Lifestyles
Hawaii Marine
AUGUST 7, 2009
VOLUME 39, NUMBER 31
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More than skin deep ...
Jesse McAlexander
Shay Haas, a guest artist from the mainland, works on covering up two tattoos with a floral half-sleeve July 30 at Odyssey Tattoo Gallery in Kailua. Odyssey Tattoo frequently features guest artists to
add to their talented staff at their three locations islandwide. Odyssey Tattoo offers various styles of tattoos including their original Marine Corps tattoo designs.
Jesse McAlexander
Contributor
f a laid back atmosphere, good music and great see on a daily basis. They said they’re all characters
tattoos are things you like, then Odyssey Tattoo and you can’t find people like them anywhere else.
The artists at Odyssey Tattoo choose not to speGallery may be the place for you.
One of the first things you will notice when cialize in any particular style of tattooing, although
entering any of the three locations is the variety of some artists will admit favoring one style over
artwork on the walls. Odyssey offers everything another.
“If we only specialized in one specific style we
from Polynesian, Mayan, Asian, Native American,
wouldn’t be good at our jobs.”
tribal, religious, portraits, writsaid Brian Mau, an artist at
ing styles, piercings, permanent
Odyssey Tattoo in Kailua.
makeup and their very own
A unique feature about
Marine Corps tattoo designs.
Odyssey is the way the artists
Odyssey’s three shops can be
treat their clients. If you decide
found in Kailua, Kaneohe and
to get work done, Odyssey
Wahiawa. Due to the location
seems less like a workplace and
of these three shops, the majormore like a family get together.
ity of Odyssey’s customers are
The majority of conversations
service members. As a former
that can be heard in the shop
Marine, artist Tim Goodrich
are the countless number of stotakes pride in offering the
ries the artists have accumulatnations military tattoos that
ed not from only from the last
will show off their patriotism.
10 years of tattooing, but over a
Tim is very dedicated to his
lifetime of being around the
work and has great knowledge
business.
of American military tattoos.
As a shop that has been
One of the great things you
around for a decade, Odyssey
can expect from the artists is their
strives for excellence.
true dedication and love for what
“As an artist my main goal is to
they do.
Photo Courtesy of Odyssey Tattoo
become a historic figure in tattoo“If I wasn’t a tattoo artist I
would be… depressed,” said Eddie More than 50 percent of all work done ing. I want to be on that roster.”
Diaz, a tattoo artist from the by Odyssey Tattoo is done for military Goodrich said.
Since Hawaii remains at a comKaneohe location. “My existence personnel.
fortable temperature year around,
is being a tattoo artist.”
Artists from all three of Odyssey’s locations tattoos have become an accessory and some people
shared the same sentiment with Eddie and said say they can even become addictive. If so then
there is nothing they don’t love about tattooing, Odyssey’s loyal customers can proudly say they have
even down to the clean up and chores. They love spent a decade under the influence of Odyssey’s prothe environment and the variety of characters they fessional body artwork.
I
Jesse McAlexander
Brian Mau tattoos Japanese Kanji on a customer at the Kailua shop.
Jesse McAlexander
A couple shows off their Kanji tattoos which translate to “eternal
love” at Odyssey Tattoo in Kailua.
C-2 • AUGUST 7, 2009
HAWAII MARINE
Your weekly guide
to all aspects
of entertainment
W
elcome to the Pass In Review, your number one source for cinema, music,
videogame and book reviews. The Pass In
Review crew consists of more than 10 critics,
each with their own idea of what makes a
movie, album, game or book great. So be sure
to take advantage of the Better Know A Critic
section, which spotlights this week’s critics to
better help you choose the critic with opinions
most like your own. Using our breakthrough
four point scale system you can quickly decipher what is worth your time and what isn’t, or
read the full review for an in-depth analysis
and explanation of the rating. The rating system uses ammunition and range terminology,
so if you’re not familiar, here’s a quick breakdown of the ratings ...
1/4 — No Impact, No Idea
Horrendous. Among the worst of the
worst in its genre. Dedicating time to this
is not only wasteful, but unforgivable.
Avoid at all costs.
2/4 — High And To The Right
‘The Ugly Truth’
is nothing
but ugly
Lance Cpl.
Colby W. Brown
Combat Correspondent
3/4 — On Target
Praiseworthy. A great endeavor, not
quite an instant classic but still very
entertaining. This is a sound investment of your time.
A story 'not to
be taken lightly'
Kristen Wong
4/4 — Confirmed Kill
guy of her dreams, but in
Photojournalist
Genius. In the top 10 percent of its
doing so falls in love with her
genre. This is the stuff legends are
Have you ever read a book
made of. Missing out on it would be
and she falls for him. Her
that left you screaming "Why?
a disservice to yourself.
boyfriend doesn’t know he
Why did they do that? Why
helped and blah blah blah.
did it end like that?"
So, there you have it and we hope you enjoy
It was hard to follow the
Alan Paton's 1948 novel
our weekly reviews. Don’t forget, The Hawaii
movie when you could guess
"Cry, the Beloved Country"
Marine accepts submissions from its readers so
what was going to happen
strangled my thoughts with
if you consider yourself a film buff, music afinext.
the same frustration. Despite
cionado, gaming geek or bookworm feel free to
I think the hardest thing
sentences loaded with meansubmit your own reviews. Or, if you disagree
in this movie was the fact
ing and unexplained plot
with a review published and want fellow readthat I had to watch King
developments, this story is
ers to know the real scoop, send in a condensed
anything but lousy. His words
Leonidas the battle hardened
review and we’ll run it as a second opinion.
puzzle me, much like the
motivating Spartan king
works of many writers forced
squabble over ridiculous, “he
into my hands by schoolsaid she said,” love story
teachers. Based on many
worthlessness.
English lessons, I must take
I don’t think I will ever be
convoluted
stories
able to watch “300” with out
carefully and thoughtthinking of this movie.
fully, to quote
It’s insulting to the
Paton himself —
male gender to have a
"for
such
a
Lance Cpl. Colby W. Brown thinks a
good movie is one that isn’t just a
mainstream movie put
thing is not
story but an adventure you can lose
lightly done."
out basically saying men
yourself in. He believes that a movie
The story is
are pigs and only think
should make you think about what you
set
in Ndotsheni,
with their sex drive.
viewed and also be entertained by it.
South
Africa,
Brown’s favorite movies include “Ferris
Yes, looks are the
Bueller’s Day Off,” “Requiem for a Dream,”
where Zulu pasfirst thing men look at,
“Fear and Loathing in Las Vegas” and
tor
Stephen
but it is also the first
“Dirty Harry.”
Kumalo
receives
BROWN
thing women look at.
a message from a
The bias in this
priest
in
Kristen Wong has made an attempt
movie is ridiculous.
Johannesburg
saying
his sister
to reconnect with the written world.
At the end of the
Gertrude is sick. Since his sisSomewhere between the picture books and
movie the only
ter, brother and son all left for
now, she lost the thirst for leisure books.
Yet high school and college fed her a good
Johannesburg years ago, he
thought in my mind was that
mix of classics and contemporary literahad not received word from
I should have seen “Funny
ture, from Shakespeare to Zora Neale
them until then.
People,” which came out the
Hurston. Kristen enjoyed all seven “Harry
Kumalo takes what little
Potter” books and takes out some time for
same night.
money he has saved from his
eyewitness accounts on the paranormal.
My advice it either save
WONG
modest wages and travels to
your money by watching all
Johannesburg. There,
the funny parts in
he finds Gertrude,
the previews, or go
unwed with a son
“The Ugly Truth”
watch an actually
and miserable, and
entertaining movie.
1 out of 4 (No Impact, No Idea)
prepares to take her
If you’re one of
home to live in
Ndotsheni with he
the few who like to
While I expected it to be a chick flick, I have to admit, I was disappointed
and his wife. Kumalo
curl up in a ball on
by “The Ugly Truth.” The movie was too predictable,
finds his brother,
the couch with a
too ridiculous and, although only 96 minutes, too
John, who runs a
pint of ice cream
long. It took gender stereotypes to the extreme store in the city, and
and
watch
a
men are pigs, women are uptight and desperate.
inquires about his
romance movie save
While there were funny moments, they were few
son. After following a
your money, stay at
and far between, and usually littered in dirty
long trail and talking
home and watch
humor. It’s meant to be a romantic comedy, but
to a number of peo“The Notebook.”
it was mediocre in both the romance and the comple, Kumalo learns
There are no
edy. Save the money and if you insist on watching
his son, Absalom, has
surprises in this
it, save it for DVD.
not only left a young
– Cpl. Regina A. Ochoa
girl pregnant, but has
romantic comedy.
STORY
TALK*
“The Ugly Truth” was a
delightful comedy including
unexpected twists, sad parts,
funny parts and a realistic
ending … NOT. It was a generic “he falls in love, she falls in
love, but they don’t know it,”
love story. This movie was
exactly what the title says,
Ugly and truthful.
It is ugly because of how
generic and monotonous the
plot was, and truthful
because, well, there really isn’t
any truth in it.
With all women writers,
the man’s point of view
in this movie is
extremely biased. It
felt like there was
absolutely no imput
from a real man in
this movie and that’s
what the whole story
was about.
Katherine Heigl
(Abby Richter) and
Gerald
Butler
(Mike Chadway)
are the only good
things about this movie. There
are a few funny parts and if
you have seen the previews
you will already know when to
laugh. The previews before the
movie for upcoming blockbusters drew more laughs
than the actually movie did.
The plot is about a producer, Richter, of a news show
who is forced to bring an abrasive addition to the cast,
Chadway, to raise the ratings
and prevent the morning
news show from being cancelled. Butler is a late night
talk show host with a crude
show about love and gives the
ugly truth about relationships.
Butler gets casted doing a segment on the news show exactly like his late night show.
He helps Richter get the
Mediocrity at its best. Lacks a few things
that might have made it really good. A
decent time waster, partake only if you
have nothing better to do.
On Aug. 1, 1981, MTV
debuted on television. A
band called The Buggles
created MTV's first music
video, "Video Killed the
Radio Star."
What is the most
memorable music
video you’ve ever seen?
*[tôk stôreï] Hawaiian slang for an informal, lengthy conversation.
Often used as a method to bond, or a good way to kill time.
Better Know
A Critic
Second Opinion
“
One of those Turkish ones
in Iraq. In one second
she's on a beach, next
she's on top of a building.
Then she has pink hair. It
was just really weird, confusing. Maybe if I understood the words ...
—Seaman Joseph Murillo
shot a Caucasian South African
man to death in his home.
In another household in
Ndotsheni, James Jarvis, a
wealthy Caucasian South
African farmer hears that his
son, Arthur, was recently shot
to death by "native" intruders
in his home. What Jarvis didn't know was Arthur had
become an influential figure
in Johannesburg, promoting
change in a damaged community. Kumalo and Jarvis
together find ways to resolve
what their sons started.
Paton has a unique style of
writing. His dialogue seems lifeless without normal quotation
and punctuation marks. There
were several times when a
character would be excited,
screaming or angry,
but I wouldn't know
of their emotions
until Paton presented
me with a key word
or an action signifying intense emotion.
Sometimes I was not
even sure what was a
thought and what
was actually being
said. While this style
occasionally left me feeling emotionally shut out of the
story, Paton would offer third
person omnipotent, telling me
exactly what Jarvis or Kumalo
was feeling.
However, despite the nontraditional handling of words, the
truly significant scenes needed
little to instill an emotional
effect on me, from Arthur's
mother grieving to Absalom's
begging his father not to leave.
I felt Absalom's fear so strongly
I rushed through three chapters
just to find what would happen
to him.
I recommend this to older
teens and adults. This book
not only gave me a taste of
South African culture, but a
lesson in race issues as well.
Paton also gives readers a lesson in the Zulu language and
includes a list of definitions in
the back of the book for reference. "Cry, the Beloved
Country" is educational, emotional and well worth a try.
"It's a YouTube one. It's called
'It's so cold in the D.' The entire
thing's interesting. The singing
and rapping are terrible”
— Lance Cpl.
Shannon Popper
"Britney Spears - ‘Circus.’ It was
just weird, the way she acted in
it with the animals."
— Ashley Davis
HAWAII MARINE
AUGUST 7, 2009 • C-3
Heel Wounds
During her Stott pilates session, Madeline Morris performs a mermaid position while her instructor Lahela Hekekia checks her form. Morris has trained with Hekekia at the Pilates Training Center Hawaii in Kailua
since May 2009. When Morris began pilates, Hekekia said she walked on her tip-toes to avoid standing on her painful heels.
‘‘
A base teen battles persistent heel pain for years. After seeing multiple
doctors, she was finally diagnosed with a nerve disorder. Now she uses
hospital treatments, pilates and courage to conquer her disability.
Before the pain, Madeline Morris
was an active soccer player. The
unexplained persistent pain in her
Photojournalist
feet forced her to stop playing the
Putting her best foot forward has sport. To cope with the pain, she said
been challenging for Madeline Morris began walking on her tiptoes to
ever since she began feeling severe avoid using her heels. The now 14year-old said the pain otherwise was
pain in her heels as a 12-year-old.
too much, and even
She and her
brushing a tissue
mother,
Amy
against her heels
Morris, saw doctors
would hurt.
with the family
“For two years
practice at Naval
she’s been fighting
Health
Clinic
this while her dad
Hawaii in 2007
has been deployed,”
about the increasIt’s like the most
said Jennifer Bartee,
ingly uncomfortannoying pain that a family friend
able pain in her
feet. The Marine
can never go away. I whose husband had
military
training
Corps Base Hawaii
always have to
with
Madeline
resident was initialfill out sheets to
Morris’s
father.
ly prescribed anti“Madeline
is
a very
inflammatory
doctors to describe
special young lady.
drugs and referred
it, and it’s not
She hasn’t been held
to a podiatrist for
back by this and hasher pain. The first
like muscle pain.
n’t let this change
referral was the
It’s not poking. It’s her as a person.”
beginning of severMost
doctors
al
specialists
this stabbing pain
weren’t sure what
Madeline Morris
that never goes
was causing her
would see for her
away. You have
daughter’s
pain,
incessant pain for
said
Amy
Morris.
the next two years.
bad days where it
Examinations, X“It’s like the
hurts, and then
rays and additional
most
annoying
scans
pain that can never you have worse days medical
showed no muscugo away,” Madeline
when it really, really lar or skeletal probMorris said. “I
lems. She and her
always have to fill
hurts.”
daughter met with
out sheets [to docmilitary doctors and
tors] to describe it,
and it’s not like
– Madeline Morris civilian doctors in
private practice.
muscle pain. It’s
“[One
doctor]
not poking. It’s this
stabbing pain that never goes away. told me I was making everything up
You have bad days where it hurts, for attention,” Madeline Morris said.
and then you have worse days when “He gave me a cortisone shot, which
didn’t do anything. It just hurt really
it really, really hurts.”
Story and Photos by
Christine Cabalo
bad for three days.”
With no clear diagnosis, Amy and
Madeline Morris said they began looking into a variety of treatments and
medications without much success.
One of the more unusual treatments
the teen said she remembers is sleeping
with splint boots, which were constructed like an open-toed ski boot she
needed to wear overnight.
None the of the treatments helped
until a doctor at Tripler Army
Medical Center suggested the pain
was neurological, and then began
researching various programs which
could help.
From the research, Amy Morris
said a Web site about the Seattle
Children’s Hospital programs helped
them discover her nerve condition:
reflex neurovascular dystrophy. The
condition, which can form on any
area of the body, starts with any
slight injury.
“Her feet sent [a message] to the
brain it hurt [from the injury] and
what happens in the body is your
blood vessels constrict,” Amy Morris
said. “When the pain stopped, the
blood vessels never un-constricted.
So the brain is still getting the message there’s an injury there, when
there’s not.”
After a consultation with the
Seattle Children’s Hospital specialists, the doctors scheduled Madeline
Morris for treatment. From June to
July, Madeline and her mother were
at the hospital doing therapy geared
to reduce pain sensitivity for those
with RND. Before the treatments at
the hospital, Bartee said she suggested to Madeline Morris to begin
pilates to help reduce the pain.
Since having the treatments and
pilates workouts, Madeline Morris’s
younger sister Emma Morris said
she’s noticed a dramatic change. She
said her sister has better function and
her mood has improved since undergoing the physical therapy.
The teen also works out regularly
with Lahela Hekekia, a Stott pilates
instructor, to help her condition. The
two work on improving her circulation and posture.
Hekekia said when Madeline
Morris first began seeing her in May
2009, the two worked on ways to
increase her core muscle strength
and ease her back into a normal posture with both feet on the ground.
“She’s done an amazing job,” the
instructor said. “She’s very focused,
and I could tell in the beginning she
was taking in the information so she
understood it theoretically. It was just a
matter of time for her brain to tell her
body to ‘do this’ without straining.”
With pilates and the Seattle
Children’s Hospital Pain therapy,
Madeline Morris said she still feels
pain but is beginning to adapt herself. While she said it may take additional time until she feels less pain,
Madeline Morris said she’s regained
some of the functions she’d previously lost. She said she’s able to stand
and walk properly for longer periods
of time, and is less dependent on her
mother for getting around.
Through out the experience,
Bartee said she’s admired how much
progress Madeline Morris has made
since the pain first started.
“She’s so strong,” she said. “Many
residents I think would be surprised
to know she’s going through it.
Madeline walks a little differently,
but few people understand the
amount of pain she’s had to go
through.”
Using a blue poky ball, Madeline Morris does part of her daily physical therapy for
her heel at Marine Corps Base Hawaii. Morris had undiagnosed pain for two years
before discovering she had a neurological disorder called reflex neurovascular dystrophy or RND.
C-4 • AUGUST 7, 2009
HAWAII MARINE
Main parking
area at
Carl Field
BayFest is back
Shuttle pickups for base
residents, overflow parkers
Lance Cpl.
Cassandra Flowers
Combat Correspondent
Thinking about going
t o B a y F e s t , b u t d o n ’t
want to deal with the
traffic, or driving around
base looking for a parking spot? Good news. The
Marine
Corps
Base
H a w a i i ’s M i l i t a r y P o l i c e
Department is already on
top of it. The MP’s have
been working hard to
plan ahead for the threeday event to avoid confusion and congestion during
the
fun-filled
festivities.
“Patrons will be directed to park near Hangar
104 and 105,” Lt. Marc
Farr, civilian police officer and one of the three
officers in charge of
BayFest, said. “Once that
parking area is filled,
overflow parking will be
directed to [other parking
lots around base.] Buses
will be available for pickups approximately ever y
15 to 20 minutes, at designated bus stops, taking
people to and from the
event area and vehicles,
and handicap parking
will be available.”
Farr
suggests
MCB
Hawaii residents leave
their cars at home and
wait for a bus to take
them to the festivities, or
simply walk. In compliance with the base order,
children under 10 will
need to be escorted to
ride the buses and to
walk around the fair
grounds.
Also for the convenience of patrons and offbase visitors, marquee
traffic signs will be posted
on
Interstate
H3
directing visitors to the
front gate, which will be
the only entrance to
base. Only base residents
will be able to get on and
off base through the back
gate.
Farr said he suggests
residents use the back
gate to avoid BayFest
traffic as the inbound
traffic will be directed to
G Street, making a left on
Mokapu and a left on B
Street
down
to
the
hangars.
Once patrons enter the
front gate, volunteers
will be located at the
intersection
near
the
Marine Mart directing
patrons to the appropriate parking areas according to their passes and
tickets.
For more information
o n M C B H a w a i i ’s 2 0 t h
annual
BayFest,
visit
http://www.bayfesthawaii
.com.
Volunteers still
sought for
BayFest events
Press Release
Marine Corps Community Services
Get in on the action at the hottest concert series in
Windward Oahu. Volunteers are needed for BayFest 2009
on August 14-16 to work onsite in the following areas:
•
Food and beverage tents: Looking for servers to
plate food and pour tap. In order to serve alcoholic beverages in the Fest Tent area, volunteers must be at least 21
years old. Food workers should be at least 18 years old.
•
Ticket taking: These volunteers welcome patrons
to BayFest. Must be at least 16 years old to work in this
area.
•
ID Checkpoints: Volunteers 21 years or older will
be enforcing drinking policies.
•
Marketing: Volunteers at least 16 years old are
needed to help conduct customer satisfaction surveys.
Various shifts are available. Interested active duty personnel should call 257-7790.
Civilians should call 254-7631. People interested in
working in the food and beverage tents should contact
254-7638.
Sgt. Chadwick DeBree
Guy E. Naito leads his team, Facilities Flagship, to shore to win the championship of the Bathtub Regatta, during the 18th Annual
Bayfest. Facilities Flagship took home the championship, defeating the two-year streak the S.S. Nishida had.
Lance Cpl. Cassandra Flowers
Combat Correspondent
BayFest is bringing the local community fun, food and entertainment
for the 20th year in a row. But what’s
going to make this year’s festival as
good as others — if not better?
Marine Corps Base Hawaii’s Marine
Corps Community Services has the
line-up of events for patrons and
some advice for attendees.
BayFest first started in the 1960’s
as a local community youth activities fundraiser, with a classic carnival theme. In 1990, Marine Welfare
and Recreation employees adopted
the event as a new military tradition, but with keeping in tradition,
and inviting the local community to
join.
Continuing the tradition today,
BayFest brings an average of 30,000
military personnel and off-base com-
munity members to the MCB Hawaii
every year. Because of the massive
turnouts year after year, there are a
few things patrons can do to avoid
long lines and massive crowds.
Before Aug. 14 sneaks up too
quickly, Debbie Bookatz, MCCS marketing manager, advises attendees to
stop by the Information Tickets and
Tours office in the Mokapu Mall to
purchase tickets in advance.
“By purchasing general admission
and script tickets ahead of time,
patrons can avoid waiting in long
lines at BayFest,” Bookatz said.
“Tickets will only be on sale until
early in the week next week. We
don’t want patrons to miss this
opportunity [of convenience].”
Bookatz said script tickets are
needed to purchase food and beverages at the event. Vendors will not
accept cash, credit or debit cards,
only script tickets, which are avail-
able at the ITT office and during
BayFest.
This year’s headliner is the band
“Black Eyed Peas,” and tickets are
selling quickly, with only a few left
for purchase. This platinum selling
band isn’t the only entertainment
this year. Filter, Go Jimmy Go, U.S.
Marine Corps Forces, Pacific Band
and Fiji are just a few of the acts
BayFest visitors can enjoy.
Along with music, MCCS plans to
have a variety of food, rides and contests available to attendees. It’s not
too late to sign up for the Bubba
Gump
shrimp-eating
contest,
Bathtub Regatta build-your-own
boat race or show off MCB Hawaii’s
beach bodies in the GNC body
search fitness competition.
For more information on this
year’s BayFest or to register for
contests,
visit
http://
www.bayfesthawaii.com.
Watch the fun at
BayFest Competitions
Bubba Gump
Shrimp Eating
Contest
Bathtub
Regatta
GNC Body
Search Fitness
Competition
Saturday, Aug. 15, 6:30 p.m.
Sunday, Aug. 16, 1:30 p.m.
Sunday, Aug. 16, 3:30 p.m.
Ten contestants will race to eat up to
three pounds of peel ‘n’ eat shrimp for a
chance to win prizes and walk away with
full stomachs.
The contest is free and open to the
public. Those interested can sign up on
site at the Fest Tent beginning at 6:00
p.m. For more information, please call
254-7591.
Float your own boat in the Bathtub
Regatta! The race is free for all military,
civilians and corporate teams who have
created a homemade boat and are willing
to put their crafts to the test.
Boats must be self-propelled by fourperson teams and created just for the race.
Numerous prizes will be awarded.
For more information, call 254-7590.
It's the survival of the fittest AND the
finest at the 2009 GNC BayFest BodySearch
Fitness Competition.
Watch these slim, trim and musclebrimmed men and women strut their stuff
and select the best.
If you think you have the brawn and
beauty of a BodySearch contender, call
254-7597 for details.
HAWAII MARINE
AUGUST 7, 2009 • C-5
GETTING TO
BA
YF
ES
T
BayFest Shuttle Van
and Bus Routes
RED ROUTE
BA
YF
ES
T
Pickup at Hangar 101.
1st Stop: Left turn into
Commissary/Chapel parking lot.
2nd Stop: Bldg. 1090, Annex
parking lot.
3rd Stop: Corner of Mokapu
Blvd. and Faleafine Pl.
4th Stop: Corner of Harris
Avenue and Irwin Street.
5th
Stop: Corner of
Middaugh Street and Campion
Drive.
6th Stop: Corner of Daly
Road and Bordeleon Loop.
7th Stop: ASP lot (Corner of
Daly Road and Dias Place).
8th Stop: Corner of Daly
Road and Pond Drive.
9th Stop: Corner of Bancroft
Drive and Lawrence Road.
10th Stop: Corner of
Lawrence Road and Harris
Avenue.
11th Stop: Corner of
Lawrence Road and Bancroft
Drive.
12th Stop: Corner of South
Lawrence Road and Lawrence
Road.
13th Stop: Corner of
Lawrence Road and McLennan
Drive.
Return to Bayfest.
GREEN ROUTE
Pickup at Hangar
101.
1st Stop: Corner of
Yarnell Road and Reed
Road.
2nd Stop: Officer’s
Club parking lot.
3rd Stop: Upper Staff
NCO Club parking lot.
4th Stop: Corner of
Manning
Street
and
Arnado Street.
5th Stop: Left turn
into parking lot at base
housing office.
Return to Bayfest.
C-6 • AUGUST 7, 2009
HAWAII MARINE
At Anderson
Hall Dining
Facility
Today
Dinner
Minestrone Soup
Chicken Noodle Soup
Sauerbraten
Baked Stuffed Fish
Scalloped Potatoes
Noodles Jefferson
Simmered Green Beans
Creole Summer Squash
Cream Gravy
Tater Sauce
Saturday
Dinner
Cream of Chicken Soup
Beef Barley Soup
Beef Stew
Pork Chops Mexicana
Buttered Egg Noodles
Spanish Rice
Mexican Corn
Simmered Peas
Brown Gravy
Lemon Meringue Pie
Oatmeal Chocolate Chip
Cookies
Marble Cake
Butter Cream Frosting
Sunday
Dinner
Cream of Potato Chowder
Vegetable Soup
Beef Cordon Bleu
Tropical Pork Chops
Boiled Egg Noodles
Orange Rice
Club Spinach
Cauliflower Au Gratin
Brown Gravy
Cherry Pie
Lemon Cookies
Devils Food Cake
Banana Bread
Raspberry Gelatin
Lemon Gelatin
Vanilla Cream Pudding
Chocolate Cream Pudding
Monday
Dinner
Beef Noodle Soup
Cream of Broccoli Soup
Honey Ginger Chicken
Hungarian Goulash
Wild Rice
Simmered Green Beans
Simmered Corn
Chicken Gravy
Tuesday
Dinner
Cream of Mushroom Soup
Bean with Bacon Soup
Swiss Steak w/Tomato Sauce
Lemon Baked Fish Fillets
Lyonnaise Potatoes
Rice Pilaf
Southern Style Green Beans
Simmered Mixed Vegetables
Cream Gravy
Tater Sauce
Wednesday
Dinner
Manhattan Clam Chowder
Split Pea & Ham Soup
Savory Baked Chicken
Beef Pot Pie
Boiled Egg Noodles
Parsley Buttered Potatoes
Creole Summer Squash
Simmered Peas
Chicken Gravy
Thursday
Dinner
Tomato Soup
Chicken and Rice Soup
Orange & Rosemary Honey
Glazed Chicken Breast
Simmered Corned Beef
Islanders Rice
Parsley Buttered Potatoes
Glazed Carrots
Fried Cabbage w/bacon
Mustard Sauce
Chicken Gravy
Vanilla Cream Pudding
Chocolate Cream Pudding
MARINE MAKEPONO
HAWAIIAN FOR ‘MARINE BARGAINS’
Real Estate
Kuola Mountian view
house for rent. Five bedroom including den. Large
8,000 square foot lot. Lots of
parking. Very clean. Kuola
Mountain view. Beautiful
landscaping. Two floors.
One-year
lease.
Partly
Furnished.
$2,600
per
month. Call 218-3211.
Waikiki Apartment
for rent. $1,650 per
month. Great views and
security. One bedroom, one
bath, and one secure parking stall, at the Kailani, 440
Lewers St., in the heart of
Waikiki. Available Sept. 1.
Lease length is one year.
Fully furnished with furniture, appliances, kitchenware. Scenic views of the
ocean, sunset, mountains,
Ala Wai canal and boulevard. Small pool. No
pets/smoking. For more
information, call 261-1828.
two oak bookcases: $40 each
and a metal three-shelf pie
stand: $30. Call 888-8059.
Vehicles
Free cat to good home.
Three-year-old female calico
cat, spayed and shots up to
date. Call 223-6071.
Pets
2006 four-door Dodge
Ram for sale. Bought new
in 2007, approximately
16,800 miles. Excellent condition. Looking for someone
to take over payments (estimated costs $340 per
month)
with
$18,000
remaining. For more information, call 384-2576.
Furniture
Home furniture for sale.
Includes nice cherry desk:
$75, two tan-colored file
cabinets: $20 each, Life
Fitness cross-trainer: $200,
wood laundry table: $20,
Miscellaneous
42-inch
Sony
Trinitron Conventional
Flatscreen
TV
with
stand. $1,000. Also must
sell toddler bed with
Simmons mattress, $50. For
more information, call 8887432.
Trampoline for sale.
12-foot round trampoline
with safety net. $160. Call
254-1760.
If you would like to sell, buy or trade something in the Marine Makepono section of the Hawaii
Marine, please stop by the Marine Corps Base Hawaii Public Affairs Office in Building 216.
Please have with you your military ID and a short write-up of what you’d like to run. You can
fill out the form on the spot or return it later. Emails, faxes and telephone calls are not accepted
for Makepono ads. Marine Makepono may only be used by active duty, reserve, retirees or their
immediate families.
Give back, spouses!
The All-Enlisted Spouses Thrift Store, located in Building 212 (Pless
M OVIE T IMES
Prices: All shows are $3 for adults and $2 for children.
For ticket pricing, the Base Theater Box Office defines an adult as a patron 12 and older and
defines a child as a patron from 6 to 11. Children 5 and younger are admitted free of charge. Parents
must purchase tickets for R-rated movies in person at the box office for children 16 and younger.
Patrons must present their military identification card when purchasing tickets.
Call 254-7642 for recorded information.
Sneak Preview Policy: One hour and 45 minutes prior to the movie, tickets will be issued to first priority patrons
waiting in line, then second and third priority patrons.
In an effort to prevent piracy, the following security measures will be enforced on base for sneak preview screenings: bag
checks, confiscation of cameras or cell phones with picture taking capability (items will be returned after screening), magnetometer warning, audience scanning with night vision goggles during screening.
The Base Theater and film companies thank you in advance for your cooperation and hope you will enjoy the show. For
recorded information, call the Base Theater at 254-7642.
Hall) needs volunteers! Call 254-0841 for more information.
“My Life in Ruins”
“Land of the Lost”
“The Proposal”
“The Taking of Pelham 123”
“Imagine That”
“The Hangover“
“My Life in Ruins”
“Land of the Lost”
“The Proposal”
Today at 7:15 p.m.
Today at 9:45 p.m.
Saturday at 7:15 p.m.
Saturday at 9:15 p.m.
Sunday at 2 p.m.
Sunday at 6:30 p.m.
Wednesday at 6:30 p.m.
Friday at 7:15 p.m.
Friday at 9:45 p.m.
For more information about the theater’s schedule and to check movie times,
call the Movie Hotline at 254-7642.
Don’t throw it away!!
Mokapu Elementary School accepts and recycles
used or broken electronic equipment!
Word to Pass
HAWAII MARINE
Volunteer
Opportunities
Tour Guides Needed on
Coconut Island
Become an Interpretive Guide
at the Hawaii Institute of Marine
Biology on Coconut Island!
Spend time in beautiful
Kaneohe Bay leading tours and
discovering
the
important
research taking place on Coconut
Island, learning about Hawaii's
marine environment.
Use science to promote stewardship, meet interesting people
and have fun leading hour-long
tours on the island.
You must be at least 18 years
old, and commit to six months of
volunteering .
For more information about
the opportunities, call the education staff at 236-7415.
Ho'omaluhia Botanical
Garden Nursery Aid
A peaceful refuge needs your
help! Ho'omaluhia Botanical
Garden is looking for volunteers
that are highly motivated and
have a desire to help in our
Botanical Garden.
Nursery aids are responsible for fertilizing, pruning,
watering, trimming, shrubs,
ground covers and other
botanical specimens.
Other duties include weeding,
raking leaves, and mulching
around trees and pathways.
Interested parties need to fill
out a Honolulu Botanical Garden
volunteer application and come
in for an interview.
Volunteers are needed Monday
through Friday from 8 a.m. to
11:00 a.m.
All Enlisted Spouses
Club Thrift Shop
The All Enlisted Spouses Club
Thrift Shop, located in Building
212 (Pless Hall), is in need of volunteers to assist with thrift shoprelated tasks such as sorting and
hanging clothing items, cleaning,
gardening and other tasks.
Thrift Store hours are 9 a.m. 1:30 p.m. Monday through Friday
except Wednesdays (store is
closed) and on the first Saturday
each month from 10 a.m. - 2 p.m.
for Bag Sale days.
Please call 254-0841 or email
[email protected] for more
information.
Volunteers may be active duty
or reserve military members,
spouses of any military ranks,
dependents, retirees and spouses,
or civilians who have base access.
All volunteers must be 18 or over.
Junior Achievement
Volunteers Needed
The 5th grade classes at
Mokapu Elementary are looking
for one or more volunteers with a
business or economics background to help teach Junior
Achievement lessons.
The lessons are spread into five
sessions and cover various aspects
of economics.
Teaching materials and kits are
provided and no teaching experience is necessary. The lessons
should be taught to three classes
and last 30-45 minutes each
Monday and Tuesday afternoon.
For more information, please
contact Adrianne Vincent at
Mokapu Elementary School’s
front office at 254-7964.
Environmental Service
Project
Weed Warriors are wanted to
join volunteers and Base
Environmental staff to remove
weeds from active fish and wildlife
wetland habitats on base.
The group works one Saturday
each month at 8:30 a.m. from the
Main Gate visitor parking lot area
to the work site.
Call Todd Russell at 216-7135
for more information.
AUGUST 7, 2009 • C-7
Aboard MCB Hawaii
Budget for Baby Class
1st and 3rd Mondays
The Navy-Marine Corps
Relief Society offers a free
class every first and third
Monday each month in
Building 4016 from 9 a.m. to
1 p.m. for expecting parents.
This free class will provide
information on budgeting for
a new baby, common baby
expenses, visiting nurse program and more.
For more information,
please call 257-1972.
Parenting Proudly
July 13 - Aug. 17
The New Parent Support
Program offers a six-session
parenting education class
that teaches positive discipline and communication
techniques.
The class is open to all active
duty service members and their
spouses.
Reservations are required.
Childcare is provided.
For more information, contact the New Parent Support
Program at 257-8803.
Community Events
Arboretum Tours
Tuesdays and Saturdays
Enjoy the sights and sounds of the
Lyon Arboretum, University of Hawaii.
Knowledgeable guides will share highlights of the Arboretum collections.
Tours are Tuesday 10 - 11:30 a.m. and
Saturday 1 - 2:30 p.m.
Registration is required and a tour
donation of $2.50 is requested.
Call 988-0456 for more information.
Live Energy Lite Event
Oct. 3
Kick off National Energy Awareness
Month at Pearlridge Center’s Uptown
Center Court from 10 a.m. to 3 p.m.
Get energy saving tips from experts,
learn about Hawaii’s clean energy
future plans, enjoy Hawaiian entertainment and test your energy IQ to
win prizes.
Admission is free. For more informtaion, contact the Hawaiian Electric
Company at 543-7511.
Guided Tours of the
Hawaii Theatre
Tuesdays
The one-hour tour offers a unique
insight into the history, art, architecture and restoration of the beautiful
Hawaii Theatre in Chinatown, including a performance on the 1922 Robert
Morton theatre organ. There is a fee for
admission. To book a tour or for infor-
mation, please call 528-0506.
Free Lauhala Weaving Class
First Saturdays,
10 a.m. - 2 p.m.
Learn to weave lauhala leaves from
the Lauhala Weaving Hui members
who gather to weave and share information with each other. Visitors are
welcome to observe and ask questions
about this important Polynesian craft.
Weaving the leaves creates a strong,
durable mat similar to wicker and has
been used by Polynesians for centuries.
Classes are held at the 553 South
King St. in Honolulu.
More information is available at
http://www.missionhouses.org.
MokapuBeat
What’s happening at Mokapu Elementary School
Important Numbers
Mokapu Elementary School Office: 254-7964
Mokapu Elementary School Fax: 254-7969
Office Hours: 7:30 a.m. to 4:30 p.m.
Health Aide: 254-7968
Absentee Line: 254-7968
Student Support Coordinator: 254-7979
Meal Information
Mokapu uses a computerized meal system, a school
picture/bar code ID. The cafeteria will not accept cash-in-line
transactions. Money must be deposited into your child’s
account. Students must have money put into their account by
the first day of school to purchase lunch.
Deposits can be made by cash or check in the office. Checks
should be made payable to the Department of Education.
Free and reduced meal applications will be available for you
to fill out and turn back into your child’s teacher. They will also
be available for pick up in the office. One application can be
used for all children at all DOE schools.
- Breakfast is served from 7:15 to 7:45 a.m. The cost is 35
cents, or 20 cents for those who qualify for free/reduced meals.
A second breakfast is $1.50. Adult breakfasts cost $1.90.
- Lunch costs $1.25, or 20 cents for those who qualify for free
or reduced meals. A second entrée is $1.25, and an entire second
lunch is $4. Adult lunches cost $4.40.
- Lunch schedule is as follows: Kindergarten and grade 2:
10:30 - 11 a.m. Grades 1 and 5: 11:10 - 11:40 a.m. Grades 3, 4
and 6: 11:50 - 12:20 a.m.
Mokapu is a peanut/peanut butter free school. No peanut
products are allowed at school.
Early Release Wednesdays
Wednesdays are early release days. Children will be
dismissed from school at 12:30 p.m. every
Wednesday.
C-8 • AUGUST 7, 2009
HAWAII MARINE
Leaving his mark
Naval officer's son
uses pastels, creativity
to adorn EOA office
Kristen Wong
Photojournalist
It is a quiet on an otherwise normal week in
Master Sgt. Gloria Mason's office, save the clickety-clack noises of the equal opportunity advisor's computer keyboard. What was different
about the week was the transformation of her
eggshell white wall to a colored mural.
Romel "RJ" Ramos Jr., a 17-year-old student
from Pearl City High School, spent about an
hour each on the 10 multicultural faces now
smiling down from Mason's office wall.
"He spends a lot of time on the things that
he knows needs to be done," said Ramos' girlfriend, Kasie Holt.
Mason, who was looking for an artist to decorate her office wall, recruited Ramos through
his mother, Daisie, formerly an administrative
support assistant for the Base Adjutant's Office
on Marine Corps Base Hawaii. Ramos said
when his mother first asked him to draw the
mural, he hesitated because it would be his first
attempt at doing one. Once he started, Ramos
had no desire to turn back.
"It's really been exciting," said Ramos softly,
carefully smudging brown pastel into his
sketch of a woman's face. "Every time my mom
wakes me up in the morning I get up and I just
think about what's next in my piece."
After several days of sketching and coloring,
the finished product included the faces of different people representing multiple cultures,
faiths and races. Ramos said his original drawing for the mural included famous people in
history and modern day, but Mason preferred
to have more generic faces. Though the majority of the faces are not based on any person in
particular, two were actually inspired by Ramos
and his girlfriend.
"It actually turned it pretty good," Ramos
said. "Better then I thought."
Born in Oakland, Calif., and raised in
Washington, Ramos moved to Hawaii a few
years ago when his father, a chief petty officer
in the Navy, was assigned here. Although he
does not remember exactly when he took an
interest an art, Ramos was drawing as early as
fourth grade and won an art contest. Ramos
recalled enjoying drawing characters from the
television show "Dragonball Z" as a child,
though now he enjoys drawing realistic human
figures.
Kristen Wong
Romel "RJ" Ramos Jr., 16, drew a diversity mural for Master Sgt. Gloria Mason, equal opportunity advisor, Marine Corps Base Hawaii July 30. Ramos, the son
of a Naval officer, enjoys a multitude of activities from surfing to drawing.
Ramos keeps busy with a variety of activities
aside from his art, whether he's volunteering
with the Manana Teen Center at the Manana
Housing Complex, hanging out at the beach or
break dancing.
"He's a great person to hang out with," said
Matthew Nguyen, a fellow member of the Teen
Center. "He's a good role model, very athletic."
Ramos said he enjoys exercising, whether
he's running, canoe paddling or playing basketball. Weight training instructor Mel Bicoy from
Pearl City High School said Ramos normally
completes 20 sets of pull-ups in class. However
when Pearl City High School hosted the Marine
Corps Challenge, Bicoy said Ramos did about
30 to 35 sets.
"He's a very positive role model for the
underclassmen at Pearl City High School,"
Bicoy said. "[Ramos is a] well rounded individual, academically and athletically."
Ramos has not only been recognized by his
peers and instructors. As a sophomore, he was
featured in his school newspaper for assisting
an elderly woman. As he and two of his friends
were walking home from school, they heard a
woman screaming for help from her house.
While some bystanders passed the woman by,
Ramos and his friends went to aid the woman,
who had slipped while watering her plants and
injured her hip. He and his friends helped to
carry the woman into her house, and call her
husband and daughter.
"I thought it was pretty scary cause I've never
been in a situation like that before," He said.
Steven Ching, Ramos' former biology teacher
and current drivers education instructor recalls
recognizing Ramos in front of his class.
"It just shows he's a caring young man,"
Ching said.
Ramos' gestures are not limited to random acts
of kindness. He is devoted to his three brothers,
according to his parents and girlfriend.
From the time he was a child, Chief Petty
Officer Romel Ramos Sr., machinist's mate,
Navy Food Management, Fleet and Industrial
Supply Center, Pearl Harbor Naval Station said
his son was already volunteering to help take
care of his prematurely born younger brother
by the time he was around five years old. Daisie
Ramos said he thinks about his brothers' needs
whenever he was at the mall. Holt said he helps
his brothers with their homework as well.
"He's very responsible for his age," Romel
Ramos Sr. "At home I can always count on him
to take care of his brothers and doing what he
needs to be doing."
Holt said the younger Ramos enjoys new
experiences. Currently he is learning how to
cook and surf.
"I always wanted to try surfing," Ramos said.
"I have a lot of local friends that go to the
beach after school ... one of my friends offered
me a board one day ... taught me how to surf
and it was really fun, cause I like going to the
beach anyway."
In the future, Ramos is considering attending
University of Washington or Stanford University.
Although he is not sure what he wants to do as a
profession, Ramos said he wants to be in a profession involving some type of art.
"He's a good kid," Mason said. "He's got
talent."