HONOLULU Magazine - January 2005
Operation Islander
As we were working on our Islander of the Year feature for this issue, something unexpected happened.
Islander of the Year - The Hawai‘i Soldier
More than 16,000 Hawai‘i troops have deployed to the Middle East. Back home, thousands of Island families and businesses cope with their absence.
A Widow’s Story
On March 29, 2003, former Schofield Barracks soldier Sgt. Eugene Williams was killed by a suicide bomber near Najaf, Iraq.
Fortune Seller
Shoppers with a nose for the new have discovered a tiny fashion outpost in our own back yard.
Learners Not Permitted: A Groundswell of Angry Locals has Engendered a new Maui County law
A big-wave rider and early tow-in surfing pioneer, the Maui resident can handle heavy water. But a groundswell of angry locals, tired of overcrowded surf spots, has engendered a new Maui County law.
Saving Maui
Maui taxpayers are fighting off development by buying land for conservation.