Paia Says Farewell To Missing Welcome Sign
A “Welcome to Paia” sign remains at its post on Baldwin Avenue near the Holy Rosary Church. Three signs were posted at entrances to town more than 10 years ago, but one across from Paia Park has been taken a second time.
LISA STARR photo
PAIA — A “Welcome to Paia” sign, one that greets thousands of residents and visitors headed toward Hana, is missing.
The large $2,000 redwood sign, which was on Hana Highway just outside the historic plantation town, was reported gone since Tuesday night, said Lisa Starr, chairwoman of the Paia Main Street Association.
“We don’t really know what really happened. One of the support posts is upright. The other is knocked over,” she said on Thursday.
Starr went to the site to investigate and said the sign looked like it may have been knocked over from the position of the posts. She combed the nearby bushes for the sign or its remains, but found nothing.
The missing sign was “quite new,” she said. It replaced a sign that had been stolen.
Starr said she reported the missing sign to police. Then she began polling Paia merchants to see if any knew what happened. Most didn’t know the sign was missing.
“Oh boy,” said busine
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