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Upfront NewsSeptember 01, 2011 | 07:33 AMby Sara TekulaIt's 10:12pm on Thursday, Aug. 25, and I'm pooped. After packing and running errands for several days in preparation for nearly two months on the road, I've just succeeded in scooting off to the Kahului Airport, arriving curbside mere minutes before final boarding call to Oahu. |
Coconut WirelessSeptember 01, 2011 | 07:45 AMby Anthony PignataroHe's been out of office since the first weeks of 2007, but former U.S. Congressman Ed Case has returned to fight again. During the early evening hours of Friday, Aug. 26, Democrat Case held his first official meet-and-greet for supporters and well-wishers on Maui as part of his campaign to succeed U.S. Senator Daniel Akaka, who has decided... |
Upfront News 2September 01, 2011 | 07:35 AMby Anthony PignataroOn Monday, Aug. 29, state and federal wildlife officials descended on the East Maui Animal Refuge — the famous "Boo Boo Zoo" — and seized 17 birds as part of a new law enforcement action against the shelter. Ken Foote, a U.S. Fish & Wildlife spokesman, said agents were enforcing the Migratory Bird Treaty Act when they seized the birds, which included owls, finches, egrets and cardinals. |
Upfront News 3September 01, 2011 | 07:37 AMby Jen RussoValley Isle Gymnastics will host their eighth annual Cartwheel Festival on Sept. 10 in honor of National Gymnastics Day and has named the Special Olympics Maui as their beneficiary. Owner Rusty Gage says they wish to make an immediate impact on the island. |
News of the WeirdSeptember 01, 2011 | 07:41 AMby Chuck ShepherdIn McGehee, a town of 4,200 in southeastern Arkansas, a black girl (Kym Wimberly) who had finished first in her senior class was named only "co-"valedictorian after officials at McGehee High changed the rules to avoid what one called a potential "big mess." As a result, in an ironic twist on "affirmative action," the highest-scoring white student was... |
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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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