Defense Department officials want Congress to include in its fiscal 2019 defense policy bill new authorities to execute its plan to merge the Defense Commissary Agency (DeCA) with the three military exchange services under a single system of on-base stores to be called the Defense Resale Enterprise.
Resisting that effort out of public view are executives of the exchange services who fear their own success in running base department stores, gas stations and convenience outlets, which generate profits to support on-base morale, and recreational activities, could be put at risk by some of the policy executives they blame for deepening the decline in sales across the commissary system.
This is another in the continue series about the future of military commissaries.
Congratulations to Gerald Silva. Governor David Ige nominated him to a term on the Hawai’i Advisory Council on Emergency Management. This term runs to June 30, 2022. Originally established in 1951, the Advisory Council serves as a resource to the Governor and the Director of Emergency Management on emergency management topics and concerns.
Gerry retired as the Hawaii Army National Guard Chief of Staff in late 1994. Later, he served with Mayor Jeremy Harris’ administration. From 2005-2010, he was the Chief Operating Officer of ‘Olelo Community Media. He currently finishing an 8-year tenure as the Volunteer State President of AARP Hawaii.
Obituaries – Taps. Advertiser seriously limited information in their obituaries a few years ago, making them basically death notices. This drives the family to buy a “family placed obituary”. Several Retiree News follows emailed about the following death notice that posted on April 8.
Norman Kam Chew Hu, 73, of Honolulu, HI, died in Honolulu on January 28, 2018. He was born in Honolulu, HI. Private Service.
We suspect this is Norman Hu, the retiree Hawaii Air National Guard recruiter. Rest in Peace.
Another State Veterans Home. Recently the Department of Veterans Affairs announced that it will use $685 million in funding from Congress to fund several State Veterans Home construction projects through the VA State Veterans Home Construction Grant Program. Hawaii will be one of the states receiving funding.
The State Veterans Home Construction Grant Program provides up to 65 percent of the cost to build and renovate facilities. Hawaii plans to continue its long journey toward an Oahu facility, similar to the Yukio Okutsu State Veterans Home in Hilo.
From the Task and Purpose website
In the early hours of April 25, 1980, President Jimmy Carter made a sober announcement to the nation: An attempt by U.S. military forces rescue the 52 staff held hostage at the American embassy in Tehran since the Iranian Revolution in 1979, had ended in a catastrophic failure without even engaging the enemy.
From the Everyday Health website
Long-distance travel can put you at risk for a dangerous blood clot, or deep vein thrombosis. But even greater danger awaits if that clot breaks free and does some traveling of its own — to your lungs.
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Norman Higa served in the medical unit initially as a Traditional Guardmember and later as a technician. This photograph was probably taken in the 1970s based on his rank.
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An anti-cancer diet is an important strategy you can use to reduce your risk of cancer. The American Cancer Society recommends, for example, that you eat at least five servings of fruits and vegetables daily and eat the right amount of food to stay at a healthy weight. In addition, researchers are finding that certain foods that prevent cancer may be an important part of an anti-cancer diet.
Although selecting cancer-fighting foods at the grocery store and at mealtime can’t guarantee cancer prevention, good choices may help reduce your risk.
The following are just a few of the actions you can take on the Social Security website.
+ Retire online
+ Apply for disability benefits
+ Apply for Medicare benefits
+ Changes your address
+ Estimate your future beneftis
+ Replace your Social Security card
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This undated photograph shows Kenneth Iinuma and Randall Lum of the Weapons Shop. Based on the uniforms and ranks, the photograph was taken in the late 70s or the early 80s.
From the Everyday Health website
From snapper to sole, tilapia to tilefish, there’s a wide variety of fish to choose from at your grocer’s fish counter. The American Heart Association (AHA) says that eating at least two 3.5-ounce servings of fish per week, such as salmon, mackerel, herring, lake trout, sardines, and albacore tuna, can help beat heart disease and heart attack. But there’s a catch: Research shows that so-called “heart-healthy” fish like these may not be so healthy for you after all.
For your heart and health in general, “the advice should not be just eat fish, but to eat the right kinds of fish,” Dr. Carpenter says.
To make sure you’re buying the best kinds of fish for your health, get up to speed about methylmercury and PCBs.
From The New York Times website
Medicare officials thought they had finally figured out how to do their part to fix the troubling problem of opioids being overprescribed to the old and disabled: In 2016 a staggering one in three of the 43.6 million beneficiaries of the program’s drug plan had been prescribed the painkillers.
Medicare, they decided, would now refuse to pay for long-term, high-dose prescriptions; a rule to that effect is expected to be approved on April 2. Some medical experts have praised the regulation as a check on addiction.
But the proposal has also drawn a broad and clamorous blowback from many people who would be directly affected by it, including patients with chronic pain, primary care doctors and experts in pain management and addiction medicine.
Robert “Bob” Wah Kwon Chang
, 79, passed away on February 5, 2018 in Portland, Oregon. Robert was born on September 19, 1938 in Honolulu to Koon Kau and Alice Chang. Bob spent his career playing the clarinet and saxophone in the Royal Hawaiian Band and the 111th Army Band and selling produce.
Bob is survived by his wife Louella and daughters and their families Cory-Ann, Michael, Alyson and Aiden Wind and Stacey, Tino, Cristian and Gabriella Gonzalez both of Portland, Oregon. Bob is also survived by sister Evelyn Chang and brother Richard Chang both of Kaneohe and predeceased by brother Arthur Chang.
Private services were held at the Hawaii State Veteran’s Cemetery in Kaneohe.
Wilfred Seiji Takabayashi, 86, of Waimanalo, an Army veteran and retired Master Sergeant for the Hawaii Army National Guard, passed away peacefully with his family by his side on March 7, 2018. He was born in Honolulu and graduated from Saint Louis College in 1949.
He is survived by his wife, Molly; daughters, Wanda (Barry) Kugiya, Colleen (Craig Ogata) Takabayashi and Carie Takabayashi; son, Wayne (Beverly); sisters, Leatrice Kato and Dorothy Sasada; brothers, Kenneth (Doris) and Roy (Arlyn); and by five grandchildren.
Visitation is at 3:00 p.m. on Saturday, April 28, 2018, at Hosoi Garden Mortuary. The service begins at 4:00 p.m. Casual attire. No flowers. Arrangements Provided By: Hosoi Garden Mortuary
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Pat Sajak, the host of the American game show Wheel of Fortune was born and raised in Chicago. After he graduated from Columbia College Chicago in 1968, he joined the U.S. Army. He was sent to Vietnam, where he served as a disk jockey on American Forces Vietnam Network. During his tour, his roommate was Joe Moore, Hawaii’s longest sitting news anchor.
Sajak had several media jobs in radio and television after his discharge. In 1981, Sajak began his tenure as the host of Wheel of Fortune. His current contract runs to 2020.
