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For Thursday, July 9, 2009
POSTED: 01:30 a.m. HST, Jul 09, 2009
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CELEBRATING ALL THINGS KOREAN: A performer from the Sun Class Dance Korea team performed "Dance on the Meadow" during the eighth annual Korean Festival held at Kapiolani Recreational Park on Saturday, July 11, 2009. The event, presented by the Korean Chamber of Commerce, celebrated Korean culture with dance, taekwondo demonstrations, cultural displays, games, a kimchee eating contest, food and a concert by Hwan Hee.
ARTIST AT WORK: Sasha Finch held the paint as her son, Bear, painted on Saturday, July 11, 2009, on the large flower mural in "A Garden of Artists" during Artspree 2009 at the Contemporary Museum in Makiki.
FLAVOR OF THE MOUTH: Kids from the Iolani Summer Recreation program stopped at Waiola Shave Ice yesterday and get a cool treat. Tanner Wong, left, Dylan Fujihara, Evan Shigemura, Lee Horinouchi, David Camp and Marshall Motooka stuck out their tongues to see who had the most colorful.
PAINTING PORTRAITS OF THE PARISH: An “urban art” demonstration at the Parish of St. Clement in Makiki yesterday kicked off the new Makiki Farmers Market, which is a partnership among the church, the Makiki Community Library and local farmers and small businesses. Above, John “Prime” Hina, left, and Jason Southard of 808 URBAN painted portraits of the church. Hina is a former gang tagger who got into drugs and violence but has since turned things around and now counsels troubled youths. 808 URBAN is a collective of artists and volunteers seeking to improve the quality of life in low-income neighborhoods through arts workshops and other activities. The next farmers market will be held at the church on July 23.
ELABORATE BLOOMS FORM SHOW-STOPPING DISPLAY: Rick Farala of the Ewa Orchid Society prepared a floral display yesterday that will be part of the society’s annual orchid show this weekend at Ewa Elementary School. Show hours are 9 a.m. to 7 p.m. today, 9 a.m. to 6 p.m. tomorrow and 9 a.m. to 3 p.m. Sunday. The cattleya orchid Farala worked on is owned by Clem and Mary Roldan.
PLAYING BALL WITH DAD: Taysha Puahi, 8, got ready to catch a ball thrown by her father, Trent, yesterday at the Waipio Soccer Complex.
MOTHER REMEMBERS SON AT SOBER EVENT: Johanna Ramos paused in prayer Tuesday, July 7, 2009, at Kakaako Waterfront Park during Mothers Against Drunk Driving's 25th annual commemoration for people killed or injured in drunken-driving accidents. Ramos' son, Bobby Gouveia, was killed by a drunken driver in October 2006.
SCHOOL KIDS HIT THE WALL WITH PAINT: Students from Kalihi Kai Elementary worked Monday, July 6, 2009, on a mural on the construction wall surrounding McDonald's at Dillingham Boulevard and Waiakamilo Road. Jerome Baliton was among five students painting.
A TALL ORDER FOR A SMALL TRUCK: A pickup truck maneuvered down Halekauwila Street on Monday, July 6, 2009, with a load of boxes stacked nearly twice the height of the truck itself. The boxes were wrapped in plastic and strapped down to keep them in place for the ride.
CRUISIN' ON A SUNDAY AFTERNOON | A couple raced down Diamond Head Road yesterday in a three-wheel rental vehicle from Mini Coupe Hawaii.
A MUSTANG AND SOME YOUNG COLTS | Chloe Kopaz, 9, drove Kiana Inouye, 3, in a mini-Mustang yesterday with a real 1966 Mustang in the foreground during the Pro-Street Gearhead Classic II at Kapaa Quarry in Kailua. The event was a fundraiser to provide scholarships to military children whose parents are overseas.
PATRIOTIC SHAKE: 'Iolani Summer School students from kindergarten to fifth grade marched Thursday, July 2, 2009, in the school's annual Fourth of July parade. Student emcee Bronson Gouveia, dressed as Uncle Sam, shook hands with Ray Nosaka, who was honored as a special guest along with other 100th Battalion veterans. Wearing red, white and blue, students waved homemade flags and banners. Students also presented original songs and dances to celebrate Independence Day. Members of the Wounded Warriors Unit, troops wounded in combat in Iraq from the Marine Corps Base Hawaii at Kaneohe Bay, served as grand marshals.
REMEMBERING DEAD DURING OBON: With the Obon season upon us, the Rev. Yubun Narashiba of the Jodo Mission of Hawaii painted the names of the departed on planks of wood Thursday, July 2, 2009, for display in the "otoba," taking shape behind him. The church's bon dance will be held Aug. 14-15 at 7:30 p.m. Tonight there will be bon dances held at Kaneohe Higashi Hongwanji, 45-520 Keaahala Road, at 6:30 p.m. and Moiliili Hongwanji Mission, 902 University Ave., at 7:30 p.m.
A SMOOTH TRIBUTE: Pedestrians passed an urban art mural of Michael Jackson painted along the side of Kokua Market in Moiliili on Thursday, July 2, 2009.
GENEROUS SOUTH SWELL SENDS WAVE RIDERS FLYING | Bodies were flying yesterday at Sandy Beach as wave riders of all types took advantage of high surf on south shores. Patrick Davis, left, and Dennis Champagne got "good air" under their skim boards as they caught an incoming wave. Another swell is expected to arrive tomorrow and remain through the Fourth of July with heights "in excess of 8 feet and running as big as 10 feet," said National Weather Service lead forecaster Sam Houston. A series of low-pressure systems near New Zealand is causing the swell.
FIREFIGHTERS MAKE QUICK WORK OF BLAZE | Firefighters quickly doused a 25-acre wildfire behind Central Oahu Regional Park yesterday. The fire, reported at 11:30 a.m., was contained by 1 p.m. and extinguished by 3:45 p.m., fire Capt. Terry Seelig said. Flames came as close as 50 yards to a grassy field, but no one was injured or evacuated, and no structures were threatened.
STATE WORKERS TAKE FURLOUGH PROTEST TO THE CAPITOL
: State workers and their unions filled the state Capitol lawn yesterday at a rally protesting Gov. Linda Lingle's furlough plan.
: State workers and their unions filled the state Capitol lawn yesterday at a rally protesting Gov. Linda Lingle's furlough plan.
STANDING UNITED: United Public Workers State Director Dayton Nakanelua gave a passionate speech Tuesday, June 30, 2009, on the state Capitol lawn at a rally protesting Gov. Linda Lingle's furlough plan.
ALLIANCE FOR PHILIPPINE HOMES FORMS: Philippine Consul Lourdes Soliman Tabamo announced a partnership linking Western Union, the consulate, Foodland and Habitat for Humanity Philippines in an effort to build homes for families in the Philippines. She spoke Tuesday, June 30, 2009, during a luncheon at the Philippine Consulate in Nuuanu.
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