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Well, well, well, what do we have here a new cat
bed? My mom says they should have named me
Goldie Locks instead of Pike. I try out Rome’s bed,
his bed is too big. I try out Bamboo’s bed, her bed
is too small, I walk back over to my bed and it fits
just right. I seem to apply this theory to everything I
do. This bowl is too big, the bed is too hard, the only
thing it doesn’t apply to is food, in that case I am a
one size fits all kind of guy.
It’s really not my fault, I mean I think it’s my
mom’s fault for always giving me lots of choices.
Pike do you like this collar? Does any dog really
like a collar? Pike do you want a new stuffed toy?
Of course I do. I will need to go leave it outside in the dirt for a few days
to get it properly seasoned but yes a new stuffed toy to dismantle sounds
amazing. Pike do you want your blanket? I don’t know women do you
want your cup of coffee? It’s kind of a rhetorical question now isn’t it?
It’s like asking if you want your arm or your leg, of course you want it,
need it, have to, have to have it, right? Do I want my blanket, who even
asks that type of question? Geez!!!
Then there is the ever famous and highly over used questions, like
Who’s a good boy? Who wants a cookie? Do you want a cookie?
Do you want to go to work? Do you want to ride in the car? Do you
want to go to the beach (this one is a total lie we all know there is no
beach here)? Do you want to go to Nana and Papa’s house? Pike do you
want some Watermelon, yummy yummy what good boy wants some
watermelon? Really whose idea was it to ask dogs so many questions,
the answer is YYYYEEEESSSSS! For the love of Swiss cheese women
the answer is yes to all of the above.
The conversations are always so one sided. Listen here people, almost
any question you start with “do you” or “who is”, “did you” “who did” to
your pet 99.9% of the time the answer is ME and YES! Even for bad stuff.
Who got into the trash? Did you get into the trash? Really? Then you all
stand there looking at us like we have suddenly sprouted 3 heads, waiting
for us to pour you a vodka tonic and declare ourselves the antichrist. What
would you do if we stood up and poured ourselves a vodka tonic and said,
“NO lady the garbage got bored and decided to throw itself a piñata party
and the coffee grounds were pretending to be rain and the rotten tomatoes
were pretending to be at the tomato festival in Italy.” Perhaps I could
channel some English bloke and say “Yes I must confess it was I Colonel
Mustard in the library with a candle stick that tipped over the trash and
rifled through it. Yes, it was me dear girl that ate my fill and then puked on
the good rug in the living room”. YES! YES! YES!
Yet still you ask the question. Pike did you get into the trash? PIKE did
you eat the candy and throw up on the rug? We all know it was me. Rome
doesn’t know how to have an original bad dog thought, because he is a
cat in dogs clothing. The next time my mom asks me the ever so obvious
question that she already knows the answer to I think I may just lift my leg
and pee on something important right in front of her… I can almost bet I
know what she would say. Pike did you just Pee on that? Lady you just saw
me do it and yet you are still asking the obvious question? Let the rhetorical
question experiment begin. Just for the record. Yes, yes I did. ~ Ruff
PIKE’S CORNER
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WEST HAWAII TODAY | FRIDAY, AUGUST 7, 2015
An Aug. 6 front page story on the Alii
Kai park contained an incorrect name
of the construction company handling
the project. The company is Kona Ka‘u
Construction Services & Supplies Inc.
It is the policy of West Hawaii
Today to correct promptly any incor-
rect or misleading information when
it is brought to the attention of the
newspaper.
CORRECTION
IN BRIEF |
BIG ISLAND & STATE
Plea deal in burglary during
declared emergency
A 23-year-old Keaau man who
burglarized a Puna home last year during
a state of emergency declared by Mayor
Billy Kenoi after the June 27 lava flow
pleaded guilty Wednesday to lesser
charges.
In
a
deal
with
prosecutors, Sebastian
Hernandez entered guilty
pleas to the reduced
charge of first-degree
burglary and to two
unrelated charges of
third-degree promotion
of a dangerous drug.
In return, prosecutors
dropped charges of auto theft and other
drug-related offenses, and agreed not to
press another pending burglary charge
from 2013.
Hilo Circuit Judge Greg Nakamura
scheduled sentencing for 8 a.m. Sept.
25.
Hernandez faces a possible 10-year
sentence on the burglary charge, a Class
B felony, and up to five years on each of
the drug charges — methamphetamine
possession cases from 2013 and last
year — served concurrently to the
burglary sentence.
According to police, at 6:50 a.m. on
Nov. 12, officers responded to a report
of a burglary in progress in Hawaiian
Paradise Park.
A 60-year-old woman reported she
saw a woman on her property on 3rd
Avenue near Kaloli Drive and then saw
a man attempting to steal her pickup
truck. She told officers she confronted
the pair, but they fled on foot before
officers arrived. Police determined that
the man had attempted to break into
the house before being confronted by
the victim.
A short time later, police arrested
Hernandez and 25-year-old Olivia
Medeiros of Mountain View nearby.
Medeiros was released pending further
investigation and has not been charged.
Hernandez is in custody at Hawaii
Community Correctional Center in lieu
of $18,000 bail. A bail hearing is set for
1:30 p.m. Aug. 12.
Maui police shoot, kill
armed man in Kahului park
HONOLULU — Maui police have fatally
shot a man who allegedly fired a handgun
at officers in a Kahului park.
The Honolulu Star-Advertiser reported
that the shooting happened Wednesday
night after officers responded to
a suspicious activity complaint at
Keopuolani Park.
A statement from police said that
the man had pulled out a small-caliber
handgun and fired at officers. Officers
returned fire, and the man died at the
scene.
The shooting is still under investigation.
Gov. Ige signs new
Haena fishing rules
LIHUE, Kauai — Gov. David Ige has
signed into law new fishing rules for
Haena on Kauai’s north shore.
The Garden Island reported that on
Tuesday Ige signed a package that limits
the type of fishing gear and methods
that may be used within the state’s first
community-based subsistence fishing
area. They also prohibit the harvest of
marine life for commercial purposes and
set new daily take and possession limits
for certain species.
The Department of Land and Natural
Resources will hold a public hearing
on the fishing area’s management
plan at a later date. Community-based
subsistence fishing areas coordinator
ErinZanre said the rules are unique in that
they require the community to propose
the designation and management plan
to the department for consideration.
PTA hunting canceled
Pohakuloa Training Area will not be
open to hunting this weekend because
of scheduled military training and range
maintenance. Controlled public access
to portions of the military training area is
normally allowed for the hunting of feral
goats, sheep and pigs.
No further information was available
on the closure at press time.
Kauai college students travel
for NASA rocket launch
PUHI, Kauai —Three Kauai Community
College students and their instructors
are preparing to blast off a rocket with
NASA.
The Garden Island reported that the
group has traveled to Wallops Flight
Facility in Virginia for the launch of the
RockSat-X rocket.
The program, called Project Imua,
is funded by a two-year $500,000
grant awarded under the NASA Space
Grant Competitive Opportunity for
Partnerships with Community Colleges
and Technical Schools.
The program was designed to
encourage students to pursue science,
technology, engineering and math
degrees in college.
The goal of Project Imua is to get data
on ultra violet energy that is normally
filtered out by Earth’s atmosphere.
By West Hawaii Today and wire sources
Hernandez
Feds: Maui meth trafficking
suspect bites officer
HONOLULU—Aman
who was under arrest in
a Maui meth trafficking
investigation bit an offi-
cer after refusing to go
back into a holding cell,
a federal prosecutor said
Thursday.
Edward Vierra was
arrested Monday on
Maui after he received
a package of metham-
phetamine mailed from
California to Maui,
according to a criminal
complaint filed in federal
court.
After he and co-de-
fendant Kelly Eleneki
were taken to Honolulu,
Vierra asked to use the
restroom. When he
was done, he refused to
return to the cell and a
scuffle followed, author-
ities said.
The criminal complaint
saidhe bit two officers, but
Assistant U.S. Attorney
Tony Roberts said in
court Thursday Vierra bit
one officer twice — on a
finger and on a forearm.
Another officer was left
with bruised ribs, Roberts
said.
“I think he might have
been under the influ-
ence at the time,” Vierra’s
defense attorney, Walter
Rodby, said of his behav-
ior while in custody.
U.S. Magistrate Judge
Kevin Chang ordered
Vierra and Eleneki to
enter drug treatment
programs.
The case involves
two packages mailed to
Wailuku containing a
total of about 7 pounds of
meth, the complaint said.
The
U.S.
Postal
Inspection Service inter-
cepted the first package
on July 29. The next day,
a postal inspector posing
as a mail carrier deliv-
ered the package while
agents watched.
Soon
afterward,
Eleneki was seen leaving
the home driving a pick-
up truck with the parcel
inside, the documents
said, adding the truck
was followed by a sedan
driven by Vierra. Both
vehicles drove to sugar
cane fields where the par-
cel was left, unopened,
the document said.
On July 31, the sec-
ond parcel bound for the
same address was inter-
cepted. An unknown
man took the parcel on
a dirt bike. Authorities
tried to pull him over, but
he fled, the complaint
said. The package was
later found unopened
in the middle of a sugar
cane field.
When
authorities
went back to the house
where it was delivered,
Vierra was seen leaving
a second small residence
at the same location,
authorities said.
An unknown man
yelled out to Vierra, “Get
rid of your backpack,”
and he began running
and discarded the back-
pack, the complaint said.
Inside the bag, author-
ities found cash and a
digital scale, the com-
plaint said. The cash
totaled nearly $10,000,
Roberts said in court.
Eleneki received the
second package, which
had much more meth
inside than the first one,
Roberts said.
There’s no indication
Eleneki knew what was
inside, said his defense
attorney, Jason Say.
BY JENNIFER SINCO
KELLEHER
THE ASSOCIATED PRESS
