• Thank you, Wilcox • Sometimes, aloha just doesn’t work • Water conservation, not drilling, the answer • New candidates, please step forward • Generous hearts make Kauai great Thank you, Wilcox I recently had the pleasure, yes, pleasure, to have
• Thank you, Wilcox • Sometimes, aloha just doesn’t work • Water conservation, not drilling, the answer • New candidates, please step forward • Generous hearts make Kauai great
Thank you, Wilcox
I recently had the pleasure, yes, pleasure, to have a surgical procedure at Wilcox Hospital. From the pre-op appointments to check in, pre-op, post-op and a couple days stay, I was thoroughly impressed with every member of the staff. Their upbeat, thoughtful and caring professionalism was a joy to be the subject of. I could not ask for more thorough care anywhere. Thank you all.
Jim Saylor, Kapaa
Sometimes, aloha just doesn’t work
This letter is in response to the article in Wednesday’s paper about the lack of aloha at the DOW meeting on the proposed well project. I have admired JoAnn Yukimura’s tenacity in flushing out a subject until she gets to the root of the matter and then making her decision on the basis of what she sees as good for this island. However, I do not agree with her for wanting aloha at the meeting from Hawaiians who are finally standing up for their rights and their land. I am glad that they are fighting for their ancestors not to be dug up by people who reside here or by businesses on the Mainland who use Kauai land to their advantage.
Do you not remember Captain Cook and the sailors who followed, spreading disease that the Hawaiians had no way to ward off and so many died? They were greeted with aloha and you know what that got them!
Do you not remember the missionaries that came over and told them that their beliefs, clothing, language and traditions were not correct. They were greeted with aloha and we know what that got them!
Then the children of the missionaries bought land for peanuts from the Hawaiians and they were treated with aloha. You know what that got them!
In this century, on Kauai, we have companies that are again spreading illness and disease to the Kauaian people in the form of pesticides. Should the Hawaii people be talking to them with aloha?
How about the new dairy that is coming here? Will we have urine and feces flooding our waters when there is a bad storm. Should they be treated with aloha?
I could go on but I think you get my message.
The time for aloha is over until we start treating Hawaiian people with the dignity they deserve.
So I say fight on Hawaiians and get what you deserve. Then you can worry about aloha.
I respect Joanne but the aloha spirit must come from us until the Hawaiians don’t feel cheated and betrayed any longer.
I say to all Hawaiians, fight on. I don’t know whether you will ever have the power to get what you want, but I hope so.
Gail Rosen, Lihue
Water conservation, not drilling, the answer
Arriving late at the Department of Water community meeting Jan. 28, the first person I saw walking from the meeting, I asked “What’s happening?” When he told me the meeting was shut down, I hugged him. He asked, “Don’t you remember me?” My reply, “You look familiar.” He told me that he was Chris from The Garden Island. I gave him a copy of the comment I had prepared and mailed to DOW. It kept with choosing one of the three alternatives: to move forward with a “solar farm” to reduce energy costs.
Occurring: April (2013), scoping meeting for the Environmental Impact Statement on DOW’s Kahili Horizontal Directional Drilled Well. The estimated cost: $80 million. Then manager of DOW, David Craddick, invited public comments on the energy efficiency and sustainability of Kauai’s water system. My comment: There isn’t any DOW policy on water conservation. It’s logical and cost effective, which raises some questions:
Doesn’t DOW have a responsibility and obligation to implement water conservation?
DOW is preparing an Environmental Impact Statement. Why are they (DOW) accepting authority?
Is this a case of the fox guarding the hen house?
Consequently, headlines sway/persuade: “Water plan meeting turns combative” (TGI, April 2013)
“Angry crowd shuts down DOW meeting on drilling project” (TGI, 1/29/14).
Past troublemakers like Jesus, Samuel Adams, Benjamin Franklin, John Hancock, Patrick Henry, Paul Revere, Gandhi, Malcolm X, and Dr. Martin Luther King Jr. are now remembered in a positive light.
According to the U.S. Bureau of Labor Statistics, humans use 1 percent of fresh water on Earth. It’s a limited resource. Water conservation helps to ensure that available water supplies are used in the most efficient ways possible. Local, regional and federal governments ought to practice and encourage water conservation.
Global climate change may pose even greater threats to our water supply.
Local municipal water conservation is typically carried out by local utilities or governments. Why not Kauai DOW?
Bonnie P. Bator, Anahola
New candidates, please step forward
Anyone willing to run against Dee Morikawa after she introduced HB2506, the Right to Farm Act? It will invalidate Kauai’s Ordinance 960.
I have a campaign contribution for you.
John Zwiebel, Kalaheo
Generous hearts make Kauai great
With all of the ugly news we see and hear daily, I just wanted to express my gratitude to the island of Kauai for its support of our children and the sports they play. An island supporting its children is the type of news we like hearing about. This “soccer mom” is so thankful to the community for supporting the Kapaa High School girls varsity soccer team!
This past weekend, we sat in front of Foodland Princeville and asked for donations to support our efforts to make it to the state tournament. Every individual was so supportive and contributory. From the last few coins in their pockets to the hundred dollar bills, we appreciate each and every contribution so much!
Thank you for making our island a great place to live!
Heather Devin, Princeville
