| Since women always demand equal rights nowadays, I feel the only equal to Kiyota has to be his wife. She is in the same realm as being difficult to categorize. The prominent thing about her is her enthusiasm.
An all encompassing woman, nothing escapes her; she has her fingers in everything that has to do with education. She is also a great manipulator of people being able to extract favors from anyone. To this extent she is able to
live way above her salary.
Like her husband she teaches social studies at Kohala High School. David Blado was her student teacher. We ran into her the first hour after we had arrived at the Nambu. There she was talking a mile a minute
and I didn't then realize what I had run into. She would show up in the staff lounge long enough to eat a pear, have a cup of coffee, arrange for the up coming teachers' meetings. She is the big wig in several associations and has millions of plans to make.
I guess I know her best out of school. All the trainees went to her place for a feed one night and she managed to wangle us into bringing the rice. A small price for the meal we had. When we arrived she was in the middle of making seven dishes,
while serving Sean and David Downes who had to leave early. We all had a good time and she was continually the gracious hostess and always concerned about us. She drove us home in two groups and one the way back drove around to see the Christmas lights.
An extraordinary woman indeed, having worked in Europe as a secretary for the government. Taught service men's children in Nova Scotia. Was an alderwoman in California and now teacher in Hawaii. She filled many hours with savory stories out of her past and
I wish I could remember them.
One notable requirement is her guest book and each person who comes for a meal must sign so she can keep track of who she is feeding. |
