The High Street Journal
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they enjoyed playing games, Secret Santa and most importantly, having fun and enjoying each other’s company. They are all looking forward to next their next celebration. Other announcements: Shirley Falcon of the Planning Dept. would like to recognize her 15-yearold son, Christian Lee Falcon, who is a sophomore at Baldwin High School. He is such an easy going, mild tempered, humble, conservative teenager with a great sense of humor! What’s even more amazing is that he is such an awesome big brother to his 3½-year-old baby brother, Brendan Sky Falcon. Yep, they are 12 years apart! Both boys have completely different
Falcon brothers personalities! While Christian is mellow, Brendan is all-boy, loud and strong-willed. Brendan loves Spiderman and Iron Man and will jump on/off the couch and act out at his brother punching or jumping on him, while Christian rarely gets upset at Brendan. Christian is not your typical teenager who yells or has no desire to hang out w/ his baby brother. In fact, he allows his brother to get into his collection of model cars, Lego creations, Bionicles, etc. and allows him to play on his Play Station. He’ll even scratch his brother’s back when asked and has even kept track of time (without being asked) whenever Brendan was on time-out. “We are sooo lucky that Christian loves Brendan!” Shirley says. “I am so thankful and blessed to have Christian as a wonderful son and big brother! Thank you, Christian, for being such a great
role model to your brother and your peers.” And congratulations to Shirley and husband Brad for raising an amazing young man. Shirley also would like to acknowledge her amazing mom, Eleanor “Ellie” Bacalso. She is 71 years old and retired from Lanai Resorts Partners. She worked as a housekeeper at the Lodge at Koele and previously worked as a field laborer working for Dole Company’s pineapple plantation. Ellie currently resides on Lanai but could be considered a parttime Maui resident. She has been making weekly trips to Maui (via Expeditions) and staying with Shirley and her family for at least 4-5 days out of the week to care for Shirley’s son (her 23rd grandchild!), Brendan Sky. She’s been doing this since August 2009 since Brendan was 3 months old. He is now 3 years old! Ellie offered Elle Bacalso to care for Brendan, when Shirley’s maternity leave was coming to an end and she couldn’t handle the thought of Brendan, as an infant, being in the care of as many as 4-5 other toddlers Shirley’s response was, “Really, Mom? Are you serious? Wow!” So it has been 3 years for her mom going back and forth to Maui! Isn’t she a wonderful mother and grandmother? Shirley stated, “I am ever so grateful to my mom for sacrificing her time and truly blessing me and my family with her love and dedication! (Not to mention all the money she’s saving us!) We can never repay her for all that she’s done! Thank you, thank you! I Love you, mom!” What a true testament to the sacrifice and love that a mother has for her child, no matter what age.
County Kitchen
GRASSHOPPER ICE CREAM PIE Ingredients 1 pkg. oreo cookies, scrape off filling 1 block butter, melted 1 cup chopped macadamia nuts 2 half gallons of mint chocolate ice cream Preparations Crush oreo cookies in food processor. Pour crushed oreos and chopped nuts in 9 x 13 pan. Pour melted butter into mixture of oreo cookies and nuts. Keep ½ cup of mixture on the side for topping. Press remaining mixture in 9 x 13 pan. Bake crust and ½ cup of oreo/nut mixture in 250 degrees oven for 10 minutes. Slice ice cream and place on baked crust. Sprinkle remaining oreo/nut mixture on top. Freeze. Enjoy!! Submitted by Jill-Anne Ono Dept. of Public Works page 15