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Article: Thank goodness, the big island does not only depend on tourism. (Big island report).
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- Hawaii Business
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- November 1, 2001
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American flags were scarce on the Big Island, following the Sept. 11 terrorist attacks on New York Washington, D.C. So word traveled fast when radio station KISS-FM announced on Sept. 18 that Parker Ranch Store had just received a limited supply of 3-by-5- and 4-by-6-inch flags.
"Needless to say, they quickly ran out," says Aubriene Merfalen, sales and public relations executive for the 225,000-acre Parker Ranch in Waimea. "Patriotism was sure flying high here," she says.
That was how businesses in this quaint town - known for pastures, private schools and paniolo (Hawaiian cowboys) - coped with the nationwide tragedy. The terrorist attacks occurred ...