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Letters for Wednesday, April 30, 2008
• Come Superferry
• Surfboard our freight
• Inspection saved money
• The circus is coming to town
• Columnist responds
• Bicycle path possibilities
• Service clubs’ important work
Come Superferry
Now that Aloha Cargo is not flying I wonder if the people who are against the Superferry are thinking otherwise.
I hope when the time does come in an emergency and we need the Superferry, they will be begging for the Superferry to come to Kaua‘i and Supeferry will say, “Sorry, we changed our mind.”
Kanu Medeiros
Lihu‘e
Surfboard our freight
I’d like to ask all those who opposed the Superferry if they’d be willing to pack some freight on their surfboards and paddle our freight back and forth between Kaua‘i and O‘ahu.
Mary Kealoha
Kapa‘a
Inspection saved money
In this month’s KIUC Currents magazine there is an article about residential energy services specialist Claurino Bueno.
He did an inspection on our house a few months back and since his visit our electric bill has dropped over $60 dollars a month even as rates have gone up. If Claurino has not visited your house yet, you might just be wasting energy and money and not even know it. Mahalo, Claurino, keep up the good work.
Jason Nichols
Koloa
The circus is coming to town
No wait, it’s Uncle Jimmy’s Traveling Salvation Show (“Westside issues on tap for tent,” A1, April 28).
He, LaBedz and other self-anointed experts will be in Kekaha to save the ignorant Westsiders from themselves.
Then, they will drive out those evil agricultural interests, and cast the military away.
Hallelujah!
Steve Hansen
Kekaha
Columnist responds
In response to Gordon Oswald’s comments on my article on Hawaiian Nation History (“Wilson column needs research,” Letters, April 29):
Gordon, you are right, most of the research for the article was done on the Internet. Google certainly played a role.
Among other things, GoogleBooks is attempting to scan all published material and is creating a searchable database of it all. It’s the next best thing to having the Library of Congress on your desk.
Importantly, you should know I interviewed two Hawaiians with interest in sovereignty before writing the article. Before publishing, I submitted my article, for review and comment, to three individuals with more knowledge of Hawaiian history than I have.
I was surprised by your conclusion that I thought Kamehameha II-V were the tools of the English and Americans.
I believe for a century after contact the Hawaiians played a strategic chess game against the overpowering influences of Anglo-American technology.
In the end, do you not agree that there was bad faith on the part of America regarding Hawaiian independence?
Juan Wilson
Hanapepe
Bicycle path possibilities
A few years ago some of us made successful appeals to be allowed access to the beach through the south end of Lydgate Park. We have been allowed to park on or near the dirt road and to walk our dogs, on leash, down the road, under the bridge onto the beach. I proposed then that dog walkers use the beach before 10 a.m. and after 4 p.m. to reserve the best time for bathers.
Dogs should be allowed on the paths on 6-foot or shorter leashes (see below). Dogs should be good citizens, licensed for sure, but owners should also have to show evidence of proper socialization (obedience class, note from DVM or other qualified person ). And, of course, no one wants to step in dog feces. Dog walkers not carrying the materials needed for clean up, or for not cleaning up, could be cited. Conveniently located refuse receptacles help. In the part of Lydgate Park that we use, the hazard is not feces, rather it is freshly broken beer bottles. But a far more important problem than dogs on the paths, is deliberately mixing bicycles and pedestrians.
In 1998 I moved here after 20 years as a professor at Michigan State University. In 1998 MSU was a community of 60,000, about the size of Kaua‘i. The huge campus is crisscrossed by sidewalks and by parallel bicycle paths. Even so, bicyclists use the sidewalks. They ride fast and silently. A pedestrian who veers even slightly from course is in danger of being struck.
I also lived in Palo Alto, Calif., an extremely bicycle-friendly place. I rode safely 7.5 miles to and from Stanford University daily. It was safe because of curbs. In the major streets such as El Camino Real there were bicycle lanes, parallel to the automobile lanes and sidewalks, protected from encroachment by curbs. Our bicycle paths could be made safe for both pedestrians and bicyclists by dedicating half to each. For the bicycles (and skates and skateboards) create two one-way lanes, side-by-side, each 3 feet wide, protected from each other and the 6-foot wide pedestrian lane, by sizable curbs. Painted lines and arrows just won’t prevent crashes.
John Chimoskey
Kapa‘a
Service clubs’ important work
Thank you for printing news about our community service organizations. It’s important that The Garden Island readers learn more about community service organizations such as Rotary, International, Lions Clubs and Kiwanis. I am a member of Hilo Rotary, senior active. That means that I am no longer required to attend weekly meetings as a requirement of remaining in good standing. As an active member of Rotary, I attended meetings all over the United States, Europe and Asia.
During my active membership, the International project of Rotary was to wipe out polio all over the world. We immunized millions of children all over the world. Little kids stood in line to have the vaccine squirted into their mouths. It worked. Recently there have been new outbreaks of polio in some third world countries, a situation which can be handled locally by the countries involved.
For many years, the Lions clubs have worked hard to prevent blindness and other eye diseases. It has been a constant effort that has saved the eyesight of millions of people who would have been rendered sightless if not for the Lions’ efforts.
Kiwanians are connected with the YMCA, and serve their communities in many ways.
Each Rotarian in an individual club represents a particular occupation or profession. My designation in Hilo Rotary was County Government, because of my position as director of personnel services for Hawaii County. Although Rotary began as a male-only organization, several years ago women were invited to join. Today, men and women Rotarians work side by side in advancing the various projects that Rotary is engaged in.
Harry Boranian
Lihu‘e
• Surfboard our freight
• Inspection saved money
• The circus is coming to town
• Columnist responds
• Bicycle path possibilities
• Service clubs’ important work
Come Superferry
Now that Aloha Cargo is not flying I wonder if the people who are against the Superferry are thinking otherwise.
I hope when the time does come in an emergency and we need the Superferry, they will be begging for the Superferry to come to Kaua‘i and Supeferry will say, “Sorry, we changed our mind.”
Kanu Medeiros
Lihu‘e
Surfboard our freight
I’d like to ask all those who opposed the Superferry if they’d be willing to pack some freight on their surfboards and paddle our freight back and forth between Kaua‘i and O‘ahu.
Mary Kealoha
Kapa‘a
Inspection saved money
In this month’s KIUC Currents magazine there is an article about residential energy services specialist Claurino Bueno.
He did an inspection on our house a few months back and since his visit our electric bill has dropped over $60 dollars a month even as rates have gone up. If Claurino has not visited your house yet, you might just be wasting energy and money and not even know it. Mahalo, Claurino, keep up the good work.
Jason Nichols
Koloa
The circus is coming to town
No wait, it’s Uncle Jimmy’s Traveling Salvation Show (“Westside issues on tap for tent,” A1, April 28).
He, LaBedz and other self-anointed experts will be in Kekaha to save the ignorant Westsiders from themselves.
Then, they will drive out those evil agricultural interests, and cast the military away.
Hallelujah!
Steve Hansen
Kekaha
Columnist responds
In response to Gordon Oswald’s comments on my article on Hawaiian Nation History (“Wilson column needs research,” Letters, April 29):
Gordon, you are right, most of the research for the article was done on the Internet. Google certainly played a role.
Among other things, GoogleBooks is attempting to scan all published material and is creating a searchable database of it all. It’s the next best thing to having the Library of Congress on your desk.
Importantly, you should know I interviewed two Hawaiians with interest in sovereignty before writing the article. Before publishing, I submitted my article, for review and comment, to three individuals with more knowledge of Hawaiian history than I have.
I was surprised by your conclusion that I thought Kamehameha II-V were the tools of the English and Americans.
I believe for a century after contact the Hawaiians played a strategic chess game against the overpowering influences of Anglo-American technology.
In the end, do you not agree that there was bad faith on the part of America regarding Hawaiian independence?
Juan Wilson
Hanapepe
Bicycle path possibilities
A few years ago some of us made successful appeals to be allowed access to the beach through the south end of Lydgate Park. We have been allowed to park on or near the dirt road and to walk our dogs, on leash, down the road, under the bridge onto the beach. I proposed then that dog walkers use the beach before 10 a.m. and after 4 p.m. to reserve the best time for bathers.
Dogs should be allowed on the paths on 6-foot or shorter leashes (see below). Dogs should be good citizens, licensed for sure, but owners should also have to show evidence of proper socialization (obedience class, note from DVM or other qualified person ). And, of course, no one wants to step in dog feces. Dog walkers not carrying the materials needed for clean up, or for not cleaning up, could be cited. Conveniently located refuse receptacles help. In the part of Lydgate Park that we use, the hazard is not feces, rather it is freshly broken beer bottles. But a far more important problem than dogs on the paths, is deliberately mixing bicycles and pedestrians.
In 1998 I moved here after 20 years as a professor at Michigan State University. In 1998 MSU was a community of 60,000, about the size of Kaua‘i. The huge campus is crisscrossed by sidewalks and by parallel bicycle paths. Even so, bicyclists use the sidewalks. They ride fast and silently. A pedestrian who veers even slightly from course is in danger of being struck.
I also lived in Palo Alto, Calif., an extremely bicycle-friendly place. I rode safely 7.5 miles to and from Stanford University daily. It was safe because of curbs. In the major streets such as El Camino Real there were bicycle lanes, parallel to the automobile lanes and sidewalks, protected from encroachment by curbs. Our bicycle paths could be made safe for both pedestrians and bicyclists by dedicating half to each. For the bicycles (and skates and skateboards) create two one-way lanes, side-by-side, each 3 feet wide, protected from each other and the 6-foot wide pedestrian lane, by sizable curbs. Painted lines and arrows just won’t prevent crashes.
John Chimoskey
Kapa‘a
Service clubs’ important work
Thank you for printing news about our community service organizations. It’s important that The Garden Island readers learn more about community service organizations such as Rotary, International, Lions Clubs and Kiwanis. I am a member of Hilo Rotary, senior active. That means that I am no longer required to attend weekly meetings as a requirement of remaining in good standing. As an active member of Rotary, I attended meetings all over the United States, Europe and Asia.
During my active membership, the International project of Rotary was to wipe out polio all over the world. We immunized millions of children all over the world. Little kids stood in line to have the vaccine squirted into their mouths. It worked. Recently there have been new outbreaks of polio in some third world countries, a situation which can be handled locally by the countries involved.
For many years, the Lions clubs have worked hard to prevent blindness and other eye diseases. It has been a constant effort that has saved the eyesight of millions of people who would have been rendered sightless if not for the Lions’ efforts.
Kiwanians are connected with the YMCA, and serve their communities in many ways.
Each Rotarian in an individual club represents a particular occupation or profession. My designation in Hilo Rotary was County Government, because of my position as director of personnel services for Hawaii County. Although Rotary began as a male-only organization, several years ago women were invited to join. Today, men and women Rotarians work side by side in advancing the various projects that Rotary is engaged in.
Harry Boranian
Lihu‘e
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HiKauai wrote on Feb 11, 2009 9:19 AM:
" Hello again TGI,
Please do not expect anyone to buy your theory of promotion or advertising and success program Waimea High School. We the former students there at one time in our lives actually do not care of local propaganda and success story with you or anyone there and their cars to show for as a success story.
Basically, I wrote to Waimea High School, and I suspect as always that this town is a ghost town. No offense but there is nothing to do there, just unemployed educators and former students.
I am not with their idea of success story, and I am not placing religion or anything like that on anyone, because as you know, this is still a free country and you can do anything you want. The whole idea of success just doesn't work well in a farm club setting and wanting to make it out or make it happen after you graduate in high school there to say the least.
Basically, some people I may know here, think some of you people still stuck there are still losers because you haven't made it happen for yourself or others, if you get my point staying home doing nothing.
Sincerely,
Dean Kelly Sabado "
Please do not expect anyone to buy your theory of promotion or advertising and success program Waimea High School. We the former students there at one time in our lives actually do not care of local propaganda and success story with you or anyone there and their cars to show for as a success story.
Basically, I wrote to Waimea High School, and I suspect as always that this town is a ghost town. No offense but there is nothing to do there, just unemployed educators and former students.
I am not with their idea of success story, and I am not placing religion or anything like that on anyone, because as you know, this is still a free country and you can do anything you want. The whole idea of success just doesn't work well in a farm club setting and wanting to make it out or make it happen after you graduate in high school there to say the least.
Basically, some people I may know here, think some of you people still stuck there are still losers because you haven't made it happen for yourself or others, if you get my point staying home doing nothing.
Sincerely,
Dean Kelly Sabado "
HiKauai wrote on Feb 11, 2009 1:45 PM:
" First of all, let this be known, that these comments here are worthless and useless considering the topic being discussed. We found this topic a useless waist of time and money. This is from any intellectual interested reader. And yes, I am not associated with any former classmates there on Kauai also, for this matter alone.
Sincerely,
Dean Kelly Sabado "
Sincerely,
Dean Kelly Sabado "
HiKauai wrote on Feb 11, 2009 1:50 PM:
" I have seen alot of losers being mentioned in association to Waimea High School sports at UH Manoa. Might I add they are the one's who are delerious and a debachery to any level minded reader. These names are wide and long. And they run from 1979-1990 graduates trying grace the pages of Kauai and represent that school, outrageous. I for one, right now am putting all of them down for ever contemplating fame and popularity. We actually do not understand your fame and glory at Waimea High School.
This is in regards to your articles on the Waimea High School athletics and any department there.
Sincerely,
Dean Kelly Sabado "
This is in regards to your articles on the Waimea High School athletics and any department there.
Sincerely,
Dean Kelly Sabado "
HiKauai wrote on Feb 11, 2009 1:55 PM:
" Losers I have mentioned that graced those pages are as follows:
Ross Kagawa 1984' UH baseball 1987' classmate of Percival Butay(cousin)
Edmond Acoba 1981'
Liko Pereira 1989 and someother school baseball?
Kui Souza 1988 Sacramento state baseball
Craig Ibara 1983' HPC of honolulu baseball
Keith Pigao - student information desk for all information here for class reunion
Lyman Lacro 1986, UH Volleyball 1987
Barry Magoay 1985, UH Volleyball 1989
These are just some of the names trying to gain popular votes via their own high School Waimea High School
even now. Unreal!
Best regards,
Dean Kelly Sabado "
Ross Kagawa 1984' UH baseball 1987' classmate of Percival Butay(cousin)
Edmond Acoba 1981'
Liko Pereira 1989 and someother school baseball?
Kui Souza 1988 Sacramento state baseball
Craig Ibara 1983' HPC of honolulu baseball
Keith Pigao - student information desk for all information here for class reunion
Lyman Lacro 1986, UH Volleyball 1987
Barry Magoay 1985, UH Volleyball 1989
These are just some of the names trying to gain popular votes via their own high School Waimea High School
even now. Unreal!
Best regards,
Dean Kelly Sabado "
HiKauai wrote on Feb 12, 2009 1:08 PM:
" Hello again TGI,
This is me, Dean Kelly Sabado. Thank you for letting me comment on your articles there on the island. I just want to thank everyone agreeing with myself on who actually I meant, calling them losers in that town. Ha! Ha! Ha! I am a personal graduate of that high school but will proudly say if they keep up the good work in academics and life, will not be too ashamed of being associated with Waimea High School as an alumni.
Sorry, but there are others who felt this way! Here on the island of Honolulu and even the mainland. These names may have one time in their lives even mine represent the epitome of failure and laughs, and not success.
best regards,
Dean Kelly Sabado "
This is me, Dean Kelly Sabado. Thank you for letting me comment on your articles there on the island. I just want to thank everyone agreeing with myself on who actually I meant, calling them losers in that town. Ha! Ha! Ha! I am a personal graduate of that high school but will proudly say if they keep up the good work in academics and life, will not be too ashamed of being associated with Waimea High School as an alumni.
Sorry, but there are others who felt this way! Here on the island of Honolulu and even the mainland. These names may have one time in their lives even mine represent the epitome of failure and laughs, and not success.
best regards,
Dean Kelly Sabado "
fvr wrote on Sep 1, 2009 9:32 AM:
" fvr wrote on Aug 31, 2009 2:12 AM:
" My heart goes out to the family for their loss. Kauai grieves with you,and your family.
Kauai still grieves for the unsolved murder of, Sandra Mendoca.
Sandy was my sons classmate, and a very sweet, honest, and genuine young lady, even as a child.
Sandy would be 31 this year.
When my son heard she was murdered, at first he could not believe it.
Then he wept. He kept saying, no she can't be dead, not like that.
He went to St.Catherines School with her, from age 5, from Kindergarten.
He said, Sandy was the best, a model student, and liked by the entire class.
Sometimes she ignored him, when he got in an impish-rascal-prankster mode. He use to say, Sandy does'nt like me mom, cause I naughty. Yet even as a small child, he respected her sincere, moral character, exemplary behavior, and demeanor.
Till this day he is in disbelief, and schocked, that anyone would hurt, this beautiful young lady.
We both still pray for Sandra.
I pray for all who suffer from, violent acts against women, and children.
I offer my deepest sympathy, to the family, and will include you in my prayers.
God bless you, in your time of grief. I pray you find some peace. " "
" My heart goes out to the family for their loss. Kauai grieves with you,and your family.
Kauai still grieves for the unsolved murder of, Sandra Mendoca.
Sandy was my sons classmate, and a very sweet, honest, and genuine young lady, even as a child.
Sandy would be 31 this year.
When my son heard she was murdered, at first he could not believe it.
Then he wept. He kept saying, no she can't be dead, not like that.
He went to St.Catherines School with her, from age 5, from Kindergarten.
He said, Sandy was the best, a model student, and liked by the entire class.
Sometimes she ignored him, when he got in an impish-rascal-prankster mode. He use to say, Sandy does'nt like me mom, cause I naughty. Yet even as a small child, he respected her sincere, moral character, exemplary behavior, and demeanor.
Till this day he is in disbelief, and schocked, that anyone would hurt, this beautiful young lady.
We both still pray for Sandra.
I pray for all who suffer from, violent acts against women, and children.
I offer my deepest sympathy, to the family, and will include you in my prayers.
God bless you, in your time of grief. I pray you find some peace. " "
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HiKauai wrote on Feb 11, 2009 9:08 AM:
RE: 2/11/2009 and the above topic
Can we cut out the "EXPLETIVE" here. Everyone knows if you are or were affiliated with high school at one time in your life in Waimea, Kauai, you would know that you do not place one of the three stooges willing to work at Kentucky fried chicken and place him at the vice principal's seat at Waimea High School. We all know that BOE and DOE played no roll in this nonsense of students being athletes then becomming success in the respected choice of degree and field like a BA degree. An example, you cannot put someone like a Pereira or even an Aaron Francisco from Kahuku High School, now former Arizona Cardinals NFL, as a BA candidtate after a prolific showing in sports. It just does not work that way. We all know that they cannot be serious placing academics after a 10 year assistant coach with a rediculous man/educator and/or coach if I might add like Tommy Rita of the 1980's and then expect him, Patrick Pereira to educate people in 2000's after being associated with dumb athletes all their life and now turn to academics. Now they educate people? Ha! What are we looking at here is basically a rediculous and dumber community than most perceived DOE standard base learning. Otherwise throw this article out already, alright?
best regards,
Dean Kelly Sabado "