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Upfront NewsNovember 30, 2011 | 12:53 PMby Anuhea YagiProverbs about first impressions rarely account for the weight of the reputations which may precede them. In the case of famed modern artist Georgia O'Keeffe, that reputation was "she can be difficult." |
Upfront News 2November 30, 2011 | 10:59 AMby Jen RussoTwo Maui gymnasts from Valley Isle Gymnastics claimed All Around State Champions trophies at the Hawaii State Championship held at the Kona Aerials Gymastics in Kealakekua on the Big Island. Shyanne Sheldon of Kihei emerged as the All Around gold medalist, vault silver medalist, balance beam silver medalist and floor exercise silver medalist for the Level 4A division (nine-year-olds). Shyanne's all around score was the second highest of the entire meet, |
Coconut WirelessNovember 30, 2011 | 10:52 AMby Anthony PignataroABERCROMBIE FINALLY NAMES NAMES
An old rule of public relations is to save bad news releases for Fridays, when people are usually thinking more about weekends and less about government affairs. Apparently, Attorney General David Louie's people thought even Friday |
Plugs and SlugsNovember 30, 2011 | 11:03 AMby Jen RussoMaui has the world's only biodiesel rental car company in the world – Bio-Beetle – and recently they expanded their fleet to include electric vehicles. This comes right in the wake of a new county initiative to add an electric vehicle support system via the Maui Electric Vehicle Alliance. Bio-Beetle opened in January 2003 to offer the most environmentally friendly rental cars in the world.
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Upfront News 3November 30, 2011 | 11:01 AMby Jen RussoHave you ever dreamed of owning a wild animal? Of course, actually owning one would be a huge responsibility that includes possible detriments to your health and financial stability. But the Hawaii Wildlife fund offers an attractive alternative: you can adopt wildlife from them at fraction of the price it takes to keep these animals wild and safe from extinction. Hawaii Subaru has teamed up with Hawaii Wildlife Fund to help keep Hawaii wild; you will find them at the Maui Island Subaru dealership offering wild animal adoptions on Saturday, Dec. 3, from 11am to 2pm. |
News of the WeirdNovember 30, 2011 | 11:31 AMby Chuck ShepherdREPORTING SCOOP
Enterprising reporters get stories by earning the trust of their sources, which Simon Eroro of the Post-Courier (Port Moresby, Papua New Guinea) obviously did. At a banquet in November, the News Limited (Rupert Murdoch's empire) awarded Eroro its "Scoop of the Year" honor for reporting on militant tribal fighters of the Free West Papua movement–a scoop he had to earn by agreeing to undergo a ritual circumcision, with |
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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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