Ka`u News Briefs Wednesday, Nov. 12, 2014

Braving cold weather and occasional showers, Hawai`i Island veterans, visitors and residents attended Kilauea Military Camp's Veterans Day ceremony yesterday. Photos by Ron Johnson

HAWAI`I ISLAND VETERANS, VISITORS and residents gathered at Kilauea Military Camp yesterday for a Veterans Day ceremony honoring all who serve.

Pahala veterans Fidel Augustin and Leighton Pahukula enjoy the free buffet
at KMC's Crater Rim Cafe following the ceremony.

      “Our men and women in uniform are ambassadors,” said guest speaker MSgt Brian F. Jordan. “Countries where we have fought want to be like us.” Jordan also said veterans are stewards of the U.S. Constitution “and ask for nothing in return. Veterans who died lost two lives, the one they lost in battle and the one they should have had in freedom.”

      Giving the keynote address, BG James Carpenter called every veteran a patriot and a hero. He also emphasized the day’s significance: “Today is a holiday, a time to relax. I don’t think any veterans would begrudge anyone time to relax … and time to gather with families. Veterans Day is the day we remember why we have the freedom to have time off. Respect those who are giving their all for this freedom. … It reminds us that we need to take care of those who take care of us.”
      Carpenter told the audience, “Today I am proud to be an American, and I can tell that you are, too, just by your presence here.” He asked listeners to find out how they could honor veterans.
      Following the ceremony, KMC provided a free dinner buffet for attending veterans at Crater Rim Café.

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Patsy T. Mink Photo from
Patsy T. Mink Foundation

HAWAI`I CONGRESSWOMAN PATSY T. MINK will posthumously receive the Presidential Medal of Freedom, the nation’s highest civilian honor. The medal is presented to individuals who have made especially meritorious contributions to the security or national interests of the United States, to world peace or to cultural or other significant public or private endeavors.

      Among Mink’s numerous accomplishments during her decades of public service, she is most widely known for being one of the principal authors of Title IX, the federal law that protects students from gender discrimination in federally supported education programs and activities. Signed into law on June 23, 1972, the legislation has since been renamed the Patsy Takemoto Mink Equal Opportunity Education Act.

      “This recognition for my friend, Patsy Mink, is well deserved, and I am proud to have lent my early support to this effort,” said Sen. Mazie Hirono. “A visionary and a trailblazer, Patsy’s legacy lives on in every female student and athlete in America who’s been given a fair shot to compete in the classroom and on the playing field. We are proud that a keiki o ka `aina, born and raised on Maui, who continues to inspire all of us, has received this high honor.”
      Sen. Brian Schatz applauded President Barack Obama’s action:

 “All of Hawai`i is deeply proud that Patsy Mink has been named to posthumously receive the Presidential Medal of Freedom. As a daughter of the islands, she fought every day of her life to make real the possibilities of equal opportunity for all and the rights of minorities and women. Her remarkable achievements were hard-earned – born of her unwavering resolve and the values she learned living in Hawai`i. We know that Patsy would share this award with all of us and especially with the countless women who steadfastly carried on with the legacy and the spirit of Patsy Mink.”
      Rep. Tulsi Gabbard said,
 “Congresswoman Mink is deeply deserving of the Presidential Media of Freedom, having demonstrated her selfless commitment to the betterment of our nation and increasing opportunities for all Americans. It is appropriate that this high honor will be given to one of Hawai`i’s great leaders and a true American trailblazer.”
      Gov. Neil Abercrombie said, “As a strong advocate for peace, social justice, public education, transparency in government, energy and environmental policies, Congresswoman Mink is most deserving of this honor.

       “Throughout her years in public service, she was a tenacious advocate for the disenfranchised and minorities, which led to a number of noteworthy accomplishments. …

      “Her work ethic was unmatched; her commitment to justice for all deep and abiding. There was simply no one like her – ever. Caring and compassionate, insightful and inspiring – she will always be in our memories as the gold standard of public service.

Lava lobe that destroyed house but spared the garage is inflating, with
USGS geoligist taking measurements. Photo from HVO

      “Those of us who supported the request for Patsy to be considered for the Presidential Medal of Freedom are deeply appreciative of President Obama’s recognition of her. Admired and respected personally, she will now take her rightful place in the history of our nation as one of the greatest legislators.”

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MORE HOMES IN PAHOA ARE NOT IN IMMEDIATE danger of being overtaking by lava following the first home being destroyed Monday, reported Hawai`i County Civil Defense this morning. Other lobes of lava have entered the transfer station and are burning asphalt as it covers pavement. 

      While the flow front closest to Pahoa Village Road remains stalled, breakouts continue upslope, and inflation of the front continues.

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VOLCANO SCHOOL OF ARTS & SCIENCES is one of 13 schools across the state taking part in the fourth annual Recycle-Bowl Competition. This nationwide recycling incentive, open to all elementary, middle and high schools, is sponsored by Keep America Beautiful, the nation’s leading recycling and litter prevention nonprofit organization. The objectives of RBC are to establish new recycling programs within schools, increase recycling rates in schools that currently recycle and provide teacher/student educational opportunities about recycling and waste reduction.

Ocean View veteran Mike Last, enjoying the free buffet at KMC,
ran for state Senate as a Libertarian.

      From Oct. 15 through Nov. 15, students, faculty and staff work together to recycle as much as possible on campus, which may include paper, cardboard, plastic, metal, glass, HI-5 beverage containers and food waste. The Recycle-Bowl Competition is a measurable success that reduces the amount of discards to the landfill.

      The competition culminates on Nov. 15, which is America Recycles Day and Hawai`i Recycles Day. Schools submit a final report of how much they recycled by volume or weight. Once reports are received and verified, KAB announces the top school winner for each state in early 2015.
      Four winning schools receive cash prizes donated by local sponsors Lex Brodie’s Tire Foundation, Goodfellow Bros, Inc. and Island Naturals Market and Deli.
      In Hawai`i, the Recycle-Bowl Competition is coordinated by Recycle Hawai`i and Keep the Hawaiian Islands Beautiful.
      For more information about America Recycles Day and Recycle-Bowl Competition, see www.americarecyclesday.org. For more information on recycling events in Hawai`i, contact Marsha Hee, Education Director of Recycle Hawai`i, at hiartrecycle@gmail.com.

KA`U SCENIC BYWAY COMMITTEE meets tomorrow 5 p.m. at Na`alehu Methodist Church. The public is invited. For more information, email richmorrow@alohabroadband.net.

Posting and Retiring of Colors was Hilo Civil Air Patrol's duty at KMC's Veterans Day ceremony.

ZACH MERMEL HOLDS A WORKSHOP on Mushroom Cultivation Saturday from 10 a.m. to 3 p.m. at Volcano Art Center’s Niaulani Campus in Volcano Village. Mermel teaches the basics of fungal biology and how fungal mycelium colonizes different materials, particularly wood logs and straw. He also covers the health benefits of different edible and medicinal fungi in Hawai`i. Attendees will gain hands-on experience inoculating their own mushroom kits as well as logs that they can take home at the end of the day.
      Fees are $40 for VAC members and $50 for non-members plus a $25 supply fee. Register at 967-8222.

James Hill returns to Pahala for Saturday's concert.

A FREE HAWAIIAN CONCERT FOR THE COMMUNITY, sponsored by the Center for Hawaiian Music Studies, takes place Saturday from 11 a.m. to 4 p.m. on the grounds of Pahala Plantation House. Entertainers include Keoki Kahumoku, Sonny Lim, James Hill, Ben Ka`ili, Peter deAquino, Brad Bordessa, Abrigo `Ohana, Katy Rexford, Rion Schmidt, Andy Andrews, Debbie Ryder and more. Donations accepted.

TEAMS FROM AS FAR AWAY AS HANA, MAUI will converge on Ka`u High School Gym Friday, Nov. 21 and Saturday, Nov. 22 for the second annual Food Drive & Preseason Tournament. Sponsored by the Trojan Girls Basketball team under Head Coach Cy Lopez, the Friday food drive will be from 4 p.m. to 8 p.m. The tournament will be from 6 p.m. to 9 p.m. On Saturday, the food drive will be from 9 a.m. to 2 p.m. with games starting at 9 a.m. and ending at 3 p.m. Teams participating are Laupahoehoe, Kealakehe, Hana and Ka`u.
      “Please support the Ka`u concession stand on both Friday and Saturday,” said Lopez.

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Ka`u News Briefs, Tuesday Nov. 11, 2014

The lava path in red shows Madame Pele's trek toward the ocean with several populated subdivisions in her possible route.
Map from County of Hawai`i.

KILAUEA LAVA, FINGERING OUT as Pele sends her flow toward the ocean, continued to threaten more of Pahoa and communities beyond the village this morning. A Civil Defense map shows the larger context of the flow that burned down a house yesterday. Despite the leading edge of the lava flow cooling down and hardening, fingers and lobes upslope widened the path downhill, one of them taking out a house yesterday on the edge of Pahoa where a family packed up their belongings and their horses and moved in October.
The County Civil Defense briefing this morning stated that the "flow front remains stalled with very little activity and has not advanced. The front remains approximately 480 feet from the Pahoa Village Road."

Photo from USGS Hawaiian Volcano Observatory shows fingers
of lava, one of them destroying a house yesterday.
Photo from HAVO

However, three active breakouts continue to advance and be monitored in the area of the cemetery below Apa’a Street, above Apa’a Street in the area west or upslope of the transfer station, and .4 miles upslope of Apa’a Street.

   Smoke conditions were moderate to heavy with light trade winds blowing in a south southwest direction towards the Leilani and lower Puna areas. "Smoke conditions may increase in some areas and residents down wind that may be sensitive or have respiratory problems are advised to take necessary precautions and to remain indoors," Clvil Defense stated, also noting that the evacuation advisory for residents down slope of the flow will continue and residents will be kept informed of the flow status and advancement. Pahoa Village Road between Apa’a Street and the Post Office Road remains "closed and limited to area residents only."
    However, other roads into Pahoa are open and many restaurants and other businesses are open. To comment on or like this story, go to facebook.com/kaucalendar.

`AINA KOA PONO, the project that could have built a refinery on the edge of Wood Valley and taken over pasture and farm lands to grow biofuel between Na'alehu,and Pahala, came up in a Pacific Business News story today. The article, by Duane Shimogawa, said the reappointment of Mina Morita, Chair of the state Public Utilities Commission, which twice turned down 'Aina Koa Pono's proposed contract with the electric company to sell biofuel at prices higher than the cost of oil, is unsure. Gov. Neil Abercrombie originally named Morita to the PUC. Whether to reappoint Morita is the decision of governor elect David Ige. PBN wrote: "Many in the energy industry had applauded Abercrombie's appointment of Morita, who is known as a strong advocate and expert on clean energy."

Governor-elect David Ige

PUC Chair Mina Morita

    "But some questioned her leadership in a PUC decision denying the 'Aina Koa Pono project's 20-year Big Island biofuel supply contract with Hawaii Electric Light Co."
   Ige, himself an engineer, said during a general election campaign stop in Pahala that he would study the 'Aina Ko Pono issue. The county opposed the AKP contract based on its increase in the cost of electricity. Mayor Billy Kenoi said he sought less expensive alternative energy solutions.
   According to PBN, "A spokeswoman for Ige told PBN recently that the chair position of the PUC, as well as other appointed positions, will be subject to an application process."
   During the primary election campaign, Ige said he supported Morita. A piece in the Feb. 21 Honolulu Star Advertiser by political columnist Richard Borreca reported that Morita chaired the state House committee on energy for years before giving up her elected position to serve the PUC when she received Abercrombie’s appointment. Borreca recalled the governor's promise to make the PUC an “Hawai`i Energy Authority that is independent from the utility and from political considerations," saying this "is what Hawai`i needs to move us quicker to a clean energy future."
   Borreca's story quoted chair of the state Senate's Consumer Protection Committee, Sen. Roz Baker, describing Morita: "She is collaborative, well grounded in policy and she has the respect of both the energy users and the energy producers; she clearly has the credentials. She was, and is, a good PUC chair and I think she should stay."
   Borreca also gave his opinion on the Morita issue in the context of the gubernatorial election. "Environmental issues and voters attuned to supporting politicians with strong pro-environment records are not a group to be offended. Abercrombie will have to consider all that, because when asked if he would reappoint Morita if he were governor today, state Sen. David Ige, Abercormbie's Demoocratic opponent, said, "'I would reappoint her,'" wrote Borreca. To comment on or like this story, go to facebook.com/kaucalendar.

Friends of Ka`u Libraries will be at Kauaha`au Congregational Church
 Bazaar this Saturday. Photo by Julia Neal

FRIENDS OF KA'U LIBRARIES will host its biannual fundraiser this Saturday, Nov. 15 at the annual Kauaha'ao Congregational Church Bazaar in Wai`ohinu. The fundraiser booth will be open from 9 a.m. to 2 p.m. Donations of books, CD’s, DVD’s, baked goods, and rummage items are welcomed and can be dropped off that morning from 8 a.m to 8:45 a.m. They can also be dropped off in: Naalehu at Ka`u Realty across from Punalu`u Bake Shop, Wednesday to Friday; at Pahala Hongwanji, Thursday and Friday from noon to 5 p.m. Volunteers are welcome to help on Saturday at the Bazaar to set up tents andtables at 8 a.m. and sales shifts from 9 a.m. to noon and noon to 3 p.m. (includes cleanup).

    The primary purpose of Friends of the Ka`u Libraries is to financially support the district's two public libraries and to provide volunteers as needed. Call President Ann Fontes at 987-7448 to donate, volunteer or findmout more. To comment on or like this story, go to facebook.com/kaucalendar.

IN CONJUNCTION WITH HAWAI`I VOLCANOES NATIONAL PARK’S fee-free Veterans Day, park visitors are invited to experience how Kilauea Military Camp supports America’s troops by utilizing any of KMC’s facilities and services.

KMC’S VETERAN’S DAY CEREMONY begins at 3 p.m. today on the front lawn. Keynote Speaker is BG James Carpenter, of Hilo. Guest speaker is Master Sgt. Brian Jordan, also of Hilo. Refreshments follow the ceremony, which is free and open to the public. For more information, call 967-8371.

A VETERAN’S DAY BUFFET FOLLOWS the ceremony at 4 p.m. today at KMC’s Crater Rim Café with prime rib, baked ono, shrimp Alfredo with mushrooms, French onion soup, tossed salad and more. Cost for adults is $25.95 and for children 6 to 11 years old, $12.50. For more information, call 967-8356.

The Genoa Keawe style vocals of the Abrigo `Ohana comes to the stage
this Saturday at the finale concert for the Kahumoku music workshop.
Photo by Julia Neal

KA`U RESIDENTS WANTING TO PARTICIPATE in Friends of Hawai`i Volcanoes National Park’s Forest Restoration Project on Friday Nov. 14 from 8:30 a.m. to 1 p.m. should register by today. Volunteers clear invasive weeds around native seedlings on the Mauna Loa Strip. Register at 985-7373 or forest@fhvnp.org.

HAWAI`I WILDLIFE FUND HOSTS a Ka`u Coast Cleanup Saturday, Nov. 15. Volunteers meet at 7:45 a.m. at Wai`ohinu Park to carpool and caravan to the site. Sign up with Megan Lamson at 769-7629 or kahakai.cleanups@gmail.com.
HWF is one of five nonprofit organizations chosen by Subaru for their annual Share the Love campaign. Facebook users are asked to go to the Subaru Hawai`i page daily and vote for HWF.
“We will use funds to protect native wildlife,” Lamson said.

AFTERNOON HAWAIIAN CONCERT, sponsored by the Center for Hawaiian Music Studies, will be held from 11 a.m. to 4 p.m. this Saturday on the grounds of Pahala Plantation House. Entertainers will include Keoki Kahumoku, Jr., Sonny Lim, James Hill, Ben Ka`ili, Peter deAquino, Brad Bordessa, Abrigo `Ohana, Katy Rexford, Rion Schmidt, Andy Andrews, Debbie Ryder and more. Donations accepted.

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Ka`u News Briefs Monday, Nov. 10, 2014

Kumu Jessie Ke mentors students at Keoki Kahumku's 'ukulele build this past weekend with Ko Aloha `Ukulele.
Photo by Julia Neal

LAVA  REACHED AND BURNED A HOME IN PAHOA this morning. Civil Defense reported that at about 11:55 a.m. a house off Apa`a Street/Cemetery Road ignited after coming into direct contact with molten rock that flowed beneath the dwelling. It was the first home burned by Pele since the house of Jack Thompson, which was taken in March of 2012 in Royal Gardens.

First home was taken this morning by the lava flow that started June 27.
Photo by Mike Kalban, courtesy of Big Island Video News

      “We’ve been very open and clear that once the lava touches a home there is not to be any type of fire fighting activity because that wouldn’t be effective and it would put fire fighting personnel at risk,” Civil Defense Chief Darryl Oliveira told Hawai`i Tribune-Herald reporter Tom Callis.

      According to Callis, the house was on a 45-acre agriculture lot that was partially covered by lava when the flow first passed through the area late last month.
      The property’s most recent tenant told the Tribune-Herald last month that he had relocated his family and livestock prior to the flow’s arrival.
      Civil Defense warned that smoke conditions may increase in some areas because of the fire and suggested that residents downwind who are sensitive or have respiratory problems should take necessary precautions and remain indoors.
      See hawaiitribune-herald.com and www.bigislandvideonews.com

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After crossing the same road as before, lava, here shown approaching a
utility pole, reached a home in Pahoa. Photo from USGS/HVO

COMPARING KILAUEA’S CURRENT LAVA FLOW to those that destroyed Kalapana beginning in 1986 is the subject of a story in Honolulu Star-Advertiser. Both flows behaved similarly, starting, stopping, inflating then breaking out at margins, according to geologists. Such actions, they said, allow originally narrow flows to spread out and threaten more areas.
      Timothy Hurley reported that the current 13.5-mile-long flow is the longest flow since Kilauea began erupting in 1983.
      The amount of lava coming from the Pu`u O`o vent is about 100,000 cubic meters per day. The Kalapana flow consisted of more than 350,000 cubic meters per day. In both flows, however, fluctuations in output of lava and blockages in lava tubes interrupted amounts of lava reaching flow fronts.
      “It’s not over,” Hawaiian Volcano Observatory geologist Frank Trusdell told Hurley. “The volcano is still supplying lava to the tubes, and people should remain vigilant.”
      See staradvertiser.com.

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Ariana and Ocean build `ukelele. Photo by Julia Neal

PARTICIPANTS BUILT 20 `UKULELE at Pahala Plantation House Saturday through  program brought to Ka`u by Keoki Kahumoku. New builders joined others who constructed `ukulele over the years through the Center for Hawaiian Music Studies programs in conjunction with Queen Lili`uokalani Children’s Center, Ko Aloha `Ukulele and Pahala Plantation Cottages. Alumni brought their `ukulele for tune-ups, repairs and restringing.

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KA`U COMMUNITY DEVELOPMENT PLAN’s first comprehensive draft discusses goals found to be important to the community. Separate sections identify the following goals and discuss how to achieve them: 

• Advance preferred conservation and settlement patterns; 
• Protect and enhance natural and cultural resources; 
• Strengthen infrastructure, facilities and services; 
• Build a resilient, sustainable local economy; and 
• Pursue potential synergistic projects. 

      The draft and other materials are available online at kaucdp.info. Hard copies are at local libraries and community centers.
      The public is invited to Ka`u CDP Steering Committee’s meeting Saturday, Nov. 15 at 8:30 a.m. at Na`alehu Community Center. Members will cover concerns, suggestions for improvement, areas for discussion and requests for additional information or stakeholder input indentified previously.

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HAWAI`I STATE SENATE IS ACCEPTING job applications for the upcoming legislative session. Working at the Senate offers individuals an opportunity to experience firsthand what it’s like to work in a dynamic public service organization, work closely with elected officials and the public and learn more about the legislative process. 

      Session jobs require a four- to six-month commitment, depending on the position. Most begin on Jan. 2 and end on the last day of the legislative session.
      Senate employees working 20 hours or more per week are eligible for health insurance through the Hawai`i Employer-Union Health Benefits Trust Found.
      More information about employment opportunities can be found online at http://www.capitol.hawaii.gov/sjobs.aspx.
      To apply, send a cover letter and resume to sclerk2@capitol.hawaii.gov.

ASTRONOMER LEW COOK, who has a home in Pahala and writes a monthly article for The Ka`u Calendar, discusses three women pioneers in astronomy in the November issue.

Dr. Pamela Gay dedicates the BCL T27 iTelescope in honor of three women
pioneers in astronomy.

      “Annie Jump Cannon developed the stellar classification scheme that led greatly to our understanding of the atmospheres of stars starting in 1896. Her colleague, Henrietta Swan Leavitt, discovered a fundamental property of Cepheid variable stars: that their periods – measured from one maximum brightness to the next – depend on their luminosities. A star’s luminosity is a measurement of how much light it produces. She found that the brighter stars had longer periods. Cannon and Leavitt worked for E. C. Pickering at Harvard College Observatory.
      “An Irish astronomer, Dame Susan Jocelyn Bell Burnell, PhD, discovered pulsars in July of 1967. Pulsars are highly magnetized stars that spin – fast. They are composed of neutrons and are the remnants of supernovae explosions. We see them only when the beam of light they emit shines toward earth much like an airport beacon. They were first called Little Green Men, until their true nature was discovered. Her professor got the Nobel Prize in physics, while she got ignored at the time. Later, that oversight was partly corrected, as indicated by the many awards and honors she has received.

Sherrie Freitas and Cherish Kailiawa learn from Bruce, of Ko Aloha `Ukulele.
Photo by Julia Neal

      “Dr. Pamela Gay visited Australia and took an active part in the dedication of iTelescope.net’s largest telescope: the Burnell, Cannon, Leavitt 27-inch Telescope, during the Siding Spring StarFest. Gay is a high-energy person with an emphasis on educating people in astronomy. iTelescope.Net is the world’s premier network of Internet-connected telescopes, allowing members to take astronomical images of the night sky for the purposes of education, scientific research and astrophotography. They have telescopes in Spain, New Mexico, California, and the largest number of instruments in Australia, where the BCL telescope resides on Siding Spring Mountain near Coonabarabran, New South Wales. Their telescopes are available to the public, including the BCL telescope. The name recognizes the role that women astronomers make to astronomy and astrophysics.
      “There is a pulsar at the heart of the Crab Nebula. It spins at an astounding rate of 30.2 times per second! The view through optical telescopes does not at all match the view that was seen by X-ray satellites, however, a hint of the synchrotron-type radiation resulting from the magnetic field of the pulsar whipping around can be seen in the optical images in the center of the Crab nebula.
      “Ms. Leavitt’s work led to the first accurate estimate of the distance to the Andromeda Galaxy. It is high up in our November sky and can be seen with the naked eye on a good, dark night. Edwin Hubble found there are Cepheid-type variables in it, so he was ready to get an initial measure of its distance when he used the 100-inch Hooker telescope just north of Los Angeles.”
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Ka`u resident Dick Hershberger portrays Thomas Jaggar
tomorrow and every other Tuesday.

KA`U RESIDENT DICK HERSHBERGER brings Hawaiian Volcano Observatory founder Thomas Jaggar to life tomorrow during A Walk into the Past at 10 a.m., 12 p.m. and 2 p.m. Participants meet at Hawai`i Volcanoes National Park’s Kilauea Visitor Center and then visit the Whitney Vault near Volcano House.

IN CONJUNCTION WITH HAWAI`I VOLCANOES NATIONAL PARK’S fee-free day tomorrow for Veterans Day, park visitors are invited to experience how Kilauea Military Camp supports America’s troops by utilizing any of KMC’s facilities and services.

KMC’S VETERAN’S DAY CEREMONY begins at 3 p.m. tomorrow on the front lawn. Keynote Speaker is BG James Carpenter, of Hilo. Guest speaker is Master Sgt. Brian Jordan, also of Hilo. Refreshments follow the ceremony, which is free and open to the public. For more information, call 967-8371.

A VETERAN’S DAY BUFFET FOLLOWS the ceremony at 4 p.m. at KMC’s Crater Rim Café with prime rib, baked ono, shrimp Alfredo with mushrooms, French onion soup, tossed salad and more. Cost for adults is $25.95 and for children 6 to 11 years old, $12.50. For more information, call 967-8356.

KU‘ULEIMOMI MAKUAKANE-SALAVE‘A demonstrates kapa making Wednesday from 10 a.m. to 12 p.m. at Kilauea Visitor Center in Hawai`i Volcanoes National Park. Free; park entrance fees apply.

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

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