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I’m so stoked that I got to spend the last weekend taking my old high school friend, Dave Haggen, around on a few Big Island excursions. It’s been a long time coming for me to reunite with this buggah and it was great to see him. For most of us that went to school at [...]
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I recently found out the following email was sent to at least one of my sponsors. It may have been sent to more but that is not my concern nor am I concerned about “Haters”. I am writing in regards to a web site on which your advertisements appear. It is a site hostile to [...]
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I love it! As many of you know I’m a Supervisor for the Census. I’m glad Oahu blogger Ian Lind is doing his part for the 2010 Census. Many may know that he is a cat lover… here you will see just how much of a cat lover he really is!
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To commemorate the February 17th anniversary of the signing of the American Recovery and Reinvestment Act into law, Congresswoman Mazie Hirono kicks off her online tour of Recovery Act sites in Hawaii by visiting a $5.3 million highway resurfacing project on the island of Molokai.
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I’m out in Kailua-Kona Bay right now!
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I’m taking a quick vacation… So in the meantime… I’ll just give you a view from my room at the King Kamehameha Kona Beach Hotel.
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This is just too strange to even try and describe. I don’t know how I missed this but apparently Beats Antique came to Pahoa and Zoe Jakes did her thing!
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Boys and Girls Club Big Island All-Star Basketball Classic Media Release: With the BIIF basketball seasons wrapping up, organizers have set the dates for the inaugural Boys & Girls Club Big Island All-Star Basketball Classic. The Classic is a collaboration with the County of Hawaii Parks & Recreation and will be a set of two [...]
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This video showcases astonishing footage of the 1994 & 2000 floods in Hilo, comparing these to dry conditions in February 2010. Hilo is notorious for being the wettest city in Hawaii, with rain averaging 130 to 200 inches per year at various elevations. But to truly appreciate the floods, you need to see the riverbeds [...]
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I got a kick out of this 1990 Census Bureau commercial:
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Media Release: The University of Hawaiʻi at Hilo Lehua Writing Project is now accepting applications for the Invitational Summer Institute. Lehua Writing Project (LWP) is UH Hilo’s local site for the National Writing Project (NWP), which focuses the knowledge, expertise, and leadership of our nation’s educators on sustained efforts to improve writing and learning for all learners. [...]
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Media Release: Laupahoehoe has voted to convert Laupahoehoe High and Elementary School (LHES) to a public charter school. League of Women Voters’ past president Sue Irvine and volunteers Margaret Drake and Marianna Scheffer were kept busy all day collecting secret ballots from parents and staff of LHES. One hundred forty five out of 180 voters [...]
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Need Pig Trappers? Here is a message from Councilman Dominic Yagong: If you are in need of pig trappers, our office has completed updating the resource list for pig trappers on the Big Island . This listing was complied to help residents that are experiencing feral pig problems on their property. There are now 29 [...]
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My son dips his Okole in Kolekole Gulch:
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I just wanted to say that I’m probably the luckiest Field Operations Supervisor in Hawaii. I’m blessed to have a great crew that has shown up for our meetings and seems very willing to take on the challenges of working with their enumerators.
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I’ve been enjoying the ahaBlog a lot of late as Jasmine reminds me a lot of my own mom raising me when I was a child. Well my mom was more of a “Sixties” rebel… she stood strong in making a decision young in my life to separate herself from my father for the benefit [...]
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Media Release: The Daughters of Hawai‘i and the Calabash Cousins present a free concert 4 p.m. Sunday, Feb. 21 at Hulihe‘e Palace to remember the late Princess Ruth Ke‘elikolani. Enjoy the voices of the Merrie Monarchs and performing arts by Kumu Hula Etua Lopes and his Halau Na Pua U‘i O Hawai‘i. Kindly bring a [...]
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Commentary: How Did the Charter Commission Arrive at The 1% Land Fund (Approximately $2 Million per year)?
Commentary by Debbie Hecht: Here’s the evolution on the Land Fund charter amendments: The Save Our Lands Citizen’s committee submitted CA-15 the 2% Land Fund. This mirrored the 2% ordinance that is now part of the county code and is suspended for 2 years, until July 1, 2011. This ordinance was approved in 2006 by [...]
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