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Posted at 10:56 a.m., Tuesday, November 14, 2006

'Mighty Mo' benefit to honor Sen. Inouye, Jim Nabors

By Wayne Harada
Advertiser Entertainment Writer

U.S. Sen. Daniel K. Inouye and entertainer Jim Nabors will be honored at "A Night of American Heroes," a patriotic musical salute, from 5:30 p.m. Jan. 19 at the Hilton Hawaiian Village hotel's Coral Ballroom.

The event is a benefit for the restoration and maintenance of the "Mighty Mo," the Battleship Missouri Memorial at Pearl Harbor. A program featuring Jimmy Borges, Danny Kaleikini, Karen Keawehawai'i, Cathy Foy and Emma Veary will be capped by Nabors' rendering of "The Impossible Dream."

Cocktail service begins at 5:30 p.m., dinner at 6:45 p.m., a program at 7:30 p.m. and the performance at 8 p.m.

Individual tickets are $150, but sponsor tables also are available at $10,000, $5,000 and $3,000.

For reservations, call 423-0607.

Reach Wayne Harada at wharada@hono