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Friday, September 15, 2023

Kaʻū News Briefs Friday, Sept. 15, 2023

The first Bon Dance since COVID began will be held this Saturday, Sept. 16 at Pāhala Hongwanji, with outdoor dancing in the
 round, following a 4 p.m. service. Photo by Ron Johnson

THIS ISLAND'S LAST BON DANCE OF THE SEASON WILL BE SATURDAY AT PĀHALA
Myra Sumida will perform with Pāhala 
Taiko on Saturday at Bon Dance at Pāhala
Hongwanji. Photo by Julia Neal
HONGWANJI.  The dancing around the tower will begin in the early evening, following a 4 p.m. Obon service. It celebrates the end of the harvest and honors ancestors with the presentation of fresh vegetables, fruits and other foods on the temple altar. The venue for the service is Pāhala Hongwanji temple. The dancing will be outside. 
     The tradition is mostly lost in Japan but remains alive in the Hawaiian Islands, brought here generations ago by immigrants working in the sugar plantations. Some people from Japan come to Pāhala to see the bon dance each year. 
    Also to enjoy are traditional Japanese foods, including sushi. Participants are invited to make Hachimaki, stamping Japanese characters onto the cloth headbands to be worn by everyone during the celebration. There will be a performance by Pāhala Taiko drumming.             
    Pāhala Hongwaji President Wayne Kawachi said that everyone with or without traditional kimono, Happi Coats and other Japanese clothing is invited to circle the tower and to learn the dances, accompanied by singing, flutes, drums and other music. Bon dancers who go from Buddhist temple to temple around the island will come to Pāhala on Saturday. 
    Also scheduled are aikido demonstrations.
Aikido demonstrations will be part of the Bon
Dance celebration at Pāhala Hongwanji
on Saturday evening. Photo by Julia Neal
    Soto Michi Dojo will be open in the old Japanese schoolhouse on the temple grounds with short aikido demos between 6:30 p.m. and 8 p.m., and sensei will be available to talk story about aikido and classes. Dojo members have also volunteered to clean the grounds and direct parking for the event.
    This is the first Bon Dance at Pāhala since the Covid pandemic began. The address is 96-1123 Pa‘au‘au Place, Pāhala.

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GOV. JOSH GREEN WILL BE AMONG WORLD LEADERS SPEAKING AT THE UNITED NATIONS, says a statement from his office. The statement released Friday says Gov. Josh Green will go to New York and the UN on Saturday and "will be among other world leaders, including the heads of state of Spain, Turkey, Egypt, Ghana, São Tomé and Principe, and mayors from The Gambia and Colombia."           
The event is the United Nations Sustainable Development Goals Summit in New York. Also in attendance, says Green's statement, will be Hawai‘i County Mayor Mitch Roth.
    Green was last in New York in August and shortened his trip after the Maui firestorm.
    The statement says that during this trip to the East Coast, Green "will be giving an address to the UN on Sunday, Sept. 17, about Hawai‘i's efforts to implement policies to achieve the UN's Sustainable Development Goals and the importance of local leadership to achieve the SDGs by 2030." Green and Hawai‘i contingent are scheduled to present from 6:05 a.m. to 6:25 a.m. Hawai‘i Time on Sunday. Video will be available via livestream on UN Web TV at https://media.un.org/en/asset/k1x/k1x8on96di.
    The Governor's statement says the Sustainable Development Goals "seek to address the root causes of poverty and the universal need for sustainable development that works for all people, including issues like protecting the planet and ensuring that all people have opportunities to enjoy health, justice, and prosperity." See more on UN Sustainable Development Goals at https://sdgs.un.org/goals.
    Green also will participate in a second event entitled American Leaders Advancing the SDGs at 2 a.m. HST on Sept. 18. This will be a fireside chat moderated by Tony Pipa from Brookings Institute. The panel will include Green, Hawaiʻi Green Growth CEO Celeste Connors, and Kamehameha Schools students, says the statement from the Governor.



USGS RELEASED THIS UPDATE FOR ONGOING ERUPTION AT HALEMA‘UMA‘U ON FRIDAY: 
    Activity Summary: The Kīlauea summit eruption that began on September 10th continues Friday morning. Eruptive activity is confined to the downdropped block and Halemaʻumaʻu crater within Kīlauea’s summit caldera. No unusual activity has been noted along Kīlauea’s East Rift Zone or Southwest Rift Zone.
    Summit Eruption Observations: Several roughly east-west oriented vents continue to erupt on the western side of the down-dropped block within Kīlauea’s summit caldera and are generating lava flows
A row of scones in Halema‘uma‘u are actively ejecting spatter, which helps build the height of each structure. Cone heights of 20 meters (66 feet) have been measured by field teams. Of the line of vents spanning 0.8 miles (1.4 km) that were observed active during the initial phases of the eruption, only six remain active as of September 14, 2023. USGS photo by L. Gallant 

onto Halema‘uma‘u crater floor. Effusion rates continue to decrease, but remain significant.
  • Vigorous spattering is restricted to the westernmost large spatter cone with fountains 10-15 meters. Minor spattering is occurring within the next cone to the east, but the fountains remain mostly below the rim of its cone. Lava continues to flow from these and potentially several of the other cones.
  • Pāhoehoe lava flows continue to travel in north and west directions from the vents, around elevated ground from the 1982 eruption, and onto Halema‘uma‘u crater floor. Overnight on Thursday, webcam imagery shows that the area of active lava remains restricted to the western part of the downdropped block and the northeastern parts of Halema‘uma‘u. This area of active lava does not appear to have changed significantly in size over the past 24 hours. Numerous oozeouts of lava were visible over other parts of Halema‘uma‘u crater floor overnight.
  • Field crews Thursday reported that lava fountain heights at the vents reached up to about 10-15 meters (32-50 feet) and the horseshoe-shaped spatter ramparts that have accumulated on the south/downwind side of the vents remain 20 meters (66 feet) high.
Much of the plume from Kīlauea’s current eruption is sulfur dioxide (SO2). HVO’s gas monitoring station HRSDH has measured up to 12 ppm of SO2 at its location, nearly 2 miles (3 km) southwest, downwind of the eruption. According to the International Volcanic Health Hazard Network (IVHHN), prolonged exposure to SO2 in these concentrations is toxic. Even brief exposure to concentrations less than that will cause a respiratory response (airway resistance) and eye irritation. Concentrations more than that cause paralysis or death with extended exposure. SO2 mixes with air as it moves away from the vent and is less of a hazard for people keeping a safe distance. While the trade winds transport plumes in a southwest direction most of the time, conditions can change rapidly, especially in areas closer to the vent that remain closed to the public. USGS photo by M. Patrick
  • The laser rangefinder is aimed at a western portion of Halema‘uma‘u, not near the new eruptive activity, and recorded about 10 meters (33 feet) of uplift to this locality since the eruption started. This demonstrates that a significant amount of lava has intruded beneath the pre-existing crust within Halema‘uma‘u.
  • Volcanic gas emissions in the eruption area are elevated; winds yesterday, September 14, prevented measurements of a suflur dioxide (SO2) emission rate. The most recent SO2 emission rate of 20,000 tonnes per day was measured the afternoon of September 13. This is down significantly from the 190,000 tonnes per day measured just after the onset of the eruption on Sunday, September 10th.
  • A live-stream video of the eruption is available (here).
  • More eruption information is available (here).
    Summit Observations: Summit tilt has remained mildly deflationary over the past 24 hours. Summit seismic activity is dominated by eruptive tremors (a signal associated with fluid movement) with very few volcano-tectonic earthquakes.
    Rift Zone Observations: No unusual activity has been noted along the East Rift Zone or Southwest
Rift Zone; steady rates of ground deformation and seismicity continue along both. Measurements from continuous gas monitoring stations downwind of Puʻuʻōʻō in the middle East Rift Zone—the site of 1983–2018 eruptive activity—remain below detection limits for SO2, indicating that SO2 emissions from Puʻuʻōʻō are negligible.
    Hazard Analysis: Eruptive activity is occurring on the down-dropped block and Halemaʻumaʻu crater, within Kīlauea’s summit caldera and in the closed area of Hawaiʻi Volcanoes National Park. During Kīlauea summit eruptions, the high level of volcanic gases—primarily water vapor (H2O), carbon dioxide (CO2), and sulfur dioxide (SO2)— and fine volcanic particles are the primary hazards of concern, as these hazards can have far-reaching effects downwind.
View from the ground of one of the vents erupting in Kīlauea caldera on September 14, 2023. The lava fountain
 heights at the vents reached up to about 10-15 meters (32-50 feet) and the horseshoe-shaped spatter ramparts that have accumulated on the south/downwind side of the vents are 20 meters (66 feet) high. USGS photo by D. Downs
    As SO2 is released from the summit, it reacts in the atmosphere to create the visible haze known as vog (volcanic smog) that has been observed downwind of Kīlauea. Vog creates the potential for airborne health hazards to residents and visitors, damages agricultural crops and other plants, and affects livestock. For more information on gas hazards at the summit of Kīlauea, please see (this link). Vog information can be found (here).
    Strong winds may waft fine rock particles to areas downwind of erupting vents. People should minimize their exposure to these fine volcanic particles, which can cause skin and eye irritation.  Reports from Hawaiian Volcano Observatory field crews indicate that fine particles of Pele’s Hair and other tephra are being deposited in the area near the Keanakāko‘i Overlook, which is approximately half a mile (about 1 km) from the eruption site. Hawaiʻi Volcanoes National Park has closed the Keanakāko‘i Overlook to the public at this time.
    Other significant hazards also remain around Kīlauea’s summit from Halemaʻumaʻu crater wall instability, ground cracking, and rockfalls that can be enhanced by earthquakes within the area closed to the public. This underscores the extremely hazardous nature of the rim surrounding Halemaʻumaʻu crater, an area that has been closed to the public since early 2008.












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Thursday, September 14, 2023

Kaʻū News Briefs Thursday, Sept. 14, 2023

See Department of Hawaiian Home Lands' Kaʻū Region Plan published in 2012 at https://dhhl.hawaii.gov/wp-content/uploads/2011/06/Kau-Regional-Plan-May-2012.pdf. Image from Hawaiian Home Lands Trust

THE TOWN HALL IN PĀHALA ON TUESDAY drew Jeff Kekoa, President of Ka‘ū Hawaiian Home Lands Association. He asked representatives of Hawai‘i County how the county can cooperate with the quasi-state Department of Hawaiian Home Lands to bring water to the 10,000 acres in South Point that it holds in trust for Native Hawaiians. He said that County waterlines go down South Point Road but there is much competition from people buying homes and estates along the way so there is no water left for the lands belonging to native Hawaiians below them.
    Kekoa said generations of Hawaiians have been waiting to lease lands at South Point from DHHL but are turned away because of the water shortage. A representative of county Department of Water Supply noted that the problem is the undersized waterlines. He and Kekoa also noted that Department of Hawaiian Home Lands is building water tanks to help solve the problem and will turn the tanks over to the County to operate them.
Ahupua'a in Kaʻū with Hawaiian Home Lands 
outlined in red. Map from DHHL
      Mayor Mitch Roth, who hosted the meeting in Pāhala, said he is going to meet with DHHL chief Kali Watson soon and will bring up the idea of using some of the $600 million recently appropriated to DHHL to help fund the water supply lines to Hawaiian Home Lands at South Point.
    Kekoa also noted that the Hawaiian Homes Commission will host a meeting  this Sunday, Sept. 17 at 3 p.m. at Nāʻālehu Community Center, 95-5635 Māmalahoa Hwy. The Commission will receive live verbal public testimony. Interested persons can attend or view the meeting livestream
    Watson, Chair of Hawaiian Homes Commission, is set to attend. Hawai‘i Island's commissioners are Makai Freitas for West Hawai‘i and Michael Kaleikini for East Hawai‘i.
    See more from this week's Town Hall in Pāhala, sponsored by Mayor Mitch Roth and his County Department leaders in upcoming Kaʻū News Briefs. See the entire meeting on the Mayor's facebook page at https://www.facebook.com/HIMayorMitch/videos/1515428795696531.


IMPROVING RECYCLING THROUGH REFILLABLE BOTTLES AND REUSABLE FOOD WARE is coming to this island through a federal grant from the U.S. Environmental Protection Agency. Mayor Mitch Roth announced the funding on Thursday. Hawaiʻi County will receive $1,522,130 dedicated to enhancing recycling infrastructure and waste management systems. The startup program will begin in Hilo.
     The County's grant proposal says that cleaning and reusing bottles and food ware "will result in 1 million uses of reusable food ware in place of disposable food ware and reduction of disposable food ware by 50o tons annually." The project will create five management jobs and ten to 20 operations jobs. The federal grant pays for the purchase of refuse collection bins, transport vehicles and crates/totes, a dishwashing machine, a platform to support asset tracking and management, as well as funding to install or equip the infrastructure. The project management, community engagement, and technical expertise work is funded through philanthropic grants.
    "We're deeply grateful for the EPA's decision to support our proposal," said the Mayor. "This initiative is all about building the necessary infrastructure for our residents to continue forging a greener and more resilient Hawaiʻi Island, where every citizen actively contributes to the preservation of our environment and sustainability of our island home."
    The EPA's selection of Hawaiʻi County as a grant recipient is part of the Solid Waste Infrastructure for Recycling program, totaling over $73 million distributed to 25 communities nationwide. Additionally, an allocation of approximately $32 million is available for states and territories to enhance solid waste management planning, data collection, and plan execution. These grants align with EPA's National Recycling Strategy, promoting a circular economy by extending the lifespan of materials, products, and services.


A RECOMMENDATION FOR RECEIVING THE NEW COVID VACCINES was issued on Thursday by the state Department of Health. "The Hawai‘i Department of Health recommends use of the new 2023-2024 COVID-19 vaccines newly approved and authorized by the U.S. Food and Drug Administration, to protect against the most common forms of COVID-19 in Hawai‘i. The new vaccines address the XBB-lineages of the Omicron variant that accounts for 99% of COVID-19 cases in Hawai‘i."
    The new 2023-2024 COVID-19 vaccines replace the previously approved/authorized Bivalent mRNA vaccines.
    State Health Director Dr. Kenneth S. Fink said, "The authorization of the new 2023-2024 COVID-19
COVID photo from Pfizer

vaccines comes at a good time. We are seeing increased numbers of COVID-19 cases and hospitalizations. By getting the new 2023-2024 COVID-19 vaccine, you are taking steps to help minimize the spread of disease in our communities. This is especially important as we approach the holiday season."
    U.S. Food & Drug Administration announced the approval and authorization of updated 2023-2024 COVID-19 vaccine formulations on Monday, Sept. 11. On Tuesday, U.S. Centers for Disease Control & Prevention recommended the updated 2023-2024 COVID-19 vaccines for all persons 6 months of age and older.
    For persons 5 years of age and older, the new 2023-2024 COVID-19 vaccines are to be administered as a single dose, at least two months after a person's last dose of any COVID-19 vaccine.
    For persons under the age of 5, recommended doses and vaccination schedules will vary depending on the child's previous vaccination history and vaccine brand administered. With questions, consult with the child's physician for guidance.
    For children 6 months through 18 years of age, the new, updated 2023-2024 COVID-19 vaccines will be available through the Vaccines For Children Program, as well as health insurance coverage for zero out-of-pocket cost. The new, updated 2023-2024 COVID-19 vaccines should be available wherever children currently receive their other routine childhood immunizations.
    Unlike previous COVID-19 vaccines, the new vaccines are not being exclusively distributed by the U.S. Government to vaccination providers. The new 2023-2024 COVID-19 vaccines are available through
traditional pathways for purchase, distribution, and payment, including health insurance coverage.
    Initial public and private sector orders of the new 2023-2024 COVID-19 vaccines have begun shipping and are expected to arrive in pharmacies and provider offices this week, according to DOH. "However, not all providers will have vaccines available at the same time as shipping timeframes will vary between manufacturers, vaccine distributors, and provider locations. Please give your providers time to ensure vaccines are received in good condition, stored properly, and inventoried in their systems, in order to properly administer and document the vaccination of patients. Scheduling of vaccination appointments will be done by individual vaccine providers once they receive delivery of their 2023-2024 COVID-19 vaccine supply."
    Persons seeking vaccination may search for 2023-2024 COVID-19 vaccine providers on the Vaccines.gov - Find COVID‑19 vaccine locations near you website. For uninsured and underinsured adults, the website will be updated to include a filter feature to identify locations participating in the Bridge Access Program.
    DOH reminds the public that, "in addition to getting the new 2023-2024 COVID-19 vaccines, masking and physical distancing continue to be effective for protecting yourself and others against COVID-19. Additionally, good hygiene practices, such as frequent handwashing, are also highly recommended to prevent the spread of COVID-19."











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Wednesday, September 13, 2023

Kaʻū News Briefs, Wednesday Sept. 13, 2023

An excerpt from Ho‘onani: Hula Warrior by Heather Gale (2019), one of the many books banned at some places on the mainland. Sen. Mazie Hirono and American Library Association are pushing back.

THE RISE IN BANNNG BOOKS ON THE MAINLAND, including Ho‘onani: Hula Warrior, led Hawai‘i's U.S. Sen. Mazie Hirono to make this comment in a Senate hearing on Tuesday: “I should think that there is more harm to a young person who thinks that he or she can be shot to death in a school than being exposed to certain kinds of subjects in books.”

    Hirono, a member of the Senate Judiciary Committee, questioned a panel of experts about the rise in book banning in schools and libraries across the country. The hearing came after the American Library Association reported that requests to ban books at U.S. public schools and libraries hit a 21-year high. During her question line, Hirono emphasized concern about groups and individuals who challenge certain books and the way they select books to target.

     “Nobody’s talking about interfering with the right of a parent to determine what kind of material his or her child should have access to. The issue really is the ability of a group of people—not even parents of students in schools—but a group of people, or individuals, who are able to go into a school district—a school board—in an effort to ban certain books,” said Hirono during the hearing. “There are states that have already enacted legislation that makes it pretty easy for anybody to go in and list a book as inappropriate and, therefore, removed until it goes through some sort of a review process.”
   Hirono highlighted a book that explores gender identity in Native Hawaiian culture, Ho‘onani: Hula Warrior, which is being targeted in Iowa. Alexi Giannoulias, the Illinois Secretary of State who is also State Librarian, emphasized the importance of keeping books like Ho‘onani: Hula Warrior on the shelves because of the crucial role they play in helping children who may be struggling with similar conflicts as characters in books.
     A link to download video of Hirono’s full question line is available here at https://lfts2.senate.gov/w/MNqkqOKx0ZiGFusTmDWWlqdOk96sLP7h4txmz5LO39irH.


COUNTY MAINTAINING WATERWAYS TO PREVENT FLOODING AND LANDS TO PREVENT FIRES came up in Mayor Mitch Roth's Town Hall with cabinet members in Pāhala on Tuesday evening. 
See the entire meeting that happened Tuesday at 
https://www.facebook.com/HIMayorMitch/videos/1515428795696531.
Dennis Reardon, a retired County Parks Maintenance Manager in Kaʻū, thanked the Mayor for maintainance of drainage canals in Nā‘ālehu. The Mayor said he is not only looking to keep waterways and the adjacent lands clean to prevent flooding but also looking to manage public lands for fire prevention.
    Kaʻū Fire Chief Kazuo Todd mentioned working with the private property owners to plan a firebreak for Punalu‘u. He also talked about fire risk in areas where the old sugar companies dumped bagasse, the byproduct of processing sugar and other waste. He reminded the public that fires can keep burning underground, as they did during a prolonged firefight in Honu‘apo where volunteer firefighter Lizzie Stabo was severely burned from falling into an underground fire pit. At Honu‘apo and on the grounds of the old Pāhala sugar mill, old, flammable bagasse and sugar waste remains. 
    The fire chief said, however, the fire department now has drones with thermal imaging that can detect hot spots. He mentioned that on Maui there are fires still burning after the Aug. 8 firestorm disaster. He also said that the state could become more involved in firefighting and that the State of California, for example, owns planes with very sophisticated and powerful thermal imaging, in addition to drones.
    He also noted that the Hawai‘i County Fire Department's new uniforms are completely fire-resistant.
    See the entire Town Hall on the Mayor's facebook page at https://www.facebook.com/HIMayorMitch/videos/1515428795696531.



HOW TO MANAGE THE PUNALU‘U BLACK SAND BEACH AREA with private ownership and a public park came up at Mayor Mitch Roth's Town Hall in Pāhala on Tuesday. Candice Ka‘awa, who said she is the property manager at Punalu‘u for landowners Black Sand Beach, LLC, asked numerous questions about
A cooperative cleanup last year by Black Sand Beach, LLC
and non-profit O Kaʻū Kakou. Photo by Matt Baker
partnering with the County to come up with solutions for security, homeless issues, traffic on the private roads going to public beaches, fire prevention and the time it takes police to reach Punalu‘u when there is a problem.
     County Director of Parks & Recreation Maurice Messina said his agency wants to work in tandem with Black Sand Beach, LLC. He noted that the County Park at Punalu‘u is leased from Black Sand. "We manage the beach park but it is on private land."
    Regarding the County's plan to bring in security to Punalu‘u, he gave Spencer Park on the Kohala Coast as an example. He said that people hired for security could help manage the camping permits at Punalu‘u. At Spencer, "when we brought in security, they were able to help manage our camping permits, and that campers aren't harassed, whether they are locals our tourists." He said the people working in security also have to show aloha and respect. 
    Hawai‘i County Police Chief Benjamin Moszkowicz noted that a community policing officer can be involved at Punalu‘u. He also noted that most of the police officers in Kaʻū live here. 
    Ka‘awa said she talks with many police officers about making the private roads at Punalu‘u safer for the public. She gave examples of motorists burning rubber and taking out a fire hydrant, and a car lit on fire.
    See more on the Mayor's Town Hall in upcoming Kaʻū News Briefs. See the entire Town Hall on the Mayor's facebook page at https://www.facebook.com/HIMayorMitch/videos/1515428795696531.


A VIRTUAL ZOOM MEETING ON CESSPOOLS AND THE FUTURE OF SEWAGE DISPOSAL will be held on Tuesday, Sept. 19 at 2 p.m. by WAI, Wastewater Alternatives & Innovations.
   According to the announcement, Hawai‘i has over 83,000 cesspools that discharge over 52 million gallons a day of wastewater into Hawai‘i’s waters. "These cesspools and failing septic systems contaminate drinking water, ruin underground aquifers, and pollute marine environments.
    "We work to mitigate the Hawaiʻi cesspool crisis by helping homeowners manage the cesspool and failing septic systems conversion process to new wastewater systems that are affordable, efficient, and better for the environment."  See more at https://waicleanwater.org/



A PĀHALA WASTEWATER MEETING WILL BE HELD BY THE COUNTY at Pāhala  Community Center on Thursday, Sept. 28. Doors open at 5:30 p.m. with the meeting beginning at 6 p.m. Representatives of the Department of Environmental Management will present options for replacing the old plantation gang cesspools. They will review the Pāhala Engineering Report on options ranging from Individual Wastewater Systems to sewer plants and sewer lines, and seek input for a Pāhala Environmental Information Document about the options, which will be presented to the federal Environmental Protection Agency.
     Contact 808-961-8099 or email cohdem@hawaiicounty.gov.

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POLICE ARRESTED 16 FOR DUI during the week of Sept. 4, through Sept. 10. Hawai‘i Island police made the arrests for driving under the influence of an intoxicant. Three of the drivers were involved in a traffic collision. One was under the age of 21. So far this year, there have been 676 DUI arrests compared with 695 during the same period last year, a decrease of 2.7 percent.

    HPD’s Traffic Services Section reviewed all updated crashes and found 577 major collisions so far this year compared with 568 during the same period last year, an increase of 1.6 percent.
    To date, there have been 11 fatal crashes, resulting in 12 fatalities, (one with multiple deaths); compared with 23 fatal crashes, resulting in 25 fatalities (one with multiple deaths, and one reclassified to a medical condition) for the same time last year. This represents a decrease of 52.2 percent for fatal crashes and 52 percent for fatalities.
    So far this year the non-traffic fatality count (not on a public roadway) is one, compared to zero non-traffic fatalities for the same time last year.
     Police promise that DUI roadblocks and patrols will continue islandwide.


Girls Volleyball Coach Kamalani Fujikawa (center) inspires Trojan Girls Volleyball players who remain undefeated with their fourth win of the season Wednesday at home. Photo by Julia Neal

Image by Jennifer Makuakane

KAʻŪ TROJANS GIRLS VOLLEYBALL VARSITY TEAM beat Makua Lani from Kona on Wednesday at Herkes Kaʻū District Gym in Pāhala. Game scores were 25-9, 25-10 and 25-11.
    The Trojan girls are on a winning streak taking all four matches so far this season.
    The next match is in Waimea at Parker School this Saturday at 10 a.m. followed by hosting Hawai‘i Preparatory Academy from Waimea on Saturday, Sept. 23 at 3:30 p.m.
    Girls Varsity Volleyball Coach is Kamalani Fujikawa. Assistant Coach is Marley Strand Nicolaison. Volunteer Coaches are Sandy Fujikawa-Carvalho and Dave Carvalho. Manager is Karsen Polido-Tuaffaiva. Athletic Trainer is Moses Whitcomb.

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