| King Day parade: It's all-inclusive
On calendars, it's called the Martin Luther King Jr. Day parade. But it's more like a two-hour peace party that marches from one end of Waikiki to the other. Everyone's invited, whether you've got a rifle on your shoulder, thumb cymbals and robes, or you're towing a beer cooler with a sign protesting the war in Iraq. The 19th annual version of the parade, which honors King's legacy of ethnic harmony and peace, was all that yesterday as it drew hundreds of enthusiastic onlookers. It started at Ala Moana Beach Park and found its way to Kapi'olani Park for a unity rally complete with speeches, soul food and cotton candy. "We come every year," said Gwen Scott, a Pearl City woman perched on a planter box along Kalakaua Avenue. "It's a chance for all people to come together and stand under the Martin Luther King banner.
Idiotic Medium 3,762: Airport Security Bin Advertising
And, we're back! Yes, my friends, the Disney vacation is now, sadly, in the rear view mirror but the rejuvenation that vacation provided was much needed. As we get back into gear here (not that we were ever out of gear with co-editor Angela providing you musings on a daily basis), how apropos it is we stumble across The Silly Girl's mention of airport security bin advertising. Just when you thought every available ad space has been taken (now there's a sentence that's been written here many, many times), ads will now appear on those gray bins you toss all your stuff in as you pass through airport security. A six month test in LA by the Transportation Security Administration has led to the formalization of guidelines for security bin advertising. Now advertisers can waste millions of dollars trying to reach people during the single most hair raising, confusing and distracting point in their lives as they juggle carry on luggage, remove laptops from briefcases, struggle with knotted shoe laces, remove all personal belongings from pockets, stress over which pocket the boarding pass and identification are in, heard wandering children, fold cumbersome strollers, receive admonishment from bitchy security guards for forgetting to leave that bottle of water behind and marvel at just how stupid people really are when they're asked to follow a few simple rules.
Bus driver offers explanation
When passengers began shouting, "There are kids back there!" Lane Transit District bus driver Dan Dreier said, he assumed they meant there were kids in the back of the bus - not left behind at a station platform without a parent. Dreier, a 22-year veteran driver at LTD, was behind the wheel of an EmX bus Monday when he drove off from the Hilyard Street Station, separating Craig Parsons from his two young children. Parsons, after shouting to the driver to stop the bus, was driven to the next station more than two blocks away, and then ran back to reunite with his children, who were unharmed. The incident has stirred strong reactions and captured national attention. Dreier, 60, said he is stepping forward on his own volition because the public deserves an explanation. He said he didn't realize what happened on the bus until reading a newspaper account the next morning.
Peel Childrens' Charter of Rights unveiled
Parents lugging strollers and juggling squealing babies, toddlers with cherubic smiles and painted faces and a sea of smiling volunteers ensured that the Success By 6 Peel Family Fair at the Mississauga Convention Centre was a roaring success today. A Peel Children's Charter of Rights was unveiled at the event by former Ontario Premier William G. Davis along with Co-Chair Jim Grieve and Lancaster Elementary School Grade 5 students - Schae Linton and Jagajit Billing. More than 4,000 children across the region through words and pictures helped in the creation of the 12 rights. The children shared their concerns, fears, hope and happiness. From thousands of responses, twelve rights statements were chosen. The Peel Children's Charter of Rights is a document that represents the collective voice of the children.
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