
APPLAUSE

Dear Pamela,
I want to express my deep appreciation to our neighbor Jeremy for alerting the fire department when he noticed smoke coming from our home. My wife had left the stove unattended while cooking.
Read Column>>CLICK CHICK

Since Apple’s revolutionary iPhone came into the world, numerous companies have attempted to make “iPhone killers.” None of them has come close to being successful, but Microsoft just announced its Windows Phone 7 series.
Read Column>>CURRENTS

If you frequent the beach, you’ve probably seen someone doing it before, but chances are you’ve never built up the courage to give it a go. It’s called skim-boarding, a sport that resembles surfing and skate-boarding, only this is happening on the shorebreak.
Read Column>>GOOD NEIGHBORS

Dr. Cecile Sebastian doesn’t just make sure her patients’ teeth are healthy - she makes sure they have something healthy to bite into. The general dentist is partnering up with the Hawaii Foodbank for a third year to help in the continual effort to meet the ever-growing needs of Hawaii’s hungry residents.
Read Column>>GUEST COLUMN
Editor’s note: Hakim Ouansafi is the president and chairman of the Muslim Association of Hawaii. In his column Just What We Need, Islam Day (May 20), Jerry Coffee argues against having a state-sponsored Islam Day based on his (mis)understanding of Islam’s position on women.
Read Column>>MIDWEEK POLL
CHRISTY NELMS
Kailua, Beautician
“Fleetwood Mac in Denver in 1988. It was their last concert together and we drove four hours to see them.”
Read Column>>MOONLIGHTING

We’re smack in the middle of Red Cross Month, and it’s not too late for you to help out this absolutely essential organization. This is the agency that is there for us whenever and wherever disaster strikes.
Read Column>>OLD FRIENDS

Opera singer Lea Woods Almanza is crossing boundaries with music, relating to audiences around the world and connecting through song.
Read Column>>PET PARADE
PROOF POSITIVE

By Tom Mullen
Hale ‘Aina ‘Ohana
The culinary nonprofit Hale ‘Aina ‘Ohana, founded in 1998, trains and educates local culinary students by providing access to cutting-edge knowledge and techniques.
Read Column>>SUSAN'S PAGE

I was total “sofa starch” - aka couch potato - for two-plus weeks during the fantastic Winter Olympic Games. I even found myself doing analysis - but not of athletic prowess, heavens no! I’m not qualified in any way. It was the media interviews I found worthy of critique.
Read Column>>THE YOUNG VIEW

“Women are so complicated,” many of my male friends lament. “It’s so hard to know what they want.”
Read Column>>WAHA NUI

All through the month of March, Ali McMahon‘s Olive Boutique on Kihapai Street will be a collection point for classroom supplies for Haiti.
Read Column>>WHAT'S NEXT

I may be the most reachable newspaper publisher in the nation. That’s not necessarily a good thing, it’s just the way it is for me. Although I have a really great assistant, I answer all of my own phone calls. Most people are pretty surprised when I answer the phone.
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