The Kaʻū Calendar News Briefs, Hawaiʻi Island

Monday, July 23, 2018

Kaʻū News Briefs Monday, July 23, 2018

From mauka and makai, lava inches toward Pohoiki at sunrise, Sunday. Volcanic plumes from lower Puna
blew into Volcano Village, making air quality very unhealthy for part of today. See stories below.
Photo from Extreme Exposure, courtesy of Paradise Helicopters.

SO2 LEVELS IN VOLCANO WERE AT DANGER LEVELS for part of today. Derek Wroe, a meteorologist with the National Weather Service, said the combination of disrupted tradewinds and high SO2 emissions means Volcano Village, Pāhoa, and the valley between Mauna Loa and Mauna Kea will see intermittent worse air quality over the next few days, while Kaʻū and up into Kona should see better air quality.

Jessica Ferracane, of Hawaiʻi Volcanoes National Park, said the air quality inside the park today was “terrible,” in the very dangerous range, and that it was the same in Volcano Village. Janet Babb, a geologist at USGS Hawaiian Volcano Observatories, today said the air issues are a direct result of emissions from the lower East Rift Zone, not the summit. Halemaʻumaʻu is now producing only around 100 pounds of SO2 a day, while LERZ has been measured at “tens of thousands of tons” a day, according to Babb, earlier this month. She also said scientists are “looking at new and different ways to get a measurement of these gasses,” as “the emissions are high enough… our instruments can basically be swamped.”

Chart from hawaiiso2network.com

In affected areas, Civil Defense suggests limiting outdoor exposure, staying indoors with all windows closed, turning on an air filtration system, or leaving the area. The latest air quality measurements from the University of Hawaiʻi’s Vog Measurement and Prediction Project can be found at mkwc.ifa.hawaii.edu/vmap

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CRACKS IN HWY 11 NEAR KILAUEA CALDERA in Volcano have become a major concern to state, county and federal agencies who steward the highway that travels through Hawaiʻi Volcanoes National Park. It is the major road around the island. The area of concern runs between mile marker 28.5 at the main entrance to the Park and mile marker 31.7 past Namakanipaio campground.

Cones and warnings along cracked Hwy 11 near Kīlauea Caldera.
Photo by Alan Moores

The County of Hawaiʻi issued a statement today: Because of cracks developing on the road, all motorists should drive cautiously in this area. Do be aware that authorities are very concerned with the conditions on Highway 11, and are closely monitoring the situation."
The cracks and sinkholes are developing in the road with the nearly constant seismic activity at the summit of Kīlauea volcano, and particularly with earthquakes at Kīlauea summit of magnitude 5.0 and larger, almost daily.

Road and transportation officials are looking at possible emergency alternative routes, should the road become irreparable.

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LEGACY LAND FUNDING from the state Department of Land & Natural Resources, which has preserved thousands of acres in Kaʻū, has been withdrawn from the purchase of more than 300 acres along the Waiʻopae coastline, near Vacationland and Kapoho in lower Puna.

The land is adjacent to reefs, tidepools, and ponds, recently claimed and covered by Madame Pele. The $1.33 million in matching funding would have preserved lowland native forests, anchialine pools, and the coast next to flourishing marine life. DLNR officially cancelled the funding last Friday, noting that lava filled tidepools, reef, and ocean waters that formerly made up the Waiʻopae State Marine Life Conservation District.

Madame Pele taking anchialine pools, tidepools, land, and reefs, which led
to the state purchasing the land for preservation.
Photo from Department of Land & Natural Resources

In a statement DLNR said, “The resource values outlined in the County’s grant application cited the property’s mix of rare native lowland forests, anchialine pools, and the pools and forests that filter water from agricultural areas and residential areas before it reaches the ocean and the bordering Marine Life Conservation District. These resource values are now gone.”

Legacy Land Commission Chair Theresa Menard said, “I am saddened by the loss of this special place on the Puna coast, which was so beloved by the community. But, it no longer makes sense to move forward with the purchase given the dramatic changes in the public benefits we hoped to secure.”
Board of Land & Natural Resources Chair Suzanne Case sated, “The Legacy Land Conservation Program is an important and very popular tool to protect critical lands for their natural and cultural values. We must continue to be diligent in ensuring best use of this public money to conserve resources for everyone’s benefit.”

More than 4,000 acres of land on Hawaiʻi Island have been protected through the Legacy Land and Hawaiʻi County partnership, beginning with the purchase of Kāwā in Kaʻū, in 2008.

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As the lava creeps along the lower Puna shore, nearing Pohoiki, dead marine
life washes ashore. Photo from Ikaika Marzo Facebook

A NEW LAVA LOBE has broken out of the flow field slightly north of the most active ocean entry from the lava river in lower Puna. According to the flow field map from USGS, at volcanoes.usgs.gov/observatories
/hvo/maps_uploads/image-522.jpg, if the lobe expands and follows the path of steepest descent, and is not diverted by an earlier flow from other fissures, it will likely approach the ocean at Pohoiki.

The threat to Pohoiki and Isaac Hale Park from lava creeping along the shore is the same as it has been for several days. Lava is still about a quarter of a mile from the boat ramp, with the southern active ocean entry mostly going from land to ocean at Ahalanui. Shores not being overrun with molten rock are showing disturbing evidence of the eruption: the tide lines of lower Puna are littered with dead and decaying marine life.

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POLICE ARE SEEKING FOUR MORE ACCOMPLICES who may have provided assistance to fugitive Justin Waiki after he allegedly shot and killed Officer Bronson Kaliloa July 17 on Highway 11 in Mountain View.
Police ask for assistance in finding 31-year-old Joey Ikaka Camacho of no known address, 47-year-old Shaun Candaroma of Hilo, 26-year-old Pomaikai Martin and 27-year-old Latoya Poepoe-Spalding, both of of King’s Landing in Hilo.

Image from bigislandvideonews.com

Three other alleged accomplices, found with Waiki on Friday when he was shot and killed by police at a checkpoint at South Point, were charged over the weekend. If found guilty they could face a lifetime in prison.

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NEW and UPCOMING

Photos from volcanoartcenter.org

ERIK WOLD OFFERS TWO 8-WEEK CLAY SESSIONS, a morning and an afternoon session of Sunday Clay - High Fire!, beginning Sunday, August 5, at Volcano Art Center's Ni‘aulani Campus in Volcano Village. Both sessions end on September 30, as no class will be held on August 12, with students working stoneware clay and high-fire reduction glazes.

Teaching artist, Wold, provides instruction, including demonstrations of wheel throwing methods and will be available for individualized assistance. Beginners will be guided step by step through the basics of using the potter’s wheel or hand building techniques. Continuing students and those with previous experience are encouraged to develop their skills and are welcome to pursue more advanced directions. “Informal discussion on topics ranging from sources of creative inspiration to various pottery styles and traditions from around the world will supplement this hands-on learning experience,” states the event description on volcanoartcenter.org.

Seven registration slots are open to “wheel throwers”, and two additional places will be open to “hand builders.” Cost for each 8-week session is $200 per Volcano Art Center Member or $180 per non-Members, plus a $15 materials fee for 6 lbs. of clay, which includes glazes and firing for that material. Additional clay is available for purchase.

Open studio time is available to registered ceramic students on Wednesdays, from 2 p.m. to 5 p.m, $10 per day, with tickets available at the Administration Office front desk during business hours.
Wold, a full time potter living in Volcano Village, is a member of the Volcano Village Artists Hui, and sells his wares regularly at the Saturday Hilo Farmers Market, and Sunday Cooper Center Farmers Market in Volcano. He studied Ceramics at the University of Hawaiʻi, Hilo, graduating in 1993.
Register online, volcanoartcenter.org or call 967-8222.

See public Ka‘ū events, meetings, entertainment.

See Ka‘ū exercise, meditation, daily, and weekly events.

Print edition of The Ka‘ū Calendar is free to 5,500 mailboxes

throughout Ka‘ū, from Miloli‘i through Volcano, and free on

stands throughout the district. Read online at kaucalendar.com

and facebook.com/kaucalendar.

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TUESDAY, JULY 24

Hawai‘i County Council Meetings, beginning at 9 a.m., Tue/Wed, July 24 (Committees)/25 (Council), Kona. Ka‘ū residents can participate via videoconferencing at Nā‘ālehu State Office Building. Agendas at hawaiicounty.gov

WEDNESDAY, JULY 25

Kōkua Kupuna Project, Wed, July 25, 9-11am, St. Jude's Episcopal Church, Ocean View. Seniors 60 years and older encouraged to attend, ask questions, and inquire about services offered through Legal Aid Society of Hawai‘i - referral required from Hawai‘i County Office of Aging at 961-8626 for free legal services. Under 60, call 1-800-499-4302. More info: tahisha.despontes@legalaidhawaii.org, 329-3910 ext. 925. legalaidhawaii.org

Hawai‘i County Council Meetings, beginning at 9 a.m., Wed, July 25 (Council), Kona. Ka‘ū residents can participate via videoconferencing at Nā‘ālehu State Office Building. Agendas at hawaiicounty.gov

Summer Fun Event, Wed, July 25, 9:30-10:30am, PARENTS, Inc., Nā‘ālehu. Parents, caregivers and keiki create fun summer art; 0-7 years old. Wear clothes that can get messy. Art supplies, healthy snacks and drinks provided. Free. 333-3460, lindsey@hawaiiparents.org

Vision Board Event, Wed, July 25, 4-6pm, PARENTS, Inc., Nā‘ālehu. 8-18 years old and parents/caregivers. Set intentions, goals and give voice to wishes and dreams by creating a vision board. Art supplies, healthy snacks and drinks provided. Free. 333-3460, lindsey@hawaiiparents.org

THURSDAY, JULY 26

Ka‘ū Community Children's Council, Thu, July 26, 12:30-1:30pm, Punalu‘u Bake Shop. Monthly meeting provides local forum for all community members to come together as equal partners to discuss and positively affect multiple systems' issues for the benefit of all students, families, and communities. Chad Domingo, text 808-381-2584, domingoc1975@yahoo.com, ccco.k12.hi.us

Volcano Bay Clinic Mobile Health Unit Visit, Thu, July 26, 1-5pm, Cooper Center, Volcano Village. Must be Bay Clinic, Inc. patient. Medical services offered last Thursday of every month. Dental to be announced. Call 333-3600 to schedule appointment. See Cooper Center June newsletter for details. thecoopercenter.org

Volcano Friends Feeding Friends, Thu, July 26, 4-6pm, Cooper Center, Volcano Village. Free community dinner for all. Additional packaged goods to take home - for those in need. Donations and volunteers encouraged. 967-7800, thecoopercenter.org

FRIDAY, JULY 27

Coffee Talk, Fri, July 27, 9:30-11am, Kahuku Unit of Hawai‘i Volcanoes National Park. NPS Law Enforcement Rangers talk story about Mitigating Disaster in National Parks. Ka’ū coffee, tea, and pastries available for purchase. Free. nps.gov/HAVO

SATURDAY, JULY 28

Second Annual Mālama Nā Keiki Festival, Sat, July 28, 9-1pm, Nā‘ālehu Park. Free. Health screenings: hearing, vision, height and weight, BMI. Education and activities: Prenatal Panel, breastfeeding class w/lactation specialists, grow your own plant! Also, keiki activities, food, entertainment and prizes. Host: Hui Mālama Ola Nā ‘Oiwi. 969-9220, HMONO.org

Paths and Trails, Sat, July 28, 9:30-12:30pm, Kahuku Unit of Hawai‘i Volcanoes National Park. Moderately-difficult, 2-mile, hike with some of the most spectacular overlooks in Kahuku. Discover the ways people, animals, and plants got to Kahuku and the paths they followed. Free. nps.gov/HAVO

Discovery Harbour Volunteer Fire Department Tribute for James Masters, Sat, July 28, 4-10pm, Discovery Harbour Community Hall. 929-9576, discoveryharbour.net

MONDAY, JULY 30

Register to Vote in the Primary Election at an Early Walk-In Voting site from Monday, July 30, to Thursday, August 9.

ONGOING

Oliver!, a KDEN Production, through July 29; Fridays and Saturdays, 7:30pm, Sundays 2:30pm. Shows at UH-Hilo Performing Arts Center. Tickets: $20 general, $15 seniors 60+ and students, $12 keiki 12 and under. Tickets available at Kīlauea General Store, Kea‘au Natural Foods, Basically Books, and The Most Irresistible Shop in Hilo. Info and reservations: 982-7344, kden73@aol.com

Exhibit, Birds of Hawai‘i Volcanoes National Park: The Hawai‘i Nei Invitational Daily, through Aug 4, 9-5pm, Volcano Art Center’s Ni‘aulani Campus, Volcano Village. Free. Artists: John Dawson, Reyn Ojiri, Sarah Koh, Wendy Barske, Maria Macias, Cody Yamaguchi, Ann Guth, and John Mydoock. Art represents endemic bird species. volcanoartcenter.org

Volcano Rain Forest Runs Registration Open through Friday, August 17, at 6 p.m. Half marathon $85, 10K $45, 5K $30. Registration increases August 1: half marathon to $95, 10K to $55, and 5K to $35. Race is run from Cooper Center on Wright Road in Volcano Village on Saturday, August 18.

5th annual Ka‘ū Coffee Trail Run registration open. Race day Sat, Sept 22, 7 a.m.; begins and ends at Ka‘ū Coffee Mill. Register online before Sun, Aug 11: 5K, $30/person; 10K, $40/person; and 1/2 Marathon, $45/person. From Aug 13: $35/person, $45/person, and $55/person. Race day registration ends Sat, Sept 22, at 6:30 a.m. Event organizers, ‘O Ka‘ū Kākou; start location, Ka‘ū Coffee Mill.

Disaster Recovery Center is open weekdays from 8 a.m. to 6 p.m., weekends from 8 a.m. to 4 p.m., at Keaʻau High School Gym. Buses run to and from Keaʻau Armory every 20 minutes and Pāhoa Community Center Shelter every hour; see full bus schedule on the Civil Defense Website at HawaiiCounty.gov/Active-Alerts. For a list of the information applicants need to bring to the DRC, or to register online, go to DisasterAssistance.gov. The Salvation Army continues to operate a distribution center at the Pāhoa Community Center on Tuesday, Thursday, and Saturday from 8:30 a.m. to 10:30 a.m. To donate, please coordinate with the Salvation Army at (808) 756-0306.

Kona Vet Center visits to Ocean View Community Center are Suspended until further notice. Veterans may call 329-0574 for VA benefit information. ovcahi.org

Tūtū and Me Offers Home Visits to those with keiki zero to five years old: home visits to aid with helpful parenting tips and strategies, educational resources, and a compassionate listening ear. Home visits are free, last 1.5 hours, two to four times a month, for a total of 12 visits, and snacks are provided. For info and to register, call Linda Bong 464-9634.

St. Jude's Episcopal Church Calls For More Volunteers for the Saturday community outreach. Especially needed are cooks for the soup served to those in need, and organizers for the hot showers. "Volunteering for St. Jude's Saturday Shower and Soup ministry is an opportunity to serve God in a powerful way," states St. Jude's April newsletter. Volunteer by contacting Dave Breskin at 319-8333.

Rangers offer new and familiar programs – free of charge, with no entry fees – for visitors at the park’s Kahuku Unit, Volcano Art Center’s Ni‘aulani Campus, and Mokupāpapa Discovery Center and Prince Kūhio Plaza in Hilo.

Kahuku Unit
In addition to regularly scheduled Guided Hikes and the monthly Coffee Talk, Kahuku Unit has added daily Ranger Talks, and cultural demonstrations and activities on weekends.

Visitor Contact Station hosts ʻIke Hana Noʻeau: Experience the Skillful Work Cultural Demonstrations and Activities, from 12:30 to 1:30 p.m. every Saturday and Sunday.
Visitor Contact Station hosts Ranger Talks on Wednesday, Thursday, and Friday at 10:30 a.m. and 1 p.m.; Saturday and Sunday at 10:30 a.m.
Guided Hikes begin at 9:30 a.m. every Saturday and Sunday in June and July. Meet the ranger at the welcome tent.
Coffee Talk, in the Visitor Contact Station is held the last Friday of the month, 9:30-11 a.m.
Kahuku events are posted to the park website, nps.gov/havo/planyourvisit/kahuku-hikes.htm.
Volcano Art Center’s Ni‘aulani Campus

The return of After Dark …near the park at the Volcano Art Center’s Ni‘aulani Campus. Each event will have a different subject matter.
Mokupāpapa Discovery Center

Find Park Rangers alongside the park’s non-profit partners, Hawai‘i Pacific Parks Association, at their brand new mall store.
Grand Naniloa Hotel

Find Park Rangers stationed at the Grand Naniloa Hotel in downtown Hilo, from 8 a.m. to 4:30 p.m., every Sunday and Monday, in the Willie K Crown Room - as long as nothing else is scheduled in the space. The rangers will be doing daily talks at 10 a.m. and 2 p.m. about the eruption. They will show the park film that is normally available to visitors to see at the Kilauea Visitor’s Center at the Summit, Born of Fire, Born in the Sea, every half-hour beginning at 9:30 a.m.
Park rangers also greet incoming arrivals at the Hilo International Airport, welcome cruise ship passengers as they disembark at the Port of Hilo, and inform visitors at ‘Imiloa Astronomy Center most Sundays.

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Sunday, July 22, 2018

Kaʻū News Briefs Sunday, July 22, 2018

David Ige at the Historic Hilo Bandstand in 2014, on the event of his election to the Hawai`i Governor's post.
Candidates vying to represent Kaʻū in the state Senate, House, and County Council, as well as the Governor's race,
will be at the bandstand from 5 p.m. on Primary Election Eve, Friday, Aug. 10. See story below.
Photo by Julia Neal

THE ALLEGED KILLER OF A HAWAIʻI COUNTY POLICE OFFICER should not have been out on bail, says County Prosecutor Mitch Roth. Roth told news reporters this weekend that Justin Joshua Waiki shot and killed Officer Bronson Kaililoa last Tuesday during a Mountain View traffic stop while Waiki was out on $7,000 bail. He had been extradited to Hawaiʻi from Las Vegas on outstanding warrants. Waiki's record shows 37 arrests and 16 convictions.

County Prosecutor Mitch Roth said
the police killer should not have
been out on bail.

Police shot and killed the 33-year old Waiki on Friday, near South Point, after he opened fire and shot another police officer during a traffic check designed to hunt him down. During the traffic check, police found Waiki hidden under a blanket, from which he emerged to open fire with a stolen .38 handgun. Sgt. Bryan Tina, a 12-year veteran Police Response Team sergeant, wearing a bullet proof vest, is recovering from chest and arm wounds. A woman inside the Toyota 4-Runner where Waiki was hiding suffered a bullet wound and broken thigh bone during the crossfire, and was taken to Hilo Hospital. Police arrested three companions in the car. On Sunday, all three were charged with hindering prosecution first degree, accomplice to attempted first degree murder, and accomplice to illegally carrying a revolver. If convicted, they could spend the rest of their lives in prison.
They are: Hilo residents Jorge Allen Pagan-Torres, 35, and Malia Kaalaneo Lajala, 30; and Kamuela resident Krystle Lynn Ferreira, 29.

“Why is he out of jail is really a common
question,” said Hawaiʻi Police Major
Robert Wagner.

Roth said the prosecuting attorney’s office argued against releasing Waiki into the community after he was flown back to Hawaiʻi. However, said Roth, the pressure of overcrowded jails and prisons is creating more leniency. He told KITV news, “We don’t have enough jail space, so every time we’re putting people in we’re kicking people out. What I’ve seen is the legislature has been trying to fix a lot of these problems by making crimes less serious by reducing bail. It’s problematic when people like him get out and can commit more crimes.”
Police Major Robert Wagner told KITV news, “We don’t want people that are criminals to be out of jail at all, but we deal with it all the time. Why is he out of jail is really a common question that we have.”
Roth said the prison system needs an upgrade, so those recommending and handing down sentences feel comfortable putting convicted criminals in Hawaiʻi’s jails for the appropriate amount of time. He noted that the Hilo jail was built for 200 but houses 400.
Police are looking for leads on anyone who may have housed, transported, or otherwise protected Waiki during the manhunt. Contact Detective Jerome Manuel at 326-4645, ext. 262 or at Jerome.Manuel@hawaiicounty.gov.
The public is invited to Memorial Services for Officer Bronson Kaliloa at Ballard Family Mortuary in Hilo on Saturday, Aug. 4. He is survived by a wife and three young children.

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The grand old Historic Hilo Bandstand draws Kaʻū residents and candidates
to rally with speeches and food on Aug. 10. Photo by Julia Neal

THE HISTORIC DEMOCRATIC GRAND RALLY THAT ATTRACTS CANDIDATES FROM ACROSS THE STATE is on for Friday, Aug. 10, at 5 p.m. at the Hilo Bandstand. Candidates in the Democratic Party running for office to represent Kaʻū will be there, the night before the Primary Election. The tradition has revved up the bandstand on election years every since 1954, with food and speeches from the Democratic candidates. It is expected to draw candidates for the U.S. Congress, Hawaiʻi Governor, state Senate and House, and County Council.
A statement from the Democratic Party says, “We have an extensive line-up, with over 30 candidates for public office giving speeches, and available to talk story and share pupus with their constituents.”
“We provide access to this event without regard to race, color, national origin, age, sex, religion, or disability. If you require reasonable modifications due to disability, please call Shannon Matson phone: (808)937-3037 at least ten working days prior to August 10th.”

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The Steve Wroblewski family, of Pāhala, won heaviest pig at 148.4 lbs in the Second Annual Kaʻū Multicultural
Society Pig Hunt. One of their prizes was a cooler, from organizers in red, Kalani Vierra and Keenan Toriano.
See story below. Photo by Julia Neal

PIG HUNTERS CONVERGED ON PĀHALA on Saturday, with their kill trucked into the Olson Trust weigh-in site on Maile Street. Hunters came from as far away as Capt. Cook, Honaunau, Kurtistown, and Mountain View to compete in the second annual Kaʻū Multicultural Society Pig Hunt. The remainder of the 27 hunters were from Kaʻū. Twenty of the competitors scored pigs from early morning until 5 p.m.
Steven Wroblewski and his family brought down the heaviest pig, weighing in at 148.4 lbs. Wroblewski was followed by Billy Walton's boar, weighing in at 142.6 lbs, Dedrick Saplan's weighing 134.4, and Chaunice Emmseley's at 130.8 lbs.

Donald Garo, with niece Cileyna holding his daughter
Dlyla, weigh their pig on Saturday at the Olson Trust
weigh in site in Pāhala. Photo by Aloha Vierra

Heaviest sow went to Paul Kuahiwinui, Sr. at 112.2 lbs, followed by Jon Roddy's at 99.6 lbs, and Rashad Kaupu's at 97.4 lbs.

Darlyne and Aloha Vierra, backed
by Liz Kuluwaimaka, three of
the pig hunt organizers.
Photo by Julia Neal

Longest Tusk first place went to Konrad Wagner at 8 1/2 inches, followed by Aaron Spider Gomez at 7 inches, and John Garcia at 5 5/8 inches.
The smoke meat contest was tied between John Roddy and John Navarro.
Sponsors included KTA of Keauhou, Mt. View Mini Mart, Tokunaga Store, PepsiCo., Rambla of Kauaʻi, Nāʻālehu Ace Hardware, Wikiwiki Mart in Nāʻālehu, Jeff Anderson, J. Hara Store, Kealakekua Ace Hardware, Aikane Plantation Coffee Co., and Edmund C. Olson Trust.
Organizers were Kalani Vierra, Keenan Toriano, Aloha Vierra, and Darlyne Vierra and Liz Kuluwaimaka of Kaʻū Multicultural Association. Darlyne said the number of entries this year went from 20 to 27.

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NEW and UPCOMING

Photo from National Park Service

A NEW RANGER-GUIDED PROGRAM, Paths and Trails, with participants taken on a two mile, moderately-difficult hike through Kahuku Unit of Hawaiʻi Volcanoes National Park, takes place on Saturday, July 28, from 9:30 a.m. to 12:30 p.m. Attendees travel along the newly opened Pali O Ka‘eo Trail that offers some of the most spectacular overlooks in Kahuku. “This will be an introduction to this trail by the Park, and the first time this interpretive hike is offered to the public,” says Park Ranger Wendy Vance. Along the journey, hikers discover all the ways in which people, animals, and plants came to Kahuku, and the paths they followed to get to this unique place. Car pooling is appreciated and a 4-wheel drive vehicle, while not required, is suggested.
Join the free hike again on Saturday, August 18. For a comprehensive list of guided hikes and programs offered at Kahuku, visit nps.gov/havo/planyourvisit/kahuku-hikes.htm.

See public Ka‘ū events, meetings, entertainment.

See Ka‘ū exercise, meditation, daily, and weekly events.

Print edition of The Ka‘ū Calendar is free to 5,500 mailboxes

throughout Ka‘ū, from Miloli‘i through Volcano, and free on

stands throughout the district. Read online at kaucalendar.com

and facebook.com/kaucalendar.

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TUESDAY, JULY 24

WEDNESDAY, JULY 25

THURSDAY, JULY 26

FRIDAY, JULY 27

SATURDAY, JULY 28

Discovery Harbour Volunteer Fire Department Tribute for James Masters, Sat, July 28, 4-10pm, Discovery Harbour Community Hall. 929-9576, discoveryharbour.net

ONGOING

5th annual Ka‘ū Coffee Trail Run registration open. Race day Sat, Sept 22, 7 a.m.; begins and ends at Ka‘ū Coffee Mill. Register online before Sun, Aug 11: 5K, $30/person; 10K, $40/person; and 1/2 Marathon, $45/person. From Aug 13: $35/person, $45/person, and $55/person. Race day registration ends Sat, Sept 22, at 6:30 a.m. Event organizers, ‘O Ka‘ū Kākou; start location, Ka‘ū Coffee Mill.

Disaster Recovery Center is open weekdays from 8 a.m. to 6 p.m., weekends from 8 a.m. to 4 p.m., at Keaʻau High School Gym. The DRC will be closed on Sunday, July 22. Buses run to and from Keaʻau Armory every 20 minutes and Pāhoa Community Center Shelter every hour; see full bus schedule on the Civil Defense Website at HawaiiCounty.gov/Active-Alerts. For a list of the information applicants need to bring to the DRC, or to register online, go to DisasterAssistance.gov. The Salvation Army continues to operate a distribution center at the Pāhoa Community Center on Tuesday, Thursday, and Saturday from 8:30 a.m. to 10:30 a.m. To donate, please coordinate with the Salvation Army at (808) 756-0306.

Find Your Park, invites Hawaiʻi Volcanoes National Park. Kamaʻaina and tourist alike are encouraged to experience authentic Hawaiian cultural programs, guided hikes, After Dark events, and more from Ka‘ū to Volcano to Hilo. “While Kīlauea continues to shake the ground and blast ash from its ever-changing summit crater – causing the partial closure of Hawai‘i Volcanoes National Park on May 11 – park rangers continue to enlighten and engage visitors from other locations,” says a release from HVNP staff.
Rangers offer new and familiar programs – free of charge, with no entry fees – for visitors at the park’s Kahuku Unit, Volcano Art Center’s Ni‘aulani Campus, and Mokupāpapa Discovery Center and Prince Kūhio Plaza in Hilo.

Kahuku Unit
In addition to regularly scheduled Guided Hikes and the monthly Coffee Talk, Kahuku Unit has added daily Ranger Talks, and cultural demonstrations and activities on weekends.

Guided Hikes begin at 9:30 a.m. every Saturday and Sunday in July. Meet the ranger at the welcome tent.
Coffee Talk, in the Visitor Contact Station is held the last Friday of the month, 9:30-11 a.m.
Kahuku events are posted to the park website, nps.gov/havo/planyourvisit/kahuku-hikes.htm.
Volcano Art Center’s Ni‘aulani Campus

The return of After Dark …near the park at the Volcano Art Center’s Ni‘aulani Campus. Each event will have a different subject matter.

Mokupāpapa Discovery Center

Find Park Rangers alongside the park’s non-profit partners, Hawai‘i Pacific Parks Association, at their brand new mall store.
Grand Naniloa Hotel

Park rangers also greet incoming arrivals at the Hilo International Airport, welcome cruise ship passengers as they disembark at the Port of Hilo, and inform visitors at ‘Imiloa Astronomy Center most Sundays.

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Saturday, July 21, 2018

Kaʻū News Briefs Saturday, July 21, 2018

Littoral, or hydrovolcanic, explosions happen when lava meets water under certain conditions, such as those that sent
lava bombs into a tour boat last week. This explosion happened in 2008, near Kalapana.
See Volcano Watch, below. USGS photo

POTENTIAL IMPACTS OF ONGOING ERUPTIONS from Kīlauea Volcano are outlined in a study released this week by U.S. Geological Survey Hawaiian Volcano Observatory. The report to Hawaiʻi County Civil Defense says, "it is most likely that the Lower East Rift Zone eruption may continue for months to years." The study points out that the volume of lava flowing into lower Puna - particularly from the Fissure 8 vent, channel, and ocean entry - is steady and historic.

Cape Kumakahi Lighthouse could be threatened
if the river of lava overflows or breaks through its
banks. Photo from Lighthouse Friends

The current eruption started with 23 days of sporadic eruption from 24 fissures, covering a distance of 4.2 miles. More recently, the eruption has focused at Fissure 8, continuously erupting since May 27. The volume is significantly more than the 1960 and 1840 eruptions, and perhaps more than eruptions in the late 1700s.
"If the ongoing eruption maintains its current style of activity at a high eruption rate, then it may take months to a year or two to wind down. While this seems to be the most likely outcome, a pause in the eruption, followed by additional activity, cannot be ruled out, nor can an abrupt cessation or a transition of steady, longer-lived activity at a lower effusion rate," states the report.
"The shield complex of Heiheiahulu, 9.5 km (6 mi.) upslope (from Fissure 8), represents a more voluminous eruption that could have lasted several years, similar to the 35‐year‐long eruption of Puʻu ʻŌʻō. Both of these eruptions started with several short ʻaʻā flows erupted along a 3.5 km (2.2 mi‐) and 7 km‐(4.3 mi‐) long fissure system, respectively, before centralizing to a single vent and eventually erupting tube‐fed pahoehoe flows."

The report notes: "The current eruption has erupted only ʻaʻā flows so far but the eruption rate is high, and a stable channel system is being elevated by frequent spillovers of pāhoehoe flows above Kapoho Crater. The flow maintains its ʻaʻā character below that point to the ocean with a more pasty lava oozing from its interior along its edges. The change in the character of the channel toward pahoehoe may signal a gradual change of eruption style and a potentially longer eruption with more destruction of infrastructure."

Fissure 8 supplies a perched lava channel "river," which travels in a curving
path over 8.7 miles to the ocean, where is feeds various entry
points over a new coastline about 2.3 miles long. USGS photo

The study points to risks of the lava river spilling over, or breaking its banks, which could threaten Nanawale Estates and possibly move closer to Hawaiian Beaches and Hawaiian Shores subdivisions. Another possible diversion of lava could threaten Noni Farms, Railroad Ave., Papaya Farms, and Government Beach Road before entering the ocean near Kalamanu. Other areas of possible future risk are the remaining structures in Kapoho Ag Lots and Beach Lots, buildings on the eastern section of the 1960 flow. and Cape Kumakahi Lighthouse.

Concerning vog, the study says that Fissure 8 has replaced Halemaʻumaʼu as the dominant producer of volcanic gas on Hawaiʻi Island "and will remain so as long as current rates of eruption continue." The study says the rates of emission are more than four time the average daily amount from Kīlaeua's summit lava lake before May 3, causing a significant increase in vog, to include the Kona Coast.

Lava entering the ocean, sending up voluminous
clouds of laze. USGS photo

Other risks outlined by the report include a possible delta collapse of the new lava that is adding land onto the island, and hydrovolcanic explosions, like the ones that injured boaters last week, when seawater mixed with lava.

Read the entire report entitled Preliminary Analysis of the ongoing Lower East Rift Zone eruption of Kīlauea Volcano: Fissure 8 Prognosis and Ongoing Hazards at volcanoes.usgs.gov/vsc/file_mngr/file-185/USGS %20Preliminary%20Analysis
_LERZ%20July%2015%202018.pdf.

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The Rev. Titus Coan wrote about the
1840 events at Kīlaeua Volcano.
Photo from Wikipedia

COLORFUL DESCRIPTIONS OF KĪLAUEA CALDERA AND THE ERUPTION OF 1840 are included in this week's report on possible hazards, submitted by USGS Hawaiian Volcano Observatory to Hawaiʻi County Civil Defense. The study quotes the Rev. Titus Coan, a missionary in Hilo in the mid-1800s, saying:
“For several years past, the great crater of Kīlauea has been rapidly filling up, by the rising of the superincumbent crust, and by the frequent gushing forth of the molten sea below. In this manner, the great basin below the black ledge, which has been computed from three to five hundred feet deep, was long since filled up by the ejection and cooling of successive masses of the fiery fluid.

“These silent eruptions continued to occur at intervals, until the black ledge was repeatedly overflowed, each cooling, and forming a new layer from two feet thick and upwards, until the whole area of the crater was filled up, at least fifty feet above the original black ledge, and thus reducing the whole depth of the crater to less than nine hundred feet.

Side walls of Kīlauea Caldera continue to crumble as
subsidence and earthquakes plague the summit.
USGS photo

“This process of filling up continued till the latter part of May, 1840, when... the whole area of the crater became one entire sea of ignifluous matter, raging like old ocean when lashed into fury by a tempest. For several days the fires raged with fearful intensity, exhibiting a scene awfully terrific. For several days... the infuriated waves sent up infernal sounds, and dashed with such maddening energy against the sides of the awful caldron, as to shake the solid earth above, and to detach huge masses of overhanging rocks, which, leaving their ancient beds, plunged into the fiery gulf below.

“So terrific was the scene that no one dared to approach near it, and travellers on the main road, which lay along the verge of the crater, feeling the ground tremble beneath their feet, fled and passed by at a distance... Every thing within the caldron is new. Not a particle of lava remains as it was when I last visited it. All has been melted down and re‐cast. All is new.”

Halemaʻumaʻu's lava lake, before it disappeared in May.
NPS photo

Read the entire report written for Hawaiʻi County Civil Defense at volcanoes.usgs.gov/
vsc/file _mngr/file-185/USGS %20Preliminary
%20Analysis _LERZ%20July%2015%
202018.pdf.

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EXPLOSIVE HAZARDS CREATED BY LAVA MIXING WITH SEAWATER are explained in this week's Volcano Watch, written by U.S. Geological Survey Hawaiian Volcano Observatory scientists and affiliates This article is by Larry Mastin, a Cascades Volcano Observatory hydrologist, who is assisting with the USGS eruption response in Hawaiʻi:

Since May 3, Kīlauea Volcano’s lower East Rift Zone eruption has destroyed more than 700 structures, covered more than 32 sq. km (12.4 sq. mi.) of land with black lava, and added about 700 acres of new land to the island. Yet, remarkably, injuries had been few.

But then, on July 16, a large underwater explosion sent lava bombs - solid or semi-solid lava fragments - the size of basketballs through the roof of a tour boat, injuring 23 volcano watchers. The detailed cause of the explosion is uncertain, but USGS is fairly certain that it resulted from the heating of seawater by molten lava.

This telephoto image shows dark fragments of molten and

semi-solid lava being blasted upward and outward during a

hydrovolcanic explosion at the Waikupanaha ocean entry

west of Kalapana in April 2008. USGS photo by M. Patrick

Underwater explosions are enigmatic and can be deadly. They have also fascinated scientists since a transformational event in 1963. That year, at first dawn on November 13, Icelandic fishermen stared with awe as, beyond the bow of their boat, jets of black tephra launched out of the sea in long, arcing trajectories that resembled rooster tails. The jagged front of each tail was tipped by finger-like projections, each led by a large flying block.

A new volcanic vent, Surtsey, had emerged days earlier from the 130m (430 ft.) deep ocean bottom. By that fateful morning it had shallowed to several meters (yards) depth, and explosions were beginning to breach the water surface. From 1963 through 1967, the world gaped at magazine and television images of the activity.

As the vent emerged, “intermittent explosions” with cock’s-tail plumes and finger jets, alternated with continuous jetting of wet ash and steam. Some intermittent explosions shot tephra columns upward, which then collapsed back to the water surface and moved radially outward as ring-shaped clouds. Only after the vent fully emerged from the sea did the explosive behavior give way to normal basaltic lava fountains and flows.

The eruption of Surtsey, more than any other, demonstrated the explosive effect of water in volcanism. Terms like “cock’s-tail plume,” “finger jet,” “Surtseyan eruption,” and “hydrovolcanism” entered the volcanic lexicon.

Bikini atoll. Similar violent melt-water explosions had plagued aluminum foundries and steel mills when those metals inadvertently mixed with water.

Scientists noted similarities to other phenomena. Ring-shaped clouds called “base surges,” for example, rolled outward during the 1946 atomic blast at Bikini atoll. Similar violent melt-water explosions had plagued aluminum foundries and steel mills when those metals inadvertently mixed with water.

Littoral explosion near Kalapana in 2008. USGS photo

In the 1970s and 1980s, many nuclear power plants were under construction, and engineers were spooked by the prospect of nuclear fuel melting through the plants’ floors into groundwater and exploding. Melt-water explosions acquired a name – fuel-coolant interactions – but not a clear explanation. Experiments pouring metals, such as tin, into water found that explosions were devilishly hard to reproduce.

By the 1990s, scientists had found a complicated sequence that required (1) dispersing melt blobs in water, and then (2) passing a shock wave through the mixture that stripped off the steam jackets that insulated them. Whether this sequence causes Surtseyan explosions has been controversial.

German experiments using magma (rather than metals) found success using a similar two-step process, but with step one involving water bubbles entrapped in melt. Laboratory experiments, however, are not good at capturing the dynamics and complexity of real lava-water mixing. So, here is the value of Kīlauea as a natural laboratory.

Kīlauea lava flows have entered the ocean for decades. During most of the Puʻu ʻŌʻō eruption, molten lava flowed beneath the waves with minor splashing but no real jetting. In a few cases, though, black tephra jets and steam were violently thrown tens of meters (yards) into the air.

These occasions were of great concern, and found to occur under two conditions: (1) when a lava delta collapses into the sea, exposing a severed tube and molten lava to ocean waves; or (2) when a submarine lava tube ruptures, allowing water entry, and is then partly blocked. The confined water heats like that in a pressure cooker and then explodes when the tube walls rupture.

Lava meets ocean in a littoral explosion near
Waikupanaha in 2008. USGS photo

Explosions of this type have occurred periodically throughout Kīlauea’s East Rift Zone eruption. Last week’s explosions suggest that tubes lie below the waves at the current ocean entry, and that more explosions are possible.

The explosions at Kīlauea’s ocean entry are smaller than the big Surtseyan cock’s-tail jets. The latter occurred above an active vent, whereas the former are fed by surface flows. But Kīlauea’s explosions are the best observed of any hydrovolcanic explosions – and they offer the best insight into how they form. For more information, see Littoral hydrovolcanic explosions: a case study of lava–seawater interactionat Kilauea Volcano, volcanoes
.usgs.gov /vsc/file_mngr/file-186/Mattox and Mangan_hydrovolcanic explosions.pdf.

Second Miss Kaʻū Coffee
Princess Karlee
Fukunaga-Camba

Visit HVO’s website, volcanoes.usgs.gov/hvo, for past Volcano Watch articles, Kīlauea daily eruption updates, Mauna Loa weekly updates, volcano photos, maps, recent earthquake info, and more. Call for summary updates at 808-967-8862 (Kīlauea) or 808-967-8866 (Mauna Loa). Email questions to askHVO@usgs.gov.

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SECOND MISS KAʻŪ COFFEE PRINCESS KARLEE FUKUNAGA-CAMBA represented Kaʻū at the recent, annual Miss Hawaiʻi Island Teen USA pageant in Hilo. She won the categories of People’s Choice, Hospitality, and Popularity. The yearly pageant is the Local Preliminary to the Miss Hawaiʻi Teen USA pageant. Her family runs the R&G store in Pāhala.

Karlee Fukunaga-Camba, sixth from the left in light blue, won the People's
Choice, Popularity, and Hospitality categories of the Miss Hawaiʻi
Teen USA pageant on July 7. Photos from misshawaiiusa.com

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NEW and UPCOMING

HAWAI‘I WILDLIFE FUND ANNOUNCES FIVE UPCOMING VOLUNTEER OPPORTUNITIES, four of them in Ka‘ū:
Join volunteers for a Restoration Workday with Earth Expedition Crew on Wednesday, July 25, at a to-be-announced Ka‘ū location.

Join Hawai‘i Wildlife Fund volunteers and help clean-up marine debris
from the coast and restore anchialine pools.
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Hawai‘i Wildlife Fund collaborates with Hawai‘i Sate Parks for their second annual Mahai‘ula Anchialine Pool Restoration Workday, in Kona, on Saturday, July 28 - this site offers 2WD access.

Volunteers clean as they hike the coast near South Point with Big Island Farms on Monday, July 30.
A Kamilo Beach Clean-up and debris survey is conducted on Friday, August 17. Volunteers will likely meet at Wai‘ōhinu Park and continue to the destination from there.
An International Coastal Clean-up event takes place on Saturday, September 15, with Hawai‘i Wildlife Fund volunteers picking up marine debris along Kamilo Point. Volunteers will likely meet at Wai‘ōhinu Park and continue to the destination from there.
Those interested must contact Hawai‘i Wildlife Fund staff, kahakai.cleanups@gmail.com, in advance for meet up times, locations, and directions. Ride-sharing with volunteers or in staff vehicles is possible and often necessary, as many clean-up/restoration sites are only accessible by 4WD; however, space is limited. These events are free; donations are appreciated. Pending volcanic activity/air quality. See wildhawaii.org.

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SUNDAY, JULY 22

People and Land of Kahuku, Sun, July 22, 9:30-12:30pm, Kahuku Unit of Hawai‘i Volcanoes National Park. Guided, 2.5-mile, moderately difficult hike over rugged terrain focuses on the area's human history. Free. nps.gov/HAVO

TUESDAY, JULY 24

WEDNESDAY, JULY 25

THURSDAY, JULY 26

FRIDAY, JULY 27

SATURDAY, JULY 28

Discovery Harbour Volunteer Fire Department Tribute for James Masters, Sat, July 28, 4-10pm, Discovery Harbour Community Hall. 929-9576, discoveryharbour.net

ONGOING

1st Annual Hawaiian Wicked Tuna Jackpot - Classic Fishing Tournament Series, through Sun, July 22, Honokahau Club House. All profits go towards marine conservation and youth educational programs in and around Miloli‘i. $300 entry fee, 4 per boat, $25 additional. Cash prizes $100-4,000. Qualifying weight of 50lbs. Grand Prize qualifies for Las Vegas Trip. Contact Wilfred Kaupiko, 896-6272, kalanihale@gmail.com. Sponsored by Kalanihale, kalanihale.org

25th Annual Hawai’i Conservation Conference, Ulu Ka Lāiā I Ke Kumu: From a Strong Foundation Grows an Abundant Future, Tue-Thu, July 24-26, Hawai’i Convention Center, Honolulu. Registration ongoing, $80+. hawaiiconservation.org

Oliver!, a KDEN Production, through July 29; Fridays and Saturdays, 7:30pm, Sundays 2:30pm. Shows at UH-Hilo Performing Arts Center. Tickets: $20 general, $15 seniors 60+ and students, $12 keiki 12 and under. Tickets available at Kīlauea General Store, Kea‘au Natural Foods, Basically Books, and The Most Irresistible Shop in Hilo. Info and reservations: 982-7344, kden73@aol.com

Exhibit, Birds of Hawai‘i Volcanoes National Park: The Hawai‘i Nei Invitational Daily, through Aug 4, 9-5pm, Volcano Art Center’s Ni‘aulani Campus, Volcano Village. Free. Artists: John Dawson, Reyn Ojiri, Sarah Koh, Wendy Barske, Maria Macias, Cody Yamaguchi, Ann Guth, and John Mydoock. Art represents endemic bird species. volcanoartcenter.org

Disaster Recovery Center is open weekdays from 8 a.m. to 6 p.m., weekends from 8 a.m. to 4 p.m., at Keaʻau High School Gym. The DRC will be closed on Sunday, July 22. Buses run to and from Keaʻau Armory every 20 minutes and Pāhoa Community Center Shelter every hour; see full bus schedule on the Civil Defense Website at HawaiiCounty.gov/Active-Alerts. For a list of the information applicants need to bring to the DRC, or to register online, go to DisasterAssistance.gov. The Salvation Army continues to operate a distribution center at the Pāhoa Community Center on Tuesday, Thursday, and Saturday from 8:30 a.m. to 10:30 a.m. To donate, please coordinate with the Salvation Army at (808) 756-0306.

Kahuku Unit
Sneak Peek into next week: July’s Artist in Residence John Ferdico will showcase his multicolored model aircraft and discuss how they are made at the Kahuku Visitor Contact Station, Friday, July 20, at 10 a.m. Supported by the Friends of Hawai‘i Volcanoes National Park and the National Parks Arts Foundation.
In addition to regularly scheduled Guided Hikes and the monthly Coffee Talk, Kahuku Unit has added daily Ranger Talks, and cultural demonstrations and activities on weekends.

Visitor Contact Station hosts ʻIke Hana Noʻeau: Experience the Skillful Work Cultural Demonstrations and Activities, from 12:30 to 1:30 p.m. every Saturday and Sunday. July 21: Cordage. It’s all about connecting to culture – literally. Learn how Hawaiians use plant materials to bind and lash together everything from wa‘a (canoes) to slippers. July 22: Hula. Get into the groove and learn basic moves of the beloved Hawaiian dance in both the kahiko (traditional) and ‘auana (modern) styles.
Visitor Contact Station hosts Ranger Talks on Wednesday, Thursday, and Friday at 10:30 a.m. and 1 p.m.; Saturday and Sunday at 10:30 a.m.
Guided Hikes begin at 9:30 a.m. every Saturday and Sunday in June and July. Meet the ranger at the welcome tent.
Coffee Talk, in the Visitor Contact Station is held the last Friday of the month, 9:30-11 a.m.
Kahuku events are posted to the park website, nps.gov/havo/planyourvisit/kahuku-hikes.htm.
Volcano Art Center’s Ni‘aulani Campus

Find Park Rangers in Volcano at the Volcano Art Center’s Ni‘aulani Campus at 19-4074 Old Volcano Rd., in Volcano Village. Rangers are there most days from 9 a.m. to 4 p.m. to provide talks and answer questions about the current eruption.
The return of After Dark …near the park at the Volcano Art Center’s Ni‘aulani Campus. Each event will have a different subject matter, TBA.
Mokupāpapa Discovery Center

Find Park Rangers in downtown Hilo, Tuesday through Saturday, from 9 a.m. to 4 p.m. Rangers provide daily eruption updates, and at 10 a.m. and 2 p.m., give a talk about all five of Hawai‘i Island’s volcanoes – including Kīlauea. Get NPS Passport Books stamped. Located at 76 Kamehameha Ave., Hilo.
ʻIke Hana Noʻeau: Experience the Skillful Work Cultural Workshop, Wed, July 18, 10 a.m. to noon: Learn about Lomilomi massage from cultural demonstrator Kumu Leina‘ala K. Brown.
Third Thursday by the Bay, Thu, July 19, 5:30 p.m. to 6:30 p.m.: Ranger Dean Gallagher will provide a riveting Kīlauea eruption update, using Liquid Galaxy map technology, photos and storytelling. Bring your questions.
Prince Kūhio Plaza

Find Park Rangers alongside the park’s non-profit partners, Hawai‘i Pacific Parks Association, at their brand new mall store.
Grand Naniloa Hotel

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