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According to Joe

Joe Gedan

A footnote to the Olympic Games

To exceed in sports takes great dedication.

Supporting young athletes is an avocation.

A selfless soul must be found

To taxi young athletes around and around.

To gyms and meets and here and there.

Their support is given without a care.

All hail the selfless soccer mom!

The metal for her medal: platinum.

Daily headlines inspire the poet in Joe Gedan, a retired U.S. magistrate judge who lives in Honolulu. His observations on the news appear on Sundays and Fridays.

gedan@hawaii.rr.com

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Inside | August 29

Editorial

» State responded too slowly to bee parasite

» Take care in enforcing camping ban in parks

» Corky's Editorial Cartoon

» According to Joe

Hawaii News

» McCain chooses Alaska governor as VP candidate

» Lingle 'impressed' with Palin

» Candidate's show of 'fire' warms Hawaii delegates

» Police sound alarm on pedestrian safety

» Marine reserve yields old shipwrecks

» Victim testifies in sex assault trial

» Waipio woman hits big jackpot

» Police charge 19 yr. old in Aliamanu shooting

» Group organizing effort to save Falls of Clyde

» Council lets dogs walk path on Kauai

» Ranch will not end water service

» Student needs help in battle with leukemia

» Marine team sounds alarm for reefs

» DUI deaths decline, but not for bikers

» Newswatch, Police/Fire

» Kokua Line -- Returns 9/16

» Ocean Watch: Tree octopus

» Corky's Hawaii

» Photo Finish

Features

» Jack Johnson: Always sharing the stage

» Johnson band mate plays on after tour ends

» Rapper Creed is back and on a new mission

» Band's Hulaville hits isles with tango, Django

» Okinawan Fest comes to Kapiolani Park

» Weekend brings revival and premiere

» Nightcrawlers: Local club scene happenings

» Our Picks: Food / Art / Pets / Music

» In the Mix: C&K cruises memory lane

» Barfly: Authentic izakaya near UH-Manoa

» Screen Time: Cruise's anti-Nazi film

» Island Mele: 'Aumakua / SIQ Of Lazy

» In The Garden: Ohai

» Crawlspace: Risque Soiree / House of Wax 4

Sports

» UH ready for The Swamp

» Carr shines; Brennan sacked four times

» Houston has singular focus

» Raiders dominant in sweep of La Pietra

» BIIF chair Yamase dies

» Bearcats eyeing another 10-win season

» Demon Deacons live up to No. 23 ranking

» No time for slow starts

» Further Review

Business

» A&B shuffles top execs

» Ilikai lawsuit dismissed

» TheBuzz: The Paradise Pages

» Business Briefs

» Hawaii Stocks and Mutual Funds

» Market Watch

Columns | August 29

Corky Trinidad

Kokua Line: Returns 9/16

June Watanabe

Susan Scott

S-B Photographers

Jason Genegabus

John Berger

Katherine Nichols

Jason Genegabus

Dave Reardon

Erika Engle

Editorial Cartoon

Corky Trinidad

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