Fall 1998Winter 1998
Spring 1999| Fall 1998 |
Home
Newsletters
Winter 1998 | Spring 1999 |
 President's Message (Jean Aoki)Changes to the State Excise Tax? (Astrid Monson)Member SurveyCoordinated Community Response System to Domestic Violence (Val Kanuha)Fairest Among Thousands (Betty Smith)Making Democracy Work: Campaign Finance Reform (Toni Worst)Wetlands & Agriculture: Public Interest and Public BenefitsLeague Local News - Hawaii CountyLeague Local News - Kauai CountyLeague Local News - Honolulu LeagueEducation Committee (Mary Anne Raywid)General Election Statistics for 1996 & 1998Population Explosion: 6 Billion People in 1999Scorecard on Gambling PositionsModel UN Project (Helene Hale)State Board ActionsWeb Page |
Fairest Among Thousands(This poem from Leaguer Betty Smith was read at the Candlelight Vigil held in remembrance of the victims of domestic violence on Oahu on October 20, 1998. There were approximately 600 people there including about a hundred police officers in uniform. It is being published in Feelings Magazine, entered into "The International Showcase of Authors", published in The National Library of Poetry, and being entered on The World Wide Web of Poetry".)
In Life's Garden there is a rare And beautiful flower blooming, With a fragrance called Heaven Scent The precious seed from this flower Is taken by the wind, And the wind finds a place that is desolate Where no other flower grows Only the wind knows where these secret places are, And gently plants these seeds, Where they will never be forgotten, Because these seeds came From the heart of this rare flower In Life's Garden for all to see This miracle flower's bloom Is immortalized, and knows no season No week or thistle has dared to grow where this flower grows Take my hand and let us walk together And yes, let us tend this flower That grows in Life's Garden, and call it by The sweetest of names And let that name be called FRIEND
Dedicated to all the victims of domestic violence and to all battered women and to all battered children - everywhere By B. Pauline Smith |
| Fall 1998 | Home Newsletters | Spring 1999 |