Book of joy
Book of joy
Hello, my name is Stacey Jitsuo Wakayama. I am a resident of Hale Anuenue Restorative Care Center and I would like to thank all who helped me publish my first book of poems.
Being unable to walk since I was 8 years old, this book has brought joy to me.
A big aloha to all who helped bring me joy. The biggest aloha and love goes to my savior, my compassionate mom, Jane Tango.
Thank you, everyone, and to request a free copy, call Hale Anuenue and let them know.
Stacey Wakayama
Hilo
No more Stiglich
There apparently is no limit to the vileness of Tom Stiglich’s cartoons, but there should be a limit to the vileness that you will print. Friday’s (Aug. 18) Stiglich cartoon is among the worst things you’ve ever distributed.
Let’s be clear: The only people who can possibly equate Antifa with the Ku Klux Klan are white supremacist bigots.
Donald Trump made that comparison to appease his bigoted supporters, and it was refuted by everyone outside the white supremacist community.
That sort of racist hatred has no place in Hawaii, and no place in a newspaper claiming to represent and support our wonderful home. Please do not print any more Stiglich hate pieces.
Dan Lindsay
Hilo
Win-win roadway
The Kona Community Development Plan has a frontage road going from Honokohau Harbor to Ellison Onizuka Kona International Airport alongside Queen Kaahumanu Highway. One of the segments is completed and another should be completed within the next three months. These are being constructed by Natural Energy Lab of Hawaii Authority and the Kohanaiki Shores development.
The three remaining unfinished roadway segments go through state Department of Transportation, privately owned and Kaloko-Honokohau National Park lands.
One of these landowners, the National Park Service, will pose a challenge to completing the entire frontage road. They’ve stated a road can’t bisect the park because it will negatively impact the park’s resources.
I respect the National Park Service’s concerns, but extending this roadway between Kohanaiki Shores to Kealakehe Parkway could be a win-win for the park and the community. If this road is constructed, it eventually will give the community an alternative route between the airport and Honokohau Harbor.
This road also will help in traffic circulation and provide an alternative route if there is a traffic accident on Queen Kaahumanu Highway. It also will help the National Park Service by providing better accessibility to park resources and allow them to do more interpretive outreach with park visitors. This would be particularly effective if this proposed roadway follows the alignment of the Ala Mamalahoa trail through the park.
The National Park Service’s opposition toward this roadway extension can’t be understated, but I propose these following conditions to allay their longstanding concerns. The roadway segment going through the national park would be limited to two lanes with narrow shoulders to reduce its footprint on the sensitive historical resources.
In addition, a thorough analysis of these potential alignments should be conducted. The alignment with the least impact on historical and environmental resources should be selected.
Aaron Stene
Kailua-Kona