BY J. ARTHUR RATH - Protestant Missionary influences remained ingrained in boarders’ lives at Kamehameha School for Boys in the Forties. In addition to daily devotional services, school chaplains taught weekly classes, and their offices were open for student visits. Closest friends and I trained to become Sunday School teachers, we were in the Hi-Y, [...]
WAILUKU, Maui, Hawai`i – Demolition crews working at the site of the old Wailuku Post Office/Federal Building this morning discovered a time capsule dating back to 1959. Contract workers for Betsill Brothers Construction were in the process of removing the cornerstone of the building when they discovered a rectangular metal cannister underneath. Workers were at the time trying to preserve the [...]
BY Sonja Keala - There is more than one way to spend a day here in the Islands. If you want to mix up your beach lounging and salt-water soaking with something both cultural and educational, an endangered bird tour may be a perfect way to immerse yourself in the Islands and come out with a [...]
BY J. ARTHUR RATH III - Even though he looked more like a sumo wrestler than a youth, we always called John Colburn “Boy.” He was very Hawaiian—sweet natured, big hearted, and quick with a compliment. During football games, he’d flatten an opposing lineman, then extend his hand to help him the player up. The respect Boy [...]
BY J. ARTHUR RATH III - He’d had a great time during a side trip to Hilo in 1969 until the Southern Banker discovered he was without money to pay the food and bar bill. (Dollars may have slipped from his pocket during paying the cab fare to get here.) He asked to talk the [...]
BY J. ARTHUR RATH III - Ways Hawaii causes you to look, relax and interact are influenced by American Civil War Generals, Kearny, Butterfield, and Hawaii-born Armstrong. Pull-on Identity: Loose-fitting “Aloha Shirts” are considered “dress-up” clothing in Hawaii. Pull-over shirts for casual wear make a statement--it might be “Aloha,” meaning “hello” or “affection,” or something [...]
Lucy Adams, REALTOR (S) - Did you know the only congressionally chartered Botanical Gardens in the U.S. are on Kauai? Well, it’s true and they are called the “National Tropical Botanical Gardens!” There are two: The 80-acre Allerton Garden The approximate 200-acre McBryde Garden Both are located on Kauai’s beautiful south shore and are open for visitors to enjoy the beautiful tropical plants – [...]
BY Lucy Adams, REALTOR (S) - For over 79 years, filmmakers have had a love affair with the Island of Kauai. Just 6 hours from the west coast, Kauai becomes the perfect setting for almost any tropical place and has been filmed representing Africa, Australia, Southeast Asia, Central and South America, and many other “make believe places.” Some [...]
BY J. ARTHUR RATH III - I remember fish and flags waving above doors in Hawaii’s communities to express indoor feelings. Paper fish hung from Japanese homes on “Boy Day”--littler the child, bigger the fish. Seeing a huge red mullet flapping in the wind at the side of a house down the street caused me to yell to [...]
BY Miriam Perlmutter, REALTOR (B), BIC Amidst my day-to-day hustle being the Broker-In-Charge on the North Shore of Kauai, I wanted to take a moment and share a piece of my personal life with everyone. Well, more so my husband’s life, and what he does for our daughter and her friends. You see…he’s a surfer. What [...]
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