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HomeMy WebLinkAboutCOM 0036.000 2000-2002ANTICIPATED PROJECTS SUGGESTIONS AND PROPOSALS FOR THE COUNTY OF HAWAII L. ESCAPE ROAD FROM NANAWALE TO HILO. I HAVE INTRODUCED THIS PROJECT AS A PRIORITY BECAUSE, AT PRESENT, THERE ARE NO ESCAPE ROUTES IF PUNA WOULD EXPERIENCE AN EMERGENCY, NAMELY, VOLCANIC ERUPTION. I HAVE TRAVELLED MANY TIMES A WEEK TO PUNA, AND AS I APPROACHED THE AREA FROM AINALOA TO PAHOA, I CAN SMELL THE SULFUR IN THE ANCIENT LAVA FOREST. THAT MEANS THAT THERE MAGNA MOVEMENT BELOW THAT AREA. 2. TWO MORE FIRE DEPARTMENT STATIONS AT THE DISTRICT OF PUNA, AND RELATED TO THIS PROPOSAL, THREE (3) LARGE AQUEDUCTS TO PUMP BRACKISH WATER TO BE USED FOR FIRE -FIGHTING ESPECIALLY IN TIMES OF DROUGHTS. THIS WOULD ELIMINATE THE USE OF RAIN WATER TO EX- TINGUISH FIRE. 3. A DIVIDED HIGHWAY FROM KEAAU TO PAHOA. (I HAVE AT PRESENT THE TWENTY YEARS' STATISTICS OF TRAFFIC ACCIDENTS, INCLUDING FATALITIES THAT WOULD WARRANT THIS TYPE OF MUCH-NEEDED PROJECT}. PRESENTLY, A CONTRACT HAVE BEEN AWARDED FOR THE SHOULDER CONSTRUCTION BETWEEN ORCHIDLAND AND PAHOA ON ROUTE 130. THIS AREA IS NOT WIDE ENOUGH FOR VEHICULAR AND CYCLISTS AND PEDESTRIANS COMMUTING. TECHNICAL PROBLEMS PREVENT IT. Q `� 4. FOR THIRTY YEARS I HAVE BEEN REQUESTING FOR A TRAIL o u FROM KAPOHO TO HILO TO BE USED BY CYCLISTS, HIKERS. o = �? F1_ z -- E _1_ 0 w x 5. FOR YEARS I HAVE REQUESTED FROM OUR LEGISLATORS TO COMMUNICATE WITH THE CONGRESSIONAL REPRESENTATIVES AND SENATORS FROM HAWAII TO HAVE CONGRESS ESTABLISH POHAKULOA AS A PERMANENT MILITARY TRAINING AREA, THUS CLOSING THE SADDLE TO CIVILIAN USE EXCEPT FOR HUNTERS WHO WOULD BE ISSUED A SPECIAL PERMIT. THIS PROJECT AND PROPOSAL WOULD GENERATE MORE REVENUE TO THE COFFERS OF THE COUNTY OF HAWAII. BY CLOSING SADDLE ROAD TO CIVILIAN USE THERE WOULD BE A PROPOSED CROSS-CIUNTRY HIGHWAY FROM KULANI ON THE END OF STAINBACK HIGHWAY COMMENCING FROM GOVERNOR JMDD!S TRAIL ENDING AT KEALAKEKUA, THUS SAVING 1/2 HOUR TRAVELLING TO KONA. APPARENTLY THE VISION AND PLANNING BY OUR LEADERS ARE SOMEWHAT OBSCURE AND IRREGULAR RESULTS. PRESENTLY THERE ARE PLANNED CONSTRUCTION OF THREE ROUTES WHICH TO MY ESTIMATION IS A LOT OF WASTE OF FINANCING, NAMELY, WAIKOLOA TO HUMUULA , PUAINAKO STREET TO UPPER KAUMANA, AND MOHOULI TO UPPER KAUMANA. QUESTION: WHO SO MANY EXTENSIONS AND WHAT ARE WE TO GAIN FROM THE HIGHWAY FROM WAIKOLOA TO HUMUULA?�'?? BACK IN THE 60'S THERE WAS A COMPLETE SURVEY FROM PONAHAWAI AND KOMOHANA JUNCTION TO UPPER KAUMANA (COUNTRY CLUB) THAT WOULD "EASE" THE TRAFFIC PROBLEM OF COMMUTERS FROM HILO TRAVELLING ON THE PRESENT OLD KAUMANA ROAD (DRIVE). APPARENTLY GOVERNMENT ADMINISTRATION AND NOHOW DO NOT REVERT TO DIRECT RESEARCH AND EVEN PROPER TESTS PROS AND -2- WHETHER IT IS FEASIBLE FOR SUCH VENTURES. 6. WHOLESOME YOUTHFUL RECREATIONAL FACILITIES AND ACTIVITIES. FOR THIRTY (30) YEARS I HAVE PROPOSED AN OUTDOOR RECREATIONAI, ARENA THAT THE YOUTH WOULD RECREATE WITH THEIR SKATES, SKATEBOARDS, BLADE. SKATES AND RECENTLY, SCOOTERS. WHEN ARE WE GOING TO REALIZE THAT THERE IS AN UPGRADE OF JUVENILE CRIMINAL ACTIVITSES. WE MUST SAVE OUR CHILDREN AND YOUTH THAT THEY MAY ONE DAY LIVE THEIR LIVES IN A PRODUCTIVE CONTRIBUTING WAY AND BECOME THE "LEADERS" OF OUR COUNTRY. A MORE DIRECT, SIMPLE AND NON -CONFUSED TYPE OF EDUCATIONAL SYSTEM THROUGHOUT THE STATE OF HAWAII. IT IS APPARENT THAT, BECAUSE OF THE PRESENT SYSTEM OF EDUCATION, THE STATE OF HAWAII IS CONSIDERED AS ONE OF THE MOST ILLITFRATE IN THE NATION. EDUCATION BY READING, WRITING AND ARITHMETIC WAS GOOD ENOUGH FOR ME THAT HAVE BEEN MY "TOOLS" FOR BETTER EDUCATION AT MY TIME. IT DEVELOPED MY FACULTIES AND A BETTER AND MORE DIRECT SYSTEM OF FACING THE PROBLEMS OF LIFE. TODAY, CHILDREN ARE FIRST TAUGHT THE METHOD OF THE USE OF CALCULATORS, LESSENING THEIR DEVELOPMENT OF "BRAINS" THAT IN THE FUTURE, STRENGTH OF THEIR BRAINS AND THINKING WILL FADE AWAY. 7. INTERNATIONAL CULTURE CENTER MUSEUM AGAIN, FOR ABOUT THIRTY (30) YEARS I HAVE PROPOSED A MUSEUM TO "HOUSE" ALL OF THE CULTURE FROM ALL OF THE RACES OF NATIONALITIES -3- THAT CAME TO THIS ISLAND ABD DID CONTRIBUTE THEIR CULTURE TO THE PEOPLE OF HAWAII.MANY OF THE CITIZENS HERE HAVE NO KNOWLEDGE OF WHAT TYPE OF CULTURES WERE INTRODUCED. IF THIS TYPE OF INTRODUCTION TO THE CITY OF HILO AND THE ISLAND OF HAWAII WAS REALIZED, THE ADMISSION FEES OR CHARGES TO SEE THE CONTENTS OF THE MUSEUM WOULD BE EARMARKED FOR THE EDUCATION OF THE UNDERPRIVILEGED CHILDREN WHO ARE UNABLE TO PAY FOR THEIR EDUCATION. 8. REDESIGN/ESTABLISH A "NEW FACE" FOR REEDS BAY AT BANYAN DRIVE. FOR MANY YEARS I HAVE OBSERVED THE WATERS, BEACH AREA, THE POLLUTED DISCHARGES AT THIS BEACH AND WONDERED WHEN WILL SOMEONE BECOME A VICTIM TO THE TRASH THAT IS LEFT IN THE BEACH TOGETHER WITH THE LARGE ROCKS, ETC. I WILL SKETCH A DESIGN FOR A MORE BEAUTIFUL BEACH TOGETHER WITH ALL NECESSARY SAFETY MEASURES AND PRECAUTIONS TO PROTECT THE USERS OF THIS AREA AND BEACH FOR SWIMMING, BASKING IN THE SUN AND EVEN FISH FOR SOME TYPE OF MARINE FISH. THERE WILL BE DESIGNED A "HAWAIIAN TYPE. OF "DALE" AT THE BEACH AREA TO RELAX IN THE SHADE. FIRST OF ALL, I WILL DESIGN THE ROADWAY FROM KALANIANAOLE AVENUE -4- INTO THE REEDS BAY BEACH. THERE WILL BE A ONE-WAY ENTRANCE TO THE BEACH AND THEN PROCEED TO THE HOTELS AREAS WITHOUT HAVING DIFFICULTY. THERE WILL BE A ONE-WAY EXIT FROM THE HOTELS TO KAMEHAMEHA AVENUE. THIS WOULD LESSEN THE TRAFFIC CONGESTION. OME IMPORTANT ITEM OF REDESIGNING, IS THE DREDGING AND CLEARING OF THE ROCKS ON THE SHORELINE AND BEACH AREA OF REEDS BAY AND CONSTRUCT LITTLE CHILDREN PONDS FROM THE "COLD WATER POND" ALL ALONG THE REEDS BAY SHORE. UNFORTUNATELY,HILO HAVE NO BEACHES TO ATTRACT THE VISITORS THAT ARRIVE AND SPEND SOME TIME AT HILO. ALSO, FOR OUR OWN CITIZENS TO ENJOY AND SWIM AND BASK IN THE SUN. WE MUST PRESERVE OUR BEACHES WHATEVER WE HAVE AS SUCH. I WILL PREPARE AND DRAFT A SKETCH FOR THE "NEW LOOK" FOR REEDS BAY. I SPENT MUCH OF MY YEARS LIVING AT THIS AREA, SWIMMING, BASKING IN THE SUN AND EVEN FISH. THIS AREA IS A VALUABLE ASSET TO HILO. NOW THAT THE LILLIOKALANI PARK HAVE BEEN REDESIGNED, WHY NOT MAKE THE ENTIRE BANYAN DRIVE INCLUDING MOKUOLA (COCOANUT ISLAND) AS A HISTORICAL AREA. HISTORY OF THE PAST PLAYED A MOST IMPORTANT PART OF OUR LIVES. 9. RENEWAL OF THE DIRECT FLIGHTS TO HILO AS WAS IN THE PAST -5- RENEW THE DIRECT FLIGHTS TO HILO AS WAS IN THE PAST. PRESENTLY, THERE IS A SIGN THAT IS VERY EMBARRASSING AND A MISNOMER TO HILO, NAMELY, "HILO INTERNATIONAL AIRPORT". WHERE ARE THE INTERNATIONAL AIRLINES TO JUSTIFY THE NAME. WHAT HAPPENED TO THE ORIGINAL NAME OF HILO AIRPORT?"? IT WAS NAMED, ORIGINALLY, "GENERAL LYMAN AIRFIELD". IF WE ARE TO PLAN AGAIN FOR DIRECT FLIGHTS TO HILO, I WOULD PROPOSE THAT IT BE NAMED: "HILO GENERAL LYMAN INTERNATIONAL AIRPORT". THERE MUST BE A MORE CLOSER COOPERATION IN ECONOMIC GROWTH BY BOTH THE WEST AND EAST OF THE BIG ISLAND. THERE MUST BE A CONCERTED EFFORT TO PROTECT THE WEST SIDE OF THE BIG ISLAND SINCE BOTH MOUNT HUALALAI AND MAUNA KEA HAVE AHAU M Xr TREMORS(EARTHQUAKE) RECENTLY AND ARE IMMINENT FOR AN ERUPTION IN THE VERY NEAR FUTURE. FOR THOSE LIKE MYSELF WHO ARE VERY MUCH TAUGHT AND EDUCATED'IN. THE SUBJECTS OF METEOROLOGY, GEOLOGY, EARTHQUAKES ANP VOLCANOLOGY,TO GENERALIZE THE MOVEMENT OF MAGMA, TODAY. 10. ELDERLY CITIZENS RECREATIONAL PROGRAMS ARE VERY NEEDED IN ORDER THAT THEY MAY ENJOY A VERY FRUITFUL "GOLDEN AGE" ON RETIREMENT. THE RECREATIONAL PROGRAMS MUST BE THAT OF A MOTIVATED BASIS TO COORDINATE THE MIND AND BODY THUS PREVENTING "PARKISAN AND ALZHEIMER" ILLNESS. 11. REDESIGNING KAMEHAMEHA AVENUE OF WHAT IT WAS ORIGINALLY. SOMEHOW TWO INDIVIDUALS HERE AT HILO CONVINCED THE STATE AND COUNTY TO PLAN DOWNTOWN HILO WE II. CONT'D AS A "BOTANICAL GARDEN", IN ORDER TO ATTRACT THE VISITORS HERE AT HILO TO STIMULATE ITS ECONOMIC GROWTH. WHILE THE AREA SEEMED VERY GOOD FOR HILO, UNFORTUNATELY IT FELL TO THE WAYSIDE AS DIRECT FLIGHTS TO HILO CEASED IN 1981. MY PROPOSAL FOR THE CONTINUED ECONOMIC GROWTH OF DOWNTOWN HILO WOULD BE TO REVERT TO THE TYPE OF MAIN STREET APPEARANCE WITH THE CENTER OF THIS LOCATION AS AN OFF-STREET PARKING AND THE AREA THAT IS ADJACENT TO THE OCEANSIDE WOULD BE A MERGED LANE TO ROUTE 19. HILO HAS EXPERIENCED 8% SLIGHTNESS. I AM SURE OUR COUNTY CAN REQUEST FEDERAL FUNDING TO ELIMINATE THE BLIGHTNESS PROBLEM. 12. BAYFRONT PARKING AT THE CANOE LANDING AREA. THE PRESENT SYSTEM OF PARKING, WALKWAYS AND CONGREGATION AT THIS AREA IS A "MESS". SOMEONE DID NOT HAVE THE MOST PROPER AND DIRECT APPROACH TO THE DEVELOPMENT OF THIS AREA, INSTEAD IN BEGAN THE DEVELOPMENT AS AN AREA FOR THE YOUTH'S ACTIVITIES (RECREATIONALLY). THIRTY YEARS AGO I PRESENTED TO THIS COUNTY, AND STILL INSISTING FOR THE CONSTRUCTION OF AN OUTDOOR ARENA AS AN AREA FOR WHOLESOME RECREATIONAL ACTIVITIES FOR OUR YOUTH, E.G. SKATES, SKATEBOARDS, SCOOTERS, ETC. THE IDEA WAS TO HAVE THEM ISOLATED FROM THE MAIN ROADS, STREETS AND HIGHWAYS WHERE IT WOULD CONSTITUTE HAZARDOUS CONDITIONS. AGAIN, IT WENT TO "DEAF EARS". NO CONSIDERATION WAS MADE TO CONTINUE PASSAGE AND COMMUTING OF THE HEAVY TRUCKING ON ROUTE 19 TO CONTINUE AS IT WAS IN THE PAST. WHAT WAS DONE BY RE-ROUTUNG THE HEAVY TRUCKS PROCEEDING FROM KAMEHAMEHA -7- AVENUE AT THE JUNCTION OF PAUAHI STREET TO ROUTE 19 IS BECOMING A CONGESTED HAZARDOUS AREA. 13. ALENAIO FLOOD CONTROL. HERE AGAIN IS POOR TYPE OF ENGINEERING DECISIONS. THE U. S. ARMY CORPS OF ENGINEERS DID NOT INCLUDE THE RUN-OFF OF THE WATER ON THIS FLOOD CONTROL CANAL BY DIVERTING THE WATER TO DRAIN INTO THE SMALL SHALLOW AND NARROW CANAL, INSTEAD, THEY PROPOSED THE FLOOD CONTROL CANAL TO DRAIN OFF INTO THE HILO BAY BY CONSTRUCTING AN UNDERGROUND CULVERT -TYPE METHOD. THE ONLY OBSERVATION I DETECTED IS THAT IF THE DRAIN -OFF IS DIRECTED TO THE HILO BAY, IT SHOULD NOT BE ON A STRAIGHT-OUT METHOD, AS THE HIGH TIDE WOULD CREATE A BACKWASH. I SUGGESTED A CURVED TYPE OF DRAINAGE INTO THE HILO BAY THUS PREVENTING A BACKWASH. IN THE RECENT HEAVY RAINS OF NOVEMBER 2, 2000 AND SINCE THEN RAINFALL ON A MODERATE BASIS, PROVED THAT THE LITTLE CANAL THAT DRAINS OFF INTO THE WAILOA ESTUARY, THENCE TO THE WAILOA RUN-OFF TO HILO BAY BECAMF,A"NIGHTMARE" AS FLOODING OCCURRED IN THE ENTIRE AREA ENCOMPASSING PAUAHI STREET, KAMEHAMEHA AVENUE TO PONAHAWAI STREET AND MAINLY INUNDATING THE SOCCER FIELDS. (INCIDENTALLY, IF THE ENGINEERING DEPARTMENT AND THE CHAIRMAN OF THE PUBLIC WORKS COMMITTEE OF THE HAWAII COUNTY COUNCIL ARE INTERESTED IN REFERRING TO MY SOLUTION TO THIS PROBLEM. I WOULD 13E VERY HAPPY TO MEET WITH THEM. THERE ARE NATURAL CONTRIBUTING FACTORS THAT I AM VERY MUCH AWARE OF THAT CAUSED THE INUNDATION OF THE SOCCER FIELDS AREA. IT CAN BE CORRECTED. -8- 14. ONE AREA OF VERY IMPORTANCE IS THE FACT THAT THE EPA (ENVIRONMENTAL AGENCY AT WASHINGTON) HAVE MANDATED THE CLEAN WATER ACT TO PREVENT POLLUTION TO OUR SHORELINE,. BEACHES, ELIMINATING THE CESSPOOL SYSTEM OF WASTE DISPOSAL. WHAT, AND HOW ARE THEY GOING TO CONTROL THE RUN-OFF IF TORRENTIAL RAIN STORMS THAT CAUSED THE RIVERS AND STREAM$ MORE SO THE WAILUKU RIVER THAT FLOWS OUT TO THE OCEAN CARRYING WITH IT ALL THE POLLUTION, DEBRIS AND OTHER ALIEN MATTER. LIKEWISE, MANY OF THE MAIN RIVERS OF UPPER PIIHONUA AND KAUMANA AND AINAOLA HAVE FLOWED INTO HILO ALSO CARRYING WITH IT ALL THE VARIOUS MATTERS. CAN THE EPA CONTROL THAT???? CESSPOOLS DID NOT PROVE AND CAUSE ANY HARDSHIP OR DETRIMENT 'PO HUMAN HEALTH IN OVER 100 YEARS AS FROM TIME IMMORIAL, IT WAS THE ONLY METHOD OF SEWERAGE DISPOSAL. WHY AFTER ALL THESE YEARS, SUDDENLY, WASHINGTON, THROUGH THE EPA CONSIDERS IT A MENACE. "HOG -WASH AND TRULY" POLITICALLY -INSPIRED. WHAT ABOUT THE PRESENT SEWERAGE DISPOSAL BY THE COUNTY OF HAWAII. WHERE IS IT BEING DISPOSED TO? IS IT BEING FILTERED INTO THE GROUNDS, KEAUKAHA AREA???, OR TO THE OCEAN WHERE THE REVERSE'CURRENT WILL POLLUTE THE BEACHES. MEN, NOR SCIENCE CAN CONTROL THE MASS POLLUTION THAT IS IN DANGER TO HUMAN LIFE. THERE MUST BE A BETTER SYSTEM OF WASTE WATER CONTROL AND DISPOSAL OF SAME BY "OUR PEOPLE". WE SUCCUMB TO THEIR WISHES AND RULINGS EVEN IF IT MEANS DISRUPTING THE PEACE AND CONT- ENTMENT OF THE ELDERLY IN THEIR "GOLDEN AGE OF RETIREMENT". I HAVE TERMED THIS ACTION OF OPPRESSIONET TYPE OF ENACTMENT: OF THIS ACT AND LEGISLATION TO BE DEMOCRATIC -SOCIALISTIC -9- AND COMMUNISTIC. LET OUR LEADERS, ENGINEERS, SCIENTIFIC PERSONNEL DECIDE WHAT IS ACTUALLY 'GOOD' FOR HAWAII AND ITS CITIZENS,AND COMMUNICATE WITH WASHINBTON FOR POSSIBLE GRANTS AND FUNDING INSTEAD OF HAVING SOME SO-CALLED "PRO- FESSIONAL INDIVIDUALS" AT WASHINGTON GOVERN OUR LIVES TO DESTROY RATHER THAN TO PROTECTr "WHILE IN ROME, DO LIKE THE ROMANS DO", THAT SHOULD BE THE IDEALISTIC METHODS TO CONTROL THE ENVIRONMENTAL WAY OF LIFE IN HAWAII. PRESENTLY, SINCE THE EPA HAVE MANDATED `CHIS METHOD OF "CESSPOOL -HOOK-UP SYSTEM" TO PROTECT LIVES AND UTILIZE CLEAN -WATER SYSTEMS, THEY DON'T "GIVE A DAMN" WHETHER A PERSON CAN FINANCE SUCH A PROJECT OR NOT. REMEMBER, THEY ARE ONLY LIVING ON A "TRYING TO SURVIVE" WITH SOCIAL SECURITY BENEFITS OR'OTHER RETIREMENT BENEFITS. IN PLAIN LANGUAGE, I DON'T CARE IF YOU CANNOT AFFORD IT, "YOU MUST DO IT.". THAT IS THE "CRY" OF THE EPA. FOR GOD'S SAKE, WE ARE NOT LIVING (THANK GOD, SO FAR) IN A COMMUNISTIC COUNTRY. TO THE PEOPLE OF HAWAII, WAKE UP AND BE HEARD. WHY IS HILO, AGAIN THE "SCAPEGOAT FOR SUCH A MANDATED RULING? AS A PROPOSAL, I WOULD SUGGEST THAT WE REFER TO THE "GRANDFATHER'S CLAUSE". AS LONG AS ONE OWN THEIR PROPERTY AND THE "CESSPOOL" HAVE NOT BEEN A DETRIMENT, THEY WOULD BE EXEMPTED FROM SUCH A RULING. 12. AN ADDED NOTE TO THE QUESTION OF DISCONTUANCE OF THE DIRECT FLIGHTS TO HILO IN 1981, IS THAT WHEN I ASKED AN EXECUTIVE AND ADMINISTRATOR OF THE HAWAII COUNTY HERE AT HILO AS TO WHY THERE WERE NO DIRECT F IGHTS AND OVERSEAS -10- AIRLINES TO HILO SO THAT THEY CAN SPEND A FEW DAYS AT HILO, THE ANSWER I RECEIVED WAS BECAUSE HILO IS A VERY "WET CITY", AND THE VISITORS PREFER A DRY DISTRICT". I THEN RELATED TO HIM THAT IN THE 19291S AND THROUGH 1936, THERE WERE NO LARGE AIRLINES OR DIRECT FLIGHTS TO THE BIG ISLAND, INSTEAD THERE WERE LARGE OCEAN LINERS THAT WOULD ARRIVE AT HILO WITH A LARGE AMOUNT OF VISITORS. FOR THE RECORD, THE NAMES OF THE OCEAN LINERS WERE: MARIPOSA, M NTEREY, LURLINE AND THE FRANCONIA. ALSO, THE FACT THAT THERE WERE NO TOUR COMPANIES, THE VISITORS WOULD TRAVEL BY RAILWAY COACHES AND TOUR TO KAPOHO AND THE HAMAKUA COAST TO PAAUILO AND SPENT A FEW DAYS AT HILO. THEY DID NOT MIND THE RAIN. I REMEMBER ALL OF THIS SINCE I WAS REARED AT THE BANYAN DRIVE AND THE RAILWAY SYSTEM WOULD PASS OUR HOUSE. THE ONLY TRANSPORTATION COMPANY WAS "MANA TRANSPORTATION", HEADQUARTERS AT THE CORNER OF KILAUEA AND MAMO STREETS. THEY WOULD TOUR THE VISITORS FOR THOSE WHO WANTED TO VISIT THE NATIONAL PARK, KNOWN AT THAT TIME AS THE "VOLCANO". WELL, THE ANSWER I RECEIVED FROM THE INDIVIDUAL WAS A, "I DON'T REMEMBER THOSE DAYS". INCIDENTALLY, THAT SAME INDIVIDUAL WAS A PROMINENT PERSON IN HILO AND WHO WAS RESPONSIBLE FOR CEASING DIRECT FLIGHTS TO HILO IN 1981, TO GAIN INVESTMENT PROFITS BY HAVING THE DIRECT FjIGHTS BE AT THE WEST SIDE OF THE ISLAND, NAMELY, "KONA"AND KAWAIHAEU 13. THERE ARE MANY MORE AREAS ON THE BIG ISLAND THAT CAN BE ENVISIONED FOR SUCCESSFUL GROWTH, ECONOMICALLY. I --11- PERSONALLY ENVISION A "MONORAIL" TYPE OF TRAVEL AROUND THE ISLAND. AS AN ADDED NOTE, I WOULD LIKE, VERY MUCH THAT OUR CONGRESSIONAL REPRESENTATIVES AND SENATORS FROM HAWAII RECOMMEND THAT THE DEPARTMENT OF INTERIOR RE -OPEN THE CHAIN OF CRATERS ROAD FROM THE NATIONAL PARK THROUGH KALAPANA. THERE IS BEAUTY ALONG THE COASTLINE, VIEWING ESPECIALLY THE NEWLY -FORMED BLACK SAND BEACH AT KALAPANA WHICH WAS CREATED BY THE PRESENT CONTINUED VOLCANIC ERUPTION IN ITS EIGHTEENTH (18) YEAR. WHEN THIS ERUPTION CEASES, THERE WILL BE AN IMMENSE AMOUNT OF VOLCANIC MAGMA MOVING TO THE MAIN CRATER "HALEMA'UMA'U, OR TO THE WEST SIDE OF THE BIG ISLAND, NAMELY MOUNT HUALALAI AND MAUNA KEA AND MAUNA LOA. RECENTLY, THERE WERE MANY TREMORS OCCURING AT THESE AREAS, SOME REGIS- TERING 3.5 AND LESSER AT MOUNT HUALALAI, AND A FEW MONTHS AGO THERE WAS A 4.5 AT THE RICHTER SCALE ON MAUNA KEA. ISN'T IT TELLING US SOMETHING? ATTACHED TO THIS REPORT IS A MAP OF THE ISLAND OF HAWAII SHOWING THE VOLCANIC ERUPTIONS IN THE PAST. AUTHOR'S NOTE I HOPE THAT THIS REPORT WILL BRING A GREAT CONCERN TO THE LEADERS OF OUR COUNTY AND THE CITIZENRY TO PREPARE FOR THE FUTURE. I HAVE HAD THE OPPORTUNITY OF BEING EDUCATED FOR THREE (3) YEARS BY THE LATE THOMAS JAGGAR, THEN SUPER - INTENDANT OF THE NATIONAL. PARK IN "GEOLOGY, METEOROLOGY", EARTHQUAKES AND VOLCANIC ERUPTIONS FOR THE ENTIRE ISLAND. IF WE ARE TO REVITALIZE THE BIG ISLAND FOR A SUCCESSFUL GROWTH, WE MUST ALL UNITE, EAST AND WEST, SOUTH AND NORTH -12- SHARING ONE ANOTHER'S SUCCESS, GROWTH AND IDEAS FOR A SUCCESSFUL AND PRODUCTIVE ISLAND AND COUNTY OF HAWAII. TO THE YOUTH OF TODAY, GOD HAVE GIVEN YOU LIFE TO BE PRODUCTIVE IN IIFE AND NOT TO DESTROY YOURSELF BY BEING A VICTIM OF DRUG ADDICTION. THOSE WHO ENJOY THE USAGE OF DRUGS WILL BECOME VICTIM OF ALZHEIMERS AND PARKISAN DISEASES EVEN AT THE�AGE OF 65 OR 70. ARE YOU THAT WEAK THAT YOU WILL NOT ACCEPT THE LIFE THAT GOD GAVE YOU AND WILLINGLY TO MEET WITH THE ADVERSITIES AND TRIALS AND TRIBULATIONS OF LIFE AND COPE WITH IT, RATHER THAN BEBOME A MEMBER OF THOSE "STUPID" INDIVIDUALS WHO PREFER TO USE DRUGS RARHER THAN LIVE A WHOLESOME HEALTHFUL LIFE.REMEMBER," "A DRUG ADDICT IS A DRUG VICTIM". THINK ABOUT IT AND BECOME A MEMBER OF THIS GREAT HUMANS WHO DEVOTE AND CONTRIBUTE THEIR LIFE FOR HUMANITARIAN CAUSE. TO THE NEWLY -ELECTED OFFICIALS OF THE COUNTY OF HAWAII AND THE STATE LEGISLATORS LET YOUR PLEDGES THAT YOU MADE AS YOU CAMPAIGNED FOR OFFICE THAT YOUR POSITION AND PLACE IN REP- RESENTING THE PEOPLE OF THE COUNTY OF HAWAII IS TO BE "THE PEOPLE'S PEOPLE." ALSO, THAT YOU MUST BRING BACK GOVERNMENT ".BY THE PEOPLE, FOR THE PEOPLE AND TO', THE PEOPLE AND THAT IT WILL NOT PERISH FROM THIS EARTH. YOU ARE THE ONLY ONES TO CARRY AND BEAR THE "FRUITS OF LABOR" FOR A SUCCESSFUL AND ECONOMIC GROWTH FOR ALL CONCERNED. BEING VERY CAUTIOUS IN -13- IN YOUR JUDGMENTS AND DECISIONS: IN OTHER WORDS, DO A LOT OF RESEARCH AND "WHEN IN DOUBT, SEEK IT OUT", ANOTHER AREA THAT MUST BE GIVEN GREAT CONSIDERATION IS THE FACT THAT IN ORDER THAT WE CAN INCITE VISITORS HERE AS A "VACATIONLAND", WE MUST ALSO MAKE THE BIG ISLAND A VERY ATTRACTIVE ONE. BY THIS I AM REFERRING TO AN ANNUAL "AWARD -GIVING" PRESENTATION TO BOTH THE RESIDENTIAL AND BUSINE ENTERPRISES FOR "GROOMING THEIR PROPERTIES". TOO LONG HAVE WE LIVED HERE WITH NO CON- SIDERATION OF MAKING IT "BEAUTIFUL". WE MUST NOT FORGET THAT THE COUNTY AND THE STATE MUST ALSO PARTICIPATE, BUT NOT FOR AWARDS AS IT IS THEIR RESPONSIBILITIES IN MAINTAING THE ISLAND, ROADS, PARKS, HIGHWAYS, ETC. IN THE AREA OF RESIDENTIAL AND BUSINESS AWARDS, IT IS ON A DISTRICT -TYPE BASIS. LETS MAKE THE BIG ISLAND NOTABLE AND NOTICEABLE TO THE OUTSIDER. "THANK YOU FOR ENLIGHTENING ALL OF YOU WITH THE ABOVE HISTORY,PROPOSALS, SUGGESTIONS AND SOLUTIONS TO OUR PROBLEMS". I WILL ALWAYS BE AVAILABLE TO ASSIST ALL OF YOU IN PRESENTING IDEAS,ETC. FOR A MORE SUCCESSFUL AND PRODUCTIVE ISLAND. "GOD BLESS ALL OF YOU AND THE GREATEST COUNTRY ON EARTH," "AMERICA". -14- ADDENDUM THERE ARE TWO IMPORTANT AREAS THAT ARE VERY IMPORTANT TO MY OPINION, AND HAVE BEEN FOR MANY YEARS, NAMELY THE SURFACE OF THE HIGHWAYS, STREETS, ROADWAYS ON THE BIG ISLAND. SECOND, THE VERY DANGFROUS STREET LIGHTING. 1. REFERENCE TO THE "SURFACE OF THE PRESENT STREETS, ETC., THAT HAVE CAUSED A VERY DANGEROUS AND HAZARD - OUR CONDITIONS WHILE DRIVING ON A VERY WET DAY OR NIGHT. THE MACADAM (BLACK MATERIAL) ON THE SURFACE OF THE STREETS, ETC., WITH THE SETTLING OF THE RAIN- FALL CREATES AN IMAGE -PRODUCING METHOD. YOU SEE, WHEN THE RAIN SETTLES ON THE HIGHWAY, ETC.,WATER BEING A CLEAR TYPE OF SUBSTANCE REFLECTS THE IMAGES FROM ABOVE THE ROADS, ETC. I HAVE STUDIED THIS PROBLEM MANY YEARS, AND HAVE COME TO A BETTER TYPE OF SURFACE MATERIAL. I KNOW THAT IT WILL BE A VERY COSTLY UNDERTAKING. ON PONAHAWAI STREET ACROSS THE CENTRAL FIRE STATION IS A LIGHT-COLORED TYPE OF SURFACE. I SUGGESTED THIS METHOD A FEW YEARS AGO, AND OBSERVED THE RESULTS WHENEVER THERE IS A LARGE RAINFALL THERE ARE PRACTICALLY NO IMAGES AS RE- FLECTED ON THE ROAD. I DON'T SUMMIZE THAT THIS IS A BETTER TYPE OF SURFACE. THERE.•,MUST BA A -15- MORE DIRECT STUDY OF THIS PROBLEM. ONE SUGGESTION TO POSSIBLY CONTRIBUTE TO PREVENT "SPEEDERS IS A'ROUGH' TYPE OF SURFACE IN AREAS THAT ARE CONSIDERED A DANGER AND HAZARDOUS CONDITIONS. A BETTER TYPE OF REFLECTORS INSTALLED ON ALL HIGHWAYS, ROADS, STREETS THROUGHOUT THE BIG ISLAND. IT IS SUGGESTED THAT REFLECTORS ALSO BE INSTALLED ON ALL CROSSWALKS ESPECIALLY ON A VERY DARK STREET, ETC. REFLECTORS SHOULD BE INSTALLED ON THE EDGES OF ALL STREETS, ETC., NOT ONLY ON THE CENTER. STREET LIGHTING IN HILO AND DISTRICTS THROUGHOUT THE ISLAND IS VERY "POOR" AND TO MY OPINIOn A HAZARD TO THE MOTORISTS. HISTORY: IN THE PAST LIGHTING WAS ON A MERCURY-VAPOR (WHITE) TYPE THAT WOULD CONTRIBUTE TO A BETTER VISION OF THE STREETS, ETC. BUT THEN, SOMEONE CAME UP WITH A VERY "STUPID" IDEA OF INSTALLING LOW_SODIUM TYPE OF LIGHTING ON ALL THE ISLAND OF HAWAII. IT IS OF AN ORANGE COLORED. THIS TYPE OF LIGHTING HAVE MANY TIMES CAUSED SOME ACCIDENTS AND NEAR -MISS COLLISIONS AS THE LIGHTING CREATED AN OPAQUENESS ON THE STREETS AND CAUSING A POOR VISION OF THE IDENTIFICATIONS AND MARKINGS ON THE STREETS. I WAS TOLD THAT THE REASON FOR THE TRANSITION WAS BECAUSE THE MERCURY-VAPOR LIGHTING BECAME A PROBLEM TO THE ASTRONOMY -TELESCOPES ON TOP OF MAUNA KEA. WHY DID WE AT FIRST, DEFACE ONE OF THE MOST BEAUTIFUL MOUNTAINS OF -16- THE WORLD, AND YES, I MIGHT ADD: THE MOST MAJESTIC MOUNTAIN IN THE WORLD AS THE CREATION AND ALMOST - PERFECT SKYLINE WAS FOR THE CLOSER RELATIONSHIP OF THE CHIEFS OF THE BIG ISLAND TO MEET AND BRING OUT A MORE PEACEFUL RELATIONSHIPS WITH ONE DISTRICT TO ANOTHER. "THE IRONY OF ELIMINATING THE MERCURY-VAPOR TYPE OF LIGHTING BECAUSE IT AFFECTED THE 'TELESCOPES' ON TOP OF MAUNA KEA", WHAT ABOUT THE EXISTING MERCURY -TYPE OF LIGHTING ON THE PLAYGROUNDS OF ALL COUNTY AND STATE AREAS?'�? WHY WERE THEY NOT ELIMINATED, ALSO???? LASTLY, DURING THE SECOND WORLD WAR AND -AFTER THE WAR, THERE WAS A NEED FOR A DIRECT APPROACH TO THE TORRENTIAL RAIN- FALL ON THE EAST SIDE, NAMELY, KAUMANA, PIIHONUA, AINAOLA WAIAKEA-UKA AREAS IN TN DETECTING THE FLOW OF THE RIVERS AND STREAMS TO HILO AND PROPER. THIS WAS DONE AS A MEANS FOR CONSTRUCTING A MORE DIRECT AND REALISTIC FLOOD CONTROL SYSTEM. AS A MEMBER OF THE U. S. ARMY CORPS OF ENGINEERS, MY ASSIGNMENT WAS TO PREPARE A TOPOGRAPHY MAP OF THIS PROJECT. I WAS TAKEN UP IN A 110 AIRCRAFT AND ON A RAINY DAY BUT VISIBLE FOR THE TERRAIN BELOW, I DID PLOT OUT THE TOPOGRAPHY OF ALL THESE AREAS AND GAVE A COPY TO THE U. S. ARMY CORPS OF ENGINEERS AND THE COUNTY OF HAWAII AS THE COUNTY OF HAWAII WAS LOCATED ON THE CORNER OF WAIANUENUE AND KEAWE STREETS. SOMEHOW THESE MAPS WERE MISSPLACED OR DESTROYED AND THE FLOOD CONTROL PROJECT WAS MADE ON AN AREA THAT WOULD NOT ELIVIATE THE HEAVY WATER FLOW TO HILO, NAMELY, KOMOHANA/MOHOULI STREETS. THE MAIN KAUMANA V RIVER BEGINS AT THE JUNCTION OF KAUMANA DRIVE AND CHONG STREET ENTRANCE WHERE THERE IS A BRIDGE. THIS RIVER FLOWS DOWN TOWARDS THE "SUNRISE SUBDIVISION". THIS IS WHERE THE FLOOD CONTROL SHOULD HAVE BEEN CONSTRUCTED. WHAT ABOUT THE KOMOHANA "CULVERT" THAT HAVE FINALLY BECOME A CONCERN SINCE IT WAS COMPLETELY DESTROYED BY THE FORCE OF THE TORRENTIAL STORM RECENTLY. FOR MANY YEARS SINCE THE CONSTRUCTION OF KOMOHANA DRIVE, I HAVE,IN MY CAPACITY AS A VOLUNTEER TRAFFIC SAFETY COORDINATOR, PRESENTED TO THE COUNTY OF HAWAII FOR A CONSTRUCTION OF A LARGER BASE OF CULVERT (WIDER) AND DEEPER, AS I HAD OBSERVED THAT THE MOUTH OF THIS CULVERT IS ONLY 12 TO 15 FEET WIDE. THAT WAS NOT ENOUGH TO HAVE THE RIVER FLOW THROUGH. AGAIN, IT WENT TO "DEAF EARS". WHEN ARE WE GOING TO "LEARN" THAT THE MOST FEASIBLE WAY OF ELIMINATING THE PROBLEMS THAT EXIST IS BY A MOST SIMPLE, LOGIC AND COnMON SENSE METHODS, AS MANY TIMES SCIENTIFIC TECHNICAL SYSTEMS AND METHODS WILL NOT BE THE ANSWER. THE KAUMANA DRIVE/CHUNG STREET JUNCTION SHOULD RE ONE OF THE PRIORITIES AS IT DOES CREATE A PROBLEM AND HAVE BEEN FOR MANY YEARS. SUMMATION WHAT I HAVE STATED IN THIS REPORT AND THAT OF THE "FUTURE OF HAWAII REPORT TENDS TO REMIND ALL OF US THAT THROUGH A COMBINED EFFORT BY CITIZENS AND OUR ELECTED OFFICIALS CAN WE RESOLVE AND SOLVE ALL OF OUR 'PROBLEMS' ON THE BIG ISLAND OF HAWAII. THE RESEARCH AND DEVELOPMENT SHOULD BE A WORKING FORCE "FOR" DEVELOP - Elm MENT FOR THE COUNTY OF HAWAII FOR INDUSTRIAL, COMMERCIAL, ENVIRONMENTAL AND ECONOMIC GROWTH FOR A MORE HEALTHY APPROACH TO HUMAN NEEDS AND INDUSTRIAL AND COMMERCIAL NEEDS, AND FOR "GOD'S SAKE, PLEASE LET OUR OWN LEADERS DECODE WHAT IS GOOD FOR THE ISLAND AND NOT LET WASHINGTON, THROUGH THE EPA AGENCY DICTATE TO THIS COUNTY AND ITS ELECTED OFFICIALS WHAT SHOULD BE OR NOT BE FOR THE SO CALLED "GOOD" FOR THE PEOPLE OF THE ISLAND OF HAWAII". AS FAR AS FUNDING OR GRANTS FROM THE UNITED STATES OR WASHINGTON, I AM VERY SURE THAT WE WILL HAVE OUR "FAIR" SHARE ACCORDING TO THE INTRODUCED REQUESTS FOR THE SAFETY AND HEALTH OF OUR "PEOPLE".AND THEIR WELFARE. -19- FRANCIS LEO BENEVIDES, SR. VOLUNTEER TRAFFIC SAFETY COORDINATOR AND CHAIRMAN OF THE SOUTH HILO TRAFFIC SAFETY COMMITTEE 3WWI THE FUTURE OF THE ISLAND OF HAWAII THE PAST IS GONE AND THE PRESENT AND FUTURE OF THE ISLAND OF HAWAII IS ON A DAY-BY-DAY LIFE. OVER FIFTY YEARS HAVE GONE BY WITH NO IMPROVEMENT WHATSOEVER. IN THE AREAS OF INDUSTRIAL GROWTH, I WAS TOLD THAT THE SUGAR INDUSTRY "IS HERE TO STAY". WELL, IT SEEMS THAT MEN CANNOT FACE THE REALITY OF LOOKING TO THE "FUTURE". SUGAR HAVE LEFT US WITH NU of . "--nMOTTNG A VERY HEALTH- FUL ECONOMIC GROWTH. - I INTRODUCED THE "TIMBER" INDUSTRY FIFTY-FOUR YEARS AGO, BUT IT WENT TO "DEAF EYES". HOW SAD. WE ARE NOW APPROACHING THE TWENTY-FIRST CENTURY, BUT ARE WE PREPARED TO RECEIVE IT AND ACCEPT THE GREAT "CHALLENGE" FOR THE FUTURE???? WHILE WE HAVE THE TWO-PARTY SYSTEM WITH OTHERS THAT HAVE COME INTO THE FOLD, ELECTED OFFICIALS NO MATTER WHAT PARTY THEY ARE HAVE PLEDGED THEIR RESPONSIBILITIES TO THE CITIZENRY OF THE BIG ISLAND, AND OF STATE - ELECTED LEGISLATORS, INSURE THE SUCCESSFUL AND PROGRESSIVE GROWTH OF THE "ALOHA STATE". THEY MUST BE STEAD -FAST IN ADMINISTERING THE MOST ACCURATE, IDEALISTIC, CONSERVATIVE, SOUND ECONOMY FOR THE FUTURE WELFARE BY WHICH HUMAN NEEDS AND COMFORTS ARE SUPPLIED. ELECTED OFFICIAL ACCEPT THE FACT THEY THEY ARE THE "PEOPLES' PEOPLE". so FOR THE BENEFIT AND PERUSAL OF OUR ECONOMIDTS AND ADMINISTRATORS OF OUR SYSTEM OF GOVERNMENT, THE FOLLOWING DEFINITION IS PRESENTED THAT WE MAY "TAKE THE RIGHTFUL PATH OF LIFE". NOW THAT WE ARE FACING A VERY CRITICAL YEAR FOR THE HEALTHFUL ECONOMY OF OUR NATION, STATE AND COUNTY, ELECTING LEADERS ARE VERY IMPORTANT AND WE SHOULD ELECT THOSE WHO ARE VERY MUCH VERSED AND EXPERIENCED IN MAKING JUSTIFIABLE DECISIONS AND ENACTING OF LAWS FOR THE HEALTHFUL GROWTH OF OUR STATE AND COUNTIES. IT IS THE TIME NOW, MORE THAN EVER THAT PARTY SYSTEMS MUST WORK TOGETHER FOR THE GOOD OF THE PEOPLE OF HAWAII. SELFISHNESS AND GREED FOR INDIVIDUALISTIC GAIN MUST CEASE FOR THE GAINFUL NEEDS OF THE PEOPLE ARE VERY IMPORTANT IF WE ARE TO LIVE IN A COUNTRY WITH ENJOYMENT AND THE "PURSUIT OF HAPPINESS AND PEACE". TRANQUILITY" AND NOT IN FEAR OF OPPRESSION. WE ARE LIVING IN AN AGE OF "FEAR FOR SURVIVAL AND THE CHEMICAL" INTRUDUCTION. A MORE DIRECT AND JUSTIFIABLE JUDICIARY SYSTEM THAT WILL NOT "PROTECT THE CRIMINAL AND ACCUSED AND VICTIMIZE THE VICTIMS". A COMPLETE CHANGE OR ADJUSTMENTS TO "PROTECT" THE RIGHTS OF THE PEOPLE AND THE AXIOM: AN EYE FOR AN EYE"TOOTH FOR TOOTH, LIFE FOR LIFE". THE ENACTMENT BY CONGRESS of the SO-CALLED CIVIL RIGHTS DOES NOT RENDER JUSTIFIABLE DECISIONS. "WAKE UP AMERICA BEFORE IT IS TOO LATE. WE ARE ON THE BRINK nF ANARCHY. SEEK THE TRUTH BY REFERRING TO THE CONSTITUTION OF THE UNITED STATES". THERE ARE MANY DEPARTME, AND AGENCIES IN OUR SYSTEM OF GOVERNMENTAL ADMINI RATION IN THE STATE AND COUNTY. EXAMPLE OF ONE DEPARTMENT THAT IS TITLED, "RESEARCH AND DEVELOPMENT", WELL, THAT IS A MISNOMER AS NOTHING HAVE BEEN ACCOMPLISHED IN THAT FIELD OF GOVERNMENT. IT SHOULD BE RETITLED, "RESEARCH FOR DEVELOPMENT. INCIDENTALLY, WHERE IS THE DEVELOPMENT OR INTRODUCTION IN SEVERAL AREAS FOR PRODUCTIVE USE AND THE MOST VIABLE INTRODUCTION TO A VERY SUCCESSFUL AND ENERGETIC ECONOMY. THE QUESTION THAT I ASKED THE PRESENT ELECTED OFFICIALS AND THOSE IN THE PAST: "SINCE 1981 WHY WAS DIRECT FLIGHTS TO HILO CEASED AS THE ECONOMY OF THE CITY OF HILO ALSO CEASED AND HAVE ESTABLISHED A BIASED ECONOMIC INTRODUCTION FOR WEST HAWAII?. THERE WAS A SELFISH DECISION AGAIN BY THE ELECTED OFFICIALS IN "THEIR PERSONAL GAINFUL NEEDS WITH THE PROMOTION OF THE ECONOMY OF WEST HAWAII. VERY SHAMEFUL AND THOUGHTLESS I WOULD SUMMIZE. -3- HILO, PRESENTLY IS NOTED AS A CITY OF RECREATION AND RETIREMENT, WITH VERY LITTLE ADVANCEMENT TOWARDS A "GOOD", STRONG ECONOMY. WHAT HAVE BEEN DONE IN RESEARCH AND DEVELOPMENT IN REVITALIZING THE ECONOMIC STRENGTH OF EAST HAWAII. OUR CHILDREN ARE "CRYING" OUT FOR A BETTER "WHOLESOME TYPE OF RECREATIONAL ACTIVITIES". EXAMPLE' FOR THIRTY YEARS I HAVE APPROACHED THE PARKS AND RECREATION AND THE ELECTED COUNTY OFFICIALS TO CONSTRUCT AND ESTABLISH AN ARENA FOR THE YOUTHFUL RECREATIONAL AREA OR AREAS FOR SKATEBOARDING, SKATES AND ANY TYPE OF RECREATIONAL DEVICES OR EQUIPMENT. WE CANNOT ESTABLISH A VERY HEALTHFUL ENVIRONMENT FOR OUR YOUTH BY DEPRIVING THEM OF THE NECESSARY EQUIPMENT FOR ENJOYMENT AND RECREATION.I REMEMBER THE "SOAP BOX DERBY" RECREATIONAL ACTIVITY IN THE PAST THAT WAS A VERY GOOD SPORT FOR THE YOUTH IN DEVELOPING THEIR OWN IDEAS IN THAT TYPE OF CONTEST. THE COMPLETE CLOSING OF THE MAMALAHOA HIGHWAY AT THE PAYFRONT WAS A VERY "POOR" JUDGEMENT BY OUR OFFICIALS AS A MORE "SENSIBLE" APPROACH TO THE PROBLEM OF ERECTING AN ARENA AT AN AREA OUTSIDE OF THE BAYFRONT HIGHWAY. MUCH CAN BE DONE TO REVITALIZE AND STRENGTHEN THE ECONOMY AND THE RECREATIONAL FUTURE OF HILO.THE GE -0 REDISIGNING OF KAMEHAMEHA AVENUE BY ONE OF OUR MAYORS TO INCREASE THE VISITORS" TRADE TO DOWNTOWN HILO BY ESTABLISHING A "BOTANICAL TYPE OF STREETS" THAT TO MY KNOWLEDGE WAS ABSURD. AT THE PAST TWENTY YEARS SINCE THAT TYPE OF SYSTEM TO VITALIZE THE ECONOMY OF DOWNTOWN HILO, I HAVE SEEN . IT AS A HAZARDOUS AND YET A VERY POOR WAY TO INCREASE THE ECONOMIC GROWTH. I WOULD SUUGEST AND PROPOSE THAI` THE -COUNTY OF HAWAII DO A RESEARCH OF DOWNTOWN HILO AND RE-ESTABLISH KAMEHAMEHA AVENUE AS WHAT IT WAS IN THE PAST. IN THE CENTER OF THE AREA FROM KAMEHAMEHA AVENUE TO THE BOAYFRONT WOULD BE ESTABLISHED AND SET ASIDE FOR "OFFSTREET" PARKING. THE AREA NEXT TO THE COCOANUT TREES FACING THE BAYFRONT SHOULD BE MERGED WITH A VEHICLE LANE TO THE HAMAKUA HIGHWAY, NAMELY, ROUTE 19. THE ATTITUDE OF MANY, "LET GEORGE DO IT", MUST NOT BE OUR GUIDE TO SUCCESS, RATHER TO HAVE A VERY UNIFIED EFFORT IN SEEKING WAYS TO BRING ABOUT A HEALTHFUL, BEAUTIFUL CITY OF HILO WITH THE ECONOMIC GROWTH TO HILO AND SECTORS OF HILO FOR NOT ONLY THE YOUNG, BUT FOR THE SENIOR CITIZENS WHO ARE TRYING TO ENJOY THEIR "GOLDEN YEARS", IN THE FUTURE, STRENGTHENING THE VISITOR "BUILD-UP" fOR HILO AND HILO PROPER, MUCH CAN BE DONE. THE FOLLOWING WILL GIVE A BOOST, THERE IS A SIGN IN THE ENTRANCE TO THE HILO AIRPORT: "HILO INTERNATIONAL AIRPORT", -5- IN APPROACHING THE QUESTION, "WHY WAS THIE, SIGN ERECTED IS A MISNOMER SINCE WE HAVE NO DIRECT FLIGHTS TO HILO. 1'HE ONLY ANSWER I GATHERED FROM MANY, IS THAT HILO IS A "WET CITY", AND THE VISITORS PREFER THE DRY SIDE OF THE ISLAND, NAMELY, KONA.HOW IRONIC THIS IS, AS A FORMER EMPLOYEE, TOUR GUIDE AND DISPATCHER FOR THE DEFUNCT MACKENZIE TOURS UP TO 1976, I WITNESSED A GREAT INFLUX OF VISITORS TO HILO'. AND -THE BIG ISLAND. THE OPINION OF THESE VISITORS ABOUT THE CITY OF HILO, IS THAT IT IS A BEAUTIFUL CITY WITH ALL OF THE GREEN, FOLIAGE, FLORA AND PLANT LIFE THAT WAS ATTRACTED TO THEIR EYES. MANY LARGE'.'AIRLINES CikME , TO HILO. AND OF COURSE, THERE WAS THE PANORAMA AIRLINES THAT FLEW IN AND HAD A ONE AND TWO DAY VISIT TO HILO, PUNA, THE NATIONAL PARK AND EVEN WEST HAWAII. YES, HILO CAN BE A VERY "WET CITY", BUT YET IT IS VERY CONDUCIVE TO GOOD HEALTH. THE SECOND QUESTION THAI` I POSED TO THE "FATHERS OF OUR COUNTY IS: "ARE WE ASHAMED OF THE ORIGINAL SIGN NAMED, GENERAL LYMAN AIRPORT" AS FAR AS I AM CONCERNED, THIS AIRPORT SHOULD HAVE BEEN NAMED RECENTLY, AS GENERAL LYMAN AIRPORT. WHENEVER WE REINSTATE IT AS AN INTER- NATIONAL AIRPORT, IT SHOULD BE NAMED: HILO GENERAL LYMAN INTERNATIONAL AIRPORT. WE MUST ESTABLISH A CONCERTED EFFORT IN REESTABLISHING DIRECT FLIGHTS TO HILO, STIMULATING ECONOMIC GROWTH. QUESTION THREE, "WHY WAS THERE NOT A COMPROMISE OF HAVING THE LARGE AIRLINES FLY DIRECT TO HILO WITH VISITORS, AND IN -6- i THE SAME MANNER, PICK UP THE PASSENGERS GOING TO THE "MAINLAND" BY GOING TO KONA, CONTINUE THE PICK UP OF VISTORS AND ESTABLISH A REVERSE FROM KONA TO HILO AND THENCE TO THE "MAINLAND". OR WAS IT BECAUSE THERE WAS A NEED TO STIMULATE THE TRAFFIC HANDLING OF PASSENGERS BY BOTH AIRLINES, NAMELY, HAWAIIAN AND ALOHA AIRLINES SO THAT THEY, TOO CAN "RAKE IN THEIR PROFITS". I WAS "BLESSED BY GOD" IN MANY WAYS, AND ONE AREA THAT I GAINED MUCH KNOWLEDGE WAS THAT OF BEING A MEMBER/ENLISTEE OF THE C.C.C. CAMP (CIVILIAN CON- SERVATION CORPS) THAT WAS EST .,. _,, , FRANKLIN DELANO ROOSEVELT IN THE LATTER PART OF THE THIRTIES. SINCE THE NEED FOR YOUTHFUL VOCATIONAL EMPLOYMENT AS THERE WERE NO EMPLOYMENT GROWTH FOR OUR GRADUATES AND THOSE WHOkCOULD NOT.PURSUE.THEIR COLLEGE EDUCATION. THIS PROGRAM PERMITTED THEM TO BE ENLISTED AND HAVE A VOCATIONAL EDUCATIONAL TRAINING (DISCIPLINED) TO PREPARE THEM FOR THE FUTURE. FOR MYSELF, FOR THREE YEARS I WAS ALSO A PROTEGE OF THE LATE THOMAS JAGGAR, THEN SUPER_ INTENDENT OF THE HAWAII NATIONAL PARK WHERE IT WAS INSTRUMENTAL IN MY LEARNING AND EDUCATED IN METEREOLOGY, WEATHER, GEOLOGY, EARTHQUAKES AND VOLCANOLOGY. I AM VERY GRATEFUL FOR THE THIS TYPE OF TRAINING. I WOULD SUGGEST THAT THE CONGRESS OF THE UNITED STATES REESTABLISH THIS PROGRAM TO PREPARE OUR YOUTH FOR THE FUTURE AND MAYBE TRY -7- TO MINIMIZE THE YOUTHFUL CRIMINAL ACTIVITIES WITH THEIR DRUG ADDITIONS, ETC., IT IS/RESPONSIBILITY TO PROTECT THE CHILDREN OF TODAY AS THEIR INVOLVED "IN THE VENOM OF DESTRUCTION". THE YOUTH OF TODAY, CRY OUT "PLEASE HELP ME, I WANT TO IMPROVE MYSELF FOR MY FUTURE". BUT MANY TIMES, OUR ELECTED OFFICIALS CONCLUDE WITH NEGATIVENESS FOR SELFISH GAIN. WORDS OF WISDOM: "POSITIVENESS PROTECTORATES, NEGATIVENESS DETERIORATES" WORDS TO OUR ELECTED LEADERS: vu ' T "TT;TRTY PIECES OF SILVER" AND CRUCIFY HUMANITY. JUDGE YOUR INTEGRITY BY THE TRUST AND HONEST RESPONSIBILITIES GIVEN TO YOU BY THE PEOPLE. I CANNOT FORGET AND NOT FAIL TO INCLUDE IN THIS REPORT THE FACT THAT FIFTY-FOUR YEARS AGO AS A COST ACCOUNTANT FOR THE DEFUNCT HAWAIIAN CANE PRODUCTS, KNOWN AS "CANEC" AND LATER THE FLINTKOTE COMPANY, I INTRODUCED TO THE BOARD OF SUPERVISORS OF THE COUNTY OF HAWAII AND LATER TO THE HAWAII COUNTY COUNCIL THE FOURTH INDUSTRY OF HAWAII, NAMELY, THE TIMBER INDUSTRY. IT WENT TO DEAF EYES AS THEY MAINTAINED THAT "SUGAR WAS HERE TO STAY". WELL, WE NEED NOT LOOK TO FAR AS WE HAVE NO SUGAR INDUSTRY, AND THE FUTURE FOR THIS ISLAND IN INDUSTRIAL GROWTH IS VERY BLEAK. WHILE AT THE C.C.C. CAMP, PLANTING OF EUCALYPTUS, SANDALWOOD, KOA AND KO'U WAS DONE NOT ONLY IN THE NATIONAL PARK AREA BUT THROUGHOUT THE ISLAND OF HAWAII. IT GREW VERY WELL. A VERY INTERESTING TIME IN MY LIFE, IS THAT DURING THE SECOND WORLD WAR FOUR MEMBERS OF THE MAINLAND AND MYSELF WERE ASSIGNED BY WASHINGTON IN THE U. S. CORPS OF ENGINEERS TO "WALK THE BIG ISLAND" COMPLETELY AROUND TRAVERSSING OVER THE HILLS, MOUNTAINS, TRAILS, BASES ETC., ESTABLISHING STRATEGIC MILITARY -/ ESPECIALLY AIRCRAFT WARNING STATIONS IN PREPAPATION FOR THE POSSIBLE INTENDED INVASION BY THE ENEMY. IT TOOK US SIX (6) MONTHS IN THIS GREAT ENDEAVOR TRAVELLING THE ISLAND BY FOOT. WE DISCOVERED ARTIFACTS THAT WERE RESEMBLENT OF THE EUROPEANS. ALSO, WE DID NOME SAMPLE TESTS OF THE SOIL, WATER SYSTEM AND THE UNDERGROUND WATER. WE DISCOVERED MANY TYPE OF NATURAL RESOURCES, BAUXITE, LIMESTONE, CLAY, TITANIUM (NOT ENOUGH TO MINE.). TO SUMMARIZE THIS REPORT, THERE IS MUCH TO BE DONE FOR THE FUTURE OF THE BIG ISLAND. WE MUST WORK TOGETHER NOT ONLY FOR OURSELVES, BUT FOR THE FUTURE OF OUR CHILDREN. UNFORTUNATELY, BECAUSE HISTORY IS TO PLAY AN INTERESTING AND KNOWLEDGIBLE PART OF OUR LIVES, WE HAVE TAKEN AWAY THE PART OF THE MOST AND CONSIDERED THE MOST ISLAND MOUNTAIN IN THE WORLD, AND IF I MAY AD: THE MOST MAJESTIC ISLAND MOUNTAIN IN THE WORLD. UNFORTUNATELY, SCIENCE AND ASTRONOMISTS DEFACED THE BEAUTY OF THE MOUNTAIN, JUST TO "SEE THE STARS". I HAVE APPROACHED SOME OF OUR LEADERS ABOUT HAVING RESTORATION OF OUR HISTORICAL SIGHTS, WN 'i . MOST IMPORTANT IS THE KING'S TRAIL AROUND THE ISLAND. ONE WORD OF WARNING AND CAUTION TO WEST HAWAII, NAMELY, KAWAIHAE, AND PART OF KEAHOLE, ERUPTION OF MOUNT HUALALAI IS VERY IMMENENT WITH A LOT OF TREMORS. SOME MONTHS AGO , THERE WAS A 4.5 REGISTERED IN THE RICHTER SCALE AT MAUNA KEA.. AS A PERSONAL NOT] T^J ENDING MY REPORT, I HAD A VERY ADVERSED YEARS OF Trr DEATH TWICE, TWICE ON THE BRINK OF DEATH, ONCE A MIRACLE OCCURED TO ME AFTER PLUNGING TWO HUNDRED FIFTY FEET (250) DOWN A RAVINE/CLIFF WITH A VEHICLE, AND SURVIVED WITHOUT A SCRATCH. PRESENTLY. I AM ATTEMPTING TO WRITE AND HAVE PUBLISHED BY THE YEAR 2003, THE MOST AUTHENTIC DOCUMENTED HISTORY OF THE ISLAND OF HAWAII IN ITS ENTIRETY. NOTE: MEN MUST LOOK TO THE LAND- "R ITS SURVIVAL. WE AAE• WAS"TrNG TR3ILLIONS OF DOLLARS IN SEEKING the TRUTH OF THE PLANETS AND STARS AND FAIL TO MEET THE NEEDS OF OUR CITIZENS OF EARTH. GOD DID NOT INTEND FOR MEN TO CONQUOR THE PLANETS OR EVEN ONE DAY COLONIZE IT. HE MADE EARTH WITH THE FIRMAMENT,GREENHOUS-E, OZONES AND ALL TYPE OF ANIMAL LIFE TO LIVE ON AND CHERISH ITS BEAUTY AND NOT DESTROY IT. WE HAVE MUCH TO THANK GOD FOR WHAT HE HAS GIVEN US. USE IT WISELY BUT NOT TO -10 DESTROY IT. IF WE FAIL TO RECOGNIZE THAT WE WERE BORN TO DO GOOD AND NOT DESTROY,THEN WE WILL DEFINETELY DESTROY ALL GOOD ON EARTH THAT IS BESTOWED UPON US. FOR THE PAST FIFTY-SIX YEARS I HAVE VOLUNTARILY CONTRIBUTED UNSELFISHLY TOWARDS CONTRIBUTING MY KNOWLEDGE AND EXPERTEES IN DOING GOOD NOT ONLY FnR THE ISLAND OF HAWAII IN EVERY WAY, BUT ALSO IN BEING A "GODU . it . " rtV PRTFNDS, FAMILY AND PEOPLE DISREGARDING RACIAL EXTRACTrON. I WILL NOT ACCEPT FAILURE IN LIFE, I WILL ACCEPT THE PURSUIT OF GOOD, TRANQUILITY, 14APPINESS AND V. ABOVE ALL, A "GOOD LIFE" WITH THE GRACE OF GOD. FRANCIS L. BENEVIDES, SR. ADDED NOTE: 11/16/2000, "SMALL QUAKE HITS HAWAII". Undersea quake centered between Maui and the Big Island. It registered 4.5 in the Richter Scale off North Kohala. A magnitude 4.0 quake is capable of causing moderate damAGE. "A word to the wise, don't take earthquakes too lightly". -11- •p�; L�C 1? P�1 1 'i3 AUTOBIOGRAPHY m FRANCIS L. BENEYIDES, SR. 6 A BIOGRAPHY OF OF FRANCIS L. BENEVIDES, SR. TO BEGIN THE LIFE AND STORIES SURROUNDING MY BIOGRAPHY, THE TRUE INTERPRETATION OF THE WORD BIOGRAPHY : "THE HISTORY OF THE LIFE AND CHARACTER OF ANOTHER PERSON" I FIRST ARRIVED ON EARTH ON A STORMY MORNING ON JULY 7, 1916. MY WEIGHT UPON BIRTH WAS SIXTEEN (16) POUNDS AND WAS EVIDENTLY VERY DANGEROUS FOR A NORMAL DELIVERY BY MY MOTHER, ESTAPHANA V. BENEVIDES. MY FATHER'S NAME WAS MANUEL P. BENEVIDES, SR. IT WAS THE UNANIMOUS DECISION BY MY FATHER, MOTHER, GRANDPARENTS, THE DOCTOR, PRIEST TO DISPOSE OF ME, OTHERWISE MY MOTHER WOULD DIE WITHIN TEN MINUTES. IN THOSE DAYS THERE WERE NO CAESAREAN METHOD OF BIRTH DELIVERY. FORCEPS WERE USED TO DELIVER ME BY FORCE AND CONSEQUENTLY TO DISPOSE OF ME. THE DOCTOR THEN PRONOUNCED MY DEATH. MY GRANDMOTHER SUDDENLY NOTICED THAT THERE WAS SOME FORM OF MOVEMENT ON MY BODY. THEY IMMEDIATELY "WORKED" ON ME TRANS- PORTING ME TO THE FIRST HILO HOSPITAL THAT IS LOCATED ON THE WAIANUENUE AVENUE ACROSS THE SITE WHICH WAS THE RIVERSIDE SCHOOL THAT NOW HOUSES THE DEPARTMENT OF EDUCATION ANNEX BUILDING. INCIDENTALLY, THE LITTLE RED HOUSE THAT I WAS BORN AND REARED UNTIL THE AGE OF FIVE (5) IS STILL STANDING TODAY AT THE CORNER OF KAUMANA DRIVE AND AINAKO STREET. MY FATHER WAS EMPLOYED BY THE SERRAO FAMILY WINERY AT KAUMANA, NAMELY SERRAO LANE. FINALLY AT THE DISSOLUTION OF THE SERRAO WINERY, WE MOVED DOWN TO THE BANYAN DRIVE AT WAIAKEA DISTRICT. AT THE AGE OF EIGHT -1- I (6), I WAS A PATIENT AT THE SHRINER'S HOSPITAL (THE OLD HOSPITAL) TO HAVE MEDICAL AND SURGERIES ON MY RIGHT ARM TO INCREASE THE NERVE SYSTEM OF MY RIGHT SIDE. AFTER ELEVEN (11) MONTHS THERE, I WAS FINALLY COMPLETED OF ALL MEDICAL "NOWHOW" AND RETURNED BACK TO MY FAMILY AT HILO. I THEN ATTENDED THE ORIGINAL PAROCHIAL SCHOOL, THE ST. MARY'S CATHOLIC SCHOOL FOR TEN (10) YEARS (THAT IS HOW FAR OF SCHOOLING THAT WAS ATTAINED AT THAT TIME. THIS SCHOOL WAS LOCATED WHERE STANDS THE WAIANUENUE APARTMENTS ACROSS THE DEPARTMENT OF EDUCATION ANNEX BUILDING. WITH THE GRACE OF GOD, I MANAGED TO SKIP TWO GRADES AND AFTER THE COMPLETION OF MY ACADEMIC STUDIES, I RECEIVED MY CERTIFICATE OF DIPLOMA. THE FOLLOWING YEAR I ATTENDED THE HILO HIGH SCHOOL FOR MY JUNIOR YEAR. SINCE MY FAMILY MOVED TO KONA BECAUSE MY DAD WAS ASSIGNED TO CONSTRUCT THE PALANI ROAD AT KONA. HF WAS A CONSTRUCTION ENGINEER. I THEN ENROLLED AT KONAWAENA HIGH SCHOOL WHERE I GRADUATED. THE FOLLOWING YEAR I DECIDFD TO CONTINUE MY EDUCATION AND ATTENDED CANNON'S SCHOOL OF BUSINESS AT HONOLULU. ACTUALLY AFTER GRADUATING FROM THE KONAWAENA HIGH SCHOOL, I WANTED TO PURSUE MY EDUCATION AT THE MAINLAND AT A LAW SCHOOL. BUT UNFORTUNATELY, SINCE THERE WERE NO FORM OF SCHOLARSHIPS OR FINANCIAL AID, AND THE FACT THAT MY FATHER WORKED FORL/W WAGES UNDER THE PWA PROGRAM BY FRANKLIN DELANO ROOSEVELT THEN PRESIDENT OF THE UNITED STATES. I COMPLETED MY TWO-YEAR COURSE IN GENERAL ACCOUNTING, TAX AND CORPORATE ACCOUNTING, GOVERNMENT ACCOUNTING AND LAW ACCOUNTING IN ELEVEN (11) MONTHS, RECEIVING MY CERTIFATE OF GRADUATION. FINDING NO EMPLOYMENT I RETURNED BACK HOME AND ENROLLED AT THE C.C.C. CAMP (CIVILIAN CONSERVATION CORPS) AT THE HAWAII VOLCANOES NATIONAL PARK WHICH AT THAT TIME WAS KNOWN AS THE HAWAII NATIONAL PARK. THERE I BECAME A LEADER AND BECAME A PROTEGE OF THEN SUPERINTENDANT OF THE NATIONAL PARK, NAMELY, THOMAS JAGGAR WHERE I WAS TUTORED AND LEARNED GEOLOGY, METEO- ROLOGY, VOLCANOLOGY AND EARTHQUAKES FOR ABOUT THREE (3) YEARS. PRIOR TO THIS TYPE OF ACTIVITIES, I WAS EMPLOYED ON SEPTEMBER, 1939 IN THE CIVIL AERONAUTICS AUTHORITY WHICH TODAY IS KNOWN AS THE F.A.A. (FEDERAL AERONAUTICS ADMINISTRATION). MY DUTIES WERE OF PRE -ENGINEERING AND STENOGRAPHIC ASSIGNMENTS. THIS EMPLOYMENT CEASED 12/39 DUE TO COMPLETION OF THE PROJECT. SINCE THEN THE CAA WAS CHANGED TO THE FAA, MY OLDEST SON, FRANCIS L. BENEVIDES, SR., WHO INCIDENTALLY IS BETTER KNOWN AS DOCTOR FRANCIS L. BENEVIDES, SR. AS HE RECEIVED HIS PHD DEGREE AT THE UNIVERSITY OF HAWAII AT MANOA, HONOLULU, HAWAII. In 1943 I MET AND MARRIED VERONICA DE COSTA WE HAD A TOTAL OF SiX (6) CHILDREN DURING OUR FIFTY-FOUR YEARS OF MARRIAGE. IN 1967 I LOST MY LITTLE DAUGHTER, ALIDA ANNE BENEVIDES WHO DIED OF A DILATED HEART CONDITION. BESIDE FRANCIS L. BENEVIDES, SR., AND ALIDA ANNE BENEVIDES, THERE ALSO WERE LANCE MARCUS BENEVIDES, ALARIC PAUL BENEVIDES, VERONICA ALANE BENEVIDES AND STEFAN WALTER BENEVIDES. AFTER THE COMPLETION OF MY EMPLOYMENT WITH THE CAA, I WAS ASSIGNED BY WASHINGTON WITH THE U. S. ARMY COPPS OF ENGINEERS UNTIL 1945. WHILE EMPLOYED WITH THIS BRANCH OF THE UNITED STATES, FOUR MEMBERS OF THE CORPS FROM THE MAINLAND -3- AND MYSELF STARTED A SIX (6) MONTHS' WALK FROM KING'S LANDING AREA COMPLETELY AROUND THE ISLAND ALONG THE SHORELINES, MOUNTAINS, HILLS, OUR ASSIGNMENT WAS TO ESTABLISH STRATEGIC MILITARY BASES ON THE ISLAND WHEREVER NECESSARY,ALSO AREAS FOR MILITARY RECREATIONAL ACTIVITIES ON THE BIG ISLAND OF HAWAII: ALSO AIRCRAFT WARNING STATIONS AROUND THE ISLAND. WHILE WALKING THE ISLAND ON THE COASTLINE, WE DISCOVERED ARTIFACTS AT AN AREA KNOWN AS DISCOVERY HARBOR AT THE KA'U DISTRICT. THEY WERE RESEMBLENT OF THE UEROFEANS, NAMELY, POTS, AXHEADS, FORMS OF ARROWS, ETC. THEY WERE GIVEN TO THE LT. COLONEL OF THE CORPS OF ENGINEERS TO BE SENT TO WASPINGTON WHERE IT IS NOW PART OF THE SMITHSONIAN MUSEUM. IT IS VERY UNFORTUNATE THAT THE PEOPLE OF THE BIG ISLAND WERE NOT AND IS NOT GIVEN AN OPPORTUNITY OF SEEING THE ACTUAL BEAUTY OF THE ISLAND OF HAWAII. AT MOUNT PUUWAAWAA, WE DISCOVERED "BAUXITE" THIS NATURAL MATERIAL IS USED IN THE MANUFACTURE OF ALUMINUM. AT OTHER AREAS OF THE ISLAND WE ALSO DISCOVERED LIMESTONE, CLAY, AND YES, TITANIUM. THE TITANIUM IS NOT ENOUGH TO MINE IN GREAT QUANTITIES. AFTER THE END OF THE SECOND WORLD WAR, I WAS APPOINTED ADMINISTRATOR OF THE HAWAII COMMUNITY CHEST (TODAY KNOWN AS THE UNITED WAY),FROM 1946 TO 1947. FROM 1960 TO 1962 I WAS A RELOCATOR FOR THE H.R.A. (HAWAII REDEVELOPMENT AGENCY). MY DUTIES WERE TO RELOCATE THE DISPLACEES WHO WERE AFFECTED BY THE TSUNAMI/TIDAL WAVES THAT STRUCK HILO AND VIRTUALLY DESTROYED THE BUSINESS SECTIONS OF HILO INCLUDING KILAUEA AVENUE. AFTER THAT, I WAS EMPLOYED BY "CANEC" (HAWAII CANE PRODUCTS, LTD. THE MANUFACTURING COMPANY THAT SPECIALIZED -4- IN THE MANUFACTURE OF THE INSULATED BOARD FOR COMMERCIAL USE USING THE BI -PRODUCTS OF SUGAR CANE FIBER, SODA ASH, LIME AND ARSENIC. I WAS THE COST ACCOUNTANT THERE FOR SIXTEEN (16) YEARS. AFTER THE DISSOLUTION OF THIS MANU- FACTURING COMPANY WHICH WAS TAKEN OVER OR PURCHASED BY THE FLINTKOTE COMPANY IN THE MAINLAND. AFTER THAT, I THEN BECAME EMPLOYED BY THE MACKENZIE TOUR COMPANY HERE AT HILO AS A TOUR GUIDE AND DISPATCHER UNTIL 1976 WHEN THEY CEASED OPERATIONS. IN 1977, NEW YEAR'S MORNING AT 12:05 AM I SUFFERED A MAJOR MASSIVE HEART ATTACK AND TRANSPORTED TO THE HILO HOSPITAL WHERE I WAS PRONOUNCED CLINICAL DEAD. THE PHYSICIAN THEN IMMEDIATELY SHOCKED ME WITH ICE AND OTHER MEANS TO REVIVE ME. BY THE GRACE OF GOD I CAME BACK TO LIFE. AND RETURNED BACK TO EARTH. IN 1939 WHILE BEING EDUCATED AT THE HILO HIGH SCHOOL, MY BROTHER AND I WOULD TRAVEL TO KONA TO VISIT MY PARENTS WHO WERE RESIDING THERE AS MY FATHER WAS ASSIGNED BY THE P.W.A. TO CONSTRUCT THE PALANI ROAD. WHILE RETURNING BACK TO HILO, ON ONE INSTANCE, AS WE APPROACHED THE OLD PAUKAA ROAD AREA WHERE THIS ROAD WAS THE ONLY MEANS OF TRAVEL TO HILO, THERE OCCURRED A MECHANICAL MISFUNCTURE WITH THE VEHICLE, AND AS MY BROTHER, BEING THE DRIVER TRIED TO NEGOTIATE THE VEHICLE, BUT COULD NOT DO SO, CONSEQUENTLY WE WERE THROWN OVER THE EMBANKMENT. MY BROTHER WAS THROWN THROUGH THE CANVAS TOP OF THE VEHICLE AND LANDED ON THE SIDE OF THE EMBANKMENT. -5- I REMAINED IN THE VEHICLE AND WENT DOWN TWO HUNDRED FEET DOWN THE AREA CALLED THE SECOND HONOLII. IN TRAVELLING DOWN THIS AREA WITH THE VEHICLE TUMBLING ALL OVER ME, I GOT OUT OF THE VEHICLE WHEN IT CAME TO A STOP. I CRAWLED UP THE STEEP CLIFF NOT REALIZING OR AWARE OF ANY TYPE OF INJURY TO ME THAT I SUSTAINED, IF ANY DURING THIS EXPERIENCE. I REACHED OUT TO MY BROTHER AND PUSHED HIM TO THE EDGE OF THE ROAD. JUST THEN A POLICE OFFICER WAS PASSING BY. HE STOPPED AND TRANSPORTED BOTH OF US TO THE DOCTOR'S OFFICE ( DR. MITCHELL BY NAME) AT THE PROFESSIONAL BUILDING ON KALAKAUA STREET. BY THE WAY, THE OFFICER'S NAME WAS GENE CARVALHO, FATHER OF OUR CHIEF WAYNE CARVALHO. THE DOCTOR EXAMINED BOTH OF US AND STATED THAT MY BROTHER HAD A FEW BRUISES AND A LARGE LUMP ON HIS FOREHEAD. WHEN HE LOOKED AT ME, HE REPLIED, "FRANCIS, YOU ARE A VERY LUCKY PERSON AND VERY FORTUNATE, FOR YOU SEE, AFTER ALL OF THAT HORRIBLE EXPERIENCE BEING THROWN DOWN THAT PRECIPICE WITH THE VEHICLE ON TOP OF YOU ALL THE WAY YOU ALSO EXPERIENCED A MIRACLE. THERE ARE NO BROKEN BONES, NO BRUISES, NO CUTS: IN OTHER WORDS, NOTHING PHYSICALLY HAPPENED TO YOU". I THEN REMEMBERED, THAT AS A CATHOLIC, I WOULD ALWAYS CARRY MY ROSARY IN MY POCKET. WHEN I REACHED FOR THE ROSARY, IT WAS BROKEN IN MANY PIECES. THAT WAS THE MIRACLE . IN LATER YEARS THERE WERE MANY MORE MISSHAPS AGAINST ME THAT DID NOT HARM ME IN ANY WAY. IN MAY OF THE YEAR 2000 I SUFFERED A SLIGHT STROKE THAT MADE ME PARTIALLY UNABLE TO RESPOND TO MY FACULTIES. WELL, I DID HAVE ENOUGH ENERGY TO CALL MY SON FRANCIS, JR., WHO TRANSPORTED ME TO THE -6- HILO MEDICAL CENTER EMERGENCY ROOM, WHERE, AFTER SIXTEEN (16) TESTS, IT PROVED ALL NEGATIVE. MY PROBLEM WAS THAT THE MAIN ARTERY TO MY BRAINS WHICH BRANCHES OUT, ONE BRANCH OF THE BLOOD VESSEL CROSSED TO ANOTHER, THUS LEAVING ME TEMPORARILY PARALYZED. ANOTHER INCIDENT OF MY LIFE IS THAT IN 1997, THERE WAS A NEED FOR A CORNEA TRANSPLANT OF MY EYES. I WAITED ABOUT A A YEAR AND A HALF FOR A "DONOR". FINALLY IN 1998 I UNDERWENT A CORNEA TRANSPLANT OF MY LEFT EYE. THEN IN 1999 THE SAME TYPE OF SURGERY WAS ON MY RIGHT EYE WHICH CONSEQUENTLY WAS DONE THE COMPLETE CORNEA TRANSPLANT OF BOTH EYES. COMPLETE VISION OF A 20-20 VISION WILL BE REALIZED BY THE YEAR 2001, SOMETIME IN FEBRUARY. MELTING OF THE STITCHES WAS A VERY SLOW METHOD. ANOTHER INCIDENT IN 1976, WHILE WHILE GOING TO THE STATE TAX OFFICE HERE AT HILO, AFTER COMPLETING WHAT I INTENDED FOR, I RETURNED, EXITING OUT OF THE BUILDING, BUT INSTEAD I RAN INTO A 1/4" GLASS PANEL WITH MY NOSE, SHATTERING IT. THE GLASSES CAME DOWN IN LARGE PIECES ON MY BODY. I MANAGED TO HIDE MY FACE AS NOT TO BE CUT BY IT. THEY RUSHED ME TO EMERGENCY WHERE I WAS TREATED AND RELEASED. LATER I RETURNED TO THE TAX OFFICE AND DISCOVERED THAT BOTH PANELS OF GLASS THAT WAS ON THE FRAME HAD THE SAME CHARACTERISTICS AS THE PANEL EXIT DOOR WITHOUT ANY TYPE OF BARS TO DIFFERENTIATE THESE PANELS AS TO WHAT WAS THE DOOR AND WHAT WAS THE PERMANENT PANEL. SINCE THEN IT HAVE BEEN CORRECTED.. THERE WERE MANY MORE NEAR -MISSES IN MY LIFE THAT ALMOST RESULTED -7- IN SERIOUS MISHAPS. ANOTHER PART OF MY LIFE THAT WAS AN HONOR TO ME WAS WHEN SOMETIME IN THE 60'S, WHILE TEMPORARILY EMPLOYED AT THE HAWAII VOLCANOES NATIONAL PARK DURING MY PERIOD OF UNEMPLOY- MENT I WAS ASSIGNED IN THE ENGINEERING DEPARTMENT. WHILE THERE I HAD THE HONOR OF GUIDING THE FIRST ASTRONAUTS DOWN TO KILAUEA IKI CRATER. I HAD TO EXPLAIN THE VOLCANIC TYPES OF ERUPTION AND TRAVERSING THE AREAS FOR THEIR OWN KNOWLEDGE OF OUR CRATERS WHICH APPARENTLY RESEMBLE THE CRATERS OF THE MOON. INCIDENTALLY, THEY WERE THE VERY ASTRONAUTS THAT LANDED ON THE MOON ON ITS FIRST MISSION.. THERE WERE OTHER INCIDENTS WHERE I SAVED THE LIVES OF THREE CHILDREN WHO WOULD HAVE BEEN DROWNED OR SWEPT TO THE OCEAN. I MANAGED TO OBSERVE THEIR IMMEDIATE PROBLEM AND WENT TO THEIR RESCUE. TWO OF THESE INCIDENTS OCCURRED WHERE ONE OF THEM WAS BEING GUSHED INTO A WATER DRAINAGE DRYWELL AT THE CURB OF THE SIDEWALK. THE OTHER AT THE AREA OF THE FLOOD CONTROL WELL ACROSS HALAI STREET TOWARDS THE COCONUT TREES. I PULLED THE TEN (10) YEAR LITTLE GIRL OUT BY THE HAIR AS SHE WAS SINKING INTO THE MUDDY SUMP -WELL. END OF PERSONAL BIOGRAPHY HIGHLIGHTS OF AFFILIATIONS ORESENT STATUS OF ACTIVITIES a. SELF-EMPLOYED GENERAL ACCOUNTANT AND TAX ACCOUNTANT FOR FIFTY-NINE (59) YEARS. IN ALL OF THESE YEARS I HAVE ASSISTED THE ELDERLY IN THEIR TAX ACCOUNTANT PROBLEMS, "NO CHARGES". I HAVE ASSISTED MANY WHO HAVE VENTURED IN BUSINESS OR PROFESSIONAL ENTER- PRISES. - AGAIN "NO CHARGE". b. ATTEMPTING TO WRITE AND HAVE PUBLISHED BY THE YEAR 2003, AN AUTHENTIC -DOCUMENTED HISTORY OF THE BIG ISLAND OF HAWAII. MY VENTURE IN THIS ENDEAVOR IS HALF DONE. C. PREPARER (SELF-EDUCATED) OF ALL LEGAL DOCUMENTS IN ASSISTING THE GENERAL PUBLIC FOR A SMALL FEE. d. WOODCRAFT WORKS MOSTLY IN TOY -MAKING. e. ADVISOR 6 COUNSELOR - TRYING TO SOLVE PART OR ALL OF THEIR DAILY PROBLEMS SMALL OR LARGE USING REVERSE PHSYCHOLOGY. I HAVE BEEN VERY SUCCESSFUL IN MANY CASES. f. HUMANITARIAN CAUSE TO THE ELDERLY CITIZENS IN THEIR TIME OF NEED AND ASSISTANCE WITHOUT COMPENSATION. EFFORTS DONE FOR"THE LOVE OF GOD". g. "FATHERLY" APPROACH TO PARENTS WITH CHILDREN CONVINCING THEM THAT THEIR CHILDREN ARE "JEWELS OF GOD" AND NOT AN ANIMATED TYPE OF ARTICLE. CONTRIBUTING ACTIVITIES a. TRAFFIC SAFETY COMMITTEE AND COUNCIL FOR FIFTY-NINE YEARS WAS CHAIRMAN FOR THE BIG ISLAND TRAFFIC SAFETY COUNCIL IN THE 501S FOR 5 YEARS. WAS A MEMBER OF THE GOVERNOR'S COMMITTEE ON TRAFFIC SAFETY FOR 4 YEARS. TREASURER/ADMINISTRATOR, CITIZENSHIP TRAINING GROUP (PROGRAM WAS TO EDUCATE THE YOUTH IN A VOCATIONAL TRAINING PREPARING THEM FOR THE FUTURE. THE FRUITS OF OUR LABOR AND EFFORTS WERE REALIZED FOR TODAY, MANY HAVE BEEN EMPLOYED IN MANY:' INDUSTRIAL AND ORGANIZATIONAL AREAS AND EVEN BEING SELF_ EMPLOYED IN A PROFESSIONAL FIELD. MEMBER OF THE WHITE HOUSE CONFERENCE ON YOUTH FOR 3 YEARS. CARE -GIVER FOR AGENCY ON STROKE -STRICKEN CITIZENS. COORDINATED VOLUNTEER ACTIVITIES WITH COUNTY, STATE GOVERNMENTS IN TRAFFIC SAFETY, ECONOMIC GROWTH AND DEVELOPMENT. b. ONE OF THE INITIAL ORGANIZERS OF THF CIVIL AIR PATROL AT HILO. C. PRESENTLY, COORDINATING EXPANSION FOR DEVELOPMENT WITH THE MAYOR AND THE COUNTY COUNCIL PROJECTING ECONOMIC GROWTH TO THE COUNTY OF HAWAII, ALL ON A VOLUNTEER EASIS. c. HAVE BEEN INSTRUMENTAL IN INSPIRING THE YOUTH OF THEIR IMPORTANT PLACE IN SOCIETY, PREFERABLE THEIR EDUCATION. CONTRIBUTION TO THE COUNTY OF HAWAII AND ITS PEOPLE. PHILOSOPHICALLY, I HAVE USED THE "STORY OF MOHAMMED AND THE MOUNTAIN" WHERE THE MOUNTAIN TOLD MOHAMMED THAT IT COULD NOT COME TO HIM SINCE IT IS ON SOLID FOUNDATION THUS THIS STATEMENT SUMMARIZES THE BASIS FOUNDATION FOR EDUCATION. SOME YEARS AGO I PRESENTED THIS SAME PHILOSOPHY TO THE PRINCIPAL OF THE WAIAKEA HIGH SCHOOL WHEN I DISTRIBUTED LITERATURE ON DRUG AWARENESS AVD TRAFFIC SAFETY. NET RESULT: FOR THREE (3) YEARS NOW, THE WAIAKEA HIGH SCHOOL HAVE BEEN ACCREDITED THE "BLUE RIBBON"OF"EDUCATIONAL ACHIEVEMENT AS ONE OF THE MOST OUTSTANDING HIGH SCHOOLS. -10- IN CHAIRING THE BIG ISLAND TRAFFIC SAFETY COUNCIL IN THE 50'S, AFTER A VERY CONCERTED COOPERATION BY THE GENERAL PUBLIC WHERE WITH ALL THE TRAFFIC SAFETY ACTIVITIES AND EVENTS TOGETHER WITH THE HAWAII COUNTY POLICE DEPART- MENT AND THE BrgSINESS AND SCHOOLS AND THE MOTORISTS THEMSELVES, WE WERE ABLE TO MINIMIZE THE AMOUNT OF TRAFFIC ACCIDENTS AND FATALITIES FROM AN AVERAGE OF 20 OR MORE FATALITIES AND THE GREAT AMOUNT OF ACCIDENTS,IN THE PAST TO THREE (3) IN A TWO-YEAR PROGRAMS NOT ONLY TO AND BY THE MOTORISTS AND GENERAL PUBLIC, BUT BY A YOUTH EDUCATIONAL PROGRAM IN TRAFFIC SAFETY. BECAUSE OF THE EFFORTS AND VOLUNTEER PARTICIPATION, I WAS AWARDED THE NATIONAL SAFETY COUNCIL TROPHY AND THE PERPETUAL TROPHY FROM THE NATIONAL UNDERWRITERS INSURANCE OF AMERICA. IT WAS BECAUSE OF THE COOPERATION BY THE ENTIRE POPULACE OF THE COUNTY OF HAWAII, EACH DISTRICT CONTRIBUTING TO THIS CAUSE. I AM A MEMBER OF THE U.S. COAST GUARD AUXILIARY HERE AT HILO. MY INVOLVEMENT AS A MEMBER IS THAT OF rHE PUBLIC AFFAIRS OFFICER AND AFFILIATE TOWARDS THE "AIM" PROGRAM SUGGESTING AND PROPOSING TO THE GRADUATES OF THEIR INTENTION IN ENROLLING AS A ENROLLEE (CAREER) IN THE COAST GUARD ACADEMY, I AM A MEMBER OF THE BENEVOLENT PROTECTIVE ORDER OF ELKS. A MEMBER OF THE LOYAL ORDER OF MOOSE PRESIDENT OF THE SENIORS OF PARADISE MEMBER OF THE FORESTERS (COURT MAUNAKEA ANCIENT ORDER OF FORESTERS). SPECIAL RECOGNITIONS IN THE EARLY FIFTY"S I WAS NAMED; COFFEE KING RAIN KING -12-