From 10-12 October, Cycle City will be hosting the Hawaii Annual State Hog Rally.
The event starts with registration/check-in from 9 AM to 1 PM on 10 October. Most of the three days is held at Cycle City with shows set up each day at the Hawaii Prince Hotel Waikiki and Dole Ballroom (10 Oct), Hawaii Prince Hotel Waikiki and Ala Moana Beach Park (11 Oct) and Hawaii Prince Hotel Waikiki on 12 Oct.
Event Contact Info
Sid Milburn
Email: smilburn@kitv.com
Phone: (808) 668-8058
This is a sad story. An 8-week old baby was killed by a pit bull mix dog in seconds while the baby sitter, the child’s aunt, was in the kitchen. From the Honolulu Advertiser:
Sao said she left the baby on her bed, asleep, and had gone to the kitchen for a drink of water just after midnight on Sunday.
Penelope Rose, a pit bull mix, followed her to the kitchen, but while Sao was drinking, she realized the dog had left.
Panicked, she ran to the bedroom to find the dog standing on the bed over the baby, Iokepa Liptak. The bed, raised on metal milk crates, had always been off limits to the dog, Sao said.
By the time she handed the baby to her niece, his mother, the baby was dead. But the dog attacked the niece, biting her thigh and calf.
“The dog went wild,” Sao [the aunt] said. “Penny grabbed my niece’s leg. She was attacking her. I attacked the dog to get her off. Penny’s behavior was something I’d never seen before. I didn’t recognize her.”
The dog was euthanized yesterday by the Hawaiian Humane Society.
“It replays over and over in my mind,” Sao said. “If only we could go back in time. I’d give my life to bring this baby back. It was a tragic mistake.”
Am I the only one that thinks this aunt needs to be going to jail for neglect? This is what happens when people put their pets as equals to their children or family. There is no way a child should have been left unattended in a house with a pit bull having easy access to it.
If you are a fan of German food and of course German beer you will want to attend Oktoberfest at the Ala Moana Hotel from 7-12 Oct, 2008.
Location: Hibiscus Ballroom 6 to 11 p.m. Details: Tuesday through Thursday; 6 p.m. to midnight Friday and Saturday, and 5 to 11 p.m. Sunday. The official keg tapping ceremony takes place 6 p.m. Oct. 7. Admission is $7 per person on weekdays and Sunday, and $12 on Friday and Saturday. Purchase tickets through the Ala Moana Hotel’s Concierge or at the door.
