Don’t take recycling frustrations out on WHT
I understand the frustration over our current recycling situation, but to those who have threatened to cancel their WHT print subscription I would ask: are you as diligent about stopping the reams of junk mail received in the mailbox everyday?
Do you aggressively contact all the mileage plus or credit card companies and insist that they cease sending useless pieces of paper (plus return envelopes)? Do you contact your alumnae offices and insist that they no longer send you solicitations? Have you gone paperless on all the prescription drugs you pick up monthly? Do you notify all the charities that you graciously donated to once and now receive, as gifts, endless personalized mailing labels or pads of paper that your throw in the recycling — I mean, trash? Or is it just easier to cancel your paper newspaper?
I don’t know if WHT is strong enough to survive the loss of its print customers, or if perhaps the owners of WHT would prefer to stop their print edition altogether (I certainly hope the latter is not the case), but I beg all of you who cherish printed reading material, don’t punish WHT for our current recycling situation.
To the owners of WHT, I would ask you to be more diligent in addressing the current recycling situation, helping to find a solution, so as a community we will not lose our printed morning paper.
And to those who receive as much useless paper as I do, go after those solicitors that you pay no attention to before you cancel the local paper that is still a vital and useful commodity.
Linda Goeth
Kailua-Kona
What about a hula center in Waimea?
As the Hawaiian culture and heritage is sadly becoming a vanishing treasure, a Hawaiian Village in heavenly Kamuela would be a great spectacle to turn things around on the majestic Big Island.
The focus of this Hawaiian village would be the indigenous arts and crafts especially the beautiful art of hula. Hula halau studios would be the center piece of this village for it has spread throughout the world. Japan alone has over 2 million registered professional hula dancers and over 2,000 hula halaus. Why not have these people of the land of the sun study the art of hula in authentic Hawaii? It would definitely be beneficial to Kamuela’s socio-economic fabric as well as the entire island of Hawaii and support the indigenous Hawaiian culture.
In order for this Hawaiian village to work out, an indoor hula halau arena would be a definite must where even Hawaiian immersion schools around Kamuela and across the island could perform hula. In addition to that, all ethnic races could get into the art of hula on a weekly basis. An entire year of Merry Monarch-like atmosphere could engulf Kamuela, taking into consideration Hilo’s celebration pumps so much revenue to the Big Island.
Like the great Brother Iz told me, “support things Hawaiian.” This is really logical, because, after all, we are Hawaii. All ethnic races in Hawaii have to become involved in this Hawaiian cultural revival for aloha has to definitely permeate every single body and soul who makes Hawaii their place of residence.
Dean Nagasako
Honokaa