‘Hidden gem’
I am a teacher at Waiakea Elementary School and had the wonderful opportunity to bring my third-graders to the Lyman Museum last spring.
Dr. Barbara Moir and the entire Lyman Museum staff were generously accommodating — allowing my entire grade level (about 140 students) the opportunity to learn from and explore the museum throughout our seven visits.
Museum President and Executive Director Moir, played an integral role in the planning and execution of the field trips, and it was because of her and benefactors like the late Patricia Saigo that our students were able to go on their first field trip since the start of the pandemic.
The museum was the perfect place for my third-graders to learn about the history of Hilo, to build a better sense of place and appreciation of the natural and multicultural history of our town. My students made powerful connections to our social studies and science standards.
I highly recommend educators and families to plan a visit to the Lyman Museum.
It truly is a hidden gem in Hilo!
Kathy Tsugawa
Hilo
Unprepared for war
Red Hill has been all over the news since the latest leaks poisoned the population in Salt Lake.
David Shapiro summarized it well in the Star-Advertiser (“The Navy keeps getting sunk by it’s own lies on Red Hill,” July 17), and the Page 1 article the next day continued the horrid details.
Among many such details: “U.S. shipyards have fallen into disrepair and there is a maintenance backlog for … ships and subs which have been conducting constant operations,” and “regional operations demand millions of gallons of fuel.”
Other promises clearly broken include: “I promise that we will strive … to protect the environment, to protect the land … air … and water here … and anywhere else across the United States.”
Tell that to the whales and dolphins that have been deafened by the sonar experiments!
How would this Navy fare in an actual war, such as in the China Sea, if the ship captains and others make up s—t to try to save their asses from their mistakes, and feed misinformation upward to the admirals and strategists who make deployment and other decisions?
Sadly, Red Hill tells us volumes about that. And if the Navy is in such terrible shape, could the Army and Air Force really be much better?
We are not ready for a war, and we need to tell the truth about that.
Richard Stancliff
Honolulu
