Major General Darryll D.M. Wong, the Adjutant General, State of Hawai‘i, requests your presence at a ceremony honoring Colonel (Dr.) Richard Ando Jr., State Air Surgeon, Hawai‘i Air National Guard on the occasion of his retirement.
Date: Saturday, October 4, 2014 Time: 1630 Ceremony Reception to follow Place: 154th Wing Dining Facility, Building 3417Joint Base Pearl Harbor-Hickam
Please RSVP using the following link: http://ow.ly/Bp22p
R.S.V.P. by 25 September 2014
POC: Capt Love Williamson 733-4230 POC: CMSgt Dawn WahinekapuResearchers trying to figure out whether artificial sweeteners really do make people fat think they’ve found a possible explanation — they may disrupt the bacteria in some people’s bodies.
Their findings may shed light on why studies often contradict one another, with some finding that people who drink lots of diet drinks are more likely to be obese, with others finding they may help people keep weight off.
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Please come and celebrate the retirement of LTC Jason T. Matsumura. He retires after 32 years of service with the Hawai‘i Army National Guard.
Date: Friday, October 10, 2014 Time: 1130-1400 Lunch buffet Place: The Willows Restaurant, Kapa‘akea Room 901 Hausten Street Honolulu, Hawai‘i 96817 Cost: $36.00 per person before September 24 $40.00 per person after September 24 Make checks payable to Phoebe InigoAloha attire requested
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Please sign up with R.S.V.P by 24 September 2014 Emmy Maikui-Grambusch, 672-1778 Mail or drop off payment to: HQ 103d Troop Command Attn: Emmy Maikui-Grambusch 96-1210 Waihona St. Pearl City, Hawai‘i 96782About 68% of U.S. households have a pet, according to a recent survey from the American Pet Products Association.
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As many as 47 million Americans are sleep-deprived! If you’re in that group, we have advice that can help.
Ronald Shigeo “Ron” Matsumoto, 62, of Aiea, a ship superintendent for Space and Naval Warfare Systems Activity Pacific at Pearl Harbor and a Hawaii Air National Guard retiree, passed way at the Queen’s Medical Center on August 10, 2014. He was born in Honolulu. He is survived by wife Kang Hee, daughter Grace “Lani” and sisters Sharon Maekawa, Laverne Sugamoto and Pauline Mashima. Private services.
Do you keep hearing about “the cloud” but aren’t sure what it is? Read on.
The cloud, simply, refers to software and services that run on the Internet instead of your computer. Apple iCloud, Dropbox, Netflix, Amazon Cloud Drive, Flickr, Google Drive, Microsoft Office 365, Yahoo Mail — those are all cloud services.
There are many advantages to using the cloud. Since the videos, photos, documents, games and other software that lives in the cloud are available on any device with an Internet connection, you can access your stuff from anywhere.
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You finish your workout and the machine reads 300 calories burned — but is that correct?
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Carswell Ross, a retiree Hawai‘i Air National Guard Chief Master Sergeant, continues to serve as a member of the Civil Air Patrol (CAP). He sent this information about the Wreaths Across America and the fundraiser the CAP is conducting.
Greetings Fellow Veterans and Family members of Veterans:
The 66th Composite Squadron Joint Base Pearl Harbor-Hickam has an awesome opportunity to participate in a fundraiser that also gives back to our community.
We are looking for sponsors for wreaths to be placed at the National Memorial Cemetery of the Pacific, better known as Punchbowl on December 13th. Sponsorships will be taken until the Monday after Thanksgiving (which is December 1, 2014).
For every wreath sponsored, the squadron receives $5. Please share this information with your friends and individuals who have a family resting at Punchbowl. There are proximately 34,000 graves at there and it would be awesome to get them all covered!
A reminder, wreaths can be sent to other locations. Please go the website and learn more about the Wreaths Across America project. http://tinyurl.com/nx8b58j
Sincerely, Caz Ross, Lt Col CAP and CMSgt. USAF (Ret.)Unwanted weight gain can be a real problem as we age, but there are ways to avoid adding extra pounds.
When Home Depot confirmed that its in-store payments systems were hacked, the one juicy morsel it didn’t disclose was how many people may have been affected. Well, the company finally patched the issue and fessed up: some 56 million payment cards are at risk, so please keep an eye on your statements if you’ve shopped at a North American Home Depot between April and September.
Just to put this whole thing into perspective, remember the gigantic data breach that Target got slammed with over the holidays? That time only (!) 40 million credit and debit cards were at risk, though millions more customers may have had other personal information compromised.
The culprit in both cases was a bit of malware that had been introduced to the companies’ payment systems, but despite earlier reports that the two strains were related, Home Depot says the stuff that hit it “had not been seen previously in other attacks”.
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James Alexander “Spike” Dykes, 80, of Vancouver, Washington, passed away on the sixteenth of July, 2014. He was born in Hilo, Hawai‘i on October 16,1933 to John and Jenny Dykes of Scotland. He is survived by his wife, Maria Louise Dykes of Vancouver, Washington. Daughters, Kimberly Marie of Denver, Colorado; Kathy Burdick of Portland (Owen); LeeAnn Larson of Yuba City, California (Michael); Sons, Steven Dykes of Lake Oswego, Oregon (Linnea). Matthew Dykes of Kailua-Kona, Hawai‘i. Grandkids Jamie Burdick (New York); Alex Dykes, Portland.; John Burdick of Portland and MacKenzie C. Dykes of (Portland). Brother John Dykes of Gladstone Oregon (Heather) and Sister Janet Martin of Sequim Washington (Larry) Nephews: Gregg John Hall of Honolulu (Belinda) Niece: Barbara Paty of Tacoma Washington (Ryan) and Michael Hall of Portland (Kami). He was a great Uncle and Father.
Born and raised in the Hawaiian Islands. He attended Hilo schools. He graduated from Punahou School on O‘ahu and graduated in Class of 1951. Jim went to the University of Washington and graduated in the Class of 1955. He was a Phi Gamma Delta Fraternity member. Jim received a MBA from Auburn University and also graduated from the Pacific Coast Banking School.
He attended the Air Force Air Command and Staff College. He flew fighters in the Air Force, and Hawai‘i Air National Guard, then helicopters in Hawai‘i, New Mexico, Wyoming and South Dakota Army National Guard Units. Jim received the Broken Wing Safety Award for Demonstrating Outstanding Airmanship on March 4, 1978 by the Hilo Army Guard.
(Spike flew F86s and F-102s with the Hawai‘i Air National Guard from 1960 through 1970. He flew with the Hawai‘i Army National Guard from 1970 through 1983.)
In addition to all this, he served on many Boards as President or as a board member. For instance, he volunteered as a Hospice caregiver at the Veterans Affairs in Washington State and loved carting Vets around the Veterans Affairs Facility. Jim worked with Bishop Trust Company in Hilo and in Artesia, New Mexico as a Trust Administrator. He retired as Head of the Gillette First Interstate Bank Trust Department in 1999.
He was very active in community affairs, was involved with United Way in Honolulu and Hilo. He was an active member and President of the Noon Rotary in Gillette, Wyoming and received the Paul Harris Fellow Award from Rotary. He was a member of the Elks, a Master Swimmer in Hilo and Gillette. He paddled with a Canoe Club in Hilo and enjoyed Substitute Teaching in Gillette where he received the Homer Scott Award for Outstanding Citizenship for the First Interstate Bank in 1997. He looked forward to heading back to be a cook at hunting camp in Wyoming.
Jim was highly respected by colleagues, Pilots, fraternity brothers and many friends and by his family.
I HAVE BEEN A VERY LUCKY MAN ALOHA, JIM
He has been cremated and his ashes will be spread in the ocean off Hilo by his family and close friend, Bobby Vierra. Private Services will be held on September 21, 2014 at the Hawai‘i Air National Guard Flight Operations Center. (Call John Carroll— 526-9111 for details)
President Obama’s push to hire military veterans for jobs across the government is fueling resentment in federal offices, as longtime civil servants and former troops on the other side of the cubicle increasingly question each other’s competence and qualifications.
With veterans moving to the head of the hiring queue in the biggest numbers in a generation, there’s growing bitterness on both sides, according to dozens of interviews with federal employees.
Those who did not serve in the military bristle at times at the preferential hiring of veterans and accuse them of a blind deference to authority. The veterans chafe at what they say is a condescending view of their skills and experience and accuse many non-veterans of lacking a work ethic and sense of mission.
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Many insurers are shrinking provider networks, so make sure your doctors are included in the plans you’re considering. Kiplinger, Oct. 2014.
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