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T Longs stocks a wide selection of island favorites here in the "Ninth Island", including Hawaiian sweet bread and poi - flown in fresh weekly! Hawaiian Sun drinks, (oral tuna, Cal rose Diamond Grice, Aloha Shoyu, rubba slippas and dozens of other Island goodies . all served by friendly kama'aina who moved to Las Vegas, too! Yom borne from Home! (orne see-our Hawaiian aisle in every store! - .Lf1ULl SERVICE PHARMAcD i OSMETIC OEPAR;:Nf p • Advanced Computer Technology • We feature a wiae array will alert the Pharmacist of any of name brand products. precautions or relevant warnings. • Our trained Beauty • Pharmacists are always available Consultants are for consultation. knowledgeable of the • Easy Prescription Transfer- products we sell. Simply call your Longs Pharmacist. • We accept over 500 Prescription • All cosmetic purchases Insurance Plans. are 100% Guaranteed! large selection of over the counter medications. Featuring 1 HOU? 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I d b '" ~ Ie non Ie Ull a Ie /\nl dol... at www.worryfreevacatlons.com. or call us at 1-~"l25-5658 . chonge~ \"111 I be 5U bleel 10 a 58!IICe charge 01 $2 5 Air, F'I' I Clo« I . .> ...... upgro( e::. nle nor opp Irco bl e 0 I I'er restric tions mo, apply 2 IANUALI I PEPELUALI 2002 3 A Note from the Editor MEL O Z EK I. PH .D. "Hamana DA" ~ ~ ~The Original Shaka Sign • Even thoug h thi s Holiday by V;mce Pukuniahi Cannon Season I S the wo r s t in VO LUME 6 ISSUE 3 Jan/Feb 02 America's and thi s famil y's Depending on your age you may have a Publi sher I Editor Mel Ozeki, Ph .D. expertence. too. it's also a differem idea of where the shaka sign came from. If you grew up in Ihe 1970s, [email protected] time to rejoice becau se we li ve. America is o n a path of you might have thought it was invented Managing Editor Emily Ozeki by Mayor Frank Fasi who used it economic hea ling : E mil y I S cmily @ohanamagazine.com extensively in hi s political campaigns. hea ling after major kidney b y passes. I call both Even before that, Lippy Espinda used it Art Director I Design Cindy Temple situations, " I s t and I I" - first m o nth, I I more [email protected] in hi s advertising. And if you were a months for n o rmal cy and recovery. surfer during those mid 1900 years, you Marketing. NV Christine Biaggi • In thi s vein , but w ithout reser vations, I sadly mi ght have tho ug ht the thumb and little Island [email protected] announce that we are inte ntionally s kipping finger sign to have come from a surfer. In Marketing. NV Vance Cannon publi s hing the Marc h /A pril issu e because of fact, California surfers swear that they [email protected] nearly s ix weeks h ospitali z ati o n in Los Angeles in invented it. Accountant Linda Temple Oct. and N ov. A II s u bsc ri pt i on s are automatically The truth is that Ihe shaka sig n originated long before on the north shore Subscription Donna Cannon extended one more issue and will b e noted in the mailing s ubscription labe l late r. Suffice that this of Oahu in Ihe little town of Laic. The Proof Reader Dave Rice is a timeout for m e di ca l recovery, regrouping. folks there called it "Haman a DA", after Account Executive Sann Wright After a 3S-day horri fic. e m o tionally-draining Hamana Kalili , who had lost his middle three fingers on his ri ght hand in an HalliWill Kalili (eel/leI: IWI/ds clasped) with Laic Mom /() Il Temple Presidelll Castle Mll rphy Photography experience, I wonder in print. "How many others Brian Janis/PhOlotcchnik industrial accident at th e old Kahuku (l lId f riel/ds ill La ie. phototcchnik.com have experienced simi lar traumatic ordeals?" I'm Sugar Mill. The DA came as an Fi lm Output I Printer Nevada Color Litho, writing a piece c iting positive and negative effects abbreviation for " Di strict Attorney", as "Hamana DA" . Hamana didn' t speak played other teams from around the Las Vegas, NV from going to s peciali s ts out-of-town, etc., and the 280 lb., full-blooded Hawaiian was very good Eng li sh but Oll e of his ravorite islands. It stood as a sign of approval or would appreciate you te lling me how others might the peacemaker of the town. phrases was " ri g ht o n" . In close in its earl y definition. "right on the kini Contributing Writers Al oha Joe ®, Vance Cannon. better pre pare themse lves for an eventuality as we company "right o n" became a familiar po po:' Kim berl y Fu. Pal Morita. After losing hi s fin gers in the sugar mill, get older, accidents. illnesses. term that would usuall y go along with Lcilchu a Yuen. he became a guard o n the sugar train that Where this happy hand sign got the name went bet ween Laie and the Kahuku Hamana's enthusiasti c jesture made with "shaka" or "'hang loose" is open for Web site: ohanamagazine.com • On the lighte r s ide . a s pecial Mahalo to the Sugar Mill. From Ih e train or from hi s hi s two fin gered hand.