Hawaii State Tree

State Tree and Flower Chart | State Trees | State Tree Facts and Trivia

Each of the 50 states and several United States territories have designated an official tree and flower. Many of the state flowers are actually trees as well -- some states have chosen the same species as state tree and as state flower. All of the state trees, except the Hawaii state tree, are native to the state in which they are designated. Many of the state flowers are from other parts of the world and were chosen because of their beauty or importance, not because they represent the natural flora of the state they represent. Some states have designated a state wildflower, as a symbolic native species.

The Latin names you see here may be different from those you may have seen before due to changes in plant nomenclature; we have chosen to list the current valid botanical name. Where more than one accepted common name exists, the common name in the legislation has been listed.

Here's a quiz question for you: One state lists a state flower that is not a flower at all. Do you know which state that is? Scroll to the bottom for the answer.

State Type Common Name Latin Name Year of
Legislation
Alabama (AL) Tree longleaf pine Pinus palustris 1997
Flower camellia Camellia japonica 1959/1999
Alaska (AK) Tree Sitka spruce Picea sitchensis 1962
Flower forget-me-not Myosotis alpestris subsp. asiatica 1917
Arizona (AZ) Tree palo verde genus Parkinsonia 1954
Flower saguaro cactus blossom Carnegia gigantea 1931
Arkansas (AR) Tree pine genus Pinus 1939
Flower apple blossom Malus domestica 1901
California (CA) Tree coast redwood Sequoia sempervirens 1937/1953
giant sequoia Sequoia giganteum*
Flower California poppy Eschscholzia californica 1903
Colorado (CO) Tree blue spruce Picea pungens 1939
Flower Rocky Mountain columbine Aquilegia caerulea 1899
Connecticut (CT) Tree white oak Quercus alba 1947
Flower mountain laurel Kalmia latifolia 1907
Delaware (DE) Tree American holly Ilex opaca 1939
Flower peach blossom Prunus persica 1895
District of Columbia (DC) Tree scarlet oak Quercus coccinea
Flower American Beauty rose Rosa 'American Beauty'
Florida (FL) Tree cabbage palmetto Sabal palmetto 1953
Flower orange blossom Citrus sinensis 1909
Georgia (GA) Tree live oak Quercus virginiana 1937
Flower Cherokee rose Rosa laevigata 1916
Hawaii (HI) Tree candlenut tree, kukui Aleurites moluccana 1959
Flower pua aloalo Hibiscus brackenridgei 1988
Idaho (ID) Tree western white pine Pinus monticola 1935
Flower syringa mock orange Philadelphus lewisii 1931
Illinois (IL) Tree white oak Quercus alba 1973
Flower purple violet genus Viola 1908
Indiana (IN) Tree tulip poplar Liriodendron tulipifera 1931
Flower peony Paeonia lactiflora 1957
Iowa (IA) Tree oak genus Quercus 1961
Flower wild prairie rose Rosa arkansana 1897
Kansas (KS) Tree eastern cottonwood Populus deltoides 1937
Flower sunflower Helianthus annuus 1903
Kentucky (KY) Tree tulip poplar Liriodendron tulipifera 1994
Flower goldenrod Solidago canadensis var. scabra 1926
Louisiana (LA) Tree baldcypress Taxodium distichum 1963
Flower magnolia Magnolia grandiflora 1900
Maine (ME) Tree eastern white pine Pinus strobus 1945
Flower eastern white pine tassel and cone Pinus strobus 1895
Maryland (MD) Tree white oak Quercus alba 1941
Flower black-eyed Susan Rudbeckia hirta 1918
Massachusetts (MA) Tree American elm Ulmus americana 1941
Flower mayflower Epigaea repens 1918
Michigan (MI) Tree eastern white pine Pinus strobus 1955
Flower apple blossom Malus domestica 1897
Minnesota (MN) Tree red pine Pinus resinosa 1945
Flower pink and white ladyslipper Cypripedium reginae 1893
Mississippi (MS) Tree magnolia genus Magnolia 1938
Flower magnolia Magnolia grandiflora 1952
Missouri (MO) Tree flowering dogwood Cornus florida 1955
Flower hawthorn genus Crataegus 1923
Montana (MT) Tree ponderosa pine Pinus ponderosa 1949
Flower bitterroot Lewisia rediviva 1895
Nebraska (NE) Tree eastern cottonwood Populus deltoides 1972
Flower goldenrod Solidago gigantea 1895
Nevada (NV) Tree singleleaf pinyon pine Pinus monophylla 1953
Tree bristlecone pine Pinus longaeva* 1987
Flower sagebrush Artemisia tridentata 1917
New Hampshire (NH) Tree paper birch Betula papyrifera 1947
Flower purple lilac Syringa vulgaris 1919
New Jersey (NJ) Tree northern red oak Quercus rubra 1950
Flower violet Viola sororia 1971
New Mexico (NM) Tree pinyon pine Pinus edulis 1949
Flower yucca Yucca glauca 1927
New York (NY) Tree sugar maple Acer saccharum 1956
Flower rose genus Rosa 1955
North Carolina (NC) Tree longleaf pine Pinus palustris 1963
Flower flowering dogwood Cornus florida 1941
North Dakota (ND) Tree American elm Ulmus americana 1947
Flower wild prairie rose Rosa arkansana 1907
Ohio (OH) Tree Ohio buckeye Aesculus glabra 1953
Flower scarlet carnation Dianthus caryophyllus 1904
Oklahoma (OK) Tree eastern redbud Cercis canadensis 1937
Flower mistletoe Phoradendron leucarpum 1983
Oregon (OR) Tree Douglas-fir Pseudotsuga menziesii 1939
Flower Oregon grape Berberis aquifolium 1899
Pennsylvania (PA) Tree eastern hemlock Tsuga canadensis 1931
Flower mountain laurel Kalmia latifolia 1933
Rhode Island (RI) Tree red maple Acer rubrum 1964
Flower violet Viola palmata 1968
South Carolina (SC) Tree cabbage palmetto Sabal palmetto 1939
Flower yellow jessamine Gelsemium sempervirens 1924
South Dakota (SD) Tree Black Hills spruce Picea glauca var. densata 1947
Flower pasque flower Anemone patens var. multifida 1903
Tennessee (TN) Tree tulip poplar Liriodendron tulipifera 1947
Flower iris Iris germanica 1933
Texas (TX) Tree pecan Carya illinoinensis 1919
Flower Texas bluebonnet genus Lupinus 1901
Utah (UT) Tree blue spruce Picea pungens 1933
Flower sego lily genus Calochortus 1911
Vermont (VT) Tree sugar maple Acer saccharum 1949
Flower red clover Trifolium pratense 1895
Virginia (VA) Tree flowering dogwood Cornus florida 1956
Flower flowering dogwood Cornus florida 1918
Washington (WA) Tree western hemlock Tsuga heterophylla 1947
Flower coast rhododendron Rhododendron macrophyllum 1892
West Virginia (WV) Tree sugar maple Acer saccharum 1949
Flower rhododendron Rhododendron maximum 1903
Wisconsin (WI) Tree sugar maple Acer saccharum 1949
Flower violet Viola sororia 1949
Wyoming (WY) Tree plains cottonwood Poplus deltoides subsp. monilifera 1947/1961
Flower Indian paintbrush Castilleja linariifolia 1917
Guam Tree ifil or ifit Intsia bijuga
Flower puti tai nobiu Bougainvillea spectabilis
Northern Marianas Tree flame tree Delonix regia
Flower plumeria Plumeria rubra forma acutifolia
Puerto Rico Tree silk-cotton tree Ceiba pentandra
Flower Puerto Rico hibiscus Thespesia grandiflora
U.S. Virgin Islands Tree no official tree
Flower yellow trumpetbush Tecoma stans 1934


* In the National Grove of State Trees we have chosen to grow this species when two or more different species qualify as the state tree.

Answer: Maine designated the white pine cone and tassel as its state flower. The pine cone is the female structure that bears the seeds, and the tassel is a smaller cone-like structure that produces pollen. Botanically, both the cone and tassel are not considered flowers, but are known as strobili. You could accurately say that Maine is the only state to have an official state strobilus. If you thought Oklahoma was the right answer, you are nearly correct. Mistletoe is a plant and is not a flower. It is, however, a flowering plant and bears true flowers, even though they are not showy.

Shortest Day

December 21, where Sunrise is at 7:05am and Sunset is at 5:54pm My math works out to 10 hours 49 minutes long today. This is according to the State of Hawaii satellite weather bureau.

Petroglyph found at the Surf

The next morning in the shadows



Then we walk on it.




Then we place her in the ground





First we prepare the ground

Marlin Stoned at Laniakea 9-8-2009

The most interesting fishing story I ever heard of. And I knew the person doing the stoning. You'll have to click on the picture to read the story. It was amazing. Nobody could ever tell me this story with a straight face unless I had heard it first hand. What a fish story!!

Bar B Q area Sept-Oct 2009

Here is the completed roof from a distance










Another look at the ridge detail.







Here's how the ridge is cut and secured









Installing the barge covers gives this roof a completed look














Here's Rico installing the barge rake covers while I talk with an electrical bidding contractor about another project.



A copper wire is secured to a copper nail and driven into the overhang as well as onto the ridge with a copper wire to secure the ridge, the side to side and at the facia. There are no other nails holding this bamboo roof together. The entire structure is secured with copper wire as shown here.








this is the copper tieing that was done to secure the bamboo roofing. This is a fastening system I used when installing high end japan style roofing systems where I wanted to show the exposed copper fastenng detail.













Here's a picture of what you'll see from a distance at 5:30am today on Oct. 22, 2009 We should finish the roofing today.













We had to cut copper wire in preparation to secure the bamboo to the roof.


Then we got the bright idea to Hawaiiana the roof. Rico and I went to Waimea falls to cut down some bamboo that was donated to us. We cut it and shaped it to become our new look.











Here it is with the new roofing on it







Here it is as It's set and ready to secure.













And after a few minor adjustments






We prepare to set it in place






We do a temporary placement of the structure and prepare to dig the footing. Here's Rico working hard.









It is now upright and ready to moving onto the property




Here we showed up during September 2009 with a roof structure designed to create shade a little ambiance and an additional table for the BarBQ area

Access Panel Master Bedroom bath

When any shower valve goes out in the master bathroom and it cannot be reached from the front of the shower, you may have to enter through the master bedroom closet and cut out the drywall in the closet. You will then have access to the back side of the shower. In this case, after you repair the valves, you would re-install the drywall by either installing an access panel or if the cut out required a larger than available premade access panel, you would then build a wall frame inside the closet and then frame in your own access panel.














Here is a picture of an already existing access panel from another unit. A larger picture of another type of access panel is not available. The picture is dark, but as you can see, the access panel is set to repair the shower knob valves. There would have to be another panel installed at a lower level to deal with the tub outlet.

when does the sun go behind Kaena point?

In 2009 it was on October 5 that the sun tucks itself behind Kaena Point, taking the North Shore Haleiwa sunsets with it.

In 2010 it was on October 6

In 2011 it was on October 7 but it was cloudy both nights the 6th & the 7th

Sometime between March 6 thru March 9, it will come back around where you can see the full sun setting to the right side of Kaena Point. The halfway point where the sun reaches it's most Northern setting is on June 24 when it starts heading back to Kaena Point in the West again.

The challenge is to guess exactly which day you will see the full sunset return back around Kaena Point. For 2010 will it be Saturday: March 6, Sunday: March 7, Monday: March 8 or will it be on Tuesday: March 9?



you can visit all our sunsets at http://haleiwasunsets.blogspot.com

Surf n Sea

This is the "old car" sitting in front of Surf N Sea just to the right side. After checking last week, the car has finally been towed away to another rusted grave yard in a far away land.
Located in Haleiwa just across rainbow bridge. You can check out their web site at http://www.surfnsea.com then curser down to the rental list to check out pricing for stand up paddle surfing, surfboards, kayaking, diving equipment to boogie boards or just outright purchases for your own fun. It is a locally owned shop with great service and great people.

For advertizing with them see Ed Tracy at their shop. or Email them at: surfnsea@surfnsea.com for any questions you may have. The owner Joe Green has been a friend for many years and supporting this Haleiwa shop will be supporting the North Shores growth in the proper direction.

In their .com site they say: It's a destination designed to ensure that you experience the best of Hawaii's ocean activities and shopping! It's where the world's 'top surfers' shop.

Since it's inception in 1965, we have been located in a rustic 2-story wooden building, built in 1921.

We specialize in Surfing, Hawaii Scuba Diving, Bodyboarding & Snorkeling (tours, lessons, sales & rentals). We offer a wide variety of beachwear & accessories for all your needs whether in or out of the water.

We are situated right on the beach in a protected, semi-private bay where the trade winds prevail! We are easy to find and offer ample free parking just steps from the store and the beach!

Magic Jack

Tired of paying a monthly rental fee for your land line telephone for your Condo Unit? I found a company that sells Computer Phones. The current cost is $39.95 for the hardware and $20 a year for service. You can make unlimited long distance and/or local calls and talk as long as you like for no additional charge. The first year will then average a monthly cost of $5 per month or $60 for the first year and about $1.65 a month thereafter. This includes the cost of the magic jack itself. And it can be taken with you to whatever computer you want to use it on. To my knowledge, it works nationwide.




See how you just plug the Magic Jack hardware into your USB port, either into the front or the back of your computer, then you plug your phone line from any phone you want to use into the Magic Jack. There was no disc accompanying the hardware. The Magic Jack hardware can be plugged into any computer, lap top any number of times. The only other thing you need is a cordless or landline phone to go with it. The phone sends and receives calls without issue. The only trick will be to keep people from taking it when they leave your rental unit. But maybe that's just another reason you have a security deposit.

Try it . . . I think you'll like it. And if it only works for 3 months, you're already ahead of the game. Magic Jack can be reached at: http://www.magicjack.com/2/?mid=304185

One more important point to remember. I am not recommending the Magic Jack nor am I saying that this system is flawless. There are certainly issues.

1. You need to navagate through the system to figure out how it works
2. While you are on the phone, sometimes it shuts off.
3. Waiting for a dial tone can be frustrating.
4. After you get a dial tone, you dial your number and then there's silence, then after 3-4 seconds another dial tone sounds. You dial again and the same scenario happens.
5. Sometimes there's a kick back to your computer and your computer locks up. When this happens, simply unplug the Magic Jack and your computer should return to its former status.

Yes it is frustrating. But for the cost of $2-$5 a month, that's peanuts compared to what you are paying now. And for the most part, their system does work. I'm hoping that in time, technology will improve and this system will in fact be a useful one. You may want to go onto a review site to see what others might have found good or bad with the system.

NEW NOTE ON MAGIC JACK: WE HAVE NOW USED THIS JACK FOR ABOUT A YEAR. AND FINALLY WE FIGURED OUT THAT THE PROBLEMS WITH OUR JACK WAS NOT THE MAGIC JACK AT ALL, IT WAS THE CONNECTION TO THE USB PORT. IT WASN'T GETTING A GOOD CONNECTION. NOW IT APPEARS TO BE WORKING FLAWLESSLY AND WE LEAVE IT PLUGGED IN 24/7.

HPD - Statistics - Haleiwa - Waialua

To check thefts, burglary, district map etc. check these web sites.

http://www.honolulupd.org/statistics/weekly/d2_sector_3_rpt.pdf
http://www.honolulupd.org/statistics/d2-3.htm

Tree stump removal

This is what needs to happen in a case of tree stump removal. Kai's Tree Service, because of friendship and a long standing relationship of good service reduced his price from $450 to $200 and instead of using only one machine, used two to speed up the removal process. It took two machines with 3 people 45 minutes to complete the job.

Lanai Decking - Waterproofing

This is what can happen (and usually does happen)when a rug, tile or any type of flooring is installed over waterproofing that cannot ventilate. Water gets in through the carpeting, tile grout or any opening and gets trapped. In this case, the waterproofing was the weak link.





When the carpet on this lanai was removed to see why ants were getting into her unit, this is what I found.


The sole reason for this occurance or damage is because the water was being trapped and could not ventilate. The rest of the decking was in fine condition. The ants took advantage of the water and penetrated into her unit. I removed the carpeting, killed off the ants and now all appears to be fine. This unit happened to be on the first level so there was no leakage to a unit below.

Bathroom floor drain

Here is what you're into when you change out a hallway bathroom shower floor drain.














Here is the shower drain looking from the side of the drain. The drain measures 2" in diameter. It is originally installed into the concrete slab then packed leaded into place for a watertight fit. Once the top sleeve is removed and then the lead is removed, the sleeve pops right out. An ABS sleeve is then installed onto the old cast iron neck with a coupling for a watertight finish.


Here's a top view of the lead packing.

Discounts

Here's a discount coupon for swimming with the dolphins till the end of 2009
http://www.dolphinquest.org/destinations/oahu/whatsnew.php?aID=1z4z1 The reservations number I have listed is 800-248-3316. However, this phone number is in the mainland someplace so you have to call before 2pm Hawaii time to reach a human. It is currently set up for those who have a valid Hawaii state ID. I am working to see if we can include tourists in this package. Check with me before you commit.

You can have a discount on the shark tours by calling 808-228-5900 mention you want the Haleiwa Surf Condominium discount - student rate through the resident manager Todd White.

You can have a discount on the sunset catamaran tours or the whale watching tours when the whales are in season or whenever they sail by asking for Don Germain at 808-351-9371. Tell Don you want the discounted rate from Todd White at the Haleiwa Surf Condominiums.

I am currently working on a discounted rate at the Surf and Sea for long board, kayak and snorkle rentals. Check with me before you commit.

Fire Alarm - country style

If you find yourself on a "remodeling budget" and simply cannot afford all the amenities required to fulfill all the safety requirements, you may want to consider this little gem of a safety savings for your unit.

Flies / Fly repellant

If you want to keep flys away from your screen door area, take a ziploc baggie and fill it half full with water and put in fronting your screen door. I put a couple of penny's inside mine to make it more appealing. What will happen is the flies think that they're moving into some other animals territory, don't like the competition and will move on. Wasps and bees don't like it either.



For us, it seems to work just fine.




Regarding the science behind zip log bags of water? My research found that each of the millions of molecules of water presents its own prism effect and given that flies have a lot of eyes, to them it's like a zillion disco balls reflecting light, colors and movement in a dizzying manner. When you figure that flies are basically prey for many other bugs, animals, birds, etc., they simply won't take the risk of being around that much perceived action. I read about this once and thought these "hillbillies" were just yanking my country boy chain but I tried it, and it worked immediately! We went from hundreds of flies to seeing the occasional one, but he don't hang around long.







Regarding the science behind zip log bags of water? My research found
that each of the millions of molecules of water presents its own prism
effect and given that flies have a lot of eyes, to them it's like a
zillion disco balls reflecting light, colors and movement in a dizzying
manner. When you figure that flies are basically prey for many other
bugs, animals, birds, etc., they simply won't take the risk of being
around that much perceived action. I moved to a rural area ant thought
these "hillbillies" were just yanking my city boy chain but I tried it,
worked immediately! We went from hundreds of flies to seeing the
occasional one, but he don't hang around long.

Circuit Breaker Schedule - One bedroom Unit.

Facing the circuit breaker panel on the left side of the panel, there are 5@ #20 amp breakers. On the right side, there are 1@ 20 amp breaker, 2@ 50amp breakers and 2@ 30 amp breakers. Where the kitchen sink is on the North side of the unit, this is your schedule. There may be numbers on your breaker switches Left side being 1,3,5,7 and 9 - and the right side being 2,4,6,8,10. Or somebody may have changed out your breaker switches already and chose not to number them. Your electrician may have relocated where the wiring goes for your switches so this panel list or schedule may not apply, but it should be close. This is based on what was installed on the original application. And this is only for the one bedroom.














On the left side of the panel:
Breaker #1 - 20 amp = Master Bedroom plugs, Hall Bath plugs and parts of the living room.
Breaker #2 - 20 amp = Kitchen, the living room plugs North end of the unit, over head living room fan, master bath lights, hall bath lights
Breaker #3 - 20 amp =
Breaker #4 - 20 amp = Kitchen plug just above the sink counter, opposite side of garbage disposal switch
Breaker #5 - 20 amp = Garbage disposal switch

On the right side of the panel:
Breaker #6 - 20 amp = Refrigerator
Breakers #7&8 - 50 amp = Oven range
Breakers # 9&10 - 30 amp = Electric water heater

When the kitchen in on the Waialua side of the unit, the living room plugs are switched to the other side.

Whales

5,000 whales weighing upwards of 40 tons make the trek from Alaska to Hawaii each year. Maui has proved to be the gathering place for mating. Whales migrate to Malaea Bay on Maui each year. The trip takes approximately 3 months. Whales swim only as fast as their offspring which is about 8 mph. The fastest recorded travel time is about 39 days. Most are usually starving by the time they return to Alaska.

Each family has their own curtain of calls.

Directory

Sometimes when you type in a "key word" you will get other posts that contain a portion of the key word. For example: Door Size, you may get anything listed that has the word "door" or "size" in it. But curser down through all the other posts and you will eventually get to the doors. You might even find something else you were looking for.

Another problem is that every word you want to type in the search column is also in the Directory. Therefore, the directory will pop up on every search you make. So the items you're looking for will probably be posted directly below the Directory that pops up because of your word search.

Curser over to the right hand column where there are dates. Click onto each month and you will see a breakdown of subjects posted in that month. If one seems to fit your search, click onto it and check it out. If not, or if you cannot find what you are looking for, E me and I will try and track it down or narrow down your search for you. I am on this blog constantly always trying to make it more user friendly.

Sometimes in order to find the proper name for a search item, you have to spell it differently. For example, in the search directory, if you type in Surfboard, you may not be able to find the site you are looking for, however, change the spelling a bit to Surf Board, and bingo you're there. If you just cannot find what you're looking for, go to the search bar on the upper left of the page and type in what you are looking for: here is a sample directory. Now after you find the word you're looking for, all you have to do is return to the search bar and type in that word and you will be directed to the selected site.

Here is the DIRECTORY:
Condo – Blogspot – Directory of Property listed in alphabetical order.

Access Panel
Airport Shuttle
Ant
Baby – Paradise Baby supplies
Bar B Q or Bamboo
Bathroom floor drain
Bat Rays
Beetle Bailey or Mort Walker
Bob or Berryhill
Building Industry Association membership
Butch or Helemano
Cable or phone lines
Cabinets
Calendar (for 2011 H.S. Calendar)
Carpeting
Chamber of Commerce of North Shore
Circuit Breaker
Clark or Little or photography
Cleaning or Cleaners
Coast Guard
Common area fronting lanai
Concrete trivia
Condo Pets & Condo Pets 2
Contractos & Sub Contractors
Copper
Cover Plate
Curtains
Deep Sea Fishing
Directory
Discounts
Diving Lessons - Tyler
Dolphins
Door sizes
Dress Code
Electrical
Entertainment
Exhaust Fan
Exterminator or Pest Control
Fence or Wall or Gate
Filming locations
Fire Alarm
Fire Department
Flies
Flood
Flooring
Gecko
Glazing shower
Google Earth
Ground transformation
Haleiwa Statistics
Hallway Bathroom leaks
Happy Face
Hood Vents
Jalousie sizes
Kai Ku Hale
Kamani Tree (directly below the property line column)
Keyless entry
Kitchen sink
Lanai hangers
Lanai storage container
Landscaping
Laundry room
Liko – Kauai Cruises
Local Reef Fish
Longest Day
Magic Jack
Main Valve BWS
Malama Pupukea
Marker pipes
Massage – Jackie Seeley
Master Bed Room
Metal stud framing
Miss Hawaii 2010
Moon
MoPed Rentals & Repairs
Mosquitoes
Mud Flow
Murphy Wall Bed
North Shore Soap Factory
Oceans of Pictures
Party
Petroglyph
Pictures from the Past
Pidgin
Pipe or pipes
Plumbing
Property Line
Reef Fish
Refrigerator or Setting
Restraints
Rocks
Rock Wall
Roofing
Roofing hood vents
Room measurements
Room sizes
Sand Art
Safety Preparedness
Sand Art
Screens
Septic
Shower inserts
Shower knob
Special Guests
State Tree
Stores
Sunrise Shells
Sunsets (when does the sun tuck back around Kaena Point)
SUPping
Surfboard
Surf Tech
Surf N Sea
Tide
Toilet
Transportation
Turtle Bay - Kuilima
Tsunami
VASH
Water Main
Weddings
Whales
What to do
When does Sun go behind Kaena Pont
Winter Surf
Wooden louvers

or you may have to scroll through all the pages and then you will eventually come upon the site you're needing. If the site is just not there, Email me and I will put it there. Remember I have the time to find it. You don't. You have to work for a living. Our motto is: No work . . . . and Know play. Life is good, work is not. Do not abuse either.

Be sure to read your most interesting posts often since I am constantly updating them, including the directory. If you find that you cannot easily find a column, article or subject of interest to you, simply E-mail me and I will either find it for you, make it more accessale to you or do the research to get it posted for you. Contact me at: haleiwahi@hawaii.rr.com or haleiwahi@gmail.com

Who named Haleiwa - HALEIWA?

Haleʻiwa is a North Shore community and census-designated place (CDP) in the Waialua District of the island of Oʻahu, City and County of Honolulu. In 1898 a businessman named Benjamin Dillingham opened a hotel in the North Shore area and named it Haleiwa. In Hawaiian, hale means "house", and the ʻiwa is a frigatebird. As of the 2000 Census, the CDP had a total population of 2,225, and is the largest commercial center on the North Shore of the Island. Its old plantation town character is preserved in many of the buildings, making this a popular destination for tourists and residents alike, visiting surfing and diving sites along the north shore.

Haleʻiwa is located on Waialua Bay, the mouth of Anahulu Stream (also known as Anahulu River). A small boat harbor is located here, and the shore of the bay is surrounded by Haleʻiwa Beach Park (north side) and Haleʻiwa Aliʻi Beach Park (south side). Further west from the center of town is Kaiaka State Recreation Area on Kiaka Point beside Kaiaka Bay.

On December 7th, 1941 the only fighter aircraft who managed to scramble against the Japanese attacking Pearl Harbor took off from the now abandoned Haleiwa Airfield, which is now the site of many backdrops for the Hawaii film industry including such well known films such as "Bay Watch Hawaii" and now "Lost"

The U.S. postal code for Haleʻiwa, including Kawailoa, is 96712.

Now as for the question of who named Haleiwa Haleiwa? that search continues. I will report back when I find the answer.

North Shore Chamber of Commerce began 1989

see - http://www.gonorthshore.org/

HAWAII - August 21, 2009 - 50th aniversary of the 50th state

August 21, 2009 Honolulu Advertiser
Fifty years ago today, President Dwight Eisenhower set pen to official paper to welcome Hawai'i as an official member of the United States.
In Hawai'i, the news — long presumed — was relayed to Gov. William Quinn by Hawai'i Secretary Edward Johnson.
Within minutes, Associate Justice Masaji Marumoto of the Hawai'i Supreme Court administered oaths of office to Quinn and Lt. Gov. James Kealoha before a packed house in the executive chambers of 'Iolani Palace.
Thus began a week of grand public displays of pride and patriotism, even as those quietly opposed to statehood mourned the passing of the last vestiges of Hawaiian independence.
Civil Defense sirens wailed. A gun-saluting battery from Headquarters, Fleet Marine Force, Pacific fired a 50-gun salute at 'Iolani Palace. Thousands attended an elaborate fireworks show at Ala Moana Beach Park. Cars crowded Honolulu streets, their horns blaring.
Today's 50th anniversary activities are all but certain to have a significantly different tone.
In keeping with the 50th Anniversary of Statehood Commission's stated intent of "commemorating" rather than "celebrating" the milestone, the state's largest official marking of the day will be a conference aimed at looking ahead to Hawai'i's next 50 years.
"New Horizons for the Next 50 Years," which runs from 8 a.m. to 9 p.m., will include remarks from former U.S. Department of Energy deputy secretary Andy Karsner, 2008 Olympic gold medalist Bryan Clay, and pollster John Zogby; the unveiling of the new Hawai'i stamp; and workshops addressing a wide variety of concerns, including the military, tourism, the economy, media and others.
The event will close with remarks from Gov. Linda Lingle, entertainment and a fireworks display.
Hawaiian activists will also be busy today. The Hawaiian Independence Action Alliance and the Institute for the Advancement of Hawaiian Affairs have organized a march and rally for Hawaiian independence, scheduled to take place from 10 a.m. to 1 p.m.
The march will begin at Ala Moana Beach Park and proceed to the Convention Center.
Also today, the Hawai'i State Judiciary is hosting a panel discussion on statehood with retired Chief Justice William S. Richardson and retired Judge Betty M. Vitousek. The free event begins at noon at the Judiciary History Center.
On Maui, Eddie Kamae and the Sons of Hawai'i will headline "50 Years of Hawaiian Cultural Renaissance," 11 a.m. at Hana Beach Park.
Reach Michael Tsai at mtsai@honoluluadvertiser.com.



August 21, 2009
Op-Ed Contributor
Happily a State, Forever an Island
By PAUL THEROUX
Correction Appended
Hale’iwa, Hawaii — Once in the Elks Club in Honolulu, an elderly man of Chinese ancestry said in a low voice to me: “This club used to be very exclusive. And the one next door too.” He meant no Chinese were admitted — or anyone but haoles (whites) or ethnic Hawaiians — to the Elks or the Outrigger Canoe Club. This was true of nearly all of Hawaii’s posh clubs. “But all that changed,” his daughter said, “when Reverend King marched on Selma.”
So Hawaii’s statehood was not an occasion for the opening of clubs to other races or even an era of good feeling. That had to wait for the Civil Rights Act of 1964 and the Rev. Dr. Martin Luther King Jr. The eight main islands and many smaller islands and atolls that make up the archipelago we know as Hawaii became the 50th state 50 years ago today, but it was still old-fashioned in every sense, an island chain of pineapple and sugar plantations, with a scattering of good hotels, visited by a quarter of a million tourists — mainly from ships and, in that year of 1959, the first big jets.
Back then, as the newest star on the flag, Hawaii was a thinly populated place, with most of the people living in Honolulu and predominantly young — the state’s average age was among the youngest in the nation. Its soul was Polynesian, but its popular culture and its institutions were Small Town U.S.A., with drive-in eateries, carhops and a passion for Elvis (a frequent visitor) and for high school sports; on every island the social highlight of the year was the senior prom.
There were also pineapple harvesters, bundled up against the sharp spines of the plant, and cane cutters, coffee pickers and the local cowboys known as paniolos. Honolulu was a half-dozen small communities in search of a city. Downtown was one long street; Waikiki was two. Outside Honolulu, and on neighbor islands, the land was agricultural; people lived in villages, many in plantation housing, and shopped at the company store. The roads were narrow. Life was expensive, as it has always been in Hawaii because of the distance from the mainland, but the habit of frugality and the simplicity of life were strong and sustaining.
Long before statehood, proud of living in an American territory, people from Hawaii joined the United States military and distinguished themselves in World War II — the 442nd (mostly Hawaiian men of Japanese ancestry) was the most highly decorated regiment of its size and length of service in American history. That elderly man who was not allowed to join the Elks because of his race — my father-in-law, Ernest Mun Sung Loo — had years earlier fought at Guadalcanal.
With statehood came more financing, better schools, better hospitals, improved harbors, a jump in population, urbanization, military spending and many more tourists — lately as many as seven million annually. Three Interstate highways were built on Oahu, separated from the nearest others by 2,400 miles of ocean. That is a detail. The quickest way to infuriate someone here is to say (as many unthinking visitors do), “I’m going back to the States tomorrow.”
When I first came to live in Hawaii 20 years ago, I could determine which way to paddle or sail by assessing the speed and direction of smoke issuing from the tall chimney of the nearby Waialua Sugar Mill. The smoke stopped rising 12 years ago, when the mill closed. What remains is a rusted hulk in the middle of a bewildered town that has, tellingly, been the location for big-budget movies set in the third world; just down the road, nearer the beach, is a location for the TV drama “Lost.”
Other plantation lands have become bungaloid subdivisions or luxury housing or golf courses. Some children of the plantation workers have become doctors and lawyers, or construction workers and caddies. And an immense number have become politicians — each island has its own local government — which may account for its reputation for political buffoonery and philistinism. Public intellectuals do not exist; public debate is rare, except on issues that transgress religious dogma. Hawaii is noted for its multitude of contentious God-botherers. One hundred sixty-three years ago, Melville remarked on this in “Typee.” Yet “tipsy from salvation’s bottle” (to borrow Dylan Thomas’s words), they stick to specific topics (same-sex marriage a notable example). No one else pontificates. It is regarded as bad form for anyone in Hawaii to generalize in print, as I am shamefully doing now.
Individuality is not prized; the family — the ’ohana — is the important social unit. But this Polynesian ideal of the family group, or the clan, extends to other communities. It is as though living on the limited terra firma of an island inspires people to form incurious metaphorical islands, like the Elks and the other exclusive clubs of the past. Even today, the University of Hawaii is an island that has almost no presence in the wider community. And each church, each valley, each ethnic group, each neighborhood is insular — not only the upscale enclaves like Kahala or Koko Head, but the more modest ones too. On leeward Oahu, the community of Waianae is like a remote and somewhat menacing island.
Each of the actual islands has a distinct identity — a person from Kauai would insist that he or she is quite unlike someone from Maui and could recite a lengthy genealogy to prove it. The military camps at Schofield, Kaneohe, Hickham and elsewhere exist as islands, and no one looks lonelier on a Hawaiian beach than a jarhead — pale, reflective, perhaps contemplating yet another deployment to Iraq or Afghanistan. Soldiers sometimes salute me because out of solidarity I wear a combat cap.
The most circumscribed islanders are the Hawaiians, numerous because of the one-drop rule (though by this dubious measure, I am a member of the Menominee nation and the whole of Wisconsin is my ancestral land). People who, before statehood, regarded themselves as of Portuguese or Chinese or Filipino descent identified themselves as Hawaiian in the later 1960s and ’70s, when sovereignty became an issue and their drop of blood gave them access.
The Hawaiian language as a medium of instruction hardly existed 20 years ago, but now it is fairly common, and there has been a substantial increase in Hawaiian speakers. But there are 40 or more contending Hawaiian sovereignty groups, from the strictest kanaka maoli (original people), who worship traditional gods like Pele, the goddess of fire (and volcanoes), to the Hawaiian hymn singers in the multitude of Christian churches, to the Hawaiian Mormons, who believe (according to revelations in The Book of Mormon) that the Catholic Church is the Whore of Babylon and that mainlanders (proto-Polynesians) got to Hawaii from what is now California when Hagoth — a Mormon voyager (Book of Alma 63:5-8) — sailed into the Western Ocean and peopled it.
I have lived in Hawaii longer than any other place in my life. I have murmured to myself in Africa, Asia and Britain, “I’d hate to die here.” But I wouldn’t mind dying in Hawaii, which means I like living here. I should add that Hawaii has the largest number of drownings per capita of any state — roughly one person a week succumbs to the fickle rip currents or the towering surf or is simply blown by the strong trade winds out to sea in a rubber dinghy. The murder rate is low — hardly more than 20 a year — but we have an alarming rate of car crashes. Honolulu has an extraordinarily high number of cars per mile of road — and consequently a horrendous traffic problem. Yet honking your horn is seen here as a barbarity. (Driving with your feet out the window is stylish.)
The proposed rail project (it was first proposed 18 years ago) might alleviate the traffic, but what I have learned in my time here is how resistant Hawaiians are to change. And, like many who believe they are poorly governed, people in Hawaii have an abiding hatred of regulation. Great howling occurred a few years ago when the state used vans with radar to monitor speeding cars; at great expense the vans were discontinued, and speeding resumed. All beaches have prominent signs forbidding alcohol, dogs, ballgames and loud music, but on any given day you will see more than one beachgoer throwing a tennis ball to a dog while swigging beer and listening to music blaring from a radio. Littering is a problem, and that means the remains of Happy Meals as well as old cars abandoned by the side of the road.
Some of this seems either dysfunctional or annoying, and yet there are compensations. All my life I have thought, Give me sunshine. Hawaii has the balmiest weather in the world, and its balance of wind and water gives it perfect feng shui. No beach is private: all of the shoreline must be accessible to the casual beachgoer or fisherman or opihi-picker. And since people’s faults are often their virtues when looked at a different way, the aversion to self-promotion is often a welcome humility; the lack of confrontation or hustle is a rare thing in a hyperactive world. Islanders are instinctively territorial, but bound by rules, so privacy matters and so does politeness and good will.
Although many of its birds and flora have been wiped out by humans or alien species, Hawaii’s other Edenic attributes are just about indestructible. I keep telling myself that no one can taint the orchidaceous air, or flatten the gigantic sea cliffs, or still the great waves, or obliterate the rainbows.
Paul Theroux is the author of “Ghost Train to the Eastern Star.” His forthcoming novel is “A Dead Hand.”
Correction: August 21, 2009
An earlier version of this article incorrectly described the the Japanese-American 442nd Regiment in World War II. Not all of the men in the regiment were from Hawaii.

Curtains Draperies

In the single unit the curtains for the front sliding door to the lanai is 6' on the side that opens fronting the sliding door and 7'4" on the solid side that usually stays closed fronting the louvers. The height is 7'10"

Total over all width of the Unit is 13' 4" with no overlap.
h = 7'10" for the curtain which is actually 8'0" from floor to ceiling
w = 6'0" opening by the sliding door and 7'4" fronting the louvers

"By laws" for color suggest beige to eggshell white since this was the established color from original installation. Some units have switched to vinyl slat style which nobody so far has challanged.

BY LAWS - ARTICLE X - GENERAL PROVISIONS
SECTION 6. Additions or Alterations by Apartment Owners. No Owner shall make any addition or alteration in or to his Apartment which may affect the common elements or change the exterior appearance of the buildings, without the prior written consent thereto of the Board of Directors. The Board of Directors shall have the obligation to answer any written request by an Apartment Owner for approval of a proposed addition or alteration in such Apartment within thirty (30) days after such request, and failure to do so within the stipulated time shall constitute a consent by the Board of Directors to the proposed addition or alteration.

This is the only section I have found that seems to apply to the installation of curtains or an element that can be seen from the outside but is clearly within the interior of your unit.

Some units use roller bearings for their slider and others have plastic hangers that don't slide as well as they age. I chose the roller bearings for our unit and am pleased with the results.

INSTALLERS:
One installer I used who I found was competent, required no supervision and provided a fair price was Custom Window Service, Randy Fujiwara phone: 734-4416. Company website is www.yellowbook.com/drapery then the second listing under this heading should get you there.

Jalousie sizes

In our unit the jalousie sizes are 26 1/2" X 4". There are three panels of jalousie windows with 27 jalousies per section. They are in aluminum frame. I do have spacer clips available if you need them or if your frame clips break off. Do not trust this size to be the size of jalousie in your unit. I have found that many sizes vary from 26 1/8" to 26 3/4". It looks like the original contractors made the glass louvers after they framed the openings rather than making the glass first then building the frames to fit the glass.

Door sizes

These is the door schedule for a typical single bedroom unit. The two bedroom unit has a sliding closet door and has a second bedroom off the hallway. These measurements are listed below. This information is for the single bedroom.

Front Door is 3'0" x 6'8" (this is a typical solid core front door)However, some of the front doors and interior doors do not have spacers installed so that the door(s) are 3'0" x 8'0", so they are a full 8' in height. Be careful when purchasing a new door to make sure what door height you have in your unit.

Interior 2nd front door is 3'0" X 7'8" (this is an oversize solid door)

Hallway bathroom door is 2'0 X 6'9" (this is not the typical 2'0" X 6'8" door size)This is a hollow core door. This door could be jammed to support a 2'0X6'8"

The hallway closet door is 2'6" X 6'8"

The bedroom closet door opening is about 80" x 51". The actual door size is 79" x 31". If you choose to change out this door or any door for that matter, be certain to remove the hardware (wheels & various clips and handles) because any new door you buy will not have that same hardware included in your purchase.

The sliding glass door is 37 1/2" X 7'9"

The solid pane is 35" X 7'9"

The entire door pocket opening from the wall to the jealousy jam is 6'0" X 7'9" (see window schedule for the louvers sizes)

Prehung doors will work, but you will need to have trim materials to fill in the openings, and you may have to remove the existing jams to make the door fit.


The door schedule for the two bedroom unit is as follows:

The hallway closet (sliding doors) come in either mat finish or mirror doors. The opening is same 95"h x 81"wide and are 80"h x 4'0" each.

The hallway bedroom entry and bathroom door(s) is/are both 2'0"w x 6'8"h.

This bedroom closet door opening is 81"h x 76 1/2" wide. The doors for this closet are 80"h x 39" wide.

Dolphins R back 8/06/09

They came back by the Red bouy this morning at about 7:15a. We put up our telescope and everybody had a chance to view them spinning and jumping. This lasted till about 7:55a, then the swam off towards Puena point. Maybe they'll spend their day entertaining the islanders down by Waimea Bay today?

Building Industry Assoc. Membership Directory & approved Contractors used

If you want to find more about the trade you have chosen to contract your work or to search for their competition, for a B.I.A. member, check this site out: http://www.cdbia.com/directory.php If you want to confirm that your contractor is properly licensed, if you want to get in touch with the Department of Commerce and Consumer Affairs, or if you want to file a complaint against them, you might want to call or check in with the Regulated Industry Complaints Office (RICO) using their quick links link: http://hawaii.gov/dcca/quicklinks/online/ Just lock onto the link, copy it and paste it in your search engine.

Contractors that have worked on the Haleiwa Surf that have been given above satisfactory ratings by the various Unit owners are:

flooring:
Jesse Oguma cell at 864-9034 or his office at 484-5898

Mechanic, Welding
Kawai Kuni - 306-5972

Carpentry
Derrick - 721-0391 carpentry

Neil Bohne - 295-7894

Plumbing:
Gecko - 571-1137 Plumbing

North Shore Plumbing - 637-9444

Plumbing Solutions - 220-2739

Mike LaRue - 392-0417

Electrical:
Paumalu Electric - 386-5928

Screens:
Zippy - (for a phone number, please contact Todd White, Res. Mgr. 366-3273)


Also be advised that a contractors license is not required by law if the job is less than #1,000. Keep in mind that there may be a minimum charge from any contractor doing work and sometimes even bidding for you. You will want to clarify that in advance of calling. Also, if you need Email addresses, you may ask me and I will forward what information I have to you. If you need names of material suppliers, let me know and I probably have that phone number & company contact on file. Also, if you need to use the H.S. fax line, the phone number is 637-5289.

Butch Helemano

http://www.huinaauao.com/ is a traditional knowledge project conducted by Kupuna Butch Helemano at Waimea falls park. Butch is fronting Unit 405 with Japanese school and our property fence in the back ground.

Project Goal is to provide a program to our community that works closely with traditional knowledge practitioners. And to teach skills which can be used to help perpetuate our cultural heritage

Many of our cultural traditions are no longer taught or practiced. Our goal is to create in our community a guild of craftsmen and artisans who, learning from our elders, will help to perpetuate our many wonderful traditions.

Classes are on Sunday 10:00 - 1:00. Classes change each week on everything from dry-stacking rock walls to weaving thatched roofs, to making tools from natures valleys and more. For more information call Butch at 292-4292. Don't feel bad if he doesn't answer, he never hears his phone ring. But he'll know you were thinking of him.





Butch is here at our property preparing to perform a wedding for a military guest and his son.