Archive for December, 2007

In my last post I described how 3,150 Christmas  trees were banned from Hawaii due to the discovery of invasive species on the trees. (See the previous post) The Christmas trees were infested with hornets and other unknown bugs. Anyone who has been to Hawaii, knows  you need to fill out State Agriculture Forms declaring that you [...]

The Grinch really is at work on the Islands. A planeload of Christmas trees, from Oregon, was recently rejected and told to go home after Agriculture Inspectors found many non-native species on the trees. Many of the trees had been purchased by non-profit groups for fundraising. A portion of the trees were purchased by private vendors. [...]

Are we excited here in Hawaii to have an undefeated football team? You bet we are! UH beat the University of Washington  to erase any doubt that this team is the real deal. The game was not an easy win as UH was down 21 points in the first Quarter. It seemed at times that the game was [...]