WHT gets praise for lava coverage
I visited the Big Island April 30-May 5 and picked up several editions of your paper through the week.
As an editor for a couple of newspapers in North Texas, I was impressed by your coverage of the lava flow and the earthquake.
I saw the lava in the caldera Wednesday, May 2. I was snorkeling during the May 4 earthquake and didn’t feel it – and was relieved later when, after hearing the emergency warning sounder blaring on the radio, I was informed that no tsunami was en route!
It was quite a memorable week!
I hope your readers appreciate the good job you do and the fine paper they have there.
I look forward to returning to Hawaii and reading West Hawaii Today again.
Mark K. Campbell
Azle, Texas
Get Trump outta there, now
I wish to commend Janice Palma-Glennie for her concise and very cogent assessment of the disease of Trumpism that is infecting our nation.
She has correctly identified the most heinous agent of this disease as Scott Pruitt, who appears, among other things, to be hell bent on destroying the environment, cruelly killing endangered species, and supporting measures that primarily benefit those with a financial stake in the fossil fuel industry.
My only disagreement with her is on the issue of impeachment. I want Trump removed as soon as possible. Each day that he remains in office increases the peril he poses to our nation and to the world. Trump is, I believe, a dangerous sociopath, surrounded by a cabinet and advisers who support his insane policies.
We could tolerate an inept, but sane, Pence until 2021, at which time a new administration, purged of Trumpism in the 2018 and 2020 elections, will take office and undertake the herculean effort to undo the damage caused by Trump and his fellow miscreants.
Gil Taylor
Kailua-Kona
Editor’s note: an incorrect version of this letter ran Tuesday so it is being rerun.
Dog help offered during lava fallout
The Hawaii Dog Psychology Center, a Hawaii nonprofit, and I will provide free training for dogs who are suffering stress from relocation outside of the recent lava flow areas, and will provide free service dog certification training for any dogs relocated whose human parent has a recognized disability and faces a difficult time finding other accommodations with their dogs if they are not certified as service animals.
The certification of the Hawaii Dog Psychology Center is recognized in all 50 states and in most foreign countries, and provides full rights for your dog(s) to travel and live with you and to accompany you into all places you are permitted to go.
The length of the training will depend on the tasks to be learned, based on the needs of the disabled handler, and you will need a doctor’s or therapist’s letter recommending that you would benefit from the use of a service dog. Training leashes will also be provided free of charge.
You can contact me at (808) 333-8436 or easthawaiidogpsychologycenter@yahoo.com for more information or to begin training immediately, on a first come, first served basis, either individually or in groups.
Donations to support this activity and our other pro-bono educational efforts in our community are also accepted at Hawaii Dog Psychology Center, PO Box 11430, Hilo, HI 96721.
We are here if you need us. Much aloha to those displaced by the recent eruptions, and those to come.
Dr. Carl F. Oguss
Hilo