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Coast Guard Boat Rescues Boat Off Hilo
Posted on March 24, 2009 by Damon
At approximately 12:40 p.m., Monday, March 23, 2009, the crew of the U.S. Coast Guard cutter Kukui received a radio call from a vessel requiring assistance in the vicinity of Hilo Harbor on the Big Island of Hawaii. The buoy tender was diverted from work on the west side of the island in Kailua, Kona [...]
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Hōkūle’a: “What Do You Eat and How Do You Cook?”… Video Answer
Posted on March 24, 2009 by Damon
Some of the questions we frequently get include “what do you eat” and “how do you cook” On their trip to Palmyra Atoll, approximately 1,000 miles south of Hawai’i, the crew share the cooking duties and a meal. The crew was training for their first deep-ocean training for the Hōkūle’a Wolrdwide Voyage in which the [...]
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Code of Ethics For Bloggers… Ah Bull $#!T… What About Current Journalist Who Blog?
Posted on March 24, 2009 by Damon
There has been discussion over the years about what makes a good blog and what doesn’t make a good blog. A lot of talk has been thrown around about “Ethical Blogging”. I think many people are still mixing up Blogs for other forms of media and Blog writers as Journalist who subscribe to the Code [...]
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Final Highway 130 Meeting Before Public Input
Posted on March 24, 2009 by Damon
This coming Monday, March 30th from 5:45 to 8:45, the final meeting of the KPAG members will be meeting at Keaau Elementary school cafeteria. This $56 million dollar highway project is about to get shoved down everyones faces and I don’t want one person bitching at me about how I voted to proceed with things, [...]
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Mayor Kenoi and Cabinet to be at Kona Town Meeting
Posted on March 24, 2009 by Damon
Media Release: Mayor Billy Kenoi and cabinet members will discuss Hawaii Island’s critical issues, including the current economy and budget shortfall, West Hawaii’s roads and traffic, future growth management in West Hawaii and the plans for recreation facilities in Kona such as the old Kona Airport Park, at a town meeting, 6-8 p.m., April 14, [...]
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County Offering “Life-Long Lessons in Financial Management Classes”
Posted on March 24, 2009 by Damon
Media Release: Interested in learning the basics of budgeting, savings and credit? “Life-long Lessons in Financial Management,” a free class sponsored by the Hawai’i County Office of Housing and Community Development, will be offered several times in Hilo and Kona. In Hilo, the complete eight-hour class will be held 8 a.m. to 4 p.m. on [...]
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BJ Penn Signing on Maui April 4th
Posted on March 24, 2009 by Damon
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Nothing Like a Big Island Cow Girl
Posted on March 24, 2009 by Damon
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It’s Official… Pahoa Skate Park Closed Half the Time
Posted on March 23, 2009 by Damon
A few weeks ago I mentioned that the County had official Skate Park rules and regulations that were punishable by law. Yesterday I took my son to play at the new playground there and noticed from a distance that there was a sign on the fence that I hadn’t seen before. When I got close [...]
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Pahoa Museum Featuring Hula Exhibit… Merrie Monarch Coming Up
Posted on March 23, 2009 by Damon
Just in time for Merrie Monarch, the Pahoa Museum is featuring an exhibit that features the history of Hula. The Kent Ghirard collection is currently on Display provided by the Hula Preservation Society. Kent Ghirard was born in California and became fascinated with hula at the age of 12 when his family visited Hawai`i on [...]
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Can We Get a Yield Sign Please… Kahakai Onto H-130?
Posted on March 23, 2009 by Damon
Can anyone tell me why their is a “Merge” sign on this “on ramp” to a major state Highway (130) instead of a “Yield” sign? You have a lot of cars traveling into town and then a lot of people who are basically crossing over the Highway from Kahakai to get to the Pahoa Shopping [...]
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Mesa Terminates Code Sharing Agreement with Mokulele
Posted on March 23, 2009 by Damon
Mesa Air Group Inc., (Nasdaq: MESA) today announced the termination of its code share agreement with Hawaii based Mokulele Airlines. Mesa elected to accelerate its previously announced termination date, as permitted under the terms of the Code Share Agreement, following Mokulele’s announcement that it had replaced its Chief Executive Officer. go! Express passengers traveling on [...]
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Multiracial Kids Can Now be More Precise When Filling Out Department of Education Profiling Data
Posted on March 23, 2009 by Damon
I always hated filling out those profile sheets that would ask me what ethnicity I was. Black or White was always my options… but it always seemed like I was forced to pick one or the other. Of course when I was younger, I always filled out white… but then when I got older and [...]
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PBS Hawaii… South Points Connection to TV Land
Posted on March 22, 2009 by Damon
CEO of PBS Hawaii Leslie Wilcox talks about some of the woes that it takes to get PBS Hawaii to the residents on the Southern tip of the Big Island. Her most recent blog, “For Crying Out Loud, in South Point” she mentions: …The only “free” TV is PBS Hawaii. We’re the only over-the-air broadcaster that [...]
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New Edition of Hawaiian Idol VI: Brisa Anger
Posted on March 22, 2009 by Damon
Another episode of Hawaiian Idol VI has been loaded: Brisa Anger:
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Real Men Eat Quiche… Bacon Quiche at the Ho’olaule’a Was the Bomb!
Posted on March 22, 2009 by Damon
I just want to say Mahalo to whomever contributed the Bacon Quiche Pies to the Montesorri School Ho’olaule’a yesterday. My Ohana bought THREE WHOLE PIES … they are that good! The buggah get Broccolli, Cheeses, Bacon, Mushrooms and I don’t know what else… but this buggah stay ONO!
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The Lonely Goat Herders From Kailua Kona
Posted on March 22, 2009 by Damon
From the March 21st Kealakekua Ward Talent Show… The Lonely Goat Herders:
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2009 Montessori Ho’olaule’a Coverage on 24/7
Posted on March 21, 2009 by Damon
I might as well kick myself… I grabbed my camera and headed off to the Ho’olaule’a this morning at Montessori Country School in Pahoa. I didn’t realize that my batteries were dead and I wasn’t in the mood to run to the store and get new ones, as I wasn’t sticking around long because I [...]
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