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Coconut WirelessJanuary 12, 2011 | 01:48 PMby Jacob ShaferPlastic Bag Ban Takes Effect
After much debate and discussion, Maui County's plastic bag ban is here. Effective January 11, stores can no longer provide plastic bags at the point of sale. They'll still offer paper bags, but the best thing to do—if you  |
Spin CycleJanuary 12, 2011 | 02:37 PMby Jacob ShaferModern-Day Lincoln?
They may not be able to win elections, but they sure can attract party heavyweights: After landing Karl Rove last year, the state GOP announced Newt Gingrich will headline the 2011 Lincoln Day fundraiser at Oahu's Hilton Hawaiian Village. (Top-tier tickets to |
By the NumbersJanuary 12, 2011 | 02:32 PMby Jacob Shafer13 cents
Price per kilowatt-hour of the electricity generated by a proposed 400-megawatt wind farm on Lanai, according to an agreement reached this week between Hawaiian Electric Company and Castle & Cooke; the wind farm would primarily supply power to Oahu
40 percent
Portion by which Lanaians could see their |
News of the WeirdJanuary 12, 2011 | 02:42 PMby Chuck ShepherdA now-10-year-old church in Denver ministers to (as contemplated by 1 Corinthians 4:11-13) the homeless, the reviled and the persecuted, and formally named itself after the actual words in verse 13: the "Scum of the Earth" Church. The congregation touts nonjudgmental Christianity, owns an elegant, aging building (but holds services elsewhere because of fire code violations) and is a rough mix of |
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“I’m from Seattle. It’s great there—it’s really cool and the sky is always gray…”
-Guy at Fred’s Mexican Cantina in Kihei, June 10 |
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“A shell crashed ashore. In the dun-colored houses along Kahului’s waterfront, stevedores and their women heard the gun again, like a door slamming, and again the crash of the shell. The Jap fired ten rounds in all. Then the submarine disappeared in the night. Announcing this attack on an undefended, unimportant cane-&-pineapple port, the U.S. Navy reported: no casualties, negligible damage.”
-From “Dusk in Kahului,” Time Magazine, Dec. 28, 1941 |
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