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Here's a sampling of recent photos taken by Advertiser photographers.
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Kolohe, an African pygmy goat, captures the attention of Jefferson Elementary School first-grader Yong Yi Zehng during ground-breaking for Honolulu Zoo's Keiki Zoo last month. The ceremony marked the start of construction on the first of six phases of the Discovery Zone. The 8,000-square-foot Keiki Zoo, including a renovated barn, will replace the Children's Zoo and is expected to be completed in August. It will offer botanical exhibits and opportunities for contact with tame animals.
Bruce Asato • The Honolulu Advertiser |
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While work is being done on Wainiha Bridge No. 2, a small boat is being used to carry Ha'ena residents across Kaua'i's Wainiha stream. However, some prefer another mode of transportation. Workers last month were erecting a steel truss bridge over the 48-year-old steel-and-wood structure.
Jan TenBruggencate • The Honolulu Advertiser |
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The Kaua'i-to-Nihoa canoe team was about 10 miles west of Kaua'i when this picture was taken. The team reached Nihoa Oct. 29 after an overnight passage from Hanalei Bay, the first known crossing of the 160-mile channel by an outrigger canoe not equipped with a sail.
Jan TenBruggencate • The Honolulu Advertiser |
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Former Vice President Al Gore was in a relaxed mood during a news conference preceding a rally on Oct. 29. According to Gore, "Hawai'i may very well have the deciding voice in picking the next president."
Richard Ambo • The Honolulu Advertiser |
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Alexandra Kerry greets supporters at Farrington High School in Kalihi. During a rally on Oct. 19, the Democratic presidential candidate's elder daughter said, "My father cares a great deal about your community."
Rebecca Breyer • The Honolulu Advertiser |
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Vice President Dick Cheney was welcomed by an enthusiastic crowd at an Oct. 31 Republican rally at the Hawai'i Convention Center.
Gregory Yamamoto • The Honolulu Advertiser |
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Rob Kalikolehua Burns, of Hawai'i Kai, made his political preference clear on Oct. 31, the night of Vice President Dick Cheney's Hawai'i visit.
Rebecca Breyer • The Honolulu Advertiser |
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University of Hawai'i maintenance worker Jorge Ortiz assesses the damage the flood did to the Hamilton Library basement, which stores government documents. Some material even floated down to Dole Street.
Deborah Booker • The Honolulu Advertiser |
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UH professor Terrence Lyttle's biomedical lab was at one point under 4 1/2 feet of water, destroying his genetic research project that goes back 35 years.
Deborah Booker • The Honolulu Advertiser |
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A very young Buzz Lightyear, aka Hunter McArthur, met Cleopatra, aka hotel executive Mary Konig, when preschoolers from the Waikiki Community Center Child Care Program celebrated Halloween two days before the real witching hours.
Bruce Asato • The Honolulu Advertiser |
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First Lt. Ric Bridgett says goodbye to his children, Eric, 9; Aaron, 11; and Kaelyn, 12, at Marine Corps Base Hawai'i in Kane'ohe. Bridgett and other Marines with the 3rd Battalion, 3rd Marine Regiment deployed in support of Operation Enduring Freedom.
Deborah Booker • The Honolulu Advertiser |
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Members of the Hawai'i Air National Guard take part in a blessing ceremony for the Eagle Vision satellite camera system.
Jeff Widener • The Honolulu Advertiser |
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Windward Community College student Mark Stevens takes a whack at a well-armored Andy Fujimoto with his kendo shinai, a bamboo sword. The mock battle was part of the college's Japanese Culture Day celebration, which featured demonstrations of the martial art of kendo, as well as those of calligraphy, music, a tea ceremony, flower arranging, dance and food.
Bruce Asato • The Honolulu Advertiser |
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Alpha Kappa Alpha sorority members placed a wreath at the Doris Miller memorial at Pearl Harbor on Thursday, honoring the sailor's heroism during the 1941 attack on Hawai'i. The women traveled to the Islands from the Mainland for their annual meeting.
Deborah Booker • The Honolulu Advertiser |
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The nuclear-powered aircraft carrier USS Abraham Lincoln tied up at Pearl Harbor's Hotel Pier, and line handlers — and the Abe requires a bunch of them — waited in the rain on Hotel Pier to secure the carrier as it cozied up to shore Friday.
Bruce Asato • The Honolulu Advertiser |
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Krysta Pae, right, reads while Nakaila Haina-Horswill gets assistance from second-grade teacher Denise Sakakida at Nanakuli Elementary School. The school met all No Child Left Behind standards this year, and will be a school in good standing if it does the same next year.
Jeff Widener • The Honolulu Advertiser |
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Nicole Feliciano, 15, marched with the Air Force Junior ROTC during the Wai'anae Veteran's Day Parade on Saturday. The 23rd annual event drew several hundred spectators, showing a real love for parades as well as a desire to support war veterans from the area.
Rebecca Breyer • The Honolulu Advertiser |
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Except for high school football, there were not a lot of events on O'ahu Friday night that people enjoyed while standing in the rain. This was one of them. It was the first full lighting of the reconstructed marquee at the historic Hawaii Theatre on Bethel Street in Honolulu.
Rebecca Breyer • The Honolulu Advertiser |
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Members of the Honolulu Community Band performed a 29th Brigade Benefit Concert at McKinley High School Sunday afternoon to help raise money to bring National Guard and reserve members home from Texas for Christmas before the brigade deploys to Iraq.
Rebecca Breyer • The Honolulu Advertiser |
