Dispensing candy
For those of you who still want to participate in handing out Halloween candy, despite being advised against doing so because of COVID-19, try this idea.
Use a clean 8- to 10-foot-long PVC tube with a diameter of at least a 4-inch opening. Place it upon a support where one end is about 3 feet off the ground, while the other end is much higher, allowing the candy to easily slide down the upper end into the lower end — and into the kids’ candy bags.
Also, have a household member control the amount of kids walking up to the dispensing part of the tube, for social distancing purposes.
I know, this sounds like an eccentric, odd, unorthodox way of passing out candy during these COVID times, but changing how graduation diplomas were passed out, how drive-by birthday greetings were celebrated, online tutorials instead of face-to-face learning, shopping while wearing masks, and so on, this candy-dispensing idea is certainly a novel way to be implemented during such a jovial time as Halloween.
Rick LaMontagne
Hilo
‘Narrow thinking’
Regarding the $500 Hawaii restaurant cards: Why is this only to benefit the bars and restaurants?
What about the other businesses?
What if an unemployed person was thrifty and ate at home but needed new tires or whatever?
It seems to me this would only be benefiting one of many industries that need help.
This seems to be very narrow thinking.
Fred Asa Hanson
Pahoa