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School closed after odor causes headache, nausea

School closed after odor causes headache, nausea
The noxious smell from a flowering weed prompted the closing of Waimea Canyon School for one day yesterday and the plowing of the field where the weed proliferated.

Ongoing events
The 4 indicates admission is $5 or less, or free. Full-price admission is listed; * denotes discounts (or free) for students, seniors, military, members, children and/or advance purchase. Call venue for details.

Festival will offer international treats
The second annual Global Lens Film Festival, with features from China, Lebanon, Burkina Faso, South Africa, Brazil, Israel/Palestine, Venezuela and Argentina, begins Monday at the Doris Duke Theatre, Honolulu Academy of Arts. Tickets are $7 general, $5 museum members. 532-8768.

10 ways to make holiday travel jolly kauai condo rentals

Almost everyone wants to go somewhere over Thanksgiving, Christmas, and/or New Year’s — and that’s the problem. We’ve got some answers:


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MAUI SHARK ATTACK

MAUI SHARK ATTACK
KGMB9, HI - Nov 12, 2006… Paramedics arrived on the scene and whisked him to Maui Memorial Medical Center in stable condition. Lifeguards aren’t sure what type of shark it was. …

Trojans wary of Bears’ potent offense
Honolulu Advertiser, HI - 9 hours agoBy Wes Nakama. The Mililani High School football team is here today, and won’t be gone to Maui until tomorrow. The Trojans, who will …

Hawaii National Guard Plans Airlift to Maui Earthquake Victims
Blackanthem.com, MI - Nov 2, 2006Blackanthem Military News, WASHINGTON, DC The Hawaii National Guard is planning to airlift supplies to isolated residents on Maui as soon as their needs …

Herman ‘Hap’ Kollmeyer, 85

Herman ‘Hap’ Kollmeyer, 85
Herman Frank Kollmeyer, a highly decorated veteran, businessman and active member of community organizations, died Nov. 10 in Honolulu. He was 85.

Honey, lime and seasonings add zip to chicken
Q. I use cooked chicken in a lot of dishes I make at home, from Caesar salad to chicken sandwiches. Do you have an easy, tasty recipe for chicken that’s not going to add too many calories?

What the smoking law means to you
Starting tomorrow, it will be tougher to find a place to smoke in public as Hawai’i begins some of the strictest smoking regulations in the country. Smoking in bars, restaurants, workplaces, enclosed and semi-enclosed public areas and within 20 feet of a doorway or window to a public area will be banned.

Solid quarter for state fund

Solid quarter for state fund
The state Employees’ Retirement System, the state’s largest pension fund, kicked off its new fiscal year with good news, earning a 3.63 percent return on its investments during the three months ended Sept. 30.

Toyota: Can it keep on truckin’?
Already the world’s most profitable automaker, Toyota is on the brink of becoming the world’s largest, too.

Car-loan program helps folks get to work

Car-loan program helps folks get to work
Georgi DeCosta may not drive a fancy SUV, but she’s proud of her 14-year-old Mazda Protege sedan because it represents a major accomplishment.

Trade Winds
Riki May Amano, who joined the Japanese Cultural Center of Hawai’i in 2005 as president/executive director, has announced her resignation, effective in April. Amano is a former Big Island judge, private practice attorney and deputy attorney general, and currently is an arbitrator and mediator. The center was founded to preserve and promote Japanese culture in Hawai’i through programs and community activities. The center’s board of directors will conduct the search for a new president/executive director.

Workers pay high price for constant overtime
This society seems driven to have the most of anything cars, homes, clothes, shoes, etc. And it has to be the biggest and the best; no discount brands wanted.

Tips for Making the Most of Winter Travel (Derby Daily Reporter) vacation hawaii

(ARA) - If being cooped up inside for days or weeks on end is giving you the urge to travel this winter, you’re not alone. A change of scenery can be just the cure for cabin fever - whether you travel across the country or just to the next town over.
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Wilcox Hospital, Nurses Reach Tentative Deal 

Wilcox Hospital, Nurses Reach Tentative Deal 
LIHUE, Kauai (KHNL) - After 18 weeks on the picket lines, striking Kauai nurses could be back to work soon. Wilcox Hospital and union leaders struck a deal late Tuesday afternoon.

National Weather: Dry Weather Promotes Final Corn Harvesting 
In the Pacific Northwest , an onslaught of storminess washed away a slow start to the 2006-07 wet season but caused flooding along rivers draining westward from the Cascades. Farther inland, Northwestern winter wheat areas received generally light but beneficial showers.

Agor called on alleged violation of sign law 
Kauai County Council Chairman Kaipo Asing has asked Mayor Bryan Baptiste to investigate an alleged sign violation against Ron Agor, a Republican candidate for House District 15, representing East and South Kauai.

All condo units sold out in Trump’s hotel

All condo units sold out in Trump’s hotel
Developers of the Trump International Hotel & Tower Waikiki Beach Walk said yesterday every one of the project’s 464 hotel-condominium units has sold out for a rough total of $700 million.

Faith boils down to doing good
Often, the greatest changes in the world start in the least likely places, under the obscurest of conditions.

JCCH hosts traditional Shinto blessings for keiki
The Japanese Cultural Center of Hawai’i will host Shichi Go San from 10 a.m. to 3 p.m. tomorrow. Literally translated as “seven, five, three,” the coming-of-age tradition is for children girls ages 3 to 7 and boys ages 3 to 5. Parents take their kids to Shinto shrines on Nov. 15, or the closest weekend, to pray that their offspring have long, prosperous lives.

Brennan has flourished with second chance at Hawaii - CNN hotels in hawaii


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Brennan has flourished with second chance at Hawaii
CNN - Nov 10, 2006
and person he always thrived to be. But the Hawaii quarterback hasn't forgotten, not for a moment. He remembers that feeling in a
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