Ka`u Calendar News Briefs Monday, May 9, 2016

Deadline to enter Ka`u Coffee Festival's Recipe Contest has been extended from today to Friday. See more below.
Photos from Ka`u Coffee Festival

KA`U CAPITAL IMPROVEMENT PROJECTS are included in Mayor Billy Kenoi’s eighth and final budget. His Capital Improvements Budget includes 55 projects requiring a total of $144.8 million.

      Ocean View Recycling & Transfer Station would receive $3 million, with $374,000 previously allotted.

Mayor Billy Kenoi

      Work on local wastewater systems would continue, with $650,000 appropriated for Na`alehu, which previously received $2.987 million.

      In Pahala, $645,000 would be used for land acquisition, infrastructure improvement and planning of a sewage treatment plant, with $250,000 previously allotted.
      “Through the tough economic times our county faced during the Great Recession, we preserved funding for public safety and essential core county government services,” Kenoi said. “We protected funding for services to seniors and preserved and expanded programs for our youth. We maintained county funding to nonprofit organizations serving the people most in need.
      “In this proposed budget, we continue this commitment to investing in our communities.
      “This budget represents our departments’ collective, collaborative effort to address the needs of our island’s growing population in a way that is both responsive to our community and fiscally responsible. Our administration’s final budget reflects eight years of careful planning and conservative budgeting that has positioned our county to maintain services to our residents, meet our obligations to our employees, and continue to invest in our communities.”
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NATIONAL SCIENCE FOUNDATION has awarded a $20,000,000 grant to the University of Hawai`i for a clean water research project. The project, titled `Ike Wai, from the Hawaiian words for knowledge and water, will address the critical needs of the state to maintain its supply of clean water, most of which comes from groundwater sources.

University of Hawai`i will conduct a clean water research project.
Photo from Hawai`i Department of Land & Natural Resources

      “Due to our volcanic origins, our system of aquifers is far more complex than we once thought,” Sen. Brian Schatz said. “This grant will allow scientists to use modern mapping tools to provide policymakers with critical information about our water resources and help ensure that there is enough for the needs of people, agriculture and future generations.”

      “Hawai`i’s water is a precious resource, and this competitive funding will support the University of Hawai`i’s research into protecting our fresh water sources for future generations,” Sen. Mazie Hirono said. “Ike Wai and other projects that build an innovative, sustainable future are essential to understanding and finding solutions for our island state’s unique needs and also underscore the importance of significant federal investments in research in these critical areas, something that I strongly support.”
      “Pollution, fracking, unsustainable farming practices and overdevelopment have put serious pressure on our clean water supply across the globe. It is essential that we protect and maintain access to fresh and clean water in Hawai`i due our isolated location in the Pacific,” Rep. Tulsi Gabbard said. “There is still much unknown about how water flows through the unique landscapes and volcanic foundations of our islands. This grant from the National Science Foundation will help us to better understand how to use our precious natural resources to ensure a continuous and high quality water supply.”
      The `Ike Wai project, awarded under the NSF’s Research Infrastructure Improvements Program, will greatly improve understanding of where the water that provides for the needs of Hawai`i’s cities, farms and industries comes from and how to ensure a continued, high quality supply. This supply is under increasing pressures from population growth, economic development and climate change. The funding provided by the NSF will encourage collaboration with federal, state and local agencies and community groups concerned with water management.
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Reuniting Filipino WWII veterans with their families has been
a priority for U.S. Sen. Mazie Hirono.
Photo from Office of Sen. Hirono

CERTAIN FAMILY MEMBERS of Filipino World War II veterans can soon apply to come to the United States to be reunited with their aging Filipino veteran family members who are U.S. citizens or Legal Permanent Residents under a program announced by the Obama Administration last year. Applications will begin to be accepted next month.

      Filipino veterans were granted citizenship in recognition of their service to the United States during World War II. Their children, however, were not granted citizenship. Due to backlogs in the U.S. immigration system, it can take more than 20 years for immigration applications to be reviewed. Under the U.S. Citizenship and Immigration Services’ Filipino World War II Veterans Parole Policy, Filipino veterans whose service has been recognized by the U.S. Department of Defense, or their surviving spouses, may apply to bring their children to the U.S. The policy will allow families who have been waiting, in some cases decades, for their immigration applications to be approved to be together rather than apart while their applications are processed.
      Sen. Mazie Hirono has made fighting for Filipino veterans to receive this benefit a top priority during her time in Congress. After years of advocacy by Hirono, the Obama Administration announced last July that it would create a parole program to reunite the families of Filipino World War II veterans. Hirono pushed the Administration to quickly implement the program and make children eligible for expedited consideration to come to the United States.
      “President Obama has taken an important action for Filipino WWII veterans who have been waiting patiently for decades to be reunited with their families. Filipino World War II veterans and their spouses, who are in their eighties or nineties, will finally be able to apply to bring their adult children to the United States,” Hirono said. “I have heard from so many of these veterans in Hawai`i and across the country who simply want family reunification. We will now have a concrete path for making that a reality. I will continue working with Filipino organizations and advocacy groups in Hawai`i to ensure eligible veterans receive the necessary information and assistance with their applications so they can be with their spouses and children.”

      “We celebrate this long awaited and historic day for our World War II Filipino-American veterans and their families,” said Mee Moua, president and executive director of Asian Americans Advancing Justice. “We thank Sen. Hirono for her leadership on this victory. We stand ready to assist in the implementation of this program, and we rededicate ourselves to the hard work ahead to achieve permanent and comprehensive solutions to our broken immigration system.”

Miss Holly K returns as DJ during Ka`u Coffee
Recipe Contest.

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KA`U COFFEE COOKS have this week to enter the Ka`u Coffee Festival Recipe Contest. Today was the original deadline, but Ka`u Coffee Mill extended it to Friday. The contest rewards creative cooks for their original recipes containing Ka`u Coffee. Three main categories in Adult and Student divisions are Pupu (appetizers), Entrees and Desserts. Miss Holly K, of Native-FM, will DJ and assist 2015 Miss Ka`u Coffee Queen Maria Miranda award winners.

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KA`U ROPING & RIDING ASSOCIATION is preparing for its annual Fourth of July Rodeo. The nonprofit is raising funds so that it can be a Buckle Rodeo. About 24 buckles would be awarded to winners of each event. Each buckle costs between $100 and $150. Donors will be recognized and can have banners hung at the rodeo if they wish.

Jaycee Amaral, here with Ralph Kaapana,
holds the buckle she won last year.
Photo by Julia Neal

      Donations are due by May 31 to allow time to order and receive buckles by July. Make checks payable to Ka`u Roping & Riding Association, and send to Tammy Kaapana, KRRA Donation Chair, PO Box 423, Na`alehu HI 96772.

      “Your generosity is greatly appreciated, and anything would help make this rodeo a successful and memorable one,” Kaapana said.

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AUTHOR TOM PEEK PRESENTS the story behind the story of his award-winning novel Daughters of Fire tomorrow at 7 p.m. at Kilauea Visitor Center Auditorium in Hawai`i Volcanoes National Park. $2 donations support After Dark in the Park programs; park entrance fees apply.

CREATE A LEI HAKU, Wednesday between 10 a.m. and 12 p.m. at Kīlauea Visitor Center in Hawai`i Volcanoes National Park. Learn how to make the traditional haku-style of lei, which involves braiding material into a base of leaves to create a full adornment. Free; park entrance fees apply.

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

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Ka`u Calendar News Briefs Sunday, May 8, 2016

Ka`u Coffee Festival's inaugural Lobsterpalooza is a week from today on the lawn at Punalu`u Beach House. See more below. Photo from Jim Dahlberg

GOV. DAVID IGE VETOED a bill relating to access to treatment for terminally ill patients. The House of Representatives and the Senate each passed SB2181 unanimously.

      The purpose of the bill was to enable terminally ill patients in Hawai`i to obtain from manufacturers investigational drugs and biological products that have not yet been approved by the U.S. Food and Drug Administration for general use. The bill also would have shielded practitioners who recommend investigational drugs to their patients from liability and the heirs of patients who receive investigational drugs from claims of responsibility for the costs of those drugs in the event of the patient’s death.

Gov. David Ige

      “This bill is objectionable because the FDA’s existing ‘expanded access program’ (also known as the ‘compassionate use program’), which this measure seeks to circumvent, already serves to increase access to investigational drugs for patients under the care of a physician while preserving the approval process, treatment data reporting and other patient-centered safeguards,” Ige said in his veto message. “The regulations associated with this program were amended in 2009 and should be allowed a chance to be fully implemented and further publicized. While admirably seeking to increase access to potentially life-saving drugs, this measure unreasonably compromises the consumer protections provided by the FDA’s expanded access program. The federal system of regulations that govern the sale and distribution of new and investigational drugs is also instrumental in the development of beneficial drug products. Interference with that system will likely have the unintended consequence of delaying development of those potentially life-saving drugs. Additionally, this measure unreasonably intrudes upon a system of federal law in violation of the Supremacy Clause. Since the sale and distribution of new and investigational drugs will remain federally regulated whether or not this measure becomes law, it is also unclear what actual benefits would accrue to patients in Hawai`i.”

      “Sadly, the governor chose to ignore the key point of this legislation which about 30 other states have passed – that point being that people want hope,” Ka`u’s state Sen. Josh Green said. “This bill would have allowed people with terminal illness and no other options to pursue medicine that is undergoing the process of approval by the (seriously flawed) FDA.

      “It’s time we saw a little more heart from the administration.”
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Women between ages 20 and 34 have more children than those
in younger or older age groups. Graph from U.S. Census

TODAY IS MOTHER’S DAY. Anna Jarvis organized the first Mother’s Day observances in Grafton, West Virginia and Philadelphia on May 10, 1908. As the annual celebration became popular around the country, Jarvis became the driving force behind Mother’s Day and asked members of Congress to set aside a day to honor mothers. She succeeded in 1914, when Congress designated the second Sunday in May as Mother’s Day.
      According to the U.S. Census Bureau, 43.5 million women between the ages of 15 and 50 have children, and these mothers gave birth to 95.8 million children.
      For more facts about mothers, see census.gov.

KILAUEA’S EXPLOSIVE NATURE is the topic of Hawaiian Volcano Observatory’s current issue of Volcano Watch.

      “You enter Hawai`i Volcanoes National Park and drive past Kilauea Visitor Center, perhaps first stopping for guidance on where to see lava – the reason most people visit the volcano,” the article states. “Eventually, you cross Steaming Flat, drive by Kilauea Military Camp and arrive at the Jaggar Museum parking lot. You park and walk to the viewing platform, hoping that lava is visible in the distant Halema`uma`u Crater.
      “As an observant visitor, though, you may have noted something a bit strange. You saw lava flows – cold and solidified, of course – only in cuts where the road drops down to, and then climbs out of, Steaming Flat. Everywhere else, you were traveling on a surface of gravelly or sandy material (hidden by vegetation in many places). Volcanologists call this material tephra, a product of explosive eruptions. The tephra sits on, and mostly hides, the lava flows of Kilauea.
      “Before 2008, the year when Crater Rim Drive was closed at Jaggar Museum, your drive into and across the caldera would have been similar. Tephra is everywhere at the ground surface, except where lava flows that were erupted in the late 20th century cross the road. Large blocks and pockets of ash exploded from Halema`uma`u in 1924 litter the surface surrounding the crater.
      “Today, you can observe tephra by walking along the section of Crater Rim Drive between the Devastation Trail parking area and Keanakako`i Crater. Thick deposits of pumice and scoria from the 1959 Kilauea Iki lava fountains line much of the hiking route. Near Keanakako`i, layered older explosive deposits are evident, particularly visible in the cut (closed to visitors) just beyond the gate at Keanakako`i.

Layers of explosive deposits erupted from Kilauea Volcano in the 17th
and 18th centuries are visible in a road cut at Keanakako`i Crater.
Photo from USGS/HVO

      “By now you’ve found some of the evidence for past explosive eruptions that geologists a century ago recognized. They correctly surmised that many explosions, not just one, had occurred, because they found evidence of erosion between some layers within the deposits. They knew that at least one eruption took place in 1790 but had no way of knowing when the others occurred. 

      “In the late 1960s, observations of erupting Taal Volcano, Philippines, led to the recognition of base surges, which carry hot volcanic debris across the surface at hurricane velocity. Volcanologists soon discovered that surges can erode the ground surface, scouring channels much like those eroded by water and wind.

      “Base-surge deposits were identified at Kilauea in the early 1970s – an important step in understanding its past explosive history. But there was a detour along the way. Surges were the ‘in’ thing then, and they were used to account for all the erosional features found in the explosive deposits. With this thinking, one no longer needed to postulate many explosions, separated by periods of wind and water erosion. Instead, repeated scouring by multiple surges during only one eruption in 1790 became the favored model.
      “In the 1990s, a new technique for radiocarbon dating – accelerator mass spectrometry – made it possible to measure the age of only a few milligrams of charcoal resulting from fires set by lava flows and explosive eruptions. That remarkable technological advancement, coupled with a means to adjust the AMS ages to calendar years, opened the door to understanding much of Kilauea’s past few thousand years.
      “Application of AMS dating to the explosive deposits found that multiple eruptions of different ages had indeed taken place, and that water and wind erosion was responsible for some of the channels and irregular surfaces found in the deposits. To be sure, surges did some of the erosion, but not all.
      “This discovery freed our thinking; no longer was it necessary to cram all the explosive activity into one year. The new ‘relaxed-fit’ approach fits the data better, indicating about 300 years of repeated explosive eruptions at Kilauea’s summit. Detailed field work found more evidence supporting the new interpretation. The story now is internally consistent.
      “Your drive from the Park entrance station to Jaggar Museum, and your walk at Keanakako`i Crater, are on deposits of the 1790 eruption, which overlie older deposits going back to about 1500. Other research has found evidence for older periods of explosive activity lasting as long as 1200 years. 

      “The bottom line: Kilauea is an explosive volcano that will, almost certainly, explode again.”

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SENIOR IDs ARE AVAILABLE tomorrow from 9 a.m. to 10 a.m. at Pahala Housing Center and 11 a.m. to 12 p.m. at Na`alehu Community Center. For ages 60 and over. Call 928-3100 for more information.

Tom Peek discusses and signs his book
at After Dark in the Park.

INSPIRED BY THE ISLAND OF FIRE is the topic at After Dark in the Park Tuesday at 7 p.m. at Kilauea Visitor Center Auditorium in Hawai`i Volcanoes National Park. Hawai`i Island author Tom Peek, a former eruption ranger at the park, presents the story behind the story of his award-winning novel, Daughters of Fire. $2 donations support park programs; park entrance fees apply.

LOBSTERPALOOZA IS A WEEK from today.
      A new event for 2016, Ka`u Coffee Festival Lobsterpalooza is a picnic on the lawn of the beach house at Punalu`u Black Sand Beach. Presented in partnership with Hana Hou Restaurant and `O Ka`u Kakou, the event features a choice of surf or turf menu and live entertainment by Larry Dupio Band and special guest Full Tilt Band.
      Lobsterpalooza is next Sunday, May 15 from 2 p.m. to 6 p.m. Tickets are $75 in advance and are available at brownpapertickets.com, Hana Hou restaurant in Na`alehu and from Lorie Obra in Pahala at 937-3412.
      See kaucoffeefest.com for full menu.
      For more information, call Chris Manfredi at 929-9550.

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

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Ka`u Calendar News Briefs Saturday, May 7, 2016

Ka`u residents and visitors can still sign up for Ka`u Mountain Water System Hikes set for May 18 and 19. See more below.
Photo by Jesse Tunison

MORE THAN 50 PERCENT of residents consider Hawai`i Island a safe place to live, and almost 60 percent consider it a safe place work. Chief Harry Kubojiri yesterday released results of the Police Department’s Community Satisfaction survey. Almost 64 percent of 547 respondents said they are comfortable calling the police if they need assistance.

Chief Harry Kubojiri

      Kubojiri said the survey was a tool to help him identify problem areas the community is experiencing with the Police Department, determine if he can rectify those issues through specific training of personnel, make changes to policies and procedures if necessary and clarify misinformation about laws and/or police practices.

      “Your feedback has been invaluable in providing input into the impressions of the community and visitors to our island,” Kubojiri said. “Your input is one of the many tools we use in our continuing efforts to improve how we provide services to the public.”
      Complete survey results can be viewed at hawaiipolice.com. The chief encourages the public to continue to provide feedback throughout the year by using the “Feedback” link on the Police Department’s website.
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HAWAI`I ISLAND JUDGE Riki May Amano will proceed as the contested case hearing officer for the Conservation Use District Application for the Thirty Meter Telescope.  Hawai`i Board of Land and Natural Resources announced the unanimous decision yesterday.

Judge Riki May Amano

      In response to objections raised by certain parties to Amano’s selection as the TMT hearing officer due to her family membership in the `Imiloa Astronomy Center operated by the University of Hawai`i-Hilo, the Board stated: “A ‘family membership’ does not confer any right to participate in `Imiloa’s governance or decision making, in contrast to organizations where members may vote for a board of directors or other officers,” and the membership simply allows her and her family to “view exhibits and displays at a museum that focuses on astronomy, Mauna Kea and Hawaiian culture.”

      The board stated, “No reasonable person would infer that the possibility of this ‘benefit’ (`Imiloa family membership) would override the hearing officer’s duty to make an impartial recommendation to the board.” 

      The Hawai`i Revised Code of Judicial Conduct directly addresses the issue of how to treat Amano’s membership if `Imiloa is assumed to be a party to the contested case. “The rule provides that a judge shall disqualify herself if the judge or her specific listed relative are a party to the proceeding, or an officer, director, general partner, managing member of trustee of a party. While this list is not exhaustive, what is significant to the BLNR is that all of these grounds involve some kind of fiduciary or managerial relationship between the judge (or the judge’s relative) and the party. Such relationships do not remotely resemble the ‘family membership’ at issue here,” the board said in its decision.
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HAWAI`I VOLCANOES NATIONAL PARK next week will use aircraft to shuttle crew, camp supplies, fencing material and equipment from Kilauea summit to Mauna Loa at about the 9,000-foot elevation. It will also shuttle crew, camp and monitoring supplies from Kilauea summit to Kahuku at about 7,500-ft. elevation.

      Flights will take place between 6 a.m. and 12 p.m. Monday through Thursday.
      On May 16, between 9 a.m. to 11 a.m., aircraft will transport vegetation management supplies, equipment and gear from Escape Road helipad to Napau campsite.
      On May 16, 17, 20, 23 and 26, between 6 a.m. and 12 p.m., aircraft will shuttle crew, camp supplies, fencing material and equipment from Kilauea summit to Kapapala/Mauna Loa boundary.
      Other flight plans for this month include:

• May 17, between 6 a.m. and 8 a.m., for ungulate surveys and control work in Kahuku between 3,000- and 7,000-ft elevation;
• May 17, between 8 a.m. and 12 p.m., for petrel monitoring from the summit of Kilauea to Mauna Loa at about 9,000-ft elevation;
• May 23, between 11 a.m. and 1 p.m., to transport vegetation management supplies, equipment and gear from Escape Road helipad to Napau campsite;
• May 25, between 10 a.m. and 12 p.m., for short-haul training near the summit of Kilauea; and
• May 26, between noon and two p.m., to transport vegetation management supplies, equipment and gear from Napau campsite to Escape Road helipad.

      In addition, USGS Hawaiian Volcano Observatory may conduct flight operations over Kilauea and Mauna Loa to assess volcanic activity and maintain instrumentation.
      Dates and times are subject to change based on aircraft availability and weather.

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The FDA now regulates e-cigarettes.
Photo from wikipedia

THE FOOD AND DRUG ADMINISTRATION released a final rule that extends its regulatory authority over tobacco products such as electronic cigarettes. The new rule will ensure that e-cigarettes are regulated in the same way that the FDA regulates traditional cigarettes.

      “Today marks an historic day in our fight to keep tobacco products out of the hands of youth,” said U.S. Sen. Brian Schatz, a member of the Senate Health and Human Services Appropriations Subcommittee. “With this new rule, the FDA now has the authority to regulate e-cigarettes and protect children from developing dangerous addictions. I am also glad to see that the state of California has followed Hawai`i’s lead and raised its tobacco age to 21. We’re making progress and building momentum. It’s time to pass our Tobacco to 21 bill and raise the smoking age across the country.”
      Before today, there was no federal law prohibiting retailers from selling e-cigarettes, hookah tobacco or cigars to people under age 18. Today’s rule changes that, with provisions aimed at restricting youth access, which go into effect in 90 days.
      In September, Schatz introduced the Tobacco to 21 Act, legislation that would prohibit the sale of tobacco products, now including e-cigarettes, to anyone under the age of 21.
      Hawai`i was the first state in the nation to raise the legal smoking age to 21. Earlier this week, California followed Hawai`i’s lead and raised the legal age to sell tobacco products in that state from 18 to 21.
      In the last 50 years, nearly 21 million people in the United States have died due to tobacco-related illnesses, making it the leading cause of preventable death in the country. A recent report by the Institute of Medicine found that raising the legal age of sale of tobacco products to 21 nationwide would reduce the number of new tobacco users, decrease smoking frequency by 12 percent, and save more than 220,000 lives from deaths related to smoking.
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Sen. Josh Green

KA`U’S STATE SEN. JOSH GREEN holds a Legislative Talk Story on Tuesday from 6 p.m. to 7:30 p.m. at West Hawai`i Civic Center Council Chambers.

      Green will update this past legislative session and also will be joined by Suzanne Case, chair of the Department of Land and Natural Resources, who will provide a brief update on issues in West Hawai`i pertaining to DLNR.
      Afterward, there will be time for questions and answers.

KAHUKU UNIT OF HAWAI`I VOLCANOES National Park offers its free Palm Trail Hike tomorrow from 9:30 a.m. to 12:30 p.m. The moderately difficult, 2.6-mile loop-trail hike provides one of the best panoramic views Kahuku has to offer.
See nps.gov/havo.

MOTHER’S DAY BUFFET is available tomorrow from 4 p.m. to 7 p.m. at Kilauea Military Camp’s Crater Rim Cafe in Hawai`i Volcanoes National Park. The menu includes prime rib au jus, shrimp Alfredo with mushrooms and spinach, Asian-infused Hawaiian ono and more.

Masako Sakata last year donated her recipe
contest winnings to the Miss Ka`u Coffee
Pageant scholarship fund.

      KMC is open to authorized patrons and sponsored guests. Park entrance fees apply. Call 967-8356 for seating times and more information.

KA`U COFFEE FESTIVAL EVENTS will be in full swing a week from today. Set for next Saturday are Ka`u Coffee Recipe Contest and Miss Ka`u Coffee, Junior Miss Ka`u Coffee and Miss Peaberry Pageants. The events take place at Ka`u Coffee Mill. The recipe contest begins at 11 a.m., with $2,000 in prizes. The pageants begin at 6 p.m.

      Deadline to enter the recipe contest is Monday, May 9. Call 928-0550 or email lisa@kaucoffeemill.com.

SLOTS ARE STILL AVAILABLE for Ka`u Mountain Water System Hikes. Participants explore flume systems of the sugarcane era and investigate development of hydroelectric power as they hike through native Hawaiian rainforest. The Ka`u Coffee Festival events take place on Wednesday and Thursday, May 18 and 19 at 9 a.m. $40 per person includes lunch.
      Email lisa@kaucoffeemill.com, or call 928-0550.

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

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See kaucalendar.com/TheDirectory2016.html
and kaucalendar.com/TheDirectory2016.pdf.