David Cole, Maui Land & Pineapple Co.'s chairman, president and CEO, took questions today on The Hot Seat. Advertiser library photo | July 2006

The closure of the company's canning operation in June marked the end of an era; it was the last canning operation of its kind in the United States. And, as Cole noted in a commentary appearing in yesterday's Focus section of The Advertiser, it was also a rite a passage for many of us in Hawai'i.

Catch excerpts from today's chat in Sunday's Focus section.