Obama, family, entourage expected soon in Kailua
source: http://www.sfgate.com/cgi-bin/article.cgi?f=/n/a/2010/12/20/national/a012933S33.DTL#ixzz18fR...
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(12-20) 06:57 PST Kailua, Hawaii (AP) --
While President Barack Obama's standing in Washington has dropped a notch or two in the year since he and his family last spent their holiday vacation in this beach community, the thrill is definitely not gone for many Kailuans about him coming back.
"I'm very excited," said Virginia Carnohan, owner of The Cottage gift shop about 2 1/2 miles from the trio of multimillion dollar beachfront homes where the Obama family and friends will spend Christmas and New Year's.
"We have a local boy who's president and everybody's very proud of that," said Chuck Prentiss, chairman of the Kailua Neighborhood Board, a panel that advises Honolulu city officials on community concerns.
Read more: http://www.sfgate.com/cgi-bin/article.cgi?f=/n/a/2010/12/20/national/a012933S33.DTL#ixzz18fRPK8DU
While President Barack Obama's standing in Washington has dropped a notch or two in the year since he and his family last spent their holiday vacation in this beach community, the thrill is definitely not gone for many Kailuans about him coming back.
"I'm very excited," said Virginia Carnohan, owner of The Cottage gift shop about 2 1/2 miles from the trio of multimillion dollar beachfront homes where the Obama family and friends will spend Christmas and New Year's.
"We have a local boy who's president and everybody's very proud of that," said Chuck Prentiss, chairman of the Kailua Neighborhood Board, a panel that advises Honolulu city officials on community concerns.
Read more: http://www.sfgate.com/cgi-bin/article.cgi?f=/n/a/2010/12/20/national/a012933S33.DTL#ixzz18fRPK8DU
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On yet another vacation I see.
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