Ka`u News Briefs Sunday, August 25, 2013

Harvesting rainwater is the topic at Tuesday's After Dark in the Park program.
Photo from Hawai`i Volcanoes National Park

A PROGRAM TO TRAIN FAMILY MEDICINE RESIDENTS, with the hope that they will stay and build their careers on the Big Island in areas including Ka`u, is looking forward to its first class next year. “Having a local residency on the Big Island is a game changer for us in Ka`u because 85 percent of those trained locally stay and practice locally,” Sen. Josh Green said this morning. 

        A story in today’s Hawai`i Tribune-Herald reports that the family medicine residents will train at Hawai`i Island Family Health Center in Hilo beginning in July.

Sen. Josh Green

      The Primary Care Training Program has received funding from several sources and got a major boost last month when Lt. Gov. Shan Tsutsui released $1.8 million that the state Legislature appropriated for the program.
      “Signing that bill was a really momentous occasion,” Lori Rogers, executive director of the Hilo Medical Center Foundation, told reporter Colin M. Stewart. “I really have to thank the community. Without them, and our Big Island legislators, as well as other representatives, this wouldn’t have been signed.… Someone that we especially have to recognize is Sen. Josh Green.”
      Green, who is chair of the Senate Committee on Health, introduced the bill.
      See more at hawaiitribune-herald.com.
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The View, by Ocean View resident Wanda Aus,
graces the cover of The Directory 2013.

THE KA`U CHAMBER OF COMMERCE ART SHOW to select the cover for The Directory 2014 is set for Monday, Sept. 30 through Saturday, Oct. 5 at CU Hawai`i credit union building in Na`alehu. The theme is Ka`u. There are five categories for entries: graphic, sculpture, wood, photography, and craft. The fee is $5 per entry, and no more than three entries may come from one artist, with no more than one entry per category. All pieces must have been completed in the last 12 months and be for sale for the usual price. Entries are accepted Friday, Sept. 27 from 12 p.m. to 5 p.m. and Saturday, Sept. 28 from 9 a.m. to 11:30 a.m. 

      The keiki division is for children in grades 1 through 6, one entry per keiki. Keiki categories are graphics and photos, no larger than 8.5 by 11 inches, including frames, if any. The entry fee is $1. Keiki art is not eligible for the cover of The Directory and not for sale. Only the first 60 keiki exhibits are accepted.
      The show is open to the public Monday, Sept. 30 through Thursday, Oct. 3 from 9 a.m. to 5 p.m., Friday, Oct. 4 from 9 a.m. to 12 p.m. and Saturday, Oct. 5 from 9 a.m. to 11 a.m. Each day during the showing, the public may sign in and receive a ballot to vote for their favorite entry.
      A reception to view the winners and greet the artists takes place from 9 a.m. to 11 a.m. on Saturday, Oct. 5, with light refreshments at the CU Hawai‘i credit union building in Na`alehu. Announcement of the adult winner of the popular vote takes place at 11:30 a.m. This art will be featured on the cover of The Directory 2014, with appropriate credit being given inside. The ballot, a numbered ticket, will also be entered into a drawing for door prizes to be held each hour, and the winner does not need to be present. Various Ka`u merchants are donating prizes.
     A panel of local artists judges entries and awards prizes in each category, including Best in Show. Each category has first-, second-, and third-place awards and, if appropriate, as many as two honorable mentions. Ribbons will be given for each of the prizes, and all first-prize winners will appear in The Directory 2014.
      Entry forms are available at local schools and merchants and at the door during art drop-off hours on Sept. 27 and 28. All entries must be picked up from the building by the artist between 11 a.m. and 11:30 a.m. on Saturday, Oct. 5 or between 9 a.m. and 12 p.m. on Monday, Oct. 7.
      To donate door prizes or help with expenses, call Dallas Decker at 516-662-8789.
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Jeanette Howard, at 90, is the oldest member of
Lori Lei Shirakawa's halau and was honored last
night by family, friends and community at
Pahala Plantation House. Photo by Julia Neal

NINETY-YEAR-OLD JEANETTE HOWARD was honored last night at Pahala Plantation House by community, friends and family. A native of Punalu`u, she is the eldest member in the halau of Kumu Lori Lei Shirakawa. Shirakawa said she remembers Jeanette coming to hula in 1993 when she first started teaching in Na`alehu. 

      Relatives, including members of the Akiu and Kawanui families, came from around Hawai`i and the mainland, recalling stories of days gone by. Irene Kawanui Norman said her father, Samuel Kawanui, was hired on a ship at Honu`apo when he was 16 and left Ka`u to see the world. He trained to bring pineapple barges coming from Lana`i to O`ahu. Howard was raised by the Kawanui family, she said.

      The party was a surprise, with Howard being told she was going to a Keoki Kahumoku concert at Pahala Plantation House, said daughter Myra Sumida. When Howard arrived, she found that the gathering of hundreds of people was for her.

      Entertainment was provided by Ernie Kalani, friends and family.

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WITH SIX GAMES SCHEDULED, THE KA`U HIGH TROJANS are leading the effort to establish eight-man football on this island. The tradition of the community going to the Ka`u High football field to cheer on the students and socialize will continue, with three of the games scheduled at home.

      Seabury Hall comes to Ka`u Friday, Sept. 6 for the first game of the season. Other games scheduled include Kealakehe Waveriders at Ka`u Friday, Sept. 20 and Ka`u at Kamehameha Saturday, Sept. 28. The Trojans then travel to Moloka`i to play against the Farmers Saturday, Oct. 5. Ka`u goes to Kealakehe Friday, Oct. 25, and the Moloka`i Farmers come to Pahala for the Trojan Homecoming and Senior Night game Friday, Nov. 8.
      Eight-man football is considered appropriate for smaller high schools and particularly for fast-running athletes with passing and interception skills. There are fewer tackles in the game, and it is higher scoring with fewer injuries.
      Regular 11-man football was cancelled before school started, when Ka`u could not come up with the 30 players required by Big Island Interscholastic Federation. Further complicating Ka`u continuing with 11-man play was the risk of weathering fines of $1,600 per each away game should Ka`u be unable to come up with enough players. Reductions in players usually comes from injuries, which are more likely with a small team playing both offense and defense. They can also come from players unable to meet academic standards.
      Head coach is Dwayne Kainoa Ke. Darrel Shibuya and Donavan Emmsley are among the other coaches.

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Many of the Ka`u Trojan cross country competitors shown here in 2012
return this fall. First meet in this Saturday, Aug. 31 at Kamehameha.
Photo from Ka`u High School

THE KA`U HIGH SCHOOL CROSS COUNTRY team begins its season this Saturday, Aug. 31 at Kamehameha School in Kea`au, under the leadership of Coach Erin Cole. Competition continues on Saturdays at Hawai`i Preparatory Academy, Sept. 7; Waiakea, Sept. 14; Konawaena, Sept. 21; Hawai`i Preparatory Academy, Sept. 28; Kamehameha, Oct. 5; and Kea`au High School, Oct. 12, followed by Big Island Interscholastic tournament and state tournament finals.

TODAY IS THE NATIONAL PARK SERVICE’S 97th birthday, and Hawai`i Volcanoes National Park waives entrance fees to celebrate. Also in the park, Volcano Art Center Gallery extends a special gift to its patrons – an extra five percent off all purchases over $97. The gallery is open from 9 a.m. to 6 p.m. Kilauea Military Camp offers an open house so visitors can experience how KMC serves our troops by enjoying all facilities and services.

HAWAI`I WILDLIFE FUND SPONSORS ANCHIALINE POOL workdays tomorrow and Tuesday. Volunteers meet at Wai`ohinu Park at 7:45 a.m. to carpool to the site. To sign up, contact coordinator Megan Lamson at kahakai.cleanups@gmail.com or 769-7629.

Trish Macomber

HARVESTING RAINWATER IS THE TOPIC Tuesday at 7 p.m. at After Dark in the Park. The practice has been going on for centuries all over the world, with rainwater being used for a variety of purposes including domestic water supply. As global warming and growing populations increase the demand on our limited fresh water supplies, more and more places are turning back to the ancient practice of harvesting rain. Atop Kilauea volcano, rainwater collection is the standard way of life and is promulgated by the National Park Service. 

      University of Hawai`i’s Trisha Macomber, author of Guidelines on Rainwater Catchment Systems for Hawai`i, presents a number of options for insuring safe, clean drinking water for the future. Guests will receive all the free rainwater they can drink.
      The program takes place at Kilauea Visitor Center Auditorium in Hawai`i Volcanoes National Park. $2 donations support park programs, and park entrance fees apply.

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Ka`u News Briefs Saturday, August 24, 2013

Halau Kahula O Nawahine Noho Pu`ukapu performed at Volcano Art Center's Sunset Hula in Hawai`i Volcanoes National Park
yesterday. It was the last in a series of sunset hulas for this year as the days grow shorter. Photo by Julia Neal

HAWAI`I VOLCANOES NATIONAL PARK RANGERS and a helicopter pilot rescued a 76-year-old man early Friday morning who got lost near Pu`u Huluhulu in Hawai`i Volcanoes National Park the previous day, reported Jessica Ferracane, of Public Affairs.
      Zigui Yuan, 76, of China, spent an uncomfortable and chilly night on an old lava field after getting lost near Pu`u Huluhulu cinder cone, where there is little or no cell phone reception.

Rough lava terrain dominates the Pu`u Huluhulu
area where a visitor got lost. Photo from NPS

      His wife, Paulili Yuan, reported him missing yesterday at 8 p.m. She told rangers that the couple and a female friend had been hiking together Thursday morning, when Mr. Yuan separated from the group at the Pu`u Huluhulu trailhead and headed east toward Napau Crater. The two women returned to the trailhead junction at the Mauna Ulu parking lot at 11:30 a.m. and waited for the man.
      At approximately 7 p.m., Mr. Yuan attempted to contact his wife by phone, but the call failed. The women then drove to Thurston Lava Tube and reported him missing to park ranger John Moraes.
      Rangers Moraes and John Broward executed a search in the vicinity of Pu`u Huluhulu in the dark, using powerful handheld spotlights to illuminate the rough lava landscape, while ranger Andrew Sanford patrolled Chain of Craters Road for the missing man. At 1 a.m., the search was suspended until daybreak.
      A ground and air search was launched at daybreak. Helicopter pilot David Okita spotted Yuan approximately 660 feet southwest of Pu`u Huluhulu. Okita and park ranger Jon Maka`ike landed and retrieved Yuan. He was cold, dehydrated and exhausted, but had no major injuries and declined further medical treatment. Yuan was reunited with his wife at 6:30 a.m. yesterday.
      Yuan, who speaks very little English, told rangers through his wife that he kept hiking across the sharp, jagged lava until it became dark and he could no longer see the rock pile trail markers. He took shelter against the wind in a small depression in the old lava flows and waited for daylight.
      “Mr. Yuan made the right decision to hunker down for the night,” said Broward, Search and Rescue coordinator at Hawai`i Volcanoes National Park. “This area is riddled with unstable ground, hidden earth cracks, deep craters and sharp, brittle lava. He could have been seriously injured if he continued trying to find his way out in the dark.”
      Park rangers remind visitors that the best way to avoid potentially serious incidents is to plan ahead and prepare. A full range of hiking tips and other safety-related information is available on the park’s website, nps.gov/havo, and by asking park rangers.
      This was the park’s 14th SAR incident this year. There were 26 SAR incidents in 2012.
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Michael Titterton, CEO of Hawai`i Public Radio,
rolled out plans for Ka`u and thanked Wendell
Kaehuaea for establishing KAHU for the south
end of the island.

HAWAI`I PUBLIC RADIO REPRESENTATIVES came to the Big Island yesterday to roll out their future plans, with Ka`u on the agenda. Michael Titterton, CEO of HPR, thanked Wendell Kaehuaea for his role in establishing KAHU community radio in Ka`u. One of the highlights of Titterton’s talk at `Imiloa Astronomy Center was the acquisition of the license for KAHU radio – the last link in its broadcasting system statewide. He talked about HPR’s role in “creating community.” He said earlier that the long-term plans are for local original programming from such remote places as Ka`u and Hana on Maui. 

      Titterton said that HPR2 programming will be broadcast under the KAHU license from Ka`u, eventually with a reach as far as Hilo and South Kona. He explained that KAHU will go back on the air within about three weeks with the same reach that it had when it went off the air in late April.
      He also said that HPR has launched a campaign to raise $140,000 to $150,000 for facilities on the Big Island. The KAHU equipment will eventually be moved to one or more communications towers to give it the reach from Ka`u through Puna to Hilo and to South Point and South Kona. He discussed the geographical challenges of broadcasting in Ka`u with its mountainous terrain and valleys. Wendell Kaehuaea, who provides content to public television, filmed the presentation. They both said that the new arrangement will restore emergency broadcasting messages to Ka`u and beyond.

      For more on Hawai`i Public Radio, see hawaiipublicradio.org.
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Dr. Dexter Hayes sponsors Denyse, whom she
visited in Rwanda this summer.

HELP FOR UNDERPRIVILEGED CHILDREN in Rwanda is one of the missions of Dr. Dexter Hayes, of Ka`u Hospital & Rural Health Clinic. She said yesterday that she is sponsoring two children in Rwanda where she traveled this summer to visit Denyse, an 11-year-old girl she has sponsored for five years. She visited Denyse in Kagali, the capital of the Rwanda, and showered her with gifts, including a swimsuit, Hilo Hattie’s dress that matches hers and some flip flops from Hawai`i. 

      While visiting the Compassion International Child Development Center in Kigali, Hayes decided to sponsor another child, seven-year-old Ketia. Hayes said that many of the families she met in Rwanda use walking and bicycling as their main transportation, with many women toting children on their backs and cargo on their heads. She visited the hill country and took in the local dance, music and demonstrations of crafts and arts. The physician was presented a wooden tray with the inlayed message, “I will never forget you.”
      Rwanda was the scene of a brutal tribal war some 20 years ago, leaving many orphans and generations of people trying to rebuild their country. Hayes visited a genocide museum with the names of some 250,000 people slaughtered in the area, many of them children. She also saw people dressed up and walking in groups to a soccer stadium where the current president Paul Kagame was to give a speech. She said that Rwandans were shy to talk about different tribes, as the country wants to prevent another blood bath of tribal warfare. She noted that Rwanda is the country known for preservation of mountain gorillas.

Dr. Dexter Hayes said Rwandan families take pride in their simple homes
and enjoy their culture.

      Hayes described the hill country as beautiful but immersed in poverty. However, the people, as humble as they are with thatched roofs and dirt floor in their houses, seem to care for their homes and keep them clean. They are happy, friendly and love their culture, Hayes reported.
      Hayes said she also supports youth seeking higher education, having recently sponsored a young woman’s education to become a lab tech in Rwanda. Other sponsorships for Hayes have included a boy in Brazil, whom she began sponsoring eight years ago.
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GOVERNOR NEIL ABERCROMBIE INVITES HAWAI`I to join in the Let Freedom Ring 50th anniversary commemoration. A half-century to the minute after Dr. Martin Luther King, Jr. delivered his historic I Have a Dream speech, Abercrombie invites the people of Hawai`i to “ring a bell” at 3 p.m. Wednesday, Aug. 28 as part of a worldwide commemoration. The governor also requests that places of worship, government buildings and all facilities in Hawai`i with the capability join in this gesture.

     The King Center and the 50th Anniversary Coalition called on governors of the 50 states and all people and organizations across the world to help culminate the 50th anniversary of the March on Washington and Dr. King’s speech.

Dr. Martin Luther King delivered his I Have a Dream speech 50 years
ago Wednesday. Image from mlkdream50.com

      “Half an ocean and a continent separate Hawai`i from the National Mall, but we are no less impacted by Dr. King’s remarkable words that day,” Abercrombie said. “Here in the Aloha State, our diversity defines us and remains a source of great strength and beauty rivaling the natural wonder of these islands. However, we are reminded, even today, that prejudice and injustice persist. The fulfillment of Dr. King’s legacy of hope, unity and freedom depends on our choices and actions beyond this single day of remembrance, extending to every day of our lives.”
      King Center CEO Bernice A. King stated, “We are calling on people across America and throughout the world to join with us as we pause to mark the 50th anniversary of my father’s I Have a Dream speech with Let Freedom Ring bell-ringing events and programs that affirm the unity of people of all races, religions and nations. My father concluded his great speech with a call to ‘Let freedom ring,’ and that is a challenge we will meet with a magnificent display of brotherhood and sisterhood in symbolic bell-ringing at places of worship, schools and other venues where bells are available from coast to coast and continent to continent.”
      For more information about the 50th anniversary commemoration, visit mlkdream50.com.
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Kamalani Salmo-Stacy helped at a recent anchialine
pond cleanup. Photo from Megan Lamson/HWF

HAWAI`I VOLCANOES NATIONAL PARK WAIVES entrance fees tomorrow to celebrate the National Park Service’s 97th birthday. 

      Also in the park, Volcano Art Center Gallery extends a special gift to its patrons – an extra five percent off all purchases over $97. The gallery is open from 9 a.m. to 6 p.m.
      Kilauea Military Camp offers an open house so visitors can experience how KMC serves our troops by enjoying all facilities and services. Call 967-8371 for more information.

HAWAI`I WILDLIFE FUND SPONSORS ANCHIALINE POOL workdays Monday and Tuesday. Volunteers meet at Wai`ohinu Park at 7:45 a.m. to carpool to site. To sign up, contact coordinator Megan Lamson at kahakai.cleanups@gmail.com or 769-7629.

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Ka`u News Briefs Friday, August 23, 2013

`Imi Pono No Ka `Aina helped during a recent Hawai`i Wildlife Fund cleanup of anchialine ponds in Ka`u.
Photos from Megan Lamson

PRESERVATION OF ANCHIALINE PONDS along the Ka`u Coast received islandwide publicity this morning in West Hawai`i Today and the Hawai`i Tribune-Herald newspapers. The story covered a trek by writer Carolyn Lucas-Zenk, who accompanied Hawai`i Wildlife Fund and state conservation workers to the coast of Wai`ohinu. 

      The writer describes Catherine Spina, Megan Lamson, Nohea Ka`awa, Kaila Olson, Stacey Breining and Lauren Kurpita tending to an anchialine pond, removing nonnative plants, like seashore paspalum and limu. Lucas-Zenk describes Spina sinking “waist deep into the doughnut-shaped anchialine pool in coastal Wai`ohinu, carefully guiding the ‘Muck Sucker’ along the bottom. This underwater vacuum uses a trash pump to suck up excessive sediment, leaf litter and other organic matter — all of which are fouling the unique brackish water ecosystem.” The writer reports some volunteers hand-pulling the invasive plants while others floated in a kayak to gather and remove limu.

Pete Dacalio, Sheylyn Silva, at left, and Taylor
Libarios remove debris from an anchialine pond.

       “Over the past five years,” reports Lucas-Zenk, “Hawai`i Wildlife Fund has removed nonnative vegetation in and around the Ho`onoua anchialine pool complex, which includes two large pools and one small pool within 1,400 acres of shoreline in southeast Hawai`i Island. For decades, this debris has accumulated to create a thick layer of anoxic muck that severely degrades the habitat for native wildlife, said Lamson, Hawai`i Wildlife Fund projector coordinator.”
      The story reports Lamson saying that conditions of the pools are improving, with opae (shrimp) and native plant populations increasing. “Ilima papa (Sida fallax), makaloa (Cyperus laevigatus) and ahuawa (Cyperus javanicus) have taken root and are thriving in spots where volunteers removed Christmasberry, sourbush and lantana. Akulikuli (Lycium sandwicense) has sprouted from dried sediment beds created from pumping out pools. The coverage of native seagrass has also increased, Lamson said.”
     The story also reports that fountain grass has been removed from15 acres near the pools by a crew from the Hilo branch of the state Division of Forestry & Wildlife. “Visiting birds, including the akekeke (ruddy turnstone), kolea (Pacific golden plover) and aukuu (black-crowned night heron), have been spotted at the pools,” Lucas-Zenk reports.
     Funding includes a Hawai`i Fish Habitat Partnership grant for $22,300 from the U.S. Fish & Wildlife Service, a $10,000 donation from Dolphin Quest Hawai`i and a $25,000 grant from Hawai`i Community Foundation. “This work would not be possible without support of the Division of Forestry and Wildlife DOFAW and continued volunteer efforts from individuals and groups such as `Imi Pono No Ka `Aina, Big Island Substance Abuse Council, and the Ka`u Interact Club,” Lamson said.
      Anchialine Pool Workdays are scheduled Monday and Tuesday. For information about how to support HWF’s restoration efforts or to volunteer, contact Lamson at 769-7629 or meg.HWF@gmail.com.
      See westhawaiitoday.com and wildhawaii.org.
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Power grids are becoming increasingly irrelevant, according to a story
in Bloomberg Business Week.

POWER GRIDS’ DAYS ARE NUMBERED, according to a Bloomberg BusinessWeek headline published yesterday. The story by Chris Martin, Mark Chediak and Ken Wells states: “There are 3,200 utilities that make up the U.S. electrical grid, the largest machine in the world. These power companies sell $400 billion worth of electricity a year, mostly derived from burning fossil fuels in centralized stations and distributed over 2.7 million miles of power lines. Regulators set rates; utilities get guaranteed returns; investors get sure-thing dividends. It’s a model that hasn’t changed much since Thomas Edison invented the light bulb. And it’s doomed to obsolescence.” 

     The “doomed to obsolescence” is the opinion of David Crane, a Princeton-based CEO executive of a wholesale power company. “What’s afoot is a confluence of green energy and computer technology, deregulation, cheap natural gas and political pressure that, as Crane starkly frames it, poses “a mortal threat to the existing utility system.” He says that in about the time it has taken cell phones to supplant land lines in most U.S. homes, the grid will become increasingly irrelevant as customers move toward decentralized homegrown green energy. Rooftop solar, in particular, is turning tens of thousands of businesses and households into power producers. Such distributed generation, to use the industry’s term for power produced outside the grid, is certain to grow,” the Bloomberg BusinessWeek story says.
      When circulating the story in Hawai`i, Life of the Land executive Henry Curtis asks whether the local utilities will “understand and adapt, or collapse and perish?” Life of the Land has been arguing the case against building the proposed `Aina Koa Pono refinery off Wood Valley Road. The proposal is before the state Public Utilities Commission. See puc.hawaii.gov. Docket number is 2012-0185.
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Beginning computer classes are offered at Pahala Public & School
Library next month.

KA`U PUBLIC LIBRARIES ARE OFFERING BEGINNING COMPUTER CLASSES for people who have little or no experience with computers. Classes are taught at Pahala Public and School Library, and are free and open to the public. Each class is 45 minutes long, beginning at 11 a.m. 

      Computer Basics are scheduled Friday, Sept. 6 and Friday, Sept. 13. Participants learn the basic parts of a computer, how to use a keyboard and mouse, and how to create a simple document using word processing software.
      Internet Basics is the topic Friday, Sept. 20. Prerequisite is Computer Basics or prior knowledge of mouse and keyboard use. Participants learn about Web browsers and navigating a Web page. If time allows, we will also perform a basic search and print our results.
      The final class, Library Resources Overview, takes place Friday, Sept. 27. Prerequisite is Computer Basics or prior knowledge of mouse and keyboard use. Topics include how to search the library’s catalog, check individual library accounts and request books. Students also learn about some of the many other free electronic resources the Hawai`i State Public Library System has to offer.
      Sign-up is required for each session. Call 939-2442 at least 48 hours prior to the class.
      A limited number of free one-on-one classes with a staff member at Na`alehu and Pahala Libraries are also offered upon request, depending on staff availability.
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THE KA`U TROJAN FOOTBALL SCHEDULE IS SET for fall, launching the fast paced eight-man format. Led by Coach Kainoa Ke, the first game is at home in Ka`u against Seabury Hall from Maui on Friday, Sept. 6 at 6 p.m. On Friday, Sept. 20, the Kealakehe Waveriders come to Ka`u for a game at 6 p.m. On Saturday, Sept. 28, the Kamehameha Warriors host Ka`u. On Saturday, Oct. 5, the Moloka`i Farmers host the Trojans. On Friday, Oct. 25, Ka`u travels to Kealakehe to play the Waveriders, and on Friday, Nov. 8, Moloka`i Farmers come to Ka`u for the Trojan Homecoming and Senior Night game, beginning at 6 p.m. 

      The annual Trojan Steak Fry takes place on Thursday, Nov. 7 on the Ka`u campus.
      The Trojans are fundraising for their October trip to Moloka`i. To donate to the Trojan team, call athletic director Kalei Namohala at 928-2012.
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Bowling is a popular fall sport at Ka`u High. Shown is the 2012 team.
Photo from Ka`u High School

KA`U HIGH SCHOOL’S BOWLING TEAM begins play on Saturday, Aug. 24 against Kealakehe at Hilo Lanes. Trojans go up against St. Joseph’s and Kamehameha at Hilo Lanes on 

      Saturday Aug. 31. The Trojans play Pahoa Wednesday, Sept. 4; Konawaena Saturday, Sept. 7; Waiakea and Kea`au Saturday, Sept. 14; and Hilo High Wednesday, Sept. 25.
      Big Island Interscholastic Federation championships are the Individual Bowl on Saturday, Sept. 28 and Team Bowl on Saturday, Oct. 12. Hawai`i state finals on O`ahu on Saturday, Oct. 26.
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VOLCANO WINERY has announced its first Harvest Festival, which will take place on Sunday, Sept. 15 from 4 p.m. to 7 p.m. Pre-sale Tickets are $25. The event includes Hawaiian and popular music with Lito Arkangel, heavy pupus and wine.

      Volcano Rotary Club will sell hulihuli chicken. Those who come will be able to tour the farm and winery. Call 967-7772 or see volcanowinery.com.

HULA IS FEATURED AT HAWAI`I VOLCANOES NATIONAL PARK today and tomorrow, with programs at the hula platform near Volcano Art Center Gallery. Halau Kahula O Nawahine Noho Pu`ukapu, under the direction of kumu hula Ana Nawahine Kahoopii, performs at Sunset Hula this evening at 6:15 p.m.
      Kumu Leilehua Yuen and Manu Josiah present a 50-minute narrated demonstration of the preparation, protocol and offering of traditional hula and chant tomorrow at 10:30 a.m.
      In conjunction with the program, hands-on cultural demonstrations take place from 9:30 a.m. to 1:30 p.m. on the VAC Gallery porch.
      Programs are free. Donations are welcome, and park entrance fees apply.

Volcano Art Center celebrates Hawai`i Volcanoes National Park's
97th birthday Sunday.

A GUIDED HIKE ABOUT THE PEOPLE & LANDS OF KAHUKU takes place tomorrow from 9:30 a.m. to 12:30 p.m. at the Kahuku Unit of Hawai`i Volcanoes National Park. The 2.5-mile, moderately difficult hike over rugged terrain focuses on the area’s human history.

NATIONAL PARK SERVICE BIRTHDAY IS SUNDAY, with special offers at Hawai`i Volcanoes National Park. Park entrance fees are waived. 

      Volcano Art Center Gallery is extending a special gift to its patrons – an extra five percent off all purchases over $97. The gallery is open from 9 a.m. to 6 p.m.
      Kilauea Military Camp offers an open house so visitors can experience how KMC serves our troops by enjoying all facilities and services. Call 967-8371 for more information.

SUPPORT OUR SPONSORS AT PAHALAPLANTATIONCOTTAGES.COM AND

KAUCOFFEEMILL.COM. KA`U COFFEE MILL IS OPEN SEVEN DAYS A WEEK.
ALSO SEE KAUCALENDAR.COM AND FACEBOOK.COM/KAUCALENDAR.