she

pursue her passion for travel and learn-

said, “Right now I’m looking to go to Nor-

eries to patients’ rooms, and aids vari-

Kim said she enjoys mentoring the

ous departments around the hospital.

younger generation but is also eager to

ing about new places, taking “at least

way and the fjords with this gal I travel

Beverly Parker, manager of Queen’s

learn herself. Having been in the health

one big trip a year, like a cruise, and

with. I haven’t been there yet, and it’s a

volunteer programs and conference cen- care industry for six decades, she’s

then some smaller ones, like to the outer different place, a different environment.

ter, said Kim’s positive personality and

islands,” she said.

seen many changes and likes to keep

That’s what I like to experience.”

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Martha Bagor has worked at First Hawaiian Bank for 50 years. She is among more than 160 employees who have worked at least 40 years at the bank; of those, more than half are still working, according to Iris Matsumoto, executive vice president of FHB’s human resources division.

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Loyalty&Longevity Martha Bagor is still going strong after a half-century at First Hawaiian Bank

By Allison Schaefers aschaefers@staradvertiser.com

M

Martha Bagor, assistant

the young people don’t run circles

club,” which meets annually, said First

service manager for

around us,” she said.

Hawaiian Marketing Manager Susan

First Hawaiian Bank’s

Bagor’s dedication to her job stands

Kam.

main banking region,

To begin at the bottom and be where

out even at a company whose culture

has been on the job for

she is now is not common. She’s a

promotes longevity. Her time at the

said. “It’s a chance for them to share sto-

more than a half-century and is still go-

go-getter. We want her on the job as

bank has been surpassed only by Jimmy

ries, catch up and have fun.”

ing strong.

long as possible.”

Yee, who retired in 2008 after 67 years.

“I’ve been here the longest of anyone still at the bank. I’m going on 51 years this year. I take it one day at a time, but I

Karen Kay

Customer service representative, First Hawaiian Bank

“Our long-service employees are the hallmark of our bank’s success by sharing their institutional knowledge and

“We fly in retirees for this event,” Kam

While Bagor said she enjoys the club gatherings and visiting with retirees, she’s not ready to join their ranks.

“I really like this job,” she said. “I like

don’t have any plans to retire yet,” the

continuing to build strong relationships

visiting with the customers and taking

68-year-old Bagor said. “I enjoy working.

with our customers and throughout the

care of their needs. It’s fun to see them

It keeps me going.”

community,” said Iris Matsumoto, exec-

grow.”

While longtime employees often say they started as infants, in Bagor’s case that tired joke is only a bit of a stretch.

ply of friends.

“I’ve made a lot of good memories here,” she said. “I remember a whole lot

utive vice president of First Hawaiian Bank’s human resources division.

More than 160 employees have

Karen Kay, a bank customer service representative who has worked with Bagor for 43 years, said Bagor is inspir-

Bagor got her start at the tender age of 17, of different moments. Every day has

worked at least 40 years at the bank, and ing.

just after she graduated from Punahou.

most of them are still on the job, Matsu-

“I was looking for a temporary job that

brought something new.”

Bagor recalled the day in 1993 when

moto said.

“To begin at the bottom and be where she is now is not common,” Kay said.

would last until I went back to school,”

First Hawaiian imploded the bank

said Bagor, who had dreamed of work-

branch where she got her start as one of

shaped the foundation of First Hawaiian

ing with animals. “Obviously, that didn’t

the most memorable. “It was very emo-

as we know it today, and we are fortu-

happen. I was the first woman to be

tional to watch,” she said. “We had a lot

nate that we have more than half of

consultant who has worked at the bank

hired as part of the mailroom.”

of fun in that old branch.”

them still guiding the next generation of

for 23 years, said Bagor’s positive atti-

employees to perpetuate our core val-

tude and loyalty are contagious.

Bagor found an unexpected niche in

Bagor, who started before computers

“Our 40-year-plus employees have

“She’s a go-getter. We want her on the job as long as possible.”

Vasi Penisini, a senior safe-deposit

banking and worked her way up the

revolutionized banking, said she has ex-

ues,” she said. “Our employees are truly

“She’s a great supervisor. She al-

management ranks into opportunities

perienced and made many other

what make First Hawaiian a great place

ways sees the bright side of things,”

to work.”

Penisini said. “She leads by example.

few women of her generation could have changes as the bank and the industry hoped to realize. In her colleagues and customers, she also found a lifetime sup-

have progressed.

When employees achieve 40 years of

“It’s important to keep learning so that service, they are asked to join a “40-year

God willing, I’ll make more than 40 years, too.”

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Cruising is fun … illness isn’t Make sure to check with your doctor before embarking on a ship, and consider buying insurance the cost can run in the tens of thou-

By Cheryl Tsutsui Special to the Star-Advertiser

sands of dollars.”

According to the Cruise Lines Interna-

Factors that can affect the health of

tional Association, 16.32 million passen-

passengers on a cruise include weather,

gers from North America* went on

temperature, changes in diet and activ-

cruises in 2011 — an increase of 10 per-

ity level, and exposure to a confined

cent over 2010.

population that comes from a variety of

CLIA is composed of 26 of the major

communities and backgrounds. Cold,

cruise lines operating in North America.

flu, seasickness, gastrointestinal infec-

Since 1980 it has seen an average annual

tions and dental problems are among

passenger growth rate of 7.2 percent,

the common complaints.

making cruising the fastest-growing sec-

Although no official agency regulates

tor of the travel industry.

shipboard care, most vessels operated by

While CLIA touts cruising as a safe and

CLIA members have medical centers that STAR-ADVERTISER

affordable vacation option, it acknowledges passengers should do their part to reduce the risk of illness and injury.

“Cruisers should consult with their physician and be up to date on their rou-

Most vessels operated by the Cruise Lines International Association have medical centers that meet or exceed the standards set by the American College of Emergency Physicians, but passengers are warned to take extra precautions. This is Norwegian Cruise Lines’ cruise ship Pride of Hawaii.

“Many of our health insurance policies, including basic Corinne Norfleet, a supervisor with HonoMedicare, don’t provide coverage outside the U.S.” lulu-based Panda Travel whose career as a they’re going to a foreign country, they

American College of Emergency Physicians, the nation’s leading and largest professional organization of such specialists.

(Norfleet notes some riverboats might not

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tine vaccinations, including the flu,” said

travel consultant spans 32 years. “If

meet or exceed the standards set by the

have onboard clinics because they travel beside towns and cities and can call for medical assistance from shore.)

ACEP guidelines dictate, for example,

Corinne Norfleet Supervisor, Panda Travel —————

that ships’ medical facilities include at

should check the recommendations for

least one inpatient bed per 1,000 passen-

other vaccinations and preventative meas- ment, so proper arrangements can be

Savvy cruisers buy travel insurance

gers and crew. The staff of licensed doc-

ures against diseases such as malaria and

made with the cruise line. In addition,

with emergency medical expense and

tors and registered nurses must be on

yellow fever. The websites for the Centers

she said, “When visiting foreign ports,

evacuation coverage. “This is very im-

call around the clock while the ship is at

for Disease Control and World Health Or-

you should be aware of the quality of

portant, especially if you’re going

sea. Doctors should have three years of

ganization are good sources.”

the food and water. Most ships sell bot-

abroad,” Norfleet said. “Many of our

postgraduate clinical practice in general

Norfleet also advises passengers to

tled water, which is a good thing to take health insurance policies, including ba-

and emergency medicine or board certi-

alert their travel consultant about aller-

on shore excursions. If you’re planning

fication in emergency medicine, internal

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supplies, equipment and medications needed to treat common medical emergencies. Ship size, itinerary and anticipated patient mix (e.g., a large number of seniors) determine specific needs.

AnneMarie Mathews, spokeswoman for Norwegian Cruise Line, which operates interisland cruises in Hawaii on the Pride of America, said passengers are asked to complete a health questionnaire at the embarkation terminal prior

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their stateroom until the doctor deems

PRE-CRUISE CHECKLIST

>> Consult your doctor and dentist (be sure to discuss season and duration of travel, port stops, allergies, immunizations and medications, including recommendations for self-treatment for diarrhea and motion sickness). >> Consider buying insurance for overseas health care and medical evacuation. >> Documents to carry: medical history, a list of immunizations and medications, and, especially for older travelers who have a history of heart disease, a baseline EKG to facilitate onboard or overseas care should it be required. >> Carry prescription medications in their original containers with a copy of

the danger of spreading the virus has passed, to meet the ship in the next port of call if they no longer have symptoms, or to cancel their trip and receive credit for a future cruise.�

Fact sheets in NCL staterooms outline symptoms of concern and advise passengers what to do if they develop them.

But Mathews believes they should take

the prescription and the pharmacy description.

action long before they board a ship.

to checking in. If necessary, the medical

WHILE CRUISING

staff will go to the terminal to examine

>> Wash hands frequently, using soap and water or an alcohol-based cleaner.

“People should consider their health

anyone who displays symptoms of

>> Follow food and water precautions when eating off the ship at ports of call.

and medical requirements when they’re

acute gastroenteritis (AGE), which in-

>> Use sun protection and drink plenty of fluids.

deciding on the length and location of a

clude nausea, diarrhea, vomiting and

>> Avoid excessive alcohol consumption.

cruise,� she said. “Doing a realistic as-

stomach cramps. Usually caused by a

>> Avoid contact with sick people.

sessment and taking the proper precau-

viral infection, AGE is contagious.

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