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Question: Whatever happened to the Father Damien movie? I know it debuted in Hawaii, but it never came to Texas. Is it available now on video for rental? Damien movie coming
soon to VHS, DVDAnswer: Apparently, "Molokai: The Father Damien Story," was never able to find a major distributor, despite featuring major film stars.
However, A-Pix Entertainment has announced it will be available on VHS and DVD in video stores beginning Sept. 26.
The videos also can be ordered via Unapix Entertainment's Web site: http://www.unapixent.com. A-Pix is the film, video and DVD distribution division of Unapix.
Q: Could you help me find the Vanpool Web site? I am interested in car/van pooling.
A: The Web site is http://www.vanpoolhawaii.com
Q: I have two old Hawaiian bottles. One reads "Honolulu B&M Co., Ltd. Honolulu, T.H." The second, older bottle reads Honolulu Brewing Co. Honolulu, H.T. I think the dates for T.H. -- Territory of Hawaii -- are June 1900 to statehood in 1959. Can you provide me the dates when the term Hawaiian Territory was used?
A: We found the answer in the book, "Hawaiian Bottles Of Long Ago, by Rex Elliott."
In a section on "Dating of the Hawaiian Bottles," it says that prior to 1898, bottles were sometimes embossed "H.I.," referring to the Hawaiian Islands.
After Hawaii was annexed to the United States in 1898, bottlers marked their bottles with "H.T.," Hawaiian Territory.
After 1900, after Hawaii was officially made a U.S. territory, the initials "T.H." were used.
"However, it is entirely possible that 'H.I.' was used by some of the bottlers long after Hawaii became a territory," according to the book. "Similarly there is nothing sacred about 'H.T.' or 'T.H.' Some of the companies must have been calling it the Hawaiian territory long after it became the Territory of Hawaii. Used judiciously,the foregoing information is quite valuable in dating Hawaiian bottles."
Beware of scammers
About a month ago, my husband and I were at the Pearlridge Sears when a man came running to us, saying, "Hi, how are you? Long time no see since we moved to Alaska." Then he asked if he could borrow $20 because he had a flat tire on Moanalua Highway and if he didn't move the truck, it would get towed away. He said he didn't have a spare tire.We didn't really know him, because we live in an area where people come and go all the time, but we wanted to help if he was in trouble. So I gave him $20. He said he would return it to us because he knew where we lived. As he was walking away, he asked for $20 more, but we said we needed the money for lunch. We did offer to take his tire to the service station and he refused.
It's been a month and we haven't heard from him. We just want to warn people to beware of lending money to someone they don't really know. He really tricked us, being so friendly and pretending he knew us so well. -- No name
Auwe
To the road crew member who coned off an intersection on Halekauwila Street on Sunday, Aug. 27. He let the car I was following through the intersection, but when I came up to the stop line, he placed the cones right in front of my car. He then looked at me and gave me a signal to turn around. Couldn't he have the decency to allow my car to proceed? There were no other cars around, nor were there signs indicating that the road ahead was closed. Can't these guys be a bit nicer? -- No name
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