Inside Keiki Coloring Contest at Kahala Mall with Wendy Calio ANNIVERSARY Honolulu Waldorf 4 Celebrates 50 Years
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GET “WEBSCLUSIVE” NEWS: For Videos, More Photos, and Exclusive Stories, see www.eastoahusun.com www.eastoahusun.com your community newspaper october 6, 2011 • vol. 25, no. 18 Kuliouou Fishpond Cleanup a Success nemu*nemu New Comic for October! PAGE 7 Community volunteers in front of the cleared Kanewai Spring PAGE 7 Inside Keiki Coloring Contest at Kahala Mall with Wendy Calio ANNIVERSARY Honolulu Waldorf 4 Celebrates 50 Years SCHOOLS Operation Lancer Aloha 5 Collects “Socks for Heroes” OCTOBER FORECAST East Oahu specific, sun, 7 surf and weather. Photo Credit: HAWKINS BIGGINS HAWKINS Credit: Photo COMMUNITY CALENDAR Kids and Moms in Hawaii gather around Wendy Calio (who plays Nina in Imagination Movers). The event was sponsored by MomsinHawaii.com at Kahala Mall and featured a keiki coloring contest to win tickets to see the show at the Blaisdell Event listings for October Concert Hall October 7th & 8th. Big people in photo from left to right; Mia Beaudet (Moms Fun Leader), Wendy Calio (Nina 8 8 - October 31. in Imagination Movers), Esme Infante Nii (editor/Host & Chief Executive Mom) Kimi Morton (Marketing Mom) VOLUNTEERS: Hawaiian Trail And Mountain Club Preserves Traditional Hawaiian Trails Page 2 established in 1987 locally owned and distributed throughout east honolulu East Oahu Sun • OCTOBER 6, 2011 • Page 2 Hawaiian Trail And Mountain Club Preserves Traditional Hawaiian Trails Photo Credit: HAWKINS BIGGINS HAWKINS Credit: Photo Scheduled September clean up of the historic Hawaiian Trail and Mountain Club Waimanalo clubhouse built in 1926. Members who volunteered from left to right; Bob, Ellie, Roy, Janice, Mike, Larry, Dick and Jay. BY HAWKINS BIGGINS this premier hiking club may be for royalty) had a group of messenger nizes hikes on around 80 different East Oahu Sun you. called the kukini (bird catchers) trails a year. The HTMC schedules In the early 1900s the ancient Ha- that knew short cuts through the hikes on weekends, often meeting waiian mountain routes were being mountains.” behind the Iolani Palace at 8AM. The Hawaiian Trail and Moun- forgotten, along with the traditions By keeping these routes alive, the Most of the hikes are open to non- tain Club (HTMC) celebrated their of surfing and the outrigger canoe. club has preserved Hawaiian histo- members for a three-dollar dona- centennial last year and is still go- Ford founded the Outrigger Canoe ry. Three routes in particular can be tion. Depending on the popularity ing strong, with over 500 members. Club in 1908, and the HTMC two traced back historically: the Tom- of the hike, there can be between Alexander Hume Ford founded years later to protect the Hawaiian Tom and Kaupo Cliffs in Waimana- 20-40 people. You can go at your HTMC in 1910 to safeguard the ways on both the land and the sea. lo and the Olympus-Windward own pace, hike alone or with the survival of the traditional Hawaiian According to club member Na- from Maunawili to Manoa via Mt. group. mountain trails. The HTMC pro- than Yuen, “In ancient times, the Olympus. “At that time [1910], the The entire island of Oahu is cov- motes hiking through trails, contin- Hawaiians would travel via the trails had fallen into disuse and ered by the HTMC, from the wind- ued trail maintenance, coordinat- coast line on trails or by canoe. But were forgotten. Because of the club, ward to leeward sides, and ridges to ing weekend hikes, and assisting in certain times of year, the water was they are still used today,” reports valleys. The hikes are listed accord- the search for lost hikers. If you love too rough, and the coastal routes Yuen. exploring Oahu’s beautiful trails, took too long. So the alii, (Hawaiian Every weekend, the HTMC orga- Please see HTMC, page 3 Copyright 2011. All rights reserved. Opinions expressed in articles, letters, and advertisements are those of the individual reporters and advertisers, and may not reflect the view of this publication. Contributing writers and advertisers agree to hold publisher harmless from claims, damages, or expenses incurred from publication of their submissions. Next Issue: Thursday, November 3, 2011 Publisher and Editor .........................................................................................................Matt Badger Advertising Deadline: Friday, October 28, 2011 Feature Writers ......................................................................................................... Hawkins Biggins Editorial Deadline: Sunday, October 31, 2011 ........................................................................................Chelsey Kobatake Flanagan, L. Kae Graniel Circulation: 15,000 Photographers .......................................................................................................... Hawkins Biggins Published by: East Oahu Sun, Proofreading and Editing ........................................................................................... Letty Tomlinson P.O. Box 25130, Honolulu, Hawaii 96825 Marketing and Sales ........................................................................................................Ron Bauman Phone: (808) 395-5006 • Fax: (808) 395-1998 Distribution ........................................................................................................................... Jim Erhart [email protected] • www.eastoahusun.com East Oahu Sun • OCTOBER 6, 2011 • Page 3 HTMC, from page 2 ing to their difficulty levels (novice/ intermediate/advanced), which are determined by length and ter- rain. 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