Kaʻū Escapes Tsunami Destruction, Community

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Miss Ka‘ū Coffee: Talent, Beauty & Brains Come to Pageant April 23
The first event of the third annual Ka‘ū
Coffee Festival graces Ka‘ū High School
Gym at 5:30 p.m. on Saturday, April 23.
Tickets are $12. The winners and their courts
will ride in the Merrie Monarch Parade on
Saturday, April 30 in Hilo and reign over the
Ka‘ū Coffee Festival on Saturday, May 14
and Sunday, May 15.
Here are the candidates for Miss Ka‘ū
Miss Ka‘ū Coffee, pg. 6
Jaeneise Cuison
Brandy Eder
Alina Jerilong
Kayla Nishimura
Kathline Pataray
April, 2011
The Good News of Ka‘ū, Hawaiʻi
Volume 9, Number 6
Brandy Shibuya
Photos by John Duntz
Kaʻū Escapes Tsunami Destruction, Community Helps Japan
by Julia Neal
Kaʻū escaped the tsunami’s destruction
March 11, following the great 9.0 earthquake
off Japan. That tsunami killed more than
25,000 people and ravaged farms, towns and
fishing fleets in eastern Honshu Island before
heading for Hawai‘i where it spared lives but
left millions of dollars in damage to homes,
businesses and resorts on the Kona and Kohala coasts.
The tsunami destroyed cottages and pavilions, so damaging Kona Village resort that
it may never reopen. The Four Seasons is still
closed. Tsunami waves washed through the
first floor of King Kamehameha Hotel and
broke up the road by the Aliì Drive seawall.
It flooded the basement of Huliheè Palace,
which had reopened after repairs from the
2006 earthquake.
Closer to Kaʻū, a house washed into
Kealakekua Bay and others were destroyed.
The tsunami carried part of a building from
Honomolino Bay to Miloli‘i, and smashed
nearby homes at Okoe and Kapua Bays along
the remote South Kona coast.
Tsunami waves slapped onto Punalu‘u
black sand beach before dawn, filling pond
with seawater and sand, the waves sucking
out and leaving the beach covered in debris. The small shops next to the ocean were
spared along with the pole house owned by
the Dahlbergs. Neighbor Kiko JohnstonKitazawa’s boat building hale and Hawaiian
canoes were fine.
Evacuees from Tsunami Zone
After the tsunami warning was sound-
ed late March 10, the campsite at Punalu‘u
Beach Park was cleared and the 76 Punalu‘u
condominiums evacuated by 2 a.m. Manager
Dianne Naski said the resort was 75 percent
occupied and the 100 guests gave their full
cooperation. She thanked the Hawai‘i Police
Department, Hawai‘i Fire Department and
Civil Defense for calling repeatedly and ar-
riving on the scene to offer help. Evacuees
stayed overnight at Civil Defense shelters at
Pāhala and Nā‘ālehu Community Centers.
They returned to the condos around 10 a.m.
the next morning where there was no damage, Naski said.
Campers, condo evacuees and motorists
Tsunami Damage, pg. 3
Tsunami wipes out house at Okoe Bay, on the Ka‘ū side of Miloliì. Volunteers help salvage the building. Photo by Kai Kaialiì Kahele
Successful Turtle Nesting in Ka‘ū: Hawksbills & Rare Ridley
Winter is pau, with the nesting of a rare
olive ridley turtle and a dozen hawksbills
showing Pōhue Bay and Kamehame as top
turtle nurseries for Ka‘ū.this season.
The Hawai‘i Island Hawksbill Turtle
Recovery Project has released its annual
report by Will Seitz,
Lauren Kurpita and
Liz Ransom. It notes
that “40 diehard turtle
volunteers and interns
tirelessly monitored
and managed Hawai‘i
Island’s
southern
coastline for hawksbill nesting activity
and protected endangered turtle nests
for more than nine
months.”
This season was
highly
successful
with 39 nests found
Rare olive ridgley turtle hatchlings emerge from one of four nests
and protected at six
ever seen in Hawai‘i. Their nest was saved from surf and watched by
volunteers at ‘Awili Point down Road to the Sea near Ocean View.
beaches: ‘Āpua Point
Photo from Hawaiì Island Hawksbill Turtle Project
and Halapē (in Hawai‘i Volcanoes National
Park), and Kamehame, Koloa-Nīnole, Pōhue
Bay, and ‘Āwili Point outside the park.
The rare olive ridley turtle nest was
saved from the surf and protected at ‘Āwili
Point
Similar to the last season, this was
one of the longest on record. Honu‘ea field
season is almost year-round now, with this
most recent extending from April 2010 to
mid-January 2011. Besides the 12 individual nesting hawksbills and one olive ridley,
there were likely more unidentified elusive
nesters and nests.
Of the hawksbills, seven were returnees
from previous seasons; the other five were
newly tagged, bringing the total of tagged
adult female hawksbills on Hawai‘i Island
to 105. The olive ridley was only the fourth
documented olive ridley nest in Hawai‘i
state history.
About 4,000 turtle hatchlings safely
reached the ocean from the 40 total nests including the olive ridley. Over 80,000 hatchlings have reached the ocean since the project began in 1989.
The following are site summaries:
Āpua Point: One newly tagged turtle
Turtle Nesting, pg. 20
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Ka‘ū Says Aloha to Artist Herb Kawainui Kane
by Julia Neal
Edmund C. Olson Trust II
Herb Kawainui Kane, who painted the
famous mural of Punalu‘u Bay, the Madame
Pele portrait at Hawai‘i Volcanoes National
Park and so many more depictions of Hawaiian culture, died March 8 at the age of
82.
Along with Volcano architect Boone
Morrison, Kane designed
the old museum and restaurant at Sea Mountain
Resort at Punalu‘u. The
museum was home to his
nine-foot-tall by 22-foot
wide Punalu‘u Bay mural
that depicted ancient days
at the black sand beach
and pond; a chief sailing
into shore on a double- Herb Kane
hulled canoe; the village people at work;
and the Kane‘ele‘ele Heiau. Though the museum closed after a tidal wave in 1975 and
it fell into disrepair, the painting was often
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visited by locals and their
guests and remained intact
in the rubble.
In 2005, however,
someone sawed the mural
into pieces and carried it
away. Though detectives
were hired and awards offered, no one has come forward to reveal the location
of the Punalu‘u Bay mural.
As a result, in May of
2007 Kane revealed a new
original painting of the Herb Kane's painting of Punalu‘u Bay.
same Punalu‘u Bay mural – this time on Seasons Resort at Hualalai and many other
canvas. Prints of Punalu‘u Bay have been locations throughout the Pacific.
made and are on display in homes and in
Kane also helped design the Hokule‘a
public places.
sailing canoe and was deeply involved with
During his long career, Kane created il- the Polynesian Voyaging Society.
lustrations for National Geographic magaKane grew up in Waipio Valley and
zine and for postage stamps in the U.S., the Hilo, served in the Navy, and received a
Marshall Islands, Micronesia and French master’s degree from Chicago Art Institute.
Polynesia. His paintings hang in the Four A skilled illustrator, he worked for advertis-
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first launching of his beloved Hokule‘a sailing canoe.
Dignitaries from Mayor Billy Kenoi
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Partners in Development Foundation
Tūtū & Me Traveling Preschool welcomes
families to join its new program being held
in the Pāhala Community Center, which began last month. The group meets every Tuesday and Thursday from 8:30 to 10:30 a.m. in
Pāhala and on Mondays and Wednesdays, at
the same time, at the Nāʻālehu Community
Center. The program is free, and a caregiver
must be present with each attending keiki.
Lessons are designed around fun learning
themes and Hawaiian values. In April, the
program will explore dinosaurs and animals
that hatch from eggs, and introduce the value of Laulima, or cooperating and working
together.
Tūtū & Me features monthly field
trips, enthusiastic teachers and hands-on
activities.
According to the Partners In Development website, Tūtū &Me “provides learning
opportunities for children’s social, linguistic, cognitive, physical and emotional development, and meets the needs of anyone
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Tūtū & Me met for the last time at the
Ocean View Community Center on March
11. Attending were 15 keiki surrounded
by parents and family members. Activities
included games and songs, all devoted to
the Hawaiian culture of ʻohana. Aunty Tori
Kaeo, lead teacher, and staff ended the program with a Hawaiian Thank You song, followed by a pot luck and plant give-away.
The Ocean View Community Association board members presented a Certificate
of Appreciation to Kaeo, teaching assistants
Melanie DePeralta and Alex Kaupu, and assessment specialist Lea Hashimoto, recognizing their dedication in providing a quality
program of activities within the community.
While Tūtū & Me programs will still be
available at Nāʻālehu and Pāhala, Ocean
View families are invited to attend, and
many said they enjoyed the convenience of
only having to travel within their area.
Tūtū & Me employees thanked everyone at the Ocean View Community Center
and the community for their support.
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Tsunami Damage, cont. from pg. 1
along Hwy 11 who were stopped by police
at inundation zones, added up to some 55
people staying in Nā‘ālehu and 20 in Pāhala
shelters overnight, said county spokesman
Hunter Bishop. Seven groups of campers
were evacuated from Honu‘apo, said Kaʻū
county parks maintenance manager Dennis
Reardon.
After the tsunami warning ended, park
managers inspected Punalu‘u and Honu‘apo,
finding rocks thrown about and water lines
showing waves nearly reaching pavilions,
but no major damage.
County Council member Brittany Smart
visited Miloli‘i and hard hit areas around Kealakekua, while Sen. Gil Kahele hiked into
Honomolino, Okoe and Kapua Bays where
volunteers were helping with the homes
thrown off their foundations.
Punalu‘u Cleanup
‘O Ka‘ū Kākou helped to clean up floating plants that were sucked out onto the beach
from the pond. OKK member Fred Ramsdell
said that the tsunami changed the look of the
All beach parks were closed during the tsunami. Dangerous areas were taped off after the
tsunami. Photo by Geneveve Fyvie
beach. “I almost couldn’t tell where I was,ˮ
he said. He noted that some roots of palm
trees were exposed. Sand was moved mauka
to makai, covering up some of the pools and
rocky areas. Rocks and reef were exposed. A
few fish landed on rocks and the beach.
‘O Ka‘ū Kākou founder Guy Enriques
said the most obvious change
at Punalu‘u is the disappearance
and distribution of sand. Sand
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During the emergency,
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saster mode with the health care association’s
emergency management network. Hospital
administrator Merilyn Harris said her staff
was in constant contact with state Civil Defense and other hospitals across the state.
An ambulance was used in helping to warn
people along the shoreline to evacuate before
the tsunami waves hit.
Mayor Billy Kenoi said the island is fortunate in that major infrastructure at ports and
airports were spared and that damage was
limited.
Loved Ones in Japan
After hearing about the tsunami’s devastation of Japan’s east coast and the broken nuclear power plants emitting radiation,
Ka‘ū’s Japanese community began making
contact with relatives and friends there.
Minako and Kayo Yamazaki, who own
Turtle warning sign knocked down at
Punalu‘u. Photo by Katherine Okumura
a home in Pāhala, reported from Tokyo that
Minako was in downtown when the quake
struck. It took five hours for Kayo to reach
her by car – a drive that normally takes 20
minutes. Minako said that Mega-Tokyo, a
metropolitan city with 30 million residents
“has kept its lifeline. Electricity, water and
gas are all in order.” She said the public
transportation system was stalled for nine to
ten hours, which made it difficult for workers
to return home on Friday night, and many of
them stayed at offices and evacuation centers. She said she is very proud of the infrastructure and community response that made
the earthquake less devastating in downtown
Tokyo.
Tsunami Damage, pg. 16
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April, 2011
Built To Last Earns Top Rating for Solar Installations
by Nālani Parlin
Built To Last Plumbing, owned
and operated by Paul Gibson, has
won an award for 100 percent First
Inspection Passed Rate for every
solar hot water system his company installed in 2010. Gibson, of
Ocean View, is the only Big Island plumbing contractor to garner this recognition,
which means all of his solar systems passed
Ka‘ū Credit Union
Reports to the People
A new debit card is in the works for the
Kaʻū Federal Credit Union, which made its
report to the community in March during its
annual meeting.
Manager Cheryl Weaver talked about
the Kids Savings Project, which has helped
61 children at Pāhala Elementary School to
save more than $2,500 during the last six
months. Children can open keiki savings accounts at all the credit union branches.
The credit union’s new website has loan
request forms that can be completed online,
scam alerts, and updates on credit union activities. There are over 3,000 members of
the local credit union.
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on the Big Island in 2010. They Paul Gibson
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installed 36 of these systems for
credit and a $300 property tax
families in need all over the island. The sys- credit. Another program, called Hot Watems were financed by a federal grant from ter Cool Rates, allows homeowners to get
the Department of Energy.
an interest-free loan to pay for their solar
Built To Last is certified as a solar hot system. Hawaiʻi Energy pays the interest.
water contractor by Hawaiʻi Energy. Gibson “Previously when participating with this
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ating out of Kaʻū with more than 20 years Hawaiʻi Energy is now offering a $750 reexperience. It is a family-run business, em- bate along with this interest buy-down proploying people in Kaʻū. Gibson also owns gram! It is really an awesome time to get
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‘Āina Koa Pono Urges Change in PUC Law
‘Āina Koa Pono is urging the state Legislature to change the Public Utilities Commission Law to allow Hawaiian Electric
Industries to spread alternative energy costs
among its customers across the state. The
new legislation was introduced after the PUC
rejected a proposal from Hawaiian Electric
Industries to slightly increase electric bills
in Maui, O‘ahu and Hawai‘i Counties to pay
for biofuel that Hawaiian Electric Light Co.
plans to buy from ‘Āina Koa Pono’s factory
and farm planned for Pāhala. The PUC ruled
that customers on the other islands could not
be charged for the cost of electricity they do
not receive. In testimony before the House Committee on Consumer Protection and Commerce,
‘Āina Koa Pono partner Chris Eldridge asked
the Legislature to accept language that would
allow the rate increase across the islands to
help develop the electric company’s alternative energy portfolio. He said his hui’s contract with Hawaiian Electric to purchase the
biofuel is the cornerstone on which they are
financing and developing the biofuel refinery
and farm planned for Ka‘ū. He said the contract with HELCO is threatened by the PUC
ruling and contended that while “biofuel will
soon be cheaper than petroleum-based fuel, it
will be more expensive for the first few years
while the industry is developing.”
He said the biofuel refinery will “significantly advance the statewide goal of developing clean and independent energy sources,
and will insulate the state from spikes in the
price of petroleum fuel. Accordingly, any
short-term rate increases in utility rates as
a result of this project should be allocated
across the state.”
Said Eldridge, “If the allocation of project costs is not allowed, large-scale biofuel
projects like AKP will not succeed.” Rep. Bob Herkes chairs the Consumer
Protection and Commerce Committee. The
measure passed the committee and was headed for the House Finance Committee. The
only public testimony on the measure had
come from ‘Āina Koa Pono and Hawaiian
Electric. If the measure passes the House and then
the Senate, the PUC, now headed by Mina
Morita, would reconsider the electric company’s proposed rate increase to help pay for
the biofuels.
The refinery would be on eight acres
along Meyer Camp Road, four-tenths of a
mile off Wood Valley Road. The land to be
farmed to grow grasses to feed the refinery
would be on some 11,000 acres between
Wood Valley Road and Nā‘ālehu, ‘Āina Koa
Pono representatives say.
‘Āina Koa Pono has promised hundreds
of jobs for Pāhala. Its chief engineer Alexander Causey told the County Council in March
that their lowest paying job will be $22 an
hour and that all their jobs will be union.
He also said the company plans five biofuel farms and factories across Hawai‘i, including another one on this island – in Kamuela. Company representatives have also also
stated interest in building their microwave
refineries at landfill sites to help the county
with its mounting waste disposal problem.
‘Āina Koa Pono, pg. 17
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Managers handle emergencies during the
IBEW strike in March.
Electric Workers Settle
Union electric workers went on
strike March 4 and settled with Hawaiian Electric Light Co. and its subsidiaries, Maui Electric Company and Hawiian
Electric Light Co. on the Big island on
March 7. Members of the International
Brotherhood of Electrical Workers, Local 1260, voted to ratify a new contract
that will be in effect through October 31,
2013.
In Ka‘ū, HELCO management employees responded to a lightning strike
that knocked out a transformer in Ocean
View. They replaced the transformer and
restored power to the handful of customers who were affected.
The HELCO production department
also brought a power generator on-line
that had been shut down for scheduled
maintenance. HELCO president Jay Ignacio said, “I am very proud of the way
our employees responded this weekend.
Employee and public safety are our first
and foremost priority, especially when
we have employees working in non-traditional roles.”
Shoring up Tourism
The Hawai‘i Tourism Authority
is spending $3 million to shore up the
visitor industry following a drop in the
Japanese arrivals after the devastation
of the tsunami on Honshu Island last
month. HTA expects continued cancellation of reservations with losses statewide
through June mounting to $200 million.
HTA plans to target China, Korea, Australia and the West Coast in an attempt to
make up for the loss. With the state dependent on Japanese tourism tax income,
the governor has asked the Council on
Revenues to make a new projection for
tourism, in order to project the income
side of the state budget before it is finalized. More state budget cuts may be on
the horizon.
Cattlemen & Hunters Ask for Respect, Mālama Forest & Ranches
by Julia Neal
About 75 ranchers and land managers
met at Pāhala Community Center in March
to work out ways to retain access through
ranches and farms to hunting grounds. Kalani DeCoito, who organizes hunting tournaments in Kaʻū, urged hunters to organize and educate their community to assist
landowners so they will be welcomed onto
their property. Suggestions came from many
hunters: anyone who sees a stray cow, call
the rancher. A broken fence or water pipe?
Call the land manager. If there is rubbish,
don’t think, “That is not my rubbish; I’m not
picking it up. Mālama the ʻāina. It is all our
rubbish.” It was also suggested that hunters police one another by reporting anyone
thieving or vandalizing.
Hunters acknowledged that poachers and others who cut fence, wreck water
Longtime rancher and hunter Wally Andrade
asked hunters to help the ranchers.
Lani Cran Petrie, of Kapāpala, shares the struggles of the ranch through the drought, the vog
and cattle "huikau" when hunters leave gates open.
Photos by Geneveve Fyvie
Kalani DeCoito encourages hunters, ranchers and landowners to help one another. lines and troughs and leave gates open. This
wastes so much of ranchers’ time and money making repairs and rounding up loose
cattle that the ranchers sometimes close the
access to hunting.
DeCoito and land managers agreed that
only a small percentage of hunters ruin it for
everyone. Hardest hit are people for whom
hunting and fishing are necessary to feed
their families.
Paul Makuakane, left, asked ranchers to
respond to reports of loose cattle eating kalo
and sweet potato, while Mike Silva, right, was
concerned about lost hunting dogs.
During the meeting, Lani Cran Petrie,
manager of Kapāpala Ranch, addressed the
use of a two-mile access road through eucalyptus trees on Kamehameha Schools land
that her ranch recently leased in order to
have extra grazing area to save cattle during
the drought. She proposed to allow hunters
through the eucalyptus to access hunting areas mauka by signing a waiver and calling
in each time they go hunting. If registered,
they will receive a code to open the gate
and can proceed. She said that she wants to
help the community to continue the hunting
tradition. How about staying late to find lost
dogs? asked Mike Silva. If hunters lose
dogs, call her and she will let them stay past
hunting hours to find their dogs, she replied.
She said, however, it takes days and
sometimes weeks of extra effort when gates
are left open or fences cut and cattle are left
“huikau” – mixed up.
Legal hunting hours are 6 a.m. to 6 p.m.
Paul Makuakane asked ranchers to respond quickly to reports of loose cattle eating farmers’ crops, including his kalo and
sweet potatoes. Some hunters, including Eddie Salmo,
offered to donate hours to help the ranch
with fencing and other chores.
The phone number to request to traverse the road through the eucalyptus grove
to go hunting is 928-8405. Applications
were circulated among hunters who attended the meeting. Rancher Wally Andrade also spoke up,
saying hunting was his life growing up in
Kaʻū. “I was one hunting freak,” he proclaimed. He gave the hunters suggestions
to get along with landowners: “You got to
educate these guys what is respect. When
you go hunting, put back the loose cattle;
respect the rancher. Then come talk to me;
chase some pigs. I will open the gate for
you,” he said.
Others who came to Kaʻū to share their
manaʻo included state game warden Jackie
Kaololu, Jim Thayne from Forest Solutions,
which manages the eucalyptus trees, Kala
Kanakaole, with the land operations division of Kamehameha Schools and pig hunter Hano Grace. They all encouraged open
communication and cooperation between
hunters and land managers. Kapāpala History
The history of Kapāpala Ranch was
presented to hunters at the meeting on access to the forest. Manager Lani Cran Pet-
rie noted that Kapāpala is the second oldest
continually operating ranch on the island,
having only four owners in the last 150
years: William Reed and Charles Richardson from 1850-1877, C. Brewer from 18771975, Parker Ranch for two years and Gordon Cran, Lani’s respected paniolo father
and family.
She reminded the hunters that the land
is rugged, the job of raising cattle is difficult and the vog and recent drought have
made this a survival situation for the iconic
Kapāpala Ranch. She asked for everyone’s
kokua.
Kamehameha History
The history of Kamehameha Schools,
which owns land in Kaʻū that is leased out
to ranchers and foresters and sometimes
used for hunting access, was also presented
at the hunter meeting. Kama Dancil, the KS
local land manager, explained that the purpose of Kamehameha Schools is education.
Most of the funding for the educational programs throughout the state is raised through
its Financial Assets Division and Commercial Real Estate Division, with such projects
on this island as the Four Seasons at Hualalai and Keauhou Shopping Center. The Land
Assets Division brings in only two percent
of the income.
Kamehameha Schools owns 295,000
acres on the Big Island, with 65,000 acres in
Kaʻū, and most of this land is managed for
its conservation values. Some of it is leased
out, however, and it is up to the lessee to determine who they will allow on the property,
Dancil said. In fact, Kamehameha Schools
is leasing out all of its eucalyptus stands in
Kaʻū to ranchers.
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Volume 9, Number 6
April 2011
One Journey Raises Funds for Brown Bags to Stardom on O‘ahu
One Journey, the high school band with
a new CD and music video, is raising money to fund its trip to the statewide Brown
Bags to Stardom talent contest on O‘ahu in
April. At a recent fundraiser at KAHU FM
91.7, produced by Ka‘ū Productions, LLC,
the band raised funds and sold out its CDs
but is still short about $500. Donations can
be dropped by the radio station or Ka‘ū
High School.
One Journey, led by high school music
teacher Laura Saijo, has recently received
attention for its music video shown on
OC16 television. The top song is Lovers
Dream, written by singer Eunice Longakit
and James Tyson. The band also hopes to raise money to
print more copies of the CD to sell as another fundraiser.
Miss Ka‘ū Coffee, cont. from pg. 1
Coffee, Miss Peaberry and Young Miss Ka‘ū
Coffee.
Miss Ka‘ū Coffee Candidates
Jaeneise P. Cuison, of Nā‘ālehu, is the
daughter of Tracyann and Mathias Cuison,
Sr. and sister to Jolynn, Mathias, Jr., Mark,
Micah, Britney, Ernest, Jernest, and Otto.
Jaeneise is a senior at Ka‘ū High School. She
has “a passion for volleyball, baking assorted desserts and spending time at the beach
with family.” She plans to major in nursing
and dreams of becoming a registered nurse
because she wants “to be able to help the
sick and needy within our community.” She
loves “living in Ka‘ū because of its beautiful
and serene beaches and its majestic hilltop
mountains that continuously sustain us with
resources.” Jaeneise’s platform is “community service: giving back to my community
by preserving and perpetuating the environment.” Her talent is Tahitian dance.
Brandy Nicole Eder, of Pāhala, is the
daughter of Bert and Tina Eder and sister to
Nathaniel, Fresno, Angelbert, Michael, Chris
and Melinda. Brandy is a Kaʻū High School
senior. Brandy likes to play sports, read and
cook. She “would love to be a doctor someday.” She says, “What I love the most about
Ka‘ū is the aloha spirit; the way everyone
is like family.” Her platform is "Domestic
Abuse: Helping to identify verbal and physical abuse in teens through volunteer counseling in schools." Her talent will be performing
her own original composition on the piano.
Alina Berlina Jerilong, of Ocean View, major in liberal arts. Kayla enjoys living in
is the daughter of Youlina Henry and Kosmi Ka‘ū and says, “I love that whenever I’m
Silk and sister to Nerling, Eiko, Lomon and bored, I can call up my friends to hang at the
Sesmi. She is a junior at Kaʻū High School. beach or play volleyball.” Kayla’s platform
Alina enjoys helping people, playing vol- is “inspiring athletes to succeed and stay
leyball and doing her work at school. She healthy.” Kayla's will perform a belly-dance
says she dreams of being a nurse because she for her talent.
wants to help people in need suffering from
Kathline Diane Pataray, of Nāʻālehu,
sickness and illness. She likes Kaʻū because is the daughter of Esmenia P. Hernandez
she says she "loves
and her stepfather
to see the mounis Gerald Hernantains," and enjoys
dez. She is sister
the people, having
to Kathryne and
a good time and
Jessa Mae and is a
talking to them.
senior at Kaʻū High
She added, "I like
School. She ento live in the Kaʻū
joys spending time
side." Her platform
with her family and
is Inspiring comfriends, competing
munity to build a
on the school tenhealthy life style.
nis team and tryShe says,"I believe
ing new things.
Jaeneise Cuison, Kathline Pataray and Brandy
it is very important Shibuya explored color choice and received make- She plans to mato maintain healthy overs in a mini workshop with Motives® Pro-Art- jor in travel and
eating habits, stay ist and Consultant Myra Sumida.
tourism in hopes
Photo by Nālani Parlin of becoming a
physically fit and
get enough rest to sustain an individual's travel agent or ticketing clerk in an airport or
needs." Her talent is hula.
travel agency. She loves Kaʻū because "the
Kayla Kimiko Nishimura, of Pāhala, is mountains and beaches bring out the beauthe daughter of Gail and Ned Nishimura and ty of nature." She added, "The people treat
sister to Marissa and Chad. Kayla is a senior each other like family is why I love living
a Ka‘ū High School. She is involved in “club in Kaʻū." Her platform is "Perpetuating the
volleyball, is Student Body Government trea- Filipino Heritage: Learning from our elders
surer and captain of the soccer team.” After and encouraging the youth to recognize their
high school she plans to go to college and dedication and work ethic." Kathline's talent
is a traditional
Filipino dance.
Brandy
Kayumi Haunani Shibuya,
of Wai‘ōhinu,
is the daughCOFFEE COMPANY
ter of TerryLee and Dane
Shibuya and
Demetrius Oliveira with his new band Keaiwa helped to raised money for One Journey.
Photos by Julia Neal
Ka‘ū High School musicians support the One Journey fundraiser, with Kiki Pascubillo, Kasey
Camba, Amery Silva, and Eunice Longakit with drummer Riegel Gorali.
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sister to Kassie, Tiare-Lee, and Dane, Jr.
Brandy is 22, an Alaka‘i for a Hawaiian culture leadership program, a Children's Miracle
Network sponsor, and a hostess for island TV
shows for the Big Island. “It has always been
a dream of mine to represent Hawaiʻi and
make a difference in the world,” said Brandy.
She plans to attend Kapi‘olani Community
College and aspires to become an elementary
school teacher. She loves Ka‘ū because it “is
over 922 square miles of rich sacred land,
holding the most powerful Hawaiian history” and because she is “intrigued by its cultural diversity and natural beauty.” Brandy’s
platform is “the importance of education in
strengthening our children, youth and communities.” Her talent is hula.
Miss Peaberry Candidates
Taylor Kekoa Burgos, of Ocean View,
is the daughter of Jolie and Burt Burgos and
sister to Toby. Taylor is in fourth grade at
Nā‘ālehu Elementary School and likes “going to the beach, shopping and spending time
with family.” She “would like to be a teacher
at Pāhala Elementary School.” She enjoys
living in Ka‘ū “because of all the beaches
and all her family lives here.” Her talent is
hip-hop dance.
Cherrisse Althea D. Calumpit, of
Pāhala, is the daughter of Charring D.
Calumpit and Allan M. Calumpit and sister to
Kyle Xander and Kendall Kirsten Calumpit.
Cherrisse is in first grade at Pāhala Elementary School and likes to sing, bike and read
books. She would “like to become a nurse
someday.” She likes Ka‘ū “because of the
good weather. It’s just like back home in the
Philippines. People are nice, and, most of all,
my family lives here.” Her talent is singing.
Jayme Akemi Kaneshiro, of Ocean
View, is daughter of Nicole Fontanilla and
Norman Santiago and sister to Kaiminani.
Jayme is in second grade at Nā‘ālehu Elementary School and likes to box with Ocean
View Boxing Club, model, and camp or go
to the beach. She would like to become a
NUPEPA NA‘ALEHU
Volume 9, Number 6
April 2011
Schubert is New Program Coordinator for The Nature Conservancy
Linda Schubert is new program coordinator for The Nature Conservancy’s Hawai‘i
Island team. Working out of the TNC office
South Side
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Punalu‘u Bake Shop, Schubert interfaces
with the public, oversees volunteers, and
heads up office administration.
Schubert, a Volcano resident, is former
manager of Hilo’s Mokupapapa Discovery
Center and also worked with Hawai‘i Wildlife Fund, organizing volunteer beach cleanups along the coast at Ka‘alu‘alu and Kamilo.
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Volume 9, Number 6
April 2011
Ka‘ū Youth & Wildlife Fund Work to Bring Awareness to Marine Debris
Ka‘ū youth worked hard for Marine Debris Awareness Week, declared for
March 20 - 26 by Gov. Neil Abercrombie
and Lt. Gov. Brian Schatz. To get ready,
Hawai‘i Wildlife Fund hosted students from
Kamehameha School, Ka‘ū High and visitors from the ocean education organization
Ka‘ū High students gathered a truck-full of
marine debris. Photos by Megan Lamson
Kai Makana from O‘ahu. Students from Ka‘ū High and Kamehameha were led by Terry Shibuya of Honua
Ka Pili, who noted that, for some, it was
their first visit to Ka‘alu‘alu Bay and Kamilo Point. They helped with a beach cleanup
and learned ocean
science from Megan Lamson, of
Hawai‘i Wildlife
Fund. They studied their cultural
connection to the
ocean through the
Kumulipo chant
and by recognizing their kuleana Students hold up a variety of marine debris.
- as Hawaiians - to
and Recycle. “The
mālama the coastline, with help from Donna
two newest addiKahi Kahakui.
tions are Refuse,
Lamson also managed a coastal cleanup
which refers to reStudents made signs to get ready for Marine Debris Awareness Week.
with the Wildlife Fund on March 26 and atfusing products that
tended NOAA’s Fifth International Marine
include excess packaging and single-usage http://ifitshipitshere.blogspot.com/2010/10/
Debris Conference in Waikiki. She said the
plastics; and Reinvent, which refers to new vac-from-sea-electrolux-turns-marine.html.
conference drew marine-debris researchers
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from the fields of oceanography, chemistry,
She recommends looking at a film clip about marinedebris.noaa.gov.
biology and resource managers and indusreinventing old Electrolux vacuum cleaners:
try specialists from shipping companies to
plastic producers. Citizen-scientists, nongovernment organizations and artists shared
their experiences and experiments from
throughout the world.
Lamson said conferees talked about the
Five R’s: Refuse, Reduce, Reuse, Reinvent
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Must Log In During Open Hours Only (No Charge).
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Monday - Friday 7:30 A.M. - 5 P.M.; Saturdays 8 A.M. - Noon.
Prince Kuhio Street - Ocean View (Makai Of Gas Station)
April
2011
Colors of a Living Volcano, daily through April 17, 9
Luncheon, music, farm tour. $25 adults, $15 children; all
proceeds go to the children’s garden. Sponsored by Earth
Matters Farm. RSVP at 939-7510 or gailandgreg@mac.
com.
a.m. - 5 p.m., Volcano Art Center Gallery in Hawai‘i Volcanoes National Park. Rod Cameron exhibits new paintings featuring original oil paintings depicting lava ocean
entry landscapes and volcano hula dancers. Free; park entrance fees apply. 967-7565 or www.volcanoartcenter.org
Ken Wicks Scholarship Deadline, Mon, April 11. Ap-
plications available at Ka‘ū and Konawaena High School
counseling offices or www.kauchamber.org. Stephen
Sampson, 929-9136 or scholarship@kauchamber.org
Ka‘ū Beach Cleanup, Sat, April 2. Meet at 7:45 a.m. at
Wai‘ōhinu Park. Megan, 769-7629 or kahakai.cleanups@
gmail.com
Stories of the World, Mon, April 11, 3 p.m., Pāhala
Volcano Open Mic Jam Session: Sat, April 2, 6 – 9
Public & School Library. Professional storyteller Sandra
MacLees celebrates National Library Week. For ages 5
and older accompanied by a parent or caregiver. 928-2015
p.m., Kīlauea Military Camp’s Lava Lounge in Hawai‘i
Volcanoes National Park. Hosted by Mile 25 Band. Musicians, singers, comedians, etc. welcome. Open to all
authorized KMC patrons and guests. Park entrance fees
apply. 967-8354 or 967-8365
Ka‘ū Coffee Festival meeting, Mon, April 11, 6 p.m.,
Pāhala Community Center. Residents are invited to join in
and plan the third annual festival.
Spring Art Market, Sat - Sun, April 2 - 3, 10 a.m. - 3
Oral History: Togetherness and Hanai Granddaughter, Tue, April 12, 10:30 a.m., Nā‘ālehu Public
p.m., Volcano Art Center’s Niaulani Campus in Volcano
Village. Original works of photography, painting, jewelry,
and sculpture available for sale directly from the artists.
Free ongoing art demonstrations, a guided family nature
walk, creative keiki activities, food booths and more.
Booth spaces available at $25/day or $40 for both. Anne,
967-8222 or community@volcanoartcenter.org.
Library. This program in celebration of National Library
Week includes two narratives from the recently published
book Talking Hawai‘i’s Story: Oral Histories of an Island
People. 939-2442
Sumi-e Japanese Brushstroke Painting, Tue, April
12, 1 – 3 p.m., Pāhala Hongwanji.
People and Land of Kahuku, Sun, April 3, 9:30 a.m. –
12:30 p.m., Kahuku Unit of Hawai‘i Volcanoes National
Park, between miles 70 and 71 on Hwy 11. These guided
2.5-mile moderately difficult hikes over rugged terrain focus on the area’s human history. 985-6011
Ham Radio Operators’ Potluck Picnic, Sun, April 3,
Manukā Park. All American Radio Emergency Service
members, anyone interested in learning how to operate
a ham radio and families are invited to attend. Dennis
Smith, 989-3028
Time for Kidz, Mon - Fri, April 4 - 29 (some holidays ex-
empt), 2:30 p.m. - 5:30 p.m., Volcano Art Center’s Niaulani Campus in Volcano Village. Keiki experience traditional and contemporary language, storytelling, fine and
performing arts, music, dance, Niaulani Rainforest walks
and appreciation. $12 daily or $55 weekly. 967-8222
Kidz Space, Tue - Thu, April 5 - 28, 9 a.m. -11:30 a.m.
Hale Ho‘omana welcomes parents, aunties, uncles, grandparents, special needs care providers and friends to draw,
paint, play, read, construct projects and enjoy the Niaulani
Rainforest Walk. $5 per child per day. Volcano Art Center’s Niaulani Campus in Volcano Village. Lila, 967-8222
Bay Clinic Mobile Dental Van, Tue, April 5 – Fri, April
8, Bay Clinic in Nā‘ālehu. Call for hours. 965-3073
After Dark in the Park: The 1790 Eruption of
Kīlauea: What Happened, and Could It Happen
Again? Tue, April 5, 7 p.m., Kīlauea Visitor Center Auditorium in Hawai‘i Volcanoes National Park. Geologist
Don Swanson presents results of his research on the eruption with Bruce Houghton and Samantha Weaver from the
University of Hawai‘i at Mānoa. $2 supports park programs; park entrance fees apply. 985-6014
Ocean View Neighborhood Watch meeting, Thu,
April 7, 7 p.m., Ocean View Community Center. 939-7033 Atlas Recycling at South Point U-Cart, Sat, April 9,
9 a.m. - 1 p.m. Kahuku Family Fun, Sat, April 9, 10 a.m. – 2 p.m. (gate
open 9 – 9:30 a.m.), Kahuku Unit of Hawai‘i Volcanoes
National Park between mile markers 70 and 71 on Hwy
11. Lunch provided. Free.
Mongolian BBQ, Sat, April 9, 5 – 8 p.m., Cooper Center on Wright Road in Volcano Village. 60 cents/ounce
includes rice, dessert and drink. 985-9508 or www.volcanocommunity.org
Sunday Walk in the Park, April 10, 10:30 a.m. - 1:30
p.m. Friends of Hawai‘i Volcanoes National Park sponsor
this two-hour, two-mile hike that starts at Kīlauea Visitor Center. The first walk includes the Sulphur Banks and
Crater Rim Trails, and the second walk explores the ancient mesic forest on the loop trail at Kipuka Pua‘ulu (Bird
Park). Park entrance fees apply. 967-8648 or programs@
fhvnp.org. Ocean View Children’s Garden Benefit, Sun, April
10, 12 – 5 p.m. Ken Love, president of Tropical Fruit
Growers, talks about the future of farming in Hawai‘i.
‘Ike Hana No‘eau Cultural Program, Wed, April 13,
Ka‘ū residents are invited to enjoy and artists are invited to demonstrate and and sell their art
and crafts at Spring Fling Saturday, April 30 at the Punalu‘u Bake Shop Pavilion. Etching a
leaf shows creativity in art with simple tools, natural media.
Dance, Music & Art at Spring Fling April 30
by Nālani Parlin
Local artists of all genres and a variety
of musicians will be showcased at the Spring
Fling sponsored by Kaʻū School of the Arts
and hosted by Punaluʻu Bake Shop on Saturday, April 30. The free event will be held
from 9 a.m. to 4 p.m. in the new bake shop
pavilion toward the back of the property.
Kumu Hula of Kawaimaluhia, Keoni
Jenny, will open the proceedings with an
ʻoli, Hawaiian chant, followed by the Kaʻū
ʻOhana Band playing the Star Spangled
Banner and other marches. The day will be
filled with music.
A highlight of the event will be centers
where artists will lead participants in demos
and hands-on activities. Terri Chopot will
teach the art of batik, and Linda Morgan
will demo how to make second-life shopping bags. Watch Lynn Bigsbee craft wood
creations, or for a fee, get a cartoon portrait
sketched by Lee McIntosh. Erin Cole will
lead Zumba sessions, and Linda Fisher’s
high school art class will paint faces for free.
Artists will have their work on display
and for purchase throughout the grounds.
Featured artists booths include Joyce Monsky and her pottery and jewelry, Mars Cavers and wood sculptures, the stitchery of the
Hawaiian Civic Club, the paintings of Aroya, photos by Thalia Naido, Shary Crocker’s block-print apparel, Elaine Meyer’s
crochet and stitchery work, Tabatha Dahlstedt’s watercolor paintings, Elise Russell’s
reverse glass paintings, Laura Walker’s jewelry, macramé by Alma Gorali, paintings by
Greg Rush, Don Elwing’s wood and bamboo
sculpture, Susan Jennings’ decorated gourds,
woodcraft by Taz Sugai, beadwork by June
Domondon and quilts made by Hettie Rush.
Other artists attending are Jane Finnell, Joan
Niehaus, Kepi Diras, John de Ponce, Suzshi
Lang and Liz McKittrick.
The entertainment line-up includes the
Kaʻū ʻOhana Band, the local vocal stylings of
Last Fling, the music of Elizabeth’s ʻOhana
Sing-Along, and the singers of the Hawaiian
Civic Club. At 11:30 a.m. Grammy Awardwinner Keoki Kahumoku will take the stage,
followed by the Kaʻū Community Chorus.
Next, Calvin Ponce and Hands of Time will
perform, with Marion “G Dog” Geruschat
following. The lively music of Foggy and
the Gonzos will wrap up the day.
The Kaʻū School of the Arts is committed to its mission of providing learning
experiences in the arts and encouraging the
sharing of talents within the communities of
Kaʻū,” said KSA president Robert Domingos. Current and upcoming KSA programs
and classes include the Kaʻū ʻOhana Band;
Kaʻū Community Chorus; creativity workshops; line dancing classes; Na Mea Hawaiʻi,
or Hawaiian Language for Beginners; Lengua y Dibujo, or Spanish language learning
activities and Hawaiian gourd decorating.
Domingos urged community members,
especially artists, to join. “We are a growing network of musicians, artists, crafters
and others interested in promoting the arts
here at home in Kaʻū. We run on volunteer
power.”
To join a program or class, or to become
a KSA member for a yearly membership of
$25, call Kirsi Klein at 756-2022 or Robert
Domingos at 929-7544.
10 a.m. – 12 p.m., Kīlauea Visitor Center lanai in Hawai‘i
Volcanoes National Park. Wood craftsman Kanani Lehua
Kaulukukui Jr. demonstrates how he carves kalae ki‘i, traditional Hawaiian images or statues, from native woods.
HOVE Road Maintenance board or directors meeting, Wed, April 13, 4 p.m., St. Jude’s Church. 929-9910
Friends of Naohulelua Garden Gathering, Thu,
April 14 and 28, 8 – 10 a.m. (weather permitting). Educational classes, garden exchange, horticultural exercises
and free breakfast at Hana Hou. Dennis, 929-7236
Red Cross Volunteer meeting, Thu, April 14, 7 p.m.,
H.O.V.E. Road Maintenance Corp. office. For volunteers
and those interested in becoming volunteers. Hannah
Uribes, 929-9953
Kick Ice sign waving, Fri, April 15, 2:30 – 4:30 p.m. in
front of Nā‘ālehu School gym.
Open House/HVNP Fee Free Week: Sat, April 16 -
Sun, April 24. Park entrance fees waived. Kīlauea Military
Camp invites all park visitors to experience how it supports America’s troops by utilizing any of its facilities and
services. 967-8352
Ocean View Community Association Pancake
Breakfast, Sat, April 16, 7:30 – 10:30 a.m., Ocean View
Community Center.
Volunteer Forest Restoration Project, Sat, April 16,
8:30 a.m. – 3 p.m., Mauna Loa strip koa forest in Hawai‘i
Volcanoes National Park. Participants plant nursery-reared
seedlings in a former cattle pasture and clear vegetation
from around previously planted seedlings. Sponsored by
Friends of Hawai‘i Volcanoes National Park. 985-7373 or
forest@fhvnp.org
Recycling at Nā‘ālehu School, Sat, April 16, 9 a.m. – 1
p.m., Nā‘ālehu School Gym. Redeem your HI-5 sorted by
type; receive 5 cents per container and additional 20 cents
per pound on all aluminum. Atlas Recycling donates 20
cents per pound on all aluminum redeemed to the school.
939-2413, ext. 230
Figurative Hula Painting workshop, Sat, April 16, 10
a.m. – 6 p.m., Volcano Art Center’s Niaulani Campus in
Volcano Village. Rod Cameron’s class includes lecture/
demonstration, five hours with live model and a critique.
Open to intermediate and advanced oil, acrylic and watercolor artists 18 years and older. $140 plus $10 model fee.
Educational subsidies available. 967-8222
Lei Making Workshop, Sat, April 16, 10 a.m. - 3 p.m.,
Volcano Art Center’s Niaulani Campus in Volcano Village. Loke Kamanu discusses various lei traditions, types
of lei and tips on proper gathering methods. She demonstrates several lei methods, and students have hands-on
practice. Ages 16 and up. Tuition includes supplies, and
students are invited to bring supplemental plant material from their yards. Lunch is potluck. $65 (financial aid
available; applications due April 6). 967-8222
Calendar, pg. 10
April, 2011
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Calendar, cont. from pg. 9
Society of Creative Anachronism, Sat, April 16, 2
– 3 p.m. Medieval recreation group talks, plans events,
does handicrafts and more. Call for location. Michael,
895-8013
Niaulani Forest Work Day, Sun, April 17, 9 a.m. –
noon. Enjoy the open air while volunteering to help preserve the beauty and diversity of the native, old growth
rainforest at Volcano Art Center’s Niaulani Campus in
Volcano Village. 967-8222 or volcanoartcenter.org
Volcano Natural Farming Group, Sun, April 17, 9
a.m. - noon. Interested community members learn about
growing food without the use of outside sources of fertilizer, pesticides, and feed. Advanced registration recommended. VAC’s Niaulani Campus in Volcano Village. $5
- $10 suggested donation per session. 967-8222 or www.
volcanoartcenter.org
Kipuka‘akihi Hike, Sun, April 17, 10 a.m. – 3 p.m., Ka-
huku Unit of Hawai‘i Volcanoes National Park, between
miles 70 and 71 on Hwy 11. Participants explore an isolated refuge of rare plants in a remnant old-growth forest.
Pre-registration required. 985-6011
Plant and Seed Exchange, Sun, April 17, noon – 3
patrons and guests. Park entrance fees apply. KMC Easter Chef’s Special: Sun, April 24, 5 - 8 p.m.,
Kīlauea Military Camp’s Crater Rim Café in Hawai‘i
Volcanoes National Park. 967-8356 or 967-8371 for more
details. Open to authorized KMC patrons and guests. Park
entrance fees apply. Merrie Monarch Poster Signing, Tue, April 26, 11
a.m. - 2 p.m., Volcano Art Center Gallery in Hawai‘i Volcanoes National Park. Rod Cameron returns to the to sign
the 2011 Merrie Monarch poster. Posters available for
purchase. Free; park entrance fees apply.
Ocean View Food Basket, Tue, April 26, noon - 2:30
p.m. at Ocean View Community Center. 939-7000
After Dark in the Park: The Hawaiians – Reflecting
Spirit, Tue, April 26, 7 p.m., Kīlauea Visitor Center Au-
ditorium in Hawai‘i Volcanoes National Park. Filmmaker
Edgy Lee’s award-winning documentary film offers important cultural insights into who the Hawaiians are as a
people, their origins, historical challenges and current social conditions. $2 supports park programs; park entrance
fees apply. 985-6014
10 a.m. – 12 p.m., Kīlauea Visitor Center lanai in Hawai‘i
Volcanoes National Park. Ranger Jason Zimmer, Sr.
shares the art of making poi or ku‘i kalo.
‘Ike Hana No‘eau Cultural Program: Haunani’s
Aloha Expressions, Wed, April 20, 6:30 to 8 p.m.,
Artist Entrepreneur Success Series: Introduction
to Online Business Management, Wed, April 27,
Pāhala Quilting Group, Thu, April 21, 1 – 4 p.m. All
levels welcome. Ka‘ū Resource and Distance Learning
Center, 96-3126 Puahala St. Marypat, 989-4594
Nā‘ālehu Elementary School Community Council
Meeting, Thu, April 21, 3 - 4:30 p.m., Nā‘ālehu Elementary School, room P-7. 939-2413.
Hawaiian Civic Club of Ka‘ū, Thu, April 21, 929-9731
or 936-7262
HI Noon, Sat, April 23 – Tue, May 31, 9 a.m. - 5 p.m.,
Volcano Art Center Gallery in Hawai‘i Volcanoes National Park. Shingo Honda exhibits oil paintings and prints
depicting botanicals and flora of the islands. Reception
Sat, April 23, 5 – 7 p.m. Free; park entrance fees apply.
967-7565
Thy Word Ministries Easter Family Fun Day, Sat,
April 23, 9:30 a.m. – 1 p.m., Nā‘ālehu Hongwanji. Food,
games, prizes, Easter egg hunt, music and hula. 936-9114
The Art & Traditions of Hula at Kīlauea, Sat, April
23, 10:30 a.m. - 2:30 p.m., Hawai‘i Volcanoes National
Park. Hula kahiko informances and show and tell demonstration with Kahula ‘O Nawahine Noho Pu‘ukapu under the direction of kumu hula Ana Nawahine-Kahoopii.
Informance on traditional hula and chant, 10:30 a.m.
and 1:30 p.m. at the hula platform. Halau members talk
story 11:30 a.m. - 12:15 p.m. at Volcano Art Center Gallery. Free; donations accepted; park entrance fees apply.
967-8222
Miss Ka‘ū Coffee Pageant, Sat, April 23, 5:30 p.m.,
Ka‘ū High School Gym. Categories include Miss
Ka‘ū Coffee, Young Miss Ka‘ū Coffee and Miss Peaberry. $12 tickets available from contestants.
Easter Egg Hunt, Sun, April 24, 9 a.m., Kīlauea Military
Camp in Hawai‘i Volcanoes National Park. Ages 3 – 10.
Pre-register at 967-8352. On-site registration 7:30 - 8:45
a.m. in the Ohia Room. Please bring an Easter basket.
Open to authorized KMC patrons and guests. Park entrance fees apply.
Easter Brunch: Sun, April 24, 7:30 a.m. – 1 p.m.,
Volcanoes National Park. Honey glazed ham, beef pot
roast, omelet station, breakfast meats, breakfast potatoes,
fresh fruit, ice cream bar, a beverage and more. $17 adults,
$8.50 children 6 - 11 years old. Open to authorized KMC
covery Harbour Community Center. DVD instructions;
bring your own band, ball and mat. Free w/donation of
non-perishable food. Becky, 345-4334
Zumba, Mon/Wed, 6 – 7 p.m., Nā‘ālehu Community Center. Certified Zumba instructor Erin Cole, 938-4037
Gentle Senior Yoga, Wed, 3 – 4 p.m., Nā‘ālehu Hongwanji. Senior price $10 for 10 sessions.
Beginning and Intermediate Yoga, Thu, 4:30 – 6 p.m.
Will have morning session either Mon or Tue, 8 - 10 a.m.
Call for info. Noa’s Island Massage in first cottage next to
Nā‘ālehu Park. Please come 10 min. early. $10 a class or
$80 for 10 classes. Noa Caiserman, 756-3183
Karate Classes, Tue/Thu, 6 – 7:30 p.m., Ocean View
Community Center. Instructor Peter Lubke offers free
classes for all ages. 939-7033
Yoga for Everyone, Wed, 10 – 11:30 a.m., Cooper Cen-
ter, Volcano. Yes, you can do yoga, no matter your age or
flexibility. $10 per class or $42 for 6-week session. Debra
Serrao, 985-7545
Zumba, Thu, 5 – 6 p.m., Ocean View Community Center.
Certified Zumba instructor Erin Cole, 640-8473
Gentle Yoga, Fri, 8 – 9 a.m., Cooper Center, Volcano. For
those who wish to deepen their yoga practice or begin.
$7 a class or $30 for six-week session. Debra Serrao,
985-7545
Weekly & Daily Events &
Activities Playgroup, daily, 10 – 11:30 a.m., Wai‘ōhinu Park. For
any age. Hettie Rush, 929-8572
Calendar, pg. 15
‘Ike Hana No‘eau Cultural Program, Wed, April 27,
p.m. at Naohulelua Historical Church on Kamaoa Road.
929-7236
Kīlauea Visitor Center auditorium in Hawai‘i Volcanoes
National Park. This all-Hawaiian group of kāne and
wāhine kūpuna performs hula and mele.
Exercise for Energy, Mon/Wed, 3:30 – 4:30 p.m., Dis-
5:30 p.m. - 7:30 p.m., Volcano Art Center’s Niaulani
Campus in Volcano Village. Brent Norris teaches how to
get started using free tools to effectively manage many
aspects of business. $25; educational subsidies available.
967-8222
Ocean View Community Development Corp. meeting. Thu, April 28, 5:30 p.m. at Ocean View Community
Center.
AARP Driver Safety Training, Fri, April 29. This four-
hour class is open to everyone. No driving, no tests, no
exams. $12 current members, $14 non-members. Mike
Last, 929-8422.
Fun Night at Ocean View Salon, Fri, April 29. Christie,
929-7411
Hawai‘i Island Network of Artists: Meet, Art, Eat,
Fri, April 29, 6:30 p.m., Volcano Art Center’s Niaulani
Campus in Volcano Village. Creative dialog and communal art practice. Free; donations welcome. Anne, 9678222 or community@volcanoartcenter.org
Jim “Kimo” West Slack Key Performance, Fri,
April 29, 7 p.m., Volcano Art Center’s Niaulani Campus
in Volcano Village, with special guests Dennis and Christy Soares. Adults $10, children $5. David Wallerstein
967-8222
Exercise and Meditation
Pāhala Pool Schedule: 928-8177 or www.hawaiicounty.com/parks/aquatics
Yoga, Mon 7:30 a.m./Tue 5:30 p.m., Volcano Art Cen-
ter’s Niaulani Campus in Volcano Village. Emily Catey
focuses on stretching and releasing physical and mental
tension. Open to beginning and intermediate students.
$10. 967-8222
Interval Fitness, Mon, 8:30 – 9:30 a.m., Ocean View
Community Center. Weights, balls and Pilates. A.C.E.
certified instructor Erin Cole, 640-8473
Iyengar and Yin Yoga, Mon/Wed/Fri, 10 – 11:30 a.m.;
Ocean View Community Center. Mats and props provided. Stephanie, 937-7940
Pilates Matwork, Mondays, April 18 - May 26, Be-
ginning 5:15 - 6:15 p.m.; Intermediate 6:30 - 7:30 p.m.
UH-Hilo Dance Division head Celeste Anderson Staton
focuses on core strength, muscle-lengthening and a sense
of well being. $56. Volcano Art Center’s Niaulani Campus
in Volcano Village. 967-8222
T-Ball/Coach Pitch, Mon – Thu, 4 p.m., Pāhala Community Center. Nona, 928-3102
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Volume 8, Number 8
April, 2011
News of Ka‘ū School & Community Sporting Events
Noah Shirakawa is Back on Track, Triumphs in Motocross
Freshman Noah Shirakawa, of
Waiʻōhinu, is back ripping up the motocross race track after an eight-month hiatus due to injury. Shirakawa traveled to
Oʻahu to compete in March and brought
home three victories. Last year Shirakawa
suffered a broken fibula which required
surgery and left him with two titanium
screws in his ankle.
Competing in the Hawaiʻi Motocross
Association race on March 6 at the Kahuku Motocross Track on the North Shore,
Shirakawa placed first in both the 250cc
and the 450cc Amateur Classes.
On
March 13, he returned to the same track
to win the 125cc Expert Class in the TT
Races. At press time, Shirakawa was raring to go for his next race slated for the
end of March 26th at the Hilo Motocross
Race Track at the end of Leilani Street.
At press time, the Kaʻū Varsity volleyball boys were sitting in second place
in the BIIF Div. II, protecting a 2-2 record.
On March 19, Kaʻū defeated St. Joseph in four sets in the Kaʻū High gym. St.
Joe’s barely scraped by to win the first set
23-25. Surprised, the Trojans immediately
upped their game to smash their opponent
in the next three sets, never allowing St.
Joseph’s to score more than 13 points. Set
scores were 25-12, 25-13, 25-11.
Playing with the home crowd behind
them, the Trojans settled down to defeat
the Hilo Vikings in five sets. Kaʻū easily
took the first two sets, 25-19 and 25-20.
Hilo responded digging up two wins, 2025 and 18-25. Kaʻū rallied for the victory
in the last set, 15-12. Tyler Navarro shined
with a Trojan game high of 12 kills. Holden Galigo hammered in 9 kills, while Callen Koi added 8.
That night, the JV team also was on
fire defeating their Hilo counterparts, 2519 and 25-20. The Trojans suffered
Kaʻū Volleyball Serves Up 2nd in Div. II
Noah Shirakawa
Photo by Jock Goodman
jockshotshots.com
both of their losses during away games.
Earlier that month, Kaʻū visited Pāhoa
and battled for the win. In a hard-fought
match, Pāhoa ended up winning in 5 sets.
At Waiakea, Kaʻū went down in 3 sets.
Five young men representing the
Kaʻū High School Varsity soccer team
earned top league honors for their performance during the season. Senior Dakota
Walker was named to the second team
ALL-BIIF for defense. Sophomore JemyRay Palancia received an honorable mention as a mid-fielder, as did senior Moses
Espaniola as a forward. Espaniola scored
four season goals. Senior Nathan Lovett
also received an honorable mention for
defense and senior Derick Medeiros-Garo
earned honorable mention as a goalie.
“It was a great season for me and
the boys,” said Coach Bob Martin. The
team advanced to the playoffs for the
second year in a row, but fell in the first
round to eventual Div. II State Champion
Honokaʻa.
Kaʻū High Varsity baseball, at press
time, had just defeated Pāhoa 7-6 on
home turf. The Trojans got off to a great
start scoring all of their runs early on.
They held the Daggers to one run until
the fourth inning. Callen Koi hit a triple
and went three for four, and Dillin Ballo
hit a double and went two for four. The
big hitter of the day was James Dacalio
who hit a home run in the third inning.
Kaʻū High sophomore Kristina Padrigo is moving to the top of the pack - the
track pack that is. Padrigo, a returning
track and field competitor from last year,
placed first in the 100-meter Dash at the
Kamehameha Schools Track and Field
Invitational held March 19 in Keaʻau.
With a time of 13.76 seconds she edged
ahead of Hilo’s Aloha Bohol by a tenth
of a second. She also placed fourth in the
200-meter Dash and the Long Jump.
Teammate Marley Strand-Nicolaisen,
also a sophomore and previous state competitor, jumped to first place in the Triple
Jump. She landed at 31’9.75”, three feet
ahead of her competitor. She also placed
fifth in the 300-meter Hurdles, third in the
Long Jump.
Teammate Toni Beck also placed fifth
in the Long Jump. Arielle Harnick also
competed.
New coach this year is school counselor Tracey Bannister. She stepped in to
help the students after both the girls and
boys coaching positions were vacated.
Bannister said she has no real track and
field experience, but did go to track camp
as a youth. She said the students needed a
coach so they could compete.
The team sports 22 members. Bannister is driving students to train in Keaʻau
once a week. In lieu of appropriate facilities, students train on a grassy open field,
which is very different than running on a
real track.
April, 2011 Page 11
Five Trojans Earn Soccer League Honors
Dacalio Hits Homer, Trojans Beat Pāhoa 7-6
Boys Varsity Volleyball - Front (l-r): Derick Medeiros-Garo, Holden Galigo, Tyler
Navarro; Back: Coach Elijah Navarro, David Ramones, Kasey Camba, Marcus Grace,
Donald Garo, Jr. and Coach Deanna Navarro. Photo by Annie Mae Flores
Boys JV Volleyball (l-r): Coach Candy Hashimoto, Alexis Alejo, Michael Rosqueta, Larry
Al-Navarro, Lehre Vidal, Dimitri Castaneda, Greg Javar and Franklin Orcino.
Photo by Annie Mae Flores
The Kaʻū Calendar
Padrigo Dashes to First in Track 100 Meter
www.kaucalendar.com
Boys Volleyball
APRIL,2011
• Fri, April 1, Kaʻū @ Kamehameha, 6 p.m.
• Tue, April 5, Kaʻū vs Keaʻau, 6 p.m.
• Thur, April 7, Kaʻū vs Pāhoa, 6 p.m.
• Mon, April 11, Kaʻū vs Waiakea, 6 p.m.
• Wed, April 13, Kaʻū @ Hilo, 6 p.m.
• Thur, April 21, Kaʻū vs St. Joseph’s, 6 p.m.
• Sat, April 23, Kaʻū @ CLA, 10 a.m.
• Wed, April 27, Kaʻū vs Kamehameha,
6 p.m.
Southside Boys Sell Easter Baskets April 15
to Attend National Volleyball Tournament
The Southside boys volleyball team is selling Easter baskets to raise money to attend the USA Volleyball
National Tournament in Minnesota this summer. The sale is
one of several on-going fundraising projects to earn money
for the trip. To pre-order an Easter basket or assorted goodies, call Brenda Iokepa-Moses at 896-1732 or 928-8007, or
email biokepamoses@gmail.com. Pick-up will be Friday,
April 15th at the Pāhala Shopping Center from 7:30 a.m.
until 3:30 p.m. The team will also be selling baskets on
site along with baked goods.
This will be the third year the Southside boys attend
Nationals. The previous year they traveled to Texas and the
year before that to Georgia for the competition. Both times
they brought one team, but since then the club has grown
substantially and this year, Southside is attempting to bring
along three teams to compete in the under 12, under 13 and
• Fri, April 29, Kaʻū @ Keaʻau, 6 p.m.
Varsity Softball
• Fri, April 1, Kaʻū vs Waiakea, 5 p.m.
• Tue, April 5, Kaʻū @ Hilo, 3 p.m.
• Sat, April 9, Kaʻū vs Pāhoa, 10 a.m.
• Tue, April 12, Kaʻū @ Kamehameha, 3 p.m.
• Thur, April 15, Kaʻū vs St. Joseph’s, 3 p.m.
• Tue, April 19. BIIF Div. II Play-offs
• Thurs, April 21, BIIF Div. II Play-offs
• Sat, April 23, BIIF Div. II Championships
@ UH Hilo
under 14 division. “Because we are the only boy
volleyball club on the Big Island we have had challenges,” said Iokepa-Moses. She explained that with
no other boy youth teams on the island to challenge,
the team has been forced to compete against much
older girl teams, two divisions higher than their
own, in order to be able to enter island tournaments.
The Haili tournament, one of the most popular local
volleyball club competitions, has not allowed the
team to play to the championships because they
lack appropriate opponents. “If the team were able
to win their pool, they would have to go home and
wouldn’t be allowed to go on to the championship
round,” said Iokepa-Moses. “We can’t afford to fly
off island to enter tournaments against other like
boy teams.”
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• Sat, April 2, Kaʻū vs Hilo, 3 p.m.
• Wed, April 6, Kaʻū vs Waiakea, 3 p.m.
• Fri, April 8, Kaʻū @ Pāhoa, 3 p.m.
• Thur, April 14, Kaʻū vs Kamehameha, 3 p.m.
• Wed, April 20, BIIF DII Play-offs
• Fri, April 22, BIIF DII Play-offs
• Sat, April 23, BIIF DII Championships, TBA
Judo
• Sat, April 2, Kaʻū @ Hilo, 10 a.m.
• Sat, April 9, Kaʻū @ Waiakea, 10 a.m.
928-9811
Marley Strand-Nicolaisen, a Kaʻū High sophomore, returns
to the pit to compete with the Trojan Track & Field team. A
multi-event athlete, Strand-Nicolaisen competed at the state
level last year as a freshman.
Photo by John Duntz djsportsphotography.com
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• Sat, April 16, Kaʻū @ Konawaena, 10 a.m.
• Sat, April 30, HHSAA
Tennis
• Sat, April 2, Kaʻū @ Pāhoa, 10 a.m.
• Sat, April 9, East vs West @ Holualoa, 10 a.m.
• Thur-Sat, April 21-23, BIIFs @ Holualoa
Track & Field
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Call 217-6893 or email
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• Sat, April 2, Kaʻū @ Kamehameha, 9 a.m./10 a.m.
• Sat, April 9, Kaʻū @ Konawaena, 9 a.m./10 a.m.
• Sat, April 16, Kaʻū @ Keaʻau, 2 p.m./3 p.m.
• Sat, April 23, Kaʻū @ HPA, 9 a.m./10 a.m.
• Fri, April 29, BIIF @ Kamehameha, 2 p.m./3 p.m.
• Sat, April 30, BIIF, 3 p.m./4 p.m.
Domondon and Nishimura to Vie for
Volleyball Scholarships this Summer
Trojan seniors Kayla Nishimura and Jade Domondon are taking their passion for volleyball to the next
level. This June the duo plan to travel to Phoenix, AZ
to compete in a college scouting tournament. Both hope
to attend college on a volleyball scholarship next year.
They will attend the two-week tourney with other island
players including student-athletes from Kealakehe and
Kohala.
The pair also recently competed with a Kohala club
volleyball team in the Haili volleball tournament in the
Southside volleyball team at Nationals last year. Front (l-r): Makana Fong, Hunter Figueroa, Addie Enriques,
Isaiah Laeha, Kaulike Alameida, Kolby Aiona, Kameron Moses, Kaniela Alviar; Back Row: Coach Guy Enriques and Coach Jon Enrique; Missing: Avery Enriques.
(Domondon and Nishimura cont.)
girls under 18 division.
Domondon, a setter, was named to
the BIIF first team this year, along with
teammate Marley Strand-Nicolaisen.
Nishimura, a libero, received an BIIF
honorable mention along with teammates Kaila Olsona and Jaeneise Cuison.
Teammate Ashley Oliveira made the BIIF
second team.
Nishimura and Domondon, who can
be somewhat reserved off-court, actually
have two of the most vocal jobs on the
court. Nishimura explained that the libero
and setter are responsible for keeping the
communication flowing during the game,
but challenges arise when teammates
don’t reciprocate.
M-F, 2-4 p.m. & Sa, 9a-1p
NOW OPEN
for safety inspections
& walk-ins
1st & 3rd SATURDAYS
of the month, 9 a.m-1 p.m.
ʻSpring Fling’ Artist Russell Reverses Paintings On Glass
Reverse glass painter Elise Russell, of
Ocean View, literally paints backwards.
“Whatever you do first in a painting,
you do last. The background is the last
thing I put in,” explains Russell. Painting
on the back of glass, she creates versatile
pieces that can be used like tiles in kitchen backsplashes or in bathroom walls, for
tabletops or framed and hung on a wall.
Russell will be one of the featured artists
at the Kaʻū School of the Arts Spring Fling
held April 30 at Punaluʻu Bake Shop.
Russell starts her pieces by drawing
her design on a piece of paper, opposite
of what she wants the finished piece to
look like. She puts the paper underneath
the glass to act as a guide and begins her
painting by adding the highlights, or what
she wants to appear in the foreground first.
From there she layers backward until she
finishes by coating the entire piece with a
background color. When she is done, she
uses a stone spray to protect the paint and
make the glass more durable. Flipping the
painting over, the piece is viewed through
the glass. Now whatever was on the right
side is now on the left – reversed.
Russell, who owned a boutique and
art gallery in Nevada for ten years, stumbled upon this technique when attempting
to remodel her kitchen several years ago.
Playing with glass, she started to paint on
the back of it, creating a functional piece
of art in the form of a backsplash and adding a pop of color to the sea of granite and
tile in the kitchen. Glass is very hygienic,
adds Russell. “One wipe with some Windex and you are done cleaning,” eliminating the worry of bacteria growing in
grouted tiles, she said.
Reverse Glass
Painter Elise
Russell shows a
new piece she is
working on in
her Ocean View
studio. Russell
says that she
has been finding inspiration
recently in Hawaiian prints.
Russell’s painting of koi in a
pond, below, is
about the size
of a 5x7 photo
and can sit in
a picture stand
on a tabletop.
See these paintings in color at
kaucalendar.
com.
Photos by
Nalani Parlin
Russell studied painting under artist
Martin Holmes, whose pieces can be seen
in the Nevada Museum of art, but was
“always nervous about painting on canvas,” she said. Painting on glass removes
her inhibitions. “Something about it being reverse got my mind out of it for me,”
said Russell. However, it is far from easy.
Since whatever is on top is painted first,
Russell cannot cover mistakes as a normal
painter might do with a touch-up. If a mis-
take is made, the whole glass goes into the
bathtub to wash off the paint, which often
peels off in one large layer.
Working with Big Island Glass Company, Russell is doing custom work for
clients. She said she is developing techniques for painting in tropical themes, inspired by the “beautiful abundance of the
islands.” She has also designed abstract
and Victorian pieces, and says she can
paint just about anything. She said there
is a big trend with colored glass being cut
for backsplashes, and glass tiles have been
popular for a number of years. She also
can emulate granite, create a marbleized
look, or a piece to blend with any color or
style décor. Size is no obstacle; her largest
installation runs over 18 feet long.
“The glass gives the art a dimensional
feeling you don’t see anywhere else,” said
Russell. Some of her acrylic paints also
have an iridescent quality, adding a shimmer when the light plays with the glass.
Russell says she is anxious to see the
commercial application of reverse glass
painting. She envisions the glass art,
which can be used just like tile, beautifying commercial kitchens or decorating
building columns.
Living in Hawaiʻi off and on for 20
years, Russell recently moved to Ocean
View to be closer to her son Keoni McDowell, a fisherman, and her granddaughter. Russell loves Kaʻū because, she said,
“It is like the Hawaiʻi I remember in 1971,
especially Waiʻōhinu and Nāʻālehu.”
To learn more about Russell, visit her
website at www.glassscences.org, or call
her at 938-7525.
OV Teen Club Promotes Free Energy Evals & Kicks It ‘Old Skool’
Kaʻū residents can receive a free energy evaluation by being one of the first
50 people to call Woodbury Green Building Consultation at 322-5174 or emailing office@woodburyhawaii.com. Green
building helps families to find ways to reduce the cost of energy. The Ocean View
Teen Club is promoting the offer and energy awareness by collecting signatures,
handing out pamphlets on home energy
makeovers and replacing incandescent
light bulbs with energy-efficient CFL
bulbs.
Residents have until the end of April
to exchange their incandescent light bulbs
with CFL ones. The teen club reported
they were halfway to their goal of replacing a thousand light bulbs. The energysaving project is a part of a fundraising
program with the Kohala Center and Blue
Planet Foundation.
“It’s a small beginning to a much larger
issue. In Hawaiʻi, 78 percent of our energy
is generated by petroleum - that’s 40 million barrels of oil each year. The OVTC
is hoping to help our communities to reduce energy costs and our dependency
on petroleum,” said Club Advisor Genny
Galletes.
The teen club will be
kickin’ it “Old Skool” with
bass beats from the 80s
and 90s at their monthly
dance on Friday, April 8
at the Ocean View Community Center. Everyone
is encouraged to “pump it
up” and “disco down,” said Galletes. All
school aged kids are welcome to this free
event. Snacks/drinks available for $1.
Ground Golf
Gets Kaʻū
Seniors Going
Kaʻū seniors from
Ocean View, Pāhala and
Nāʻālehu hosted seniors
from other Big Island
nutrition centers at the
Nā’ālehu Park for a
morning of ground golf.
Teams used wooden
clubs to hit wooden balls
into ground holes set up
throughout the field. The
day ended with lunch at
the community center
and prizes.
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Kaʻū seniors Eunice Hashimoto , Mabel Kaipo, Bert Nishimoto,
Harry Parlin, Margaret Callen and Bob Moody with scorekeeper
Edie Frazier. Top right, Frazier, Nāʻālehu Nutrition Center Coordinator, serves food with Sally Delo Santos and Tita Tayamen.
Bottom right, World War II vet Tokuichi Nakano keeps score.
www.kaucalendar.com
The Kaʻū Calendar
Calendar, cont. from pg. 10
Volcano Farmers Market, Sun, 7 – 10 a.m., Cooper
Center. Fruits and veggies, swap meet and more.
Free Lunches, Sun, after 12 noon, Nā‘ālehu Hongwanji.
Sponsored by Thy Word Ministries-Ka‘ū and the Food
Bank Hot Meal Program.
Ocean View Community Center computer lab, Mon
– Fri, 8 a.m. – noon. Members $2/hour, non-members, $4/
hr. 939-7033 for information on computer classes.
Niaulani Nature Walk, Mon, 9:30 a.m. This one-hour
nature walk travels through a lush portion of an oldgrowth Hawaiian rain forest on an easy, 1/7-mile loop
trail. Volcano Art Center’s Niaulani Campus in Volcano
Village. Free (calabash donations welcome). 967-8222 or
www.volcanoartcenter.org Tūtū and Me Traveling Preschool, free classes Mon/
Wed, Nā‘ālehu Community Center; Tue/Thu, 8:30 - 10:30
a.m., Pāhala Community Center. Limited to 50 participants in each area. 929-8571
Mommy and Me Mondays, 10 - 11 a.m., Hale
Ho‘omana at Volcano Art Center’s Niaulani Campus in
Volcano Village. Ages 5 and younger connect with one
another through a variety of developmentally appropriate
activities with visual, kinesthetic, and musical components. $5 donation requested. 967-8222
Pāhala Senior Center: Lunch served Mon – Fri, 10:30
a.m. for residents aged 60+. Julie, 928-3101
Nā‘ālehu Senior Nutrition Center (Hawai‘i County
Nutrition Program), Lunch served Mon – Fri, 10:45 a.m.
for residents aged 60+, greater Nā‘ālehu area. 939-2505
Ocean View Nutrition Site and Senior Club hosts
activities at St. Jude’s Church on Mon/Wed/Fri from
8:30 a.m. and provides lunches 11 a.m. – 12:30 p.m.
for seniors 60+. Donations requested. On Thu, the
program takes seniors to Kailua-Kona for doctor appointments, grocery shopping and to pick up prescriptions. Program closed on Tue. Dick Hershberger, 989-4140
Volcano Winery Tours, Tue/Thu/Sat, 9:30 – 10 a.m.
These tours of the vineyard and tea field are free and open
to all ages. Longer tours available for $25 or $45 per person. 35 Pi‘i Mauna Dr., Volcano. 967-7772 or volcanowinery.com
Kīlauea Mega Combo: Tue/Thu, 10:30 a.m. - 1 p.m.,
Volcanoes National Park. Soup, deli sandwich and a
soda for $6.95. Open to all authorized KMC patrons and
guests. Park entrance fees apply.
Ocean View Teen Club, Tue, 6 – 10 p.m. at Kahuku
Park and Ocean View Community Center. Ages 13 - 18.
937-3335
Ka‘ū Farmers Market, Wed/Sat, 8 a.m. – noon, front of
Ace Hardware in Nā‘ālehu. Produce, Hawaiiana, arts and
crafts, fresh baked goods. Table is $5. Limit 12 vendors.
929-7236
ter in Nā‘ālehu. An Intervention/Awareness class is also
being offered to first-time DUI offenders. No charge for
assessment if recommended to the Intervention/Awareness class. Cory, 756-5768 Alcoholics Anonymous meetings: One Day at a Time
Group, Sat, 6:30 p.m., Cooper Center; Pāhala Group,
Group, Tue, 7:30 p.m., Sacred Heart Church in Nā‘ālehu;
Friday Night BBQ Meeting, Fri, 5 p.m., Wai‘ōhinu (929
-7674); Happy, Joyous and Free Group, Mon/Thu, 7 p.m.
and Sat, 5 p.m., St. Jude’s in Ocean View. West Hawai‘i
Intergroup, 329-1212 or the Hilo office, 961-6133
Square Dancing, Sat, 7 – 8:30 p.m. at Ocean View Com-
munity Center. Open to all; under 12 must be accompanied by an adult. Joe, 808-646-0479
Wed, 7:30 a.m., Holy Rosary Church; Southern Star
Community Bookstore, Wed, 10 a.m. – 3 p.m. at
Kauaha‘ao Church in Wai‘ōhinu. 938-0411
Fresh Locally Grown Produce for Seniors, Wed,
12:30 – 1:30 p.m. at Kahuku Park in Ocean View.
Game Night, Wed, 6:30 p.m., Discovery Harbour Community Center. Lucy Walker, 929-7519
Quilting Group, Thu, 9:30 a.m. – 4 p.m., Discovery Harbour Community Center. 929-9576
Friends Feeding Friends, Thu, 4 – 6 p.m. at Cooper
Center on Wright Road in Volcano Village. www.volcanocommunity.org
Knit Night, Thu, 6 - 9 p.m., Kīlauea Military Camp’s Java
Café in Hawai‘i Volcanoes National Park. Fans of fiber
arts help each other, share and learn together. 985-7027,
967-8352
Women, Infant, Children Services, Fri (except holidays)
at various locations. 965-3030 or 934-3209
Joy School Preschool Playgroup, Fri, 9:30 – 11:30
a.m., Discovery Harbour Community Center. 929-8732
Free ‘Ukulele, Slack Key and Steel Guitar classes, Fri,
1 – 5 p.m., Pāhala Boys and Girls Club. Keoki Kahumoku.
935-0463
Live Entertainment at Hana Hou restaurant, Fri,
5:30 p.m. in Nā‘ālehu. 929-9717
Live Music Fridays at South Side Shaka, Nā‘ālehu.
929-7404
Ocean View Farmers Market, Sat, 7 a.m. – noon, Pohue Plaza
Treasure Hunt Resale Outlet, Sat, Ocean View
Farmers Market. Debra Bridgers, 936-9358 or www.
Learn to Paint a Hula Dancer
Hawai‘i Island artist Rod Cameron will lead participants in learning to create a painting
from a live model dressed in full hula adornment at Volcano Art Center’s Niaulani Campus
on Saturday, April 16 from 10:00 a.m. – 6:00 p.m.
This figurative Hula painting workshop is in conjunction with Cameron’s current show,
Colors of a Living Volcano, at Volcano Art Center Gallery in Hawai‘i Volcanoes National
Park The class includes instructional lecture and demonstration by Cameron, providing
insight and directions on topics such as learning to mix clean fresh colors with a simplified
pallet, understanding and unifying shapes within the figure, simple law of folds and laying down a foundation quickly and confidently. The five-hour workshop with a live model
and critique is open to intermediate and advanced oil, acrylic and watercolor artists 18
years and older. The live model is a member of Hālau Hula Ka Makani Hali ‘Ala O Puna
of Nanawale under the direction of Kumu Hula Ehulani Stephany. Class is limited to 15
people, early registration is recommended. The session will be held at Volcano Art Center’s
Niaulani Campus in Volcano Village. Cost is $140 plus a $10 model fee. Educational subsidies are available. Call 967-8222 to register.
Cameron's show includes studies of Cameron’s work, which is featured on the Merrie Monarch Hula festival poster again this year. Cameron will be available for signing the
poster on April 26 from 11 am -2 pm at Volcano Art Center Gallery.
makemydayhawai‘i.com
Substance Abuse Evaluations, Sat, Ka‘ū Family Cen-
Recipe categories range from desserts to entrees at the Ka‘ū Coffee Recipe Contest.
Photo by Julia Neal
Create a Recipe for the Ka‘ū Coffee Fest
Ka‘ū residents are invited to showcase
their creativity and culinary skill at the 2011
Ka‘ū Coffee Recipe Contest and Taste of
Ka‘ū. Cash and prizes are awarded for original recipes showcasing Ka‘ū Coffee and other products of Ka‘ū. The Ka‘ū Coffee Recipe
Contest will take place at the 2011 Ka‘ū Coffee Festival on May 14 at Pāhala Community
Center at 12 noon. Contest entry categories
are:
• Dessert I: Cakes, cookies, and pies
• Dessert II: Drinks, candies, other desserts
• Main course/Entrée
• Smoke meat, pupu/appetizers, savory
snacks
Each first place winner will take home
$100. Second and third place finishers will
receive prizes or gift certificates. In addition,
the highest scoring recipe will win the Best
Taste of Ka‘ū with a cash prize of $250.
Entrants are only allowed to compete in
one of the three divisions, but may compete
in each of the categories listed above in the
chosen division. The divisions are:
• Professional (working chefs, culinary
teachers or post-secondary students of
the culinary arts)
• Amateur (adults who simply enjoy cooking at home and cook for their own enjoyment and for the satisfaction of their
family and friends)
• Student (High School and Middle
School students who enjoy cooking for
their own enjoyment and for the satisfaction of their family and friends)
Through May 1, each entrant is entitled
to pick up a free six-ounce bag of Ka‘ū Coffee per completed entry form to use for the
creation of the recipes from R&G store in Pahala. Call 928-8558.
Please note the following:
• All the ingredients that were grown in
Ka‘ū should be listed, as using more of
them earns extra points.
• All entries must contain Ka‘ū coffee.
• All recipes must be alcohol-free.
• There will be no facilities for cooking at
the Community Center.
• Entries must plated and presented at
Pāhala Community Center no later than 1
p.m. on May 14.
• At least 20 samples of each entry will
be distributed during the tasting after the
judging.
• The entries will be presented to the judges
anonymously for blind judging. The winners will be announced after the judging.
Entrants must be present at judging and
tasting to win. Recipes will be included in
a Ka‘ū Coffee Festival Cookbook. By entering the contest, entrants give the Ka‘ū
Coffee Festival Committee permission to
publish their recipes.
• Entry forms and judging sheets are available online at www.kaucoffeefestival.
com. Entry forms may also be picked up
at R&G Store in Pāhala. For more information, call Michelle Galimba at 4304927 or email info@kaucoffeefest.com.
Applications must be submitted in person, by email at info@kaucoffeefest, or by
fax at 929-7009 by May 1.
Chef Brad Hirata, of Ka‘ū Hospital, sizes up
the entries in a Ka‘ū Coffee Festival Recipe
Contest. Photo by Julia Neal
April, 2011
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KA PEPA O MILOLI‘I
Volume 9, Number 6
April 2011
Honomolino, Okoe & Kapua Hardest Hit by Tsunami
Tsunami waves from Japan slammed
the remote beaches of Honomolino, Okoe
and Kapua on March 11, leaving them with
the southside’s most damage.
Sen. Gil Kahele hiked the shoreline two
days later to check on the destruction and
the cleanup. At Honomolino he reported the
tsunami “crunching” two buildings owned
by the Carlsmith family and said he was surprised to see a large channel grooved into
the beach. Many coconut trees came down,
exposing their roots, and half the beach was
eroded.
Kahele said the wave seemed to come
north to south and swept across the peninsula carrying a boathouse out to sea where
it sank, with one wall being carried to the
shore at Miloli‘i. Volunteers were helping
to pick up the debris at Honomolino and
Miloli‘i. At Okoe, Nicole Skilling’s house,
which was built back from the beach in
the kiawe trees, seemed to have been lifted
Tsunami Damage, cont. from pg. 3
She reported, for example, that
30,000 visitors stayed overnight at Tokyo
Disneyland. Volunteers help salvage this Okoe Bay beach house destroyed by tsunami waves.
off its foundation, sucked out to the shore
and thrown back inland by another tsunami
wave. Her family and friends were helping
her clean up. At Kapua, the family retreat of Woody
Childs was lifted off its foundation, and the
stone wall was pushed back, said Kahele. Kahele said his parents and brother
lived at Kapua some 70 years ago. Kahele
Nobuko Humphries, of Ocean View,
whose mother and two sisters live in Tokyo,
said that, fortunately, her mother was not at
her beach home on the coast when the earthquake struck. “All my family are good. My
brother-in-law was working in an office and
had to walk home five hours. My niece was
waiting in a train station and was stuck there,
but they are all OK, she said.”
Keiichi Nishimura, of Nā‘ālehu, said
that his son Keith, who grew up in Kaʻū and
teaches English in Tokyo, is also fine. Brother Ned said that Keith called him to say he
and his wife and children experienced a wild
ride with dishes, books and other items falling in their house.
Masako Sakata also has relatives in Japan and was able to locate her family – no
injuries.
George Yokota, whose wife Michiko has
two brothers in Japan, said they are all fine.
Yokoto said the bay where they live faces
south, away from the brunt of the tidal wave
that destroyed the eastern coast.
Yumi Suenobu, daughter-in-law of Kazu
and Joyce Suenobu, of Pahala, said she also
heard that her brother is fine.
Donations for Japan
The Kaʻū community also began a campaign for funds to help victims of the disaster in Japan. Donations can be dropped off at
Kaʻū Federal Credit Union in Ocean View,
Nā‘ālehu and Pāhala as well as the Kaʻū
branch of Bank of Hawai‘i in Pāhala.
Japan Recovery
Japanese nationals with homes in Ka‘ū
were predicting that Japan’s economy will
come back. Ko Ueno, president of Yoku
Moku America, Inc., has a home in Pāhala
and visited after the tsunami. He said the
was born in Miloli‘i, where his father was
a fisherman.
The senator’s son, Kai Kahele, a C-17
Globemaster pilot with the Hawai‘i Air National Guard, took aerial photos along the
coast 15 hours before the tsunami struck. “I
would never have imagined the devastation
that was about to occur. Just goes to show
how truly powerful Mother Nature really
is,” he said. Civil Defense worker Eddie Chun
Hoon and his colleague also hiked in to survey the area.
Gov. Neil Abercrombie declared a disaster area to help repair destruction from
the tsunami across the state.
Destruction of a home at Honomolino Bay, where tsunami waves washed the building off of its
foundation. Photos by Kaiali‘i Kahele
‘AINA MAHI‘AI
O MILOLI‘I
Have Chipper Will Travel
A unique agricultural service, begun in 1989,
provides west Hawai’i and Ka’u landowners
with large amounts of organic material while
ridding the property of unwanted overgrowth.
Monster Chipper Eats 12” Logs
Our experienced crew offers all phases of tree
work, from tree removal to light pruning. Our
120 H.P. Brush Bandit woodchiper can reduce
a mountainous pile of logs and brush to a
mound of valuable chips in minutes.
Selective Landclearing Our Specialty
Many building sites have beautiful natural land
formations, historical stone walls and native or
other desirable trees often overrun and hidden
by christmasberry or other invasive species.
No More Christmasberry Blues
Careful removal and chipping of this overgrowth, leaving a few larger trees to be
shaped for shade, privacy or windbreak, will
result in an attractive and practical
housesite/orchard setting.
DAVID MONFORT
328-9178
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Tsunami waves from Japan lifted Woody
Child's Kapua Bay house off its foundation
and twisted its roof.
area affected is fishing and farming country
with smaller populations than the rest of Japan with a small contribution to the overall
economy. Ueno’s Yoko Moku cookie business was unaffected at its factory and at
its offices in Tokyo, he said. Orders for the
product from such establishments as Neiman
Marcus, Saks Fifth Avenue, Bergdorf Goodman and Shirokiya are on time and increasing, said Ueno.
Minako and Kayo Yamazaki, who run
the international tourism promotion company The Contact, Inc. in Tokyo also said their
business continues, with Japanese people
planning to travel abroad. Minako and Kayo
also own a home in Pāhala.
Radiation Fears
With six nuclear reactors at Fukushima
in Japan broken by the tsunami and emitting radiation, some residents were fearing
that radiation could reach here. Pharmacies
and doctors reported requests for potassium
Kapua Bay house with wall ripped away.
iodide which is recommended should radiation in dangerous doses arrive here. The state
Department of Health warned against taking
potassium iodide unnecessarily and reported
that only a minuscule amount of radiation
reached Honolulu, at a level far below any
health concern. However, radiation monitors
are collecting data across the state and the repairs to the reactors in Japan carefully monitored in case the efforts to contain the nuclear
materials are hampered and larger amounts
of radiation released.
E PILI ANA HO‘OMANA
‘Āina Koa Pono, cont. from pg. 4
Presentation to County Council
During the presentation before the
County Council, Causey was asked if there
is any place in the world where such a refinery using microwave reactors is operating in
a community at a scale proposed for Pāhala.
He answered, “No,” and partner Kenton Eldridge said that in order to raise more than
$300 million for the project there has to be
proof that it works. A consulting company
that provides written assurances that new
technologies are operable is studying ‘Āina
Koa Pono’s chosen method and is expected
to have results soon, he said. A positive result
should help the hui to raise the money they
need to build the refinery above Pāhala.
When asked whether this is a pilot project, they responded that it is and that once it
is in operation, it should make it easier to establish other refineries around the state. They
also said that the first refinery will be the
most expensive to build and that the cost of
the biofuel could be lower with more refineries in operation.
The company also promised an Environmental Assessment by an outside firm to
study the proposed methods, location and impacts on the community and land.
During the testimony period, Cory
Harden asked numerous questions about the
effects on the environment, community and
land, including whether there would be emissions and the amount of water to be used.
‘Āina Koa Pono reps said they are considering cultivation of crops that use less water
than the sugar cane formerly grown in Ka‘ū,
which was unirrigated. They also said there
would be no emissions, except from a power
plant that they plan to build for their own use
at the factory, which would emit some CO2.
The proposed location is 1.7 miles up Wood
Valley Road from Pāhala, past a macadamia
orchard and another four-tenths of a mile up
Meyer Camp Road.
Causey said the group also plans to manufacture fuel for vehicles and possibly for
airplanes, and said that the community could
support the B10 bill at the Legislature which
would require all vehicular fuels to be ten
percent biofuels. There have previously been
incentives for mixing ethanol with gasoline,
but no ethanol is being produced in Hawai‘i.
He and Eldridge said their goal is to help
wean Hawai‘i from fossil fuels.
Council member Brenda Ford said she
wants to make sure that the company helps
train local workers for the jobs to be provided. Causey said that a training course
for operators may be brought to Ka‘ū, once
they have some equipment in place. He also
promised to work with the high school and
colleges to help train young people to work
at the refinery.
April 2011
Island Rock & OKK Rebuild Pāhala Cemetery Walls
Members of ʻO Kaʻū Kākou and volunteers from Island Rock Masonry are reinstalling the walls at the Pāhala cemetery
along Hwy 11. Island Rock Masonry owner
Tony Perez worked with six of his crew
members for 3.5 hours last month to rebuild
a 120-foot-long and three-foot-high wall,
which runs along one side of the cemetery.
The crew used the original rock to erect the
new wall between guide strings in the same
location. To speed along the process, OKK
members passed the rock to the wall builders, who dry-stacked the pieces. Cement will
later be added to secure the wall.
“The finished wall is truly a beautiful
piece of art. As you drive by, slow down and
feast your eyes on it. This is only one wall;
there are three more to go,” said OKK member Fred Ramsdell, who took these photos.
Ken Wicks Scholarships Deadline April 11
Monday, April 11 is the deadline for
high-school seniors to apply for the four
Ken Wicks’ College Scholarships sponsored
by the Ka‘ū Chamber of Commerce. Applications are available at Ka‘ū and Konawaena High Schools’ counseling offices or online at www.kauchamber.org. Applicants
must be residents of Ka‘ū who are on track
to graduate and attend a two- or four-year
college program this fall.
Applying for the scholarships involves
writing an essay. The topic is: “In 500
words, explain how you plan to use your
education to invest in the future of the Ka‘ū
community.”
Check out our web
site for updates.
www.kaucalendar.com
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Volume 9, Number 6
The scholarships amounts are $1200,
$800, $600 and $400. Winners will be asked
to read their essays at the Chamber of Commerce’s general meeting.
For more information call Stephen
Sampson at 929-9136 or email scholarship@hauchamber.org.
VOLCANO
Schubert, cont. from pg. 7
save the forest.
To volunteer or find out more about
TNC’s Hawai‘i Island team, call 443-5401,
email lschubert@tnc.org or visit the office
Monday through Friday between 7 a.m. and
2:30 p.m. For more on TNC visit www.nature.org.
Guide to Ka‘ü Churches
•New Hope Christian Fellowship ..................... 967-7129
•Volcano Assembly of God..............................967-8191
•Kïlauea Military Camp Chapel .967-8333, Protestant - 9am Catholic - 11:15 am, Sundays
PÄHALA
•River of Life Assembly of God...................... 928-0608
•Holy Rosary.............................................928-8208
•Pähala Bible Baptist Mission....................... 928-8240
•Pähala Hongwanji......................................928-8254
•The Universe Story monthly meetings . ............ 928-0151
•Wood Valley Tibetan Buddhist Temple & Retreat.928-8539
NÄ‘ÄLEHU
•Assembly of God....................................... 929-7278
•Iglesia Ni Cristo....................................... 929-9173
•Jehovah’s Witnesses...................................929-7602
•Kauaha‘ao Church...................................... 929-9997
•Latter Day Saints...................................... 929-7123
•Light House Baptist...................................939-8536
•Nä‘älehu Hongwanji Buddhist Temple - 95-5693 Mamalahoa Hwy., Nä‘älehu, Hi 96772
•Sacred Heart............................................929-7474
•United Methodist..................................... 929-9949
•Christian Church Thy Word Ministry meets in Nä‘ähelu Hongwanji, Sundays 10 a.m. .............................. 936-9114
OCEAN VIEW
•Kahuku UCC............................................ 929-8630
•Ocean View Baptist Church...........................430-8268
Worship Service: Sunday, 6 p.m. Ocean View Community Center.
All are welcome!
•OV Evangelical Community Church................. 939-9089
•St. Judes Episcopal................................... 939-7000
•Divine Faith Ministries.929-8359 (non-denominational) meets
Ocean View Community Center 10 am Sundays, Children, Youth,
Bible Study. Call for more information .
•Church of Christ........................................928-0027 Back to the Bible! 9 am, Bible class studying Romans. Worship
10A.M. Expository lessons from N.T. Books
April, 2011
Page 17
Stars Over Ka‘ū April 2011
by Lew Cook
In Apirl’s Ka‘ū skies, Saturn pops up
over the eastern horizon just before sunset,
so it is well up in the eastern sky by 8 p.m. It
will be present all night. Saturn is soon followed by Spica in a lonely area of the sky.
All of the other planets are below the
horizon, with Neptune being the most distant from the Sun of the recognized planets. Curiously, they are all on the same side
(west) of the Sun. Poor Pluto is even there
too, but it is further than any regular planet
from the Sun, at 108 degrees. Pluto lost its
status as a planet during the debate about
“how large does a planet need to be to be
considered a planet.”
Be sure you get one last look at our winter stars this month, as they will be setting
soon. By summer, however, Scorpius and
Sagittarius will be high in the sky. While we
are in the Orion arm of the Milky Way spiral
galaxy, the galactic center is between Scorpius and Sagittarius.
Last month we discussed the terrible
fate of the earth if the Sun was replaced by
Rigel, the star in the right foot of Orion.
We’d be burned to a crisp! This month, lets
consider what the earth would be like with
the Sun replaced by Proxima Centauri. This
star is the closest star to us, other than the
Sun. It is a red star, one-seventh the size
of the Sun. The Sun is TEN THOUSAND
times brighter than Proxima Centauri. Talk
about a nuclear winter! This would amount
to a frozen earth circling an ember of a star.
How long would we survive? A few
weeks, perhaps. All crops would die, the
oceans would freeze. Proxima Centauri cannot even be seen by the naked eye at its current distance. Replacing the Sun with it is
a high price to pay for a chance to see it up
close!
Date
Sunrise Sunset
Apr. 01 6:16 6::36
Apr. 08
6:10 6:38
Apr. 15
6:05 6::40
Apr. 22
6:00 6::42
Apr. 29
5:55 6::44
Moon Phases
New Moon
First Quarter Full Moon Last Quarter Apr. 3
Apr. 11
Apr. 17
Apr. 24
How To Use This Map: Hold this map over your head so that the northern horizon
points toward the northern horizon on the Earth. For best results, use a red flashlight
to illuminate the map. Use this map at about 10:00 p.m. early in the month, 9:00 p.m.
mid-month, and 8:00 p.m. late in the month. *Map provided by Bishop Museum Planetarium. Pre-recorded information: (808) 848-4136; Web site: www.bishopmuseum.org/planetarium. Podcast: feeds.feddburner.com/bishopmuseum; Email: Hokupaa@bishopmuseum.org
Lew Cook operates a modest size computerized telescope that looks deep into space from Pāhala. He
emails measurements of his images and research to astronomers. For more information, go to his
website: www.lewcook.com/pahala.htm.
Plan Seeks Pedestrian Safety
Photo by Peter Anderson
Setting of the Supermoon. Setting of the Supermoon
Photographer Peter Anderson, of Ka‘ū, captured the setting of the Supermoon
(above) in the wee hours of March 20.The full moon had not passed this close nor appeared this large in the night skies of Ka‘ū since 1993. The
Supermoon
created higher and
lower tides at the shoreline. Anderson said he
also learned that looking
at the moonset shows a
slightly different face
of the moon. He also
photographed the rise of
the Supermoon at right.
The next Supermoon to
shine so large will be
in 2029, some 18 years
from now. The rise of the Supermoon.
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Photo by Peter Anderson
ment of motoring through these communities. The proposed scenic byways plan for
Kaʻū could also include safety provisions
for traffic and pedestrians, said Laura Dierenfield, executive director of PATH.
The Pedestrian Safety Plan, sponsored
by the county and the Federal Highway Administration, was written after a three-day
conference on the issue, supported by People’s Advocacy for Trails Hawai‘i, Island
Planning and other stakeholders. It calls for
communities to encourage safe pedestrian
and vehicular traffic, from walking to bicycling, to driving cars and trucks and hauling
freight. How to make the roads and highways safe involves engineering for paved
shoulders,
sidewalks,
driveways, access, and
illumination;
signage
and crosswalks; appropriate land use and site
design; education; enforcement; data analysis;
funding and involvement
of the public.
Such classes as
Pedestrian
Education
teach children to walk
across streets safely.
Students can celebrate
a Walk to School Day,
People's Advocacy for Trails Hawai‘i provides a simulated street
for the classroom to help teach road safety to young students in the learning the protocol of
schools. Photo courtesy of PATH
intersections.
A Pedestrian Safety Action Plan for all
of Hawai‘i County can be seen online, and
comments are encouraged in writing and
through attending two public meetings. The
first is Wednesday, April 13 at 5:30 p.m. at
Aupuni Center conference room in Hilo.
The second is Thursday, April 14 at 5:30
p.m. at Kona Outdoor Circle. Representatives of community groups, the state Department of Transportation and the county
will be on hand.
Of particular concern are the highspeed highways through rural towns like
Nā‘ālehu and Ocean View. The community
could think about more ways to slow people
down not only for safety but for the enjoy-
Keeping Healthy in Ka‘ū
Volume 8, Number 4
A Journal of Good Health, Food and Fitness
April, 2011
Improvements Planned for Kaʻū Hospital Programs & Infrastructure
by Julia Neal
The public met with management and
the board in March, concerning the fur\ure
of Kaʻū Hospital.
Administrator Merilyn Harris said that
$4.1 million has been released for air conditioning, air treatment against vog and to
replace doors and windows to make the hospital airtight, when needed. A complication
is asbestos in ceiling tiles, which requires an
expensive process to remove them before
putting in a new ceiling with air conditioning ducts.
Other planned improvements include
putting all records into a digital data bank
in cooperation with Hilo Hospital. Computers can be rolled to a patient’s bed so that
doctors and nurses can have medical records
at hand. The digital recording of information also helps to reduce errors in diagnoses, treatment and mistakes in administering
drugs. The Big Island is one of a few communities in the country that have received
millions of dollars in grant money to go digital with hospital records. The efficiency and
The public meets with Ka‘ū Hospital's administration and board to share ideas and learn about planned improvements, including electronic
records that can be brought to bedside, and the possibility of building additional facilities under the hospital building.
Photo by Julia Neal
some sharing of data about health and sickness is expected to make medical care delivery more efficient and less costly. Some
community members asked about the risk of
patients’ private information being misused
and were told that the privacy rules were be-
coming more strict.
The need for home care was also discussed as the population is aging, and there
are a number of Ka‘ū residents who have
been trained as nursing assistants to deliver
home care who need jobs here, said Jesse
Opoku-Boachie is Bay Clinic Director of Nursing
Amanda Opoku-Boachie,
“Amanda is dedicated to providRN, has recently been named
ing exceptional patient care and
Bay Clinic’s Director of Nursstrong leadership while valuing
ing and will oversee more than
the cultural complexities that
40 Registered Nurses and Nurse
are unique to our island.”
Practitioners, including those
Opoku-Boachie gained her
at its Nā‘ālehu facilities. With
associates degree in nursing at
her 11 years of patient-focused
the Eastern Iowa Community
experience and a proven track
College and she went on to rerecord of strong leadership
ceive numerous professional
skills, Opoku-Boachie is a welcertifications with an emphasis
come addition to the Bay Clinic
on Native Hawaiian and womteam, said Dr. Fatima Phillips,
en’s health services. She is a
the newly appointed Medical
member of various professional
Director.
organizations, including the
“Together, improving paAmerican Association of OccuAmanda Opoku-Boachie
tient care and improving access
pational Health Nurses and the
to care can be more than our goal, it can be Florida Occupational Health Nurses, Space
our reality,” Opoku-Boachie stated. Coast Chapter. Paul Strauss, Bay Clinic CEO, said,
Opoku-Boachie came to Hawai‘i in
Ka‘ü Hospital
Emergency Department Medical Staff
Cliff Field, MD Board Certfied Family Practice
John Wilkinson, MD Board Certified Emergency
Medicine
Rural Health Clinic/Hospital Medical Staff
Dexter Hayes, MD, Board Certified Family Practice
Debra Kettleson, Nurse Practitioner, Board Certified
Family Practice and Geriatrics
Medical Director: Clifford Field, MD
Clinic Hours:
Mon, Tues. Wed Friday 8am – 4:45
Thurs. 8- noon
To make a clinic appointment call 928 -2027
Corner of Hwy 11 and Kamani Street in Pähala
See us every day at
www.kaunewsbriefs.blogspot.com
A message of
Caring for Our Community
Brian Panik, MD Board Certified Emergency Medicine
and Fellow of the American Academy of Emergency
Physicians
2005 when an O‘ahu nursing shortage had
reached critical levels. In addition to managing a Native Hawaiian health care clinic
on Maui, she directed a special medical
program on O‘ahu focusing on the health of
survivors of the atomic testing that occurred
in the Republic of the Marshall Islands. Her
extensive experience in this area is directly
in line with Bay Clinic initiatives to improve care and remove language barriers for
migrants from the Compact of Free Associated States of Micronesia and the Republic
of Marshall Islands.
Bay Clinic welcomes comments on its
services to help provide the best care for our
community at madams@bayclinic.org.
Ka‘ü Family Health Center
The Mobile Dental Van will provide dental
The Mobile
Dental
Van
will Center
provideon
services
at the Ka‘ü
Family
Health
Hwydental
11 in Näÿälehu,
February
the schedule
services at
the Ka‘ū
Family is
February
1st through
4th.
schedule
Health Center
on the
Hwy
11March
in Nā‘ālehu.
is
March
1st through
4th.Ka‘ū
The the
dental
vanweek
is in
The
dental
van is in
first
Ka‘ü the first week of the month. For apt call
of the month. For apt. call 965-3073
965-3073.
Call (808) 929-7311 for a medical appointment
Call (808) 965-3073 for a dental appointment
(walk-in’s for dental care are accepted on first comefirst served basis on Thursdays until 3pm)
“Serving our Ka‘ü community since 1996”
Marques, of the Kaʻū Rural Health Community Association..
The role of community in helping with
the hospital in raising money and volunteering was applauded by members of the regional board overseeing the facility.
Future possibilities for Ka‘ū Hospital
include constructing facilities beneath the
building. The hospital sits on high posts
with thousands of square footage of open
area beneath it. Additional clinics, housing for temporary employees, and room for
such services like a CT scan could be created by building out the space, said Harris.
Ka‘ū Hospital is a member of the
Hawai‘i Health Systems Corp., a quasi-governmental organization that runs hospitals in
Kona, Hilo and around the state. On hand at
the Ka‘ū public meeting was East Hawai‘i
Region CEO, Howard Ainsley. Board members are Harry Yada, Brenda Ho, Brian
Iwata, Carol Mirianthis, Christine Beck,
Dr. Dennis Lee, Gary Yoshiyama, Dr. Craig
Shikuma, Dr. Robert Irvine, Susan Hunt,
Diana VanDeCar and Leonard Tanaka.
Mahalo
to the Ka‘ū Community:
On behalf of Ka‘ū Family Health Center and Bay Clinic, Inc., I would like to
thank the Ka‘ū community for your patience and understanding during this time
of transition as I grow into my new role as the physician serving you
at the Ka‘ū Family Health Center. Change is usually a challenge and
this one has been no exception. This is a wonderful community and
I look forward to serving you as we grow together!
-Doede Donaugh, D.O.
Ka‘ū Family Health Center and Bay Clinic, Inc.
Call (808) 929-7311 for a medical appointment
Call (808) 965-3073 for a dental appointment
April, 2011
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Miss Ka‘ū Coffee, cont. from pg. 6
veterinarian because she loves animals. She
enjoys living in Ka‘ū “because of the beautiful beaches and the people who live here.”
Jayme's talent will be boxing.
Bernadette Allysa Ladia, of Pāhala,
is the daughter of Elizabeth L. Aurelio and
Robert Q. Aurelio and sister to Jan Arnee,
Jayvee Jake, and Ralph Robert. Bernadette is
in second grade at Pāhala Elementary School
and likes to sing, dance and write. She wants
“to be a good citizen” and “to become a dentist someday because I want to help people
have strong, healthy teeth.” She loves living
in Ka‘ū and says she loves helping her mom
with chores inside the house and having fun
with her family. Bernadette also says she
wants to learn how to cook. Her talent is Filipino folk dance.
Johnette
Llanes-Masters,
of
Wai‘ōhinu, is the daughter of Salote Llanes
Foronda, Jolisa Barcena and John Masters,
and sister to Chaunalisa, Kaipo, Chelsie,
Chloe and Ka‘ella. Johnette is in second
grade at Nā‘ālehu Elementary School and
likes to play soccer, swim and travel. She
would like to be a police officer, so she can
“help others in danger and save lives, too.”
Johnette enjoys living in Ka‘ū because “the
people are nice and friendly” and because
“when you step out of your door, there is a
nice breeze in the morning.” Johnette's talent
is dance.
Tatiana Ka‘awa, of Nā‘ālehu, is the
daughter of Barbara Larrabee and David
Ka‘awa IV and sister to Joseph, Jesse, David and Kainalu. Tatiana is in fourth grade
at Nā‘ālehu Elementary School, attends hula
class and loves to sing and dance. She would
like to be a doctor someday. Tatiana says
Ka‘ū “is a nice and peaceful place to live in.
Almost everybody knows each other. It’s like
one big family.” Her talent will be singing
and dancing.
Rebecca Lynn Kailiawa-Escobar, of
Pāhala, is the daughter of Blossom Kailiawa
and sister to Eric, Quincy, Kainani, Hailey,
Cherish, Sara, Korina and Brisen Kailiawa.
Rebecca is in second grade at Pāhala Elementary School and likes to play soccer and
volleyball and to make beaded jewelry. She
would like to be a scientist because she loves
nature, thinks science is fun and could then
“warn everyone in the world before anything
happened.” She enjoys living in Ka‘ū because “we have resources like fishing, farming, hunting, and ranching. Kaʻū is the only
district with untouched beauty." Her talent is
hip-hop dance.
Young Miss Ka‘ū Coffee Candidates
Dayse Meleani Andrade, of Pāhala,
is the daughter of Kasey Polido and Veedal
Andrade and sister to Kaselon and Markos
Andrade. Dayse is in fifth grade at Pāhala
Elementary School and likes to dance, sing
and play sports. She wants to become a pediatrician because she loves kids. She says
she loves living in Ka‘ū because “all of her
family and friends are here, and because the
beaches are beautiful.” Her talent is dance.
Alyssa Bivings, of Nā‘ālehu, is the
daughter of Emely Salmo and Daniel Bivings
and sister to Kobie, Kevin, Amber, Aliyah,
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Kaʻū Coffee pageant candidates and escort Mark Galacio created their own facial masks using
fresh ingredients that could be found in their homes, such as honey, avocado, green tea, oatmeal, pumpkin and yogurt. The group learned the special qualities of each ingredient before
choosing which ones to use. They topped off their masks with nourishing seaweed.
Photo by Nālani Parlin
Alexus, Angelica, and Ashlyne. Alyssa is in
fourth grade at Pāhala Elementary School
and likes to sing karaoke, dance and have fun
with her friends. She would like to be a veterinarian because she loves animals and wants
to help them. She enjoys living in Ka‘ū because she “can meet a lot of people, since the
people here are friendly.” She also likes the
beautiful beaches. Her talent is dance.
Malia Nicole Corpuz, of Pāhala, is the
daughter of Rochelle Abero and Arthur Estranero and sister to Chloe. Malia is in fourth
grade at Pāhala Elementary School and likes
Turtle Nesting, cont. from pg. 1
laid four nests at this oasis. Families from
Kalapana who were camping at the beach
were able to observe this nesting turtle. As
usual, these hatchlings here were helped
across the cobblestones to the ocean. We estimate that over 200 hatchlings reached the
water here thanks to volunteer assistance.
Halapē: The most popular backcountry
campground in Volcanoes Park had two returning nesters that laid ten nests. One of the
nesters, Barnacle Betty, was a returnee from
2004. The other turtle was tagged in 2007.
Volunteers educated campers who were able
to witness nesting turtles and hatchlings.
This was especially needed since the nests
were located in front of the campsites. Turtle
personnel helped put out a wildfire that was
accidentally started by campers. Personnel
also worked with the Park Maintenance and
Vegetation crew and the Wilderness Volunteers to control invasive koa haole that
was encroaching on the nesting habitat. An
estimated 547 hatchlings reached the ocean
from this beach.
Kamehame: Four turtles and 10 nests
were documented at this hawksbill nesting
mecca. The crew suspects that there were
several additional nests as well. Kamehame
had the most nesters and nests in the state.
Two of the turtles were newly tagged and
the other two were returnees. One of them
was tagged back in 1996 and had not been
seen for 10 years. The other was seen two
years ago, and during the interval was satellite tracked by NOAA residing off leeward
Maui. From the 10 nests, the scientists estimate that over 1,345 hatchlings reached the
sea. Volunteers also assisted with habitat restoration by removing non-native plants.
Punalu‘u: Some community members
reported seeing hatchlings near the pavilion
to practice karate, bike and hang out with her
friends. She wants to become a nurse to help
sick people, especially young children. She
says, “I love to help sick children by giving
them medicine.” She says she enjoys living
in Ka‘ū because “I love the beaches, and all
my family is here, even my friends.”Malia's
talent is dancing.
Dacy Davis-Andrade, of Pāhala, is the
daughter of Stacy and Daniel Davis and sister
to Shacy, Dylan and Easton Davis. Dacy is in
fifth grade at Pāhala Elementary School and
likes to ride horses, run track and play socat a small pocket beach. However, the Turtle
Project was unable to locate a nest there.
Kōloa-Nīnole: One newly identified
nesting turtle laid three nests at this site near
Punalu‘u. All three nests were unsuccessful
due to exposure to high tides. In addition,
another returning nester was seen here. She
may have nested undetected at Kāwā.
Pōhue Bay: Nine nests from two returning hawksbills were protected and over
1,300 hatchlings reached the ocean at this
important nesting site. One of the turtles
was a returnee from 2005 and the other from
2007. Both of these nesters were sighted by
divers off of Maui in the years between nesting seasons. Including the turtle from Kamehame, there were at least three nesters this
year that travelled from Maui to nest in Ka‘ū.
‘Āwili Point (Road to the Sea): One
newly tagged hawksbill laid three confirmed
nests and possibly two more. At least 248
cer. She wants to be a veterinarian because
she loves animals. She says she loves living
in Ka‘ū with camping, riding horses, “hunting with my dad and going fishing with my
papa.” Her talent is hip-hop dancing.
Aiyana Galletes-Alapai, of Ocean
View, is the daughter of Genevieve Galletes and Joe Alapai and sister to Napualani,
Lloyd, Lehua, Sampson, Thor, and Hercules. Aiyana is in sixth grade at Nā‘ālehu Elementary School and is involved with Ocean
View Teen club, is a volunteer at Ocean View
Community Center and likes to play baseball. She wants to help kids by being a youth
counselor, being involved in programs and
activities and lots of field trips. She says she
loves living in Ka‘ū because she loves “nature: the ocean, the land, the plants, the flowers, and the trees.”Aiyana's talent is acting.
Shailei-Marie Elizabeth Kalikoililani
Penera was born in Gresham, OR, but now
lives in Pāhala. She is the daughter of Breeann Ebanez and Charles Penera, and sister to
Kaydence. Shailei-Marie is in fifth grade at
Pāhala Elementary School and likes to cook,
dance and sing. She “would like to be a lawyer, because they make plenty money.” She
likes living in Ka‘ū because she loves “going
to the beach and most of all the country life.”
Her talent is Tahitian dance.
hawksbill hatchlings reached the sea here
from two highly successful nests. A third
nest was unsuccessful due to heavy rains in
the fall.
The biggest surprise of the 2010 season was when the olive ridley turtle laid 88
eggs in the tidal inundation zone of the beach
and were rescued by volunteers and translocated to higher ground under supervision of
hawksbill biologists. She was newly tagged.
The nest was a huge success with 80 hatchlings safely reaching the ocean thanks to the
efforts of the volunteers.
Keauhou, Punalu‘u, Horseshoe, Kahakahakea, Hāli‘ipalala, Humuhumu Point:
No nesting was observed at these beaches.
Beach checks were limited to daylight hours,
and the crew says it may have missed signs
of nesting activity since wind and tides may
erase tracks made during the night.
Threatened olive ridgley turtle digs a nest near the end of Road to the Sea.
Photo from Hawai‘i Island Hawksbill Turtle Project.
ka pepa volcano
Volume 9, Number 6
April 2011
Kimo West Comes to Hale Ho‘omana at Volcano Art Center
Jim “Kimo” West performs with special
guests Dennis and Christy Soares on Friday,
April 29, at 7 p.m. at Volcano Art Center’s
Hale Ho‘omana Performance Hall. “We
are so excited to have a guitarist and musician that is of the highest quality perform in
Volcano Village. This
concert venue is an
intimate setting and is
one that allows the audience to get close and
personal with Jim, and
we expect to sell out
fast,” said coordinator David Wallerstein.
Joining West will be
Big Island favorites
Dennis and Christie
Soares, who have been
nominated for both Na
Hoku and Hawai‘i Music awards. “This is going to be a special night
in Volcano, I can promise you that!” Wallerstein said.
“West’s first two
CDs, Slack Key West
and Coconut Hat are
excellent examples of
Jim "Kimo" West performs at 7 p.m. on Friday, April 29 at Volcano the tradition of slack
Art Center's Hale Ho‘omana Performance Hall.
key guitar taken to a
new and unique place,
Friends of HVNP Continues
Restoration of Mauna Loa Strip
Friends of Hawai‘i Volcanoes National at least 14 years old, and able to hike at least
Park returns to the Mauna Loa strip for its one mile over uneven terrain through brush
next Forest Restoration Project on Satur- in an area with a moderate slope.
“Come join us for a wonderful opporday, April 16 from 8:30 a.m. to 3 p.m. Volunteers will plant native species in the koa tunity to enjoy our national park and parforest on the Mauna Loa strip of Hawai‘i ticipate in native forest recovery,” Johnson
Volcanoes National Park, working to trans- said.
To register, call the Friends of Hawai‘i
form cattle into a diverse native forest by
Volcanoes
National Park at 985-7373
planting nursery-reared seedlings, said
Mark Johnson, co-chair of FHVNP’s Forest or email forest@fhvnp.org. Instructions
on where to meet will be provided upon
Restoration Committee. Because native seedlings have already registration.
been planted in the area, volunteers will have to be careful in
moving through the understory
to protect the young plants.
Also imperative is the scrubbing the soles of one’s shoes
prior to arrival on site, in order to ensure outside dirt and
invasive species seeds aren’t
Design your own adventure
tracked in.
in
&
around Hawai‘i Volcanoes National Park
The Friends seek a crew
of 12 people, and pre-registra• Create a custom-designed field trip for your
tion is required. All participants
small or large group. Perfect for families, hui,
must sign a Friends release
senior & school groups, reunions & more!
form, and have an adult must
• From geology to botany, culture & archeology to
be present to co-sign for those
photography, you choose the focus, time & place.
under 18. Volunteers should be
INSTITUTE-ON-DEMAND!
www.fhvnp.org • 985-7373
while still retaining the essence of ki ho‘alu,”
said Wallerstein. West has performed at many
of the islands’ legendary slack key guitar festivals as well as on the mainland, including
the historic So Cal Slack Key Festival. His
playing has been featured in a number of
Honda TV spots, Disney Channel movies
and National Public Radio. Hawaiian Slack
Key Guitar: Kimo-Style was released in December 2007 and proved to be another evolutionary step for ki ho‘alu.
Released in fall of 2008, Kimo’s Hawaiian Slack Key Christmas features slack key
arrangements of classic and contemporary
holiday songs and won the Hawai‘i Music
Award for Best Seasonal Recording. West is
also a two-time recipient of the LA Treasures
Award from the Los Angeles Department of
Cultural Affairs. Between composing music
for TV and film and slack key guitar playing, West also finds time to produced CDs
for a number of independent artists including a project for Los Angeles-based Hawaiian performer Kapo Ku, a composer of new
Hawaiian language mele. Eia Mai Ka La
was recently released by the Mountain Apple
Company. He also has produced two CDs for
CMH Records in Los Angeles, Hotel Honolulu and Livin’s EZ-the Hawaiian Tribute to
Sublime.
Tickets for West’s performance on $10
for adults and $5 for children. Call 9678222 for tickets or visit Volcano Art Center’s
Niaulani Campus or Art Gallery. Visit www.
volcanoartcenter.org for information and
to purchase tickets online. Tickets are also
available a 6 p.m. on the evening of the performance at the venue.
Art Market at Niaulani Campus
Volcano Art Center is welcoming spring
with a gathering of gifted artisans and food
vendors in its second bi-annual Art Market
on Saturday and Sunday, April 2 and 3. This
year’s market features original, handmade
work from a variety of local artists. Along
with fine art and delicious foods there will
be free demonstrations and hands-on activities throughout the day for visitors and residents of all ages, including a musical walk
through the Niaulani forest with Volcano’s
own Lava Jam Band.
The Art Market is an event designed to
introduce new talent to the community, with
the potential for future inclusion in VAC’s
Gallery in Hawai‘i Volcanoes National
Park. Those who are already exhibiting
work in the national park will be debuting
their latest creations and creative departures from their traditional work. “Some of
our most esteemed artists will be on hand
to demonstrate their special techniques onsite, including encaustic wax painter John
Matsushita and sculptor William McKnight,” said coordinator Anne Catlin. While
TIME FOR KIDZ
Matsushita invites participants to paint with
molten wax, McKnight will be creating a
plein air sculpture in clay, with the forest as
inspiration.
For families with children, an entire
room will be dedicated to keiki art activities
and creative fun. Face painting and “fishing” for art prizes are among the booths catering to the interests of young guests.
The Art Market takes place at Volcano
Art Center’s Niaulani Campus, 19-4074 Old
Volcano Road in Volcano Village. For more
information, contact Catlin at 967-8222 or
community@volcanoartcenter.org.
Volcano Art Center
After School Program
M-F 2:30-5:30PM
(Wed. 1:30-5:30)
KIDZ SPACE
Dover Abrams demonstrates plein air painting.
APRIL
2011
EVENTS
Art Market
Tues., Wed. and Thurs.
Mommy and Me Mondays
9:00-11:30AM
Hula Figurative Painting w/ Rod Cameron
EVERY MON. 9:30
“High
Noon” Shingo Honda Exhibit
FREE GUIDED
(Reception
for artist 4/23 5-7PM)
NATURE WALK
The Art & Traditions of Hula at Kilauea
YOGA WITH EMILY 4/23
EVERY MON. & TUES.
4/27
Artist Entrepreneur Success Series
4/26 ROD CAMERON 4/29
H.I.N.A.: Artists Meet, Art, Eat.
Merrie Monarch
APRIL 29, 7PM, Jim “Kimo” West Slack Key
poster signing
performance
with special guest Dennis & Christy Soares
Daily at VAC Gallery:
Drop In Art Time
4/2-4/3
4/4
4/16
4/23-5/31
Colors of a Living Volcano,
New Paintings by
Rod Cameron (until 4/17)
For more information, call (808)967-8222
or visit www.volcanoartcenter.org
April, 2011
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Volume 9, Number 6
April 2011
State Offers Seal of
Quality Branding for
Ka‘ū Agriculture
The Hawai‘i Seal of Quality branding
program came to Kaʻū in March as Dr. Matthew Loke spoke to farmers in Pāhala about
Hawai‘i being the most well known placename brand in the world. When a product
says Hawai‘i, people want to buy it, he
told agriculturalists, offering them a way to
join the promotion. Several Kaʻū products
are already branded by the Hawai‘i Seal of
Quality, including Aikane Coffee and the Al
Galimba family beef from Kuahiwi Ranch.
In promotional materials produced for
Tūtū and Me Traveling Preschool families visited the Naohulehua garden and received plants from Niu Loa Hiki Farm At right, Tūtū & Me
families shower the ʻōhiʻa tree they just planted with water and aloha. Photos by Nālani Parlin
Tūtū & Me Plants Rare Trees at Naohulehua Gardens
by Nālani Parlin
Al Galimba's beef from Kuahiwi Ranch is
certified as a Hawai‘i Seal of Quality product.
Photo by Chris Manfredi
the Hawai‘i Seal of Quality, rancher and
state Board of Agriculture member Michelle Galimba says, “Agriculture is the
first and most daring art, the art of taking up
the materials of nature and making something out of it. Making gardens out of wild
earth. Taming the beasts of the plains. And
yes, turning the natural fecundity of living
things to our purposes. Ranching is largescale landscape art, among other things.
And being part of the constant conversation
between the soil, the grasses, the sky, the
weeds, the animals, the very stones in the
fields, and the people.” Loke said that the Seal of Quality also
helps producers to become food-safety
qualified. For more information, see www.
sealofquality.hawaii.gov.
Pahala
Plantation Cottages
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Historic Home Vacation Rentals
KAMA‘AINA RATE SPECIAL
MACADAMIA - 1 Bd, 1 Ba..................$85/Night
OHIA - 2 Bd, 1 Ba............................... $125/Night
MAILE - 3 Bd, 2 Ba............................ $150/Night
PANIOLO - 4 Bd, 2 Ba....................... $185/Night
PAHALA PLANTATION HOUSE - 7 Bd, 4.5 Ba,
3.5 acre estate.................$500/Night
Page 22 April, 2011
Tūtū & Me Traveling Preschool families
visited the historical Naohulehua Garden on
Kamaoa Road last month to participate in
a tree planting on site. Last year the group
planted two trees, one of them a yellow
ʻōhiʻa lehua that has since been stolen from
the garden. With the help of Dezh Pagen
and Betty Clark, of Niu Loa Hiki Farm, the
New coffee co-op Pres. Gloria Camba, with
Sen. Gil Kahele and Day Day Hopkins.
Kailiawa
Coffee Farm
100% Ka‘ū
Medium-Dark Roast
“Bull” & Jamie Kailiawa
Phone: (808) 928-8931
jkailiawa@gmail.com
crew planted another ʻōhiʻa to take it’s place.
Participants also helped Dennis Elwell, of
Nā’ālehu Main Street, plant a rare ʻalula or
Brighamia Inmignis, only found growing on
the grounds of Kīlauea Point National Wildlife Refuge on Kaua‘i.
Following the planting everyone enjoyed a snack in the new pavilion, which
sports a ceiling fan, kitchen area and bath-
room. Elwell encouraged residents to come
back to visit the garden and use the facilities.
Every family chose either a milo, kukui
nut or loulu palm tree, from Niu Loa Hiki
farm, to take home to plant. The field trip
and plants were sponsored by the Johnson
ʻOhana Charitable Foundation, a non profit
created by musician Jack Johnson.
The Kaʻū Coffee Growers Cooperative
installed new officers in March. The president is Gloria Camba, vice president is Leo
Norberte, secretary is Trini Marques and
treasurer is Richard Sambojan.
New officers were sworn in by Day Day
Hopkins, who has been assisting them with
promotions, education and grants through
the county Department of Research and Development since the sugar plantation shut
down 15 years ago and many of the farmers lost their jobs in the sugar industry. Currently there are more than 35 members, and
all of them own their homes, becoming part
of the diversified agricultural economy that
has grown after the demise of sugar.
Firefighters at Hawai‘i Volcanoes National Park with help from around the country spent most of March battling a wildfire
ignited by a lava flow. The fire covered more
than 2,000 acres.
At deadline there was no containment
though firefighters were protecting the east
rift Special Ecological Area, an intact lowland rainforest managed to exclude invasive
species and restore native plants and animals.
They include the Hawaiian bat, Hawaiian
hawk, lama trees and sandalwood, ‘apapane
and ‘amakihi honeycreepers, as well as happyface spiders.
The fire forced intermittent closure of
sections of Chain of Craters Road and trails.
The crew numbered more than 40, with
help from Whiskeytown National Recreation
Area, Olympic National Park, the U.S. Forest
Service in Eldorado, Sequoia, Stanislaus and
Los Padres National Forests in California. Infrared mapping revealed that most of
the fire burned single logs, standing dead
trees, stumps and large areas of dead vegetation, mostly on the southeast perimeter.
Remote automated weather stations
were employed to predict weather factors
related to the fire. About 2,000 such weather
stations are placed around the U.S., and fire
managers can bring them in from Boise, Idaho, where the National Fire Agency Office is
located.
Kaʻū Coffee Growers Cooperative Names
Gloria Camba President & Leo Norberte VP
Firefighters Battle a Lava-Ignited Wildfire
Wildfire in Hawai‘i Volcanoes National
Park, smoldering in forests of ohia and ferns,
slowed with rains.
Photo courtesy of Whiskeytown Firefighters
NEED HELP?
REAL ESTATE FOR SALE
Buying or Selling Real Estate? Contact, “The Edwards
Team” at H. McKee Realty, Inc. Tom Edwards, (B):
937-6534 or Myriam Edwards, (S): 640-4711 Search
For Property at: www.KonaKau.com We Now Have
Nice 3 Acre Ranchos Lots Starting at $19,999
Discovery Harbour, 3 br, 2 bath, custom home,
unfurnished, on golf course, ocean view. $425,000.
Call 808-870-5425.
Three bedrooms, two and a half baths, 2,256 square
feet of living space, two car garage, 15,151 square
foot lot in Discovery Harbour. Complete with separate
Ohana area. Never before available but it is now!
Listed at $449,000. Call for private showing. Royal
Palm Properties, Inc. Rollie J Literal, R(B) 808-6400461.
Four bedrooms, two baths, 1,500 square feet of
living space, one car carport, 11,413 square foot
fenced lot in Pahala Village. Listed at a rock bottom
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equipment or a work shop. Call for private showing.
Royal Palm Properties, Inc. Rollie J Literal, R(B) 808640-0461.
Three bedrooms, two baths, 1,215 square feet of
living space on a 14,001 square foot lot in Discovery
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Palm Properties, Inc. Rollie J Literal, R(B) 808-6400461.RENTALS/LEASE
FOR RENT
3 Rentals in Ocean View, available now.
1. 3 bedroom/2 bath custom house. $1,000.00/mo.
2. Large Studio Ohana House w/complete kitchen.
$600.00/mo, utilities incl.
3. Large bedroom suite/bath, porch, lanai, private
entrance. No kitchen. $400.00/mo.
Two blocks from highway.
For more info and photos go to www.ebayclassifieds.
com or call 939-8935.
3/2 HOVE Lovely Spacious home with mastersuite,
office, dining room, fireplace, 2-car garage and
spectacular views of South Point. $1,100.00 + tax and
utilities. South Island Realty (808) 929-8100
RENTALS
Homes available in Pähala,
Nä‘älehu, Mark Twain, Discovery
Harbour, H.O.V.E.
o
2/1 HOVE Clean newer home with lots of upgrades.
Pets considered. $750.00 + tax and utilities. South
Island Realty (808) 929-8100
Meghan E. Shively, RB
Furnished one-bedroom apartment in Ocean View
with Wireless Internet access and satellite TV. Private
entrance on ground floor of new house. $550/month
includes utilities. Call Isobel at 808-939-7031 after
6:30 p.m.
3-bedroom/1-bath apartment. Above Wildbull
Leatherworks (the old Luzon store) in Näÿälehu. $750/
mo and security deposit. Call Ron 808-238-0976.
Mamalahoa Hwy, Ocean View. Commercial Building
for Lease @ $1.95 per Sq. Foot. Call 929-9262
FOR SALE
Part time work Drug free farm $8/hour South Point
929-7443.
Macnut, Husk, Both Fresh and composted. Red and
Dirty Cinders. Soil Mix. Delivered to your property. Bob
Taylor 929-8112, 936-8623.
SERVICES OFFERED
Tax Doctor, IRS Licensed, Income & other tax
preparation services. 939-8939
Senior Lunch & Bingo in Pāhala
More than 50 senior and adults plus
20 volunteers turned out ʻO Kaʻū Kākou
senior luncheon and bingo party at the
Pāhala Community Center last month.
Everyone won prizes and enjoyed a
chicken, rice, salad, biscuits and ice
cream sundaes. “Everyone left laughing
and with big similes, asking when are
we doing this again,” said OKK member
Fred Ramsdell.
DIGITAL SATELLITE TV! Over 200 video and audio
channels. High Definition channels. Satellite High
Speed Internet. Home Theater custom installs. DISH
HAWAII 929-7233.
GOT CABLE? Why Settle! The Satellite Guy offers
dish network anywhere on the Big Island. More
channels, more choices, less money. Available where
cable is not. The Satellite Guy. 929-9103.
Croton caterpillar grinds through Christmas berries.
Photo by Arnold Hara, UH-CTHAR
HOME, RANCH & BUSINESS
PLUMBING CONTRACTOR - License # C-26521,
Mark Berkich Plumbing, 936-7778. Custom work, New
and remodel.
NEED NEW SCREENS? We come to your home
and
business
to custom tailor
new screens for
Windows, Doors,
Sliders at an
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OFFICE/FAX: 808-929-8135
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HELP WANTED
COMMUNICATIONS, COMPUTERS
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work for small projects with
materials and labor under $1000.
Jobs from Ocean View to Volcano.
Call 854-7048
Volcano. Ben Hooper, 990-2406 or 939-7534.
Seniors enjoy bingo at Pahala Community Center. Photo by Geneveve Fyvie
Caterpillars Attack
Christmas Berries
Christmas Berries are under attack by
caterpillars that seem to have
a population explosion about
every 15 years in Kaù. County Council member Brittany
Smart said they are particularly noticeable at the corner
of Kamaoa and South Point
Roads. State entomologist
Patrick Conant said the caterpillars prefer the Christmas
7:30 – 5:00, M – F
berry but will also eat other
Sat. 8:00 – 12:00, Closed Sun.
plants in the same family. The
croton caterpillar also likes
• Hawaiian cement
• Sand #4 (for water tanks)
plumeria, Christchild and cas• Redi-mix concrete • Rock #3 • ¾ minus base coarse
tor bean.
• Rebar #3#4#5
• Cinders, red & black
This caterpillar may be
• Wire 6x6x10x10
• Pier blocks, misc. concrete prods.
fast reproducing after surviving the years of the drought,
• Compactors • Cement finishing • Generators • Scaffolding
followed by recent heavy
• Ladders • Pressure washer • Compressors • Painting equipment
rainfall. Its larval and egg
• Floor finishing equipment • Welding equipment
parasites may have died out
• Automotive equipment • Cordless hand tools • Tools
during the drought and will
• Power tools • Hand tools • Trailers • String trimmer
take awhile to come back,
• Chainsaws (we sharpen) • Lawn mower • Party equipment
said the entomologist. The
march of the caterpillars may
go on for a couple of months,
AUTHORIZED DEALER, PARTS AND SERVICE: Shindaiwa, Wacker, Titan,
he said. In 1992, the croton
airless, Echo, Honda Engines, Snapper, Goldblatt, Briggs & Stratton,
caterpillar ate more than 100
and Grimmer Schmidt
acres of Christmas berry near
Green Sands subdivision.
USED MOTOR OIL DROP OFF: 10-gallon limit per visit for
This caterpillar is differDo-It-Yourself oil changers. Must log in during open
ent from another, Episimus
hours only (no charge).
stilis, which was released in
Hawaiian Ocean View Ranchos • Below gas station
Naàlehu in 1964 but did not
P.O. Box 6182, Ocean View, HI 96737 • Stan and Marianne Troeller, Proprietors
work well in controlling the
Christmas berry, said Conant.
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Dayse Andrade
Alyssa Bivings
Dacy Davis-Andrade Aiyana GalletesAlapai
Malia Corpuz
Shailei Penera
Miss Peaberry & Young Miss Ka‘ū Coffee Selected April 23
PROFESSIONAL HAIR AND NAIL SERVICES
FOR MEN AND WOMAN
Located in
Ocean View Town Center
www.christiesnails.com
Miss Ka‘ū Coffee,
cont. from pg. 20
Pageant Escorts
Escorting the
younger
candidates are Pāhala
Elementary School
fourth-grader Andre Carvalho and Taylor Burgos
Cherrisse Calumpit Tatiana Ka‘awa
Rebecca Kailiawa
fifth-grader Mark
Galacio.
Natural Beauty
Last month consultant and pro-artist Myra Sumida, of Motives® Cosmetics by
Loren Ridinger, and licensed esthetician Ursula D'Angelo, of Beauty Calls, volunteered to educate candidates about make-up and skin care. Sumida gave demo's makeup tips, let contestants mix their own mineral blush
and helped them explore color choice. D'Angelo led
an educational workshop about healthy skin care,
helped candidates to concoct their own masks from Bernadette Ladia
fresh home ingredients and gave prizes to candidates
who recalled important skin facts they learned.
• MissKa‘üCoffeePageantApril23
• Ka‘üCoffeeRecipeContest
• Ka‘üCoffeeTasting
• Ka‘üCoffeeEducation
• FarmTours
Jayme Kaneshiro
Johnette LlanesMasters
Photos by John Duntz
• Food,Games&FamilyFun
• LuckyNumberDrawing
• CoffeeCollege-
Educationalseries
May 14-15, 2011
Pāhala, Hawai‘i
A Drug and Alcohol Free Event, No Outside Coolers Please.
For more info and schedule of events, visit
www.kaucoffeefest.com
Sponsorship opportunities available
NON-DISCRIMINATION STATEMENT: We provide access to our activities without regard to race, color, national origin, age, sex, religion, or
disability. If you require reasonable modifications due to disability, please call Chris at 808-929-9550 ten working days prior to our event.
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