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r KOA’s Unexpectedly Loses Polly Zanger

By: Chauncey Wong Yuen

It’s with heavy hearts to announce the sudden passing of KOA’s beloved Assistant Airport Superintendent Pauline “Polly” Jo Zanger. She was cherished by anyone who knew her, her easy smile and jovial personality. She was just 57 years old.

“Good ‘ole faithful, reliable Polly.” Polly was known for her sunny smile and personality.

I’d tell her that every so often, especially when she bailed me out from a diffi cult situation - whether it’s following up with a customer or a construction project detail or complying with a FAA Part 139 inspection fi nding or updating a manual.

There was seemingly no end to the details that Polly managed. She always did so with kindness, grace, patience, fi rmness as apropos but more often - with raucous laughter.

If I needed a sounding board on any topic, I’d head over to Polly’s offi ce. It was always a dead giveaway as I strode down the hall with my squeaky Skechers.

Rounding the corner, I’d always received a warm and welcoming, “Helloooo...!” from Polly peering out from a desk piled high with classifi cation folders that surrounded her.

I’d grab a handful of M&M’s from the glass jar nearby and launch into conversations sometimes so long, I would apologize for taking her away from her work.

We envisioned, contemplated, strategized and often complained about why things were the way they were but never lost sight of moving forward.

When I thought I was on the wrong track, she’d assure me that I was doing what’s right.

Polly was always supportive. She was the encourager that every leader needs. Those leaders who receive such encouragement are indeed blessed.

Polly’s illness came suddenly while she was on a visit with family on the mainland. I went to visit twice at her home town of Bowling Green, Ohio.

At fi rst her symptoms were unclear but after subsequent strokes, prospects for her full recovery were deemed poor.

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But she wowed us all by responding well enough with her hands, toes, eyes and head nods for us to know that she was still hanging in there.

Since she couldn’t speak, I prayed that God would visit her in dreams and show Himself strong to her. While alone with her one afternoon, I asked, “Polly, did God visit you?”

Her eyes widened as she looked straight at me and nodded up and down decidedly that He did.

It was as if she’d seen something frightening but grand. I asked if she loved God. She did the same thing. Not only was her response of great comfort to me but even so for the airport community who had gathered back home to pray for her daily.

She stopped responding the day I left and was moved to hospice that afternoon. She passed peacefully two weeks later on September 30, 2019.

We held a memorial at KOA with messages and songs on October 15, 2019. We planted a kukui tree, dropped 1,000 orchids from a helicopter and composed a mele entitled, “E Polly” in her honor.”

We miss our beloved sister but we know without a doubt that she is with God and that we’ll see her again. Thank you, Polly - we will see you again. Mai poina mākou e Polly!

Smiling with former property manager George Ackerman.

Hanging loose with Polly, Chauncey Wong Yuen and Craig Bisgard

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Hele mai ‘o ia E ‘ike iā mākou Ua noho ‘o ia No ko māua kaikuahine Mino ‘aka mau Maika‘i me nā po‘e He kūlike ka‘oia‘i‘o Aloha e, aloha e Ha’o makou ia ‘oe e Polly Aloha e, aloha e Mai poina mākou e Polly

She came to us to visitE Polly Stayed to be our sister Smiling always Good with people Reliable Faithful Aloha e, aloha e We miss you a lot e Polly Aloha e, aloha e We won’t forget e Polly

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HNL Got Down and Dirty for Two-Day FOD Walk and Recycle Event g By: Ian Tierney of KYA Designs

About 175 volunteers scoured two miles of airport ramps to pick up rubbish Oct. 16 for the Fall 2019 Foreign Object Debris (FOD) Walk at the Daniel K. Inouye International Airport. Divided into 5 teams, FOD was collected at the Aloha Air Cargo, Terminal 1, Ewa, Central and Diamond Head Concourse. It wasn’t just all work and no play. In fact, donations from 22 airport tenants, business partners and government organizations awarded 98 door prizes to the lucky winners who participated in the raffl e. Overall, more than 500 lbs of trash was collected. The second event was the Recycle Drive, sponsored by the DOT. Bulky furniture, electronics, appliances, paper, plastics and other waste items were accepted. About 22 organizations brought their waste items to the recycle drive. wascollectedatthe Special thanks go out to the DOT-A Oahu District Maintenance Baseyard team who brought 12 staff members and a forklift to help unload the waste. Impressively, 33 vehicles were unloaded, 200 cubic yards mixed waste collected and 18 refrigerators AC’s collected. Next planned cleanup events is slated in Spring 2020. For more info, visit: http://airports.hawaii.gov/hnl/ airport-info/sustainablehnl/

New Faces at Daniel K. Inouye Airport Ne

By: Beulah Olanolan

A Airports Division welcome new student interns making a diff erence at the Daniel K. Inouye International Airport.

Ha Nguyen is in the process of earning her BBA in Marketing, Human Resources and International Business. Chasity-Mae Real is pursing a BBA in Marketing and Management. Josiah Villar is studying to get her BBA in Human Resources Management.

From left: Ha Nguyen, Chasity Mae Real and Josiah “Jos” Villar join DOT.

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Airports Step Up to Pilot for Procurement Business Process Review By: Sarah Allen

The DOT Airports’ System has volunteered to be the fi rst State department to participate in a review of their internal procurement policies and procedures for the purposes of fi nding effi ciencies and becoming ”system-ready” for our new eProcurement Vision.

The eProcurement Vision is the implementation of a robust eProcurement System covering the entire procurement lifecycle — from Planning to Conclusion — for the Executive branch as well as optionally for all other Hawaii CPO Jurisdictions.

Before we can provide a great system, we must be sure we have processes that can transfer from the manual or hybrid way we are doing it now to this new digital landscape.

The State Procurement Offi ce (SPO) joined DOT Airports this week with Civic Initiatives.

We collaborated step-by-step through each part of the procurement process, covering all procurement types, workforce organization, workfl ow reviews, and forms.

Ford Fuchigami, DOT-Airports Administrative Services Offi cer and a passionate champion for a 21st Century Airport system, stated: “We are working as one team, developing a future state for the Airport System in how we deal with the full life-cycle of procurements and contracts. We believe there are many opportunities to achieve cost savings and effi ciencies as we re-imagine our internal procurement processes and policies, and we are excited to be fi rst in the Executive Branch to do this kind of review to be ready for implementing the eProcurement system Vision.”

The review should be completed by December this year. Other Departments will follow this review and implementation plan.

The intent is to conduct research to develop a robust solicitation, to develop our funding model and create an implementation plan for all 21 Executive Branch departments.

SPO is asking these departments, especially the larger, more complex departments, to sign up for their place in the line to ultimately assist us in smoothly transitioning from a hodgepodge set of systems and manual processes into a quicker, more effi cient, transparent procurement system.

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