Ka`u News Briefs Sunday, Feb. 9, 2014

Quilt Shop-Hoppers came to Pahala Quilting & Creative Sewing Center yesterday during one of several tours of island quilt shops which run through Feb. 20. For information, see facebook.com/BigIslandQuiltShopHopHawaii. Photo by Ron Johnson

FOLLOWING KA`U’S REJECTION OF A SPACEPORT years ago, state officials are considering Kona Airport to become the state’s first certified spaceport. According to a story in West Hawai`i Today, suborbital space flights could begin as early as next year. Future possibilities include long-distance flights across the planet and launching of satellites from aircraft.
      Jim Crisafulli, state Office of Aerospace Development director, told reporter Tom Callis that the airport has been selected among 27 potential locations across the islands as the best home for space tourism based on its runway length, location away from highly populated areas and uncongested skies.

Suborbital space flights could begin taking off from Kona International Airport
as soon as next year. Image from XCOR

      Crisafulli called space tourism the “third dimension” of Hawai`i’s visitor industry, and he told Callis that he believes the state should be at the forefront.
      According to the story, the office is conducting several studies, including an environmental assessment, so it can seek Federal Aviation Administration approval. Crisafulli told Callis he expects to start the FAA application process later this year, with certification coming in the “first or second quarter of 2015.” Crisafulli said he believes impacts of the current proposal would be minor. “A more time-consuming Environmental Impact Statement won’t be needed if the assessment doesn’t find any significant impacts,” reported Pacific Business News previously, referencing Crisafulli. “Other studies around the country for these so-called ‘spaceports’ haven’t required an EIS,” PBN reported. A public review process, however, is required.
      Space tourism flights reach an altitude of about 61 miles, Crisafulli said, which is far enough from the planet to experience weightlessness.

      Hawai`i Tourism Authority chief Mike McCartney had previously told Pacific Business News that a spaceport would support luxury resorts, high-end restaurants and other enterprises catering to the ultra-rich.
      See westhawaiitoday.com.

A PISCES project studies using material from lava rock to build a sidewalk.
Shown here is Ala Kahakai Trail in Ka`u. Photo by Julia Neal

PACIFIC INTERNATIONAL SPACE CENTER for Exploration Systems is researching how to turn regolith, found in lava rock and moon rock, into usable material. The material is similar to the basaltic rock that makes up the islands, and PISCES executive director Rob Kelso told Tom Callis, of Hawai`i Tribune-Herald that the material can be used for building materials as well as to make fuel. 

      Using a three-dimensional printer, PISCES plans to combine basaltic dust with a binding material to form a hard surface and build a sidewalk as a demonstration project.
      Kelso told Callis it is partnering with Hawai`i County Public Works Department on the project in March. A location has not been selected.
      Another project being considered would demonstrate how rovers could extract regolith and, along with other machines, turn it into fuel or other material that it can use. “If a part breaks, you can’t send a repair mission,” he said. “But if it has a 3-D printer, it can scoop up some regolith, and it could in theory be able to repair itself.”
      See hawaiitribune-herald.com.

Sen. Russell Ruderman

Sen. Josh Green

KA`U’S STATE SENATORS Josh Green and Russell Ruderman have introduced legislation that would increase the minimum age to purchase tobacco products, including electronic smoking devices, from 18 to 21. SB2029 passed hearings at Senate Health and Commerce & Consumer Protection Committees Thursday. A hearing by the Judiciary & Labor Committee has yet to be scheduled. The bill follows Hawai`i County’s approval of a similar law in December of last year.
      Unlike Hawai`i County’s law, which subjects distributors, but not purchasers, of tobacco or electronic cigarette products to fines, this proposal would fine both parties. The bill calls for any person under twenty-one years of age who purchases tobacco products to be fined $10 for the first offense. “Any subsequent offense shall subject the violator to a fine of $50, no part of which shall be suspended, or the person shall be required to perform not less than forty-eight hours nor more than seventy-two hours of community service during hours when the person is not employed and is not attending school.”
      This and other bills are available at capitol.hawaii.gov.

KAHU-FM 91.7, NOW BROADCASTING Hawai`i Public Radio’s HPR2 programming, aired a feature last week called How American Food Companies Go GMO-Free in A GMO World. The producers interviewed farmers who are making money selling to Japanese and other buyers who want GMO-free food. It is all about the market driving a desire for GMO-free food, the NPR report stated.

Pahala Quilting owner Donna Masaniai, at left, greets a Shop-Hopper at yesterday's stop.
Photo by Ron Johnson

      Dan Charles, of NPR, spoke with Lynn Clarkson, who was at the forefront of the non-GMO market. When Clarkson was looking for buyers of his corn, he recognized a problem food companies were having. When the companies processed corn, they were getting inconsistent results because of too much variation in raw materials. Clarkson told them the cause was simple; they were getting many different genetic types of corn in each shipment.
      Clarkson said the solution was to buy “a single variety, a single hybrid, delivered at any one time, so you’re not mixing different cooking characteristics.”
      To be able to deliver grain the companies wanted, Clarkson signed contracts with farmers and agreed to pay them a premium for specific corn hybrids or varieties of soybeans.
      He delivered this uniform, predictable grain to food companies, first in Chicago and then to foreign buyers, particularly in Japan.
      When GMO crops became available about 20 years ago, his Japanese customers didn’t want them. Clarkson told Charles that Japanese food companies were suspicious of the new technology and didn’t want to risk a hostile consumer reaction.
      To accommodate these customers, Clarkson made sure the farmers he bought grain from grew varieties that weren’t genetically engineered.
      According to the report, most of these farmers don’t object to genetic engineering, and most of them grow both GMO and non-GMO crops.
      Doing so requires extra work, cleaning machinery between harvests of different fields and keeping crops separated by at least 100 feet. While the separation doesn’t always work perfectly, Clarkson said the food industry knows small traces of GMOs must be tolerated. “It always comes down to: How do you define GMO-free?” he told Charles. “What’s the tolerance level? If it’s zero, we might as well have a drink and part friendly, because we can’t do business. We cannot hit a zero standard.” According to Clarkson, in the U.S., “GMO-free” means that the product contains no more than 0.9 percent GMOs.

ROMANCING THE LEAF is the topic Tuesday from 2 p.m. to 3 p.m. at Volcano Art Center’s Ni`aulani Campus in Volcano Village. JoAnn Aguirre discusses how tea has served as the foundation for romance in the arts. Free to VAC members; donations welcome. 

      For more information, email teaquiero77@gmail.com.

HIGHER EDUCATION ASSISTANCE is available Tuesday from 4 p.m. to 6 p.m. at Na`alehu United Methodist Church. Kamehameha Schools East Hawai`i Resource Center representatives meet with students who want to pursue education beyond high school and families who want help with summer program applications and more information about resources. 

      Services include help with admission applications for summer programs, financial aid and scholarship services, Ho`oulu Hawaiian Data Center forms and general information about Kamehameha Schools programs and resources. For more information, call Nikki or Noelani at 935-0116.

AT AFTER DARK IN THE PARK TUESDAY at 7 p.m., Hawai`i Volcanoes National Park archaeologist Jadelyn Moniz-Nakamura shares a presentation of the challenges faced by the National Park Service before, during and after World War II at Kilauea, in what was then called Hawai`i National Park.

U.S. Army Signal Corps in the 1940s at Kilauea Military Camp. Photo from KMC

      The findings of Moniz-Nakamura’s extensive research were recently published in the Hawaiian Journal of History. The program takes place at Kilauea Visitor Center Auditorium. $2 donations support park programs; park entrance fees apply. 

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Ka`u News Briefs Saturday, Feb. 8, 2014

Ka Lae Quilters and Ka`u Red Hat Ladies will be at Punalu`u Beach Park pavilion today until 4 p.m. or earlier if they sell out of their quilts, potholders and other creations as well as baked goods, jellies and jams. The two organizations cooperate each year to raise money for the Ka`u Hospital emergency room. The next fundraiser is the Spaghetti Dinner on Saturday, Feb. 22 from 4 p.m. to 7 p.m. at Na`alehu Community Center. Photo by Julia Neal

HOME BIRTH IS THE SUBJECT of one bill that the Senate Committee on Health will hear Monday at 1:15 p.m. SB 2569 includes several proposals to improve the safety of home births in Hawai`i. The bill would establish a home birth safety board and require home birth providers to be licensed and to meet minimum educational and training requirements. It also calls for providers to follow record keeping and reporting requirements. 

      “Home births are an important and valuable option in maternal care and in the range of women’s reproductive choices in Hawai`i,” said Ka`u’s state Sen. Josh Green, M.D., who chairs the committee. “We must preserve and honor every woman’s right to deliver her child at home with her family and her chosen healthcare provider, while ensuring it is done as safely as possible to protect the mother’s health and the health and well-being of the newborn infant.

Quilted items, crafts and baked good are still available at a fundraiser for Ka`u Hospital
emergency room taking place at Punalu`u Beach Park pavilions. Photo by Julia Neal

      “The intent of Monday’s hearing is to bring together all members of the home birth community,” Green continued, “including lay midwives and Native Hawaiian cultural practitioners, certified professional midwives, certified nurse-midwives and obstetricians in order to generate a meaningful discussion about whether we are doing everything we can to protect the health and safety of mothers and newborns during home births in Hawai`i. It is not the intention of the committee to recommend any policy regarding home birth without listening carefully to the concerns of the entire home birth community and respecting every woman’s reproductive rights, cultural values and religious traditions. It is our hope that we can begin a productive dialogue in which all voices can be heard on this issue, so that we can reach a consensus within the entire home birth community to determine the best way to protect the health and safety of mothers and infants during home births, while honoring and respecting women’s reproductive rights and cultural traditions.”
      Another measure under consideration will be SB 2574, relating to medical marijuana, a measure intended to expand access to the medical marijuana program for patients in Hawai`i by allowing pain specialist physicians to prescribe medical marijuana beginning January 2, 2015.
      Other measures being heard Monday include SB 3064, relating to Hawai`i Health Systems Corp. The bill would allow for the transition of the state hospital system to nonprofit hospitals incorporated in Hawai`i before January 1, 2000 and would require the acquiring nonprofit hospital to maintain equivalent hospital services in acquired regions. It would also require the state to continue to meet all financial obligations to public employees, including all benefits, pensions and other financial obligations negotiated with public employees’ unions.
      The Committee on Health will also hear SB 2521, which would require labeling of foods that have been genetically engineered, provide a penalty for violations and authorize private civil enforcement.

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Chocolate cake is on the menu at Punalu`u Beach Park
pavilions today. Photo by Julia Neal

A BILL THAT WOULD CREATE a task force to determine whether the state should regulate agricultural use of genetically modified organisms has passed its three Senate committees so far at the state Legislature. Senate Committees on Agriculture, Higher Education and Judiciary & Labor all approved the measure, with amendments. 

      Testimony in favor of the bill came from Hawai`i Farm Bureau Federation, Hawai`i Department of Agriculture and University of Hawai`i. Chamber of Commerce of Hawai`i and Hawai`i Crop Improvement Association also testified in favor, with amendments.
      One amendment proposed by HCIA asks that “any reference to GMO be replaced with ‘genetically engineered crops’ or agricultural biotechnology’ embraced by the scientific and regulatory community.”

      Another amendment asks that presidents of Hawai`i Papaya Industry Association, Hawai`i Floriculture Industry and Hawai`i Crop Improvement Association be added to the task force “to allow farmers growing GE crops the opportunity to provide perspective on the work that they do.” 

      In its original form, SB2454 called for members of the task force to include dean of University of Hawai`i College of Tropical Agriculture and Human Resources, chair of state Department of Agriculture, director of state Department of Health, president of Hawai`i Farm Bureau Federation and president of Hawai`i Farmers Union United or their designees. The governor would also select “four experts with scientific knowledge in the use of” GMOs in agriculture.
      Critics of the measure see the composition of the task force as biased and suggest that the proposal is an attempt to bypass recently approved county regulations on Kaua`i and Hawai`i Island. One person testified, “The state has done a very poor job of taking care of our health, environment and well being on almost every level. Each county has its own challenges, and we must meet them individually.”

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THIRTY-SIX STATES DON’T TAX FOOD SALES, and Hawai`i would join them if Senate Bill 2169 passes the state Legislature. Supported by grocers and anti-poverty groups, the bill, introduced by Sen. Sam Slom, a Republican, would help reduce the high cost of living, which keeps many people here in poverty. Fourteen other states tax food at a lower rate than Hawai`i. According to an Associated Press story this morning, Kelii Akina, president of the Grassroot Institute of Hawai`i, told the Senate Committee on Human Services on Thursday that a family of four in Hawai`i spends on average $1,000 per month for groceries. The tax cut would save them $450 a year.

Patricia McManaman

      Hawai`i Appleseed Center for Law and Economic Justice, Jenny Lee, testified, “It’s simply counterintuitive and inefficient policy to tax households deeper into poverty and then have expensive social services provided in order to try to alleviate the impact of poverty.”
      The bill would also exempt medical care from the excise tax.
      In another anti-poverty measure, the state would double the tax credits for renters earning under $30,000 a year.
      The Tax Foundation offered a different approach – cut the excise tax rate across the board.

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PATRICIA MCMANAMAN, DIRECTOR of state the Department of Human Services, is stepping down from her position due to personal reasons. McManaman has served under the Abercrombie Administration since its inception in December 2010. She said it has been an “incredible honor” to serve the people of Hawai`i. 

      “The Department of Human Services exists to improve the lives of the most vulnerable and needy in our communities,” stated McManaman. “I have worked alongside dedicated people in the department who truly believe in the work of helping others. I am extremely humbled and grateful to have served with them and know there will be a seamless transition to continue the work started under this Administration.”
      Gov. Neil Abercrombie expressed his gratitude for McManaman’s service, saying, “Pat has been a leader in our community for decades and has directly and indirectly touched many lives. Her persistence in doing what’s just, and her experience and knowledge has helped to right many a ship.”
      The governor is placing deputy director Barbara Yamashita as acting director. “Pat will be missed as our director, but she has laid solid foundation for moving forward,” said Yamashita.
      Prior to her directorship position, McManaman practiced law in Hawai`i for more than 30 years, holding a variety of public interest legal positions. She also served as a per diem judge in the District Court and Family Court of the First Circuit, state of Hawai`i for 17 years.
      McManaman has received a variety of awards and recognition for her leadership in social and public health issues.

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Nene nest is hidden in guinea grass.
Photo by Royden Okinishi

AT LEAST ONE PAIR OF NENE have been raising their family this winter at Ka`u Coffee Mill with the keiki swimming in the reservoir. The nest was hidden in guinea grass in a composting area of the farm. Nene are endangered and the state bird of Hawai`i. Generations ago, this Hawaiian goose was on the menu of Volcano House dining room.

      When the nene first arrived at Ka`u Coffee Mill, employees worked to eradicate mongoose, which eat nene eggs.

A pair of nene is raising a family
at Ka`u Coffee Mill.
Photo by Royden Okinishi

BAKED GOODS, CRAFTS AND QUILTS are on sale today until 5 p.m. at Punalu`u Black Sand Beach as the Ka`u Red Hat Ladies and Ka Lae Quilters hold their tenth annual fundraiser for Ka`u Hospital emergency room. 

LOVE THE ARTS, the annual fundraiser and gala for Volcano Art Center, takes place today from 5:30 p.m. to 9 p.m. at the Ni`aulani Campus in Volcano Village. The event features champagne and wine and a gourmet dinner to honor Volcano Art Center’s 40th Year in its Hawaiian Home, Hawaiian-Style. There will be a live and silent auction. Tickets are $50 in advance and $60 at the door, which includes a $10 credit toward an auction item. Call 967-8222.

FRIENDS OF HAWAI`I VOLCANOES NATIONAL PARK hold their Sunday Walk in the Park tomorrow from 11 a.m. to 2 p.m. Tim Tunison leads a three-mile, round-trip walk exploring the Mauna Ulu area. Free for Friends members; non-members can join the organization in order to attend. 985-7373, admin@fhvnp.org

SEE FEBRUARY’S ISSUE of The Ka`u Calendar newspaper online at kaucalendar.com.

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Ka`u News Briefs Friday, Feb. 7, 2014

Ka`u students, teachers, coaches and parents are invited to submit testimony via videoconferencing during a Senate Education Committee hearing on a bill relating to school athletics. The hearing takes place at the state Capitol Monday. Ka`u's Sen. Russell Ruderman, at left, is on the committee. Photo from Senate Communications Office

KA`U’S STATE SEN. RUSSELL RUDERMAN, who will hold a talk story at Pahala Plantation House Monday, Feb. 24, is a member of the Legislature’s newly formed Aerospace Caucus. At a press conference yesterday, Ruderman said he is excited about possibilities of an aerospace industry in Hawai`i, including education and jobs in technical fields. He said much of the experimentation and development would likely take place in his district, which includes Ka`u, and that he hopes that “we are proactively engaged in issues such as public safety and privacy, which are bound to arise as we go forward. I think we’ll have a more successful industry and a smoother path if we address those issues,” he said.

      Rep. Gene Ward, one of the caucus’ four chairs, said, “We are a state of navigators. Ancient Hawaiians were the first navigators without instruments. He also said, “NASA’s in love with our Big Island.” He cited a lunar park, space tourism, economic development and cultural sensitivity as aspects of aerospace development. “The ancient Hawaiians started as navigators, and we’re going to end as navigators,” he said.

Bills relating do drones and other aerospace technologies are being considered
at the state Legislature.

      Other co-chairs are Sens. Will Espero and Glenn Wakai and Rep. Angus McKelvey.
      Membership also includes Hawai`i Island Reps. Cindy Evans, Faye Hanohano, Mark Nakashima and Clift Tsuji.
      The caucus has identified many bills in the Legislature that are related to aerospace.
      SB3092/HB1967 would appropriate $450,000 for a program coordinator and technical support staff member to complete planning required for an international flight training center and associated aeronautical training programs at University of Hawai`i at Hilo and Hawai`i Community College.
      HB2151/SB2583 would appropriate $500,000 for an engineering assessment of a proposal to establish a laser optical communications ground station in Hawai`i.
      HB2150/SB2584 would appropriate $250,000 to support planetary sustainability technology demonstrations and university-based competitions.
      HB2152/SB2585 would appropriate $1,500,000 to the Pacific International Space Center for Exploration Systems to support administrative and general tasks, strategic program initiatives and preliminary development of the PISCES Research and Development Park.
      HB2614 would exempt from the general excise tax amounts received from the construction of a space launch facility in the state.
      More bills being considered relate to unmanned aircraft, or drones. SB2608 would place limitations on use of the technology in information gathering. SB2582 would require consent or a search warrant to track an individual using drones. It would also prohibit weapons onboard the unmanned aicrafts.
      Information on these and other bills is available at capitol.hawaii.gov.

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Sen. David Ige

KA`U STUDENTS ARE INVITED TO PARTICIPATE in the legislative process by providing testimony for a school athletics funding bill. Sen. David Ige, chair of the Senate Ways and Means Committe, has introduced SB3083 that would restore many athletic programs and positions that were cut after the economic downturn. 

      Ige spoke with many coaches, parents and teachers about the important role athletics play in overall student development. “For many students in our public schools, the opportunity to play sports motivates and positively impacts their success in the classroom,” he said. 

      Ige also urges public school teachers and coaches to submit testimony. During the hearing, scheduled for this Monday, Feb. 10 at 1:15 p.m., schools across the state will be able to provide live testimony via the Hawai`i State Senate’s Statewide Videoconferencing Pilot Program. Lawmakers initiated the program last year allowing neighbor island residents the opportunity to provide testimony using technology. Many people, especially students, are unable to travel to the state Capitol to provide testimony in person.
      “The advent of videoconferencing technologies within the Senate gives students easier access to the legislative process,” said Ige, “allowing them to be stewards of their own education and to voice opinions on how school sports have personally affected their lives.”
      Those wishing to submit testimony or to sign up to provide testimony via teleconferencing can do so by visiting capitol.hawaii.gov.

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LEGISLATION THAT WOULD PROVIDE the Public Utilities Commission with more funding passed its first hearing yesterday. SB2924 provides for more funds, which are derived from public utility company revenues and are, thus, paid directly by utility ratepayers for the purpose of providing regulatory oversight, to remain in PUC coffers.

PUC chair Mina Morita

      Most of the funding comes from an annual fee of one-half of one per cent of the gross income of the public utility's previous year’s business. Currently, over half of the revenue in this special fund is diverted to the state’s general fund, according to testimony from Blue Planet Foundation. 

      According to a story in Civil Beat, the Legislature usually provides the PUC with about half of money in the special fund and has used nearly $50 million from it over the past four years for unrelated programs.
      “The complexity and size of the Commission’s workload has drastically increased over the last few years as advancements in state policy and utility technology has required, and is causing, a critical review for regulatory reforms,” PUC chair Mina Morita said in her testimony. “Increasing the annual carryover amount in the PUC Special Fund would support the PUC and the Consumer Advocate (as they) fulfill their respective statutory duties during these challenging times.”
      Jeff Mikulina, head of the nonprofit Blue Planet Foundation, told Civil Beat, “The utility has always had the upper hand in terms of resources when they’re at the table, so they should at least have a good counterbalance on the other side. Otherwise the onus is on intervenors like us to try to bring those resources to the table.”
      Information on SB2924 is available at capitol.hawaii.gov.
      See more at civilbeat.com.

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Today is the deadline to enter Miss Ka`u Coffee and Miss Ka`u Peaberry Pageants.

ENTRIES FOR MISS KA`U COFFEE PAGEANT are due today. Those interested in participating can call chair Gloria Camba at 928-8558 or director Nalani Parlin at 217-6893. 

      To donate scholarship money for the pageant, call Julia Neal at 928-9811. To reserve a vendor or educational booth for the Ho`olaule`a, call Brenda Iokepa Moses at 928-0550. To become a sponsor, call Chris Manfredi at 929-9550.
      See kaucoffeefest.com for more on the festival.

BAKED GOODS, CRAFTS AND QUILTS are on sale today and tomorrow from 8 a.m. to 5 p.m. at Punalu`u Black Sand Beach as the Ka`u Red Hat Ladies and Ka Lae Quilters hold their tenth annual fundraiser for Ka`u Hospital emergency room.

HAWAI`I WILDLIFE FUND sponsors a Ka`u Coast cleanup at Kamilo tomorrow. Volunteers meet at Wai`ohinu Park at 7:45 a.m. Bring sturdy shoes, bag lunch, sun and wind protection, plenty to drink and four-wheel drive vehicles. Those without 4WD can pool with other volunteers. Call 769-7629 or email kahakai.cleanups@gmail.com.

POTTERS SHOW AND SELL their functional and sculptural work tomorrow from 9 a.m. to 4 p.m. at Volcano Art Center’s Ni`aulani Campus in Volcano Village. The show features works by TR Andrews, Ron Hanatani and Carol Yamashita. Email ron@ryhpottery.com for more information. 

LOVE THE ARTS, the annual fundraiser and gala for Volcano Art Center, takes place tomorrow at the Ni`aulani Campus in Volcano Village. The event features champagne and wine and a gourmet dinner to honor Volcano Art Center’s 40th Year in its Hawaiian Home, Hawaiian-Style. There will be a live and silent auction. Tickets are $50 in advance and $60 at the door, which includes a $10 credit toward an auction item. Call 967-8222.

SEE FEBRUARY’S ISSUE of The Ka`u Calendar newspaper online at kaucalendar.com.

SEE THE DIRECTORY 2014 ONLINE. For a page-turning version, see kaucalendar.com/Directory2014.swf. For a pdf version, see kaucalendar.com/Directory2014.pdf.

SUPPORT OUR SPONSORS AT PAHALAPLANTATIONCOTTAGES.COM AND KAUCOFFEEMILL.COM. KA`U COFFEE MILL IS OPEN SEVEN DAYS A WEEK.