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Question: How much are the tickets for the luncheon honoring the new Medal of Honor recipients? I would like to attend, but I need more information on tickets and where can I park? Mahalo. Where to go for
honor luncheon infoAnswer: Tickets for the banquet honoring the recently named Asian American Medal of Honor recipients are $35 and may be obtained by calling Kim Mills of the Chamber Commerce of Hawaii at 545-4329. The banquet will begin at 10 a.m. on Aug. 27, at the Hawaii Convention Center. Seven living Medal of Honor winners from World War II and 15 deceased recipients will be recognized. Gen. Eric Shinseki, Army Chief of Staff, will be the luncheon speaker.
Organizers expect 1,500 people to attend the luncheon and believe there will be ample parking at the convention center on Atkinson Drive. There may be be a small fee to park there. Also, originally, organizers had hoped to hold a parade to honor the Medal of Honor recipients. However, plans now call for a motorcade that will begin at River Street and end at Kapiolani Park on the morning of Aug. 26. A reviewing stand and military bands will be placed along the parade route to honor the World War II heroes.
Q: I received a call from a company which called itself Global Retrieval Service and said it was selling credit card protection. The caller indicated that his company's service involved protection against people accessing my credit card online. What kind of record does it have?
A: The Better Business Bureau says the New York company has an unsatisfactory business performance record with the bureau. This means that the company has a pattern of not responding to customer complaints or fails to substantiate its advertising claims. Since February, the bureau has received two complaints concerning its selling practices and failed to respond to inquiries about those two complaints.
Q: Four Navy trucks were speeding while towing Zodiac style boats on the freeway near Makakilo at 2:25 p.m. Saturday before they turned off at the Ko Olina exit. They were traveling on the freeway towing boats and going at least 70 miles per hour. They were going so fast that the boats they were towing were bouncing back and forth behind their trucks. Who can I call to complain?
A: Call the Pacific Fleet's public affairs office with the description of the trucks and any license plate numbers you may have taken down.
Mahalo
To the Pawaa firemen who helped the female tourist who was being robbed and to all the city bus drivers who gave up their vacations to help the little Tatofi girl get her transplant. This is the true spirit of aloha -- Steve Tayama.
Auwe!!!
On Aug. 1, my grandparents were at dinner with family at the Eastern Garden Restaurant in Kaimuki when their car was stolen from the handicapped parking stall. It was found on Aug. 3 on Young Street. My grandparents are just about the sweetest old couple around. How shameful that in the "Aloha State" there are those who are so thoughtless and classless. How would they feel if it was your grandparents worrying about how they were going to get around or home for that matter while someone was joyriding in their car? And to top it off, the creeps had the nerve to keep my grandfather's handicap parking card. Remember the saying, what goes around comes around. God help you. -- A frustrated granddaughter.
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