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GABBY PAHINUI

Candidates for the vote, dubbed Ka Lei Hiwa, are: Alfred Apaka, Brothers Cazimero, Cecilio & Kapono, Don Ho, Eddie Kamae & the Sons of Hawai'i, Gabby Pahinui, Auntie Genoa Keawe, Ho'opi'i Brothers, Kalapana, Loyal Garner, the Makaha Sons of Ni'ihau, Myrtle K. Hilo, Nina Keali'iwahamana, Noelani Mahoe & the Nahenahe Singers, and Peter Moon and the Sunday Manoa.

The honoree will be acknowledged July 19 at Castle Theatre, Maui Arts & Cultural Center. Among other winners are Gabby Pahinui, who will be posthumously recognized. KITV-4 will tape and televise the ceremony later. Information: (808) 572-5730.

Better get that book

Calling all readers: The Honolulu Advertiser Book Club has been launched with its first book, "American Fuji." If you missed books editor Wanda Adams' interview with author Sara Backer and our guidelines for participation, find them online.

Here's an update: Bookstores are reporting an avid interest in "American Fuji," and copies have been selling fast. We advise you to inquire ahead at your favorite bookseller. Books also can be ordered online.

One more note: Certain bookstores may offer discounts on "American Fuji" to The Honolulu Advertiser Book Club readers, but they are not offered at all sites. Discounts are a matter of individual store policy; call ahead.

Tea drinkers, here's another reason to raise those pinkies: Drinking lots of tea may provide some protection after having a heart attack, a Harvard University study suggests. The study looked at 1,900 people who were interviewed after having heart attacks. They found that moderate tea drinkers had a 28 percent lower death rate than those who drank no tea, and heavy tea drinkers had a death rate about 44 percent lower. "We found that tea drinkers generally had lower death rates regardless of age, gender, smoking status, obesity, hypertension, diabetes or previous heart attack," said Dr. Kenneth Mukamal, an assistant professor of medicine at Harvard University.