Thomas Allen “Tom” Haine was the captain of the 1968 Olympic volleyball team. His nickname was “Daddy”.
Tom Haine was born January 6, 1933 in Minot North Dakota. His family moved to Hawaii as a youth and graduated from Roosevelt High School in 1950. He didn’t go out for sports during his high school years. After graduating from San Jose State University where he twice named an All American in swimming, Daddy joined the U.S. Air Force.
Daddy served as a fighter pilot in the Air Force and later joined the Hawaii Air National Guard. He flew F-102A Delta Daggers with the 199th Fighter Squadron. He served as a Traditional Guardmember and was a banker in civilian life. Tom Haine retired a major.
Tom Haine was a member of the All-America Volleyball team 18 times and won a silver medal at the Pan American Games in 1963 and a gold medal in 1968. He was elected captain of the 1968 Olympic Team. The team placed sixth, but had the distinction of being the only American squad to beat a Russian team in Olympic competition.
Haine was named Gold Masters Player of the Year in 1982 and received the United States Volleyball Association’s “All-Time Great Player Award” in 1990. Haine was inducted into the Volleyball Hall of Fame in 1991.
Daddy joined the Outrigger Canoe Club in 1950 and was a member until his untimely passing in 1994. He was elected to the Club’s Winged “O” in 1968. The sand volleyball courts at the club are named after him and as is the annual Labor Day tournament.
Read his Winged “O” biography here.
When a service member gets divorced, any future retirement pay is viewed as a “marital asset” – just as if you had actual cash in an actual bank account. While exactly how that asset is divided is up to individual states and courts, it is often divided 50-50 thanks to a law known as the “Former Spouses Protection Act.”
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Herschel Denis Conradt, 73, of Waimanalo, a retired owner proprietor of H.C. Masonry and a Hawaii National Guard veteran, died in Waimanalo on May 26, 2016. He was born in Honolulu.
He is survived by wife Janet R.; son Todd K.; daughters Denise D. Imai and Keanulani V. Bloom; brothers Richard T. and Robert J.; sisters Loretta J. Wells and Cynthia Ann Conradt; stepsons John S. Jr., Randall S. and Ryan K. Azevedo; 16 grandchildren; and a great-grandchild.
Visitation: 10 a.m. August 27 at Shriners Beach Club. Services: 11:30 a.m.
You might not know it but some of our favorite brands are owned by some of the world’s biggest organizations. From skincare products to organic foods, on the following pages we look at the real names behind the brands we love.
When you’re faced with morning madness, the easiest path to a healthy breakfast is often a cereal box. But when it comes to nutrition, the choices in the cereal aisle don’t stack up evenly. You know you need to skip brands with added chocolate chips, marshmallows, and fake fruity-Os, but picking the best of the best seemingly healthy cereals can be a confusing chore.
“Never judge a cereal by the front of the box — the manufacturers aren’t there to help you be healthy,” says Gretchen Chriszt, MS, RD, LD, a dietitian with the Cleveland Clinic in Ohio. To get the real scoop, you need to scan the ingredients and nutrition facts label for sneaky sugar sources and hidden processed ingredients. What you want to see: One serving should provide at least 3 grams of fiber (5 grams or more is considered “high-fiber”), less than 10 grams of sugar, and less than 200 milligrams (mg) of salt. The next time you shop, reach for one of these best bets.
Posting and sharing photos online seems innocuous, but you could be inadvertently leaking sensitive business and personal information, according to experts.
Virtually all smartphones can track you through what is known as geotagging, adding location data from satellites. If you leave your phone’s location services on, this information is added to your photos by default. The tag stays with the picture even after it’s shared online, allowing you to be tracked.
From a State Department of Defense press release
Oahu residents may see an increase in fighter aircraft activity beginning today as part of a Sentry Aloha exercise. Sentry Aloha is an ongoing series of exercises, hosted by the Hawai‘i Air National Guard’s 154th Wing, involving multiple types of aircraft and services. Sentry Aloha provides tailored, cost effective and realistic combat training for U.S. Air Force, Air National Guard and other Department of Defense services to provide U.S. warfighters with the skill sets necessary to perform their homeland defense and overseas combat missions.
This will be the first Sentry Aloha exercise this year and the first since the 199th and 19th Fighter Squadrons returned in April from the Middle East where they flew their F-22 Raptors, striking high value ISIS targets in Syria and Iraq.
This Sentry Aloha iteration will involve more than 800 personnel and more than 40 aircraft from eight other states and territories. The exercise will run through the end of the month, with units returning to their home stations in early September.
The 154th Wing is the largest Air National Guard wing in the nation. The Hawai‘i Air National Guard is comprised of nearly 2,500 Airmen whose federal mission is to be trained and available for active duty Air Force operational missions.
Video of fighter jets arriving for Sentry Aloha can be found at:
https://www.dvidshub.net/video/479721/hiang-host-first-sentry-aloha-2016
Still images of visiting aircraft can be found at:
https://www.dvidshub.net/image/2800646/hiang-hosts-first-sentry-aloha-exercise-2016
Touted as a safer solution to magnetic stripe cards, it seems the chip-and-pin (or EMV) counterpart might not be as secure as we once thought. After retailers around the globe made the switch to the new technology we’re now uncovering vulnerabilities in the cards that make them only marginally superior to their predecessor.
The most common diagnosis Dr. Mark Stephan makes in his medical practice isn’t diabetes or arthritis — it’s high blood pressure, or hypertension. More than 76 million Americans have high blood pressure, but only half have it under control and many don’t know they have it at all.
Called the “silent killer” because it’s usually symptomless, hypertension can cause serious health problems such as heart failure, stroke, aneurysm, and kidney damage. According to the American Heart Association, it’s responsible for 350,000 deaths each year, and that number is likely to climb as more adults and even children are diagnosed with it.
Major General Robert G.F. Lee, who served as the Adjutant General from 2003 to 2011, submitted the following to Retiree News.
From Mileka Lincoln’s Twitter – @MilekaLincoln
I would like to remind our Guardsmen and Reservists that call Hawaii home that they should remember Mark Takai every time they enjoy their special benefits. Mark would see me prior to every state legislative session to work out the “military appreciation package” we should push. Mark Takai would set up the bills and I would provide the testimony.
We all know the State of Hawaii is a tax hell but Mark was instrumental in rolling back taxes/fees for our Guardsmen and Reservists.
- The $1750 deduction from state taxes for being a member of the Guard or Reserve remained unchanged for decades in spite of inflation. We changed this to have this deduction change every year based on the drill and annual training pay for an E5 with 8 years of service and having a family of 4. We determined that this Sergeant and family is having a difficult time financially so the State should not tax his drill pay. Today the Guardsman/Reservist would deduct $6295 from his reportable income when calculating their State taxes. More importantly, this deduction would increase every time there is a military pay raise…..no need to go back to the legislature for changes.
- If a Guardsman/Reservist is deployed to a combat zone, all pay and allowances are not subject to State taxes (unlike California). Additionally, all licenses and professional fees would be extended until redeployment home. Students at the University of Hawaii system will maintain their status (tuition wise) until redeployed home.
- One automobile registration fees waived for being a member of the Guard/Reserve.
Mark pushed through the legislature the Hawaii Medal of Honor presented to the families of service members killed in action in Iraq and Afghanistan. This included all units based in Hawaii (Active, Guard, and Reserve). These annual ceremonies were tough to do but the families really appreciated this honor from the State of Hawaii.
Mark accomplished all of the above while NOT serving as the Chair of the Military Committee in the State Legislature. His reputation and drive pushed these benefits thru. Many states had similar benefits but only for members of the Guard. Mark was fair to all, Guard and Reserves.
It was a pleasure working with Mark, as a fellow soldier and an outstanding legislator, always looking out for the welfare of our troops.
Rest in peace Mark! You did an outstanding job to the very end and you “died with your boots on”.
Major General Robert G.F. Lee
United States Army Retired
After the close of his final session with the Hawaii State Legislature in 2014, his office manager, Lisa Vargas Omo complied this summary of the Military Appreciation Package 2004-2014
News carrier Chester Kahapea selling copies of the Honolulu Star-Bulletin on the day Hawaii became the 50th State. August 21, 1959. Albert Yamauchi photo
Admissions Day is a state holiday that celebrates the day President Dwight D. Eisenhower signed the proclamation welcoming Hawai‘i as the 50th state of the union. The president signed the proclamation on August 21, 1959. Since 1969, Hawaii observes Admissions Day on the third Friday in August.
How did Hawai‘i look back in the 1950s? The following two YouTube videos provide a unique glance in our history.
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=kP1GchaSO1A
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=tYN4fg418kg
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Retiree News posted another article about Statehood in 2014 that provides a better look into what happened in 1959. Read more at http://wp.me/p3639O-1s2
The National Aviation Day is a United States national observation that celebrates the development of aviation.
The holiday was established in 1939 by Franklin Delano Roosevelt, who issued a presidential proclamation which designated the anniversary of Orville Wright‘s birthday to be National Aviation Day (Mr. Wright, born in 1871, was still alive when the proclamation was first issued, and would live another nine years).
The proclamation was codified (USC 36:I:A:1:118), and it allows the sitting US President to proclaim August 19 as National Aviation Day each year, if desired. Their proclamation may direct all federal buildings and installations to fly the US flag on that day, and may encourage citizens to observe the day with activities that promote interest in aviation.
Mahalo to military aviators and those who supported them getting airborne!
John Herbert Beaumont (January 7, 1924 – September 19, 2000) was an American sports shooter. He competed in the 25 metre pistol event at the 1956 Summer Olympics in Melbourne, Australia. He took seventh place against the best pistol shooters in the world.
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A September 14, 2000 Star Bulletin article reports John was the oldest Hawaiian Olympian at age 31 years. John joined the Hawaii Air National Guard in early 1956 before being selected for the Olympic team. The 1956 Summer Olympics ran from November 22 through December 8.
John graduated from the Merchant Marine Academy and served during World War II. He enlisted in the Hawaii Air National Guard and rose to the rank of master sergeant. He later received a direct commission. He served for 30 years and retired in 1986 as a major. (His obituary incorrectly reports this retirement date as in the 1950s.)
John joined the Outrigger Canoe Club in 1938. He was an outstanding athletic and excelled in surfing, paddling, volleyball, golf or motorcycle racing. John was selected as a member of the prestigious Winged “O”.
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