Ka`u News Briefs Wednesday, July 17, 2013

Excavating and building the foundation for the Ka`u Gym & Disaster Shelter are under contract with Summit Construction.
Photo by Julia Neal

KA`U GYM & DISASTER SHELTER BUILDING CONSTRUCTION is in the foundation stage with excavation continuing and steelwork ongoing. Simmons Steel is one of the subcontractors under overall contractor Summit Construction. Most of the Simmons workers are from the Big Island. The gym will also serve as a disaster shelter for Ka`u and events and recreational center for the community and will be managed by the county Department of Parks & Recreation. The project, under $20 million, is funded with federal stimulus and state money.

LACK OF PLAYERS COULD CANCEL TROJAN FOOTBALL, as only a dozen Ka`u High School students have signed up for varsity football at Ka`u High School this fall. In order to field a team there must be 32 players, said Ka`u High Athletic Director Kalei Namohala. Deadline to register is Aug. 5. If there are too few players, the Ka`u High Trojans will have to bow out of the fall football season for 2013, she said.  Schools that sign up for the season but cannot bring enough players for the games are fined for every game they cannot play. Namohala said that Ka`u High cannot afford to risk the expense.

Trojan football games bring out the community on the Ka`u High School campus.
Photo by Julia Neal

      Bobby Barba, who coached at Ka`u in the 1960s, said he can’t remember a time with no school football. He said that during several years when he didn’t have enough players for varsity, he put together a JV team so there was JV Trojan football for the seasons and preparations for the younger players to go on to varsity in coming years. Trojan football games at home are a popular community event for Ka`u.

THE FALL SPORTS SCHEDULE IS OUT FOR KA`U HIGH SCHOOL. Football, given that enough athletes sign up, starts on Aug. 24 at Kea`u. The first home game is on Aug. 30, hosting Konawaena. The first girls volleyball game is at Lapahoehoe on Aug. 23, followed by a game at St. Josephs, then HPA and Pahoa. The first cross country meet is at Christian Liberty Academy on Aug. 24, followed by a meet at HPA and then Kamehameha. The first bowling tournament is at Hilo on Aug. 24 and again at Hilo on Aug. 31 and Sept. 9. Riflery will be announced. Applications are also being accepted for swimming, water polo, tennis, baseball and track.

Athletic Director Kalei Namohala 

PARENTS ARE REQUIRED TO ATTEND Trojan Sports meetings. It is mandatory for a parent or guardian for athletes playing fall sports to attend at least one of the sports meetings scheduled at 5:30 p.m. on Monday, Aug. 12 at Ka`u High School Band Room, Tuesday, Aug. 13 at Na`alehu School, or Wednesday, Aug. 14 at Ocean View Community Center.
      The Fall sports are: football, girls volleyball, bowling, cross country, and riflery. Students must take athletic physicals in order to play school sports. Free athletic physicals are being given at the HMSA medical van which is stationed at Ka`u High and travels to other Ka’u communities. Free physicals will be available at st. Jude’s Church in Ocean View this Thursday, and Mondays, Tuesdays and Thursdays from 11 a.m. to 3 p.m. until school starts. For more information, call Ka`u High School at 928-2088.

A 3.6 earthquake shook the Pahala area today.
Image from USGS

A 3.6 EARTHQUAKE set off hunting dogs barking throughout their kennels at 3:01 a.m. this morning in Pahala, but no physical damage was reported. The epicenter was 2 miles west/southwest of Pahala. The quake was experienced in Pahala and Wood Valley as an approaching rumble, one sharp jolt, and the sound of the rumble going off into the distance. It was felt as far away as Hilo. Windows rattled. Hillside houses in Wood Valley swayed. A depth of 22 miles was reported by the U.S. Geological Survey. 

KA`U FARM BUREAU board meets next Monday at 5 p.m. at Pahala Community Center. One agenda item for discussion is the GMO bill before the County Council that would ban new Genetically Modified Organism crops on the island.
      The Kona Farm Bureau, with mixed opinions among its members, both favoring and opposing GMO crops, declined to take a stand on the issue and encouraged farmers to read up on GMOs and to decide whether they individually would like to submit testimony on their own, pro or con. The statewide Farm Bureau Federation, for which Ka`u Farm Bureau President Chris Manfredi is a board liaison and co-chair of the government affairs committee, has testified in support of GMO crops and against their labeling. The statewide Farm Bureau has stated GMO labeling creates too much expense for the food industry and that GMO crops are needed for protection from pests and to increase production.
      Ka`u County Council member Brenda Ford said she supports the council bill to ban additional GMO crops on Hawai`i Island. She noted that the GMO papayas are grandfathered in. At the state level, Ford said she has authored resolutions supporting labeling for GMO and also for labeling of food content and country of origin. Concerning labeling, she gave the example of 10 percent Kona and 90 percent Colombian coffee. “It should indicate it on the front label in large letters and it should say 90 percent Colombian first and 10 percent Kona second. It’s called truth in labeling and provides transparency to the buyer,” said Ford.
      Ka`u’s two state senators Russell Ruderman and Josh Green supported labeling of GMO foods during the 2013 legislature. West Ka`u legislator Denny Coffman also supported labeling. All said they expect the issue to come up in the next legislature.

Michael Titterton and Hawai`i Public Radio plan to soon bring HPR2
and Civil Defense radio coverage to Ka`u. Photo from HPR

KAHU FM RADIO could be back on the air within a month, as a Hawai`i Public Radio station with HPR2 programming emanating from O`ahu, according to Hawai`i Public Radio CEO Michael Titterton. He said yesterday that the station will most likely go on air using existing equipment on the pole and inside the KAHU building on Maile Street in Pahala. Over time, HPR will bring in new equipment and move the location to a tower to give much more range to the station, completing the goal of securing emergency radio reception for Ka`u.
     The use of the KAHU radio building would no longer necessary once the equipment is moved to a tower, he said. While local programming will not resume in the short term, said Titterton, the HPR2 long term plan is to develop local origination programming in such remote places as Pahala and Hana. 

      Titterton said he found out about the opportunity to buy the KAHU license for Hawai`i Public Radio when he saw its equipment listed for sale. Needing a license to broadcast HPR to the south end of the island, HPR offered KAHU manager Christine Kaehuaea $20,000 for the license and the application for approval for transferring the license has been filed with the FCC, he said.
     KAHU radio founder Wendell Kaehuaea said he hopes the $20,000 income from selling the license and any money taken in through selling off equipment will go toward paying off KAHU’s debt owed to local businesses.
      To read about and listen to HPR2 programming, Ka`u residents can go online to www.hpr2.org. 

Bento Rakugo comes to Na`alehu today. 

BENTO RAKUGO performs today at Na`alehu Public Library, honoring one of the most popular traditional forms of Japanese theatre while bringing a modern twist to Japanese comedy. The program begins at 2 p.m. and is suitable for ages 5 and older. Call 939-2442 for more information.

AIKIDO IS A FREE CLASS open to the public this evening at Pahala Community Center at 7 p.m. The teacher is Alan Moores. He describes Aikido as learning to defend oneself without hurting others. Contact him at 928-0919 or at artbyalan2011@gmail.com.

HAUNANI’S ALOHA EXPRESSIONS performs tomorrow at Hawai`i Volcanoes National Park Visitor Center from 6:30 p.m. to 8 p.m. The hula group of native Hawaiians for years has shared the aloha spirit with visitors arriving at the Port of Hilo and Hilo International Airport and patients at hospitals and health care centers around the island.

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

ALSO SEE KAUCALENDAR.COM AND FACEBOOK.COM/KAUCALENDAR.

Ka`u News Briefs Tuesday, July 16, 2013

Solar photovoltaic panels are going up around Ka`u, including the Pahala Quilting building on Maile Street in Pahala. Photo by Julia Neal

RIVAL ELECTRIC UTILITY COMPANIES would be legal in Hawai`i even with Hawaiian Electric Co.’s monopoly on O`ahu, Hawai`i Island, Maui, Lana`i and Moloka`i, states Life of the Land director Henry Curtis. He writes in Civil Beat this morning about a new paradigm for delivering electricity to Hawai`i.

Henry Curtis supports a non-grid
connected and renewable approach
to electricity generation.

      A New Utility “could be county-owned, private or utilize a co-op model. It would be regulated by the Public Utilities Commission. The same funding streams that were available for KIUC (a community cooperative on Kaua`i) to buy Kaua`i Electric from its Connecticut owners are still available today, writes Curtis.
      Curtis points out that, “Over the past 10 years, the global-installed solar photovoltaic capacity has grown at an astounding 44 percent increase per year. This has fueled vast technological advances and cost reductions.
      “Last week former Obama Energy Secretary Stephen Chu told National Public Radio of his vision. He would like utilities to start installing solar panels and batteries in people’s homes. “The (utility) will say, allow us to use your roof, allow us to use a little corner of your garage, and we will equip you with solar power. We own it. We maintain it. We’re responsible for it. You don’t have any out-of-pocket expenses. You just buy electricity at the same rate, or maybe even a lower rate.”
      This is similar to a proposal presented by Curtis to the Moloka`i Clean Energy Initiative. “The New Utility will be a facilitator,” Curtis writes. “They would serve as a link between communities, financial institutions and private energy efficiency and renewable energy companies to install PV and batteries in peoples’ homes. The solar/battery facilities would be leased to customers while maintained by the installers.”
      Curtis gives the example of Maui, where, he writes, “the cost of solar-based electricity is about half of the cost of grid-based electricity. Batteries cost between 30-100 percent of the cost of the solar photovoltaic system. Thus, a non-grid connected renewable energy system is cost-effective on Maui today. A New Utility could test the alternative model at a community level in places such as Hana, Lahaina or Moloka`i. To incentivize the solar/battery deal, free high-speed wi-fi would be offered to subscribers.

      “The New Utility could also facilitate the leasing of electric vehicles. On Nov. 23, 2011 Hawai`i Public Utilities Commission commissioner Michael Champley addressed the Rotary Club of Kihei-Wailea, Maui: “What the utility Maui Electric (and) Hawai`i Electric are having to decide is, what is their long-term business model? Because their rates are going in one direction, up. And the competing new technology prices are going down.   “Maui’s electric rates are three to four times the national average. Rates are going up because MECO is pushing the Smart Grid concept that requires costly infrastructure: new generation, new transmission lines, computer software, new telecom systems and cyber-security systems.

      “Imagine the price of electricity eating up ever more of a family budget. Imagine the rising cost of doing business in Hawai`i. Imagine not conducting price comparisons to see whether grid-based or stand-alone systems offer the greatest reliability at the least cost.

      “Time is on the New Utility side. Solar prices are decreasing in cost. According to the U.S. Department of Energy’s National Renewable Energy Labs, the installed price of solar is expected to fall five to seven percent per year for several years. There is also a downward price trend for batteries.”
      Regarding financial arrangements for the new sources of electricity, Curtis points out that “in early 2014 the Hawai`i PUC plans to implement On-Bill Financing for homeowners, renters and small businesses. The program would allow customers to finance energy efficiency and renewable energy systems at no upfront cost. Customers simply pay a reduced monthly electric bill, part of which pays for the systems.
      “Similar financial arrangements should be implemented for non-grid applications,” states Curtis. “National firms like One Roof Energy, Sun Run (http://www.sunrunhome.com) and Solar City have entered the Hawai`i market. These solar brokerage firms and solar installers are being financed by major investors. They are offering fixed-cost, no money down, long-term leases for on-site systems that they maintain.”
      Curtis told The Ka`u Calendar, “My paradigm shift can also be applied to the County of Hawai`i. The county is lagging in its economic recovery, and many people are hurting. The creation of a New Utility for Hawai`i County would offer a great alternative: same reliability, less cost!”
      See more at civilbeat.com.

THE SIRENS THIS MORNING at 11:45 a.m. were a test by Hawai`i County Civil Defense to evaluate repairs performed after the July 1 monthly test. Civil Defense sent out a notice saying, “We apologize for any disruption with today’s test and thank you for your patience and understanding.”

U.S. Rep. Colleen Hanabusa

          “The public is reminded to turn on the radio and tune into the local broadcast stations any time you hear a siren as information regarding the siren sounding and possible instructions will be broadcasted,” said the Civil Defense notice.

U.S. REPRESENTATIVE COLLEEN HANABUSA announced Hawai`i will receive $703,100 in grant awards from the U.S. Department of Labor to help put unemployed individuals back to work.
      “This funding will be of great benefit to Hawai`i,” Hanabusa said, “and I am grateful to the Department of Labor for helping get our state’s unemployed back to work.

      “We know that changes in the workplace have made it harder for some workers to find employment. In addition to helping our local economy, the individualized attention and local-market information that will be available under this grant will make it more likely that those who have encountered these problems will have the satisfaction of finding good employment. I believe this is an excellent investment in our community.”

      The funds will be used to provide individuals who receive unemployment benefits with personalized, re-employment plans based on their career interests and local labor market information. Participants are able to receive referrals to job assistance services and training by the American Job Center. The program also performs a complete review of participants’ unemployment insurance benefits to help reduce incidences of improper payments.

Kaho`iwai prepares teachers to tackle unique academic needs of
Hawaiian students. Photo from Kamehameha Schools

KAHO`IWAI, A BIG ISLAND-BASED TEACHER PREPARATION PROGRAM that focuses on developing educators to work with Native Hawaiian students has earned national accreditation from the Teacher Education Accreditation Council, according to an Associated Press story in Hawai`i Tribune-Herald.
      The program provides an alternative to traditional university-based programs. The program focuses on charter schools, but those who earn licenses can teach anywhere in the state, director Joe Fraser told reporter Jennifer Sinco Kelleher.
      “Hawai`i has a shortage of teachers,” Fraser told Kelleher. “It’s trying to meet the needs of Hawaiian students in the school system in real terms.”
      The program involves six five-day residential sessions in Waipio Valley and online coursework. “It’s alternative in that there’s no bricks-and-mortar university,” Fraser said. “It’s a values-based program.”
      It’s important to give teachers training in how to be effective in non-traditional schools, such as charter schools, said Wil Okabe, president of Hawai`i State Teachers Association. “This is an opportunity for teachers to get the training they need to identify with Native Hawaiian kids,” he said.
      Hawai`i Teacher Standards Board is expected to ratify Kaho`iwai’s accreditation next month, Fraser said.
      See hawaiitribune-herald.com.

$500 IN ATHLETIC EQUIPMENT can be won by the Ka`u school who sends the most competitors to the annual Volcano Rain forest Runs on Saturday, Aug. 17. The equipment can be for track, cross country, volleyball, tennis, football, soccer – any sport. The school with the most students represented in the runs – which include a 5K, 10K and half marathon, wins the $500 gift certificate from Sports Authority.
      Competitors can enter any of the races to qualify their schools, which can be elementary, middle or high school. Registration fee is $20 per entry. To register see rainforestruns.com or call 967-8240. The event is a fundraiser for Volcano Art Center and its educational programs.
 

Bento Rakugo performs tomorrow at Na`alehu Public Library.

A PERFORMANCE BY BENTO RAKUGO tomorrow at Na`alehu Public Library honors one of the most popular traditional forms of Japanese theatre while bringing a modern twist to the Japanese comedy. The program begins at 2 p.m. and is suitable for ages 5 and older. Call 939-2442 for more information.

HAWAI`I VOLCANOES NATIONAL PARK Visitor Center hosts Haunani’s Aloha Expressions tomorrow from 6:30 p.m. to 8 p.m. The hula group of native Hawaiians for years has shared the aloha spirit with visitors arriving at the Port of Hilo and Hilo International Airport and patients at hospitals and health care centers around the island.

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

ALSO SEE KAUCALENDAR.COM AND FACEBOOK.COM/KAUCALENDAR.

Ka`u News Briefs Monday, July 15, 2013

Pastor Troy Gacayan, of River of Life Assembly of God Church in Pahala, gave the blessing at the opening of Longs
Pharmacy this morning. Photo by Julia Neal

LONGS PHARMACY OPENED this morning, the first free-standing pharmacy in Ka`u. Manager and pharmacist Leona Goda thanked all of the people who worked with her at the former location at Ka`u Hospital and now at Pahala Shopping Center for helping make the move over the last several weeks. She said that she is grateful that Longs believes in this community and is willing to expand its business here. The pharmacy for the public at Ka`u Hospital is now closed.

Longs staff, including pharmacy
technician Candrie Pascubillo,
moved from Longs at Ka`u
Hospital to the new facility.
Photo by Julia Neal

"This is your store," Leona Goda told
residents at Longs Pharmacy in Pahala.
Photo by Julia Neal

      Pastor Troy Gacayan gave the blessing and talked about Longs being a “very reputable and well known company willing to make Ka`u home." He called Longs “Ka`u’s newest business and family member.”

      By mid-morning the parking lot was full at Pahala Shopping Center, with people going to Longs also parking in the street and the parking lot by R&J Store.
      Hawai`i district manager Raul Sicardi said that he expects to expand some of the food offerings and noted that Longs will not be selling liquor, ice, fishing supplies and many of the other items sold at other stores in the shopping center. He said he expects to keep the space being used at 2,500 square feet.
      Several Ka`u residents attending the grand opening said they thought that people coming to Longs for their prescriptions may make the shopping center very popular and possibly the site of noodle shops and other small restaurants in the three empty bays between Longs and the post office. Longs is open 8 a.m. until 5 p.m., Mondays through Fridays, 8 a.m. until noon on Saturdays and closed Sundays.

Longs staff opens the new Longs today. (L-R) Pharmacy technician Jamie Gutierrez, Pahoa pharmacy manager Jeime Kon, who helped out with the opening, pharmacy technician Terri De Sa and clerk-cashier Donna Tsukamoto.
Photo by Julia Neal

      In addition to the pharmacist, employees at Longs in Pahala are Pahala residents Candrie Pascubillo and Terri De Sa, both pharmacy technicians; Na`alehu resident Donna Tsukamoto, a clerk and cashier; and Kurtistown resident Jamie Gutierrez, a pharmacy technician. The pharmacist lives in Moutain View.

Attendees at today's blessing of Longs Pharmacy shared a celebratory
cake. Photo by Julia Neal

      Longs Pharmacies are owned by CVS Caremark, the largest pharmacy health care provider in the United States, with mail order, retail and specialty pharmacies as well as retail clinics. CVS is a leading provider of Medicare Part D Prescription Drug Plans. CVS provides access to a network of more than 65,000 pharmacies nationwide.

HEFTY FEDERAL FLOOD INSURANCE RATE HIKES could land on “more than 13,000 Hawai`i property owners — including businesses, owners of vacation homes, and those whose properties have had major problems with flooding.” They “could see their annual federal flood insurance premiums climb by 25 percent before the end of the year,” writes Washington correspondent Kery Murakani in Civil Beat this morning. Murakami reports a Federal Emergency Management Agency spokeswoman saying that thousands of other property owners may also face huge increases. 

      Civil Beat says that “nationally, the rate hikes are sparking concern. The increases were passed by Congress last year to prop up a federal flood insurance program that’s billions of dollars in debt and that makes big payouts every time a major storm hits.”

Flood insurance could go up for places like Okoe Bay near Miloli`i,
which was hit by the Japan tsunami in March of 2011.
Photo by Kaiali`i Kahele

      Hawai`i Reps. Colleen Hanabusa and Tulsi Gabbard are trying stop the hikes for now. Murakami points to “an amendment to the Homeland Security appropriations bill last month that would delay the premium hikes for a year. A proposal in the Senate would delay it for three years. Both chambers would have to agree on an approach to stop the increases.

      “With Congress unable to agree on much these days, it’s by no means certain that a delay will be approved before the increases kick in on Oct. 1.”
      “Increasingly frequent and severe storms have overwhelmed the National Flood Insurance Program, created by Congress in 1968 to offer subsidized flood insurance because basic homeowners’ insurance policies did not cover floods,” writes Murakami.
      See more at civilbeat.com.

How to support vitality of Hawai`i's
organic food production is the topic
of a survey. Photo by Geneveve Fyvie

THE ORGANIC FOOD INDUSTRY is being surveyed on feasibility and potential roles of organizations and agencies to support growth and vitality of Hawai`i’s organic food production and delivery. The initiative is supported by a grant from the Hawai`i Department of Agriculture; the surveys conducted by Kohala Center. They are accessible online at laulimacenter.org/organic_survey.html through Friday, Aug. 2. 

      Farmers, producers, distributors, retailers, consumers, and agricultural professionals are encouraged to participate in one or more of the surveys. Participation is voluntary and anonymous. Data collected from the surveys will influence the development of solutions and recommendations to strengthen Hawai`i’s organic industry, says a statement from The Kohala Center.
      A nine-member advisory group comprised of organic farmers, producers, retailers, and agricultural professionals from around the state was convened in February to determine the primary barriers affecting the growth and sustainability of Hawai`i’s organic industry. Representatives from local processors, distributors, retailers, certifiers, and the state Legislature have also provided input to the group’s work. Based on the issues, barriers, and potential solutions defined by the advisory group, surveys were developed to gain insights and data from a broader range of industry constituents statewide.

Voluntary and anonymous surveys are being conducted by
The Kohala Center. Photo by Geneveve Fyvie

       “Organic agricultural producers operating in Hawai`i currently don’t have a central place where they can obtain information on critical issues such as infrastructure, processing, marketing, certification, and business development,” said Melanie Bondera, Rural Cooperative Development Specialist for the Laulima Center, a program of The Kohala Center. “There are many entities in the state providing specific services, but no central educational or advocacy group. Our research seeks to determine how existing entities can support organics in Hawai`i, and how the local industry can overcome the barriers that are affecting farming operations, production, distribution, quality, and costs.”
       Survey data will be analyzed and integrated with the advisory group’s research to develop actionable solutions and recommendations to the Hawai`i Department of Agriculture, as well as provide input on a legislative agenda for the industry in 2014. The advisory group will conduct an open meeting on Hawai`i Island in late October, at which the group’s findings and preliminary recommendations will be presented to the public for feedback and further input.
       Interested participants may access the surveys online at laulimacenter.org/organic_survey.html or contact The Kohala Center at 887-6411 for more information.

Ed Case spent a lot of time in Ka`u as a congressman and a
candidate, including trips with his wife Audrey.
Photo by Julia Neal

KA`U’S FORMER CONGRESSMAN Ed Case has announced he’s moving out of politics into the visitor industry. Case was known in Ka`u for having come here more than any other member of Congress, meeting directly with constituents and getting back to them with details on their concerns. 

      In a statement released last week, Case said he is joining a hotel and travel company. “Sometimes in life it’s just time to start a new chapter. That’s what I’m doing in joining Outrigger Enterprises Group as senior vice president and chief legal officer on July 22nd.”
      Case said that his political career, in which he lost bids for governor and U.S. Senate in recent years, “has been deeply fulfilling, with challenges faced, contributions made, friendships forged and promising opportunities right over the horizon.
      “But I’ve always looked for that next mountain to climb, that next contribution to make, and Outrigger is an opportunity I can’t resist.”
      Outrigger is a 66-year old local company “which has stayed true to its Hawai`i roots and values. Outrigger wrote the book on Hawai`i’s travel and tourism industry and, with its 4,200 employees, is central to 25 percent-plus of Hawai`i’s economy,” Case stated.

JAPANESE THEATRE CALLED BENTO RAKUGO will be performed at Na`alehu Public Library Wednesday at 2 p.m.

      In Rakugo, the performer presents a comic story while sitting on a Japanese cushion throughout the entire performance, speaking all of the voices in both first and third person. The troupe specializes in popular traditional forms of Japanese theatre by bringing a modern twist to Japanese comedy. The program is for ages 5 and older. Call 939-2442 for more information. 

HAUNANI’S ALOHA EXPRESSIONS comes to Hawai`i Volcanoes National Park Visitor Center this Wednesday from 6:30 p.m. to 8 p.m. The hula halau of native Hawaiians has shared the aloha spirit with visitors arriving at the Port of Hilo and Hilo International Airport and patients at hospitals and health care centers around the island for many years.
      Haunani’s Aloha Expressions won the overall competition at the Kupuna Hula Festival and the Moku o Keawe competition on numerous occasions. Members make their own costumes and lei. They sing and dance hapa-haole hula, and have performed at Hawai`i Volcanoes National Park annual cultural festival regularly.

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

ALSO SEE KAUCALENDAR.COM AND FACEBOOK.COM/KAUCALENDAR.