Dog Day Afternoon
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Dog to Work DayHAWAIIAN WORD OF THE DAY — Ilio: Dog
PIDGIN WORD OF THE DAY — Pusi: Cat HAWAIIAN PROVERB OF THE DAY — “The gift is sounded.” HAOLE SAYING OF THE DAY — “Diplomacy is the art of saying ‘nice doggy’ until you can find a rock.” (Will Rogers)
June 22, 1999: Hawaii-born general Eric Ken Shinseki (Lihue, Kauai) is the first Hawiian named as the U.S. Army Chief of Staff. Now a retired 4-star general, he is currently the Secretary of Veterans Affiars, appointed in 2009 by Hawaii-born president Barack Obama.
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June 22, 2003: The state of Hawaii finally relents and joins the 20th century regarding animals. Until this date, anyone who wanted to bring to Maui a family pet had to quarantine the animal for 30 to 120 days, depending on the vaccination status. For years, a new process for rabies detection had been in place which validated an animal free or rabies within five days, but the state refused to use the process because of all the civil servants hired to work within the old system. (And yes, that’s a live puppy in the photo.)
