FIRST PHOTO: Kurt Suzuki talks with longtime friend Royce Fukuroku during the All Pono Clinic at Maehara Stadium in Wailuku on Saturday.
SECOND PHOTO: Ezekiel Macanas throws during an infield drill during the clinic. The clinic offered baseball skills drills and instruction to 155 children. Suzuki, a Baldwin High School graduate, played for the Minnesota Twins last season and is now a free agent.
For more on the clinic, see “Suzuki clinic draws 155 participants.”
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Front Street Apartments residents Leann Sherman (from left) and Gary Sherman wish happy travels to neighbors Sharon Serafico and her great-granddaughter Sage, as Serafico’s husband, Billy Kando, prepares to drive them to the airport for a trip to San Diego. Serafico, a former preschool teacher on Maui, said she has been living in the apartments for 12 years, but doubts she and her three-generation household will be able to stay when rents increase. “Right now, we pay close to $1,200 a month,” she said. “Once our grandfather clause is up in two years, our rent will be who knows what, $2,000 plus. We have a community of people here who takes care of each other. Everybody knows everybody.” Kando said. “It’s going to be too much to live here. I don’t know what we’re going to do.” The Maui News / MATTHEW THAYER photo