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Since November 2, 1999
I'm back! Just a quick post to let you know that I'm sitting here in front of a functional computer at 2:45 PM Hawaiian time and will have a daily entry posted in a few minutes.
It's about 5:15. A brief morning rain, obligatory during this part of the year, has just passed through. Now there's the sound of water dripping off of the roof, trees, and plants, along with the sound of Lindsey clawing at the screen while sitting on the deck railing just a couple of feet away, usually a signal that he wants me to get up, come out on the deck, scoop him up and carry him inside. It's a bit of a ritual. Once inside, he heads for the food and helps himself. Sometimes we repeat the process. Am i nuts or what?
I've been doing the morning walk since Monday, extending it a bit each day. The knee's holding up so far. The mornings have been spectacular. Here's a photo from yesterday.
Kaaawa dawn 10/3/01I don't know if it's officially permissible to joke about the daily news yet, but a friend sent this along to me and I thought it worth sharing.
Officials Say West Virginia Pickup Truck Crash a Terrorist ActHAWKS NEST, W.Va. -- Highways Superintendent Norville Dingle has ordered all pickup trucks off the roads and off the offroads as Mingo County deputy sheriffs converged on the scene of a fatal pickup crash into Lost Critter Creek which officials say has the earmarks of an act of terrorism.
Business leaders asked the governor to declare a state of emergency, because without pickup trucks, 97 percent of the state's population would be immobilized. "How are people going to get to Walmart?" demanded State Chamber of Commerce President Homer Gadd.
Details were sketchy as events were still unfolding, but authorities say this picture has emerged:
Turtle rancher Clifton Huckabee was leaving for the Crowderville Farmers' Market early today when he picked up an itinerant hitchhiker, Mohammed Ahmed Huntzinger, who told the driver he was en route to Our Lady of Respect Mosque in Mabscott for daily prayer.
The mosque is regarded by authorities as the home base of the Appalachian Sons of Islam movement, which a source who wished to remain anonymous hinted may be responsible for the debacle.
Deputies say that shortly after passing Seneca Rocks State Park, Hancock assaulted the driver with a plastic hubcap which he had secreted on his person.
During the attack, the truck flipped over. Two of the five people riding in the truck bed were killed outright. The other three were pronounced dead at the scene because there was no county ambulance service.
The driver was treated for cuts and bruises and the hitchhiker slipped away during the ensuing confusion.
"It's terrible," said the driver, Huckabee. "I don't know what I'll do. I lost a good 500 pounds of turtles."
The case is pending, pending an investigation.
This page will be pending as well. I'll be without computer for a few days and won't get the next daily update posted until midday on Sunday. Stop by again then.
This query from a former islander now living on the West Coast:I was curious if there was any media circle discussion about the fact that Malia Mattoch, a KHON reporter, also served as the media spokesperson for the Ho family. Heather Ho, a friend from high school, was killed in the WTC. It's quite sad, as I also knew Heather and she was quite accomplished at everything she attempted.I guess I'm curious as to whether KHON thought this was a conflict of interest, or did it see it as leveraging a relationship for a news story.
Anyway, just curious if anyone raised eyebrows on this.
An interesting question. Any reactions?
And I spotted this little barb buried in the Sept/Oct newsletter of the League of Women Voters of Honolulu. The League is questioning Castle & Cooke's planned Koa Ridge development, which would build 7,000 new homes, urbanizing the last open space in one part of central Oahu.
"Never mind the fact that on August 5 the Star-Bulletin had written glowingly of the project without mention of our objections," writes League President Pearl Johnson, obviously unhappy with the Bulletin's treatment (or lack of treatment) of the issues raised by the development plans.
And out in Kaaawa, we had the first genuinely cool night in months at the same time as the first signs of winter surf, more evidence of turning the corner to the next season.
Pacific Business News, in their current issue, recaps the charges and countercharges in the ongoing war of words between the Advertiser and Star-Bulletin over circulation numbers. The story, by Debbie Sokei, was noted today by national media columnist Jim Romenesko's MediaNews.There's still another wrinkle, according to S-B writer Burl Burlingame.
The Audit Bureau of Circulations, once they discovered that Gannett was using private correspondence from them as the centerpiece of a campaign to cast mud on the Star-Bulletin, immediately sent a strongly worded demand that Gannett cease such practices immediately. I've seen the letter, but won't post it -- precisely because it's a private communication between ABC and Gannett.Meanwhile, S-B owner David Black is due to arrive in Honolulu today. Over the next couple of weeks, he's expected to make another round of visits to advertisers, government officials, business leaders, and others around town, probably to gauge their reactions to the new Star-Bulletin and again urge their support to maintain a two-newspaper city.
It was dark and threatening in Kaaawa yesterday morning. This photo was taken on the way back towards home. The sun had been up for 15 minutes or more, but you couldn't really tell. Luckily, the rain didn't start until we were within a block of the house, so we escaped without getting soaked. As usual, click on the photo to see a larger version.
High surf is expected along the North Shore this morning, another sign of the change of seasons. October is supposed to usher in Hawaii's rainy season, but we'll see. Some are predicting another dry year. That will hurt.
Monday morning
Those pesky spell checkers strike again, this time in today's Honolulu Advertiser. The headline from an online article, mirrored on the 'Tiser's main page: "More than 800 families to loose welfare Dec. 1." Is that something like loose slots? I imagine this will get corrected as soon as someone over there reads this entry.And over at starbulletin.com, seems the headlines on the home page are all in the wrong sections. The webmaster got the news right, but the features section has the sports heads; travel section is OK, but the sports heading carries the business heads. Business carries the editorial heads and the editorial heading carries last week's headlines.
Seems like the snafu bug has bit everyone today.
Are cues needed for those "spontaneous" reactions we see on the broadcast news. Apparently so. Over at Channel 2 (KHON), a cue to "shake head" was carefully included on the teleprompter for last night's report of the arrest of a 14-year old boy for the murder of a 6-year old girl in Puna. Then it was dutifully reported for public consumption when the script was posted online.
<"All I can say is he took my daughter, my only daughter. And she was so nice so loving, she was God's child, and he just took her.>" Puna councilman Gary Safarik knows the Tadeo family and came by to offer his condolences. <"We're shocked here in Puna, and we're just trying to show support for the family.shake head
Bravo for letting us see how it's done.
Honolulu Weekly editor Curt Sanburn's week didn't start well. Here's his description of Sunday:
Had a long day. It started when the dog dug up the sprinkler system next to the "family room" at my parents' -- the big room off to the right with the open wall. Then last night the sprinkler system went on and sprayed a constant stream into the room, onto the sofa, magazines, coffee table, rug,etc. Then my car broke down. Then the art director lost the cover story on the computer only to find it after two hours of panic.And I'm off to get the coffee maker ready to go, and then head out for a walk on the beach.
It took a bit of "cheating", but I walked on the beach yesterday morning for the first time in more than a week. I actually drove down to Kaaawa beach, parked, and met Meda for the portion of our walk that winds along the coast until the beach ends in a rocky point.
This morning I skipped the drive and walked the whole route, but shortened it by skipping the loop that normally takes us back up the road behind the fire station and along the lower end of our property. What a relief to get down to the beach and back with just a little stiffness to show for it.
It's funny how much you miss the daily ritual, and how much of a difference it makes in the day's outlook.
Yesterday morning in Kaaawa
There's a rumor going 'round that former Star-Bulletin editorial page editor and columnist Diane Chang is going to file suit over her dismissal.I asked her about it yesterday. Her equivocal reply: "Where do these rumors come from?"
Speaking of former S-B'ers, Peter Wagner has vacated his office at Honolulu Publishing after putting out the October issue of Island Business magazine. The mag's been sold to the publisher of rival Hawaii Business, and Peter's back on the job market.
And so it goes.
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