For about 20 weeks each year, Kyle Sakamoto and all the good folks at the Star-Advertiser sports scoreboard publish the Top 5 pigeon racing winners. These important results to pigeon racing enthusiasts and the community in general didn’t happen in a vacuum. Cindy Luis was our sports journalist hero. About eight years ago, she wrote a feature article about this lesser-known sport and gave the go-ahead to print these weekly results during race season.

The recent superb articles about Cindy’s life by Dave Reardon and Jerry Campany also note Cindy cared deeply for the little guy. We believe our hero Cindy Luis is now “flying high” with our “thoroughbreds of the sky.”

Mahalo always, Cindy, from all your Hawaii pigeon flyers.

Doug Bennett

Manoa

COUNT YOUR BLESSINGS

In the spirit of this season, take a moment to count your blessings. Recent times might’ve been tough — politically, economically or otherwise — but surely there are positives.

Here’s your chance to reflect on what you appreciate. Today through Dec. 9, we’ll be accepting “Count Your Blessings” letters (150 words max) or essays (500-600 words). A collection of these will run in mid-December.

Email to letters@staradvertiser.com; or send to 500 Ala Moana Blvd., Bldg. 2, room 200, Honolulu 96813, c/o Letters.

EXPRESS YOURSELF

The Honolulu Star-Advertiser welcomes all opinions. Want your voice to be heard? Submit a letter to the editor.

>> Write us: We welcome letters up to 150 words, and guest columns of 500-600 words. We reserve the right to edit for clarity and length. Include your name, address and daytime phone number.

>> Mail: Letters to the Editor, Honolulu Star-Advertiser 7 Waterfront Plaza, 500 Ala Moana, Suite #7-500 Honolulu, HI 96813

>> Contact: 529-4831 (phone), letters@staradvertiser.com, staradvertiser.com/editorial/submit-letter Opens in a new tab