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Teddy Bear Picnic Day
Day 191 of 2009
174 days left in this year
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HAWAIIAN WORD OF THE DAY — Upena: Fish net
PIDGIN WORD OF THE DAY — Supsup: Fish Spear
HAWAIIAN PROVERB OF THE DAY — “A small fish cannot swallow a big one.”
HAOLE SAYING OF THE DAY — “Who hears the fishes when they cry?” (Thoreau)
July 10, 1945: For the first time since the attack on Pearl Harbor on Dec. 7, 1941, local Maui fisherman could fish off the shores of our island. The federal government decided to lift the ban on coastal fishing. The Japanese no longer threatened our shores.
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