Ka`u Calendar News Briefs Thursday, June 16, 2016

Ka`u Roping & Riding Association is preparing for its annual Fourth of July Rodeo. See more below.
Photo by Julia Neal

PUNALU`U BAKE SHOP OWNER DUANE KURISU is reaching out to homeless people through his foundation and will partner to create affordable housing with gardens on O`ahu.

Duane Kurisu, at right, owner of Punalu`u Bake Shop, is building
affordable housing for homeless families on O`ahu. Here he celebrates
the new cookie factory he opened last year in Na`alehu.
Photo by Pamela Taylor

      Duane Shimogawa reported in Pacific Business News that Kurisu is partnering with Honolulu and the state to build more than 200 affordable, plantation-style homes on reclaimed land in Honolulu. Rent would be $500 per month. The city is purchasing 13.1 acres from the state and leasing it to Kurisu’s Aio Foundation for one dollar per year.

      “The mayor stepped in to help facilitate the property and the project to be part of the governor’s emergency proclamation (addressing homelessness issues),” Kurisu told Shimogawa. “It is the culmination of the state and the city coming together to seek and work out solutions to one of the most acute problems facing us today.”
      See bizjournals.com/pacific.
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A backpack drive for children in need continues
through August. Photo from Airport Bags

HAWAI`I POLICE DEPARTMENT is again participating in a backpack drive for children who cannot afford to buy them. As in previous years, all police stations around the island will double as drop-off points for persons interested in helping children in need. Backpacks may be dropped off between now and Aug. 30.

      Backpacks have been identified as the most requested non-food item for charities in Hawai`i. The donated backpacks will be distributed to children at women’s shelters, homeless shelters and transitional housing facilities around the Big Island.
      This is the eighth consecutive year the Police Department has worked in partnership with HOPE Services Hawai`i (formerly known as the Office of Social Ministry). The organization provides a continuum of homeless and transitional programs from outreach to emergency shelters, including permanent supportive housing placements.
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THE CHAIR OF THE STATE House of Representatives Energy Committee has a lot to say about the backpedaling of Hawai`i Electric Co. alternative energy projects. Rep. Chris Lee, whose legislation makes Hawai`i the first state with a 100 percent renewable energy standard, writes in Civil Beat this morning, saying that NextEra, which seeks to buy the utility, has been controlling the company’s decision making:

Rep. Chris Lee Photo from University of Hawai`i

      “Before NextEra, Hawaiian Electric Company had been busy asking investors to bring their money to Hawai`i and construct over 150 megawatts of solar, geothermal and biofuels projects to reduce our dependence on costly fossil fuels, create local jobs and attract investment to our island economy.

      “Most people don’t know that since NextEra arrived, it has contractually controlled HECO’s actions, exercising power over final decisions. Unfortunately, those decisions reversed course and canceled more than $350 million dollars in solar projects already under construction, putting over 100 local people out of work and eliminating over 400 jobs that were to be created.
      “Investors lost $42 million they had already poured into these renewable energy projects. The PUC issued a strong statement calling it ‘a step backward.’

      “Three months after NextEra arrived, the utility unilaterally ceased allowing local residents installing solar panels to connect to the electric grid, killing competition from the solar industry and threatening thousands of local jobs. Fortunately, the PUC intervened and forced the utility to backpedal, though hundreds of jobs were lost because of the slowdown with many residents now waiting years to be interconnected.

      “About the same time, the utility appeared to reverse itself on a 25-megawatt geothermal project on the Big Island that it initiated. Hawai`i Electric Light Company pushed the business partner it had selected to build the project out of negotiations, killing jobs and millions that investors already poured into the project.

      “Most recently, the utility terminated a PUC-approved power purchase agreement with developers of a biomass project already under construction and halfway complete; $137 million was already invested, and another $125 million was committed to finish the work. HELCO has resisted attempts to restore the agreement. Hundreds more local jobs and all that investment have been put at risk.
      “If the utility is allowed to continue to act in this manner, Hawai`i will continue to suffer.
“Every project has its challenges and delays, but in Hawai`i we work through them in good faith. To suddenly cancel contracts, change the rules mid-stream and treat investors and local workers so poorly is not how we should act here in Hawai`i. So why would the utility take actions that hurt so many people, businesses and investors in our community?

      “The answer may have materialized two weeks ago. In a filing with the Securities and Exchange Commission, the utility disclosed that it planned to charge ratepayers $458 million to convert existing power plants to liquefied natural gas. It would also buy a 60-megawatt Big Island power plant and convert it to LNG.

      “The utility earns a profit off every dollar of ratepayer money it spends on LNG plant conversions, which means bigger utility profits than switching to renewable power from competing geothermal or biofuels plants.
      “Nearly everyone thinks it would be easier for the utility to win approval for its LNG plan and purchase of the additional fossil fuel plant if it cancelled or delayed geothermal and biofuels plants competing to provide the same power. In fact, HELCO offered to buy the additional fossil fuel plant six months ago, which could mean the utility strung renewable project developers and investors along for months without ever intending to finish negotiations.
      “I know the people at Hawaiian Electric. They are from here and would not sacrifice the jobs of hundreds of local workers, undermine renewables and critically damage Hawai`i’s reputation as a place to invest money. But I have no doubt that’s exactly what NextEra would do to squeeze every last dollar out of Hawai`i for its shareholders.
      “If the utility is allowed to continue to act in this manner, Hawai`i will continue to suffer. The Legislature must empower the PUC to review this kind of utility behavior next legislative session. There are too many jobs and too much more at risk to stand idly by as investors are chased out of our economy.”
      See civilbeat.com.
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Rodeo action returns to Ka`u on July 2 and 3. Photo by Julia Neal

KA`U ROPING & RIDING ASSOCIATION hosts its annual Fourth of July Rodeo on Saturday and Sunday, July 2 and 3, with a slew of gold buckles for the winners sponsored by local businesses and community groups. The rodeo draws competitors to Ka`u from all over the island and afar. 

      Ty Correa, Andrew Yanagi and Mario DeRago will be the bullfighters (formerly known as rodeo clowns). Emcee is Al Cabral. Food, T-shirts and other items will be sold to raise money to maintain the rodeo grounds. Cost to enter is $7 presale and $8 at the gate.
      Gate opens at 6 a.m. each morning. Slack roping starts at 8 a.m., and the rodeo starts at noon both days. To be announced is the rodeo queen. Kalia Andrade and Jamieann Losalio, both eight years of age, of Na`alehu, are finalists.
      President of Ka`u Roping & Riding Association is Ralph Ka`apana. Secretary is Jennifer Shibuya. Treasurer is Tammy Ka`apana. Barney Malicki is vice president.
      Here are the events and their gold buckle sponsors:
      The two winners of the Open Dally will each receive buckles sponsored by Miranda Country Store. Kane-Wahine Dally buckle is sponsored by Robert Kawamoto and his Umi Ranch. Team 90s header buckle is sponsored by Ka`u Andrade Contracting Inc. Healer buckle is sponsored by Steven and Phina Wroblewski.

Ayden Benevides won two buckles
last year. Photo by Julia Neal

      Double Mugging buckles for the roper and mugger are sponsored by Edwin DeLuz Trucking. Kane-Wahine Ribbon Mugging buckles are sponsored by West Hawai`i Towing.

      Wahine Mugging roper buckle is sponsored by Waimea Hill Country & Tack, Inc. Wahine Mugging mugger buckle is sponsored by Kenneth and Jonette Gaston of Slack Enterprises.
      Po`o Wai U buckle is sponsored by Justie Mona Wroblewski. Tie Down Roping buckle is sponsored by Wally and M.J. Andrade with M.J. Ranch. Wahine Breakaway buckle is sponsored by Robert Kawamoto and his Umi Ranch.
      Youth Barrels buckle is sponsored by Hana Hou Restaurant. The buckle for the Dummy Roping for contestants four years of age and under is sponsored by Sherlene Rosario, of Pahala Pops. Dummy roping buckle for contestants five to eight is sponsored by Patti Barry, of the Land Office real estate company.
      The buckle for Goat Undecorating, four years and under, is sponsored by Wayne Kawachi and `O Ka`u Kakou. For the five to eight years of age category, the sponsors are Carl and Amy Okuyama of Na`alehu 76. The Bull Riding buckle is sponsored by Tammy and Ralph Ka`apana, of Four K Ranch. The All Around Buckle is sponsored by Ka`u Roping and Riding Association.
      To donate and for more information, call Tammy Ka`apana at 929-8079.

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ALTOGETHER: WE ARE ONE, presented by the Sisterhood of All Women on Earth and the Brave Brothers, meets for the second of a four-part series at Hawai`i Nature Retreat in Wood Valley. The organization's website describes the event as “a journey of exploration, expansion and focus of the energy that flows through us all, creating a golden grid of love and light across the island of Hawai`i to usher in a new age of civilization.” 

      Registration and set-up is at 1 p.m. this Saturday, June 18, and the event begins at 2 p.m. Fee is $20. Participants are asked to bring one topping for the salad bar. Soup, bread and butter are provided.
      See altogetherweareone.com.

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Ka`u Calendar News Briefs Wednesday, June 15, 2016

Hawai`i Island fishers participated in the annual Ulua Challenge last weekend. See more below.
Photo from S. Tokunaga Store

THE WORLD’S LARGEST WAR GAMES are coming to Hawaiian waters. Sailing to RIMPAC, the Rim of the Pacific Exercise, the first ships arrived from South Korea yesterday and will be joined by military from the U.S. and many other countries. RIMPAC takes place every other year and is scheduled for June 30 - Aug. 4.

Navy diver operations are exercised during RIMPAC.
Photo from U.S. Pacific Fleet

      The U.S. Pacific Fleet hosts RIMPAC. The 2016 exercises are led by U.S. Vice Adm. Nora Tyson, commander of the U.S. Third Fleet (C3F). Army, Navy, Air Force, Marine and Coast Guard services perform.

      Participants in this twenty-fifth RIMPAC - the first was in 1971 - are: Australia, Brazil, Brunei, Canada, Chile, Colombia, Denmark, France, Germany, India, Indonesia, Italy, Japan, Malaysia, Mexico, the Netherlands, New Zealand, Norway, China, Peru, South Korea, Philippines, Singapore, Thailand, Tonga, the United Kingdom and the U.S. This is year one for Brazil, Denmark, Germany and Italy.

      The 27 countries are sending 25,000 personnel, planes, helicopters, war ships, aircraft carriers, boats and submarines, fully loaded with weapons, including missiles for war games in both Hawaiian and Californian waters. According to the military Stars and Stripes newspaper, among the exercises will be “amphibious operations, gunnery, counter-piracy, mine clearance, explosive ordnance disposal and diving and salvage operations. Defensive training against missiles, submarines and aircraft will also take place.”

      According to a statement from the U.S. Pacific Fleet, “RIMPAC provides a unique training opportunity that helps participants foster and sustain cooperative relationships that are critical to ensuring the safety of sea lanes and security on the world’s oceans.”
      The 2016 theme is, “Capable, Adaptive, Partners. The participating nations and forces will exercise a wide range of capabilities and demonstrate the inherent flexibility of maritime forces. These capabilities range from disaster relief and maritime security operations to sea control and complex warfighting. The relevant, realistic training program includes amphibious operations, gunnery, missile, anti-submarine and air defense exercises, as well as counter-piracy, mine clearance operations, explosive ordnance disposal and diving and salvage operations,” says the Pacific Fleet statement.

This exercise torpedoed a decommissioned ship during

an earlier RIMPAC. Photo from U.S. Pacific Fleet

      The statement also points to the Department of the Navy’s Great Green Fleet initiative. It “highlights global operations using energy conservation measures and alternative fuel blends to demonstrate how optimizing energy use increases resiliency and operational readiness. During RIMPAC, almost all participating units will operate using an approved alternate-fuel blend.”

      Environmental groups in Hawai`i and elsewhere have watchdogged RIMPAC for decades, pointing to possible damage to marine life caught up in the noise of the war games, the electronic signaling between the participants and the sinking of ships. Rules of the game call for lookouts for whales and other marine species.
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Sen. Mazie Hirono

THE U.S. SENATE PASSED the Fiscal Year 2017 National Defense Authorization Act 85-13, which includes more than $600 billion in funding for service members and national security, and several measures championed by Sen. Mazie Hirono, a member of the Senate Committee on Armed Services and ranking member of the Seapower Subcommittee.

      “I voted to approve the National Defense Authorization Act because, on balance, this legislation invests in our service members and strengthens our national security,” Hirono said. “I was particularly proud to secure nearly $200 million of investments in Hawai`i’s military infrastructure. I remain concerned about changes the bill makes to the Department of Defense that would impact our force structure and locally based service commands. These and other changes should follow adequate study and evaluation of their impact. But we are not at the finish line yet. I will continue to work with Chairman McCain, Ranking Member Reed, and our House counterparts to ensure that our forces in Hawai`i receive the necessary resources to continue their pivotal role in the Indo-Asia-Pacific Rebalance in the final bill.”

      Hirono secured provisions to provide nearly $200 million to improve military installations in Hawai`i, prevent cuts to Hawai`i’s Impact Aid program and direct the DoD to examine how to bolster Hawai`i’s missile defense systems. Hirono also included Talia’s Law, named after five-year-old Talia Williams, who died after months of abuse by her father and stepmother, that would require Department of Defense employees who interact with children to report suspected abuse to civilian authorities like the Hawai`i Child Welfare Services.
      Hirono also included language reinforcing the national security importance of the United States’ Compact Agreement with Palau and its obligations to Palau under the agreement.
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RESULTS ARE IN FOR THE ULUA CHALLENGE. S. Tokunaga Store in Hilo sponsors the annual event held last weekend. Fishers line Hawai`i Island’s coast to see who can catch the largest fish. South Point is one popular location for Ka`u fishers to test their skills.

      In the Ulua Challenge, Auston Marsteller’s 117.2-pound catch took first place. Second through 10th places went to John Branco at 105.9 pounds; Ryan Chow, 103.9; Bruce Tsubamoto, 99.1; Richard Kaiawe, 90.0; Jason Vierra, 77.3; Mitchell Izuno, 76.8; Brandon Uchida, 73.3; Chad Kosinski, 71.6; and Scott Yamamoto, 62.4.

      In the Omilu Division, first- and third-place winners used barbless hooks. First- through 10th place winners are Brienn Kirihara at 20 pounds; Dane Ramey, 19.7; Toni Salboro, 19.4; Brandon Lopes, 17.4; Waylen Towata, 17; Holi Correa, 16.9; David Llanes, 16.4; Louis Carreira, 16.1; Kiko Napeahi, 14.6; and Kemole Belanio, 14.6.

Hawai`i Department of Agriculture's CBB Subsidy
Program begins soon.

SAVE YOUR RECEIPTS! The Hawai`i Department of Agriculture’s Coffee Berry Borer Subsidy Program, beginning soon, will reimburse a percentage of the cost for Botanigard and Mycotrol products, once the application process is completed. The program is in effect through June 30, 2019. Farm TMK and other relevant information is required. Costs are reimbursed up to $600 per acre per year and up to $9,000 per farm per year. 

      Email gwendolyn.m.hicks@hawaii.gov for sign-up information.
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POHAKU CLAY SCULPTURE class will be offered by Olivia Ling at Ocean View Community Center on Tuesday, July 12 from 10 a.m. to noon. Participants will 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.
      To ensure enough clay for the class, RSVP as soon as possible by calling 929-8174, said Ling.

Pu`uhonua o Honaunau National Historic Park is the subject
of Find Your Park on the Big Screen Friday.
Photo from NPS

FIND YOUR PARK on the Big Screen Friday at 7 p.m. at Kilauea Visitor Center Auditorium in Hawai`i Volcanoes National Park. View John Grabowska’s 16-minute film Pu`uhonua o Honaunau: Place of Refuge and Brad Watanabe’s 12-minute documentary HiStory: Hawai`i Island’s National Parks.

      Free; park entrance fees apply.

SOUTHSIDE VOLLEYBALL CLUB raises funds with a Krispy Kreme donut sale this Saturday, June 18 from 3 p.m. to 5 p.m. at Pahala Shopping Center.
      The club is raising money to participate in the Boys Junior National Championships, this year in Dallas, Texas. Members fly out on June 30 and begin play on July 3. This will be Southside’s eighth trip to the competition. In the last five years, they have once become National Champs and finished twice at fourth, once as a Silver Division champ and once tied for thirteenth.
      Ka`u players coached by Guy Enriques are Kameron Moses, of Pahala; Nai`a Makuakane, of Na`alehu; and Addie and Avery Enriques, of Punalu`u. All attend Kamehameha Schools on this island.

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Ka`u Calendar News Briefs Tuesday, June 14, 2016

Kurt Kawamoto, third from left, and other members of the Barbless Circle Hook Project regularly attend fishing
tournaments statewide to encourage use of the hooks. Photo from DLNR

KURT KAWAMOTO, A FISHERIES biologist with the National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration’s Pacific Islands Fisheries Science Center, promotes use of barbless hooks when fishing. Kawamoto earned the moniker Mr. Barbless Hook as the driving force behind NOAA’s and Hawai`i Department of Land & Natural Resources’ Barbless Circle Hook Project, which is having an impact on the annual Ulua Challenge fishing contest, which landed record fish last weekend along Ka`u Coast and other shorelines around the island.

Barbless Circle Hook Project promotes use of the hooks that turtles,
monk seals and other sea creatures can shed. Photo from DLNR

      According to Kawamoto, making a barbless hook is really simple; use a pair of pliers to smash down the barb. “Once you smash down the barbs on these hooks, they become self-shedding, so that was the main idea behind it,” he said. “It’s easy for a fish or a seal or a turtle to get rid of the hook themselves.” Researchers have witnessed a monk seal actually shed a barbless circle hook, and anglers have relayed stories about sea turtles also easily expelling barbless hooks. Although it’s easier for animals to rid themselves of the hooks, research, angler reports and actual catches with barbless circle hooks have proved their efficacy when it comes to catching target fish. During a shoreline research project, fishers used two poles; one with a barbed hook, the other with a barbless one. “We caught over 300 shoreline fish of many different kinds,” Kawamoto said. “We looked at the catches, losses and misses, and statistically we couldn’t tell the difference. Essentially you could catch just as many fish with a barbless circle hook.”

 

The Ulua Challenge, sponsored by S. Tokunaga Store,
brought in big fish over the weekend.
Photo from S. Tokunaga Store

  Michael Tokunaga, organizer of the Tokunaga Ulua Challenge Fishing Tournament sponsored by his store S. Tokunaga, regularly hosts DLNR outreach representatives from the Barbless Circle Hook Project. He would like to see acceptance of the barbless hooks for his tournament to grow to 75 percent or better. “This is for conservation and releasing unwanted catches,” he said. “It’s just a way of fishing smart. When you catch a fish, the hook is normally in the side of the mouth. The barb has nothing to do with it in my opinion.”

      After observing the Ulua Challenge last year, and entering this year, Carlo Russo, of Pahoa, fishes from the shoreline using barbless circle hooks exclusively. He said he feels there’s absolutely no downside to using them. A few hours before the tournament weigh-in, fishing with a friend on the edge of Hilo Bay, he said, “My experience with them has been 100 percent positive. I caught three papios, nice size papios, on them and didn’t lose any fish. Popped them right out; all perfectly caught in the corner of their mouths.” He also likes the fact that the barbless hooks keep bait fish alive longer because they make a smaller hole. “That’s a really big plus,” he said.
      The outreach team from the project regularly attends fishing tournaments around the state to provide information, encouragement and free barbless circle hooks. “Since starting the project, I only use barbless hooks in my personal shoreline fishing, and I’ve caught all the same species,” Kawamoto said. “I couldn’t in good conscience ask fishermen to try something that I don’t use or believe in myself. I have guys on every island who are only using barbless hooks, and they’ve seen it doesn’t make a difference … and allows the big one that got away … to reproduce, to grow and possibly to be caught another day. This helps enhance the reputation of fishermen and women as practicing conservationists.”

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MAYOR BILLY KENOI’S TRIAL will begin in October, John Burnett reported in Hawai`i Tribune-Herald. Kenoi was previously ordered to report for trial on July 18. Jury selection is scheduled to begin during the week of Oct. 10. According to Burnett, an O`ahu judge will preside over the trial since Hawai`i Island judges have recused themselves.

      Kenoi was indicted on eight charges related use of his county-issued purchasing card. He used the card to purchase personal items and drinks at a Honolulu hostess bar.
      Two of the eight charges are for second-degree theft, which is punishable by up to five years in prison and a $10,000 fine.
      Kenoi entered a plea of not guilty on March 30.
      The mayor is ineligible to run again due to term limits.
      See hawaiitribune-herald.com.

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PLANT TREES TO COOL Ka`u’s and other schools. That’s the advice of the Kaulunani Urban and Community Forestry Program and the state Department Division of Forestry and Wildlife, which are offering an opportunity for Hawai`i schools to help cool campuses and improve student’s health and wellbeing as well as learning and behavior outcomes. The newly launched Cool Your School cost-share grant program offers funding for schools to plant trees on campus, with technical support on their care and maintenance.

      Classroom air temperatures have become a point of concern for teachers in Hawai`i, with some classroom temperatures reaching the high 90s. With proper planning, schools can make use of nature’s own air conditioner – trees.
      Studies have shown that trees can cool a classroom by up to 10 degrees, according to Kaulunani. Trees block penetrating direct sunlight, reducing ambient temperatures, and the process of transpiration uses up solar energy that would otherwise heat the air. The calming effect of trees also promotes additional learning, behavioral and health benefits such as higher scores on standardized testing, fewer disciplinary problems, lower levels of stress, better concentration and fewer sick days.

      Applications are being accepted on a rolling basis. The Kaulunani Council will review pre-proposals, and selected schools will be asked to submit a full proposal. Kaulunani staff will work with the selected schools to assist with tree selection, locations for planting trees, cost estimates and preparation of the grant application.

      For pre-proposal form and additional application information, see http://dlnr.hawaii.gov/forestry/lap/kaulunani/grants/.
      For more information, contact Jolie Wanger at jwanger@smarttreespacific.com or 808-395-7765.
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HALAU NA PUA O ULUHAIMALAMA, under the leadership of kumu hula Emery Aceret, presents a hula performance tomorrow at 6:30 p.m. at Kilauea Visitor Center Auditorium in Hawai`i Volcanoes National Park.

      Free; park entrance fees apply.

Learn to work with stained glass in a six-session
workshop. Photo from VAC

CLAUDIA MCCALL’S SIX-SESSION Stained Glass Workshop begins Thursday at Volcano Art Center in Volcano Village. Sessions for beginning and experienced students continue each Thursday from 6 p.m. to 9 p.m. and each Saturday from 9 a.m. to 1 p.m. through July 2.

      Before spending a fortune on tools, students can try their hands at making stained glass art in this workshop. All of the basic techniques will be covered, including glass cutting, foiling, soldering, and completing with patina and polishing compound. McCall will share her expertise and knowledge, teaching students the skills involved in working safely with stained glass and creating a beautiful, sturdy piece of art.
      Class fee is $150, $135 for VAC members. Attendees are asked to wear long pants, covered shoes and safety glasses. Attendees are also asked to bring fitted Atlas Cool Touchgloves, which can be purchased at Ace Hardware or online at Amazon.com. Advance registration is required, and the workshop is limited to six adults.
      To register, call Volcano art Center at 808-967-8222.

PAHALA HOLY ROSARY CHURCH is accepting donations of silent auction items. The church holds a thrift sale and silent auction this Saturday, June 18 from 8 a.m. to 12 p.m.

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

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