Sullivan: Punahou's Makaula accepts UH offer

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Bulgarian Idol Valentina Hasan singing “Ken Lee” (click on my name).

TChang hits the “Cha-Ching” with # 1 ( and 2).

Nice pics ST. Thanks – Makes my day that you keep us in touch. Guess bleached blonde hair with the Hawaiian islands painted on top is now Passe’ ?

I’d like to get a hard copy of the media guide. If can, can… if no can… well then I’ll be happy with the digits (soft copy). Cover looks good with the big D monsters.

Wow, almost mid-night here in Seoul. “Esme” and Goodnight!

😯 🙄 😀 ~•~ Good Morning Tsaikos and Warrior Nation!!! ~•~ 😀 🙄 😯

Good to hear the guys have had time to heal and are reporting to camp in good condition and ready for battle! The team sounds solid with depth at all positions. I don’t think we could say that in past years. I think the only positions of some concern are Grasso and Kelly, and maybe Ingram – all key members of the special teams.

Okay – everyone have a great day! 😀

Okay – have a nice time in SLC. I suppose there’s no daughters to visit or deliver “care” packages to on this trip!

Don’t have too many green drinks or BBQ. And don’t forget your medicine! Ha! 😀

What’s this about meds? ST takes apple martinis! Now, I’m curious. What does it taste like? Apples?

ST,

Thank you for all of the updates! I love the photos and notes on each player…the season is getting so close!

Long Beach Press-Telegram has an article about Nielsen’s commitment to UH. Nice press in SoCal for UH! There are a lot of other potential recruits (and their parents) who will read this article in their paper.

Gahr High quarterback Corey Nielsen didn’t have to choose the University of Hawaii. He had scholarship offers from Arizona, Idaho and UNLV as well. And with a 4.0 GPA, Nielsen was giving a few Ivy League schools a look.

But after a trip to the UH Football Skills Camp last week, Nielsen knew he’d found the right place.

“(The run-and-shoot) is really similar to our offense at Gahr,” Nielsen said.

Hawaii’s offense works primarily out of the shotgun formation, which could help the 5-foot-11, 185-pounder deliver the ball before opposing linemen track him down.

“I’m not the typical 6-3, 6-4 quarterback,” Nielsen said.

Q&A with BYU’s head coach mentions how teams from the WAC and MWC that made it to BCS bowls had a leader at QB or RB.

RG: Of those teams, those non-BCS teams, who have made those runs, they’ve all had that guy who it all centers around, with Ian Johnson, Alex Smith and Colt Brennan. Does Max Hall have that quality?

BM: I think so. I wouldn’t ever compare him to those, but you need a great leader in a position that can make a difference. And those teams have had that. I think Max can do that.

Garret,
Thanks for the news about Joe Lobendahn – another Crusader who’s representing!

Good morning Garret and d1! Doris was very appreciative of the ink cartridges!! We asked her if there was anything we could do to physically assist her ( since we have the time) She said the best way to assist her would be to keep our eyes and ears open for any info on kids with potential who are under the radar and get the info to her.

Good morning myki.

Thanks for making the delivery. That Doris is somethin’ else, huh? What a treasure!

If you and SJ_macro are up in Manoa again this morning I hope it’s a little cooler for you folks.

Loa,

LOL. Not that there’s anything wrong widda “free ‘n easy” look. 😀

Stay dry everyone and have a great day!

HiHo….

d1 – homey called it “retro”, had some Ching Field info one other site

Good Morning Tsaiko Nation!

Here’s a quote from the Washington Redskins (http://theredskinsblog.com/2008/07/22/a-few-observations-from-morning-practice/) blog:

For all you Colt Brennan supporters out there (the ones who want him to make the team, not the ones who expect him to be the starter), he made some sharp throws to the RBs in the earlier drills — mostly short stuff, but one nicely placed longer throw to Rock Cartwright. I didn’t spot him during the 11-on-11s, though.

Good morning Tsaikos everywhere.

In Florida, its 38 days and countin~

Doris,

Daniel Iopa, KeaauHS, olineman great gpa is a under radar guy.

JIM DONOVAN,
UH ATTORNEYS,
MURAKAMI FIELD CONTRACTOR,
early this morning (yesterday’s blog), I went off about the CookChing Field turf fix. will be back in tomorrow’s blog. loud and clear.
Go Yourselves.

Go Warriors!!!

Hi Liz! 😀

Hi Matt! 😀

okay, after i posted i read what others had just posted, so i’m back on the box again.

UH Support Personnel (that be UH attorneys),
you got to help out Jim Donovan NOW! Don’t play like a DII school. Play hard ball. In hindsight, you messed up, thats all there is to it. The bottom line is you gave a guy the opportunity to cry foul and its holding us up. Always going get Daniel Smith who is gonna sue. Get him outta da way. Get the job going. Make him file injunction. Get the team fix going now. Life is not perfect. Play with the winged arm. If Blaze can do it, if Dan can do it, so can the team. That means U. Get a move on fixin the field this summer.

Say what you gotta say to get the field going. Lay all the #s down, written explanation why we gonna do it this way, and do it. NOW. Make rules for the next time. FIX IT NOW!!!! I don’t understand the precedence set when the foremost criteria is to FIX IT NOW. If you made a mistake, so what? If president Bush can get his guy to fly when the fly meant bustin da rules, then bust the rules.

If you mean GO WARRIORS, GO YOURSELVES.
C’mon guyz, back up Jimmy Donovan. For the team. Coach Mack needs the help. Jim needs the help. Our team needs the help. Step up. Be like
Mr. Hill in Pearl City. He stepped up. So can you!

GO WARRIORS!

I told Derek it looks like the players on the cover are playing that pyramid thing — you know the one where you have layers of people on top of each other? Not that it’s a bad thing. It’s kinda cool. I guess I wasn’t the first to say that, though.

sjmacro, myki1

howzit you 2. I’ll be lookin for you next Thurs and Fri at practice.

stretch – google “cooke field turf protest”

Alojahz Errybody…

Aunty Ronnie – Thanks again for reposting my question to Adam yesterday…

Kelli – Thanks for the Japanese tutorial…although I think I will stick with engrish for now 🙂

D-Low – Good luck, make the best decision for yourself whether you play in Australia, Europe, or find yourself on an NBA roster…

hey guys, i been reading this blog everyday but prob. only posted once…Florida Ted, looking at past history we’ve got pretty beaten up trying to start a new quarterback for the first time…..Rolovich & TC in 2000, Brennan in 2005, i say we stick with either Graunke who has starter experience or a much improved Funaki who knows the O to the T…could be possible they would rotate….and use the back-ups to mop-up…..unless they’re really that good enough tp play…think they’ll need to grasp the O completely before getting out on that field

Good Morning Tsaiko Villagers!

Stretch ~ Are you on island today? If not, see you at Sam’s this eve.

Koakane ~ You still on oxygen my friend? If not, meet me at the ball field this morning. We go watch practice and den pull EIS at the nearest sports bar at lunch time.

Geezy, your post about the experienced QB makes the most logical sense, especially when facing Florida.

Why wasn’t Weber St. our opener?

Hi, gang! Hi, ST!

TChahng and gigi, re: posts 6 & 7 … you guys are hilarious.

Bhf2 ~ You have declared Whiskey-Alpha-Romeo on the ‘suits’ this morning. I know a little bit about that stuff. If we stir up media attention on these clowns and get on ’em – put ’em in the flood lights, that may force their hand to take action.

A little investigative reporting by a certain member of the media we know would do the trick. Make a little “Dateline NBC” Hawaiian style and hound them until they get that field built. A little full court press-shah.

We see the slogan on decal stickers all over “Ainokeah!” Should be just the opposite in this case, “WeKeah!”

hi, Esme!

Yeah, Maverick, I remember that awful opener against USC not too long ago! ugh.

Pauoa Boy: You’re welcome. Believe it or not, we were REQUIRED to be able to type in Japanese for 102. Sensei made us submit a weekly diary/journal thing in Japanese via e-mail. After a while it got addicting and now I e-mail my friends from Japan like that. They were impressed, but are forever correcting my typos.

Kelli – If I even tried to type to you or anyone in Japanese, it’ll be like that phone commercial where I might call you something like stinky fish face…haha. I lived in Japan for almost 2-3 years and still don’t know what I’m saying except for sitting in a bar yelling Sake! Or Bonzai! 🙂

Kekoa/Koakane,
Two words: tell ma’s

Aunty Ronnie – No worries, I’m sure Adam went read em regardless…

I was going ask you if you knew of the scoops on the kicker from Temecula supposedly walking on to UH. Was talking with Garret and he said he went to Dan Kelly’s high school Linfield Christian. The only kid I know from that area is Colinn Yost, he played WR/DB/K/P. Good size at 6’3″ 195lbs. sort of like Kelly. Heard he’s attended some Kicking combines and camps and has been one of the top kickers in each. Just wondering if you knew…

Morning Tsaikos!

Safe trip to ST & Adam Leonard.

Good to hear that Grasso is back in town & at workouts.

Hope to watch a couple of practices once Fall Camp begins.

Opening with a top ten team, or AA is a double edge sword. Depends on where we sit with exposure and depth. If UH has been in the top levels with consistent years back – back, then all means, bring on those top powerhouse teams for a season opener.
But it hasn’t been that way. This Florida game with timing of date and middle of the day is nothing but rough edges. Our Warriors will need to be trimmed to sharpness like it’s the last game of the season and keep injuries to nada or minimum.
Our track record with the past years of this subject speaks the strut.

Back wen dese games were booked by the Former Coach, UH WAS da “tune-up” game!

73!

Good Morning All!

Unsupervised workouts leading up to fall camp usually are from 3:00 – 4:00/4:30ish if I’m not mistaken…

Dis Ching Field pilikia stinks.

Ethics Commission Exec Dir says a conflicted Board member should recuse himself from discussion and vote and that a recused member cannot make a recommendation.

Let me say it b4 Stretch, “Wtf?”

Pauoa Boy: you are right on the UW schedule. Yesterday, the receivers were warming up for about 25 minutes in the rain and making the catches–even Homey’s favorite–Avery. ❗
For those who can attend training camp two a days–remember your $3 parking pass is good for 24 hours. You don’t have to pay for in and out.–sjmacro & myki

Just noticed Grasso. Looks like Veneri.

Pauoa Boy,

Brett Symonds is walking on to UH, as d1shima correctly pointed out last night. He’s the kicker from Temecula I referred to, but I forgot he was redshirting this season. He’ll take over after Dan Kelly moves on (hopefully) to the NFL.

Link to Brett Symonds’ stats from last season.

I shouldn’t have relied on my memory after a long day of work yesterday…

Geezy:
I like it…
nothing like an upset to make the highlight films for the whole year….

This rookie from App State with the Redskins found out that a teammate who went to Michigan still hasn’t gotten over how his team beat Michigan last year.

On one of the best days of Kerry Brown’s life, two of his fingers were broken and he was surrounded by more than 100,000 people who didn’t like him.

Brown, a rookie offensive lineman, attended Appalachian State, a small Division I-AA university in Boone, N.C. Last fall, the Mountaineers won at Michigan in one of the greatest upsets in college football history.

It was kind of like an ant defeating a can of Raid.

I walked over and introduced myself, but when I extended my hand, I noticed his were both holding helmets.

“This one’s Jon Jansen’s,” Brown said, referring to the Redskins’ veteran tackle who is a–gulp–Michigan alum. “He came over to me and said, ‘Hey, rook. Carry my helmet. Where’s Appalachian State now?'”

Ouch.

But Brown didn’t have to say anything. He just paused and remembered that indelible day last fall. He remembered how the pain disappeared from his mangled fingers. He remembered how Michigan’s stadium was so eerily silent that he could hear one of his friends roaring in the upper deck.

I didn’t see this posted yet…

http://www.redskins.com/news/newsDetail.jsp?id=36944

Stretch…yep, apparently the guy did the same thing when he didn’t win a bid for flooring for Honokaa. A painting company won the bid and Sadowski moved to have a “specialty license” for flooring companies. WTF?? This guy sounds dirty to me….

Jayson:
Nice post thanks
sounds like Colt and Coach Z are communicating well

This article about non-BCS-conference schools getting to BCS games is pretty interesting. I’ll just post a few tidbits from the article here.

Beginning with Utah in 2004, mid-major teams have crashed the BCS three times now in four years, which makes the question less “Can anyone do it?” than “Who will it be?”

Not only have BCS party crashers been led by veteran quarterbacks, but half of them –Miami, Louisville, Utah and Hawaii — made their names behind once-in-a-generation types who served as the Face of the Program and put up obscene numbers. Louisville’s had a lot of great quarterbacks in the last decade, but none had a single season on par with Stefan LeFors’ shred job in 2004; Alex Smith, Ben Roethlisberger and Colt Brennan will be synonymous with the Utes, Red Hawks and Warriors for the rest of their lives

The only team with the ingredients and the schedule to make a BCS run, based on what’s come before, is BYU, despite the mass turnover on the Cougar defense. This seems to be the consensus: every poll released so far includes BYU in the top 25, including the one issued by Phil Steele, the only member of the prognostoscenti who dares to pick Utah to win the conference. USA Today specifically projects the Cougars to the Fiesta Bowl.

How someone gets put on the State Contractors Licensing Board?? Is it a Governor appointment??

How does….

Aloha everybody:

The State Procurement law strikes again, or I should say, a change in the procurement law strikes again.

Actually, I should say something “rotten” has struck the procurement law.

Or somebody is bending the truth to obtain an advantage.

And this is one of the beefs June had with the upper campus. And after all this drama ends, the lower campus is gonna look like a car dealarship.

Murakami Stadium and Ching/Cooke Field may have TWO different types of turf installed on the lower campus.

As time marches on!

Whoever is doing this must be working for Boise State.

whatever, just as long as they don’t make the Cooke/Ching Field blue.

Pauoa Boy your comments on #71 rings true….We play N. Colo. and Charleston Southern and people complain, to weak and not worthy of scheduling, we play Florida, the other half complain, to strong and blame JJ for putting UH on the line…go figure….I agree, we need the Fresno mentality for all WAC teams for the conference to get better, won’t be easy but to gain respect we got to compete with the best.

Stretch and D1, article on Cooke Field (Ching Athletic Complex field) available on line in today’s issue from the dark side (the other paper we don’t mention often)

Hey, seeing that Koa Mahu’s Cuz has posted…wassup cuz!!! Where are the other koas…i.e. koakane and koa mahu???

Hello Mr Sadowski – please come out and explain your justification so we all know how you are trying to get a better product for UH by changing the specialty licensing requirements.

This whole Ching/Cooke field issue is ridiculous! Who’s email inbox do we need to inundate!
Talking about Boise St, lets all get some blue paint and coat the grass field the week before that game- get the players used to seeing the smurf turf. In fact, they should have the scout team where matching blue shirts!

ST – Glad you made it ok.

Hmmm… Did the panic alarm go off when you inserted it into the ignition?

Have a good one KMC…hopefully, the other koa clan members show up.

Kazz – GOOD ONE…LMAO

Ralph:

Thanks, read the story. This is my theory.

When the procurement folks at UH wrote the specificatons for the Murakami Stadium installation, from what I was told, just about anybody with a contractor’s license could bid on the project. So at the end, Mr Hamacon’s company won the bid, using Domo turf as the product.

You cannot specifically state a brand name in the specifications, such as Field Turf, Domo Turf, Astro Play, or Ainokea Turf.

Now, months later, the UH Athletic Department decides they have the dollars to proceed and take bids on the renovation of Cooke/Ching Field.
But somebody in power has a friend who is in the turf business. The “juice” is really on now.

You can write the specifications for this job to fit the individual you choose to get the bid. Very rotten indeed. Thus eliminating all your competition including Mr. Hamacon.

Koauka I believe that a lot of state contracts are written with the intent of limiting who can bid on the contract, its part of the old boy network working for us….need to ask James to check the political contributions by the board member in question, whose hands is he greasing…

Mr Sadowski and members of the Licensing Board:

Please make a “public” statement of how you will correct the mess you created by allowing a member who has a direct “conflict of interest” which is causing the University of Hawaii precious time in completing the re-surfacing of Cooke Field so our student athlethes can benefit from using the completed field.

A late or slow response will not be acceptable to numerous UH fans across the State.

post #122- change “where” to “wear”

Just sent an email to the address Kazz posted. Power to the People!

As many of you know, I’ve been following the Invitation to Bid process for the Ching/Cooke Field from the beginning but not just because I’m a UH fan.

First of all, the bidding process did not start until July 1, 2008, because that’s when this fiscal year began. However, the techspecs were indeed known beforehand. I saw them back in early June.

I know someone who was interested in bidding on the contract for two reasons: First, the owner of the landscape architecture business is a devoted UH fan and would have been proud to help improve the facilities on campus; second, he’s interested in expanding his contractor’s business to include artificial turf which is used in a lot of places other than just sports facilities.

He made arrangements to bring a colleague in from the Dallas area for a three-month working vacation to train & supervise local employees if he’d won the contract; however, after looking over the technical specifications, he said that the new requirements would disqualify the company so he decided not to move forward with the bid submission process.

However, the law and the regulations themselves are very clear: The members of any board or commission have to recuse themselves when there are conflicts of interesting which will happen fairly frequently in Hawai`i given its small population base. All members of all boards and commissions are almost always active or retired members of that profession – dentists, CPAs, beauticians, etc. Only when the law establishing the commission notes that community members must be involved are non-professionals on that board.

Is this Lingle’s fault – much as I dislike her performance as governor – no. The Board and its attorney assigned to it by the Attorney General‘s office need to step up and enforce their own rules.

I strongly urge that instead of just writing Verna Oda that you also contact Mark Bennett, the Attorney General, as well as State Senator Russell Kokubun, the chair of the Commerce, Consumer Protection, and Affordable Housing Committee which is the subject matter committee which oversees the Contractors’ License Board. The Governor’s Office should also be contacted, but bear in mind that it does not have any direct control over Ms. Oda; however, pressure can be put on her to do the right thing through her Big Boss who is a gubernatorial appointment.

Other members of CPH are Senators David Ige, Will Espero, Les Ihara, Jr., Norman Sakamoto, Brian Taniguchi, and Gordon Trimble. Remember also that Sakamoto chairs the Education Committee and UH Manoa is in Taniguchi’s district.

Here is the process by which all boards & commissions are filled. People apply to the Governor to be appointed to a particular board or commission. Staff screen the applications and then submit lists – there are literally dozens of boards & commissions – for a particular seat.

The Governor selects someone – sometimes it’s political and sometimes it’s not – and sends the name down to the Senate President who then sends the nomination to a particular Senate committee. They hold hearings and make a recommendation and then it goes to the full Senate for a floor vote. If approved, then the person is sworn in during a ceremony – usually in the Governor’s office.

Sometimes, new appointees have to wait until the start of a fiscal year while others may take office immediately.

NOTE: Members of the State House are not directly involved; however, many of them do communicate with the specific senators about their concerns. Please communicate your concerns.

A-HOUSE:

David Hafner, the University of Hawaii at Manoa‘s Assistant Vice Chancellor for Campus Services.

Whoops!!

Sorry – my last post was not a complete sentence post. Got interrupted by a phone call.

David Hafner, Jr. is the University of Hawaii at Manoa</b.’s Assistant Vice Chancellor for Campus Services. He reports to Virginia Hinshaw. Here is his contact information:

Name: David T Hafner, Jr
Email: hafner@hawaii.edu
Affiliation: Staff
Office Phone: (808) 956-4636, (808) 366-8850
Office Fax: (808) 956-2165
Office Location: PPB 113
Job Title: Asst, VC for Campus Srvcs
Department Name: Office of Facilities and Grounds
Campus Affiliation: University of Hawaii at Manoa

Hmm….

Just called that dudes office and they referred me to Vernas ones….I guess i am getting the run around….

Press on dudes and dudettes!

Whoops!!

undr = under

Also, please delete coding error in #142 </b.

See everyone later –

I think that UH is stuck and has no control over what is required for the State contract to fix the field.

The people who need to answer the questions are Verna Oda, the Licensing Board’s executive officer who allowed this to occur and Sadwoski the one who proposed this requirement and owns a company that this requirement benefits.

I have no problem with the requirement IF it benefits UH with a better product. BUT, it appears it was proposed to eliminate competition, drive up the bid prices, and give the best chance to fatten up Sadowski’s wallet.

XxFaithxX,

No matter if you only post when get dis kine kaka happening.

The fact that people here send their $0.02 directly to those in charge is one of the MANY examples as to why ST and da blog got that commendation from “da movers and shakers” of the state in the first place.

As Jack Flash said, “POWER TO THE PEOPLE”!!!!

Action must be taken now to stem Rent A Car Counter Rage pandemic. I’ve seen it firsthand on too many occasions. “Hey, that big scratch was already there when I picked the car up!” Or, “You’re charging me what for gas!!!? The tank was empty when you gave me the car!!!”

Stretch – links to the public notices below
bids were originally scheduled for 7/7/08 with an “A” license requirement
and then later postponed to this friday via several addendums
too bad no can see the actual addendums cause somewhere along the line a specialty license must have been added

http://www4.hawaii.gov/bidapps/ShowBids.cfm?SortCol=pu&SortDir=NO
http://www4.hawaii.gov/bidfiles/08%2D145%20NOTICE%20TO%20BIDDERS%2Ehtm
http://www4.hawaii.gov/bidapps/ShowRestBid.cfm?RecKey=11700

so I have this cool new toy called an iphone 3g. This blog looks sweet on it. Waaaaay better than my previous phone (Moto Q).

Hey everyone!

diesel:

July 22nd, 2008 at 12:42 pm
so I have this cool new toy called an iphone 3g. This blog looks sweet on it. Waaaaay better than my previous phone (Moto Q).

I want an iPhone, but I can’t justify paying the monthly service fee at the current amount.

According to written testimony on his behalf, Denny Sadowski is described in the

following way:
• Reliable: attends all meetings
• Active: participates in discussion and decisions; Legislative Committee
Chair
• Honest: always honest and fair in decision making
• Knowledgeable: his industry knowledge is greatly beneficial to our Board
• Cordial: he is greatly liked by the Board
• Respectful; to those around the table and those who come before it

Sounds like an upstanding guy who would have no problem sharing his views in order to elucidate this matter.

LOA:

I have the addenda(ums) sitting right next to me. The original called for is Contractors’ License A and no further modifications were listed in the additional techspec change documents; however, my friend found out about the change during a phone call to the CLB.

Actually, the original date for opening bids was the 7th, then the 11th, and now the 25th.

The statement made earlier that the specific turf manufacturer cannot be identified in the bid is incorrect. In fact, that is required. Here it is directly from the official document:

:

1. Turf Manufacturer: Submit a reference list, letter, and specification sheet from the Turf Manufacturer certifying that the proposed turf and infill system meets or exceeds all specified requirements of this section.

The reference list shall identify one (1) or more existing NCAA or professional football field(s) in which the proposed turf and infill system has been successfully installed. The reference list sha;l include contact person(s) along with their telephone number(s).

Have to go – I’m late, I’m late- and no wabbit hole to fall into.

bhf2,

Hey look!

Mr. Sadowski did work in your neck of da woods:
KS-Big Island
Keaau HS

also KS-Maui

BIGHILOFAN2, DA “HUHU” HUNTAH

Stretch:

Thanks. I stand corrected. The “juice” is on. Personal gain is impeeding a very worthy project.

C’mon guys, the buggah is just making sure Cooke field has a superior product that’s all, never mind reading between the lines. 😆

homey ®:

July 22nd, 2008 at 1:23 pm
C’mon guys, the buggah is just making sure Cooke field has a superior product that’s all, never mind reading between the lines.

By “reading between the lines” do you mean showing him the finger in between my index and ring fingers? 👿

Kazz- can you post a draft of your letter on this blog? Maybe some of us can cut/paste for our own letters if you no mind??

Kazz – no, I meant when you bend over and give him the Bart Simpson salute. 😆

Jack Flash,

Can.

HiPrincess – thanks again for your efforts w/yesterday’s chat.

Diesel – howzit! Long time no see. Are you still in Hawai’i?

Koauka – According to XLiz I’m just a xs. 😡

Here is a draft of my letter. I’m going to add more to it, but this is what just came off of the top of my head.

Aloha,

I am writing in concern to the recent issue regarding the bidding controversy for the job of installing synthetic turf at the Clarence TC Ching Complex on the campus of the University of Hawaii at Manoa.

I represent no organization with any affiliation with the University, the athletic department, the Clarence TC Ching Foundation, or any other company seeking bids for this $1.2 million project. However I feel that I represent the thousands of Hawaii residents with a vested interest in UH athletics and the future of athletics in Hawaii.

It seems that the priority of education and athletics in association with an institute of higher learning in Hawaii has taken a back seat to those that may seek to benefit from the specific funds appropriated for those it was intended to.

The Clarence TC Ching Foundation gave the University, it’s students, and it’s fans the kind of hope that was missing for a better future for the success of the University’s athletic program when they donated five million dollars to help provide the kind of facility that our young people deserve in order to stay competitive with other institutions. In the long run the objective is to give our kama’aina the same advantages others have enjoyed elsewhere.

It is my wish, along with the wish of others that this issue be resolved with the utmost urgency and importance. It is also my hope that the State Contractors License Board would not want to have a hand in any kind of interference with the goal of giving our young athletes the best resources in order to fully represent themselves and Hawaii to the world.

Kazz,
You should have seen Adam do an impersonation of the guy. Too bad we didn’t have video of it…. 🙁

So, I just found out I’ll be traveling to Washington (state) for the majority of the first half of the season. So I might be attending more road games than home games this year.
Who’s going to Florida, Oregon St., and Boise??

Leila,
are you the sheriff in charge with ST is out of town?

chawan – If PL is in charge then I’m sure she has deleted some of my posts in the past…she’s strict I tell you! 😆

*edit* that was supposed to say
while ST is out of town?

Hi Princess Leila! Welcome home (to the blog)!

chawan_cut, I’m going to the Fresno St and Boise St games.

The last 2 times we went to Kauai, we were really lucky. Got a mid-size car for the price of a compact, cause they had run out of compacts.

ST, what size car you got?

Man chawan…not gonna be at a lot of Tsaikogates eh??

gigi —
that’s right about da BW plant. never thought bout it, but that’s a great point, kinda weird huh?

IMO: even if Mr. S is on the up and up. It sure reeks of cronyism similar to post from

1. Garret:
July 20th, 2008 at 9:27 pm
It is absolutely shameful to read about the horrible electric work that Halliburton did (at enormous profit) for our troops in Iraq. 283 electric fires in just 6 months, soldiers electrocuted due to shoddy electric work…our troops were put at risk when they did basic things such as take a shower on a military base

Mr. S resign please and CLB follow your rules; ethics commission please investigate. I’ve been shafted more times by Procurement with contrived obstacles even though we were qualified providers to the feds.
BTW who was the original contractor to provide weeds growing out of Cooke field. x x sjmacro

bhf2,
see my earlier posts for some info on da guy.

chawan_cut,
I’m going to the Boise game. Check SteveM’s site.

oops– last post 206 was from sjmacro not myki— :x: sjmacro

uh-oh. Leila and a classmate? Sounds like yesterday when Jack Flash, Ronnie, and Rob25 “met” online and discovered they were classmates.

Hpmey – #187 – sounds good.

haha hello there princess — wow you’ve hit da big time haven’t you. never knew i was in da presence of royalty 🙂

think we were hawks, lancers, cougars, went to Manoa too.

homey ®:
July 22nd, 2008 at 1:47 pm
Hey Hawaiianbod! Nice to see you are enlisted to attend the K-call! I’ll be sitting in the shy corner too.

homey — I hear you already have a reserved seat with the Jagermeister Bombers, but the room is so large you’ll have plenty room for dancing in the aisles… 🙂

Just got off the phone with Mrs. Oda.

In a nutshell, her stance if that at the time of discussions, their was no knowledge about the bids. Basically, Mr. Sadowski was included in the discussions because he has experience in the field, etc. and they were just talking story. When I asked her about if they though about the potential for a conflict of interest, she said that they were not thinking about that and just wanted to clarify the question of ‘Who can do what kind of work?” There was also a landscaping co. that inquired about if they could do it with their specific permit, thus the talks went on. She did not know anything about Mr. Sadowskis bids and or the bidding process.

I asked what they plan on doing about the situation/article statements and she just said they are going to talk about it during the next couple of meetings and since the bidding process for Ching/Cooke field will not start yet, nothing about that special permit will be changed.

After talking about this with her, I have the feeling that she does not feel that they did anything wrong and it was just the timing of everything that made this into something bigger then it is.

RE: St’s pic above with the rental key ^^^^^

I don’t get it. Is that really the new keys?
Did the company not get the memo that plastic breaks?

wassupdoc,

u no can see dat Kazz wen say dat iz hiz draft? no need fo’ corek hiz gramah! Ai soos u!

SteveM – No pictures or videos right?

I wonder what happened to Koa Mahu and Koakane….haven’t heard from them today.

hahaione eh???

Garret and d1shima, thanks for the clarification on the walk-on kicker. I was thinking that he went to Dan Kelly’s former high school and the Collin Yost kid was the only one close that I could find. The kid you are talking about went to a different school but does have a pretty lively leg. I’m sure he’ll fit right in as we’ve always had solid kickers in the past.

I CALLED REIFURTH’S #, LEFT HIM A MESSAGE.
TOLD THE LADY THAT I’M MEETING DUKE SUNDAY, AND WILL SPEAK TO HIM DIRECTLY ABOUT THIS “SNAFU.” TOLD HER TO TELL HIM I’M DOING BETTER THAN THAT, GOING ON THE INTERNET, TELLING ALL MY FRIENDS, TOLD HER I DON’T WANT TO HEAR EXCUSES, I WANT THIS THING FIXED NOW.

d1SHIMA,
1. Just got off the phone with David Hafner. Reminded him that a democrat and a republican, both looking at identical facts, will articulate well reasoned and opposite results. Reminded him of Denzel Washington’s line in Conspiracy Theory, “youre the FBI, make it happen.” Told him I wanted to see results now. He said he’ll do his best. Told him I’m having lunch with Duke Sunday. Will remind the bradda that results is what we’re looking for, now and not next year.

D1SHIMA,

thanks for letting me know that it was Sadowski who did the job at Keaau HS field. its a great field. but thats not my point. the point is, like i told Hafner, we got a football team that needs the equipment now, not later. told Haftner I’m hearing all the excuses why we gotta go through the process. told him i not interested in the excuses, i like no wen da ting stay fixed.

called and left a similar message with da contractor guy. he was in a meeting, couldn’t ah been Hafner cuz Hafner wuz in his own office. Hafner had all da reasons why, as a State agency, gotta have the bid opened this coming Friday.

in old Hawaii, there was a saying about da shifty eyed liar,

ho’o puni puni mai, ho’o palai maka. we’ll see how it goes. don’t care who gets the job, all i care is that it gets done now.

A-House – Bids are due 7/25.

after watching the Sugar and super bowls and da nba finals (especially da super bowl)– we should all be believers in defense wins championships

bfh2 – don’t go popping a blood vessel now. 😆

las vegas 2009 is gonna be huge, i’m thinking. perosnally looking forward to it cuz i went to WSU and UH and da warriors play in pullman da week before vegas. first time back in pullman since 2000. and then make it a back to back with vegas. WOW.

Has anyone clicked on an advertisement from this blog?

Hi, Gang, just got back on the blog.

Fiery stuff, bhf2, way to go.

Geezy,

Just now saw you morning post. I did not say who should start at QB, only that I would not be shocked, if one of the JC’s should emerge. I agree with your overall sentiment and I’m sure, the coaches will pick the best one.

AHouse,
not only are you a hansome bugga, wit a beautiful wife and a beautiful daughtah, but you one articulate straight talkin sonahahgun.

Kazz,
watchu mean I one “huhu” huntah? is dat ag guud oah bad ting?

btw,
Roger Hill taking JUGS 2 up da to UH this afternoon, test em out. had to change a moto and da console. parts alone >$550. plus labor for fixin da JUGS1 an JUGS2. I getting da bill faxed to me this p.m.. anybody like help me, no be bashful. my addy is 38 Kalakaua Ave hilo 96720.

but dats wat i’m talkin about Tsaikos. get tings fixed first, figah out da process laterz. take a lesson, Hafner an Liefurth. fix da field now.

Whoa false cracks. Long time no see. Bruddah stay rite about dat english lesson. Bruddah Kazz jus’ making da kine draft li dat fo people fo see. Dat one no stay final. eh, false cracks, I taught pukapanti anty wen live Waihole and wuz won sweet laddee. I guess maybe choke papaya wen make her pupule.

by da way. I stay getting nerjous. Koamahu and koakane nevah been seen long time. I bettah do look.

bhf2 – give me your odda addy, da fast mail one.

hello Leila —
howzit going. been a lurker for long time, only started posting when i moved to an employer that only allowed pretty much HA websites. then i remembered how famous you were in this blog, and thought that’d be a kool blogname. this thing helps get me thru the day. thanks eh. r u going to corvallis? I’m going, think bill will be there, if lucky landen and evan 2.

k-denz – Shaun (da princess’ classmate)

homey ®:

July 22nd, 2008 at 3:03 pm
Has anyone clicked on an advertisement from this blog?

By accident.

sorry for the mix-up Florida Ted, but as far as not being shocked, i would totally be shocked a if Graunke or Funaki doesnt start, cause i believe they’re way ahead of the pack…shoot, i even think Shane Austin’s ahead of them…how many of you think that Steele Jantz could be the “Future”?

PL is good at guessing games! 😆

SteveM – no need vids, people are just going to get tired of seeing Tsaiko’s singing. Hey did I put the apostrophe in the right place? Or is that Tsaikos’? Or just Tsaikos? 😆

Geezy – I haven’t seen Jantz in action yet. I’ll wait till I see him then give an assessment later.

Geezy – Last I heard from the Rainbowtique folks is that the new kapa design jersey’s will not be in until the season starts. Under Armour has been really slow in sending in shipments of new products lately. I think they were still debating on the design and have not finalized it yet. I told one of the girls to call me once they get the jerseys in and set some aside…she said more than likely it won’t be until September??? Dunno about that, as I know some peeps who would like to have one before the FL game… Should call again and find out…

Awww, homey — no one’s heard you singing without the paper bag yet…and Al has been practicing… 😉

Maverick – If one of the JUCO’s QB starts than that just tells me that he is a talented and gifted QB. We’ll see who stands out in fall camp.

Stretch…don’t get Mr. A-House started. Believe me, Wreck and I know about Mr. A-House and his reaction to a certain former athletic director and present WAC Commish whose names I will not mention for fear of retribution….. 🙂

SteveM – al’s a one hit wonder! 😆

stretch. you still lying to erry bodie with that name of yours.

Hi Kazz and Jack Flash –

Jack – You asked Kazz to post a sample of his letter to assist you with your own letter. That’s great!

Kazz – You were kind enough to accommodate Jack and all others interested in writing their own letters by quickly posting your thoughts in a draft letter. Mahalo!

IMO – Kazz, you did an outstanding job in composing a letter, albeit minor mistakes, that was clear, concise and in words that every one of us Warrior faithful could comfortably use in his/her own letter. As you posted, this was only a DRAFT, and your words flowed “from the top of your head”. That’s all that was expected of you, and you are to be commended! I liked your draft very much!

To those who feel the disgust and frustration about the Cooke/Ching Field turf dispute, I encourage you to write those letters, in words that speak from the heart. DO NOT second guess yourselves that it “may not be written well enough” or “may reflect on my writing skills”. There is power in numbers, folks. Remember, a letter can be as simple as one sentence expressing your displeasure. If hundreds/thousands of letters spill onto the desk of Verna Oda, she has no option but to respond in a public forum. Each of our letters should end with words expressing our expectation that a prompt reply/response will be forthcoming soonest!

JUST DO IT !! I can assure you that you will feel good about yourself. UH fans want only the best for our athletes, and any number of reminders of that fact can’t hurt.

Geezy,

All you have to remember is 2005, Graunke was the anointed one, but we all know what happened with that JC guy named Colt. The JC’s now would have to show incredible talent and savvy to overtake either Funaki or Graunke. We don’t know enough at this time to really make a good assessment. That’s why training camp will be exciting this year, so much talent, so many unknowns.

Frosty,

how goes it in the cold country? down here it has been pretty hot with a little trade winds to cool us off. now and then we get one pretty good chill to keep us on our toes, but we just ‘troll’ ’em when we read’em.

homey likes cold country, his shrinkage theory does not come into play because everyone is cold up there. haha

frosty i have to say that i was thinking the same thing like you. frosty. what a name. you make me point at you and at the same time you shrink the parts i need to get rid of.

okay leaving now. i am sad. i think koakane only like me for the beer i buy him. i need to cheer up. i going look for jason. byeeeeeeeeeee!

Bulla – Eh you! Cold is good! No can fake it in the cold!

Hey Princess… How are you doing? I was wondering if you added an a to each side of the “L” in your e-mail, where would it go?

bighilofan2:

I will put a check in the mail for a contribution..Email me as to who to make it out to or I will leave it blank

chawan,
I’ll be going to the Boise game too. I get there Thursday afternoon and leave Saturday afternoon.

forgot this part

gdholden at live dot com

I didn’t post that….please A-House don’t look at those names…come into the light….come into the light….

Maverick,

I agree, but we gotta go with who can move the ball and get the W’s, anything less is not acceptable. Too many BIG games that we cannot afford to fall behind. Our schedule is stacked against us, thank you Fumbler, and it will be tough enough getting 7 if not 8 wins.

WassupDoc-

I’ll tell you straight out- Don’t EVER use anyones writing as an example to critique on an open forum without their permission. I don’t care what your reason is or how compelled you feel, just don’t do it. You should know better. That is extremely bad manners and was done in bad taste.

Please show more class than that. I expect better judgment from a person of your stature.

Thank you.

300

…and so two guys can have different ideas 🙂

And look, it’s Liz fo’ lead us all back on the path to earthly harmony 😉

heheheh

Ahhh –
Bulla my friend. I always agree with your way of thinking.
There are two shiny sides to this copper penny.
Yes, who can move the ball is the most critical, and stay focused without pressure.
Oh daddy-o, what a season coming forth for pressure. This can only be seen at the present time, on the field, with 3rd down conversions.
Can our top 4 QB’s pull this off? I do think so, but I’m not their age anymore to relate.

BTW, Can’t wait to see your Jr @ UH this season. Memories 4 sure :>

Bulla,

btw, #2 son is doing good; life is “interesting” for #1!

addaknowjoe,

It’s ok. Issue is over as far as I am concerned.

With the task at hand of devestating the Florida backfield come August 31st, TSAIKOS get biggah fish fo’ fry!!!!

Frosty

No worries…just some folks playing…don’t take it seriously.

Welcome! Keep posting and you’ll get to know the zany characters around here mo bettah…wait, is that a good thing?

Whoosh!!!
🙂

The wind is very strong today on the blog…

Aloha no to all –
Feeeeels good to be back for this brief moment-

Can you all believe the season is ready to start again?

Dont ‘cha Luv College Football ?

-out

Kazz,

great letter.

J-Dog,

Yup. That’s what the “220’s” are for!

bhf2 . . .

Please e-mail me at wafanatcomcastdotnet.

I need a name and snail-mail address for a small donation.

Thank you!!!!!!!!!

kazz,
nevermind the paper, imagine all that ink!
you going print our your own copy? geez. i would just print the rosters and stats and records maybe.

I like the media guide. Lots of good information. I wish they could make all the media guides from past years available, but Derek Inouchi tells me they don’t have them from too far back.

LV – one more to go. Good to see you are “earning” the Tsaiko shot glass

WTF!
get watah glasses too!

need christen these too? thot so, try wait

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uhaaHhahahh dat burns numbah tree one moa

ラスベガス:

Wat?
No beer mug, too?

I went to Big City Diner for lunch today and the UH football schedule poster was up all over the place (including the Wahine soccer and volleyball posters). I asked the restourant host if it was possible to have or even buy one of the posters for my 7 y.o. son who is a huge Warriors fan, but disappointingly they said no. Couldn’t even spare one…

I noticed the marquee players posted on the poster were defensive players but Solomon Elimimian and, aghast, Adam Leonard weren’t even on there.

AJoe, Kazz,

howzit braddaz. kinda slack off on da lady, please.
we all in dis togedda. she not perfek like me. 😀
but she no pik on my engresh, so its gotta be da apearanc not da spellin. try brush da toot. 😀
plus, tink i get chance? 😆 wait till she fine out i wun ceded lan lessee. 😆 😆 dan watch her korek my engresh. 😀

kazz,
i wuz teezin u. i guest yu was meanin me guud. anyway, we gotta go back fine Verna, Hafna an who evah stay makin da babooza to our field plans.

homey, frosty an all yu well wishas. tanks fo da offahz. I’m paying Roger Hill Enterprises (Pearl City). Put your fax # so I can sen yu copy of the bill so yu know it wen fo a good cause.

Yu see UH, we got it done first cuz da Warriorz needed our help now, not next year. same ting wit Cooke Field, get it done now.

an if yu like correct my English, bring your lips over here, reel close, who evah. I’m ready for sum…. domination!! 😀

GO WARRIORS! 😆

dats….dats numbah hor

all pau yeah?

what? get one bambucha beer mud i mean mug

no can handle

i going esme out and homey on da floor

urg urgh ufa blurgh

Kazz,

212 PAGES!
😯

uh….can borrow?

heheheh

D1,

212 pages?!?!?!?!??!?!?!?!?!?!

Ok ok ok.. I admit I haven’t even opened the link but I was thinking something along the lines of 50-70 pages long…

Um…. maybe would be best for me to just print out the rosters after all hehehehehehehehe…

Maverick,

Last year the boys played every game with a bullseye on their backs, resulting in a few too close for comfort games. The constant pressure was tremendous. This year they can play free, unless they beat Florida, then the bullseye goes right back up.

Kazz,

Can’t really compare Owens and Bess. In my opinion they were both great in their own styles. Owens was exciting, because he played like a Kamikaze, while Bess had more the coolness of a pro early on.

Thank you chawan_cut! I’ve saved the pdf and will refer to it often!

Kazz,

If you include special teams then I have to go with Chad. Plus, UH had more WR weapons with Bess so teams could not focus on Bess. RGM and Rivers had similar stats to Bess, but UH didn’t have 2 guys like that with Chad.

Ted, Last years bulleyes was the 50 points compared to playing darts.
This years bullseye is even greater, because they achieved the high standards of Conference champs.

There all jealous, and want that trophy, but we’re not giving it back.
Our Warriors WILL be the Champs again.

No Bu’Laia

Where’s all the Kamehameha alum today? Did I miss them?

I can’t believe that I have to meet others for work at 9pm…they can’t get their stuff done so I won’t get to blog tonight since I have to help them out.

DLow…will he stay, or will he go?

i dragged this over from Sunday’s SB article on Hui Waa qualifiers for States.

Kai Poha steersman Kama Lee Loy, 17, helped guide the men sophomore crew to a third-place finish — enough to maintain their one-point edge over Na Keiki O Ka Mo’i at the start of the day.

Lee Loy already has three state victories from his time with Keaukaha Canoe Club on the Big Island, and can offer up some advice to his teammates for their big race two weeks away.

“I see crews lining up on the starting line … huge,” said the incoming senior at Kamehameha. “Sixteen-year-olds that line up that are monsters. They don’t look 18; they don’t even look 16.

“But the size in the boat doesn’t matter,” he continued. “I just recommend…not to look around. Don’t worry about the other[s]. We’re racing for us… Nothing to do with whoever else is out there. It’s all about us.”

ho boy, my nephew wuz talkin to US. Its not about Florida, or Boise, Fresno… its about us.

So Verna, Hafner, Livehurt, whoeva, whateva…
fix da field. no like see um fixed next year… too late yu buggaz if nex yeeah. yu foget JJ already?? yu foget da soap? yu fogettin about US? wat? yu need one paperwork, requisition order? gotta follow HRS Chapter 91? wat? yu tryin fo keep one job till yu retiiah? gotta look buzy? need sumtin fo do fo write 1 repoht? make like yu did sumtin good. NOW!

I’ll be back!!!!!

GO WARRIORS!!!

SteveM,
Weren’t you in charge of putting the directions in the mug before al took it with him? 😳

Looks like the Central Arkansas deal is signed.

After several weeks of negotiation, UCA has signed a contract to play the University of Hawaii at Aloha Stadium in Honolulu on Friday, Sept. 4, 2009. The time will be announced, but Brad Teague, UCA athletic director, expects it to be about 6 p.m. Hawaii time, which will be about 11 p.m. (CDT).

Hawaii, a Western Athletic Conference team that played Georgia in last year’s Sugar Bowl, will pay the travel expenses for the UCA team and furnish at $125,000 paycheck for UCA to play the game.

Conque said UCA will treat the game as a preseason bowl game.

“This is something I had envisioned when we recruited these players who will be seniors in 2006,” Conque said. “It’s our first group we recruited officially in Division I. They knew they would have a chance to play for some conference championships, but they also came to us knowing they were not going to be able to play in postseason. In 2009, I wanted to give those dozen or so seniors a reward game, preferably something exotic. This is perfect.”

Both Conque and Teague were happy about the publicity that should result from UCA playing a major college opponent.

“”There’re probably will not be many games that Friday night (Labor Day Weekend) and that should give us good exposure on ESPN and other channels on Saturday morning with highlights,” Teague said.

“One of the ESPN channels, like ESPN U, telecasts games with Hawaii, so we have a chance for some great exposure,

Last night, hubby ordered PPV on the cable channel Oceanic listed on their postcard. Includes 11 football, 5 men’s BB, and 5 wahine VB games. Can’t wait for the season to start.

ST

can i put my name up here with address so da braddaz can help out with JUGS, or I gotta go classes an make one email fo myself? 😀

ok ok i no i 1 slo student. but i can make big smile 😀

an my english is jus perfek for 19+ years edu. 😀

had=hard

Derrick Low? 😀

BHF2 – Hmmmmm…. #360 may be a “smu-able” offense…. 😯

This always bring up the interesting controversy of AA vs. 1-A for a season opener.

As mentioned before, it’s always a double edge sword.
What does the AA accomplish ? Depends on where the teams depth lyes at the moment. Does it help send our members into the NFL ?, or should be open with a mid major, or top 25 team.
In my opinion, it;s all good. These guys are playing, there in school, not being fools, getting their education, and excercising their skills and discipline.
The guys that play at Central Arkansas could probably be accepted to any 1-A school in the state bordering region.

Koakane,

Sorry to hear about the car incident. I too had my first car stolen right in front of my house as well.

Funny thing is it wasn’t working as it needed a new starter so I guess it started for the theives.

Car was found three months later in Aiea with the rear view mirror stolen and nothing else. How u figgah?

… or maybe somebody can bring some prok ribs, manapua, and guava cake…. 😯 😆 🙄

BHF2, I know kau inoa from Uncle Benny, so I’ll send you some kala, Mr. GLL, Hilo, HI. You posted your address up above (no remembah da post #). [KHS alum can correct my Hawaiian anytime; I’m still learning.]

Doris doesn’t need anymore equipment, so sending kala.

Gotta save some kala to get season tickets from LizK. Mahalo nui loa!!!

That Sadowski business sounds under-handed.

Hi, Princess Leila! Miss your videos…

kazz,

hpd says our area is highest for stolen vehicles on oahu. what kind car you had? son had a honda civic the most type stolen and they say easiest. it used for racing and crusing all over. I know his mom and me told him to get something else but they no listen to the parents maybe now differant story bwhaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaa.

funny they never take his dart set so asport still can patnah with you…whew.

gotta go now…………………..

Gigi,

In the end it was funny and looking back I was eventually going to have to buy a new car soon, but at the time, it was a personal violation and at 3am I was walking around like a maniac on the street screaming with a katana in hand. Needless to say, the guava tree at the side of my house never survived the incident.

Yeah, I get nuts when I get personally violated like that.

Koakane,

I had a ’93 Sentra at the time. Bought it cheap from a military family that needed to unload it after they got stationed elsewhere.

The car I have today is the one I bought afterwards. Originally the dealership at Mike McKenna offered to put me in a Mazda 6, but I didn’t want a vehicle that was a target for theft.

I figured I’d buy the Tribute as SUV-type cars don’t get stolen as often as cars.

Yeah, Kazz, I know about personal violations. My apt in New York was burglarized twice and I also was mugged at gunpoint in an elevator on 5th Avenue. Took me a looong time to get over it.

here’s the news of the wnba fight.
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=VoVyVVub4Cg

yu guyz are 2 2 funny!!!

Gigi,

I think no one ever gets over things like that, especially being robbed at gun point.

Only thing we can do is to be more cautious without living in constant fear… Otherwise.. the punks win.

WHERE’S THE BATMAN WHEN YOU NEED HIM!!!

(AWESOME movie BTW… 🙂 )

Brew808,

Last I saw, Francis Maka is still having issues with getting that extra year to play.

I believe things are not going to work in his favor. Well, that’s what I saw last.

Let’s hope for the best for him!

😆 😀 😆
THE BIG KARAOKE CALL
Saturday – August 16, 2008
Krazy Karaoke 8:00 PM – 12:00 midnight (minimum)

The large room at the Young Street Krazy Karaoke holds at least 55 persons. STRETCH has made the reservation put down the deposits.

Same arrangement as last April 19’s Krazy Karaoke Call…

• bring your own drinks (this room has a lot more cooler space)
• bring snacks and pupu’s (optional)
• $15 per person to cover room rental/karaoke
• pay Stretch or designee at the door that night

Current RSVP Count = 38

RSVP on blog or email SteveM — stevem.hnl (at) gmail.com
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Thanks Kazz! Okay then – a follow-up question (maybe Jason knows….). How is Mr. Maka doing working towards his degree? Wasn’t he in Engineering?

According to a story in the Log Cabin Democrat (Conway, Ark.), Central Arkansas wanted to play Hawai’i on a Thursday night…

Now that’s a name for a newspaper! 😀

eh BGHF2:

you like me make check out to BigHiloFan2 and send to your address?

i don’t know who is Duke, but giv’um with all u got!

Thanks for putting up the healing prayer on your site, LizK. good reminder for our friend’s sister.

is this brother mike?

if so, did you send out the primo paper with the signature on it?

thanks!

re #142
Assistant Vice Chancellors do not report to Chancellors. Haffner reports to Vice Chancellor for Administration Kathy Cutshaw.

Ok, I normally wouldn’t be so addicted to this blog, but I can’t help it.

I live with my five-year-old cousin and today we tried to get him to say what school I go to. I tried to throw the hint that it’s the same school Colt Brennan went to (he remembers Colt). Instead of saying UH, like he normally would, my uncle threw in “university” and unintentionally confused him. Therefore, I’m now a proud student of “University of Colt Brennan,” according to this little monkey boy.

haha, good one kelli.
see, you are a true tsai-ko. can’t stay away from the blog either!

When looking through the 2009 Under Armour All-Americans, I see Te’o and Hasiak from Hawaii. I thought that Bulla mentioned that Hilliard was in the game also, so this roster does not appear to be complete.

If anyone wants to see Samson, Reagan, and Bess practice, this article contains the list of the practices open to the public.

Dolphins practice schedule open to public

Guys these are the practices open to the public. Of course, if it rains, they’ll move it into the practice bubble and that will be closed to public.

It is *really* sad to read about this former blue-chip recruit. His career in D-IA football is over when he had his pick of BCS schools (LSU, Auburn, Tenn, etc.). He’s from New Orleans and after his Aunt and 2 brothers died in Katrina he understandably fell apart academically…

In April, Jackson (Miss.) State announced it signed Horton for the ’07 season. Somehow, after a year and a half at Auburn, Horton was academically ineligible to enroll at JSU, a Playoff Subdivision (formerly D-IA) school.

Free play link time. Please ignore my next 5 posts if you do not want the off-topic stuff.

Interesting how students using “clickers” learn physics better and that women do much better in science classes with “clickers”.

Interesting to read about Republican billionaire (and huge Oklahoma State supporter) Pickens’ plan to reduce the US dependence on foreign oil–he’s strongly in favor of natural gas use for large vehicles. He’s also advocating a big increase in wind power, and he’s put a lot of money behind wind power (his company is spending between $6 and $10 billion on a huge wind farm in Texas).

Commercial satellite imagery makes it quite difficult for troop movements and military facilities to be secret anymore.

brew808 and chawan_cut: My cousin is so funny.

This is what he learned from me last season:

Me: Who’s Colt Brennan?
Cousin: Quarterback!
Me: For?
Cousin: UH football!
Me: And what do you say when Hawaii’s playing?
Cousin: GO WARRIORS!

Pretty smart for a five-year-old, huh?

今目覚めた, Crown Royal は毒,強い

私は英語で書くことができない

OWER CAMPUS VOLUNTEER SERVICE PROJECTS UPDATE:

Teri Chang, Assistant Athletic Director for Facilities in charge of all the Lower Campus sports venues as well as the Athletic Department’s office and classroom buildings, called today to talk about upcoming UH Manoa service projects.

The first one to be held in August will be in-house only as a team or spirit-building exercise for Athletic Department staff members to help launch the 2008 – 2009 academic year and to support the first three sports in the new season – football, women’s soccer & women’s volleyball.

Future workdays will be open to the larger community of UH supporters and will include a wide range of tasks & chores to be determined after the first service project has been completed.

Teri will keep Warrior Beat bloggers informed through a variety of ways. All kinds of skills will be needed.

Garret,

I think Bulla said Hilliard was invited to a different all-star game; can’t remember the name…

Oyasumina-tsai.

Greetings from Seattle, where the Mariners just freaking… SUCK! Talk about no heart.

Anyway, great news about Makaula! Coach Mack and cew are working hard to make UH a legitimate destination of choice for Hawaii’s best. To that end, I can only say:

I want Manti!
I want Manti!
I WANT MANTI!

Oh, and I would have signed off “Esme and out” … except that Esme really doesn’t “Esme” these days. It’s more like she does a “Jojo”. Of course Jojo doesn’t “Jojo” these days. She’s more like “Nojo”,

Aiyeeya!…no can spell anticipation!…C- grade for Kekoa, go to the back of the class!

If you missed the earlier posting, the cost of repair for both jugs will exceed $500.. for tsaikos who are able to contribute to the cost at this time please send your donation to: G Lee Loy aka Bighilofan2 at 38 Kalakaua Street, Hilo, Hawaii 96720…Thank you…

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g-morning Ralph.

sorry – I did an Esme.

“9:10 a.m. ET

Meanwhile, At Practice…

It’s quarterback and wide receiver drills. The wide receivers are running a variety of pass routes.

Santana Moss drew applause with a deep sideline grab. He remains smooth as silk.

Colt Brennan showed he can apply what he learned on the field. (Earlier the QBs worked on throwing on the run.) The rookie quarterback rolled right and threw a dart to first-year player Burl Toler.

Antwaan Randle El ran across field and pulled in a pass from first-year quarterback Derek Devine. ”

http://www.redskins.com/news/newsDetail.jsp?id=36962

bhf2 . . .

Okay, I think I have all the information needed to get a cheque out to you today. Sorry, it cannot be a huge cheque — darned politicians stopped our teacher pay raise a five years ago and we never got it back.

Sorry to all the politicians out there — just a few bad one’s make it worse for everyone.

By the way —

Good morning everyone! In a few more days I will be back home. Whoo-hoo!!! I cannot wait.

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