"Hawaii, sewage spills and the junk state..." 'Kimo's world #87~

James "Kimo"Rosen is a retired Professional Photographer
 living on the Garden Island of Kaua'i
 with his best friend Obama Da Dog.

Kimo's World #87

Hawaii, sewage spills and the junk state

What is Junk?

The descriptive adjective is  cheap, worthless, unwanted, or trashy. There is also junk mail and email.  

The younger generation uses  it as a noun to describe their private parts. Junk  can also be drugs.

Always check with authorities before
going in the water.

For me junk is  the recent numerous sewage spills. The main dumping on August 24,2015 over 500,000 gallons of raw sewage on the worlds most popular beach. A beach I used for many years, Waikiki beach and Ala Moana's Magic island beach. A few days earlier on Friday August 21,2015 more than 30,000 gallons of raw sewage  flooded Kailua Beach, Kaneohe Bay and Waimanalo. All this on one island, Oahu, in a 3 day time- frame.
http://www.hawaiinewsnow.com/story/4593570/raw-sewage-spills-into-ocean
Similarly  on Kauai the  day after Waikiki beach was closed .  The St. Regis Princeville Resort  is  keeping guests out of the water fronting the high-end hotel while authorities investigate another  2,000 gallon raw sewage spill. Health officials are  awaiting  water sample test results.
http://thegardenisland.com/news/local/sewage-spill-on-north-shore/article_91ed1cd9-4d16-51d1-b7e7-ca329fd959e9.html
Sewage spills are junk. Sewage spills are happening on a regular basis. New residents and tourists are putting a strain on a sewage , septic and cesspool systems that were originally constructed for far fewer people.

With all the new developments statewide, it won't be long before surfing, snorkeling , fishing and your favorite water sports will be a thing of the past--to tell stories to your grand-kids, "I remember when..." 

Will we still be able to fish  in the
near future with all these sewage spills?
That's Joe Olivos fishing Kealia!

These sewage spills can cause major infections, even death with flesh-eating bacteria ...

Whatever your definition of junk maybe, mine is sewage spills that must  be addressed immediately, otherwise the state will no longer be the 'Aloha state' but the 'Junk state.'

Ironically with a heat wave like we have never experienced in Hawaii--and now we are not allowed to swim in the states most popular beaches.

Hawaii has just showed the world it's junk, and it ain't pretty.

James "Kimo" Rosen back in 1976
with purebred Old English
Sheep dog,"Kamala."

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Gee ma I wanna go right back to Buffalo, Gee ma I wanna go home! 'Judith Whitehead' (Inspiration Sunday)

Judith Whitehead lives in Amherst New York
( A suburb of Buffalo, N.Y.)

 and has worked in the ophthalmology
 field of medicine for over 30 years

Gee ma I wanna go right back to Buffalo, Gee ma I wanna go home... 

   I thought drivers were bad in Buffalo--until I spent a week driving in L.A.

We went  to see a comedian before the Warner Bros show we watched and he made a bantering about the drivers here and is 100% right.

 There are few signals used on the freeways here. If you show a turn signal when trying to change lanes, the person next to tries to speed up so you can't get in the lane .  If you use no signal, you can sneak in when there is a small break.

Wow! 113 outside the car in L.A.!!!

You must have a neck like beetle juice because the amount of drivers on the freeway is insane. A short drive that should take 20 minutes can take up to 2 hrs depending on the drivers and amount of traffic.  

Of course there seems to be a crash any time you drive. People must stop to look at the burning car on the side of the road which backs up the lanes for miles. KEEP DRIVING PEOPLE!

The amount of gas you burn is  amazing and gas here is a dollar more a gallon than in Buffalo.

When you finally get where you are going, you are exhausted from the traffic, and people who could  care less about you and do not pay attention that you may want to get off the freeway.

I will not miss this problem --but I will miss the swaying palm trees and pleasant weather.  

Judy, Judy, Judy!  ;-)

Kauai sunrise memes can be seen daily on James Kimo Rosen's Facebook Timeline.

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"Scott Sims writes..." Bettejo Dux' (Vintage Bettejo)~Special Friday edition~

Bettejo Dux is one of the most creative writers I know.
 The enclosed is a different kind of story
 and angle on the beloved Dr. Scott Sims..
.Bettejo Dux has lived on the cosmic Garden
 Island of Kaua'i for over 40 years.

www.bettejodux.com

www.amazon.com

Scott Sims writes

"Eating Horses Don't Die." The title of a book Scott was writing. Wish he'd lived to finish it. Would love to read the manuscript. My interest? I hope there are many horse and Scott lovers reading this because I'd like to write about an 'eating horse'--my beloved Aristotle--who Scott operated on  several years ago. 

I could write about that time, that incredible surgery, that experience--Ari's life and times-- but I'll try to stick to the subject.

Bettejo and her horse 'Aristotle' (Ari)

Ari was born on Kaua'i in September, 1987, which makes him 88 and a half horse years old in people years, three years older than I. 

As a colt he was sent to Honolulu where he was badly abused.  A very proud horse, but spooky, he hated everyone. He was rescued by a lady and her family who loved horses--Scott would've loved that story--and I first met him, bought him for a song,  at her barn in May, 1993. There was something about that big roan-- the way we looked at each other--that touched my heart.  I brought him home.

Ari is one of many horses
that  Dr. Scott saved.

The first 'eating horse' story: he came at me striking. A big horse coming at you, walking on his hind legs, forelegs boxing the air, is a formidable sight. Taught by a Canadian Mountie, 'always 'leave 'em laughing',  I calmed him down, fixed him a bucket of food and walked over the hill. Sadly.  

My horses always have  full run of the land and I could not live with a horse that might attack me.  Several minutes later--I'd left Ari with a full bucket--I heard hooves clopping behind me. I didn't know what to expect. I turned.  We met eye ball to eye ball. Face to face.

The look in his eyes  said, "I'm sorry, I didn't mean to scare you." We bonded.

Fast forward to his homecoming after the surgery. Scott had put him on  antibiotics, which Ari hated. He fought me.  Came at me striking. I took him off the drug and offered him Vitamin C. He loved it and healed quickly. I gave Scott  the drugs and told him the story. "He even ate oranges," I said.
"Horses don't eat oranges."

Dr. Scott said "horses
don't eat oranges."
Photo created by
Maila Colemaan

"Don't tell Ari," I replied, "he hasn't read that part of the book."

Today my long- in- the- tooth beloved friend, eats like a horse. Breakfast, lunch, and dinner. I cook for him in the barn. He watches, making sure I do it right. No skimping. He counts: one large measuring bowl of oat alfalfa soaked in warm water, sprinkled with salt and tossed in his bucket. Another bowl of same dimpled with raw carrots. And one more bowl flavored with bran and laced with molasses on the top.  He licks the bucket. Scott would have loved the sight, but he would have said, as he always did, "Horses have no sense of taste."

And, once again, I'd have replied, "Don't tell Ari."

I hope Scott's right and Ari never dies.

For further reading on Dr. Scott check out;

"The Aloha Vet,Now Imagine an Aloha MD"

http://dakinetalk.blogspot.com/2015/04/the-aloha-vetnow-imagine-aloha-md-james.html

"Dr. Sims goes viral"

http://dakinetalk.blogspot.com/2015/06/dr-scott-sims-goes-viral-james-kimo.html

"Feather Ruffling and Special Memorial Tribute To Dr. Scott Sims, The Aloha Vet"

http://dakinetalk.blogspot.com/2015/07/feather-ruffling-special-memorial.html

"Why not call it the Scott Sims humane society?"

http://dakinetalk.blogspot.com/2015/07/why-not-call-it-scott-sims-humane.html
"His name is Scott Sims"
http://dakinetalk.blogspot.com/2015/07/his-name-is-scott-sims-bettejo-dux-ari.html
"Scott Sims the ultimate mensch"
http://dakinetalk.blogspot.com/2015/08/scott-sims-ultimate-mensch-and-memorial.html    "E hoʻomaha me ka maluhia (Rest in Peace!) Dr. Scott Sims..."

                  http://dakinetalk.blogspot.com/2015/08/e-hoomaha-me-ka-maluhia-dr-scott-sims.html

This blog is in memory of Dr. Scott Sims, The Aloha barefoot vet'
~E hoʻomaha me ka maluhia ~Rest in Peace Dr. Scott Sims~ 1955-2015

For those whom missed the Scott's memorial it is archived and can be viewed free of charge at;

http://livestream.com/hawaiistream/events/4286418

Bettejo provided the quote on 

the enclosed Kauai sunrise meme!

Editor's note, Dakinetalk guest bloggers do not necessarily represent the opinions of dakinetalk. Guest bloggers are given space to express their beliefs and or opinions. We feel there are many roads and like to give people space to express their thoughts,after-all that's what dakine is...

Aloha, James "Kimo" Rosen---Blogger-n-chief, dakinetalk blog---

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"A sex therapist consults a 78 year old couple..." 'Robert Bitos Gandia' (Source)

Guest-blogger,Robert Bitos Gandia

.Robert is an avid cook (ono gandule rice) and always laughing!!
Robert lives in Kekaha on Kauai's west-side and loves football!!

Bitos is an avid Hotdog and Cheeseburger connoisseur!

A sex therapist consults a 78 year old couple

A couple, both age 78, went to a sex therapist's office. The doctor asked, "What can I do for you?"

The man said, "Will you watch us have sex?"

The doctor looked puzzled, but agreed.

When the couple finished, the doctor said, "There's nothing wrong with the way you have sex," and charged them $50.

This happened several weeks in a row. The couple would make an appointment, have sex with no problems, pay the doctor, then leave.

Finally, the doctor asked, "Just exactly what are you trying to find out?"

"We're not trying to find out anything," the husband replied.

"She's married and we can't go to her house. I'm married and we can't go to my house. The Holiday Inn charges $90. The Hilton charges $108. We do it here for $50...and I get $43 back from Medicare.

P.S.

P.S.S.
Send us your quotes if you want to see them on a beautiful Kaua'i sunrise. Kaua'i sunrise memes can be seen daily on James Kimo Rosen's Facebook Timeline.

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"The good news, no hurricane this time..." 'Bettejo Dux' (Vintage Bettejo)

Bettejo Dux has lived on the cosmic Garden
 Island of Kaua'i for over 40 years.

Bettejo is a regular opinion writer in the Garden Island news

 and is the author of the famed novella, "The Scam." 

 Her latest fiction"Children of extinction"

 is now  released and available on Amazon!
Bettejo has a gift of mingling
 the present, the past, and the future. 

www.bettejodux.com

www.amazon.com

The good news, no hurricane this time

On Saturday, September 5, 1992, I heard about Iniki that morning. It was a hustle and a half  'battening down the hatches' and getting my zoo--three horses, one dog and four cats--to safe shelter.

Once again I stayed home with the animals. (I'd spent Ewa in the barn with two horses on property surrounding the house on the Alexander Dam Road.) "We'll all go together when we go," I said then. And now. We cuddled up in the barn as hurricane winds brought down branches and stripped every leaf off every tree as far as the eye could see.

A nude tree is a very strange sight to behold.

Faery tree on Kauai
courtesy of Jeannie Ruman

The next day was so beautiful--swept clean of dirt, dust and debris--it blossomed like an hibiscus  in the hearts of all survivors. Across the street cattle, that had gathered at the bottom of my green valley, rose to their feet and sauntered back up the hill to graze.

The rest of the island looked like a war had stormed through. Houses at the top of the hill appeared  perfectly normal, until you caught on their roofs were missing. A house without a roof is a strange sight, too.

We'd been hit, darkness dulled the light, and passed through the eye--sunny, cloudless and clear blue sky--and been hit again. I think everyone who went through that remembers the morning after. That glorious glorious day. The air smelled sweet. The sound of no traffic a welcome silence.

In front of my house hundred of birds had feathered down--an animal knows instinctively where to find haven--and they began singing at first light, their tweets and twitters and bird lyrics an ode to joy. A peahen in a bare tree screeched as only a peahen can screech and livened up the party.

I think most of us were unprepared for Iniki. We swallowed our fear, took a deep breath, and rode it through.

Times are different.

We watched Kilo form south of us. We know that El Nino has gone berserk and may continue its berserkness until April. I've heard that because of climate confusion--global warming, whatever you want to call it--to follow the path of our storms is unpredictable. They can go anywhere.

Honolulu looked much different
back in 2005.

I'm happy we were forewarned. Those of us who had computers watched Kilo--a strange critter--strengthen and weaken and lolligag around like winds on LSD. It couldn't make up its mind. Did it have a mind? A destination? Or was it just on a spree?

What I do think is: if this is the way it'll go until April, we'll all be nervous wrecks.

I hope we get honest reporting. Not headlines to sell papers or religion. Please Editors--newsmen, talking heads--don't become little boys who cry wolf. We need to be prepared. You need to be prepared. But we don't need Tom Foolery.

I think Kauai can show the world how well we can handle reason, truth and disaster.

Bettejo has a gift of mingling

 the present, the past, and the future.

For further reading on hurricanes~ Check out;
Hurricanes and the weatherman who cried wolf"
http://dakinetalk.blogspot.com/2014/10/hurricanes-and-weatherman-that-cried.html

Bettejo a few years back playing checkers
with her nephew...

Bettejo provided the quote on 

the enclosed Kauai sunrise meme!

Editor's note, Dakinetalk guest bloggers do not necessarily represent the opinions of dakinetalk. Guest bloggers are given space to express their beliefs and or opinions. We feel there are many roads and like to give people space to express their thoughts,after-all that's what dakine is...

Aloha, James "Kimo" Rosen---Blogger-n-chief, dakinetalk blog---

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"E hoʻomaha me ka maluhia Dr. Scott Sims..." (Rest in peace--Aloha Barefoot Vet)~Kimo's world #86~

Scott's close friends, mother and daughter
Ashley Litwak and Samantha Wise embrace 
awaiting the helicopter flower shower drop...

Kimo's world #86~ special memorial edition~     
     E hoʻomaha me ka maluhia ~Rest in Peace Dr. Scott Sims

Samantha Wise looking on as
Kaua'i Mayor Bernard Carvalho Jr.
presents the proclamation
of August 23rd as Scott Sims day!

Kaua'i Mayor Bernard Carvalho Jr. declares August 23rd, Scott Sims day in honor and memory of the Aloha barefoot vet that touched thousands of humans and animal friends worldwide.

Dinca and Coco came to pay
 respects to the 
Great doctor!

There was a  20 minute slide and video presentation of Scott's life. There was not a dry eye in the house. Everyone at the memorial felt sorrow at the loss of the beloved iconic mensch Dr. Scott, and the heavens, too, wept tears with a heavy downpour during the presentation.

Dr. Scott's assistants Ella and Dia
speaking  and holding  back tears
during the memorial

You would had thought the pope or some famous movie- rock star or President  was being put to rest. The energy was electrifying--Like a  great revival the spirit and positive energies were every where. Just attending this event was truly a spiritual experience that no words or blog can put forth in words.

Mike and Nani, friends and patients
of Dr. Scott's enjoy some of the
food catered by Kauai's famous
Chicken in a Barrel restaurant.

approximately 1,000 people RSVP'ed, for Kauai that's an amazing figure since traditionally nobody responds to RSVP's on Kauai.People coming to the memorial were asked to carpool since this was one of the biggest events ever for Kauai's North-shore.

Many thousands viewed the event worldwide via Hawaii live-stream, some of the comments from a photo posting I posted along with a link to the live-stream are included herein;

Signing into the memorial...

 

"I did miss the live stream. We were out of town. I am so grateful it is archived. So anxious to see it. I was truly there in spirit." ~Patty Brown Allen~

"What a beautiful tribute, watched it from Tucson, AZ."~Lourdes Leyva-O'Heir~


" Wasn't a dry in California either."~Shirley French~

 Solo artist Alan Thomas provided
beautiful and peaceful tunes..

"No dry eyes in Maui either. God wanted this angel."~Lynne Bear~

Jeannie Ruman and Bettejo Dux
reminiscing about Dr. Scott...

"It's raining so hard this morning it's accumulation of more tears me thinks..."~Su Haynes~

"I wish I could have been there, what a special human being he was!"~Tina Lufkin~

For those whom missed the event it is archived at;
http://livestream.com/hawaiistream/events/4286418

Samatha Wise with daughter
Ashley Litwak...

A Big Mahalo to Samantha Wise for organizing Scott's celebration of life along with Hawai'i live stream. Chicken in a Barrel catered the event keeping everyone content with full tummies. Live music was provided by solo artist Alan Thomas.There was a terrific helicopter shower drop of flowers on the runway celebrating Scott.

A flower shower dropping
 in celebration of a
 great man who touched so many...

Many dogs and birds also came to pay their final  respects to Dr. Scott.

Many whom only knew Scott from his reality TV show the Aloha vet had tears running down their cheeks.

Obama da Dog and Aja Middleton
gather flowers from the flower shower!

Dr. Scott  Sims  is a legend, he will forever be remembered. It doesn't matter how one dies what matters is how one lived.

~E hoʻomaha me ka maluhia~ (Rest in Peace) ~

(Rest in peace to the Aloha, Barefoot Vet)

Scott's dream was to create a pay as you can animal clinic on Kaua'i. If your interested in helping the cause please contact the Pegasus Foundation, please visit; http://www.pegasusfoundationkauai.org/

to find out ways to help the animals of Kaua'i and keep Dr. Scott's dream alive.

Photo of Scott on Pegasus
created by Maila Coleman

The Kauai Garden Island News
wrote a column about Scott's memorial
with most of the material coming from this blog,
Check it out;
http://thegardenisland.com/news/local/a-life-worth-celebrating/article_89b54812-3a49-5723-92dd-759c9c921d7a.html

For further reading on Dr. Scott check out;

"The Aloha Vet,Now Imagine an Aloha MD"

http://dakinetalk.blogspot.com/2015/04/the-aloha-vetnow-imagine-aloha-md-james.html

"Dr. Sims goes viral"

http://dakinetalk.blogspot.com/2015/06/dr-scott-sims-goes-viral-james-kimo.html

"Feather Ruffling and Special Memorial Tribute To Dr. Scott Sims, The Aloha Vet"

http://dakinetalk.blogspot.com/2015/07/feather-ruffling-special-memorial.html

"Why not call it the Scott Sims humane society?"

http://dakinetalk.blogspot.com/2015/07/why-not-call-it-scott-sims-humane.html
"His name is Scott Sims"
http://dakinetalk.blogspot.com/2015/07/his-name-is-scott-sims-bettejo-dux-ari.html
"Scott Sims the ultimate mensch"
http://dakinetalk.blogspot.com/2015/08/scott-sims-ultimate-mensch-and-memorial.html

For those whom missed the event it is archived and can be viewed free of charge at;
http://livestream.com/hawaiistream/events/4286418
Hana Hou, (Encore) A Hui Hou Dr. Scott!