🌱 Waialua High community grieves registrar lost in tragic family crash
Waialua, Hawaii Patch AM: a 4 min readHello Waialua! Here's our latest buzz. Let's get into it. ☕️️
In today's newsletter:
- Waialua High community grieves registrar lost in tragic family crash
- Why is HPR spotlighting Waialua’s own modern-day manapua man?
Also on today's calendar: Halloween at The Farm.
Today's riddle: What do you call a paper airplane that can't fly? 🤔 (Answer below!)
- Wednesday: Shifting clouds and sun, with a high of 87 and low of 74 degrees. 🌶 Hot!
- Thursday: Showers, some heavy, temps: high: 85, low: 74.
- Friday: Humid with a few showers, with a high of 88 and low of 73 degrees.
📰 News we're reading
• Loved ones share heartache over sudden deaths of 3 Oahu family members (hawaiinewsnow.com) — Waialua residents are mourning alongside the island after registrar Luana Viveiros of Waialua High and Intermediate, her husband Wayne, and daughter Lilinoe were killed in a New Mexico crash. Friends, students, and hula and robotics communities are rallying around surviving sons Aren and Kaikoa, with GoFundMe and Meal Train efforts already raising significant support. 
• The Conversation: Tracking the tourist industry; Modern-day Manapua man (hawaiipublicradio.org) — Listeners in Waialua will soon hear a familiar name on Hawaiʻi Public Radio, as the show visits town to feature Jordan Simmons, a modern-day manapua man. The same episode also digs into statewide tourism trends, slipping math scores, and special Architecture Month events that may interest North Shore residents.
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P.S. The answer to today's riddle: "What do you call a paper airplane that can't fly?" — Stationary (Thank you David H. for sending it in!)
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