• ‘The Crucible’ deserves more viewers • Aloha spirit • Discrimination? • Effective leaders listen to more than majority ‘The Crucible’ deserves more viewers Kaua‘i High School’s performance of “The Crucible” was amazing! The actors took you to a dark
• ‘The Crucible’ deserves more viewers • Aloha spirit • Discrimination? • Effective leaders listen to more than majority
‘The Crucible’ deserves more viewers
Kaua‘i High School’s performance of “The Crucible” was amazing! The actors took you to a dark world and explored an Arthur Miller play that he himself would have loved.
Please reduce the ticket price so more people can see this show — the talented actors deserve a better turnout!
An audience of 25 people had to be a major let-down to the actors and Dennis McGraw for the many months of hard work that went into this award-winner.
There are only three shows left. Please, Kaua‘i, show some support and bless these kids for their talent and hard work.
If the power-to-be will drop the price to $5 and sold 500 tickets, the return would be $2,500 versus $600 and you would make not only the actors happy, you would be making a statement that we need programs like this in the future. The arts are as important as sports.
Ronald Horoshko, HCT
Kalaheo
Aloha spirit
We’d like to extend a huge mahalo to Jim and Joy, who reside “somewhere in the hills above Kapa’a,” for opening their home and hearts to Tony and Linda Vergara from San Diego, during the resent tsunami evaluation.
Tony and Linda drove into the community college parking lot looking for an evacuation center and “higher grounds.” Jim and Joy were leaving an abruptly interrupted play, and graciously offered to escort us to their home, where they kindly provided us with lovely, comfortable accommodations for the night, coffee, avocados and oranges from their trees.
They could have just as easily pointed us “uphill,” but rather went out of their way to take us on an adventurous winding tour of Wai’ale’ale foothills. Waking up in the morning to the native birds singing, roosters crowing and the gentle sound of the rain hitting the fauna will remain a fond memory of our exciting visit to Kaua’i.
Jim and Joy provided us another lesson in human kindness and hospitality that we will treasure in our hearts, and pass forward to others who happen along our journey of life.
Thank you, Jim and Joy!
Linda L. Vergara
Antonio T. Vergara
San Diego, Calif.
Discrimination?
In 1960, John F. Kennedy was the candidate for president. Many people at that time remarked that, due to his Catholic religion, the pope would run the United States. We all know that did not happen.
Today we have a very qualified man running for president who people have only referred to as “the Mormon” without acknowledging his accomplishments. As a two-term governor of Massachusetts, he ran the state with a balanced budget — first time in many years. He certainly did not have a rubber-stamp state legislation but managed to get bipartisanship cooperation to get it done.
His political and business dealings are open policy so we the citizens are aware of what is happening. He is surrounded by friends and family that are good Americans and his background shows that he has always had a love of our precious country.
Mitt Romney has donated much time and many dollars to charitable organizations, people in need and his church. He is interested in how we as every day people are getting along and works on whatever group of people he needs to and stands firm in his conviction and pledge to our country.
Isn’t this the type of man we want to represent us? In this time of turmoil in the world we need Mitt Romney.
Oh, yes, about him being Mormon … well, so is Sen. Harry Reid and I’ve never heard anyone even mention that about him.
Sandi Sterker
Kalaheo
Effective leaders listen to more than majority
This election year has shown to be one in which misrepresentations, misperceptions and skewed personal traits and beliefs have inundated the media. I do have my own personal bias and beliefs and acknowledge these despite the consequences. While listening to the various campaigns, I am compelled to present another viewpoint or perspective on the candidate Linda Lingle.
Addressing my own bias, I am not a supporter of Ms. Lingle. Hearing this, Lingle supporters may be inclined to cast off the remainder of this letter without hearing a contrary viewpoint. However, the purpose of this is to present another viewpoint/perspective of her campaign efforts.
The point I would like to counter is her portrayal as a leader who “listens to the people.” The question here would be, what group of people does she listen to. An effective leader not only listens to those in the majority, authority or influence, but more importantly those that are at a disadvantage and then advocate solutions.
This was not the case during the (in my opinion mismanaged) so-called Superferry project. Much research and thought on this event resulted in a book “The Superferry Chronicles” by Jerry Mander and Koohan Paik which will give readers a good insight to then-Gov. Lingle’s inability to “listen” and work in a bipartisan situation.
Dennis Chun
Lihu‘e
