• Sen. Inouye was a friend to the U.S. Forest Service • Leading by example • Big mahalo from Mililani • Missing landmark • It’s a memorial, not a party • People experience God differently Sen. Inouye was a friend
• Sen. Inouye was a friend to the U.S. Forest Service • Leading by example • Big mahalo from Mililani • Missing landmark • It’s a memorial, not a party • People experience God differently
Sen. Inouye was a friend to the U.S. Forest Service
Sen. Inouye was a long-time advocate and supporter of the U.S. Forest Service’s research efforts in Hawai‘i and the Pacific Islands. He was instrumental in the establishment of the Pacific Southwest Research Station’s Institute of Pacific Islands Forestry and the Hawai‘i Experimental Tropical Forest on the Island of Hawai‘i.
Sen. Inouye’s legacy will ensure the enduring and dynamic range of research activities throughout the region for generations to come. His leadership, innovation and dedication are greatly appreciated and will be dearly missed.
We look forward to continuing our innovative research and ongoing efforts to conserve, restore, and sustain the natural resources of the Hawaiian and Pacific Islands.
Alexander L. Friend
Station Director
USDA Forest Service Pacific
Southwest Research Station
Albany, Calif.
Leading by example
As we move swiftly through the holiday season including Christmas and the pending New Year, please take the time to reflect upon the following:
1. What can you do, as often as possible, to make someone happy through a random act of kindness?
2. How can you be a part of the solution to a problem?
These may be the kinds of things we should be focusing on in addressing the concerns and issues right where we are.
We have become so numbed with the constant barrage of pain and anguish that comes with tragedy, and as a consequence, it may have negatively impacted the ways in which inter-relate with one another.
We need to re-connect compassionately with one another. It takes effort. There will be risks. It requires trust. That is what “living aloha” is all about.
There is much to be gained in collaborative efforts that may solve a problem or bring success to a project.
Clearly, we need to make the effort to establish and retain ways in which we take care of ourselves, each other, and be respectful of one another and our environment. If not, all that we have will be diminished or lost.
Shouldn’t this be a resolution we all can make — and hopefully keep?
Jose Bulatao Jr.
Kekaha
Big mahalo from Mililani
We just got back from your beautiful island. On behalf of the players, coaches, and families of Mililani U14, I want to send a big mahalo to the tournament director and the players and families of Teams Kaulupono and Kamkaze for hosting us to ono meals after our games against your teams.
We had a great time, due to your generous aloha spirit. It was a positive experience that our girls will remember for a long time. Mahalo also to Kaua‘i High School JV girls and Kapa‘a Ballers.
Mahalo once again to all for the friendly competition, good sportsmanship, and aloha spirit shown to us visitors to Kaua‘i.
Keone Kuniyoshi
Mililani
Missing landmark
Myles at the Po‘ipu Beach lifeguard station is not on point this Christmas. We have been frequent visitors for years and have been blessed with multiple Myles experiences.
My kids consider talking to Myles on top of their to do lists when helping us plan this year’s adventures. They always have four or five ocean creature questions they have written down that they think Myles can answer.
Knowing Myles has turned our visits into a much richer experience. He proactively engages people in a 100 foot sphere around him and makes people truly appreciate what lifeguards represent. They aren’t pool lifeguards, they are also ambassadors to the ocean and people of Hawai‘i. I am saddened not for my losses but those who are having their first visit to Po‘ipu Beach this year and will not be able to share my experiences. It’s like the green flash at sunset is on hold.
Jason Sandmaier and family
Mercer Island, Wash.
It’s a memorial, not a party
It’s Sunday, and just got through watching the ten o’clock KHON2 News Report. They mentioned that each island will have their own memorial for the late Sen. Daniel Inouye.
There was an interview with Mayor Carvalho with an announcement of the memorial. At one point in the interview the mayor says, we will have the memorial Hawaiian style!
Mayor, this is not a party we are going to. It is a respectful memorial of the Sen. Inouye.
Deepest sympathy to the family and my prayer be with you.
“May you be comforted during this time of lost and grief!”
Howard Tolbe
‘Ele‘ele
People experience God differently
Kudos to Jason Nichols for Saturday’s letter for expressing how he experiences God.
Just about everyone acknowledges there is a God.
Same belief, different way to get there. However, to insist your way is the only way smacks of a lack of faith in your self and your belief. And zero tolerance
Namaste.
Ray Holmes
Kapa‘a
