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BY DUANE A. VACHON - If you have ever been in Tennessee and crossed the Tennessee River on the Lt. Alexander “Sandy” Bonnyman Memorial Bridge, you might have wondered about Lt. Alexander Bonnyman. Lt. Bonnyman, known as “Sandy” to his friends, was born on May 2nd 1910. He was a United States Marine Corps officer [...]
Slate has compiled their annual list of the 80 most influential people in America over 80 years old. For the second year in a row, Mormon President Thomas S. Monson stands atop the list. As the divine prophet, seer, and revelator for 5.5 million Americans and more than 12 million people around the world, he’s [...]
WAIMANALO, HAWAII – There will be a celebration of Hawaii Radio and Entertainment pioneer Krash Kealoha in his hometown of Waimanalo. Krash Kealoha, whose real name is Victor Opiopio will also be honored as part of the Waimanalo Christmas Parade from 9 am-11 am on December 11, 2010. Andrew Jamila Jr., Waimanalo Christmas Parade Founder [...]
WHITMORE VILLAGE — Helemano Farms, local grower of thousands of Christmas Trees in Central Oahu, is open for the holidays and selling thick, evergreen Leyland Cypress Christmas trees as well as traditional and gorgeous Norfolk Pines. Prices for all of our Norfolk Christmas trees are the same as last year – only $40 for Norfolks [...]
HONOLULU, HAWAII – Kaiser Permanente today presented a $20,000 grant to the Institute of Human Services to support vocational skills training in urban agriculture and an edible gardening initiative in conjunction with IHS’ Rooftop Garden project at its Women’s and Family Shelter. “Kaiser Permanente is pleased to partner with the Institute for Human Services to [...]
On July 5th, 2006, Hawai‘i Pacific University named Daryl Kapis as its new women’s volleyball coach. After a season of inputting a new system and style of play, Coach Kapis has done nothing but climb the ladder with more wins every season with his Lady Sea Warriors. This year he guided them to an 18-6 [...]
BY MICHAEL R. FOX PHD - Well now he tells us. As reported recently in the Investor’s Business Daily (IBD) (http://tinyurl.com/36tscyk), Al Gore came clean on his fantasies of the benefits of biofuels. Well away from the American people whom he helped skewer, his recent confessional speech in Greece was missed by a lot of [...]
Secret U.S. diplomatic cables published by the WikiLeaks website reveal that most of the 200 U.S. tactical nuclear weapons based in Europe are located in Belgium, the Netherlands, Germany and Turkey. NATO spokeswoman Oana Lungescu told VOA the leaking of any classified information, diplomatic or military, was "illegal, irresponsible and dangerous". She declined to say [...]
A White House spokesman is calling on China to press North Korea to end what he calls that state's "belligerent behavior." Robert Gibbs said Tuesday Beijing has an "obligation" to send such a message to Pyongyang. China is the main diplomatic and economic supporter of its impoverished neighbor. Gibbs also said Washington remains committed to [...]
The University of Hawaii at Mānoa College of Education Department of Special Education was awarded $1.2 million by the U.S. Department of Education for the Pacific Region Special Education Leadership Training Project. The project will provide six doctoral scholars up to $30,000 per year each for four years to develop competencies in three areas – [...]
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