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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Ka`u News Briefs Monday, Sept. 14, 2015

Coral bleaching is occurring throughout the Hawaiian archipelago due to high ocean temperatures compounded by El Nino.
Photo from Hawai`i DLNR 

HAWAI`I DEPARTMENT OF LAND & NATURAL RESOURCES encourages residents to help reduce stressors and help promote recovery of reefs during the current period of coral bleaching. High ocean temperatures compounded by an El Nino event have a strong likelihood of causing mass coral bleaching across Hawai`i. Last summer saw the first documented event of mass bleaching across the entire archipelago, and reefs in the Northwestern Hawaiian Islands experienced their third and worst reported mass bleaching event to date.

Superintendent for Papahanaumokuakea 

Marine National Monument, Athline Clark

      “Being extra careful to not damage corals, preventing pollution inputs and using pono fishing practices can help corals to recover from this bleaching event,” DLNR Chair Suzanne Case said.

      Case emphasized that Hawai`i’s coral reefs are the foundation of a healthy ocean. “If we fail to protect them and lose them, it could have tremendously negative impacts not only on the overall ocean ecosystem but on Hawai`i’s economy,” she said.
      Despite the mortality of bleached corals in the Northwestern Hawaiian Islands, NOAA Superintendent for Papahanaumokuakea Marine National Monument Athline Clark remains hopeful. “With the Monument’s fishing restrictions and healthy herbivore populations (fish and other animals that keep algae in check), there’s hope that reefs in the NWHI will repopulate,” Clark said. “The NWHI serves as a natural reference site to help us to understand how reefs that are not exposed to human influences can possibly recover faster than those in the populated islands of our archipelago.”
      The state encourages people to report and document coral bleaching to the volunteer Eyes of the Reef Network at www.eorhawaii.org and send images of coral bleaching to rrcpcoordinator@gmail.com.
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PUBLIC BRIEFINGS ON THREE health care state initiatives are scheduled this month. The initiatives are meant to improve insurance coverage, health care access and coordination of care. The public briefing will cover the following:


• The state’s proposed waiver from the Patient Protection and Affordable Care Act, developed with input from the Affordable Care Act Waiver Taskforce, which seeks to preserve Hawai`i’s Prepaid Health Care Act while also complying with the federal health care law.
 
• A plan to improve behavioral health conditions such as depression, anxiety and excessive alcohol consumption by incorporating screening and treatment for behavioral health needs with innovations in workforce, telehealth, training and incentives. This plan is being developed in conjunction with the Department of Human Services, Med-QUEST Division and the Department of Health.
 
• The state’s No Wrong Door plan, which seeks to help individuals and their caregivers receive person-centered counseling to access health-related long-term services and supports. The No Wrong Door network will include state agencies and private nonprofit agencies that provide support to seniors, persons with disabilities, and veterans.

Hoary bat is Hawai`i's official land mammal.

      Meetings are from 10 a.m. to 12 p.m. on 
Sept. 21 in 
County Council Chambers at West Hawai`i Civic Center and on Sept. 25 at University of Hawai`i-Hilo’s College of Hawaiian Language Performing Arts Hall at 
200 West Kawili Street
 in Hilo.
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WIND TURBINE COMPANIES’ interactions with nene and hoary bats has come up in a proposal from a firm generating wind energy on Maui. According to an Associated Press story in today’s Hawai`i Tribune-Herald, SunEdison wants to raise the number of unintended deaths of the two endangered species when they interact with the turbines.
      The story quotes company spokeswoman Crystal Kua saying, “No Hawaiian hoary bats were recorded in the area of the proposed wind turbines during studies conducted in the summer of 1999 or fall 2004.” She said experts now know the species is present there, either foraging or just passing through, throughout the year.
      The company wants the number of bats permitted to be killed to be raised from 14 to 80 in exchange for an investment of about $3.45 million to help protect bats and other endangered species that could be hurt by the project.
      The company also wants to increase the number of nene that can die over the next 17 years from 30 to 48.
      See hawaiitribune-herald.com.
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HAWAI`I POLICE DEPARTMENT ENCOURAGES the public to participate in a nationwide prescription drug take-back initiative being sponsored in Hawai`i by the Drug Enforcement Administration, the state Department of the Attorney General and the Department of Public Safety’s State Narcotics Enforcement Division.

      On Saturday, Sept. 26, members of the public may turn in unused, unneeded or expired prescription medications between 10 a.m. and 2 p.m. at the following collection sites for safe, anonymous disposal: Ka Waena Lapa`au Medical Complex parking lot at 670 Ponahawai Street in Hilo and Kona police station parking lot at 74-0611 Hale Maka`i Place.
      Tablets, capsules and all other solid dosage forms of medication will be accepted. New or used needles and syringes will not be accepted.
      Illicit substances such as marijuana or methamphetamine are not a part of this initiative.
      Having unused and expired medicine increases the risk of prescription drug abuse and accidental poisoning. Proper disposal also helps reduce the risk of prescription drugs entering a human water supply or potentially harming aquatic life.
      For more information about the drug take-back program, see www.dea.gov.
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Rep. Tulsi Gabbard

U.S. REP. TULSI GABBARD JOINED Hawai`i’s senators in voting for Pres. Obama’s Iran Nuclear Agreement. “If the United States walks away from this deal, we won’t walk back into the world as we know it today,” Gabbard said. “We will instead walk into a world of uncertainty, with Iran likely gaining billions of dollars from an unraveled sanctions regime, while continuing down their superhighway toward a bomb. The unprecedented constraints, intelligence and IAEA oversight access gained with this deal will fall by the wayside. This would lead us to the strong likelihood of necessitating military action against Iran now, in order to temporarily destroy its nuclear program, and deal with the long-lasting consequences of such an attack, including the immeasurable costs to our nation.



      “This deal is far from perfect, so I remain committed to taking the necessary supplementary actions to prevent Iran from being able to develop a nuclear weapon or the means to deliver such a weapon. My vote today is a commitment to remain vigilant in enforcing Iran’s compliance to this deal. My vote today is a commitment to ensure that while Iran may be permitted a civilian nuclear program, it will never be allowed to produce highly enriched uranium or weapons grade plutonium. My vote today is a commitment to support our longtime ally and friend, Israel, by strengthening both its defensive and offensive capabilities. Finally, my vote today is a commitment to ensure that the United States remains in the best possible position of strength today, tomorrow and every day after.”
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HAWAI`I COUNTY COUNCIL HOLDS meetings Wednesday. Ka`u residents can participate via videoconferencing at Na`alehu State Office Building. In Kona, 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.

Kellen and Lihau Paik are Kupaoa. Pboto from NPS

KUPAOA PRESENTS A FREE HAWAIIAN music concert Wednesday at 6:30 p.m. at Kilauea Visitor Center Auditorium in Hawai`i Volcanoes National Park. Kellen and Lihau Paik have been performing as a duo for about 10 years. As life-long students of Hawaiian language, they enjoy composing and performing their own original songs, in addition to the time-honored favorites that are loved by all. They describe Kupaoa as a lasting, permeating fragrance, and it is the couple’s hope that their music will linger with listeners, infusing their hearts and minds. 

      Park entrance fees apply. For more information, call 985-6011.

GET THE DRIFT & BAG IT by joining Hawai`i Wildlife Fund’s Ka`u Coast Cleanup this 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.

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