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Kokua Line June Watanabe |
Harano’s name back
at initial spot on tunnelQuestion: Where are the signs that were supposed to be put up on the H-3 tunnels naming them again after Tetsuo Harano? I don't see the John A. Burns name over the tunnels anymore, but neither do I see the Harano name.
Answer: The original letters denoting "The Harano Tunnels" were restored on March 24.
You may not have noticed them because the "John A. Burns" letters that had replaced them were much larger and placed directly over the entrances on both sides of the tunnels, said Gov. Linda Lingle's press secretary, Russell Pang.
The name "The Harano Tunnels" was returned to where it was originally affixed, on the left of the entrance to the tunnels on the Halawa side. The name was not posted on the Kaneohe side.
The H-3 tunnels were named, by concurrent resolution of the state House and Senate, after Harano, a state highways administrator who had worked for the Department of Transportation for 52 years before retiring in 1994.
However, in 2001, former Gov. Ben Cayetano signed an executive memorandum to rename the tunnels in honor of Burns, with Harano's name to be given to the control center. In the flap that ensued, Cayetano basically said he did not believe Harano was deserving of the honor.
But a petition drive led by Waipio Gentry resident Yoshie Tanabe and spurred by other citizens (see "Kokua Line," May 28, 2002, and March 3, 2003) persuaded Lingle to restore the Harano name.
Q: We were passing by a big field on Main Street, by Holy Family School, about 11:30 a.m. one day in early June and saw a hose connected to a fire hydrant watering a big field, like a baseball field. Are you allowed to do that?
A: The fire hydrant belongs to the military, and Lynch Field, which you are referring to, is maintained by the Navy's Morale Welfare and Recreation Department for a youth activities program.
"We have used a nearby Federal Fire Department fire hydrant to manually water the field because the field does not have an in-ground irrigation system," said Navy spokeswoman Agnes Tauyan.
She said the federal fire chief authorizes this use on a case-by-case basis.
"Water conservation is an issue the Navy takes very seriously, and we appreciate your reader bringing this to our attention," Tauyan added. "We have cut back on our watering from three to only two times a week and water much earlier in the morning."
If a city-maintained hydrant is used for something other than putting out fires, such as a commercial construction project, the city will put a meter on it and charge the company, according to the Honolulu Board of Water Supply.
Mahalo
To HPD for finally having officers monitor Keahole Street in Hawaii Kai. The street adjacent to Costco and Safeway has been a raceway. Although the speed limit is 25 mph, people speed by at 45 to 60 mph routinely. I think drivers think police don't want to tag them because in pulling them over, it would cause a traffic jam in the morning. Well, they found out differently the morning of July 8. -- No Name
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