Ka`u Calendar News Briefs Monday, June 20, 2016

Sign up now for a Pohaku Clay Sculpture class next month. See more below.
Photo from Na`alehu Public Library & Olivia Ling

DR. CLIFFORD KOPP COMPLETES another 300-mile walk around Hawai`i Island tomorrow in Kailua-Kona.

Kopp's trek included an outreach
event with The Food Basket.

      Kopp traveled through Ka`u last week during his efforts to raise awareness of homelessness on the island. The walk included an outreach event with The Food Basket and a Native Hawaiian spiritual walk in Pololu Valley.

      This is his fourth journey around the island. The purpose of his Walk the Talk journey has been to raise awareness of the estimated 1,800 unsheltered homeless that have, in many cases, been ignored, unidentified and uncounted.
      The first trip began on Christmas Eve 2015.

      To read comments, add your own, and like this story, see Facebook. Follow us on Instagram and Twitter.

KA`U RESIDENTS CAN TAKE an online Bowhunter Education course beginning on July 1. Hawai`i Hunter Education Program within the Department of Land and Natural Resources Division of Conservation and Resources Enforcement is offering the course in order to expand bowhunter Education certification options in Hawai`i.

      The course is approved by the National Bowhunter Education Foundation and meets the requirements to purchase a bowhunting license where required. In addition, it does not require completion of a field day.

      Although Hawai`i does not require a Bowhunter Education certification to bowhunt, many states are increasingly requiring this additional certification to purchase a bowhunting license.

      Currently, the Hawai`i Hunter Education Program offers a three-day in-person Bowhunter Education course with field day once a year. Over the past three years, classes have been held on Maui, O`ahu and Hawai`i Island.

Royden Okinishi is a Ka`u bowhunter.

      This online course is offered through the NBEF-approved Bowhunter-ed.com. The cost for this is $30, which is assessed directly from Bowhunter-ed.com after course completion. Students must have completed Basic Hunter Education prior to completing the online Bowhunter Education course. In addition, students must be at least 10 years old to take this course. The course is limited to Hawai`i residents. 

      After passing and paying for the course, students will be able to immediately print their Temporary Bowhunter Education Certificate, which is valid to purchase a bowhunting license (where required) as long as it is purchased within the expiration date. Students will be mailed their permanent Hawai`i Bowhunter Education Certificate from the Hawai`i Hunter Education Program within three to four weeks. If they complete the course but do not meet the requirements above, they will not be issued a Bowhunter Education certificate from the program.
      To take the online course after July 1, see https://www.bowhunter-ed.com/#select-your-state. Select “Hawaii,” register, and begin the course. The course includes chapter quizzes and a final exam.

      The Hawai`i Hunter Education Program will also continue to schedule one three-day, in-person bowhunter course per year for those individuals wishing to attend an in-person course.

      See http://dlnr.hawaii.gov/huntered/classes/ for a list of current classes.
      For more information, call 808-587-0200.
      To read comments, add your own, and like this story, see Facebook. Follow us on Instagram and Twitter.

HAWAIIAN VOLCANO OBSERVATORY scientists discuss Kilauea’s new lava flows at Pu`u O`o in the current issue of Volcano Watch.

      “Early on the morning of May 24, 2016, USGS Hawaiian Volcano Observatory scientists were alerted by text message that a tiltmeter on the Pu`u `O`o cone on Kilauea Volcano’s East Rift Zone had detected rapid change,” the article states. “Soon after, an HVO field crew reported that lava had broken out from the flanks of Pu`u `O`o. Tiltmeter data showed that the breakout likely began at 6:50 a.m. HST, resulting in a rapid deflation of the cone as magma burst forth from new vents.
      “HVO geologists were soon in the air to investigate the sudden – although not entirely surprising – change in activity at this long-lived eruption site.

      “Once on scene, the geologists mapped and sampled two vigorous lobes of lava advancing from new vents on the north and east sides of Pu`u `O`o. Both lobes traveled atop older Pu`u `O`o lava flows, forming shimmering deltas of pahoehoe channels, fingers and toes. At the time, the two flows were about 1 kilometer (3,300 yards) in length, too short to reach the forest on the north, but active enough to thrill tourists flying above the area.

Lava flowing from Pu`u `O`o is heading to a pali and the coast.
Photo from NPS

      “Over the following days, activity continued from these breakouts – now called episodes 61f and 61g in the lexicon of HVO eruptive activity tracking. Each was developing nascent lava tubes and distributary channels that carried lava downslope, slowly extending their lengths and widths. 

      “During this time, the June 27th lava flow field remained active in scattered areas within about 5–6 km (3–4 mi) northeast of the vent, a continuation of the activity observed in the same general area for the past year. Apparently, the supply of lava from Pu`u `O`o to the lava tube feeding the June 27th flow was not immediately starved by the new breakouts.
      “Now, however, only the eastern breakout is active—no lava has been sighted in the northern breakout or on the June 27 flow field since June 6. Clearly, the eastern breakout — informally called the “61g flow” — has captured most, or all, of the outflow from Pu`u `O`o. This is most likely because the 61g vent is at a lower elevation on the flank of Pu`u `O`o compared to the 61f vent and the older June 27th lava flow tube. 

      “As of June 16, the 61g flow is moving steadily southeast along, and just outside of, the Hawai`i Volcanoes National Park boundary. The flow is contained within topography of older Pu`u `O`o lava flows and is headed for the northwestern corner of the long-abandoned Royal Gardens subdivision.
      “At its present advance rate, the flow could reach the Pulama pali (a steep, lava mantled fault scarp on Kilauea’s south flank) in days to weeks. If and when it reaches the coastal plain and then the ocean depends on the evolution of a tube system and constancy of lava supplied from the vent – variables that are difficult to forecast at this time.
      “This turn of events at Pu`u `O`o was not entirely unexpected. For weeks, an HVO tiltmeter on the north rim had shown steady outward tilting as magma accumulated in the subsurface reservoir system, pushing on the sides of the cone and the floor of the crater. Indeed, thermal webcam imagery showed the floor of Pu`u `O`o slowly lifting as the pressure increased from below and numerous small lava flows repeatedly erupted from vents within the crater.
      “The cone was clearly filling with magma, the crater floor responding like a piston and the flanks bulging outward. A new outbreak of lava was certainly possible, and, on May 24, it happened: flows 61f and 61g erupted from the flanks of Pu`u `O`o.
      “Meanwhile, Kilauea’s summit magma reservoirs have also been on a long run of inflation, punctuated by occasional DI (deflation-inflation) events. For some months now, we have considered the magmatic plumbing system of Kilauea’s summit and upper rift zones to be pressurized and full, a condition ripe for change as stresses increase on the walls of engorged magma reservoirs.
      “Time will tell if and how other parts of Kilauea respond to this pressurization.
      “For now, the recent activity at Pu`u `O`o is just the latest chapter in what long-time volcano watchers have observed for decades: Kilauea’s complex and long-lived East Rift Zone eruption site is dynamic and always changing.”
      See hvo.wr.usgs.gov/volcanowatch.
      To read comments, add your own, and like this story, see Facebook. Follow us on Instagram and Twitter.

Weave a ti leaf lei Wednesday. Photo from NPS

WEAVE A TI LEAF LEI Wednesday from 10 a.m. to 12 p.m. at Kilauea Visitor Center in Hawai`i Volcanoes National Park.       Free; park entrance fees apply.

POHAKU CLAY SCULPTURE class still has openings. Offered by Olivia Ling, the class takes place at Ocean View Community Center on Tuesday, July 12 from 10 a.m. to noon. Participants each make a clay mask, which will be pit fired at the community center on Tuesday, July 26 at 10 a.m. Cost is $25 per person and includes instruction and all materials and firing.
      Space is limited, and to ensure enough clay for the class, RSVP as soon as possible by calling 929-8174.

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

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

See kaucalendar.com/KauCalendar_June2016.pdf.

Ka`u Calendar News Briefs Sunday, June 19, 2016

Volcano Community Association is accepting applications for the Volcano Fourth of July Parade. See more below.

Photo from Sher Glass

SHOULD WE TALK ABOUT MORE than just a transmission line? That’s the question many Ocean View residents are asking regarding a question-and-answer exchange about the controversial solar project that proposes 27 installations in three makai residential subdivisions in Ocean View – many of them among homes. The state Hawai`i Consumer Advocate is asking questions. Hawai`i Electric Light Co. is required to answer them.

      HELCO has applied to the state Public Utilities Commission for permission to build a new overhead high-voltage transmission line that would connect the project to the grid.
      Over 640 Ocean View residents, many of them saying they fear industrialization of their town, have signed a petition against the proposed 6.75-megawatt project.

      The battle to investigate the implications of this application began when the Consumber Advocate Jeffrey Ono put 14 pages of questions to HELCO on Jan. 27, to which HELCO responded with 97 pages on Feb. 10, just four days before a public hearing in Ocean View.

HELCO has applied for approval of a transmission line across Hwy 11
to connect to a substation to be built by the highway.
Map from HELCO's application to PUC

      Ono flew to the meeting conducted by PUC Chair Randy Iwase and attended by about 80 Ocean View residents. With one exception, all speakers opposed the overhead transmission line, the new substation and the solar project. Iwase told the meeting that the objections “have not fallen on deaf ears.” 

      “It would appear that Mr. Ono was all ears,” said Ocean View resident Sandra Mayville during the hearing. “Mr. Ono quickly caught on to the fact that a huge overseas corporation is exploiting a rural Hawaiian town for a quick profit and lucrative federal and state solar tax credits. The Big Island already has a surplus of daytime energy.”
      On May 18,  Ono filed 24 pages of questions to HELCO that were more investigative than the first set of questions and more tailored to the Ocean View situation. They included cost of undergrounding the transmission line, maintaining an underground line for 20 years and its removal. He asked for costs of operating and maintaining the substation for 20 years and its removal, as well as the cost of restoring the neighborhood’s homesites that the developers intend to use for PV installations.

HELCO's application includes this rendering of what the substation
would look like.

      HELCO has repeatedly stated that the three solar developers involved will bear the cost of building the substation and transmission line. The reported cost of the overhead transmission line is $168,000, and the cost of the substation is $1.75 million.

      “Mr. Ono delved deeper than HELCO’s superficial assurances, and is looking out for our interests,” Mayville added. “Judging by HELCO’s answers, they don’t like this.
      “HELCO’s answers clearly show that in this conflict of interest, HELCO prefers to favor the developers as customers and not the ratepayers. For example, HELCO was originally going to locate the substation, which is being built to service the developers, on developer-owned land. Then they switched to land owned by the Ranchos community that is being used for an office.
      “The HRRMC refused to allow HELCO to subdivide their land, but HELCO ignored them.
      “The Consumer Advocate is now asking HELCO to answer questions about the original site and the cost of removing the substation after 20 years, and HELCO is baulking, saying, essentially, that the substation is not a part of their transmission line application and should not be discussed. Excuse me. We have to live with this. Of course it should be discussed.
      “Why should HELCO decide that the ugly substation must be in the most conspicuous site? Why not use the developer’s land, where it can be hidden in the middle of three acres of trees? Whose side is HELCO on?”

Hawai`i Consumer Advocate Jeffrey Ono

      Mats Fogelvik, President of the Hawai`i Ranchos Road Maintenance Corporation, also commented on HELCO’s replies. 

      “Why, when the CA asks questions about the cost of undergrounding the transmission line and maintaining the undergrounded transmission line, does HELCO fatuously answer that they don’t know? Why can’t they look it up? There must be lots of technical information on the Internet on this subject. Why not ask a consultant? It seems like they are not willing to lift a finger if it means their customers, the solar developers, may have to pay more.”
      Linda Raquinio said, “I applaud Mr. Ono for asking about the cost of removing the solar installations and restoring the housing lots to where they could be used for homes – which is what the subdivision was created for.
      “Look at the South Point windmills fiasco. How long were tourists forced to tolerate that rusty, decrepit eyesore? Is this what we want for our neighborhood?” she asked referring to the a crumbling set of windmills that stood without operating for years before and for a long time after new windmills were installed.
      Raquinio referred to the now defunct Kama`oa Wind Farm off South Point Road. Thirty-seven windmills were installed in about 1987, then slowly deteriorated and by 2006 were completely defunct. They were not taken down until 2012 and are now stored on the site, awaiting removal.
      “Too often in Hawai`i, a project with a limited life is installed with no thought as to who will remove it when its useful life is over,” Raquinio said. “I support Mr. Ono’s forward thinking. If HELCO is not going to restore the sites, who will?
      “We know the developers plan to flip the project as soon as it is built – they have said so in a press release – and who knows how many times it will be sold and to whom. Going in, the developer needs to set aside the cost of disposing of 30,000 solar panels and restoring the sites.
      “If it costs $6 to dispose of a tire – and all they do is cut it up – what will it cost to responsibly dispose of a solar panel? The CA is absolutely correct to ask these questions. HELCO is shirking its kuleana. I really hope the PUC does not let them get away with it.”
      The CA’s Statement of Position is due to be filed on June 29.
      To read comments, add your own, and like this story, see Facebook. Follow us on Instagram and Twitter.

Three years ago today, Jackie Kailiawa, with boogie
board, rescued Jacob Selman, sitting on rocks
at South Point. Photo by U`i Makuakane

THREE YEARS AGO TODAY, local resident Jackie Kailiawa helped a newcomer in distress who fell off a cliff at South Point near the lighthouse. The newcomer hit his head and wasn’t able to climb on shore. Kailiawa jumped off the point with this boogie board, fins and other gear and paddled to the man, Jacob Selman, from Montana. At the time, Selman was the father of one, with another baby on the way. Kailiawa, a noted waterman who grew up in Pahala and now lives in Volcano, brought the man back to shore. It was his third save in recent years.

      “I remember every second of all of it, especially the incredible relief I felt when Jackie got to me,” Selman posted on The Ka`u Calendar’s Facebook page. “My children have a father because of Jackie, and we are expecting our first daughter in late July! There isn’t a day that goes by that I don’t think of the incident and the man that saved my life.”
      Happy Father’s Day to Mr. Selman and all dads living in and visiting Ka`u.

      To read comments, add your own, and like this story, see Facebook. Follow us on Instagram and Twitter.

U.S. SEN. BRIAN SCHATZ sent his proposal to expand Papahanaumokuakea Marine National Monument to President Barack Obama following the tenth anniversary of President George W. Bush’s executive order that established the original boundaries for PMNM. At 582,578 square miles, the proposal would create the world’s largest marine protected area, while preserving access for local fishermen on Kaua`i and Ni`ihau.

Sen. Brian Schatz supports expansion of Papahanaumokuakea
Marine National Monument. Map from Office of Sen. Schatz

      The proposal would also secure an increased role for managing PMNM for Native Hawaiians. Schatz, a member of the Senate Commerce Subcommittee on Oceans, Atmosphere, Fisheries and Coast Guard, and his staff met with Gov. David Ige, Sen. Ron Kouchi, Mayor Bernard Carvalho and the Office of Hawaiian Affairs to discuss their concerns. With their feedback, Schatz developed the proposal sent to the president. 

      “The best available science indicates that expanding PMNM will strengthen an ecosystem that sustains tuna, swordfish, sharks, seabirds, sea turtles and Hawaiian monk seals,” Schatz wrote to the President. “The expanded region contains significant bio-cultural resources and archaeological sites that further justify use of the Antiquities Act.

      “A thoughtful expansion of PMNM will continue Hawai`i’s long history of sustainable use of the land and oceans into the future and help ensure that we can give our children the legacy of a healthy, vibrant Pacific Ocean.
      “If you agree that [this proposal] has merit. I respectfully request that you pursue a course of engagement, especially on Kaua`i and on O`ahu, which would allow the public an appropriate opportunity to provide written comments, oral testimony, or both before you determine whether to exercise your authority under the Antiquities Act.”
      To read comments, add your own, and like this story, see Facebook. Follow us on Instagram and Twitter.

Improvements at Ka`u Resource & Distance Learning
Center are discussed at a public meeting tomorrow.
Photo from KRHCAI

KA`U RURAL HEALTH COMMUNITY ASSOCIATION holds a public meeting tomorrow at the Ka`u Resource & Distance Learning Center on Puahala Street. The meeting “is to inform the residents of Pahala that it is the intent of KRHCAI to request funds from the U.S. Department of Agriculture, Rural Development Community Facilities Grant Program,” a public notice states. “The funds are to be used for infrastructure repairs, security fencing, purchase of computers and technology equipment, to support KRHCAI programs, services and activities.

      “This … is to give the citizenry an opportunity to become acquainted with the proposed project, to comment on such items as economic and environmental impact, service area and alternatives to the project or any other issues identified by the citizens of Pahala.”
      For meeting time, not listed on the notice, and more information, call 928-0101.

VOLCANO FOURTH OF JULY PARADE is still accepting entries. The parade on the holiday Monday starts at 9 a.m. at the post office and travels down Old Volcano Road, turning onto Wright Road and ending at Cooper Center, where festivities continue until 1 p.m.

      Entry forms are available at volcanocommunity.org.

      For more information, contact Nancy Lakin at 985-9438 or flutterby2tu@gmail.com.

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

Ka`u Calendar News Briefs Saturday, June 18, 2016

Summer is nesting season for green and Hawksbill sea turtles. The Ka`u Coast is one of Hawai`i's primary
nesting grounds. See more below. Photo from NPS 

CAN HAWAI`I COUNTIES REGULATE GMO’S? That’s the question a federal appeals court is considering, reported Anthony Quintano, of Civil Beat. He attended a hearing on Wednesday in Honolulu where three California-based judges heard arguments on cases from Hawai`i, Maui and Kaua`i Counties. All three passed laws limiting genetically modified crops.

Andrew Kimbrell Photo from Center for Food Safety

      Hawai`i County Council passed Bill 113 in November 2013 that prohibits introduction of new GMO crops and requires GMO papaya growers to register their crops.

      Hawai`i Papaya Industry Association appealed, calling for a summary judgment and permanent injunction against enforcement of the law.
      During this week’s hearing, Earthjustice Attorney Paul Achitoff said that state law governing agriculture is not comprehensive and doesn’t prevent counties from passing their own laws. Quintano reported Achitoff saying the state didn’t object when Hawai`i County passed a law eight years ago prohibiting genetically engineered coffee and taro.

      Attorney Margery Bronster, representing GMO producer Monsanto, countered that the state has an “incredibly centralized government” that includes school, hospital and community college systems.
      “The argument seems to be if the Legislature did not say the counties couldn’t do it, they can,” Bronster said. “That simply disregards the manner in which our state government is set up. Counties are only allowed to do what is specifically delegated to the counties.”
      “It was historic, not just for Hawai`i and its future,” Andrew Kimbrell, executive director of the Center for Food Safety, said to Quintano of Wednesday’s hearings. “This is also a historic moment for states across the country who want the right to know about what pesticides are being used and want the right to say yes or no to GMOs.” He told Quintano that the center counted 137 state and county laws that could potentially be affected by the rulings.

      When a decision will be reached is unknown.
      See civilbeat.com.
      To read comments, add your own, and like this story, see Facebook. Follow us on Instagram and Twitter.

A pre-hearing conference on the Thirty Meter Telescope
took place yesterday. Image from TMT

ALL PARTIES WHO APPLIED will participate in a contested case hearing on the Thirty Meter Telescope’s land use permit, Tom Callis reported in Hawai`i Tribune-Herald.

      At a pre-hearing conference yesterday, Judge Riki May Amano accepted additional parties, including 12 Native Hawaiians opposed to the project. They join six others and University of Hawai`i at Hilo, the permit applicant.
      “I have a lot of aloha for everyone here,” Callis reported Amano saying. Project opponents had previously called for Amano to be replaced because of conflicts of interest, but Department of Land & Natural Resources kept her on as hearing officer.
      All parties are required to attend the hearing that Amano said could last three to four weeks. Pre-hearing motions are scheduled for Aug. 5.
      See hawaiitribune-herald.com.
      To read comments, add your own, and like this story, see Facebook. Follow us on Instagram and Twitter.

SENATE DEMOCRATS UNVEILED an amendment to provide an additional $41 million to Department of Justice programs that prevent discrimination and hate crimes.

      Introduced in response to the targeted attacks against the LGBT and Latino communities in Orlando, the amendment would ensure the Department of Justice’s Civil Rights Division and Office of Community Relations Service have the necessary resources to reduce conflict and prevent, investigate and prosecute hate crimes throughout the country.

Sen. Mazie Hirono called for legistion to prevent
discrimination and hate crimes.
Photo from Office of Sen. Hirono

      “Last weekend’s tragedy in Orlando should be a sobering moment for our country. It’s time to move beyond thoughts, prayer and reflection. It’s time for action,” Sen. Mazie Hirono said. “This massacre was not just an act of terror; it was a hate crime that took the lives of 49 innocent people far too soon. Our amendment provides emergency funding to prevent and mitigate future hate crimes that target vulnerable communities across the country. I … call on the Senate to adopt this amendment without delay.”

      The amendment would help the Department of Justice Civil Rights Division hire additional staff to enforce federal civil rights and hate crime laws. Additional funding would help the Office of Community Relations Service work with communities to reduce conflict after hate-related violence, bullying, and discrimination. Hirono and Senate Democrats have also pushed for Congress to pass legislation to prevent suspected terrorists from purchasing firearms and explosives and fully fund the FBI to prevent domestic terror attacks.

      To read comments, add your own, and like this story, see Facebook. Follow us on Instagram and Twitter.

SUMMER IS HERE, AND WITH IT comes sea turtle nesting season in Ka`u. As a result, beachgoers may witness increased sea turtle activity, including mating in nearshore waters as well as more basking on beaches. The U.S. Fish and Wildlife Service, NOAA Fisheries and Hawai`i Department of Land and Natural Resources reminds everyone — locals and visitors alike — to respect the sea turtles at all times of the year.

      The two species that nest in the islands are the green sea turtle (honu in Hawaiian) and the hawksbill sea turtle (`ea). The majority of Hawai`i’s honu migrate to French Frigate Shoals — located in the Northwestern Hawaiian Islands — to reproduce. However, an increasing number of honu are now nesting on beaches of the main Hawaiian Islands.

Honu is one of two species of sea turtles that nest in Hawai`i.
Photo from DLNR

      Primary `ea nesting beaches occur along the south Ka`u Coast, south Maui and eastern Moloka`i. Both species are protected under state and federal laws.
      If a honu or `ea is seen on the beach or in the water, remember:
      View sea turtles from a distance of 10 feet. Give turtles space, and don’t feed, chase or touch them. Hawaiian honu bask on the beach. This is normal behavior. Don’t try to push them back into the water.
      “It’s OK to help!” Fishermen should check gear often, use barbless circle hooks and adhere to state gillnet rules. If safe for both the fisher and the turtle, release accidentally caught turtles by reeling in the turtle carefully, holding by its shell or flippers, cutting line as close to the hook as possible and releasing with no (or little) gear or line attached. Barbed hooks may cause more damage by trying to remove them rather than leaving them in place.
      “No white light at night.” Use wildlife friendly lighting near the coast (yellow/amber and shielded lights). Don’t use flash photography, and keep lights and beach fires to a minimum from May to December, when turtles are nesting and hatchlings are emerging.
      Avoid beach driving. Off-road vehicles crush nests, create tire ruts that trap hatchlings and degrade habitats. Driving on the beach is also illegal in most areas.
      Prevent debris and rubbish from entering the ocean. Participate in beach and reef cleanup activities.
      Report all hawksbill sea turtle sightings, any nesting activity (turtle tracks or nest digging), and injured or dead turtles to NOAA’s Sea Turtle Stranding Hotline at 286-4359 in Hilo or 327-6226 in South Kona.
      Report illegal or suspicious activity that may result in turtle injury or death to Division of Conservation and Resources Enforcement at 808-587-0077 or 643-DLNR.
      An animal that appears to be sleeping on the beach may be a basking turtle and should be allowed to rest undisturbed. However, if an animal in distress — with visible signs of injury, bleeding or entanglement in debris — or one that has not moved for more than two days, it may need assistance. Call the hotline numbers listed above to report an animal in distress.
      For more tips to prevent or reduce the potential for interactions, search online for Fishing Around Sea Turtles.
      For more, see http://dlnr.hawaii.gov/.
      To read comments, add your own, and like this story, see Facebook. Follow us on Instagram and Twitter.

The People & Lands of Kahuku are topics of a hike tomorrow.
NPS Photo by Julia Espaniola

LEARN ABOUT THE PEOPLE & LANDS of Kahuku tomorrow from 9:30 a.m. to 12:30 p.m. at Hawai`i Volcanoes National Park’s Kahuku Unit. This free, guided, 2.5-mile, moderately difficult hike over rugged terrain focuses on the area’s human history.

      See nps.gov/havo.

KILAUEA MILITARY CAMP’S Crater Rim Café in Hawai`i Volcanoes National Park offers Father’s Day Buffet tomorrow from 5 p.m. to 8 p.m. Entrees are prime rib, shrimp Alfredo with spinach and mushrooms and Asian-infused Hawaiian ono. Adults $28; children $14.50; 967-8356. KMC is open to authorized patrons and sponsored guests.
      Park entrance fees apply.

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

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

See kaucalendar.com/KauCalendar_June_2016.pdf.