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100 Years Ago
1919 -- A $3,000 theater just makai of Haiku Cannery will, if all plans go right, form one of the big improvements in the Haiku district. The showhouse will have a seating capacity of 600.
75 Years Ago
1944 -- An event to which soldiers the world over are looking forward with joy turned into a gloomy furlough this week for Pvt. Richard Mitsuharu Iriguchi, who returned home on a 30-day leave only to learn that his younger brother had been killed in action in Italy.
50 Years Ago
1969 -- After 33 years of sales and service experience with A&B Commercial Company, Lester Hamai is going into business for himself as president and general manager of Hamai Appliance.
25 Years Ago
1994 -- Maui's best karaoke artists will be singing at the Maui finals for a spot on the "Hawaii Stars" television show.
10 Years Ago
2009 -- Hawaii state senators are giving the public - and themselves - another opportunity to vent their frustrations with Gov. Linda Lingle's proposed layoffs of state employees, this time those from the Department of Health.
* "Looking Back Through The Maui News" is a weekly feature compiled by Jill Engledow.