George “Kappy” Kapeliela, 84, a musician, vocalist and drum major for the Royal Hawaiian Band and a Hawaii Army National Guard veteran, passed away on April 15, 2016. He was born in Honolulu.
He is survived by wife Jolynn T., sons George Thronas and Guy Kapeliela, daughter Leimomi Gonzales, brother Solomon Jr., sister Emily McRae, 11 grandchildren, five great-grandchildren and a great-great-grandchild.
Visitation: 10 a.m. May 2 at Borthwick Mortuary. Services: 11 a.m. Burial: 2 p.m. at Hawaiian Memorial Park. Aloha attire. Flowers welcome.
Condolences: www.borthwickoahu.com
Congratulations to Kurt Shigeta who just pinned on his “eagles”. Kurt serves as the Deputy Commander of the 154th Mission Support Group, working with commander, Col Duke Ota.
Kurt will serve as the interim Director of Staff at Hq, Hawaii Air National Guard for the next few months.
AARP’s “Shred Fest” is scheduled for April 30 from 8 a.m. to noon. Free document shredding will be provided at the Access Information Management destruction plants in Aiea, Kailua-Kona and Wailuku.
These will be drive-thru events, with unloading assistance available. Each occupant of every vehicle will be allowed to drop off a maximum of four file boxes or bags for confidential on-site destruction of sensitive paperwork. Staples and paper clips need not be removed.
You don’t have to be a member of AARP to participate, but based on the popularity of past events, we’d advise that you not show up at the last minute.
There is no fee, but participants are encouraged to bring donations of brown rice and canned goods, which will be donated to a food bank on the island where it was collected.
Here are the drop-off locations:
Oahu: 98-736 Moanalua Loop, Aiea
Hawaii island: 73-4164 Hulikoa Drive No. 5, Kailua-Kona
Maui: 124 Manea Place, Wailuku
The AARP website about the event includes links to maps and directions: aarp.cvent.com/shred4-30
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Broad changes could be coming to TRICARE and the military health system under legislation being drafted by the House Armed Services Committee, but active-duty personnel and current retirees wouldn’t see the immediate hits to their wallets that were proposed earlier this year in the Pentagon’s fiscal 2017 budget.
Under draft legislation to be revealed Monday House lawmakers will propose to overhaul the military health system and Tricare health plans to maintain the “medical readiness of the force,” now and in the future, according to the HASC staff.
From the Images of Old Hawaii website
Reportedly, Yee Sheong and Kam Tai Leong arrived in the Islands in 1898 and founded Yickco in 1900 and operated under the tradename of Yick Lung. Yick Lung, which means ‘profitable enterprise’ in Cantonese, was primarily a candy company and was subsequently operated by a couple generations of the family. A featured item was ‘Li Hing Mui – ‘Li Hing’ means ‘traveling’ while ‘Mui’ means ‘plum.’ Daughter, Gertrude Yee, is attributed with coming up with the name Li Hing Mui for the sun-dried, salty-sweet plum. Unfortunately, parent company Yickco Inc filed for bankruptcy in 1996 and was dissolved in 1998.
Amid rising drug and health care costs and roiling market dynamics, the spokesperson for the nation’s health insurers is predicting substantial increases next year in Obamacare premiums and related costs.
Without venturing a specific percentage increase, Marilyn Tavenner, the president and CEO of America’s Health Insurance Plans (AHIP), said in an interview with Morning Consult that the culmination of market shifts and rising health care costs will force stark increases in health insurance rates in the coming year.
Tax Freedom Day® is the day when the nation as a whole has earned enough money to pay its total tax bill for the year. Tax Freedom Day takes all federal, state, and local taxes and divides them by the nation’s income. In 2016, Americans will pay $3.34 trillion in federal taxes and $1.64 trillion in state and local taxes, for a total tax bill of $4.99 trillion, or 31 percent of national income. This year, Tax Freedom Day falls on April 24th, or 114 days into the year (excluding Leap Day).
About 5.2 million Americans currently suffer from Alzheimer’s disease, and the aging population will drive that number to an estimated 7.1 million by 2025, according to the Alzheimer’s Association. Researchers have identified several types of brain abnormalities in people with the disease, notably plaques made of clumps of beta-amyloid protein and tangles of a protein called tau. Both correlate with the death of brain cells, leading to progressive memory loss, dwindling social skills and, eventually, death.
As Dr. Marwan Sabbagh, director of the Banner Sun Health Research Institute and co-author of “The Alzheimer’s Prevention Cookbook,” puts it, Alzheimer’s memory loss goes beyond the usual “I forgot where I put my keys” to “I forgot what my keys are for.” Age, family history, having the Apolipoprotein E genotype and being female are the leading predictors of the disease. But researchers are finding other predictive correlations, especially in lifestyle.
Life’s too short to board miserable flights.That doesn’t mean plenty of us don’t. In fact, for the average $500 per ticket we spend on airfare, Americans get increasingly little in return. Some flights are worse than others though…
The truth is that not all airlines are created equal. Some try harder, some cut more corners and a few introduce raw sewage to the flying experience. The trouble for travelers is that just browsing horror stories isn’t enough to make sure the same won’t happen to them.
How can you tell the difference between a fluke and a careless carrier? How can you tell if that great price is the result of good management or the death of customer service? With a top ten list of course.
The folks over at WalletHub have put together their list of the five best, and the five worst, of the largest carriers in the American skies.
Some TRICARE users will soon be allowed to use in-network urgent care providers without receiving any authorization under a new TRICARE pilot program set to start May 23, according to policy documents released Tuesday.
The three-year pilot, ordered by Congress as part of the 2016 National Defense Authorization Act, will allow most TRICARE users two urgent care visits per beneficiary, per fiscal year without official authorization from a provider or official. After those two visits have been used, beneficiaries can continue to use urgent care as long as they receive a referral.
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There aren’t many fates worse than getting stuck than the middle seat on an airplane. Body odors, arguments, even bits of stale cheese all seem to roll downhill into the benighted center. For a flier already accustomed to the barrage of small indignities justified in the name of budget cuts, fighting over the armrests with a pair of strangers can be the last straw.
They are easy to find, amazing for your health and super tasty
It seems like every time you turn around, an exotic, new “miracle food” is on the must-eat list, upping the ante from coconut oil and chia seeds to acai berry and quinoa. We’re not knocking their nutritional merit, but doctors and nutritionists want you to know that there is a huge crop of underappreciated foods at your fingertips — and you’re probably already eating them:
Terence J.W.K. Chun, 61, of Honolulu, an Army National Guard retiree, passed away on April 8, 2016. He was born in Honolulu.
He is survived by wife Armelina V., daughter Chelsea M., brother Carlton and sisters Almira Craig, Camellia Chun and Michele Ancheta.
Visitation: 9 a.m. April 26 at Mililani Downtown Mortuary. Services: 10 a.m. Committal services: 1 p.m. at Hawaii State Veterans Cemetery, Kaneohe.
