Coach's Comments on the 4th of July - Rec Style!

“Happy 4^th of July!”

WOW! Saturday night, after our all day Rec Picnic, we had a wonderful view of FOUR fireworks shows. It was pretty Cool! It started at 7:45pm with Hickham AFB show (looking directly over the reef airport runway), followed by the 8:00pm Kapolei fireworks show (far off in the distance towards Ewa Beach), then the 8:15pm Magic Island show (looking in the opposite direction over Aloha Tower - this one was really large) and then ended with the 8:30pm show from Pearl Harbor (looking North in the Keehi Lagoon direction). All the shows lasted quite a long time with some running over 20 minutes.

This was the first time our Rec Ohana spent the entire day at the canoe site for 4^th of July! Thanks to Ulu and Ku for setting everything up and arranging all the food and Bar-B-Q. Rec paddlers were coming and going all day, enjoying the ocean and beach, lots of food and fun fellowship. I think Coach Ken and Coach Jimmy said we had about 10 new beginner paddlers.

Ku even brought his lawn mower and weed-whacker, which stimulated an early morning clean up and beautification project. We had our own green “Spirit of Aloha” team who cleaned up and cut weeds under the entire area of the big Poinciana tree. We created another six feet of lawn space for our tents and fellowship. Thanks Ku for using your lawn tools.

Regarding ANNOUNCEMENTS:

1. Please turn-in your Koala Moa tickets and money by this weekend – July 11^th. Actually, the competitive crew needs the money by this week already. If you can make arrangements with Coach Kimo (479-7871) or Ulu to pick them up from you, we would like to turn everything in before this weekend….Mahalo!
2. July 25^th, is the cook date and pick-up date with Koala Moa for our competitive crews (755 No. Nimitz Hwy) If you can be of assistance and would like to volunteer about an hour at their cooking site, that would be great. Contact Coach Kimo.
3. Rec Paddling will still be happening on that date, Sat. July 25^th. We will be having our regular paddling program.
4. BOTB this Saturday, July 11^th .. Coach Kimo will make Fried Rice/big WOK style!!!
5. Lastly, please continue to be mindful of the parking situation at our canoe site parking lot. Two Rec paddlers got ticketed and hefty towing fees on top of it.

That’s it for now, see you on da beach!

Coach Kimo