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FOR THE WEEK OF JANUARY 5, 2022
‘PAINTING’ THE WAY
Volunteers adopted a city bus stop fronting ‘Ilima Intermediate School. SEE PAGE 4
TO THE FINISH LINE
Par Hawai‘i holds its annual campaign in support of Special Olympics Hawai‘i. SEE PAGE 7
‘Ewa Beach’s Fang Metamorphoses
A PUBLICATION OF
AN EDITION OF
‘Ewa Beach resident Henry Fang (left) started Paradise Monarchs, a business that raises and sells butterflies at local farmers markets. PHOTO COURTESY HENRY FANG
SBY GINGER KELLER
ince the start of the pandemic, many people have switched jobs or started their own businesses — and Henry
Fang is one of them. Previously, the ‘Ewa Beach resident worked in the events sector of Four Seasons O‘ahu At Ko ‘Olina. To- day, he owns and operates Paradise Mon- archs and has coined himself a new title: “Butterfly dad.”
“Because of COVID, I was furloughed,” shares Fang. “One day, I was laying in bed surfing the internet and I saw an article that said that monarch butterflies are on the verge of becoming an endangered species. To be fully honest and transparent, I didn’t take any special interest in butterflies pri- or; I know that they’re beautiful, but I wasn’t super into butterflies. But because of the article, I started thinking deeper and did tons and tons of research ... and even- tually I started raising them for fun.
“I grew up in Taiwan and when I was younger in elementary school, we would raise silk worms as part of a science exper-
SEE PAGE 6
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