NOTICE: The hearing for the Hawaiian Acres Farmer's Market is scheduled for 12:30 this Friday. We are #9 on the docket, so nothing will happen 'till at least mid-afternoon. The addy is 1055 Kinoole, #101. Office of Aging and Disabilities. Please meet at the community center for a ride share. Mahalo

Aloha. I have an update for the Cans and Coin Food Drive. Over the weekend we collected 22.00 in cash and 20 lbs. of canned and fresh fruits. The total now is 147.00 in cash and 20 lbs. of food. Way to go neighbors! Thank You! We are still looking for raffle prizes to be presented on the 30th. We had a nice group for the 2nd. anniversary celebration. Thanks to everyone for joining the circle and hoping for another successful year.

We will have a painting party this Saturday at 9 am. to paint our catchment tank. Wear your grubbies and grab a brush. We're gonna sling some paint.

It is the 1st day of August and we are already busy. We got our first donation this morning for our Coins and Cans food drive. There are notices all around in the community Center list the needs for our food drive. Thank you.

 Tomorrow we will be celebrating the 2nd anniversary of the Paulele Ministries Aloha Lunch. Thank you Miki and gang for serving over 5000 meals, with no charge, and all served in Hawaiian Acres. I hope you all will join us for another cause for celebration tomorrow. Patrice, Michele and I are still working out the details of our upcoming dog (human) training clinic. They will be teaching dog owners how to sit, stay and dog mind reading. Should be a fun gig for the dogs. We will keep you informed.

Saturday, August 9th. is the day we have a painting party planned to start at 9 am. Wear your grubs. We will be painting gray enamel if you need to be color coordinated. Come early for some pancakes for some energy. 

I love dogs. I think that we all feel that our dogs are special. It's normal. We experience the early months with happy kisses and puppy breath, wagging tails and we have so much fun watching them grow and learn, training them how to fetch a ball or catch the frizbee. Those are special times. I am still working on the fetch thing with Woody. After all this time trying to teach him, he just doesn't get it yet. I think he doesn't see well or maybe he's a little dense. I don't know, but he is still very special to me.

He does not bark at strangers. He doesn't bark at all. He's actually a very disciplined dog. He just has that special quality about him. He doesn't eat much either. From what I've seen the ants take most of his food away before he gets to it.  He looks like any other dog though, he is big, brown, has big droopy ears, sits and stays. He's really good at that! He's an outdoor dog which is good and the weather never bothers him. I have a special dog house for him and he seems to like it...an old phone booth for my Superdog. Hot, cold, raining, it's just no big deal to him. He just sits there watching over his domain.

He is always there for me. When I need a friend I can go out and sit with him and tell him my troubles and I think he kinda' understands. We are good for each other. We can sit for hours, just me and my dog, doing nothing but enjoying our quality time together. These times for us are priceless. He will be in my heart forever!

He is fearless. He is a true Superdog. A Warrior dog...afraid of nothing, except maybe termites.

                                                      Here is a picture of my dog Woody.

Woody the Superdog

True story folks.     "In dog years, I would be dead".

Thank you Woody.

J.Osprey.   A hui ho!

It was a great Saturday at the Community Center. Miki and friends served a great lunch and we were all sitting around talking story and getting sleepy when Tiffany Edwards Hunt showed up. We were able to chat a bit and get a quick shot.

Pictured from left to right: Miki, Elaine, Tiffany, Marty. John was busy working so we didn't get his shot.We hope the best for Tiffany in the upcoming election. Fred came by  for lunch and brought a couple of nice pineapples. We'll see them in next weeks Aloha lunch.

Carol and Tye brought their new dog to the center to meet the group and we all thought it was some kind of joke because he looks just like Glenda's dog Patches.  We got the together for this pic. They must be cousins.

Carol was very happy with the adoption process and wrote a few words about their experience.

DOG STORY

We had been searching for the right dog for a couple of months when someone recommended Aloha Illi’ o Rescue We called and they asked what kind of dog we were looking for and they brought us 6 dogs to look at. They were all so nice and we had gotten it down to 2 or three dogs. After thinking on it  a bit, we chose Puffy. They brought him back next day and we slept together that night.

We were very happy with their service and love our new dog. We are  bonding well and learning more. New tricks and fun.

The rescue folks charge $100 for the dogs and half is used to purchase another dog to rescue from our overburdened humane society. The dogs are all spayed and neutered. Aloha

THE DOG DAYS of SUMMER

Since we are talking about dogs, I want to let everyone know that Patrice and Michele McDonald and I have been talking about them doing a dog training clinic for us at the end of August.  I will get info out as soon as I can for registration, what you will need to bring, cost, etc.

THIS IS A TEST

Sorry for the messed up list, but if you can make any sense of it, you are entitled to a free meal this Saturday. Thank you for your support.

Cans and Coins Food Drive

We dunnit! We had a unanimous vote from the Board, proxies and the present community members showing full support for our food drive to be conducted next month. As I stated in the meeting, Miki Asejo and friends have served over 5,000 meals here at the community center over the last 2 years at no cost to the public, and now it is time to say thank you.

The Cans and Coins food drive collection center will be at the community center from August 1 through August 30. We will have a barrel to drop your coins into and a place for all of your food donations. Below is a partial list of what we need for our Aloha lunches.

rice                                                                                FROM the GARDEN
peanut butter                                                          banana              avocado

jelly                                                                        papaya              pineapple
noodles: spaghetti/elbow or other                          potatoes            pipinola
spaghetti sauce                                                       taro                   etc.
fresh or canned fruits                                             starfruit
sugar                                                                       ulu
small bags of chips                                             
bread

For special donations such as meats and fresh foods, please call Puka John at 808.464.1482 or deliver on Saturday mornings. Be sure to get your raffle ticket each time you donate. We will have some very nice local craft gifts to give away. We are still looking for prize sponsors, so please give me a call. Our goals are: 200 lbs. of food and 200.00 in cash. Mahalo