Ka`u News Briefs Wednesday, June 24, 2015

Keiki can take swimming classes at Pahala Pool this summer. Photo by Tanya Ibarra

THE WIKI WIKI MART IN NA`ALEHU will soon be the last Sure Save store on the island after the Wiki Wiki near Ken’s House of Pancakes in Hilo shuts down following a closing sale. Sure Save shuttered its Island Market in Na`alehu earlier this year. The Wiki Wiki in Na`alehu, with its front end at the 76 station and a box store behind, is doing well and will remain open, according to Carl Okuyama, president of Sure Save. 

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WATER RATES ARE GOING UP. Hawai`i County Water Board yesterday approved rate increases of three percent in Fiscal Year 2016, which begins July 1, four percent in FY 2017 and five percent for each of the next three fiscal years. 

      Public hearings on these proposed rate increases were held in Kona on May 26 and in Hilo on May 27.
      The consulting firm of Brown & Caldwell was contracted to propose water rates that would adequately fund operations and capital improvements. “Nobody likes to see rate increases. It’s sort of a fact of life … that costs increase, and especially as revenues decrease, due to reduced water sales,” consultant Ann Hajnosz told Nancy Cook Lauer, of West Hawai`i Today. “The Department of Water Supply has an obligation to be financially self-sufficient, to plan for not only current operations, but future operations.”
      Waterworks Controller Rick Sumada told Cook Lauer that “expenses projected for five years are greater than revenues we project for five years.”
      See westhawaiitoday.com.
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COUNTY AND STATE OFFICERS made 10 arrests this morning on Mauna Kea, according to Honolulu Star-Advertiser. Those arrested refused to move out of the road when crews made their way toward the mountain's summit to restart construction at the site of the Thirty Meter Telescope. TMT announced a few days ago that construction would restart today.
      In a statement yesterday, Gov. David Ige said, “It is our belief that there will be mutual respect and aloha on Wednesday and in the days ahead as TMT restarts construction of the Thirty Meter Telescope.
      “TMT has the approvals needed to proceed with construction. We respect those who oppose the project and their right to peaceably assemble and to protest in an orderly and civil manner.
      “The state of Hawai`i’s primary concern is the health and safety of its people. The state and Hawai`i County are working together to uphold the law and ensure safety on roadways and on Mauna Kea, while allowing the people their right to peacefully and lawfully protest.”

      See staradvertiser.com.

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Gov. David Ige spoke yesterday about Hawai`i's
100 percent renewable energy goal.

GOV. DAVID IGE WAS A KEY SPEAKER yesterday for The Washington Post’s Powering Cities forum. Ige discussed Hawai`i’s commitment to clean energy, having signed Act 097 into law this month, making Hawai`i the first state in the nation to set a 100 percent renewable energy standard – generating 100 percent of its electricity sales from renewable energy resources – by 2045. 

      “Our energy costs are the highest in the country. We pay 37 cents per kilowatt hour, a lot more than anyone else (in the nation),” Ige said. “The challenge is storage. It’s about how we will be able to generate the power from the renewables when it’s available, store it and be able to deliver it to the customer when they want to use it in a reliable and safe fashion.
      “The technology we need (for 100 percent renewable power) exists today, but it hasn’t been produced at utility scale.”
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RED CROSS DISASTER-TRAINING CLASSES for new volunteers are coming up on July 11 and 18 at Pahala Hongwanji Mission. Interested persons can call or email Yukie Ohashi at 990-4777 or yohashi@hawaiiantel.net for online application instructions. Use of computers at Pahala Public Library can be arranged for individuals needing computer and Internet access.
      The need for local volunteers became apparent after a fire at Green Sand subdivision, when volunteers from Hilo, Kea`au, Volcano and Kona traveled to Ka`u to provide community outreach and individual assistance to affected families.

THERE’S STILL TIME FOR PARENTS to register their teens for Pahala-based Science Camps of America, returning to Hawai`i Island for its third summer. Camps offer teens entering grades eight through 12 the opportunity to take an active approach to learning about science outdoors. The first camp session, Land and Sea, starts this Monday, June 29 and runs through July 8. It focuses on volcanology, geology and oceanography. The second session, Air and Space, runs July 9 through 18 and covers astronomy, climatology and alternative energy.

Science Campers use field kits on there adventures. Photo from Science
Camps of America

      “The Big Island is such an amazing place geographically, climatically and culturally that I knew I wanted to create a camp that encompasses what makes this place so unique,” said founder Michael Richards.
      Campers will get the chance to explore the environmental diversity that the Big Island has to offer from beaches and rainforests to snow-covered mountains. Destinations include Hawai`i Volcanoes National Park, Mauna Lani Sea Turtle Restoration Project, Mauna Kea Visitor Center, USGS Mauna Loa Climate Observatory and Punalu`u Black Sand Beach.
      Registration fee for each session is $2,395 and includes transportation to and from Hilo International Airport. Each 10-day session features six or seven travel days, and meals are included. To extend this experience to more local teens, Science Camps of America, a 501c3 nonprofit corporation, offers a limited amount of financial aid and also welcomes contributions from the public to the Science Camps of America Scholarship Fund.
      To register, call 678-619-0974 or visit ScienceCampsAmerica.com.

CAREERS IN HEALTH is the focus of a meeting at Ka`u Resource & Distance Learning Center at 96-3126 Puahala St. in Pahala, tomorrow at 9 a.m. Ka`u Rural Health Academy plans to offer a pilot Community Health Worker Program for those in need of employment, 18 or older, who who enjoy helping others, are trustworthy, have transportation, reading, writing, math and computer skills and can commit to weekly classes. Call Jessie Marques at 938-0101.

KA`U AGRICULTURAL WATER Cooperative District meets Saturday at 8 a.m. at Ka`u Coffee Mill. For more information, call Jeff McCall at 928-6456

 KA`U AGRICULTURAL WATER Cooperative District members are invited to a conflict resolution workshop Saturday from 9 a.m. to 1 p.m. at Ka`u Coffee Mill. The workshop, sponsored by The Kohala Center, presents skills that current and future board members need in conflict prevention, management and resolution in order for co-ops to be effective.
      Scott Enright, Chair of Hawai`i Department of Agriculture, will present an update on water access through state agencies.

KA`U COMMUNITY ASTHMA PROGRAM welcomes participants. Led by Luzviminda B. Miguel, MSed, the project sponsored by Ka`u Rural Health Community Association, Inc., American Lung Association and University of Hawai`i Doctor of Nursing Practice Program is conducting a Demographic Survey and Asthma Control Test Survey. “Your participation will help nurses, doctors and other health care professionals help you to manage your asthma and form a Ka`u Community Asthma Support Group,” say fliers on bulletin boards in the community.
      Those with asthma or family members with asthma can call Miguel at 934-2654 or KRHCAI at 928-0101.

KA`U CLASSIC CRUISERS WILL CRUISE to Volcano and down to Pahala and up Wood Valley Road to Ka`u Coffee Mill on Thursday, July 2. The annual event draws classic cars from afar and takes place from June 25 with registration at Orchid Isle Ford in Hilo to July 5. Call Herbert Leite at 964-1235 or Russell Pacheco at 960-2016. See www.classiccruisers.com.

Ka`u keiki can sign up now for Pop Warner football. Photo by Nalani Parlin

KA`U LIONS POP WARNER FOOTBALL play begins in August. Open registration is ongoing for boys and girls from seven to 12 years of age. Parents need to supply a birth certificate, medical clearance for sports and a fourth-quarter report card. 

      Call organizers Kai Manini at 640-8409 or Bully Breithaupt at 339-1097. Practices will be a couple of days a week at Na`alehu Ball Field. Games will be islandwide. More coaches are needed, Manini said.

AMERICAN RED CROSS LEARN TO SWIM PROGRAM continues with sessions each week through July 28 at Pahala Pool. Call 928-8177. Head lifeguard Rina Martineau said there is room for more students in ongoing and upcoming summer sessions.
      Classes start with pre-school aquatics for two- and three-year-olds through July 2 and include Level One, Two, Three and Four Classes for everyone, with lower age limit set at five years of age. Each series of classes in Session C costs $15 from July 6 – 17. Session D is from July 20 – 28, and each series of classes costs $10. Call 928-8177.

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Ka`u News Briefs Tuesday, June 23, 2015

`Ohi`a forests rising above  Ka'u ranch lands between Pahala and Na'alehu are threatened, but apparently not stricken by Rapid Ohia Death fungus, which can kill a tree in a week, an `Ohi`a stand in three years.
Photo from The Nature Conservancy by Rob Schallenberger

HAWAI`I’S `OHI`A FORESTS AND WATERSHEDS face a dire disease threat. The native forest, watersheds and plants and animals that depend on the canopy of `ohi`a lehua trees are at risk as a fungus spreads from Puna, where it already killed half the `ohi`a on 6,000 acres. Called `ohi`a wilt, the aggressive fungus clogs the tree’s vascular system. The `ohi`a dies of thirst in weeks. A stand of `ohi`a dies in three years.
      John Replogle, of The Nature Conservancy in Ka`u, attended a meeting in Honolulu last week where he said the pest was called Rapid `Ohi`a Death fungus. He said his team is very concerned and is taking many precautions. Contractors working on new Kaiholena fencing are using brand new equipment, from tools to boots, to “start clean.” Replogle said summer youth working for The Nature Conservancy under the Works Projects Administration program are taught to protect the forest. He said he “personally sprayed all their shoes to impress on them that this is serious.” He said The Nature Conservancy cleans all tools, shoes and vehicles with Lysol spray when moving from one forest to another.

Sam Ohu Gon III
Photo from The Nature Conservamcy

      Scientists are trying to figure out how to keep Rapid `Ohi`a Death fungus in Puna, away from adjacent Ka`u, location of some of the largest and most pristine native forests in Hawai`i. Sam Ohu Gon III, senior scientist for The Nature Conservancy, which manages some of the most intact native forests in Ka`u,  also urges anyone entering infected forests to clean vehicles, tires, boots and clothing before bringing them back to Ka`u.
      As with the coffee berry borer that threatens the Ka`u Coffee industry and the macadamia felted coccid that threatens Ka`u’s macadamia production, there is little agreement on how the `ohi`a tree killer reached the Big Island. Just like the coffee berry borer and macadamia pests, the `ohi`a fungus may have arrived to Hawai`i only a few years ago but could quickly take away what nature created eons ago.
      Flint Hughes, a research ecologist with the U.S. Forest Service, told Honolulu Star-Advertiser reporter Gary T. Kubota that `ohi`a make up 40 percent of native forest biomass. “A loss of `ohi`a would result in an utter transformation of our forests, not to mention the cultural importance of the trees,” Hughes said. “`Ohi`a really forms the foundation of our native forests. It’s the keystone species in terms of forest development.”
      The story explained that “unlike some alien trees that discourage ground cover by blocking sunlight or changing the chemistry of the soil, `ohi`a provides cover for many native plant species that in turn capture rain for Hawai`i’s watersheds.”
      “It’s our ultimate nurse tree for our native species,” Hughes told reporter Kubota.
      The fungus, Ceratocystis fimbriata, was identified as the cause of `ohi`a wilt late last year by Hawai`i-based Lisa Keith, a research plant pathologist with U.S. Department of Agriculture. She and her colleagues have determined that the fungus can spread in `ohi`a wood carried from one place to another to use for fires, fencing and other purposes. It can be carried from the soil around infected trees, and in insect excrement. There is a possibility that beetles and pigs are carriers, as well as humans walking and driving through an infected forest.
      See more at staradvertiser.com, civilbeat.com and environment-hawaii.org.
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Renee Dufault

THE FOOD INGREDIENT AND HEALTH Research Institute is seeking twenty parents of learning-disabled children to participate in a web-based tutorial as part of a study to determine whether the curriculum can help families facilitate healthy dietary changes. Parents selected to participate in the tutorial will be randomly assigned to a test or control group. Those assigned to the test group will be required to participate in the first six-week tutorial session. Parents serving in the control group will be offered the opportunity to participate in the tutorial during the second session. Test and control group participants will be required to take an online diet survey at the same time before and after the first tutorial session. As each parent finishes participating in the tutorial, he or she will receive a stipend of $200 to offset any increased grocery costs that may occur as a result of dietary changes.
      Instruction for the tutorial is provided by Renee Dufault, a retired Food and Drug Administration Public Health Service officer and prominent researcher, who lives in Ka`u. Participants will receive a copy of Dufault’s book and instruction during the tutorial at no charge, she said.
      Prior to being selected to participate in the study, parents will be screened to determine their eligibility. Parents found eligible to participate in the study will be required to sign an informed consent form before starting the tutorial. Results of the study may be reported in a journal article, at a scientific meeting or through media. All participants will be assigned unique user identification numbers for logging on to the tutorial, and their identities will remain confidential.
      Interested parents may contact Dufault at rdufault@foodingredient.info for their eligibility screening appointment or visit foodingredient.info/parentnutritioncourse.html and fill out the interest form.
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A beach cleanup station like this one
will be installed at Punalu`u.
Photo from All One Ocean

PUNALU`U BEACH CLEANUP STATION stewards are needed. All One Ocean has been granted permission from Hawai`i County to install a Beach Cleanup Station at Punalu`u. To date, the organization has installed 17 stations in the San Francisco Bay Area and one on Hawai`i Island at Hapuna Beach State Park. The stations are simple wooden boxes containing repurposed bags that provide a simple way for beach goers to pick up trash that threatens marine life while enjoying the beach.
      Each station has one or more dedicated stewards, community volunteers who care for, manage and help evaluate the station’s impact. Stewards commit to visiting the station approximately once every couple of weeks to maintain it and replenish the stock of reusable bags. Stewards also estimate usage of the station on each of their visits.
      Ka`u residents interested in becoming a steward and joining the All One Ocean team can contact Katie Strong at 415-933-9589 or katie@alloneocean.org.
      For more information, see alloneocean.org.
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GOV. DAVID IGE IS IN WASHINGTON, D.C., for The Washington Post’s Powering Cities forum today.

       The Washington Post invited Ige to speak about Hawai`i’s commitment to clean energy and generating 100 percent of its electricity sales from renewable energy resources by 2045. Ige recently signed Act 097 into law, making Hawai`i the first state in the nation to set a 100 percent renewable portfolio standard for the electricity sector.
      Ige joins other elected officials, government innovators and business leaders at the one-day forum. Currently, the U.S. consumes the equivalent of 18 percent of the world’s total primary energy usage. Speakers discuss and debate policies and programs across the country related to clean energy, battery and energy storage, the grid, energy efficiency, innovations in oil and gas and more.

Gov. David Ige is participating in a forum sponsored by The Washington Post
today. Photo  from Office of the Governor

      The event is live-streamed through the governor’s website at governor.hawaii.gov. Video will also be available after the event.
      While in Washington, Ige will also meet with Hawai`i’s congressional delegation and various federal officials to discuss issues that include easing air access for international travelers to Hawai`i, renewable energy, affordable housing and the International Union for Conservation of Nature World Conservation Congress to be held in Hawai`i in next year.
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KA`U BOYS VOLLEYBALL PLAYERS succeeded on a national stage last weekend at the Southern California Volleyball Association annual tournament at Anaheim Convention Center. Emmett Enriques, of Punalu`u, joined top 18-year-old players from Hawai`i to take third in competition among more than 50 teams from around the country. Ka`u athletes Cameron Moses, Naia Makuakane and Adison and Avery Enriques played for their team that tied for ninth in the competition among 82 teams from around the U.S.
      The Ka`u volleyball standouts scrimmage this week with teams in San Diego and travel Thursday to Columbus, Ohio for the U.S.A. Boys Junior National Championships.
      Both events provide venues for college scouts, who talk to players, their coach Guy Enriques and parents. Ka`u’s outstanding players over the years have received numerous scholarship offers following participation on the national stage.
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John Keawe

JOHN KEAWE PRESENTS A TRIBUTE TO SLACK KEY at Na`alehu Public Library today at 3 p.m. Originally planned for last Thursday, the program was rescheduled due to a miscommunication, library manager Sara Kamibayashi said.

      For more information, call 939-2442.

THE TOPIC AT AFTER DARK IN THE PARK this evening is highly collaborative, large-scale endangered plant re-introduction efforts on Hawai`i Island. The program begins at 7 p.m. at Kilauea Visitor Center Auditorium in Hawai`i Volcanoes National Park.

      $2 donations support After Dark programs. Park entrance fees apply.

A MEN’S BASKETBALL LEAGUE is forming for the summer, starting in July with play at Ka`u High School Gym. Men of high-school age and older are invited to form teams and join the competition that take place Mondays and Thursdays starting at 6 p.m.
      Call Elijah Navarro at Pahala Community Center at 928-3102 or 430-9461. Sponsor is county Parks & Recreation.

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Ka`u News Briefs Monday, June 22, 2015

Large-scale re-introduction of native plants such as lobeliad is the topic at After Dark in the Park tomorrow.
Photo by Dr. Robert Robichaux

HAWAI`I COFFEE CO., which supports the Miss Ka`u Coffee pageant scholarship fund and markets a Chef Alan Wong blend of Ka`u Coffee, has a new president. Daniel Dinell replaces Jim Wayman, who founded the company and stepped down earlier this year. The company owns Royal Kona Coffee, which it purchased from C. Brewer years ago, and also owns the largest roasting facility in the islands, located on O`ahu. Its other brands include Lion Coffee, Royal Hawaiian Coffee and Hawaiian Islands Tea.
      Dinell comes from Hilton Grand Vacations and has two decades experience in hospitality. He also worked in state government for the Hawai`i Community Development Authority.
      See more at hawaiicoffeecompany.com.
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Hawai`i County encourages residents to seek primary health care.

GOT DOC? THAT’S THE QUESTION Hawai`i County asking residents to encourage them to find a primary health care provider.
      “Imagine a Hawai`i Island where emergency rooms are nearly empty because preventive care services have been integrated into everyone’s health routine for years. Early mornings before sunrise, a group of kupuna does tai chi at the park,” the website gotdoc.org states. “Come lunchtime, kids gather with fellow classmates to play and eat nutritious meals. At pau hana, surfers paddle out for a quick session, and weight loss groups meet up for support and a brisk, evening walk.”
      In Hawai`i, one in every 10 visits to the emergency room is preventable. Easy, common sense measures like routine checkups could save the state $325 million every year.
      On Hawai`i Island, nearly 40,000 adults — about one in every five — don’t have a regular doctor. “That’s a lot of aunties, coworkers, cousins and kupuna at risk for serious health problems,” according to the website. “When members of our community neglect themselves, we all suffer the consequences.
      “Take responsibility for your health and well-being. The first step is having a primary care physician.”
      The website shows how to find a primary care doctor, gives tips on living well and tells stories of individuals who suffer because they don’t have primary care physicians who could have caught symptoms before they turned into major health issues.
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AmeriCorps volunteers helped clean up and organize Pahala Hongwanji
schoolhouse. Photo by Julia Neal

AMERICORPS, WITH TEACHERS IN KA`U, is facing cuts, and yesterday the New York Times came to its defense. The editorial board wrote, “It would be hardhearted and counterproductive to squeeze any more money from the already meager federal funding for public service programs that help struggling schoolchildren, veterans, the elderly and communities stricken by natural disasters. Yet a House subcommittee this week approved a spending bill that cuts federal financing for the already beleaguered Corporation for National and Community Service, which oversees many programs, the most well known of which is AmeriCorps.”
      According to the story, the proposed cuts would reduce federal investment in the community service corporation by about a third, would gut some programs and shut others down. The board wrote, “Beyond that, thousands of teachers, tutors and mentors would be withdrawn from low-performing schools across the country. That’s too big a price to pay for a savings so small that it doesn’t even rate as a rounding error in the national budget. It’s up to President Obama to fight for the national service program and make sure it remains intact.”
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Sacred Mauna Kea Hui members protest TMT. Photo by Kai Markell

SACRED MAUNA KEA HUI and its head facilitator Kamahana Kealoha responded to Thirty Meter Telescope organization’s announcement that it would restart construction on Wednesday.

      Construction stopped about three months ago when protesters, who call themselves protectors, blocked crews from reaching the TMT site. Following arrests of 31 people, Gov. David Ige asked TMT to halt proceedings while he discussed the issue with involved parties. Last month, Ige announced his support of TMT’s right to continue with the project and protesters right to protest peacefully.
      “SMKH reaffirms strongly, proudly and with all aloha our commitment to reinforce the blockade and continue to pursue legal routes while being forced to protect the Mauna with our bodies,” according to a statement from the hui.
      “SMKH strongly feels that many laws have been circumvented that make University of Hawai`i, Department of Land & Natural Resources, the state of Hawai`i and the TMT project disparagingly liable for breach of law and legal processes and with the Supreme Court case confirmed that it would be illegal, immoral and unethical for the TMT project and its supports to disallow the full and entire process of law to run its course regardless of the governor’s relinquishing of responsibility in giving the OK for the TMT project to move forward.
      “We implore the governor, UH, DLNR, the state of Hawai`i and the TMT project to rescind its intention to continue desecration and violation of the mandate to steward the endangered species environment that is our Mountain’s summit and reaffirm that all these entities are subject to all responsibility for the well-being of the Mauna and protectors being forced by the governor, UH, DLNR, the state of Hawai`i and the TMT project to put body, freedom and life in jeopardy in order to facilitate the just process of law that is still in motion and should be respected.
      “SMKH reaffirms its commitment to continue to call on its worldwide and local support for all protection efforts of the Mauna including continuing to put our bodies between the desecration of construction and our sacred Mauna and endangered species environment so poorly managed and neglected in regards to legal mandates set in place currently meant to protect the conservation district and cultural resources that are the Piko, or sacred summit, of our first-born elder Mauna Kea.”
      See sacredmaunakea.com.
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Sen. Mazie Hirono

Sen. Brian Schatz

U.S. SENS. MAZIE HIRONO AND BRIAN SCHATZ are divided regarding the Fiscal Year 2016 National Defense Authorization Act that the Senate passed last week. Schatz voted for the bill, and Hirono opposed it.
      “Every defense bill has challenges and tradeoffs,” Hirono said, “but this year’s NDAA raised serious questions about our national values.
      “In NDAA, Republicans resorted to a budget gimmick to provide sequester relief just for the Department of Defense while leaving the full burden of sequester for domestic programs such as the FBI, State Department, Treasury, Coast Guard, Homeland Security, education, transportation and other important priorities that contribute to our national security.
      “This approach divides our country into two Americas — defense on one side and everything and everyone else on the other. I call this un-American.”
      Schatz said, “The defense authorization bill includes many provisions that strengthen our national defense, reinforce the need to rebalance to the Asia Pacific — through which Hawai`i is central — and provide our service members with the equipment and training they need to protect America. The bill specifically states that any withdrawal of U.S. forces from U.S. Pacific Command would undermine the rebalance to the Asia Pacific, and that U.S. forces under the operational control of U.S. Pacific Command — like those of U.S. Army Pacific based in Hawai`i — should be increased, consistent with our commitment to the region.”
      While Schatz objects to the budget using Overseas Contingency Operations to circumvent the 2011 Budget Control Act’s spending caps to fund the military’s core operations, he said he will address those concerns in appropriations bills on the Senate floor.
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Dick Hershberger, as Thomas Jaggar, explains volcano activity to A Walk
into the Past participants. Photo by Ron Johnson

VISITORS TO HAWAI`I VOLCANOES National Park tomorrow can enjoy two programs.
      Ka`u resident Dick Hershberger brings Hawaiian Volcano Observatory founder Thomas Jaggar to life tomorrow every other Tuesday at 10 a.m., 12 p.m. and 2 p.m. Participants meet at Kilauea Visitor Center for a short walk to Whitney Vault near Volcano House.
      The topic at After Dark in the Park at 7 p.m. is Silverswords & Lobeliads. Dr. Robert Robichaux discusses highly collaborative, large-scale endangered plant re-introduction efforts on Hawai`i Island at Kilauea Visitor Center Auditorium.
      $2 donations support After Dark programs. Park entrance fees apply.

FAMED, AWARD-WINNING GUITARIST John Keawe brings A Tribute to Slack Key to Na`alehu Public Library tomorrow at 3 p.m. Originally planned for last Thursday, the program was rescheduled due to a miscommunication, according to library manager Sara Kamibayashi. 

      For more information, call 939-2442.

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