Vol. 13, #5, September 2004
Give Aloha
Yes, the familiar logo heads this column once again! This is the sixth year that Foodland/Sack-N-Save has had their give aloha Matching Gifts Program in September. Only non-profits can be a part of the program and the FOHB has again been accepted as a participant. Importantly, Verizon has also donated $250,000 to the program, thus the benefits are greater!
This means that any donation (up to $249) given to the FOHB om September by Maika'i Members will be matched (up to a percentage based on the total amounts given by the non-profits) by Foodland. Getting a Maika'i Card at no cost takes just minutes. As information, last year only $111.26 was donated to the FOHB, thus only an additional $38.21 was donated by Foodland (ca. 34%) for a total of $149.47. Really a poor showing!!!! Let's do better this year to benefit from the additional matching monies.
The FOHB Board has once again approved that all donations made during this time period can apply to the 2005 dues, and also to 2004 if you forgot. Normally, the $10/$25 dues for a specific year for an individual or family must be paid in that year.
Now the second item for you to remember is the FOHB's registration code. Fortunately, 77177 is symmetrical and thus easy to remember. If you forget, the Cashier will look it up and confirm it with you.
The third memory moment is notifying the Friends by mailing the receipt either to the FOHB at 100 Hanauma Bay Road, Honolulu, HI 96825 or letting a Board Member know. If you don't you will have to pay your dues again in 2005.
So you know, Foodland does not give the names of the donors to the non-profit organizations.
The FOHB Board is pleased to announce that the FOHB has been selected by the Koko Marine Shopping Center as the non-profit that will receive all the profits from their Oktoberfest planned for Saturday, October 16, 2004, 3:30 pm-8:00 pm! We need is to provide at least 40, yes 40, Volunteers to make the occasion a success. The Volunteers will staff the Entrance Gate (5 Volunteers), Script Sales Booth (5 Volunteers) and be Servers/Attendants for the "All You Can Eat" $30 buffet (30 Volunteers). Cynthia Bond is coordinating the Volunteer efforts, thus you can commit by e-mail at <tiabond@hawaii.rr.com> or phone 395-4242. We/She would appreciate your commitment sooner rather than later. To put the above in perspective, the Koko Marine Shopping Center's goal is to raise $5,000 for the FOHB!
The FOHB will also be involved in the Koko Marina Shopping Center's Fishing Tournament on Saturday, September 18, 2004, with a display on our organization. Board Members plan to staff this effort. President Norris is the coordinator for this.
NUMBERS GAME
Having run across countless schools of fish during my daily excursions into the shallowest (Hey, I know you're thinking deep here, but I am a shallow kind of guy!) recesses of the Bay, I've long held a mild curiosity about the names we have developed for various congregation of critters. This curiosity was piqued recently by a CNN brainteaser that asked what a grouping of jellyfish was called. Yup! Believe it or no, there's actually a group names for these critters - it's a SMACK! Go figure. With Google at my beck and call I decided to do a bit of research on the topic as it relates to critters found in the Bay environs. Fish in general can be called a 'draft,' 'nest,' 'school' or 'shoal.' Herring groupings are called an 'army.' Sharks are called a 'shiver,' which seems quite proper to me for that's what I do when I see them. A grouping of barracuda is called a 'battery.' Both clams and oysters share the same 'bed.' A mess of turtles can be called a 'bale' or 'nest.' A congregation of seals is known as a 'pod' or 'herd.' On shore at the Bay we have an 'intrusion' of cockroaches, an 'army' or 'swarm' of ants and a 'swarm' of bees that invariably sting me 4+ times a year when I inadvertently swim into one doing the backstroke (Them, not me) in front of the Education Kiosk! Speaking of the Education Kiosk, the hornets, which hang out there, are known as a 'nest.' The feral cats that congregate at the bottom of the hill in the morning hours are called a 'clowder.' Those irksome pigeons that make a mess outta the sand and gobble up unattended pupus are collectively called a 'flight' or' flock.' I researched mongoose but believe it or no there does not seem to be a name for a group of these critters. This represents a golden opportunity for you to come up with an appropriate descriptor for a group of mongooses to permanently stake your shot at fame and fortune! Just e-mail you entry to me at LWProductions@hawaii.rr.com. The winner will receive a copy of my latest (and greatest) Hanauma's Underwater World CD, 176 eye-watering
photos of underwater critters, some of which even have official group names like the aforementioned barracuda! Aloha, as always, Larry WinnikFOHB WEBSITE
The FOHB Website added a video this month of the City Budget Committee Meeting on July 28, 2004 on the financial status of the Hanauma Bay Preserve Fund. Importantly, at this meeting the Committee passed a motion that there be an audit of the Hanauma Bay Fund. The full Council must still approve this action.
Including the video is a new step for us as we have not used video previously, but we plan to us this medium more in the future to keep our members up to date. We have a version of the video for both Cable/DSL and modem users.
We also added summaries to the Website on the meetings that we arranged with the two main Mayoral Candidates. There is a one page summary of what was said and a couple of photos. We did videotape both talks, for we intend to hold the successful candidate to his promises.
If you have not read the latest in the news on Hanauma Bay you can do so from our News Page. Several new articles have been published in the newspapers that have been added.
If you have any suggestions on the Website please e-mail them to <bryn@bwkc.com>.
Bryn Kaufman, FOHB WebmasterBOARD MEETINGS
So every FOHB member knows, you are always welcome to attend our Board Meetings. Most often guests are allowed to make comments when appropriate. The meetings are normally held the first Monday of each month, except when a Holiday is involved. Thus, the September Meeting is being held on Wednesday, September 8.
The meetings are currently being held at the Trans Pacific Hawaii College, 5257 Kalanianaole Hwy, at 5:45 pm, in the second floor Conference Room.
If you would like to have a copy of the Agenda before a Meeting or suggest an Agenda topic, e-mail President Norris at <jono465@aol.com>.September 18, 2004, Saturday 8:30 to 11:00 am: Friends of Hanauma Bay Litter Cleanup - We'll clean the beach, upper picnic area, parking lot and Kalanianaole Highway. Locals are reminded that they'll need a photo ID to avoid the beach fees (now $5.00!). We'll even validate your parking! See you on Staurday the 18th!
BAY EDUCATION PROGRAM
Volunteer Training is planned for October. All current Volunteers are welcome to sit in on any sessions that they missed in the past or want to brush up on based on the copy of the Training Schedule that will be in the next HBEP Volunteer Newsletter. Also, anyone reading this article because they are a FOHB Member and wants to be a Docent should contact me at 397-5840 or <jbarrett888@earthlink.net>. We normally have staff from a number of different Marine Agencies that are connected with Hawaii also speak, so the training can be very useful.
The HBEP revised Website is finally live! You can now visit us at: http://www2.hawaii.edu/~hanauma. We plan to work hard to fill in missing information and fine-tune each of the pages, so feel free to send in any comments, suggestions or corrections.
Jennifer Barrett, Volunteer Coordinator
HBEP OUTREACH PROGRAM
9/9/04 "El Nino, the Pulse of the Pacific" Roger Lukas, U.H. Oceanographic Dept.
9/16/04 "Blue Planet Seas of Life: Seasonal Seas" BBC Documentary.
9/23/04 "Navigating Change: Voyage to the Northwest Hawaiian Islands" Anne Bell, National Fish & Wildlife Service.
9/16/04 "Blue Planet Seas of Life: Tidal Seas" BBC Documentary on Tides.
10/7/04 "Film Secrets of the Ocean Realm: Mountains in the Sea"" PBS Documentary.
10/14/04 "Marine Sanctuaries: Getting Them To Work" Karin Flynn, Great Barrier Reef Marine Park Authority, Australia.
10/21/04 "The Great Whales" and "Humpback Whales" PBC Documentaries.
10/28/04 "Studies of Manta Rays on the Big Island" Tim Clark, UH Inst. of Marine Biol.
11/18/04 "Parrotfish Ecology: Feeding, Sand Production & Home Range Size" Ling Ong, UH Institute of Marine Biology.Remember ALL talks/FILMS are in the Bay Education Center THEATER on Thursdays at 6:30 pm.
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NANAMOANA is published bimonthly by the Friends of Hanauma Bay,
100 Hanauma Bay Road, Honolulu, HI 96825
Roy Gritter, Editor.
