Here’s Neil:

• Friday: Crowning Ceremony: Mrs. America, Lara Leimana Fonoimoana (formerly Mrs. Hawaii), fifth floor, 3 p.m.

• Sunday: American Farm Bureau 2012, Hawaii Convention Center, 9 a.m.

Gov. Neil Abercrombie and former Gov. John Waihee, Washington Place, July 1, 2011.

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