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Entries from September 7th, 2009

Monday (3)…Kaaawa peacock visitor

September 7th, 2009 · No Comments · General, Kaaawa

I suppose we should start worrying that three peacocks are dropping by our house in the afternoon. We’ve been here to see them maybe three times in the last week. This handsome peacock dropped by on Labor Day afternoon. His two friends were out in the front yard while he stopped by to see what [...]

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Monday (2)…A 1949 family luau in Waipahu

September 7th, 2009 · 6 Comments · History, Photographs

A couple of weeks ago, my mother sent me off with an old shoe box filled with negatives, most dating back a half-century or more. Some appear to be about the size of 35mm film and tightly wound up in long strips inside old film containers or wrapped around Kodak boxes like this one. Some [...]

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Monday (Labor Day)…Advertiser volleyball program violates NCAA rules, DOE policy shields students from recruiters, Seattle Times column on a great government program, consumer blog takes on Cash4Gold

September 7th, 2009 · 4 Comments · Blogs, General, Media

It’s Labor Day. Nothing major today. Star-Bulletin reporter Cindy Luis writes that a volleyball program published by the Honolulu Advertiser as part of their relationship with the UH Athletic Department contained an advertisement that violated NCAA rules, and that it has been voluntarily reported to the NCAA by UH officials. Hawaii athletic director Jim Donovan [...]

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