Letters & Comments from the Year 2002 & 2003

From: "haunani domingo"
Subject: Mahalo
Date: Sat, 15 Nov 2003 00:33:34 -1000

Being a Honoka'a girl myself I find a longing for home after living here for almost 12 years.Ý Mahalo for the website, didn't know it was here, glad that I do now.Ý Until I get to move back home, this will be added to my favorites as a way to keep home just a bit closer to the heart.

Ý Mahalo Nui Loa,
Haunani

From: "Lynda Jackson" punkincat67...at...hotmail.com
To: macpro3000@yahoo.com
Subject: Your websight pictures
Date: Thu, 12 Jun 2003 00:24:15 +0000

Hi:

Thank you so much for your websight. I really enjoyed looking at the pictures. My husband and I are moving to the Hamakua Coastline in the next 5 or so months. He will be working on a Dairy in O'okala area. We have been looking for pictures because we have been told so many different things about the area. About how bad the rain is, how bad the bugs and mosquitos are and how expensive it is etc etc. We so wanted to see some of what the area looks like. We are in Oregon now, so we are used to rain. And I was raised on a dairy farm so I am used to a rural area and my husband will love that. We hear the fishing is great and so much to do. Would love to hear from you with some information on what we can expect. Thank you so much.

Jerry & Lynda Jackson

From: saitoplasm
To: macpro3000@yahoo.com
Date: Fri, 24 Jan 2003 00:35:16 -0600

Hi Melvin,

I enjoyed visiting your website on Honokaa. It was great looking back at many of the familiar places I spent time at during the first 13 years of my life. I am not sure if you remember me, but my maiden name is Janice Plahy. I believe we were in the same kindergarten class as well as other grade school classes at Honokaa Elementary. I moved away in the 7th grade and have pretty much lost touch with most of our former classmates. I have in the past written to Jenny Sakamoto (Hasegawa) but have not heard from her for a couple of years now.

I visited Honokaa with my husband and 2 sons in the Summer of 2000. That was the first time back in many years. So much has changed and yet so little. My family was in near disbelief to see how rural a community I grew up in. They were shocked to see Paauhau which is really where I lived. After moving to Oahu and graduating from McKinley High School I attended nursing school at Maui Community College. I married a local boy who was in the military and after spending many years moving around the world we have settled (at least for now) in a small mid-western community called Bettendorf Iowa. We are about 2 1/2 hours West of Chicago on the Iowa-Illinois border.

It was great "running" into your name on the website while researching something for my brother. I have never looked at any of the Honokaa sites before and was so pleasantly surprised when I saw your site.....

Thank you for sharing your photos for it brings such warmth to my heart when I reminisce about those fun and happy days at Honokaa.....

Aloha,
Janice Plahy Saito

That reminds me... Someday I need to take some photos down at Paauhau!

From: "Robert Rodrigues" RRODRIGUEZ43 at FL.RR.COM
Ý To: macpro3000@yahoo.com
Subject: Class Reunion
Date: Wed, 6 Mar 2002 20:05:51 -0500

Aloha,

I came across you website by accident but now I go back to it on purpose.Ý I got it on my favorite web sites.Ý Being that I was island grown in Kukuihaele and graduated from Honokaa High School, your pictures really bring back some memories.Ý I go back home every two or three years.Ý I wanted to ask for a favor.Ý Honokaa HighÝ SchoolÝclasses ofÝ1955 and 1956 will be having theirÝclass reunion in Las Vegas, from 13-17 JuneÝ2002 at the California Hotel.Ý For more information contact Lionel Onomura "56" or Naomi (Tanaka) Onomura "55" at 310-323-9588.Ý Could you put this information on your website. Sure would help us to contact people we have lost the addresses.Ý Any help you can give would be appreciated.

Ý Mahalo Nui Loa

Ý Daruma Rodriguez