Stephen Silva:  

To those of you who have remained close, and especially those who still call Wailua home, I admire the integrity, hard work and less than selfish actions it takes to make a community what it is. My Story? Okay-44 years in 44 seconds. I met you guys halfway through 9th grade in 1976. My parents had both become dysfunctional and unable to care for me. Being as my grandfather was the retired director of institutions for the state of Hawaii, there was no freaking way his grandson could be allowed to become a foster kid. Through their kindness and affluence, my ego inflated itself to where I thought I was of some importance. I never had the discipline or work ethic to stick to anything difficult. A year after high school graduation my grandparents had a had enough of my s*** and I was suddenly homeless, broke and lacking in any marketable job skills. But I did have my captain's license. A second rate fisherman in Haleiwa, I managed to make a living sport fishing in town. Though all...Expand for more