Kaʻū News Briefs, Monday, Oct. 17, 2022

Transcendence, the Curly Koa Jewelry Cabinet, upper left, by Kaʻū woodworker Duane Miller, took

First Place in the Furniture Category at the Hawai'i Forest Industry Association's annual show. His paddle

won Honorable Mention as did the table and bench submissions of Kaʻū furniture maker Mats Fogelvik.

Images from Hawai'i Forest Industry Association

TWO KAʻŪ FURNITURE MAKERS ARE WINNERS IN THE HAWAI'I FOREST INDUSTRY ASSOCIATION'S annual woodworking show. The works of Duane Miller and Mats Fogelvik were on display at the Hawai'i Opera Plaza in Honolulu in October.
    The three judges awarded Miller First Place for Furniture for his Curly Koa Jewelry cabinet called Transcendence. For Honu, his Curly Koa Paddle with pyrography, he won an Honorable Mention in the Accessory category.
    The judges awarded Fogelvik Honorable Mention for his Koa Dining Table called Super Ellipse Starburst. He also won an Honorable Mention for his Gecko Bench, both in the Furniture category.

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Poster for the Oct. 15 Trinity event
where Ocean View native Thor Soder
won in super heavyweight kickboxing.

OCEAN VIEW NATIVE THOR SODER WON A SUPER HEAVYWEIGHT KICKBOXING FIGHT on Sept. 15 in Trinity Kings competition on O'ahu. Soder weighed in at 303 lbs. and beat Aimoku Minor who weighed in at 272 lbs.
    Soder was born and raised in Ocean View and graduated from Nāʻālehu School and Kaʻū High School where he played sports throughout his years there. He credits his older sister Lehua Galletes and Norman Santiago for coaching him. He started boxing with Ocean View Boxing Club when he was 17.
    Soder graduated from the Jobs Corps. program in Waimanalo and has served in the Hawai'i National Guard. He works as an Adult Corrections Officer at Hawai'i Community Correctional Center. He lives with his wife Carly and two children, Odin and Theia, in Mountain View.
    He said he loves having support from Kaʻū "because I love my home."

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KAʻŪ HIGH GIRLS VOLLEYBALL WILL PLAY FOR THIRD in Big Island Interscholastic Sports Federation final standings, against Kealakehe on Tuesday. Hawai'i Preparatory Academy took down the Trojans 25-13, 25-19 and 25-20 on Monday at the match in Waimea. The match at Kealakehe is at 4 p.m.

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A CALL FOR DAMAGE REPORTS FROM LAST FRIDAY'S DOUBLE EARTHQUAKE EVENT, centered around Pāhala, has come from County of Hawai'i. Its Civil Defense agency issued a Mauna Loa earthquake damage assessment statement on Monday, saying its team has been surveying damage from the Friday, Oct. 14 Magnitude 4.6 and M5.0 quakes, and is still collecting information that has yet to be reported.

    “To capture the extent of damages, Civil Defense is requesting residents and businesses that have yet to report damage sustained from Friday’s earthquake to call and report your situation to Civil Defense at 808-935-0031,” said the radio message from Civil Defense Director Talmadge Magno.
According to USGS, the shaking of the duel earthquakes was was of longer duration than individual earthquakes would have been if separated by more time. At 24 seconds a part, they were strong enough to do damage. The shaking was "of longer duration and possibly greater intensity than either of the
earthquakes would have created on their own," according to USGS.
    USGS also announced that "The earthquakes and aftershocks from the morning of October 14, 2022 did not cause any changes in Mauna Loa monitoring data streams."

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USGS DAILY MAUNA LOA ACTIVITY UPDATE, covering Sunday into Monday morning, stated that "During the past 24 hours, HVO detected 30 small-magnitude (below M3.0) earthquakes 2-3 miles (3-5

km) below Mokuāʻweoweo caldera and 4-5 miles (6-8 km) beneath the upper-elevation northwest flank of Mauna Loa. Both of these regions have historically been seismically active during periods of unrest on Mauna Loa.
   Hawai'i Volcanoes National Park continues to keep the Mauna Loa summit closed to hikers and campers due to the elevated seismic activity.
    USGS stated, "Mauna Loa continues to be in a state of heightened unrest as indicated by increased earthquake activity and inflation of the summit.”

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THE  KAʻŪ COMMUNITY DEVELOPMENT PLAN ACTION COMMITTEE MEETING is set for Wednesday, Oct. 19 at noon at the Kaʻū District Gym Multipurpose Room in Pāhala. There is no zoom option for the public meeting. The meeting will include election of a Chair and Vice-Chair for the Action Committee.

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