Man's Class Ring Returned After 33 Years

[March 07, 2008]  HONOLULU (AP) -- Some investigative work by a New York couple has led to return of a McKinley High School ring 33 years after it was lost on Waikiki. McKinley alumnus Bernard Yuen had given his 1973 class ring to a girlfriend in 1975.

The girl had left the black onyx ring on a beach towel, but then forgot about it when she picked up the towel.

Brian and Jodi Sheley of Adams Center, N.Y., got the ring from an uncle from Hawaii years ago and used the Internet to track down Yuen, whose initials BJKY were inscribed on the ring. They speculate it was found by someone with a metal detector.

The Sheleys, who told their story to WNYF-TV in New York on Valentine's Day, used the Internet to find McKinley and the 1973 class president who was a friend of Yuen and recognized the initials.

The girlfriend has moved to California, and Yuen is married to someone else.

But he's got the ring back.

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Information from: Honolulu Star-Bulletin, http://www.starbulletin.com/

[Associated Press]

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