Nat’l Mushroom Month Day 247 of 2008 119 days left in this year

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HAWAIIAN WORD OF THE DAY — Kukaelio: Mushroom
PIDGIN WORD OF THE DAY — Papai: Mushroom
HAWAIIAN PROVERB OF THE DAY — “Let all travel together like water flowing in one direction.”
HAOLE SAYING OF THE DAY — “Washington is a city of Southern efficiency and Northern charm. - John Kennedy

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WEB SURF SPOT OF THE WEEK — West Maui Watershed

WEB VIDEO OF THE WEEK — MLK’s “I Have a Dream” speech
NETCAST OF THE WEEK — Daily Kos
GOOD DEED SITE OF THE WEEK — Make a Wish Foundation

This type of home is being sold in 2007 for $550,000 and up. Such homes were a dream come true for low-wage Plantation workers, most of whom had never owned their own places. They had previously lived in “camps” provided by their employer, sugar mill owner Alexander & Baldwin Corporation (A&B). Following World War II and unionization of Plantation workers seeking higher wages, A&B entered the land development and real estate business, forming a new subsidiary, the Kahului Development Co. A&B closed the camps, paid the sugar workers higher wages, then sold them homes in Dream City, the first subdivision on Maui. Owning most of the property on Maui, the company has become more involved in real estate development over the past six decades. Today, the Kahului Development Co. is known as A&B Properties, Inc.

Businesses owned by Alexander & Baldwin, Inc.

• East Maui Irrigation Co., Ltd. (owns irrigation ditches built in the 1870s )
• Hawaiian Commercial & Sugar Company (sugar growing division)
• Matson Navigation Co., Inc. (shipping company)
• A & B Properties, Inc. (real estate and development company)
• Maui Brand Sugars (gourmet sugar brand)
• Kauai Coffee Company, Inc. (coffee brand and plantation)
• Kauai Commercial Company, Inc. (freight trucking) x