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"Not only does she regularly out-hit grown men with her nearly 300-yard drive, but in June, Michelle ... became the youngest person ever to win the U.S. Women's Amateur Public Links Championship," YM's Sara Lyle wrote.
The Punahou School freshman told Lyle: "At first the ... (guys) didn't really want to play with me. Now they want to because, I guess, I make them focus well and shoot better scores."
Also on the list: actress Hilary Duff, 16, of Houston; tennis player Maria Sharapova, 16, of Bradenton, Fla.; and musician Ruby Fradkin, 13, of Sherman Oaks, Calif. The issue goes on sale Oct. 7.
Candy with a cause
Case in point: Masterfoods USA recently teamed with the Susan G. Komen Breast Cancer Foundation to sell specially packaged pink and white M&Ms to raise awareness of breast cancer.
The distinctively colored candies are sold in eight-ounce bags (suggested retail price is $2.99) at drug and grocery stores nationwide. Masterfoods USA will donate 50 cents per bag sold, up to a maximum of $650,000, to the foundation. The money will be used for breast cancer education and research efforts.
Poets' double-header
Assuming you aren't averse to intellectual and visceral stimulation, you can find entertainment with Joy Harjo's and Robert Sullivan's two-for-one reading at 7 p.m. tomorrow at the University of Hawai'i Art Auditorium.
Harjo, a visiting distinguished writer at UH this semester, is a Native American poet and musician known for her live performances. She'll read poems from her recently released collection, "How We Became Human: New and Selected Poems." She might even play sax and sing a little.
Sullivan, a recent addition to UH's English faculty, is a Maori poet and fiction writer. He'll read from his book of poetry, "Star Waka," which focuses on the achievements of the Polynesian seafarers, and from his new book "Captain Cook in the Underworld," which looks at the final journey of Capt. James Cook's soul through the Pacific.