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As self-described "displaced kama'aina" Dave Mitchell so rightly points out: It's not too often you see a Hawai'i license plate with icicles on it. This is Mitchell's plate, which was exposed to its first taste of severe cold after the Mitchell family moved from O'ahu to Warsaw, Ind., just in time for an ice storm. Lucky we live Hawai'i, eh! (Sorry, Dave).

— Wanda A. Adams

HELP OUT A MUSEUM

Supporting the arts and culture in Hono-lulu is a gift that keeps on giving: It lasts all year, with an educational and creative impact. Membership in one of Honolulu's museums includes benefits such as free admission and discounts at participating cafes. Two ideas: Basic individual membership in the Honolulu Academy of Arts is $45; find out more at www.academyofarts.org, 532-8724. Contemporary Museum memberships are also $45; www.tcmhi.org, 526-0232.

— Lacy Matsumoto

FINAL WORD

"You must have a joyful life. Where we are as a planet is so perilous that not to have a good life is to cheat yourself of the time we have left. So dance! ... Experience the wonder of the world in all its radiance, and do your part to make human beings worthy of this amazing place."

Alice Walker | Pulitzer Prize-winning novelist ("The Color Purple"), in Seventeen

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