Have you seen Kaaawa’s sign?
By ilind | June 23, 2008
Kaaawa’s sign has gone missing again, perhaps a victim of the June 2 accident that knocked down a pole and power lines in the same location.
Photos following the accident show that the sign was no longer visible in its spot in front of the bridge at the entrance to Kaaawa.
If you know who took the sign or where it is now, please contact Kaaawa.net (email ian@ilind.net).
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Crouching Lion hit with big EPA fine
By ilind | June 19, 2008
The former owners of Kaaawa’s Crouching Lion Inn have been fined $42,000 for failing to close the old cesspool that served the restaurant, according to a recent report in Pacific Business News.
Meanwhile, the grand reopening of the Crouching Lion under new ownership is scheduled for Saturday afternoon, June 21, and the news reports say it will open to the public a week later.
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April mornings in Kaaawa
By ilind | June 12, 2008
For another month’s favorite photos from our early morning walks through the community, just click on the photo below.
Enjoy!
Oh–you can also meet the various dogs we meet while walking, as well as get familiar with our cats at home.
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Catching up on Kaaawa mornings in February and March
By ilind | May 8, 2008
I’ve fallen behind in sharing photos taken as the sun rises in Kaaawa, so here are two recent monthly collections. Click on the photos for the monthly galleries.
February 2008
March 2008
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An April sunrise
By ilind | May 8, 2008
Just a reminder of Kaaawa’s beauty. It’s sunrise seen from Swanzy Beach Park on the morning of April 5, 2008.
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Last two weeks of school before summer break
By ilind | May 8, 2008
There are only two weeks left before school is out for summer break (although no longer the long summer vacation we enjoyed as kids).
We crossed paths with this clump of students heading for Kaaawa Elementary, just a few blocks down the road, at about 7 a.m. on recent morning.
As one friend said about the photo: “It does my heart good to see children riding bikes to school as I and my children did–wouldn’t dare do it in my higher income area or most other places on the mainland-we have lost so much in the way of safety, trust and freedom.”
Just click on the photo for a larger version.
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Former banana patch gives way to speculative development
By ilind | April 20, 2008
For all you former Kaaawa residents, remember the corner on Lihimauna Road where the old banana patch was? The banana patch is long gone, the victim first of bunchy top virus and now by speculative development. The developer who has already built two houses next door has now excavated the hillside and has a steel framed, largely pre-fab home going up. This is a photo taken from above, looking down towards the ocean.
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Manager’s Ridge reports dwindling cash while U.S. Trustee pushes for liquidation
By ilind | April 1, 2008
Manager’s Ridge LLC, which has proposed a 140-home project on 58 acres of former-Campbell Estate land in Kahuku remains mired in bankruptcy and its last round of cash quickly running out.
According to a reort filed by bankruptcy attorney Jerrold K. Guben, Manager’s Ridge had no income during the month of February while it spent $33,434.24 to keep current on its property taxes and monthly payment promised to its primary lender. As of the end of February, the company had just $1,007.05 left of the $100,000 cash infusion received late last year.
The glum financial news came after the U.S. Bankruptcy Trustee assigned to the case moved to force the company to move the case from a Chapter 11 bankruptcy to a liquidation under Chapter 7 in which all the company’s assets would be sold off to pay creditors.
In a motion filed in federal bankruptcy court on March 20, the Office of the US Trustee said it had requested but never received the company’s bank statements for the six-month period leading up to the bankruptcy filing, “a projection of income and expenses for six months, financial statements, and its last filed income tax returns for 2006.”
Those documents were requested on September 19, 2007, and have not been received, the motion states. In addition, according to the Trustee’s Office, Manager’s Ridge failed to file its monthly operating reports for September through November 2007, and January 2008.
The company’s January and February reports showing rapidly dwindling cash were filed on March 31, the records show.
The company continues to owe more than $200,000 to creditors, the latest accounting shows.
A court hearing is scheduled for April 14 to consider whether the company should be forced to liquidate its remaining assets.
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Kaaawa in January
By ilind | March 23, 2008
Here’s my selection of Kaaawa photos from January. Just click on the photo for more.
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Community Association to elect board members at March 11 meeting
By ilind | March 6, 2008
The Kaaawa Community Association is scheduled to meet on Tuesday evening, March 11, to elect memers to its board of directors. The meeting will begin at 7 p.m. at Kaaawa Elementary School.
Click here for the meeting agenda, provided by current association president Reb Bellinger.
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