Posted on September 15, 2010 by Damon
Media Release: As the 60th annual Hawai`i County Fair opens in Hilo this weekend, island residents are encouraged to visit the Kamehameha Schools booth located in the Afook-Chinen Civic Auditorium. On every day of the four-day fair, a variety of farmers and ranchers who lease agricultural lands from Kamehameha Schools will take center stage providing [...]
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Posted on September 15, 2010 by Damon
I was honored to be given a media pass at the Red Bull Cliff Diving Championship World Series that ended in Hilo, Hawaii this year. I realized that I took over 850 pictures of the event. I wonder what the percentage of them had a Red Bull Logo in them? So here is the “Media [...]
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Posted on September 15, 2010 by Damon
THURSDAY, SEPTEMBER 16. Peace Film Series, Honokaa Peoples Theater. 6:30-9:00pm $2 per person ($1 to help cover HPT costs, $1 donation to Carteret Islands Project) See the film that started it all, “The Day After Peace,” award-winning feature length documentary by Jeremy Gilley who started the global movement to establish the United Nations International Day [...]
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Posted on September 14, 2010 by Damon
Daily Sound — 62-year-old man who drove into oncoming traffic killed in Highway 154 crash. My supervisor was the driver in this wreck. My prayers are with her… in the meantime, my job will go on and a supervisor from Oahu will takeover for her until she recovers. I’m not allowed to state the extent [...]
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Posted on September 14, 2010 by Damon
Someone asked me to post a link to all of my Red Bull Cliff Diving posts on one page so here it is: Red Bull Cliff Diving Championships (Day 1 Practice) – Hilo, Hawaii Red Bull Cliff Diving Championship Luau Red Bull Cliff Diving Championships (Day 2 Practice) – Artem Silchenko Makes It! Hassan Mouti Draws Pohaku Number [...]
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Posted on September 14, 2010 by Damon
From the Mayors Office: The Department of Public Works is scheduled to replace wooden planks, stringers and resurface 50 feet of roadway on upper Kaiwiki Homestead Bridge in South Hilo. Bridge repairs will be conducted weekdays between the hours of 8:30 a.m. to 3:30 p.m. from Wednesday, September 15 to Monday, October 4. Pedestrians, however, [...]
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Posted on September 13, 2010 by Damon
Well after the wild day at Kawainui Falls where the twelve Red Bull Cliff Divers entertained the folks on the Big Island… it was time to party it up! The party was at 100% Moxies off Kinoole street in downtown Hilo and the place got packed fast even though it was a private party. Of [...]
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Posted on September 13, 2010 by Damon
Media Release: Miles Okumura, a teacher at Honokaa High School and Chairman of the Peace Committee of Honokaa Hongwanji, will receive the 2010 Peace Committee Distinguished Peacemaker Award at a special presentation Tuesday, September 21, at the University of Hawaii at Manoa. The event, which is free and open to the public, includes performances by [...]
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Posted on September 12, 2010 by Damon
Today was the last stop of the 2010 Red Bull Cliff Diving World Championships here in Hilo, Hawaii. The event began with the pohaku that the divers had chosen last night being laid out at the top of the cliff as the rocks would be returned to where they initially were picked up from. Kuhao [...]
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Posted on September 12, 2010 by Damon
The Red Bull Cliff Diving “Draw Party” was held last night at “Da Shack” with Kuhao Zane presiding over the presentation. The divers all drew rocks from a Sig Zane bag and then all opened the tapa cloth around the rocks to determine the diving order for todays competition. The tension rose as the order [...]
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Posted on September 11, 2010 by Damon
Well today was the second day of practice before tomorrows Red Bull Cliff Diving Championship in Hilo, Hawaii. The biggest news of the day, was that Russian diver Artem Silchenko finally arrived despite having difficulties with his visa. All the other divers were stoked to see him as although these folks compete against each other, [...]
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Posted on September 11, 2010 by Damon
Last night the Red Bull Cliff Diving athletes were treated to Luau at the Hilo Hawaiian Hotel. I’m sure Orlando Duque has no problem getting leid all the time (just teasing as he is happily married). The Athletes were treated to dinner and a Polynesian review. I did find it a bit odd for them [...]
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Posted on September 10, 2010 by Damon
From the House Communications Office: WHAT: The Department of Agriculture, Big Island Legislative Delegation, UH College of Tropical Agriculture, Kona coffee growers, and members of the Hawaii coffee industry will meet to discuss the recent discovery of a pest known as the coffee berry borer at Kona coffee farms on the Big Island. The coffee [...]
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Posted on September 10, 2010 by Damon
FOR LARGE PICTURES… DOUBLE CLICK on the pictures. All pictures are free for the taking… I’m not a photographer… but if you do use these pictures… please link back to this site. The 2010 Red Bull Cliff Diving World Championships end in Hilo, Hawaii on Sunday, September 12. I got the chance to check out [...]
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Posted on September 10, 2010 by Damon
I’m getting queasy up here on this Red Bull Platform!
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Posted on September 10, 2010 by Damon
Media Release: Decorated with Hawaiian leis, hula dancers welcomed 12 of the world’s best cliff divers to the sport’s birthplace on the group of islands located in the midst of the Pacific Ocean. Four months after its kick-off in France and five breathtaking competitions across Europe and Central America later, the grand finale of the [...]
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Posted on September 9, 2010 by Damon
Breaking: ..The Third Circuit Court has ruled in favor of Maile David and against the Kenoi’s administration’s attempts to remove her from the ballot. The court rejected County Corporation Counsel Lincoln Ashida’s legal argument that Ms. David had to register 90 days before the election. Ms. David registered to vote 86 days before the election, [...]
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Posted on September 9, 2010 by Damon
Posted on September 9, 2010 by Damon
BIFF Founder/Executive Director Leo Sears presents actor Tom Berenger with the 2010 “Golden Honu” Award. (Photo by Jeff Sears) Media Release: At the recent convention of the International Festivals & Events Association (IFEA), September 15-17, 2010 in St. Louis, Missouri, Leo Sears received professional designation as a Certified Festival and Event Executive (CFEE). Initiated by [...]
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Posted on September 9, 2010 by Damon
Today was the first time I have ever heard of the Hanapēpē Massacre that happened back in 1924 on this date in history. The Hanapēpē Massacre (also called the Battle of Hanapēpē since both belligerents were armed) happened on September 9, 1924, toward the end of a long-lasting strike of Filipino sugar workers on Kauai, [...]
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