Tuesday, May 29, 2012
50 years of service in solemnity
Al Rodrigues listened politely Sunday as speaker after speaker waxed reverential on the significance of the USS Arizona Memorial in keeping the events of Dec. 7, 1941, alive in the national memory and on the monument's singular ability to evoke feelings of hope, pride and forgiveness.
Project seeks to reset family ties
THE GREAT WAR, later to be known as World War I, ended for 24-year-old Marine Corps Capt. Edward Canfield Fuller on the bloody fields of France on June 12, 1918.
Kahele takes home 6 prizes at Na Hoku Hanohano Awards
Kuana Torres Kahele, founding member of perennially popular Hawaiian traditionalists Na Palapalai, proved equally popular as a solo artist Sunday night as the Hawai‘i Academy of Recording Arts announced the winners of the 2012 Na Hoku Hanohano Awards.
Paddling: Ka Mamalahoe off to fast Hui Wa'a start
With a victory in the inaugural men's 65 race at the Na Ohana O Na Hui Wa‘a outrigger canoe paddling organization's season-opening Kamehameha Regatta on Sunday at Keehi Lagoon, paddlers from Ka Mamalahoe Canoe Club proved that old dogs, indeed, can learn new tricks.
Getting the word
The Queen's Medical Center has started using a real-time video interpretation service for patients who do not speak English.
5 Things We Love: Lush offers stylish re-usable gift wraps
Give gifts a touch of flair with reusable Knot Wraps • Look for favorable flights on Hipmunk website • Social climbers, fortune hunters join forces in ‘English Lord' • Spicy ahi dish at Four Seasons is well worth return trip to Lanai • Find local-style pork rinds in stores, online
Cazimero represents Aloha State in Miss USA
It’s not surprising that Brandie Cazimero has musical talent since it definitely runs in her bloodlines. The 26-year-old beauty queen’s great uncles are Robert and Roland, otherwise know as the Brothers Cazimero.
If the scene Saturday night at Honolulu Airport was indeed the last 6-year-old Abriana Detty will see of Hawaii, it could hardly have been more appropriate.
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U.S. Rep. Mazie Hirono, evoking the financial challenges she faced growing up, told Democrats on Sunday that she understands the families still struggling in the economy and would fight for them if elected to the U.S. Senate.
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The Queen's Medical Center has started using a real-time video interpretation service for patients who do not speak English.
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ARLINGTON, Va. >> President Barack Obama paid tribute Monday to the men and women who have died defending America, saying the country must strive "to be a nation worthy of your sacrifice." Story »
- Island Images: May 2012 [Part 3]
- Memorial Day at the Hawaii State Veterans Cemetery
- Island Images: Memorial Day at Punchbowl, May 28, 2012
- Island Images: Arizona Memorial 50th Anniversary Commemoration
- Island Images: 24th Annual Memorial Day Commemoration
- Island Images: Marines remember
- American Idol Finale Show
- Island Images: Rush-hour traffic, May 22, 2012
- Island Images: The Maori King visit
- Remembering Robin Gibb
- Ring of Fire Eclipse
- Island Images: Arizona Memorial at Pearl Harbor
- Island Images: May 2012 [Part 2]
- Island Images: Baseball, Hawaii vs Nevada [Part 2]
Last weekend, a group of volunteers dutifully made their way into the workspace near the Shinnyo-en Buddhist temple on South Beretania Street to help prepare prayer lanterns for this year's Lantern Floating Hawaii Ceremony on Memorial Day. Story »
THE GREAT WAR, later to be known as World War I, ended for 24-year-old Marine Corps Capt. Edward Canfield Fuller on the bloody fields of France on June 12, 1918.
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The afternoon before the Quick Draw, the final event of last year's inaugural Kauai Plein Air Invitational, Oahu artist Susie Anderson and her husband drove to the Kalalau Lookout, a scenic spot they hadn't visited in 30 years. Story »
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Give gifts a touch of flair with reusable Knot Wraps • Look for favorable flights on Hipmunk website • Social climbers, fortune hunters join forces in ‘English Lord' • Spicy ahi dish at Four Seasons is well worth return trip to Lanai • Find local-style pork rinds in stores, online Story »
WEST POINT, N.Y. >> For two centuries, the U.S. Military Academy has produced generals for the United States’ wars, among them Ulysses S. Grant, Robert E. Lee, George S. Patton and David H. Petraeus.
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