APPLAUSE


Picture Perfect In a Time Of Grief

May 07, 2008 - MidWeek
By Pamela Young
Pamela Young

Aloha Pamela,

I lost my grandfather last month and was frantically trying to get things together for his funeral service. One of my tasks was to find a picture of him and have it enlarged to be used at the service. I searched online, in the yellow pages and went to several print shops to see if they could help me take a 20-year-old 4-by-6 picture and have it enlarged while still maintaining a decent quality.

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CLICK CHICK


GTA IV: A must-have for diehard GTA fans

May 09, 2008 - Weekend
By Alison Stewart
Alison Stewart

Last week Rockstar Games released the much-anticipated Grand Theft Auto (GTA) IV video game for the PlayStation 3 (PS3) and Xbox 360 (including the special edition package). Most of you have probably heard of the previous GTA games, and this time you play as the Eastern European immigrant Niko Ballic, fresh off the boat and living in Liberty City (inspired by New York).

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GOOD NEIGHBORS


JEFF KENT & MINAKO ISHII

April 30, 2008 - MidWeek

Remember singing these lyrics between hula performan -ces and ono lunchtime specials during elementary school May Days? 

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GUEST COLUMN


Counting The Days Until He’s Home

November 23, 2005 - MidWeek
Brittany Yap

By Brittany Yap

In January, my fiancé, Hanalei Jaber, left for Iraq. He is a specialist in the 100 Battalion, 442nd Infantry, attached to the 29th Brigade, which recently lost three men to Improvised Explosive Device (IED) bombs.

This year has been one of the hardest of my life.

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MOONLIGHTING


Stamping Out Hunger In Hawaii

May 07, 2008 - MidWeek
By Jade Moon
Jade Moon

Appreciate your letter carrier. We used to call them mailmen, but nowadays men and women take up the heavy responsibility of delivering our envelopes, parcels and publications, and they all do a fine job.

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OLD FRIENDS


Jennifer Fairbank

May 07, 2008 - MidWeek

Jennifer Fairbank lived almost every little girl’s dream - becoming a contestant in the Miss USA contest as Miss Hawaii USA in 2005. Since the pageant, the

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SUSAN'S PAGE


A Home For Needy Nairobi Kids

May 07, 2008 - MidWeek
By Susan Page
Susan Page

In the pitch dark, Neema, 9, lies awake dreaming on the little mattress she shares with another. First she prays for her mother, who’s having a hard time, then for her little brother Wilson, 6, asleep just the other side of a corrugated tin wall. She knows of no father (but her “Heavenly” one).

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THE YOUNG VIEW


The Trouble With Tuning Out

May 07, 2008 - MidWeek
By Katie Young
Katie Young

Have you ever tried to have a conversation with your husband or wife where they just seem to be completely tuned out? They might answer robotically with an “uh-huh,” answer a question totally different from the one you were asking or appear not to have heard you at all.

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WAHA NUI


Waha Nui

May 07, 2008 - MidWeek Islander
By Carol Chang
Carol Chang

Inspired by two disappearing okinas, City Councilman Donovan Dela Cruz is co-sponsoring a bill to require proper Hawaiian spellings and diacritical marks on new city signs. 

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WHAT'S NEXT


The Honor System

May 07, 2008 - MidWeek
By Ron Nagasawa
Ron Nagasawa

The thing about a 20-year marriage like mine is that we have to honor our vows to each other. It’s not an easy thing, I know, and on a few occasions I have walked right along the edge of the holy matrimony border.

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