Posted on December 19, 2010 by Damon
Podium Raceway Hawaii indoor go-karting is opening next month out in Barbers Point on Oahu. Go-karts Reach 45 M.P.H and run off electricity so there are no fumes from gasoline. The go-karts in the video below are the Junior Class, this was a private event to test out the track. They will officially open next [...]
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Posted on December 18, 2010 by Damon
Media Release from the Zonta Club of Hilo: Members of the Zonta Club of Hilo dedicated their Saturday morning Dec. 11 to the club’s annual Weinberg Service Project at the Neighborhood Place of Puna in Pahoa. For their efforts, the club earned the family-strengthening center a $10,000 grant. “This grant will help us provide clients [...]
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Posted on December 18, 2010 by Damon
From the Hawaii County Democrats Website: Background On December 6, 2010, Senator Dwight Takamine resigned his position as Hawaii State Senator from Senate District 1. Hawaii State Law requires the political party of the outgoing office holder to select and forward three names to the Governor from which he selects the person to fill the [...]
Filed under: Announcements, Big Island, Hawaii, Legislature, Politics, State Affairs | Tagged: Democratic, Democratic Party of Hawaii, Dwight Takamine, Hawaii, Senate District 1 | Leave a Comment »
Posted on December 18, 2010 by Damon
I just wanted to say Aloha and Mahalo to the Hilo Coffee Mill as I got to stop by the place today and pick up some presents. I stopped by right after their farmers market was wrapping up. I’ve been told that the Hilo Coffee Mill’s farmers market is going to take a break until [...]
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Posted on December 17, 2010 by Damon
Red Bull finally released the “official” video of the dives that took place at the Red Bull Cliff Diving championships in Hilo a couple months ago. You can see the posts that I posted from this event here: Red Bull Cliff Diving Championships (Day 1 Practice) – Hilo, Hawaii Red Bull Cliff Diving Championship Luau Red Bull [...]
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Posted on December 17, 2010 by Damon
Today was Founder’s Day at Kamehameha Schools Hawaii. It was a day to honor and remember Princess Bernice Pauahi Bishop for what she founded a long time ago for the keiki of Hawaii. I didn’t make it to last years program so this was the first Founder’s Day that I had attended. It’s pretty cool [...]
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Posted on December 16, 2010 by Damon
On Tuesday I mentioned how journalist Paul Curtis, of The Garden Island Newspaper, failed to give credit to a blogger and copied and pasted material the blogger had researched nearly two years before. Andy Parx sent me a link today showing me that The Garden Island Newspaper made a correction in their paper and attributed [...]
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Posted on December 16, 2010 by Damon
Media Release: The State of Hawaii recently launched an interactive broadband mapping Web site based on Esri technology. Visitors to the site will be able to view broadband coverage throughout the state. The Hawaii Department of Commerce and Consumer Affairs (DCCA) is continuing to collect and verify data related to availability, speed, and location of [...]
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Posted on December 15, 2010 by Damon
Media Release: Traffic Enforcement Unit and Puna Community Policing officers conducted a DUI sobriety checkpoint on Pāhoa Village Road fronting Pāhoa High and Intermediate School at 3 p.m. Tuesday (December 14). Boys and girls from the Pāhoa Boys and Girls Club also participated by waving signs to the passing motorists advising them not to drink [...]
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Posted on December 15, 2010 by Damon
Posted on December 15, 2010 by Damon
Media Release: In fall of 2011 and winter of 2012 two Holland America Line ships — ms Westerdam and ms Rotterdam — will sail three 30-day “Circle Hawaii, Tahiti and Marquesas Islands” explorations, visiting beautiful and picturesque islands throughout French Polynesia and the Aloha state. Westerdam’s voyage sails round trip from San Diego, Calif., and [...]
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Posted on December 15, 2010 by Damon
Dear Friends, I am honored to serve as the Chairman of the Senate Health Committee in the upcoming legislative session. I remain committed to strengthening healthcare in Hawaii and I will do everything I can to make sure that we have the best, most accessible system in the nation. As Chairman, I will pursue the [...]
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Posted on December 15, 2010 by Damon
Media Release: Continental Airlines today announced new daily nonstop service to Hilo, Hawai’i, from Los Angeles International Airport (LAX) and once-weekly service to Hilo from San Francisco International Airport (SFO) beginning June 9, 2011. The new flights complement Continental’s and United’s extensive service to Hawai’i. United, which has served the islands since 1947, and Continental [...]
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Posted on December 14, 2010 by Damon
Media Release: The 18th Annual Waimea Cherry Blossom Heritage Festival remembers two individuals who made exceptional contributions in their respective fields of interest. They are lei and kapa-making kupuna Marie McDonald and local agriculture researcher Milton Yamasaki. Both Waimea residents will be recognized at the start of the 9 a.m.-3 p.m. community festival on Saturday, [...]
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Posted on December 14, 2010 by Damon
The UH Marching Band put on an excellent half-time show at Aloha Stadium creating the illusion of a football player kicking the ball off! As of this posting… this video has been viewed by more then 140,000 folks so far!
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Posted on December 14, 2010 by Damon
Media Release: Rising unemployment and a struggling economy on Hawai‘i Island means Bay Clinic, who provides comprehensive health care to all regardless of ability to pay, has seen a dramatic rise in demand for services at their 7 health center sites. To meet the needs of the 18,000 patients they serve, Bay Clinic is developing [...]
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Posted on December 14, 2010 by Damon
This goes under the “stupid media” category. Why would any journalist of a major newspaper copy something from a blog word for word is beyond comprehension to me, especially when that blogger is an attorney! Well I could see them copying something word for word and at least give him some sort of credit for [...]
Filed under: Announcements, Blogs, Education, Entertainment, Hawaii, Idiots, Kauai, Legal, Rumors | Tagged: Charley Foster, Kauai Newspaper, Paul Curtis, Plagiarism, Planet Kauai, Tim Ryan, Wikipedia | Leave a Comment »
Posted on December 13, 2010 by Damon
Posted on December 13, 2010 by Damon
Dear Damon Just happened while looking at zip line article to see your post on Highway 130… Here is another service you could perform for Kohala area residents….or maybe its island wide… My lady friend was on her way down from Waimea to the Kohala Hotels, in early November, via Kawaihai when she was suddenly confronted [...]
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Posted on December 13, 2010 by Damon
Media Release: Ohio State University researchers have found a new way to gauge the depth of the magma chamber that forms the Hawaiian Island volcanic chain, and determined that the magma lies much closer to the surface than previously thought. The finding could help scientists predict when Hawaiian volcanoes are going to erupt. It also [...]
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Zonta Earns Neighborhood Place of Puna $10,000
Media Release from the Zonta Club of Hilo: Members of the Zonta Club of Hilo dedicated their Saturday morning Dec. 11 to the club’s annual Weinberg Service Project at the Neighborhood Place of Puna in Pahoa. For their efforts, the club earned the family-strengthening center a $10,000 grant. “This grant will help us provide clients [...]
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