In Hawaii, what high school you graduated from is often among the questions asked when you first meet someone. Public versus private, old versus new, town versus county, island versus island – some high school rivalries continue well into graduates’ old age.
The Images of Old Hawaii website periodically publishes articles about various high schools around the state. We will post links about these Hawaii high schools on their website periodically.
Mid-Pacific traces its beginnings to 1864; the present school was established in 1908 with the merger of Kawaiahaʻo Seminary (1864) and Mills School for Boys (1892.)
In 1863, Mr. and Mrs. Luther Gulick started a boarding school for girls in Kaʻū. This was continued at Waiohinu for two years, but was moved to Oʻahu.
The Gulicks’ school was established “to teach the principles of Christianity, domestic science, and the ways and usages of western civilization.”
Related:
North Pacific Missionary Institute
Kawaiahaʻo Female Seminary
Hawaii National Guard graduates include: Erik Wong, Dalwyn Wong, Russel Miyamoto, Iakopo Fuimaono – can you name others?
Related:
President Theodore Roosevelt High School
President William McKinley High School
Hilo High School
Kamehameha Schools
Iolani School
St. Andrew’s Priory School
Henry Perrine Baldwin High School
St. Louis School
Waialua High School
James B. Castle High School
From the Military.com website
The thousands of U.S. military personnel and private contractors whose health was compromised by the dense black smoke of burn pits — and who were then denied proper treatment — may finally be vindicated by a recent court ruling.
A judge under the U.S. Department of Labor’s Office for Workers’ Compensation Programs decreed last month that open-air burn pits — where thousands of chemicals were released into the air after trash and other waste were incinerated at American military bases in Iraq and Afghanistan — are connected to lung disease, Fox News has learned.
Related:
Iraq Vets Are Becoming Terminally Ill and Burn Pits May Be To Blame
Nearly 100,000 Vets Enrolled in Burn Pit Registry
VA Airborne Hazards and Open Burn Pit Registry
From the everyday Health website
We live in a society that measures and medicates. All the tools and technology and medicines deployed to maintain heart health are a help — yet heart disease remains the No. 1 killer in America. And high blood pressure, or hypertension, is a major contributor.
Even so, heart disease is largely preventable, and much of that prevention lies in small steps that can make a big difference; diet is foremost among them.
To lower your blood pressure, you need to reduce salt intake.
From the Military.com website
When asked about the current level of savings for commissary shoppers in an era of sweeping reforms, the interim director of Defense Commissary Agency (DeCA), retired Navy Rear Admiral Robert Bianchi, referred to results of a price comparison survey conducted in 2016 and released in late January last year.
It showed average savings at commissaries “globally” were 23.7 percent compared to prices at commercial grocery stores. More specifically, patron savings averaged 20.2 percent at stateside commissaries and 44.2 percent overseas.
Related article
On-base grocery sales are falling rapidly. Can the military keep commissaries alive?
From the U.S. News & World Report website
Every year at this time, Paula Falk receives an influx of calls from adult children concerned about the decline of their elderly parents. “They visited at the holidays and saw the reality of their parents’ situation, which is much different than what Mom or Dad had been describing on the phone,” says Falk, director of caregiving services at the Friendship Centers in Sarasota, Florida. It’s a nonprofit comprehensive senior center that caters to one of the country’s largest retirement populations.
The phenomenon isn’t limited to regions rich with retirees. America is getting older, with adults 65 or older comprising about 15 percent of the population, according to the U.S. Census Bureau, and 10,000 baby boomers turning 65 every day, according to the Pew Research Center.
But older adults typically prize their independence and may not let on that they need help. “Sometimes you’re shocked when you visit,” says Dr. Michael Perskin, a geriatrician at NYU Langone Health. “You walk into a parent’s house and the bathrooms are dirty or there’s no food in the refrigerator. That represents a change.”
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MG (Ret) Robert Lee, former Adjutant General, sent in this flyer for posting.
This undated photograph shows two unidentified members of the 109th Aircraft Control & Warning Squadron. The 109 AC&CS was located on the top of Koko Crater in East Honolulu.
Can anyone identify these two young airmen?
Special thanks to Stephen Lum who shared this photo
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rom the Wired Magazine website
A modern equivalent of the World War II era warning that “loose lips sink ships” may be “FFS don’t share your Fitbit data on duty.” Over the weekend, researchers and journalists raised the alarm about how anyone can identify secretive military bases and patrol routes based on public data shared by a “social network for athletes” called Strava.
This past November, the San Francisco-based Strava announced a huge update to its global heat map of user activity that displays 1 billion activities—including running and cycling routes—undertaken by exercise enthusiasts wearing Fitbits or other wearable fitness trackers. Some Strava users appear to work for certain militaries or various intelligence agencies, given that knowledgeable security experts quickly connected the dots between user activity and the known bases or locations of US military or intelligence operations. Certain analysts have suggested the data could reveal individual Strava users by name.
Photo: Peter Clark, Ann Greenlee and Kristof Sills. Also pictured are the many current and former Hawaii Air National Guard pilots working and flying for Hawaiian Airlines. – click to enlarge photograph
System Chief Pilot for Hawaiian Airlines Peter Clark, was presented with a Patriot Award Dec. 19 in recognition of his continued support provided to Kristof Sills, a Hawaii Air National Guard airman. The award was presented by Ann Greenlee, ESGR vice-chair and Employer Outreach Director.
Sills stated in his narrative for the award, “I have worked with Peter Clark over the last few years while I was the Commander of the 199th Fighter Squadron and now work for him as an employee of Hawaiian Airlines. Clark is the System Chief Pilot for the company. He is responsible for the selection, training, management and supervision of all Hawaiian Airlines pilots. Over the past two years, Clark has reached out to me to professionally discuss personnel issues and the effects of frequent military deployments were having on the company. After speaking with me, he has always been understanding of our members’ commitments to the Air National Guard and Hawaiian Airlines. In spite of the sometimes negative effect Guard requirements have on Hawaiian Airlines, I have seen first-hand how open Mr. Clark is toward the hiring of Air National Guardsmen over the past few years. He hasn’t been wary of accepting more employees who are Guardsmen.”
“ESGR is a Department of Defense office in Washington whose primary mission is to encourage cohesive relationships with civilian employers and our Guardsmen & Reservists. In addition, we provide USERRA briefings to our service members to ensure they know their rights and responsibilities under the law that protects their jobs when they return from a service period. When we are out talking to them, we also talk about the opportunity to recognize their employers for superior support of their membership in the Guard & Reserve because they can’t do what they need to do without a solid foundation – at home and at work. Supervisors like Clark respects and supports the employee for his military duty. His understanding in allowing for flexibility in scheduling work and time off, demonstrates great care for their employee”, stated Greenlee.
From the nextavenue website
If you are in your fifties, there’s a new shingles vaccine recommendation for you.
In January 2018, the U.S. Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC) formally recommended that all healthy adults 50 and older get two doses of a newly approved vaccine for shingles called Shingrix. It is more effective than the older vaccine, Zostavax; the U.S. Food and Drug Administration (FDA) approved it in October. Consumer Reports says health insurers will likely cover the cost of the new vaccine, which is $280 for its two shots.
One out of every three people will develop shingles in their lifetime.
From the Consumer Reports website
The signs of memory loss can be bewildering and scary: misplaced keys, a forgotten street name, that task you suddenly can’t remember. It’s no wonder that according to the Nutrition Business Journal, sales of supplements touted as memory boosters nearly doubled between 2006 and 2015.
Here, what the science says about taking supplements for brain health
The pūpūkahi is the State of Hawaii Department of Defense monthly newsletter. Printed versions of the pūpūkahi were the “command information” newsletter for decades.
The February-March 1998 issue of the pūpūkahi features:
+ HIARNG helicopters assisting with the Puna brush fires
+ The 1998 UTA pay schedule
+ HIARNG Soldiers return from Joint Readiness Training
+ 203d Air Refueling Squadron supports Operation DELIBERATE GUARD
+ Plus more!
Read the Pupukahi February-March 1998
From the nextavenue website
Odds are you know an older adult who’s fallen at home. Perhaps the person ended up with a few bruises, or maybe injuries and a trip to the hospital with a dislocated shoulder, broken hip or worse. It’s possibly happened to you.
You’re not alone. According to the National Institutes of Health (NIH), one-third of Americans age 65 and older fall each year. Of that group, more than 1.6 million end up in the emergency room. “Among older adults,” the NIH says, “falls are the No. 1 cause of fractures, hospital admissions for trauma, loss of independence and injury deaths.”
