Ka`u News Briefs Thursday, Sept. 17, 2015

USGS Hawaiian Volcano Observatory scientists are closely monitoring recent signs of unrest on Mauna Loa, the largest active
volcano on Earth.In this 1985 aerial photo, Mauna Loa looms above Kilauea's summit caldera at left center and nearly obscures
Hualalai in the far distant upper right. Photo from USGS

THE TSUNAMI ADVISORY ISSUED yesterday following an 8.3-magnitude earthquake off the coast of Chile that sent 3 ft. and 2.3 ft.tsunami waves into Hilo and a .9 ft. tsunami wave into Kawaehaie, before dawn this morning, has been cancelled. The earthquake prompted Hawai`i Civil Defense officials to warn people to stay out of the ocean when small tsunami waves were expected to arrive at around 3 a.m. today. Though beach parks remained officially open, small sea level changes, possible surges and unusual currents were expected to persist for several additional hours in some coastal areas.

Pacific Tsunami Warning Center has cancelled the tsunami advisory issued yesterday.

      According to Pacific Tsunami Warning Center, wave heights as of 7:34 a.m. across the state were below advisory levels and continuing to diminish.

       Hawai`i County Civil Defense issued an all clear for the island effective at 8 a.m. this morning. All beach parks are open.
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FLASH FLOODING AT KAWA shut down Hwy 11 yesterday evening between Punalu`u and Honu`apo. Ka`u was under a flash flood warning for several hours
     Hwy 11 at Kawa Flats was closed, according to Hawai`i Police Department announcements, from  7:29 p.m. to 11:14 p.m.

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AN ELEVATED MAUNA LOA ERUPTION ADVISORY has been issued by the USGS Hawaiian Volcano Observatory. Scientists have elevated Mauna Loa’s Volcano Alert Level from NORMAL to ADVISORY. This change in status indicates that the volcano is showing signs of unrest that are above known background levels, but it does not mean that a Mauna Loa eruption is imminent or certain.
       According to HVO, its seismic stations have recorded elevated rates of shallow, small-magnitude earthquakes beneath the summit, upper Southwest Rift Zone and west flank of Mauna Loa for at least the past year. During this same time, HVO monitoring instruments have measured ground deformation (inflation) on Mauna Loa that is consistent with recharge of the volcano’s shallow magma storage system. Together, these observations indicate that Mauna Loa is no longer at a background level of activity.

       Based on these changes in activity, and in accordance with the USGS Volcanic Activity Alert-Notification System (http://volcanoes.usgs.gov/activity/alertsystem/index.php), HVO raised the Volcano Alert Level for Mauna Loa to ADVISORY and the Aviation Color Code to YELLOW. The Volcano Alert Level is a four-tiered system that uses the terms Normal (background levels), Advisory, Watch, and Warning (highest threat) to inform the public about a volcano’s status. These alert levels are issued in conjunction with Aviation Color Codes, which provide information about volcanic-ash hazards to the aviation industry. The codes are Green (background), Yellow, Orange, and Red (eruption imminent).

HVO's network of continuously recording equipment
detects changes in Mauna Loa. Map from HV

       An ADVISORY/YELLOW status is declared when one or more volcano monitoring parameters is above the background range of activity, which is the current situation on Mauna Loa. Progression toward an eruption is by no means certain, but the volcano is closely watched to track how the unrest develops.
      “It’s possible that the increased level of activity at Mauna Loa could continue for many months, or years, without leading to an eruption,” Tina Neal, HVO’s Scientist-in-Charge, said. “It is also possible that the current unrest could be a precursor to the next eruption of Mauna Loa. But at this early stage, we cannot determine precisely which possibility is more likely.”
       HVO previously maintained an ADVISORY/YELLOW status for Mauna Loa following increased rates of ground deformation during the rapid inflation of the volcano in 2004-2005. That period of inflation, similar to deformation currently observed, did not result in an eruption. When the inflation slowed to background levels in early 2010, the status of Mauna Loa was returned to NORMAL/GREEN.
       The most recent eruption of Mauna Loa, which began on March 25, 1984 and lasted just over three weeks, was preceded by up to three years of increased earthquake activity. But, in contrast to pre-1984 activity, the energy released by recent earthquakes remains comparatively low.

       HVO continues to closely monitor Mauna Loa and will notify Hawai`i County Civil Defense, the National Park Service and other emergency managers, as well as the public, if significant changes are detected.
       In response to the status change, HVO is now posting weekly Mauna Loa updates on the HVO website (http://hvo.wr.usgs.gov/activity/maunaloastatus.php). It is possible to receive these updates via email by signing up for HVO notices through the free USGS Volcano Notification Service (http://volcanoes.usgs.gov/vns/).
       “The alert level change at Mauna Loa reminds us that it is an active volcano that will erupt again someday, so we should be prepared,” said Frank Trusdell, an HVO geologist who has extensively studied and mapped Mauna Loa. To facilitate public awareness and preparedness, HVO has posted on its website “Frequently Asked Questions about Mauna Loa” (http://hvo.wr.usgs.gov/maunaloa/FAQ_Maunaloa/). Current monitoring data for Mauna Loa is also posted on the HVO website at http://hvo.wr.usgs.gov/maunaloa/current/currentmonitoring.php.
      For more information about Mauna Loa, other active Hawaiian volcanoes and recent earthquakes in Hawai`i, see http://hvo.wr.usgs.gov or email askHVO@usgs.gov.
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THIS IS NATIONAL CHILD PASSENGER Safety Week. Ka`u parents and caregivers can learn how to correctly install child safety seats and properly buckle up their keiki, whether it’s in car seats, booster seats or when using the vehicle’s seat belts, at events in Hilo and Kona on Saturday. 

      Hawai`i’s Child Passenger Restraint Law requires children less than four years of age to ride in a child safety seat. Children four through seven years old must ride in a child passenger restraint or booster seat. In addition, the American Academy of Pediatrics is now advising that children ride rear-facing until at least the age of two.
      Violators are required to appear in court. If convicted, violators are required to attend a four-hour class and may be assessed a penalty of $100-$500, depending on the number of offenses.
      “We can and need to do better to protect our keiki,” HDOT Director Ford Fuchigami said. “Get your car seats checked. Even if you think your child is safe, check again. Statistics show that 59 percent of car seats are misused.”
      Inspections will be conducted by certified child passenger safety technicians who have been trained to provide instruction on how to choose the right car seats, how to install them and how to use them correctly.
      Inspections are Saturday from 10 a.m. to 12 p.m. at Target in Hilo and Lanihau Center on Palani Road in Kona.
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HAWAI`I’S SEASONALLY ADJUSTED unemployment rate for August was 3.5 percent, down from 3.7 percent in July, the state Department of Labor & Industrial Relations announced today. The last time rate was at or below 3.5 percent was in March 2008 when it was 3.4 percent. Statewide, 649,350 were employed and 23,700 unemployed in August for a total seasonally adjusted labor force of 673,050. Nationally, the seasonally adjusted unemployment rate was 5.1 percent in August, down from 5.3 percent in July.
      Both initial claims and weeks claims decreased by 266 or -18.2 percent and 2,220 or -22.9 percent respectively for unemployment benefits compared to one year ago.

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`O KA`U KAKOU’S FUNDRAISER, the second annual Ka`u Coffee Trail Run, is Saturday at Ka`u Coffee Mill above Pahala. Race packets are available on race day from 6 a.m. to 6:40 a.m. Race day registration closes at 6:30 a.m., with the 5K, 10K and Half Marathon starting at 7 a.m. Entertainment and activities are available for runners and their friends and families cheering them on.
      For more information, see race360.com/21357.

Ka`u residents are invited to Get the Drift & Bag It during a Hawai`i
Wildlife fund coast cleanup Sunday. HWF Photo by C. King

GET THE DRIFT & BAG IT by joining Hawai`i Wildlife Fund’s Ka`u Coast Cleanup on Sunday. Volunteers meet staff at Wai`ohinu Park at 7:45 a.m. to carpool to Kamilo for this International Coastal Cleanup event. 

      Register at 769-7629 or kahakai.cleanups@gmail.com.

TICKETS ARE STILL AVAILABLE for Sunday’s Jazz in the Forest: Evening of the Jazz Divas at Volcano Art Center’s Niaulani Campus in Volcano Village.
      Tickets for the 4:30 p.m. matinee are $15 for VAC members ($20 non-members) and for the 7:30 p.m. evening show are $20 for VAC members ($25 non-members).
      See volcanoartcenter.org or call 967-8222.

KA`U COMMUNITY DEVELOPMENT PLAN Steering Committee meets one week from today, on Thursday, Sept. 24, at 5:30 p.m. at Pahala Community Center. The focus will be on the shoreline setback policy, the land use policy map and “easy fixes” to the Draft CDP. The meeting is open to the community, and public testimony is welcome.
      The meeting originally scheduled for Tuesday, Sept. 22 to make final recommendations for CDP revisions and adoption has been moved to Tuesday, Oct. 27.
      See kaucdp.info for more.

For tickets, call Kumu Hula Debbie Ryder at 315-7032 or 649-9334.

E PILI KAUA PA`INA is two weeks from today. The fundraiser is for Uhane Pohaku Na Moku O Hawai`i, a nonprofit that works with challenged youth though agriculture and traditional Hawaiian skill building. The evening features entertainment by Mark Yamanaka and a roast pork dinner on the grounds of Pahala Plantation House on Thursday, Oct. 1 from 6 p.m. to 10 p.m. Donation is $25.

      For tickets, call Kumu Hula Debbie Ryder at 315-7032 or 649-9334.

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Ka`u News Briefs Wednesday, Sept. 16, 2015

Registration is now open for Ka`u Rural Health Community Association's fifth annual Floating Lantern Ceremony at Punalu`u in November. Photo from KRHCAI

“HAWAI`I IS A MICROCOSM of what’s going on in many parts of the world,” said the director of the International Union for Conservation of Nature, which next September brings the largest international meeting of government, academic, community and business leaders to Hawai`i since the Asia-Pacific Economic Cooperation event in 2011. In a Honolulu Star-Advertiser story this morning, Enrique Lehmann told reporter Allison Schaefers that “some of the challenges and opportunities that we see in Hawai`i in terms of conservation and sustainable development are similar to things that we see on a global level.” The theme of the meeting will be Planet at the Crossroads. See more at staradvertiser.com.

      To be held in Honolulu, the World Conservation Congress follows the recent Hawai`i Conservation Conference in Hilo, which featured speaker Suzanne Case, longtime head of The Nature Conservancy in Hawai`i. She assisted with the Kahuku expansion of Hawai`i Volcanoes National Park, preservation of Kamehame turtle preserve below Pahala and conservation of native forests in Ka`u. She is now director of state Department of Land & Natural Resources. The Nature Conservancy, which has its islandwide headquarters at Honu`apo, will participate in the World Conservation Congress.
      Follow the World Conservation Congress planning, and see how the organization is presenting Hawai`i as a venue at www.worldconservationcongress.org.
      The organization is based in Switzerland.
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Many classrooms at Ka`u schools will have ceiling fans as part of HDOE's
heat abatement program. Photo from KHPES

AS PART OF ITS HEAT ABATEMENT PROGRAM at public schools, Hawai`i Department of Education plans to install ceiling fans in seven classrooms at Ka`u High & Pahala Elementary and 21 classrooms at Na`alehu Elementary. Ceiling fan installation was targeted for classrooms that are not air conditioned, do not already have ceiling fans and are used for student instruction. Working with the state Legislature to fast-track the schools that need relief most, HDOE’s heat abatement effort prioritizes schools that require cooling strategies, which may include air conditioning. 

      According to HDOE, the goal is to reduce classroom temperature to a 76-degree set point using several options, including solar-powered vents, high efficiency skylights that allow light into the classrooms without the heat generated by electric lights, increased insulation in roofs and walls to reduce the amount of heat gain, and painting roofs with heat-reflective, fluid coating systems instead of the basic black or gray materials.
      For classrooms where these efforts don’t bring down the temperature sufficiently, air conditioning and supplemental cooling is planned.
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Sen. Brian Schatz

THE U.S. DEPARTMENT OF EDUCATION has awarded $8,610,632 in federal grants to support Native Hawaiian education. The grants, which include funding for every county in Hawai`i, will support eleven education projects to improve academic achievement, strengthen early childhood literacy and readiness programs, assist homeless families and foster mentorship and academic support programs. 

      “These funds will help expand and strengthen Native Hawaiian programs in Hawai`i, at all levels of learning, from pre-K through college,” Sen. Brian Schatz said. “The 11 programs supported by these grants address the unique educational needs of Native Hawaiian students by using culturally relevant materials and curricula. In Hawai‘i, we have seen how these Native Hawaiian education programs can make a real difference in student achievement. That’s why I am working to make sure we continue to make investments in Native Hawaiian education programs and give more students a better shot at success.”
      Sen. Mazie Hirono said, “Native Hawaiian traditions are a core part of our state’s identity, and each new generation of students should have the opportunity to learn in a culturally-appropriate way. This funding ensures that organizations that provide Native Hawaiian focused learning programs have the resources they need to improve achievement of Native Hawaiian students, reach rural communities and expand Hawaiian language and cultural education.”
      Rep. Tulsi Gabbard said, “By providing support for Native Hawaiian education, we are making an investment in the next generation of Native Hawaiians. I recently traveled across Hawai`i and visited with students, parents and teachers whose lives have been impacted greatly by the Native Hawaiian Education Act’s grants and programs. This funding will continue to build and strengthen important education partnerships between families, schools, and communities while preserving the rich and unique culture, language and values of Hawai`i’s native people.”
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PRE-REGISTRATION IS NOW OPEN through Oct. 15 for Ka`u Rural Health Community Association’s fifth annual Floating Lantern Celebration. Floating lanterns for inscribing messages and decorating are limited to 100 registrations. Tax-deductible donations go toward a college scholarship fund for students enrolled in health career programs. 

      The event at Punalu`u’s Medicine Pond takes place on Saturday, Nov. 28 from 3 p.m. to 7 p.m. There will be taiko drummers, a gi gong demonstration, hula halau, local musicians and a powerpoint presentation dedicated to loved ones, friends, family and caregivers.
      For more information, call 928-0101 Monday through Friday from 8:30 a.m. to 4:30 p.m.
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JAZZ IN THE FOREST CONTINUES with two performances on Sunday, Sept. 20 at Volcano Art Center’s Niaulani Campus in Volcano Village. Featured artists will be the Divine Divas of Jazz with Volcano Art Center’s Jazz Ensemble. The concert series offers an extraordinary opportunity to hear the highest caliber jazz – anywhere – up close and personal. An area has been set aside for dancing. 

      Tickets for the 4:30 p.m. matinee are $15 for VAC members ($20 non-members) and for the 7:30 p.m. evening show are $20 for VAC members ($25 non-members). Ticket holders will be able to purchase Volcano Red Ale and Mauna Kea Pale Ale from Mehana Brewing Company & as well as wine before each performance.
      Tickets are available for sale at volcanoartcenter.org, VAC’s Administration Office in Volcano Village, VAC Gallery in Hawai`i Volcanoes National Park and at Basically Books in Hilo. The last day to purchase is Friday, Sept. 18. After that, tickets will be sold at the door if they are not sold out. Tickets will be held at Will Call on the day of the show or can be picked up at Volcano Art Center’s Niaulani Campus Administrative Office through Friday from 9 a.m. to 5 p.m.

KA`U HIGH GIRLS VOLLEYBALL TEAMS won their matches against Hawai`i Academy of Arts & Science yesterday. Scores were 25-19 and 25-13 for Junior Varsity and 25-20 and 25-18 for Varsity. The Trojan wahine host Honoka`a Friday at 6 p.m.

FAMILY READING NIGHT is tomorrow at 5 p.m. at Ocean View Community Center. Call 939-7033 for more information.

HAWAIIAN CIVIC CLUB OF KA`U meets tomorrow at 5:30 p.m. Call 929-9731 or 936-7262 for more information.

OCEAN VIEW COMMUNITY ASSOCIATION board meets tomorrow at 6:30 p.m. at Ocean View Community Center. Call 939-7033 for more information.

THURSDAY NIGHTS AT THE CENTER features a screening of and panel discussion about the film Waste Land. The event at Volcano Art Center’s Niaulani Campus in Volcano Village begins at 7 p.m. Guest hosts are Ira Ono and Recycle Hawai`i’s Paul Buklarewicz.
      Call 967-8222 for more information. 

Operation Christmas Child distributes shoebox gifts to children worldwide.
Photo from Samaritan's Purse

OPERATION CHRISTMAS CHILD holds a kick-of event Saturday, Sept. 26 from 12 p.m. to 1:30 p.m. at Na`alehu Assembly of God. Pastor Devon Rachae, of Grenada, will be guest speaker. 

      Operation Christmas Child is a project of Samaritan’s Purse, “a nondenominational evangelical Christian organization providing spiritual and physical aid to hurting people around the world,” according to its mission statement. OCC collects and distributes shoeboxes full of age-appropriate toys, hygiene items and school supplies to children in need around the globe.
      Free shoeboxes and supplies will be available at the event. Contact OCC West Hawai`i Area Coordinator Cindy Eilerman at 301-707-2328 or cynriccol@yahoo.com for more information and to reserve boxes for groups.

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Ka`u News Briefs Tuesday, Sept. 15, 2015

Humpback whales and other marine mammals will have quieter waters to explore with the U.S. Navy agreeing to end its sonar testing program in key habitats of the Pacific, including the coast of Hawai`i Island. Photo from NOAA

RAISING MONEY FOR KA`U PROJECTS is a focus of the Ka`u Coffee Trail Run this Saturday, which is open for 5K, 10K and half marathon participants. Sponsoring organization `O Ka`u Kakou representative Nadine Ebert said that among the planned activities supported by entry fees are home and yard improvements for kupuna, the annual keiki fishing tournament and Christmas party, senior bingo three times a year and Punalu`u Pond and Hwy 11 roadside cleanups. `O Ka`u Kakou also provides scholarships in the Ka`u community for higher education.

      The Ka`u Coffee Trail Run begins and ends along Wood Valley Road above Pahala at Ka`u Coffee Mill, which will be open all day with smoothies and other treats for participants and fans. Entertainment will include Debbie Ryder’s Halau Hula O Leonalani, an `ukulele group called Ka `Ukes, Sammi Fo’s Kahokukauahiahionalani halau and Hannah’s Makana `Ohana of hula dancers. Taiko drummers will open the entertainment.
      A silent auction of arts and crafts, dinners, massage therapy, gift baskets from Volcano Winery, orchids from Akatsuka Gardens, gift certificate for auto detailing from Kama`aina Motors, Fair Wind snorkel cruise, Jack’s Diving Locker SCUBA tour, items from Bamboo & Teak, and more.
      Race packets are available on race day from 6 a.m. to 6:40 a.m. Race day registration closes at 6:30 a.m. For more information, see race360.com/21357.
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Waters surrounding Hawai`i Island are protected from the Navy's
sonar and explosives testing. Map from Earthjustice

THE U.S. NAVY HAS AGREED to end its controversial sonar testing program in key habitats of the Pacific. The court settlement will protect critical areas with high concentrations of marine mammals, as well as waters that are vital for their reproduction, feeding and migration. 

      A federal court yesterday entered an order settling two cases challenging the U.S. Navy’s training and testing activities off the coasts of Hawai`i and Southern California, securing long-sought protections for whales, dolphins and other marine mammals by limiting Navy activities in vital habitat. The settlement stems from the court’s earlier finding that the Navy’s activities illegally harm more than 60 separate populations of whales, dolphins, seals and sea lions.

      For the first time, the Navy has agreed to put important habitat for numerous populations off-limits to dangerous mid-frequency sonar training and testing and the use of powerful explosives. The settlement aims to manage the siting and timing of Navy activities, taking into account areas of vital importance to marine mammals and areas in which small, resident populations are concentrated.

      Many of the conservation organizations who brought the lawsuits have been sparring legally with the Navy and the National Marine Fisheries Service — the agency charged with protecting marine mammals — for more than a decade, demanding that the Navy and Fisheries Service comply with key environmental laws by acknowledging that the Navy’s activities seriously harm marine mammals and taking affirmative steps to lessen that harm.

      Under the agreement, the Navy is prohibited from using mid-frequency active sonar and explosives for training and testing activities on the eastern side of Hawai`i Island and north of Moloka`i and Maui, protecting Hawaiian monk seals and numerous small resident populations of toothed whales including the endangered insular population of false killer whales and Cuvier’s beaked whales.

Spotted dolphins inhabit waters off Hawai`i Island. Photo by Robin W. Baird  

      The Navy is also prohibited from exceeding a set number of major training exercises in the channel between Maui and Hawai`i Island and on the western side of Hawai`i Island, limiting the number of times local populations will be subjected to massive use of sonar and explosives associated with major training exercises.
      Navy surface vessels must use “extreme caution” and travel at a safe speed to minimize the risk of ship strikes in humpback whale habitat.
      “We can protect our fleet and safeguard our whales,” said Rhea Suh, president of the Natural Resources Defense Council. “This settlement shows the way to do both, ensuring the security of U.S. Navy operations while reducing the mortal hazard to some of the most majestic creatures on Earth. Our Navy will be the better for this, and so will the oceans our sailors defend.”
      David Henkin, an attorney for the national legal organization Earthjustice, who brought the initial challenge to the Navy’s latest round of training and testing, said, “If a whale or dolphin can’t hear, it can’t survive. We challenged the Navy’s plan because it would have unnecessarily harmed whales, dolphins and endangered marine mammals, with the Navy itself estimating that more than 2,000 animals would be killed or permanently injured. By agreeing to this settlement, the Navy acknowledges that it doesn’t need to train in every square inch of the ocean and that it can take reasonable steps to reduce the deadly toll of its activities.”
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Dr. Virginia Pressler

MORE THAN HALF OF ADULTS and adolescents who participated over the past five years in a substance abuse treatment program and completed a six-month follow-up survey had remained clean, reporting no substance use in 30 days prior to the follow-up, according to Hawai`i Department of Health’s recently released 2015 Alcohol and Drug Treatment Services Report. The majority had managed their lives well without any arrests, hospitalizations and emergency room visits since they had been discharged from the treatment programs. 

      The report was released to coincide with National Recovery Month, a nationwide recognition of various alcohol and drug treatment programs and initiatives focused on recovery efforts.
      “One of the Hawai`i Department of Health’s foremost priorities is to make the recovery efforts visible, give a voice to those who have recovered and inspire others in the community to see how valuable these programs have been,” said DOH Director Virginia Pressler, M.D. “We may all know a friend, neighbor or relative who may be bound by alcohol and drug abuse. These are encouraging statistics for all of us in Hawai`i.”
      Over the past five years, from 2010 to 2014, Hawai`i invested an average of $17 million in state and federal funds each year to address alcohol and drug abuse. In 2014, the Alcohol and Drug Abuse Division provided funding for 24 agencies at 52 sites to provide treatment for adults, and 10 agencies at 107 sites to offer services for adolescents. In the five-year period, there was a 26 percent increase in sites for adolescents and a 16 percent increase in sites for adults.
      DOH is now in the planning stages for transition and case management services as a next step in the treatment and recovery process to fill the community’s need.
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KA`U HIGH BOWLERS OPENED their season last Saturday with the boys posting wins over Hilo High 3-0. High scores were 151 for Titan Ault, 115 for Travis Taylor and 105 for Mark Galacio.
      Ka`u girls lost to Hilo 0-3. Kealakehe won their games against Ka`u 0-3.
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Ceremonies to honor ancestors take place each evening during Ho`okupu Hula
No Ka`u Cultural Festival. Photo by Julia Neal

HO`OKUPU HULA NO KA`U Cultural Festival organizers have announced entertainment for the event on Friday and Saturday, Oct. 2 and 3 on the grounds of Pahala Plantation House. 

      Entertainment both days begins with an opening pule at 4 p.m. Ka`imia Na`auao Kahiko/Ka`u School of Arts and Kumu Hula Marsha Bolosan take the stage at 5:45 p.m., followed by a Kukui Ceremony (Honoring our Ancestors) at 6:30 p.m., Kamehameha School with Kumu Hula Kimo Kekua at 7 p.m., Makanau at 8 p.m., Halau Hula O Leionalani with Kumu Hula Debbie Ryder at 8:45 p.m. and Keaiwa at 9:30 p.m.
      On Satuday, Inoue `Ohana Band from Japan performs at 4:30 p.m. followed by Kahoku Kauahiahionalani with Kumu Hula Sammy Fo at 5:30 p.m., Kukui Ceremony (Remembering our Ancestors) at 6:15 p.m., Ho`omaika`i Hula Halau with Kumu Hula Shona LamHo at 6:30 p.m., Times 5 at 7:30 p.m., Halau Hula O Ke Anuenue with Kumu Hula Glen Vasconcellas at 8:30 p.m. and Los Borinquen’os at 9:30 p.m.

KA`U RESIDENTS CAN PARTICIPATE in tomorrow’s Hawai`i County Council meetings via videoconferencing at Na`alehu State Office Building. County Council meets at 9 a.m., Planning Committee at 2 p.m. and Finance Committee at 2:30 p.m.
      Agendas and live streams of the meetings are available at hawaiicounty.gov.

KUPAOA PRESENTS A FREE HAWAIIAN music concert tomorrow at 6:30 p.m. at Kilauea Visitor Center Auditorium in Hawai`i Volcanoes National Park.
      Park entrance fees apply. For more information, call 985-6011.

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