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Media Release: Construction activities to provide accessibility improvements at Mountain View Park will begin on Monday, October 26, 2009. All efforts will be made to maintain existing amenities in service to the public and to reinstate impacted amenities as quickly as possible while the work progresses. Portions of the ballfield including the water filling spigots [...]
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I have to wonder if the following media release from the Mayor’s office is for the Predator filming I blogged about earlier? :roll: Media Release: Kolekole Beach Park will be closed to the public for filming on Tuesday, October 27. The park is located along the Hawaii Belt Road north of Honomu. The Hawaii County [...]
Filed under: Announcements, Big Island, Community, Entertainment, Movies and Film | Tagged: Kolekole Beach Park, Predator Filming in Hawaii | 1 Comment »
Media Release: Attaching a handle to a small gourd or coconut, filling it with seeds, the rattle becomes an extension of the hand. The rhythm of the ancient chant echoes in the wind. The sounds of the gourd rattle enhancing each motion… The uliuli or gourd rattle is one of the most popular Hawaiian musical [...]
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Media Release: “Before Pele came to Kalapana, there was a puhala tree close to the ocean from which we gathered our leaves. They were reddish ones, so we used to refer to that as lauhalaula. That was fifteen years ago. We had to look for other trees after Pele consumed that area!” The old-timer from [...]
Filed under: Announcements, Big Island, Community, Entertainment, Environment, Hawaii, Hawaiian, Hilo, Sustainable Living | Tagged: 2009 Moku O Keawe International Festival, Lauhala Weaving | Leave a Comment »
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I just noticed this gecko on the side of my wall and it’s got to be the ugliest damn gecko I’ve ever seen. He obviously looked good enough to some critter as he dropped his tail somewhere along the line and it’s now growing back. I think this buggah is gonna die pretty soon… it [...]
Filed under: Environment, Hawaii, Unexplained Phenomenon | Tagged: Gecko No Tail, Sick Lizards, Ugly Gecko | 3 Comments »
Media Release: The company best known for selling high-altitude fighter jet flights now offers flights beneath the sea in the world’s first submersible to move like an airplane Sarasota, Florida’s Incredible Adventures is joining Sub Aviator Systems, LLC of California to offer flight training in the dual-controlled Super Aviator. The Super Aviator is a one-of-a-kind [...]
Filed under: Announcements, Entertainment, Environment, Hawaii, Something New?, Tourism, Transportation | Tagged: Personal Submarines, Sub Aviator Systems, Super Aviator | Leave a Comment »
I previously blogged about the UH Alumni Foundation emailing me trying to update their directory information. Today I received the following email: We are currently in the final stages of preparing University of Hawai’i Alumni Today, the first publication ever to feature directory listings along with photos and essays submitted by alumni. We need your [...]
Filed under: Announcements, Education, Kids, Rumors, UH | Tagged: Alumni Directory, Harris Connect, UH Alumni Directory Project | 27 Comments »
Tonight was another KPAG Highway 130 Meeting. Before the meeting even began, we all got on a little Robert’s Tour Bus and toured the part of the Highway that we have been talking about for the last year. Here are my tweets from that little field trip: Rep. Hanohano @hunterbishop and others waiting to get [...]
Filed under: Big Island, Highway 130, Pahoa, Puna, State Affairs, Transportation | Tagged: Highway 130 | 2 Comments »
Media Release: TERMS AND CONDITIONS SALE OF USED VEHICLES AND EQUIPMENT The County of Hawaii will open sealed bids for the sale of used vehicles and equipment on Wednesday, October 28, 2009 at 10:00 a.m. in the conference room of the County of Hawaii, Department of Finance, located at 891 Ululani Street, Hilo, Hawaii. The [...]
Filed under: Announcements, Big Island, Community, Transportation | Tagged: Hawaii County Used Vehicle Auction | 1 Comment »
Filed under: Announcements, Community, Education, Entertainment, Kids, Puna | Tagged: Puna Haunted House | Leave a Comment »
Keaau-Pahoa Advisory Group Meeting #8 Wednesday, October 21, 2009 at 5:45 PM Keaau Elementary School 1. Welcome – Jiro Sumada, Deputy Director, Hawaii Department of Transportation 2. Overview of Tonight’s Meeting – Cheryl Soon, SSFM Project Manager 3. Creating four-way intersections – Robin Barnes a. Connections to Village Centers b. Implications to adjacent and [...]
Filed under: Announcements, Community, Highway 130, Pahoa, Puna, Transportation | Tagged: Highway 130 Meeting | Leave a Comment »
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A while back I posted a video of a gecko attacking coqui frogs and this was in a controlled environment. AlaskaSteven made the following comment: Interesting, indeed. Seems like this question could be answered fairly easily but to be a fair test the coqui would need to be small enough for the gecko to ingest [...]
Filed under: Agriculture, Announcements, Big Island, Comedy, Community, Education, Environment, Hawaii, Rumors, Security, Something New?, State Affairs, Sustainable Living, Unexplained Phenomenon | Tagged: Coqui Frogs, Hawaiian Lizard Eats Frog | 1 Comment »
The Justice Department is questioning why Lazard Freres & Co. is being paid $2,527.38 per hour for its work in Hawaiian Telcom Communications Inc.’s bankruptcy case. For 237.4 hours of work between April 1 and June 30, the investment bank submitted a bill for $600,000, an amount the U.S. Trustee says “far exceeds” rates charged [...]
Filed under: Economy, Legal, Technology | Tagged: Chapter 11 Bankruptcy, Hawaiian Telcom, Lazard Freres & Co. | 1 Comment »
The Hawaii Government Employees Association, AFSCME Local 152, AFL-CIO, is Hawaiis largest union with more than 44,000 members statewide. HGEA represents a diverse group of state and county government employees in seven bargaining units — blue-collar supervisors; white-collar employees; white-collar supervisors; educational officers; University of Hawaii administrative, professional and technical employees; registered professional nurses; and [...]
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Media Release: The Hawai’i Police Department is teaming up with the Hawaiian Beaches Action Team to conduct sign-waving awareness projects about the dangers of both speeding and driving under the influence of alcohol or drugs. The sign wavers will be positioned next to a crashed car at various locations throughout the Puna District during the [...]
Filed under: Announcements, Big Island, Community, Education, Kids, Legal, Transportation | Tagged: DUI Sign Waving Project | Leave a Comment »
I just noticed from this Highway Audit Final Report that $600,000 is the estimated cost for a traffic signal at Ainaloa and H-130 Intersection, and $450,000 is the estimated cost for a traffic signal at Kahakai Blvd and H-130. (Appendix D-2). These are just listed as potential remedies for some of the interesections that have [...]
Filed under: Big Island, Education, Hawaii, Highway 130, Something New?, State Affairs, Transportation | Tagged: Ainaloa Blvd., Highway 130, Kahakai Boulevard | Leave a Comment »
Media Release: Boys & Girls Club of the Big Island is offering a Furlough Friday educational enhancement program called BE GREAT – BE SMART. The program is designed specifically to help students with any take-home work distributed for completion. Most of our members are already familiar with our Power Hour: Making Minutes Count after school [...]
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