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B6 WEDNESDAY 73014 MONEY ERIKA ENGLE THEBUZZ Dashefsky returns to KHON to anchor 9 p.m. newscast tended the same high school, both were in theater arts, and she assistant-directed performances Moore's son was in, he said. "So that's how our worlds came full circle," he said of himself and Moore. As for speculation he has been hired to become Moore's heir-apparent, Dashefsky said, "Frankly, in my discussions it never came up, and it was irrelevant to my making a decision to go back." "If (Moore) chooses to stay another three, five or 10 years, so be it, he's earned that." A huge difference for Dashefsky will be the wardrobe adjustment. "The biggest difference now is that I'll have to be wearing pants," he laughed.

Just to avoid having imaginations run amok, his most recent work has allowed him to wear shorts on sportscaster in 1990, he said. Not long after that, Dashefsky and Leslie Wilcox debuted Hawaii's first full-length morning news show on KHON, which "everybody laughed about," saying it would never last. Later he went to KITV and was there for Y2K, the changeover of the millennium, after which he went to KHNL to anchor news, which he did until KHNL and KGMB entered into their shared services agreement and terminated the employment of many noteworthy names in TV news, including his. "I've always been a big believer that things happen for a reason, that when one door shuts, another one opens," he said. The door at Oceanic opened for him after that.

"The funny thing is," one of Dashefsky's daughters and Joe Moore's son both at sity of Hawaii sports on OC Sports. His regional Emmy Award-winning "Sports People Hawaii," which has aired on OC 16, also will migrate to KHON with him, Dashefsky said. HE WILL CONTINUE to do occasional work for both cable channels as time permits. OC Sports General Manager Dan Schmidt said, "Not having Howard is a pretty big hit for us because he's so good and has been so valuable." Dashefsky has "had four opportunities to get back in to TV news prior to this," he said, "but this time the stars are aligned and it was a perfect fit and everything just kind of fell into place." He noted that while several people have left TV news because of their children, his daughters are a main reason he is getting back into the business. "Next year I'll have two kids in college," he said.

Dash, as he's known, first gained public attention as a University of Hawaii base- COURTESY KHON-TV Howard Dashefsky: He says "everything just kind of fell into place for his return to television news ball player, and started his broadcast career doing sports in 1986 at KGMB-TV with the late Bob Sevey regarded reverently as the Walter Cronkite of Hawaii TV news. Joe Moore was the main sports anchor at KGMB back then but left to become news anchor at crosstown KHON. Dashefsky followed Moore and shared the anchor desk as the successor to Les Keiter as weekday SHIP AHOY! Howard Dashefsky will make his return to KHON-TV as anchor of the 9 p.m. weekday newscast that will debut on Monday, Sept. 8.

The show will air Monday through Friday on KHON and Hawaii's CW, and will live-stream online at ICHON2.com. Station officials have wanted to add a 9 p.m. newscast "for some time," said General Manager Kristina Lockwood in a statement. "We think the time is right and Howard is the perfect addition to our news team." The show will compete head-to-head against Hawaii BRIEFLY Today's ship arrivals and departures: HONOLULU HARBOR AGENT VESSEL FROM ETA MNC Mahimahi Long Beach, Calif. 4 p.m.

HL Horizon Reliance Los Angeles 7 p.m. The Sullivan Center at 'Iolani School, designed by architect Francis Oda, FAIA, of Group 70 International won the Eighth Annual People's Choice award at the American Institute of Architects, Honolulu Chapter, 56th Annual Design Awards, recognizing architectural design excellence for 2014. 2 homes on Hawaii isle win architectural awards News Now's 9 p.m. newscast on KFVE-TV anchored by Stephanie Lum. "I've pretty much hit for the cycle," Dashefsky said, using a baseball term to illustrate having worked at all the network-affiliated TV stations in Honolulu during his 28-year career in broadcasting and cable.

He and KHON News Director Lori Silva also have previously worked together. "I respect and admire him as a journalist," she said in a statement. For the past few years, Dashefsky has been seen via Oceanic Time Warner Cable, hosting high school sporting events on OC 16 and Univer services Reach Erika Engle at 5294303, or on Twitter as erikaengle. Group 70 International Inc. was honored for the design of new classroom buildings at Hawaii Baptist Academy High School; Lawrence Kunha of WCIT Architecture was awarded for his Andaz at Wailea designs; architect Maurice Kondo of INK ARCH LLC was cited for designing the Ka'iwakiloumoku Hawaiian Cultural Center at Kame-hameha Schools; and Craig Steely was honored for Lavaflow 5, a home on Hawaii island.

The University of Hawai'i Cancer Center by architect Colin Shimokawa of Shimokawa Nakamura received the Jack C. Lipman AIA Members' Choice expose McDonald's Corp. to liability for management practices in those locations. It also comes as protests for higher pay have captured national attention, with labor groups calling for pay of $15 an hour and the right to unionize. Organizers had been pushing to get McDonald's named as a joint employer at franchised restaurants, a move intended to give them a centralized and powerful target.

BE GENTLE WITH THEN. THEY'RE SOCIALLY AWKWARD AND THEY HAVENT SEEN A WOtAAN IN FOUR YEARS. erikastaradvertiser.com ETD BERTH DESTINATION 52A 51A COURTESY FRANZEN PHOTOGRAPHY Award and the Mayor's Choice Award: A Vision for a 21st Century Ahupua'a. The Eighth Annual People's Choice Award was awarded to architect Francis Oda, FAIA, of Group 70 International Inc. for the Sullivan Center at 'Iolani School.

Maluhia, a Kahala home by architect Geoffrey Lewis of Geoffrey Lewis Architect won the Hawaii Home Remodeling Editor's Choice Award. Awards were presented July 23 at the Hawaii Prince Hotel Golf Club. Entries can be seen online at aiahonolulu.org in the Awards section. labor practices The vast majority of the more than 14,000 McDonald's restaurants in the U.S. are owned and operated by franchisees.

The same is true for many other fast-food chains, including Burger King as well as Taco Bell, KFC and Pizza Hut, which are owned by Yum Brands. As such, the companies have sought to distance themselves from the pay protests by saying they don't determine wages at their franchised locations. WHO'S UP FOR A DEBATE ABOUT SCALABLE ARCHITECTURE FOLLOWED BY SOIAE SPAWNING? Hawaiian Air to upgrade isle airport lounges Hawaiian Airlines is investing in a multimillion-dollar renovation of all its airport lounges in the state that will include new furniture and flooring, more outlets for charging digital devices, and flight display boards. The renovation will be conducted in two phases, with the first phase to cover the second-floor lounge at the Honolulu Airport interisland terminal, as well as the Hawaiian lounges in Kahului and Kona. The renovation is expected to take four to five months.

Once Phase 1 is complete, Hawaiian will begin Phase 2, which includes Hawaiian's lounges in Hilo, Lihue and the third floor of the Honolulu Airport interisland terminal. Hawaiian said the project is being conducted in two phases to minimize any disruption to its Pualani Elite and Premier Club members' use of the lounges. Pualani Platinum and Gold memberships are based on miles flown. Premier club is a paid membership ($299 a year) that includes lounge access as a benefit. Condo tower's auto dealership adds brands The JN Group Inc.

car dealership long planned for the ground level of the high-rise Symphony Honolulu development has beefed up the automotive lines it will offer. To be called Velocity, the dealership will include Jaguar and Land Rover, other exotic import marques, and seven motorcycle brands including Ducati, Triumph and BMW Motorrad, bringing the total number of luxury brands to be represented at the dealership to 15. Velocity will offer the building's upscale residents an owners-only membership program to include exclusive access and concierge services, including private drivers. China probing Microsoft in monopoly case Beijing China's anti-monopoly agency announced an investigation Tuesday of Microsoft stepping up regulatory pressure on foreign technology companies. The State Administration for Industry and Commerce said it opened a case in June after complaints Microsoft improperly failed to publish all documentation for its Windows operating system and Office software.

It said investigators visited Microsoft's China headquarters in Beijing and branches in Shanghai, Guangzhou and Chengdu in southwestern China this week. Microsoft, in a prepared statement, said it aims "to build products that deliver the features, security and reliability customers expect, and we will address any concerns the government may have." Dating site OKCupid manipulates user data new york This week, OKCupid became the latest company to admit that it has manipulated customer data to see how users of its dating service would react to one another. The New York-based Internet company's revelation follows news that Facebook let researchers change news feeds to see how it would affect users' moods. Big companies use customers as unwitting guinea pigs all the time, online and in the real world. OKCupid's claim, that its research was aimed at improving its services, is common.

But some find that manipulating situations to study consumer behavior without consent raises troubling privacy concerns. U.S. consumer confidence rose in July Washington U.S. consumers are more confident about the economy than they have been in nearly seven years. The Conference Board said Tuesday that its confidence index rose to 90.9 in July from an upwardly revised 86.4 in June.

The July reading is the highest since October 2007, two months before the Great Recession officially began. It was the third straight increase in the index. Economists said that strong job growth has helped boost consumers' assessment of current conditions and also improved their outlook on jobs and the economy. Pace of U.S. home price gains slow again Washington U.S.

home prices rose in May from a year earlier at the weakest pace in 15 months as sales remain modest in the spring buying season. The Standard Poor'sCase-Shiller 20-city home price index, released Tuesday, increased 9.3 percent in May from 12 months earlier. That's down from 10.8 percent in the previous month and the smallest annual gain since February 2013. Yearly price gains slowed in 18 of the 20 cities. They accelerated in Charlotte, N.C., and were flat in Tampa, Fla.

ON THE MOVE COURTESY XEROX HAWAII Weston Kurisu Xerox Hawaii has announced that Weston Kurisu has been promoted to account manager from marketing representative. Prior to joining the company in 2012, Kurisu served as a sales manager for Pacific Office Automation in Oregon. The Honolulu Japanese Chamber of Commerce has elected the following new officers for 2014-2015: Candice Naito, chair of the board; Wayne Ishihara, president; Tyler Tokioka, chair-elect; and Gordon Kagawa, immediate past chair. Vice chairs include Roy Amemiya Dave Erdman, Mark Ibara, Brian Nishida, Terry Noyama, Melanie Okazaki, Eric Tsu-gawa and Jon Tsuka-moto. Damien Memorial School has announced that Paul A.

Pollock has been promoted to chairman of the school's board of directors. He has been a comptroller for Naval Facilities Engineering Command Pacific. Pollock is also chief financial officer for Naval facilities in the Pacific Rim. New members on the board are Wendell Lum, an architect at NAVFAC Hawaii; Elisa Yadao, senior vice president of consumer experience for Hawaii Medical Service Association; and Mary Benson, an exclusive agentowner of Honolulu Insurance Specialists, an Allstate Insurance agency. Star-Advertiser staff Nine examples of architectural design excellence have been honored by the American Institute of Architects, Honolulu Chapter.

Awards of Excellence were presented for Kauhale Kai and to Lavaflow 7, both of which are homes on Hawaii island. The Kauhale Kai was designed by Mark de Reus of de Reus Architects Inc. Craig Steely of Craig Steely Architecture was the architect for Lavaflow 7. Awards of Merit were presented to four design projects. Charles Kaneshiro of McDonald's could be liable for Associated Press new york McDonald's is coming under intensifying pressure for labor practices at its U.S.

restaurants. The National Labor Relations Board said Tuesday that the world's biggest hamburger chain could be named as a joint employer in several complaints regarding worker rights at franchise-owned restaurants. The decision is pivotal because it could Dilbert Scott Adams WE BOUGHT A SILICON VALLEY START-UP JUST TO GET THE ENGINEERS. Star-Advertiser staff and news.