The Hawaii Traveler

From the Honolulu Advertiser: “Island Life’s annual holiday craft fair calendar will be published this fall. Holding a fair? Send us the details: fair name, time, date, location, merchandise to be offered and a phone number we can print with your listing. The submission deadline is Sept. 22. Send to: Holiday Craft Calendar, The Honolulu Advertiser, Island Life Section, P.O. Box 3110, Honolulu, HI 96802; islandlife@honoluluadvertiser.com, with “Craft Calendar” in the subject line; or fax to 525-8055.”

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The carcass of a rare beaked whale that died in July after stranding itself in shallow waters on Moloka’i was flown to Honolulu for further investigation.   For some of the biologists involved in the failed rescue and transport, it was the first sighting of any variety of beaked whale.
Beaked whales are among the least understood whale species, as they are believed to spend most of their time feeding on or near the ocean floor.  For the full story on the discovery and transport of this unusual event, see the story at the Honolulu Advertiser.

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A Japanese Garden at the Manoa Campus
 
This just in:  According to Congresswoman Mazie K. Hirono (D-Hawai’i), the U.S. Department of Education will present a grant of $682,982 to the Native Hawaiian-Serving Institutions Program at the University of Hawai’i at Hilo.The University of Hawai’i at Hilo will use the money to establish the Center for Pacific Islander Education and Retention by renovating an existing campus facility.
Read More at the Honolulu Advertiser.  
Photo by Flickr–Creative Commons, by mote

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If you’re ever looking for great stories with authentic local flavor, check out one of my favorite feature blogs at the Honolulu Advertiser, “The Daily Dish,” by Catherine E. Toth — “a.k.a. Cat.”
I actually have to hand it to the Advertiser. Not only do they offer some great blogs, such as Lost in Hawaii, and The Hot Seat, but they also Twitter their headlines. Way to embrace new technology, Honolulu Advertiser!

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