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A dive video by a friend in Kaaawa

June 26th, 2010 · No Comments · General, Windward

From Kaaawa resident and dive enthusiast Rob Whitton pointed me to his video from a recent dive on the North Shore.

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Please support Tanya in the Life Foundation AIDS Walk

April 16th, 2010 · No Comments · General

Tanya Aiau, a friend and former neighbor who still lives in Kaaawa, is hoping to find sponsors for her participation in this Sunday’s Life Foundation AIDS Walk.
I hope you’ll give her your support!
Since I am a Ka’a’awa resident and you have such a huge readership on your blog…..I thought you might be willing to share [...]

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Change in the world of Kaaawa peacocks!

April 1st, 2010 · No Comments · General, Photos

Oh, oh!
Somethings going on in the world of the Kaaawa peacocks.
For several days, we’ve heard a loud peacock cry early in the morning, sounding louder than usual.
This morning we found out why.
The Big Peacock, the one with the big tail feathers, has apparently decided to roost in the huge banyan tree on the side of [...]

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$250 reward for return of lost turtle

March 27th, 2010 · No Comments · General

Sign posted on a telephone pole in front of the Kaaawa Fire Station. Pass the word!

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Town Hall meeting on Thursday to discuss district concerns, bills moving through the Legislature

March 22nd, 2010 · No Comments · General, Politics

Bring your questions and concerns about community issues and bills moving through the Legislature to a town hall meeting being hosted by Rep. Jessica Wooley in Kahuluu on Thursday night, March 25. The meeting is scheduled to start at 6 p.m. and be over by 7:30 at the Kahaluu Elementary cafeteria (47-280 Waihee Road).
Rep. Wooley [...]

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Still waiting for the waves

February 27th, 2010 · No Comments · General, Photos

The students at Kaaawa Elementary School hold regular tsunami drills where they walk from the school to the upper part of Kaaawa up by our house, safely out of the tsunami inundation zone.
Many Kaaawa residents did the same thing today, driving up and setting up camp along Olohu Road with their kids, dogs, cats, [...]

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Did you lose an earring?

January 17th, 2010 · No Comments · General

We found this earring on Hauhele Road near the corner of Puakenikeni a couple of days ago.
It’s a nice earring.
Email me if it’s yours [ian(at)ilind.net].

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Complaint challenges neighborhood board vote in support of Envision Laie

October 20th, 2009 · No Comments · General, Politics

The Koolauloa Neighborhood Board’s vote to support the “Envision Laie Development Plan” and a proposed 1,200 new homes is being challenged by two board members, who say violations of the sunshine law and glaring conflict of interests should nullify the vote.
Following sometimes heated public testimony at a special July 31 public hearing, members of Neighborhood [...]

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Different views

October 17th, 2009 · No Comments · General, Photos

Instead of the usual sunrise views, a couple of other images caught my eye this morning on the walk back from the beach.
Both photos were taken about a block from home. The first shows the clean-up from what appears to have been a big day of fishing.

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From Kaaawa to New York, Milan, and Paris!

September 28th, 2009 · No Comments · General

Kaaawa resident Katelin Lindgard has suddenly hit the big time.
Last year she was one of the neighborhood kids entering high school and wondering what life had in store.
Suddenly she’s a hit on the international modeling scene, with recent high profile appearances in New York, Milan, and Paris.
Here’s what happened. She took a modeling class. Then [...]

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