Lord james blears daughter quotes

Growing up in Hawaii in the 1960's was fun in paradise for kids like my brother and I. Especially the wrestling scene. The likes of Curtis Iuakea, Tosh Togo (Goldfinger's Oddjob), and Lord "Tallyho" Blears were pure role models for a lot of us kids. Have fun at what you do. All the wrestling holds, like the "Figure 4", "Kiwi", and "Indian Death Lock". I would learn to use those holds on my brother during our evening wrestling matches. It was the "Tallyho" spirit that brought many a laugh and great joy. Check out the links below.

Lord Tallyho Blears

 

James Ranicar Blears, then 17, grew up quickly as he went off to war in 1941. He served as a radioman aboard a British
merchant marine ship which, a year later, sailed through the Persian Gulf to Iran with its cargo of tanks, ammunition and
supplies bound for Moscow to help in the grim battle against Germany's Nazi hordes. Fifty years later the Russian
government finally tracked him down to the sleepy shores of Makaha to award him a belated medal in honour of his heroism
in those dark days of the conflict. In March 1944 he was serving aboard a Dutch Allied vessel taking food and
supplies from Australia to Calcutta to help in the Burma Campaign when, 1,000 miles from Ceylon, the ship was
torpedoed by a Japanese submarine. More than 100 of the crew were captured, and Blears watched in horror as they were beheaded and shot on the deck. As he was dragged towards a grisly death, Blears kicked the swordsman and, still manacled to his mate, leapt into the ocean. His pal was killed by machine gun bullets, but the brave Tyldesley lad escaped, later to be rescued by an American Liberty ship. He received another medal for heroism from the Queen of the Netherlands. Then he rejoined the war effort. Aboard the New Amsterdam, then the world's third largest ship, he helped in the transport of wounded American soldiers from war-torn Europe and back to the States. After years of blackouts and food shortages, the lights and sustenance of Times Square and Broadway were heaven-sent. As his ship waited for repairs Jim lined up a few
wrestling matches to pass the time. The bouts were to change his life. His dynamic style was spotted by American promoters, who offered to back him after the war. So it was that, with around £20 in his pocket, he headed for the Wild West! In 1948 he legally changed his name to Lord James Blears as he wrestled his way across country and finally, in 1955,
to California. From there, with wife Lee, whom he had met in New York on Long Island's Long Beach, he moved to Hawaii. And fell in love again...first with the island, then with surfing. He was taught to surf by Sammy Steamboat Mokuahi, who in turn was taught to wrestle; he helped coach the island's young wrestlers; and Waikiki beach boys gave him a new name Tallyho! And in 1969 Lord Tallyho Blears won the Hawaii Surfing Association's senior championship. He passed on his love of the ocean and the sport to his children. Young Jimmy became a world champion in 1972, daughter Laura earned respect as a professional surfer. Then Tallyho took up the microphone, his bubbling energy channeled in a new direction as in vibrant words he caught the excitement of the annual Pipe Masters surfing tournament. The step into TV via 'Magnum' with Tom Selleck was little more than a hop. And the monocle and top hat never seemed
out of place for Lord Tallyho Blears.

 

 

 

 

 

August/September 2007 Hero

Mike Marshal  Wikipedia

 

In this day and age when we see less playgrounds being developed, schools and gyms under lock and chain, places like the road to out the Cabrillo National Monument shutdown at 5:00 in the evening due to financial and security reasons there was a man long ago who stood up to all the the boo-hoos. His was name was Mile Marshall. Here he is at Michigan State cutting through a chain that locks a fence blocking entry to a field. Also, it is funny that there is not enough money to keep the road to the Cabrillo National Monument open until sunset, but enough money to build a new golf course on North Island.

 

October 2007 Hero

United States Coast Guard

It was the late 1950's, my dad and a few friends from went fishing on a Sunday on my dad's boat the Bobbi-Dee south Oahu, Hawaii. They failed to return in the late afternoon. Just before dark, my mom placed a call to the Coast Guard. The Coast Guard responded with search aircraft and ships. About 1:00 AM, Monday morning, my dad on the Bobbi-Dee, engine knocked out, heard a plane fly over. He fired a flare, the plane saw it and started circling the boat for a couple of hours until a cutter came on the scene and towed the Bobbi-Dee home to the Ala Wai Yacht Harbor. It was a happy Monday morning for our family. Thank you, United States Coast Guard.

After hurricane Katrina, when every federal, state, and public agency stood paralyzed. One outfit was on scene, saving one life after the other. Thank you, United Stated Coast Guard.

 

November 2007 Hero