• Now Wait A Minute Sir… • Humane society questions • No aloha (shirt) • Mahalo Now Wait A Minute Sir… The bike and walking path is an encouragement to healthier life styles. This is a family or individual oriented
• Now Wait A Minute Sir…
• Humane society questions
• No aloha (shirt)
• Mahalo
Now Wait A Minute Sir…
The bike and walking path is an encouragement to healthier life styles. This is a family or individual oriented activity that enhances ones life. Walking is basic to virtually all the population and should be encouraged. Most communities on the mainland are equipped with sidewalks in conjunction with the road systems. Here on Kauai, few neighborhoods have actual sidewalks. The bulk of the money for transportation has already gone to the road systems, inadequate as they may be. Now the addition of a small bicycle path is being rejected in favor of continuing to perpetuate the problems of the automobile. What we need is a good bus system in order to get a significant number of cars off the roads and alleviate the congestion. If you count, most of the vehicles on the road carry one person. A bus can carry about 50 people, which could mean 50 cars off the road. An incentive should be given initially to introduce people to the concept. Instead of encouraging more and more cars through better and more adequate road systems, lets encourage public transportation. There is so much frustration in the driving mentality. Wouldn’t it be nice to get on a bus and not have the stress of getting from point A to points B? This would give people time to study, read, relax or just socialize. It seems more logical and economical to have a system like this in place.
Cheri Ruck
Kalaheo
Humane society questions
It has now been over 3 years since I expressed my concerns about this organization in this paper, and it seems that the stories I am now hearing are reflecting the policies that I was worried about.
One of my friends went down to adopt a certain dog on Friday, and the dog had been euthanized. This doesn’t seem that unusual until you consider that the dog was brought in on Wednesday, less than forty-eight hours before by his dog owner who couldn’t keep him. My friend knew the owner, knew the dog, wanted the dog, and went down to get the dog, and it was already too late. “The dog had behavioral problems” the clerk tells him. How can you determine a mental disorder that quickly in a dog that has just been brought to a strange place and locked up with strangers and other dogs? This is a WANTED not UNWANTED dog, and he was euthanized in less than forty-eight hours on incarceration.
Another friend had a pet goat. During the fireworks on New Year’s the got became frightened and broke his leash and ran away. During the next couple of days the goat was spotted here and there, but my friend was unable to track him down. Eventually, the got was captured and turned into the Kaua‘i Humane Society. My friend went down to retrieve his goat and they wanted $80 to re-adopt his own goat. He had raised this goat from a baby, but he didn’t have $80 so the goat was euthanized. How does a goat go from being an $80 goat to a liability that needs to be eliminated?
The stories can go on, but I won’t. I just want to ask, why is it that now the Kaua‘i Humane Society is in that nice new shelter that plenty of people complained was “too nice” for the animals, there are no animals visible anywhere on the grounds?
Allan B. White,
Kalaheo
No aloha (shirt)
I watched with interest the visit of President Bush and Mrs. Bush to Honolulu. However it was obvious that they forgot to consult any protocol or etiquette authority before their visit.
Upon arrival, both Mr. and Mrs. Bush were presented with several beautifully crafted Hawaiian leis. As we all know, a great deal of time and care goes into creating such lei.
To my surprise, at the Bushes’ subsequent appearances during the day and evening, those beautiful leis were no where to be seen! This was especially insulting, since the President had been photographed at an earlier stop wearing the local garb of a foreign country!
It seems to me the President’s staff failed in their duty to coach the Bushes in local traditions – for example, what an honor it is to receive a lei and what a real gift of aloha it is.
Wearing an Aloha shirt wouldn’t have hurt, either, and would have been much more comfortable than a suit and tie.
This is a relatively small matter – but sometimes little things mean a lot!
Barbara Elmore
Lihu‘e
Mahalo
I would like to take this time to thank my many people for making my ride a success for the Aloha Week Parade 2003. First of all, to my mom Darlene for designing and making my beautiful horse lei. To my cousin Maryann and Aunty Charmane for their time to be my helping hand. My sister Sheri and baby brother Kamu for being around. To my cousin Frankie boy Hardirisay Jr. and to Shane Malina for providing all of my horses, Aunty Melissa Sugai for answering all of my endless questions, Aunty Norma Brown for my beautiful rosette ti leaf lei, Uncle Jeffrey Palama for my Akulikuli lei from the Big Island, Uncle Glen and Aunty Nora Shimazu for my leather ferns, Uncle Jerry Sanchez of Wailua Country Store for the storage of my leis, Troy Lazaro for creating my beautiful hair, Nalani Palama-Soares for helping mom for the last minute alterations. I would like to say Mom and Dad, I Love You! Thank you for supporting me in this event. And to my fiancé Joshua, Thank you for putting up with me for the past weeks. I Love You! I would like to take this time and dedicate my ride to my brother George Thronas Jr. who is away and going to college and also is employed for Walt Disney World, Florida. Although he is far away, his words of wisdom was very comforting. I love you Makali‘i and miss you.
Mahalo and Aloha,
Sharlene Leimomi Thronas,
Kaua‘i Pa‘u Princess
