WE MUST UNITE TO ERADICATE 'ICE'

Finally, it seems our communities will get much-needed, enforceable laws to
combat the ice epidemic that many neighborhoods face. There are several
"igloos" in our town that have existed for at least a decade. Their
occupants do not care about other residents and the many children who have
grown up in and around these homes. The children and caring neighbors have
slowly become desensitized to the presence of this devastating and evil
drug.

Still, there do exist in these times people who care for the community as a
whole. I urge all such caring individuals to continue the push to melt down
every "igloo" in our beautiful Hawaii. Our children deserve our best efforts
and nothing less. Our warm and sunny state should not be the No. 1
destination for any drug as cold and hard as ice.

Sophie Mataafa