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Article: George Toma's the nitty, gritty dirt man
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- Honolulu Star - Bulletin
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- May 25, 2000
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On Easter Sunday, George Toma was too busy watching the grass grow to accept an invitation for dinner from University of Hawaii football assistant coach Mike Cavanaugh.
"He knew where to find me, I guess," said Toma, whose latest in a long line of projects stretching back to the days of major-league baseball owner and innovator Bill Veeck, is repairing the infamous grass fields for the Rainbows. "He told me he had a turkey dinner waiting for me at his house. I told him no. The fields are at a critical stage right now and they need me more."
You wouldn't get much argument from them, that is if the two fields could ...