Your Views for June 20
With deepest gratitude
Lessons from my father
When I was still in grade school, my father taught me how to fold paper cranes. I never asked how this Chicago-born, meat and potatoes eating guy learned how to fold them. I just remember as a child being fascinated by the simple paper form that magically flapped its wings if I gently tugged on the tail.
Juneteenth, recalling end of slavery, is marked across US
Parades, picnics and lessons in history were offered Saturday to commemorate Juneteenth in the U.S., a day that carried even more significance after Congress and President Joe Biden created a federal holiday to observe the end of slavery.
Editor, CEO denied bail in Apple Daily case in Hong Kong
HONG KONG (AP) — A Hong Kong court ordered the top editor of pro-democracy newspaper Apple Daily and the head of its parent company held without bail Saturday in the first hearing since their arrest two days ago under the city’s national security law.
Warsaw gay pride parade back after backlash, pandemic
WARSAW, Poland — The largest gay pride parade in central Europe took place again in Warsaw on Saturday for the first time in two years after a pandemic-induced break — and amid a backlash in Poland and Hungary against LGBT rights.
Obituaries for June 20
Albert “Sonny” Paiva, 88, Honokaa died June 12 at North Hawaii Community Hospital in Waimea. Born in Ahualoa, he was a retired Hamakua district commander for the Hawaii County Police Department, former owner of Paiva Ranch, hunter, fisherman, hobbyist and U.S. Army veteran. Survived by daughter, Roxanne (Robert) Paiva-Rosborough of Honokaa; sons, Barton (Janice) Paiva of Hilo, Robin (Maria) Paiva and Brian (Richelle) Paiva of Honokaa; 10 grandchildren and 10 great-grandchildren; nieces and nephews. Arrangements by Dodo Mortuary.
Volcano Watch: New instrument measures lava lake with laser
The night sky over Kilauea summit lit up with the glow of lava Sunday, Dec. 20, 2020. Deep in the caldera, the gathered lake water was boiled by surging lava. A reddened plume escaped the crater, as lava took its place within Halema‘uma‘u.
Biden promotes milestone of 300M vaccine shots in 150 days
WASHINGTON — President Joe Biden took a cautious victory lap Friday in his quest to bring the COVID-19 pandemic under control, announcing that 300 million vaccine shots have been administered in the 150 days since he took office.
Police fatally shoot second suspect within a week
The Hawaii Police Department said officers fatally shot a suspect Friday in Hilo, the second police-involved shooting within a week.
Kona woman charged for vandalizing Hulihee Palace
A 27-year-old Kailua-Kona woman is facing a pair of petty misdemeanor charges for allegedly vandalizing Hulihee Palace in Historic Kailua Village earlier this month.
Convention circuit of delusion gives forum for election lies
NEW RICHMOND, Wis. — For a few hours last weekend, thousands of Donald Trump’s supporters came together in a field under the blazing Wisconsin sun to live in an alternate reality where the former president was still in office — or would soon return.
AP-NORC poll: Many Americans resuming pre-virus activities
MEMPHIS, Tenn. — Many Americans are relaxing precautions taken during the COVID-19 pandemic and resuming everyday activities, even as some worry that coronavirus-related restrictions were hastily lifted, a new poll shows.
Western heat wave threatens health in vulnerable communities
PHOENIX — Extreme temperatures like the ones blistering the American West this week aren’t just annoying, they’re deadly.
UN assembly condemns Myanmar coup, calls for arms embargo
UNITED NATIONS — In a rare move, the U.N. General Assembly on Friday condemned Myanmar’s military coup and called for an arm embargo against the country in a resolution that demonstrated widespread global opposition to the junta and demanded the restoration of the country’s democratic transition.
Storm expected to be another blow to Gulf Coast businesses
NEW ORLEANS — A weekend that was supposed to be filled with celebrations of Juneteenth and Father’s Day has turned dreary in coastal Louisiana and Mississippi, where an unpredictable tropical weather system has brought wind, heavy rain and fears of flooding to a region where some have sandbags still left over from last year’s record-breaking hurricane season.
Sharpton condemns Honolulu police shooting of Black man
HONOLULU — Civil rights activist the Rev. Al Sharpton is condemning the Honolulu Police Department for the fatal shooting of a Black man as various versions of what led to the death continue to emerge.
Washington protest report is anything but an exoneration of Trump for photo-op
An independent report last week on last summer’s violent crackdown on protesters at Washington’s Lafayette Park gives a misleading and inaccurate portrayal of events culminating in President Donald Trump’s silly photo-op outside an adjacent church.
Tropical Gardening: The origin of Father’s Day
Father’s Day has been celebrated for over 100 years in the United States. It was founded by Sonora Smart Dodd in Spokane Washington at the local YMCA in 1910. Her father, William Jackson Smart was a Civil War veteran who raised his six children as a single parent. In Catholic countries of Europe it has been celebrated as St. Joseph’s Day since the Middle Ages.
A Breyer retirement could help depoliticize the Supreme Court
Progressive activists are exasperated by the failure of Justice Stephen G. Breyer to announce that he will retire at the end of the Supreme Court’s current term. They fear that, if Breyer doesn’t step down now, President Joe Biden might have difficulty replacing him later if the Republicans regain control of the Senate in the 2022 midterm elections.
Preliminary hearing set in ‘End of the World’ murder
A 27-year-old Captain Cook man made his initial appearance Friday in Kona District Court on charges of second-degree murder and first-degree arson in connection with the May 25 shooting death of a 46-year-old Kailua-Kona man.
Police investigate second fatal officer-involved shooting this week
The Hawaii Police Department said a second fatal officer-involved shooting occurred today in Hilo.
Hayashi named state interim superintendent
The state Board of Education on Thursday appointed Waipahu High School Principal Keith Hayashi interim superintendent.
Autopsies conducted on man shot by police, grandfather
Autopsies have conducted on a 34-year-old Hilo man shot by police during a Sunday evening gun battle and his 91-year-old grandfather, who collapsed during the gunfire and died, police said.
HCCC inmates transferred to Oahu amid COVID-19 outbreak
Twenty-eight inmates were transferred from Hawaii Community Correctional Center to facilities on Oahu to reduce some overcrowding at the jail, which is currently experiencing a COVID-19 outbreak that has sickened more than 200.
Schatz reintroduces compassionate release legislation
Hawaii U.S. Sen. Brian Schatz on Thursday reintroduced legislation that would accelerate the federal Bureau of Prisons’ approval process for compassionate release during a public health emergency.
