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March 24, 2008

To Marsha McFadden
City Editor

From J. Cash
92-3827 Kamehameha Highway
(808) 210-1232
jcash@weio.net

For several nights in a row last week, I saw a group of men throwing eggs and deflating tires of cars parked in the parking lot at Kaneohe Beach Park at about midnight. You should check it out.

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