I found this fragment of a letter from the legendary paddler and surfer, Tom Zahn, among my dad’s papers. It’s the final page of a longer letter. I believe it was addressed to my dad, then president of the Waikiki Surf Club. Zahn mentions in the letter that he was 26 years old at the [...]
Here’s another fabulous old photo and a test for the sleuthing skills of readers. According to the caption, it’s the First Distinguished Service Award Community Dinner, held January 22, 1941, at the Pacific Club in Honolulu. The award dinner was sponsored by the Junior Chamber of Commerce. Click on the photo for a greatly enlarged [...]
A Hawaii-based travel web site has been hit by a lawsuit brought by Righthaven, a company that has partnered with Stephens Media, owner of the Hawaii Tribune-Herald and West Hawaii Today, to sue over 100 bloggers across the country for allegedly violating the company’s copyrights by reprinting stories from its newspapers. Named in the suit [...]
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