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Wednesday, March 30
Heavenly Hana
Navy ship at Hula FestivalThe Navy is sending the USS Reuben James to Hilo this week for the Merrie Monarch Festival. The festival's Royal Court will welcome the crew in a ceremony that will feature dancers and the King and the Queen of the Royal Court. ...USN website
fyi: Do you know why Woody Guthrie wrote a song during WW II about the USS Reuben James?
"Have you heard of the ship called the good Reuben James?
"Filled with hard fighting men, of honor and of fame
"She flew the stars and stripes of the land of the free
"Now she's in her grave at the bottom of the sea
"Tell me what were their names,
"Tell me what were their names?
"Did you have a friend on the good Reuben James?
Oprah does Kula
The Maui County Council gave the O.W. Ranch LLC, as in Oprah Winfrey, a five-year permit to operate a vacation rental in Kula on Maui. The operator named on the permit is Oprah's pal and personal trainer Bob Greene.
Great gobs of fire
VOLCANO, Hawaii -- About three times the average volume of lava from Kilauea volcano has been flowing into the ocean each day at five separate entry points. ...volcano
Madam Pele should hire a business manager. Imagine if Disney owned the rights to Kiluaea. I somehow think they'd figure a way to get a dolphin tank into the crater for six shows a day. Maybe, Madam Pele really is old-school afterall. This is Hawaii's best show and it's free, like the sunset on the beach.
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