Ka`u News Briefs Sunday, Sept. 29, 2013

Access to trails, camping, driving, shopping and staying in Hawai`i Volcanoes National Park will shut down unless
Congress ends its stalemate over the federal budget. Photo from HVNP facebook page

POSSIBLE SHUTDOWN OF THE FEDERAL government has Hawai`i Volcanoes National Park, one of Ka`u's largest employers, planning to furlough 127 workers and close all recreational activities and facilities. Should Congress fail to pass a budget by midnight tomorrow, Park Superintendent Cindy Orlando said, only 13 employees will remain to protect the property and take care of essential services. They will staff gates and the campground, take care of infrastructure and respond to emergencies.
Overnight guests at Volcano House and Kilauea Military Camp will have to be out by Thursday and be unable to use the park from Tuesday until the National Park Service is funded. Volcano Art Center Gallery, Kilauea Military Camp restaurant and bar, stores inside the park, bowling alley all other facilities will lock up by Tuesday morning, she said. No camping, hiking, horse riding or other recreational permits will be allowed after Monday afternoon unless the stalemate in Congress is broken and a last-minute budget is passed for federal operations. The other federal agency with the most employees in Ka`u is the U.S. Geological Survey with its Hawaiian Volcano Observatory, which is also expected to be affected by the shutdown.
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Cy Tamura grabs an interception deep in Kamehameha's end zone
during yesterday's game. Photo by Tim Wright, KHS '77

KA`U'S EIGHT-MAN FOOTBALL TEAM scored 29 points against Kamehameha in Kea`au yesterday. Trojan Pono Palakiko accomplished the first touchdown with a 77-yard dash after catching the ball from quarterback Chance Emmsley. The game was tied 13 to 13 at the halftime. After the half, the Trojans lost footing on a surface they rarely see - soaked in rain. The Warriors overcame the Trojans, giving Kamehameha the win with a final score of 37-29. One highlight of the game was Trojan Cy Tamura jumping high to intercept a Warrior ball deep inside Kemehameha's end zone. The team's facebook page describes more action: "Derrick Velez had some awesome tackles and assists, and so did Rigan Kaapana and RJ Kahele and Kaweni Ibarra....the whole team did awesome....But it was pouring rain and our Ka`u boys are not used to playing in the rain....but despite all that....did great."

      This week the Trojans take the plane to Maui and the ferry to Moloka`i to play the Moloka`i Farmers, who are members of the Maui County Eight-Man High School Football League. Trojans take on the Waveriders at Kealakehe on Friday, Oct. 25 and return for homecoming on Friday, Nov. 8, when Moloka`i comes to Ka`u.
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This week, Ka`u residents can vote for art to
grace the cover of The Directory 2014.

THE DIRECTORY, Ka`u business and community resource guide can be read online at
flipsnack.com/5B55ECEC5A8/fzpfg59c. The Directory will also be available at CU Hawai`i Federal Credit Union Monday - Thursday from 9 a.m. to 4 p.m. and Friday until 5 p.m during the Ka`u Chamber of Commerce's annual art show. The art show is also the place for the popular vote to choose The Directory 2014 cover. Entries into the art show are being accepted through Thursday. The are adult and keiki divisions and all forms of art from paintings to carvings, pottery, glass and photography are accepted. The theme is Ka`u.
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PLAINTIFFS CHALLENGING THE STATE Board of Land and Natural Resources’ decision to grant a permit for the Thirty Meter Telescope have filed their opening brief in Third Circuit Court.
      The plaintiffs, who say they are seeking to force BLNR to uphold its responsibility to protect natural and cultural resources, are Mauna Kea Anaina Hou, KAHEA: the Hawaiian-Environmental Alliance, Deborah J. Ward, E. Kalani-Flores, B. Pualani Case, Clarence Kukauakahi Ching and Paul Neves.
      “The summit of Mauna Kea is wao akua, a place of Gods,” said KAHEA president Jonathan Osorio in a statement. “It is a sacred place because of the sensitivity of that environment and its influence over all of the environments below it: forests, uplands, streams — everything,” he said.
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Fountain grass colonizes young lava flows and creates fire hazards.
Photo from NPS

VOLUNTEERS REMOVED 560 FOUNTAIN GRASS PLANTS from the Ocean View area yesterday. The event took place on National Public Lands Day and was spearheaded by Ocean View Community Association and Hawai`i Volcanoes National Park.
      Gil Robinson, president of the Ocean View Community Association, told West Hawai`i Today reporter Carolyn Lucas-Zenk that the association arranged the unique partnership because the park has staff members who can help HOVE residents get rid of the problematic weeds and maintain areas better. They can also train volunteers, who can then guide others. Robinson said such service projects bring the community together and can cause a ripple effect that amplifies the effectiveness of the effort.
      Park ecologist David Benitez told Lucas-Zenk that “the park has been very aggressive in keeping the numbers low in its Kahuku Unit (neighboring Ocean View). However, partnerships like this one in the HOVE community are equally as important.”
      Fountain grass is an invasive species that displaces native plants and colonizes young lava flows, creating fire hazards.
      See more at westhawaiitoday.com.
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SEN. BRIAN SCHATZ IS CO-SPONSORING a number of bills to unlock Hawai`i students’ full potential by expanding early education, providing more counseling and after school opportunities, fostering excellent educators and modernizing schools.
      “In order to build a better future for Hawai`i, we must begin with our students,” Schatz said. “We know so much about how to help students achieve their full potential, and the federal government can do more to help states provide the conditions for students’ success. For example, we know that children who have access to early childhood education are much more likely to succeed in school and after they graduate. We also see real classroom results when we give our teachers relevant and timely training. These bills would give states more resources in the areas that really matter so that our kids have greater opportunities to succeed.”
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Free spay and neuter clinics are coming to Ka`u.

KOHALA ANIMAL RELOCATION AND EDUCATION SERVICE is coming to Ka`u in November and December. KARES offers free spay and neuter clinics for dogs Tuesday, Nov. 5 and Tuesday, Dec. 3 at St. Jude’s Episcopal Church on Paradise Circle in Ocean View.
      “Birth control for your dog can save many animal lives by preventing an excess of animals from being born in the first place,” said KARES vice president Elaine Anderson. “Our community does have a pet overpopulation problem, which means there are more dogs than the community can care for or can find homes for.
      “The most important thing you can do as a pet owner to save more lives is to spay/neuter pets that belong to all your family and friends.”
      Contact KARES to make an appointment at 328-8455 or pets@kohalaanimal.org.
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Wes Thelen Photo from USGS/HVO

LARGE EARTHQUAKES IN THE HAWAIIAN ISLANDS is the title of Tuesday's After Dark in the Park program. Weston Thelen, a seismologist with USGS Hawaiian Volcano Observatory, presents an overview of damaging earthquakes in Hawai`i, including current theories on why they occur and what to know about future large earthquakes. He also talks about Hawai`i’s first Great ShakeOut, an earthquake drill on Thursday, Oct. 17, how to join the global effort to increase awareness of earthquake hazards and how to minimize their risks.
      The program begins at 7 p.m. at Kilauea Visitor Center Auditorium in Hawai`i Volcanoes National Park, unless the park is closed due to a government shutdown. $2 donations support park programs; park entrance fees apply.

IN KA`U HIGH SCHOOL SPORTS, Ka`u varsity girls volleyball team won at home against Kohala 25-17, 25-20 and 25-15, while JV Trojans lost 25-22 and 25-23. Ka`u hosts Waiakea Wednesday at 6 p.m.

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Ka`u News Briefs Saturday, September 28, 2013

Hula is one of the community activities that has led to better health among Native Hawaiians and other Pacific Islanders. Halau Lei
Hula O Leinoalani practices at the Old Pahala Clubhouse, with ceremonies at Punalu`u Black Sand Beach, and travels to Lana`i next week for a cultural exchange under Kumu Hula Debbie Ryder. Photo by Julia Neal

THE HEALTH OF PACIFIC ISLANDERS IN HAWAI`I has improved, according to a 20-year study released this week by the John A. Burns School for Medicine at University of Hawai`i. The research includes: Native Hawaiians, Filipinos, Samoans, Tongans, the Guamanian Chamorro, people from the Federated States of Micronesia, Palau, Marshall Islands and the Commonwealth of the Northern Mariana Islands and Fijians, who represent a major portion of Hawai`i’s population.
      According to the study, many improvements have come from efforts embedded into local communities, such as:
      •Health improvement programs run by people the community knows and trusts.
      •Culture and science blending for successful outcomes. A cardiac health improvement study incorporated hula, and saw as much as a 20-point drop in blood pressure among participants.
      •Focusing on improving educational opportunities. The UH Community Colleges Pathways program shined: almost doubled enrollment of Native Hawaiians from 1992-2007.

     Dr. Keawa`aimoku Kaholokula, one of the study leaders, noted that obesity, diabetes and heart disease still plague the population. While statistics are improving, including longer life, challenges persist, from providing medical care to improvements in education and the ability to make a living and have secure housing. Kaholokula said that the study should not stay on a shelf, but inspire creation of Native Hawaiian health task force. See the full report Assessment & Priorities for Health & Well-Being in Native Hawaiians & Other Pacific Peoples at at http://blog.hawaii.edu/uhmednow/files/2013/09/AP-Hlth-REPORT-2013.pdf 

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THE MISSING KAYAKER was discovered by Hawa`i Volcanoes National Park ranger on Thursday. Richard Gomez had been camping along the coast since Sunday when his kayak broke up in the surf while he was attempting to paddle ashore. According to the police report, the ranger gave him first-aid and assisted him to a campsite. The kayakers’ whereabouts, unknown for days, prompted an expensive search by air and land involving police, fire departments and the U.S. Caost Guard. A VHF radio or other communications device, could have saved search and rescue crew efforts that could have been necessary for more desperate situations, rescue personnel said. Among the search and rescue vehicles and crew deployed were the Kittiwake, an 87-foot Coast Guard Cutter, and an HC-130 plane from the Coast Guard Air Station at Barbers Point on O`ahu.
     The search began after friends of Gomez called in to report him missing.  

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POLLUTED RUNOFF CONTROL PROGRAM is the name of a five-year effort by the state Hawai`i Department of Health with $2 million in federal Department of Health and Environmental Protection Agency funding. The plan is to help reduce damage to reefs and the coast from storm water runoff. The program, under Section 319 of the U.S. Clean Water Act, employs state and local community organizations to design and carry out watershed plans.
      The Environmental Protection Agency provided $1.1 million and DOH put up $746,000. An EPA news release yesterday quoted Jared Blumenfied, the agency’s Pacific Southwest administrator, saying, "Our goal, along with the Department of Health, is to protect coastal waters and coral reefs from the effects of polluted surface water," Blumenfeld said the funding is for "nonpoint" source water pollution control projects. It can be used for stabilizing eroding stream banks and restoring native vegetation to reduce sediment runoff. It can also be used to reduce agricultural runoff into gulches and streams. 

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ART FOR THE COVER CONTEST FOR THE DIRECTORY 2014, the annual publication of the Ka`u Chamber of Commerce, is being accepted on weekdays until next Thursday, Oct. 3 at 4 p.m. at CU Hawai`i Federal Credit Union in Na`alehu. At the end of the week, the popular vote will determine the winner of the cover contest. The art show is up all week during credit union hours and includes a keiki division. Art on display includes paintings, decorated ipu, Hawaiian weapons, photographs and many other visual arts. The theme is Ka`u. For more, call Ka`u Chamber of Commerce President Dallas Decker at 516-662-8789. Memberships and advertising are also being taken by the Chamber for The Directory 2014 ,which raises money for scholarships for Ka`u college students. Call 928-6471.

OCEAN VIEW, NA`ALEHU AND PAHALA POST OFFICES are apparently safe - for now -from the federal cutbacks that aim to close five facilities around the state. The only Hawai`i Island post office on the chopping block is the tiny Kukuihaele, near Waipio Valley, which is about five miles from the Honok`a Post Office, federal officials announced this week. The others around the state are at Hanama`ulu, near Lihu`e on Kaua`i and branches atr Kapolei, Kaimuki and Ewa, which are all near other post offices. Ocean View, Na`alehu and Pahala, as well as the Volcano Post Office are much longer distances from the nearest post offices although Volcanoes National Park post office and Volcano Village post officer are closer together.
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FUNDING FOR HAWA`I WILDLIFE FUND can be raised through Monday, Sept. 30 through Foodland’s Give Aloha Program. Foodland is matching any contribution up to $249 from those checking out with a Maka`i Card and disignating Hawai`I Wildlife Fund as the recipient with its code number 77187. Hawai`i Wildlife Fund is known for raising awareness of marine debris with education through major international television news netsworks. It is known statewide for its anchialine pool restoration work in Hoo`onoua, marine debris removal not only in Ka`u bur also Ke`ehu on Maui, traditional taro and fish farming restoration, hawksbill sea turtle recovery monitoring and research, Honu watch and , monk seal conservation and rehabilitation. For more information contact Megan Lamson at kahakai.cleanups@gmail.com or 808-769-7629.  
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A Kamilo Beach cleanup earlier this month drew 57 volunteers to the Ka`u Coast during the Get the Drift & Bag It coastal cleanup to
 pick up approximatley 1,873 lbs. of debris. Some of the debris will be up-cylced to make containers. Photo from HWF 

THE MISSING KAYAKER was discovered by Hawa`i Volcanoes National Park ranger on Thursday. Richard Gomez had been canping along the coast since Sunday when his kayak broke up in the surf while he was attempting to paddle ashore. According to the police report, the ranger gave him first-aid and assisted him to a camp site. The kayakers’ whereabouts, unknown for days, prompted an expensive search by air and land involving police, fire departments and the U.S. Caost Guard. A VHF radio or other communications device, could have saved search and rescue crew efforts that could have been necessary for more desperate situations, rescue personnel said. Among the search and rescue vehicles and crew deployed were the Kittiwake, an 87-foot Coast Guard Cutter, and an HC-130 plane from the Coast Guard Air Station at Barbers Point on O`ahu. The search began after friends of Gomez called in to report him missing.

THIS IS NATIONAL PUBLIC LANDS DAY and Hawai`i Volcanoes National Park is waiving entrance fees. Volunteers are removing invasive Himalayan ginger and fountain grass in the Kahuku, Ocean View and Volcano sections of the park. National Public Land Day is sponsored by the National Environmental Education Foundation.
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KILAUEA MILITARY CAMP in Hawai`i Volcanoes National Park hosts an open house in conjunction with National Park Public Lands Day on Saturday. KMC invites the public to experience how the camp serves U.S. troops by enjoying all facilities and services. Call 967-8371 for more information.  To comment on or “like” this story, go to facebook.com/kaucalendar.

KA`U HIGH SPORTS: Today, Ka`u Girls Volleyball is hosts Kohala. at home. Ka`u bowling traveled to the BIIF Individual Bowl at Hilo Lanes. Cross Country made the long trek to Waimea for races at Hawai`I Preparatory Academy. Air Riflery team drove to Kamehameha School in Kea`au. and Ka`u eight-man football plays Kamehameha junior varsity in Kea`au at 4 p.m.

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Ka`u News Briefs, Friday, September 27, 2013

Ulu Makuakane will represent Ka`u and the Hawaiian Islands in the Miss South Pacific Pageant in the Solomon Islands in December.

ULU MAKUAKANE, who reigned as Miss Ka‘ū Coffee, is on her way to the Solomon Islands in December to compete in the Miss South Pacific Pageant. Makuakane, daughter of Nona and Paul Makuakane of Nā‘ālehu, is current holder of the title Miss Hawaiian Islands. She is a student at University of Hawai‘i at Manoa.

A Miss Ka`u Coffee and Miss Hawaiian
Islands, Ulu Makuakane was captain of
the water polo team at Ka`u High School

        “I am honored to represent Hawai‘i and of course the district of Ka‘ū and be a contestant in the Miss South Pacific Pageant. Unlike other pageants whose categories include swimsuits and evening gowns, the Miss South Pacific Pageant will have categories such as a sarong wrap and traditional attire. Although the pageant is held on one day of the week, the judging begins once the contestants arrive to the Solomon Islands. We will take part in community events, visits to local schools and hospitals and even a parade held just for the Pageant,” Makuakane said.

      Makuakane is raising funds to travel to the Solomon Islands for herself and her chaperone. Pageant activities take place the week of Dec. 1 – 7. She said she will hold a fundraiser in Ka’u and will have a booth at Plantation Days on Saturday, Oct. 12 at Pahala Plantation Managers House. She can be reached at 808-640-9694.
        The Miss South Pacific pageant is held on different islands each year, with last year’s event in American Samoa won by Janine Tuivaiti, of Samoa. The 2011 Miss South Pacific was held in Samoa , with the winner Alisi Rabukawaqa, of Fiji and the 2010 event was held in Papua New Guinea, with the winner Joyana Meyer, from Cook Islands. Other winners have come from American Samoa, Tahiti, New Zealand, Tonga and Niue. The last winner from Hawai‘i was in 1988.
       Another connection between Ka`u and the Miss South Pacific pageant is the award-winning film Miss South Pacific: Beauty & the Sea, directed by Mary Lambert and produced by Teresa Tico who owns a home in Pahala. See www.misssouthpacificthemovie.com
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PLASTICS GATHERED BY VOLUNTEERS on Ka`u beaches will soon go an upcylcing company making plastic bottles, under a partnership Hawai`i Wildlife Fund, Recycle Hawai`i, a bottle manufacturer named Method and the state Department of Land & Natural Resources.

      Funding comes through Recycle Hawai'I, under a $20,000 grant from the state Department of Health to help address Japan Tsunami Marine Debris and keep Hawai`i’s shorelines clean. Recycle Hawai`i is a 501(c) 3 educational organization and one of six Hawai`i non-profits to receive a grant.
      “The six grants totaling $100,000 complement ongoing efforts by community groups that are already working to address marine debris, including debris originating from the Japan tsunami,” said Gary Gill, deputy director of the state Environmental Health Administration. “For years Hawai`i has depended on volunteers to keep marine debris off our beaches. We are providing a little support for the very big job they do.”
      Recycle Hawaii’s approach supports ongoing collection efforts to ensure that the materials collected along local beaches are recycled to the fullest extent. “Just getting the stuff off the beaches is a herculean task and Hawai'i Wildlife Fund deserves a great deal of credit for the work they do. We wanted to match their efforts in our own area of expertise,” stated Kristine Kubat, grants specialist for Recyle Hawai`i.

CNN's Kyung Lah interviewed Megan Lamson in March. Now the marine debris
plastics will become new containers. Photo from Hawai`i Wildlife Fund

      "Hawai'i Wildlife Fund is excited to partner with Recycle Hawai'i on this upcoming DOH marine debris removal grant,” said Megan Lamson, project coordinator for HWF. “We look forward to this opportunity to turn some of the material collected during cleanup events into a resource." 

      Under the Hawai`i Island program, HWF volunteers will gather marine debris along a 10-mile stretch of coastline from Ka Lae to Waiohinu, which includes Kamilo Point in Kau, one of the world’s largest accumulation points for ocean trash. High density plastic suitable for remanufacture into bottles will be separated and shipped to Method, a manufacturer of naturally-derived, biodegradable household. The company already collects marine debris from beaches on O`ahu to make containers under the brand name Ocean Plastic.
       An educational and cultural component of the program features local talent, Hawane Rios, who will travel to the schools to teach students about the relationship between life on the land and life in the sea. "We all have an innate divine connection to the land, ocean, wildlife and each other. It is our responsibility to make decisions that will be in the highest good for our Earth. This next generation of children will be the one to make the great changes so we must teach and lead them well," said Rios. Once the students develop an understanding of how marine debris impacts ocean creatures, they will track the cycle that turns the plastic washing up on their shores into new bottles.

Plastics collected from the Ka`u Coast will be up-cycled into new containers.
Photo from Method

      Recycle Hawai'i Executive Director Paul J. Buklarewicz expressed gratitude for the additional program support coming from the Matson Navigation Company. “We’ve worked in the past with Matson’s Ka Ipu Aina program to remove litter from Hawaii Island roadways; we’re very grateful to get their help in removing these materials from the beaches,” he said. 

      Adam Lowry, co-founder and chief greenskeeper at Method, expressed excitement over expanding the company’s collection efforts in Hawai`i. “This program serves the dual purpose of cleaning up more beaches in Paradise and giving us a greater supply of material to make into recyclable packaging. Making the world a cleaner place for everyone is one of Method’s core values.”
      Over the next year, the grant funds will support four clean-ups; the next one is scheduled for Saturday, Sept. 14 and Saturday, Nov. 23. For more information contact Megan Lamson at kahakai.cleanups@gmail.com.
      The funding, which will be administered by the state Department of Health, was provided by a $50,000 grant from the National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration’s Marine Debris Program and another $50,000 of matching funds contributed by DLNR.
      To date, there have been eight confirmed Japan tsunami debris items in Hawai`i and over 1,700 reports in the U.S. and Canada. The public is urged to report findings of potential JTMD to DLNR at (808) 587-0400 or dlnr.marine.debris@hawaii.gov and to NOAA at disasterdebris@noaa.gov
      For guidance on “what to do if you see debris in Hawai`i’s ocean or beaches” go to http://dlnr.hawaii.gov/wp-content/uploads/ 2013/01/JTMD-Guideline3.pdf.
      For the latest information on tsunami debris, visit http://dlnr.hawaii.gov /marine-debris/ or the NOAA Marine Debris Program website at http://marinedebris.noaa.gov/tsunamidebris/.  To comment on or “like” this story, go to facebook.com/kaucalendar.

Thich Nhat Hanh's Living Without Fear or
Stress will be taught at Na`alehu Hongwanji.

  LIVING WITHOUT STRESS OR FEAR is a weekly class that begins Wednesday, Oct. 2 at Nā‘ālehu Hongwanji Mission. The six week meditation course is an audio learning presentation by Thich Nhat Hanh, a Zen Master, scholar, poet and peace activist who was nominated for the 1967 Nobel Peace Prize by Martin Luther King, Jr. Sessions start each Wednesday at 4:15 p.m. for approximately one hour. Classes begin after 3 p.m. yoga. Comfortable and casual dress is recommended.
      For more information call Marla McCasland at 929-9737. Dropping in and out of sessions is allowed. Donations are accepted at the door but not necessary. Everyone is welcomed.
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NATIONAL PUBLIC LANDS DAY is tomorrow with Hawai`i Volcanoes National Park waiving entrance fees. The public is invited to volunteer by removing invasive Himalayan ginger in the park or fountain grass in Ocean View.
      Stewardship at the Summit takes place from 9 a.m. to 12 p.m., when volunteers remove Himalayan ginger along park trails. Volunteers should wear closed-toe shoes and long pants and bring a hat, raingear, snacks and water. Loppers and gloves are provided. No advance registration is required. Meet at Kilauea Visitor Center.
      Fountain grass removal takes place from 9 a.m. to 3 p.m. in Ocean View. For more information and to register, contact David Benitez at 808-985-6085 or david_benitez@nps.gov.

KILAUEA MILITARY CAMP in Hawai`i Volcanoes National Park hosts an open house in conjunction with National Park Public Lands Day on Saturday. KMC invites the public to experience how the camp serves U.S. troops by enjoying all facilities and services. Call 967-8371 for more information.

UPCOMING KA`U HIGH SPORTS: On Saturday, Ka`u Girls Volleyball will host Kohala at 10 a.m. at home. Ka`u bowling attends the BIIF Individual Bowl at Hilo lanes at 8 a.m., Cross Country races at HPA at 12 p.m., Air Riflery shoots at Kamehameha at 10 a.m. and Ka`u eight-man football plays Kamehameha junior varsity in Kea`au at 4 p.m.
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