Off the Hawaii Adjutant General’s Facebook page
Maj. Gen. Kenneth Hara, the Adjutant General had this posted on his Facebook page with these comments:
Our Brothers and Sisters from the CAL GUARD rescued trapped personnel during large California fire. Great job to the helicopter crews who saved many lives.
The California National Guard helicopter crews that rescued more than 200 people from a fast-approaching forest fire this weekend have labeled the daring flights as the most dangerous of their careers.
A CH-47 Chinook helicopter and a UH-60 Black Hawk helicopter flew through a valley of intense smoke and embers to get to the dock where the frightened lakeside campers had gathered just 50 feet from the approaching fire.
The National Alliance on Mental Illness (NAMI) estimates that as many as 6.5 million Americans 65 and older suffer from depression.
In too many cases, however, the condition goes undiagnosed and untreated — often because caregivers mistakenly assume depression is a normal part of aging, said Kerstin Yoder, a social worker and group facilitator at Cleveland-based Benjamin Rose Institute on Aging.
Taken from Kāwika Onehā’s Facebook page
Kāwika Onehā created his Facebook page – Falcons4Life / Kalani High School Alumni – in 2011. He posted this photograph and the following comments in a post.
This is so true!! I hope the families of the Kalani students who sold Zippy’s Benefit Chili tickets for their school fundraiser buys some Zippy’s takeout during this time. Please also patronize Times, Foodland, and other stores that give back to local high schools in Hawaii.
Help the stores or organizations that helped you raise money or donated money to your school or cause!!! They need our support right now! We are in this together!! Mahalo
This is the bottom line, If we don’t support local business, some of them will go away – forever.
Off the Hawaii Air National Guard Facebook page
U.S. Secretary of Defense Dr. Mark T. Esper recently visited the 154th Wing. The Secretary was in Hawaii to speak at the 75th Anniversary of the End of World War II.
The Kūkā‘ilimoku is the official e-newsletter of the 154th Wing, Hawaii Air National Guard. The first issue came in September 1957 and continues as a monthly newsletter today.
Today we feature the September 1982 Kūkā‘ilimoku issue. This issue includes the following stories:
* Temporary Avionics Building now at Soma Field
* CAMS News & Views: lots of familiar names including the nominees for the 1st Squadron Recognition Banquet
* Lt Col Cedric Chong, Civil Engineering Officer
* Maj Arthur Kimura receives national teaching award
* Lt. Col James Gallup featured in Runner’s World magazine
From the Task and Purpose website
As if a hypersonic executive aircraft wasn’t enough, the Air Force just awarded a contract to develop a supersonic passenger plane that could one day potentially fly the president around the world in the blink of an eye.
The Air Force Life Cycle Management Center announced on Monday that the service’s Presidential and Executive Airlift Directorate has awarded a contract to California-based start-up Exosonic to develop a “low-boom supersonic executive transport aircraft” for use by “key decision makers and teams.”
If your employer stops withholding Social Security taxes on your paycheck, expect to take home less money in early 2021.
The IRS finally released long-awaited direction on the payroll tax cut President Donald Trump ordered in August — just four days before the new rules took effect September 1.
According to the new guidance, employers that don’t withhold payroll taxes between September and December 2020 will be responsible for withholding those taxes during the first four months of 2021.
This undated photograph shows members of the Survival Equipment shop. In the photograph are (L-R): Keith Iwamasa, Peter Kwock (kneeling) Fred Takara, Robert Yokono, unknown, Pedro Bega and Jason Caires. They are packing F-4 Phantom drogue chutes in the aluminum cans in front of them.
Thanks to Dave Snakenberg for the ID help and his comments about the photograph.
The Kūkā‘ilimoku is the official e-newsletter of the 154th Wing, Hawaii Air National Guard. The first issue came in September 1957 and continues as a monthly newsletter today.
Today we feature the September 1990 Kūkā‘ilimoku issue. This issue includes the following stories:
* CAMS News & Views: lots of familiar names
* HINH State Softball Championship
* Promotions: including Yvette Miraflor, Keith Lee, Shanna Komatsu
If you’re a glass half full person, here’s some good news: About half of retirees are able to maintain their spending levels—in other words, their lifestyles—during their first five years of retirement.
On the other hand, half aren’t.
That’s according to a study by the federal government’s Consumer Financial Protection Bureau (CFPB), which looked at retiree spending habits over a 22-year period ending in 2014.
From the Frolic Hawaii website
The way new eateries are sprouting up in Kaka‘ako these days, you never know what’ll roll up next. So this one was typically and totally unexpected.
When it comes to pizza, I’m typically a fan of the less-is-more approach. I’m a stickler for solid ingredients that can speak for themselves. When it comes to food trucks, I want more, and I always want them within walking distance. The last food truck boom happened when people lost their jobs and rents for brick and mortar locations became unfeasible. Sound familiar?
September 4th marked the 70th anniversary of comic strip Beetle Bailey’s debut in the funny pages. Mort Walker created Beetle as a college student, but the comic strip soon adopted its military theme when our hero enlisted in the Army during the Korean War.
Of course, our lazy hero has never made it out of boot camp to see action on the front lines. “Beetle Bailey” has excelled at capturing experiences common to everyone who’s served and exaggerating them for comic effect.
If you own a dog, you’ve heard this rule: 1 year for Fido equals 7 years for you. Turns out, the math isn’t that simple. Dogs mature more quickly than we do early on. So the first year of your fuzzy friend’s life is equal to about 15 human years.
Size and breed also play a role. Smaller dogs tend to live longer than larger ones, but they may mature more quickly in the first few years of life. A huge pup might age more slowly at first, but be nearing middle age at 5. Tiny and toy breeds don’t become “seniors” until around age 10. Medium-sized pooches are somewhere in the middle on both counts.
Inflation has been on a roller coaster in 2020. First, COVID-19 disruptions cratered prices for gasoline, travel, even car insurance. Summer rebounds in those commodities, as well as increases for in-demand items like used cars, meat and haircuts, have put the consumer price index back on a more normal trajectory, one that will likely mean an increase in the Cost of Living Adjustment (COLA) for 2021.
The article includes a ten year history of COLA adjustments
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