"Jerry Okamura" <
okamu...@hawaii.rr.com> wrote in message
news:m1knk.10069$Bt6....@newsfe04.iad...
Jerry, Jerry, Jerry - you are being much too tough on John here. He means
well and notwithstanding that he is all the way over there in the eastern
half of Canada, is concerned enough to seek help for those folks in Wood
Valley on the Big Island. You can't fault him for feeling that way, can
you? After all, John not only is not in Hawaii, he is not even in the USA!
What I think you should be doing is point out that John, given his much
sincere and poignant concern for these poor folks, should do something much
more concrete and useful like opening his home to these people. After all,
much as the sympathetic Canadians back when made the draft dodgers of the
USA welcome, John - being a Canadian - can well do similarly today. And
having done that personally, John can well encourage his neighbors and
others in his city to similarly welcome these Wood Valley people once he
experiences the courtesy, respect, and appreciation rendered onto him by
those he has welcomed to his home. After all, we are not talking thousands
or even hundreds of these Wood Valley folks - that Star Bulleltin article
http://starbulletin.com/2008/08/08/news/story05.html talks about 30
families.