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Neal Herbert’s complaint (Your Views, June 1) about Harry Kim and “Memorial Day politics” misses two important points.
First, Mr. Kim didn’t take advantage of the ceremony at the Veteran’s Cemetery. He was asked by a member of the Hawaii Island Veterans Memorial group to represent them.
Second, as to the comment, “Maybe it’s time for a true veteran to ‘reside’ at 25 Aupuni St. and put an end to our vets being used and taken for granted,” apparently Mr. Herbert doesn’t know that Harry Kim is a veteran (medic, U.S. Army).
Niel O’Brien
Hilo
Not made in China
On behalf of the more than 200 local artists represented in our gallery, I take great offense to the recently published letter (Your Views, May 27) with no qualification from the Tribune-Herald as to whether or not it contained factual information.
Let me emphasize: We do not offer any items in our gallery made by any entity not a local artist.
I just visited the gift shops at the Volcano House and discovered a preponderance of souvenir items all “made in China.”
Is it possible Ms. Jeannie Thomas mistakenly had an incorrect tag mixed with this item?
We welcome the opportunity to clarify this situation by viewing this item in question.
Mike Nelson
Executive director, Volcano Art Center
‘One of 42’
There were 42 valedictorians and 113 honor graduates among the 310 seniors graduating at the high school ceremony I attended! And apparently, this is a trend among local high schools.
Decades ago, there traditionally was only one valedictorian and just a sprinkling of honor graduates. More awards might be good because Hawaii students are competing against mainland graduates, and I would imagine mainland schools are also bestowing valedictorian and honor graduate status in record numbers.
However, college admissions departments also will eventually begin discounting valedictorian and honor graduate status because there will be so many. You can imagine that in the past a college might see only 100 valedictorians applying. Now, it could be thousands of valedictorians and honor graduates applying.
Theoretically, the biggest loser is the No. 1 valedictorian because in the past he/she would have been the only one. Now he/she is only one of 42.
Leighton Loo
Mililani, Oahu