The Submarine Trip I Missed Out On!!!

I was invited to go on the following Submarine Trip:

http://urbanmixplate.honadvblogs.com/2010/01/30/embarking-on-the-uss-santa-fe-part-1/

http://urbanmixplate.honadvblogs.com/2010/01/31/a-day-on-the-uss-santa-fe-part-2/

http://urbanmixplate.honadvblogs.com/2010/02/01/a-day-on-the-uss-santa-fe-part-3/

And Nathan Kam’s Blog Posting:

http://kamfamily.wordpress.com/2010/01/31/video-on-the-sail-of-the-uss-santa-fe/

Unfortunately, as most of you know… I was hired as the Big Island East Hawaii Census Supervisor and I was doing training when this happened the other week.

However… I will just say…. Zoom Zoom… keep a watch out for my blog.  As I have mentioned previously… I was gonna have an interesting year w/ my blog.

I appreciate all those that are making it happen for me.

City & County of Honolulu Rail Transit Press Conference FTA Commits $1.55 Billion

And Their Off to the Races

The Hawaii County Council races this year will be a very interesting one to watch.

Here is a list of who has officially signed up to be a candidate as of 2/4/2010:

** COUNCILMEMBER HAWAII COUNCIL DISTRICT 1 **

YAGONG, DOMINIC

** COUNCILMEMBER HAWAII COUNCIL DISTRICT 2 **

D’ALMEIDA, ERIC

IKEDA, DONALD A

MOORE, MICHAEL J

** COUNCILMEMBER HAWAII COUNCIL DISTRICT 3 **

YOSHIMOTO, J STANLEY

** COUNCILMEMBER HAWAII COUNCIL DISTRICT 4 **

ONISHI, DENNIS M

** COUNCILMEMBER HAWAII COUNCIL DISTRICT 5 **

BAKER, LOREN LOGAN

WEATHERFORD, JAMES W

** COUNCILMEMBER HAWAII COUNCIL DISTRICT 6 **

ENRIQUES, GUY B

SMART, BRITTANY L.

** COUNCILMEMBER HAWAII COUNCIL DISTRICT 9 **

HOFFMANN, PETER S

SANBORN, J WILLIAM

TORRES, RAYNARD

Hawaii Island Journal… Online

This is pretty cool.  It looks like the Hawaii Island Journal has gone online.

…Because of cost and accessibility, we intend to operate the Journal as an internet only publication. Instead of being limited by print distribution methods and resources, we hope that people far and wide will find our website…

They’ve only posted a few articles, but it looks like they will be posting some of their older printed articles online soon enough in their “Archives”.

You can check out their “Site” The Hawaii Island Journal although it looks like they are using a very familiar blog template.

I look forward to reading their posts and seeing what these folks can do with their site.

The more folks that we can get online… the more information that can be shared amongst all of us.

Start/Finish of Valentines Day 5K Run/Walk Changed

The start/finish for the Big Dog Valentine’s Day 5K on Feb 14, at 8 am has been changed to Hilo Bayfront Park, near the canoe paddling area.

It will be the same 5K course as the Big Island Marathon’s 5K.