• Kaua‘i Apprentice? • Loan Scam • Bon Appetite • New Business Kaua‘i Apprentice? Think you can make the jump from Kaua‘i to the Big Apple? NBC’s hit reality show “The Apprentice” is holding auditions for their third season in
• Kaua‘i Apprentice?
• Loan Scam
• Bon Appetite
• New Business
Kaua‘i Apprentice?
Think you can make the jump from Kaua‘i to the Big Apple? NBC’s hit reality show “The Apprentice” is holding auditions for their third season in Honolulu Saturday, July 17, at the Hawaii Prince Hotel Waikiki. All participants must be at least 21 years old and have a completed application as well as a 10-minute video on why they should be chosen. Applications are available at khnl.com.
Loan Scam
Hawaii consumers last week were warned about a Canadian company accused of ripping off loan applicants through newspaper ads around the United States.
The state Department of Commerce and Consumer Affairs said that regulators in Maine said they were flooded with calls from as far away as Texas and Hawaii, where consumers have responded to the print ads by Direct Finance Company.
Consumers were urged in the ad to call a toll-free number and “apply” for a loan. They were told that they had been “approved” and then were directed to send hundreds of dollars to a Canadian address for the Direct Finance Company.
“Legitimate lenders usually don’t ask for huge fees upfront,” said Mark Recktenwald, Hawaii’s director of the Department of Commerce and Consumer Affairs. Direct Finance Company has a legitimate-looking Web site — www.DirectFinanceLoans.com — and lists an address in South Portland, Maine. Regulators in Maine say the company is not located in that state, and never has been.
Bon Appetite
Sheraton Kaua‘i Resort appointed Martina Hilldorfer as executive chef. She comes to Kaua‘i following a two-year assignment as executive chef of the former Sheraton Molokai Lodge and Beach Village. She will oversee the food & beverage culinary staff for the resort’s Galleria of Oceanfront Dining, which includes three restaurants: Shells Steak & Seafood Restaurant, Amoré Ristoranté Italiano and Naniwa Japanese Restaurant & Sushi Bar. She will implement new initiatives like the lo-carb cuisine by Sheraton, as well as create new signature dishes. A native of Pittsburgh, Penn., Hilldorfer was educated at Ecole de Cuisine La Varenne in Paris. From Paris, she headed to Las Vegas and became the first female chef at the Caesar’s Palace in Las Vegas from 1981 to 1984. She spent four years as executive sous chef at the Hotel Captain Cook and, in 1988, became executive sous chef of The Westin Maui hotel on Ka‘anapali Beach.
New Business
Darcelle Koehne and Annie Olanalan, owners of Hanalei Beauty Boutique in the heart of Hanalei, recently opened their full service salon, offering a complete line of Italian Framesi hair color products imported from Italy and the latest cuts and styles, along with scalp massages and aromatherapy scalp treatment. In addition, they offer skin treatments, manicures, pedicures and a Bridal package. Located at 4489 Aku Road in Hanalei, open M-Sat., 9 to 5 p.m. For information, 826-6969. Mention the Garden Island Newspaper and receive 10 percent off any service through July.
Correction
Greg Schleper’s Kapaa-based alfalfa business was featured in a Friday, June 25 Garden Island lead story entitled “Contamination reports a concern to local sprout business.” Sprouts aren’t his only business, and he wanted Kauai to know that he did not intend to mislead. The story affected only his sprout business.
