ANOTHER HOOSIER HERO - Captain Elihu Harlam Mason, Union Army, American Civil War, Medal of Honor (1831-1896) »
11:36 am | BY DUANE A. VACHON, PH.D Elihu Harlam Mason was one of Indiana’s earliest recorded heroes. He was a Union Army soldier in the American Civil War and either the second or fourth recipient depending on what version of history you choose to believe, of the new, United States military's highest decoration, the Medal of Honor.…
May 19 2013 / 1 Comment / Read More »
Sierra Club Used Wrong Population Projections in Support of Honolulu’s Rail »
07:16 am | BY DR. PANOS PREVEDOUROS PHD- The Sierra Club is on record opposing urban sprawl and agricultural parcel destruction, and I applaud them for these goals. But their Oahu Group supports a Kapolei to downtown heavy rail line as the tool to accomplish this. Anthony Aalto, Chair of the Sierra Club, Oahu Group made a presentation…
April 10 2013 / 13 Comments / Read More »
U.S. DOE approves Hawaii’s new school accountability and improvement system »
05:18 pm | REPORT FROM HAWAII DOE- The Hawaii State Department of Education (HIDOE) is pleased to announce it has received federal approval today for a new Strive HI Performance System designed to ensure all students graduate college- and career-ready. The redesigned school accountability and improvement system approved by the U.S. Department of Education (USDOE) replaces many of the…
May 20 2013 / 1 Comment / Read More »
Local Girl finds her home on Fiji's Garden Island--Part 2 »
02:47 pm | by Rob Kay Corals will return to damaged reefs eventually, if all the ecological factors are present. However, when most are destroyed, regeneration can take as long as 50 years. She learned from Fijiguide.com’s visiting photographer, Scott Putnam, that live coral can be replanted. You simply take the broken pieces on the sea floor and place…
May 9 2013 / No Comment / Read More »
Letter cites serious flaws in $28 million taxpayer-funded University of Hawaii dorm project »
06:16 pm | By Malia Zimmerman - HONOLULU — A University of Hawaii-Hilo spokeswoman insists a $28 million dorm project will be ready by August, but a report obtained by Hawaii Reporter and Watchdog.org outlines numerous flaws in the taxpayer-funded project. The problems are so serious they could increase the project’s cost and delay its fall opening. In a letter sent to…
May 20 2013 / No Comment / Read More »
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