Ka`u News Briefs Saturday, Sept. 12, 2015

Ana Cariaga, left, with Edwina, Jessica and Molly Akana, manage a Hawaiian Kingdom voting booth at the Olson Trust
 Building today in Pahala. Photo by Julia Neal

NO-SHOW AT THE HAWAIIAN RANCHOS SOLAR MEETING last night by representatives of the solar project planned for Ranchos was the situation at the meeting in Ocean View. The gathering turned into an educational session and rally on how to stop the industrial solar installations from being placed within the neighborhood. State Rep. Richard Creagan told the group that he was proud of what they have done, how they "stepped up to the plate."

Ranchos residents are concerned that native trees
will be bulldozed for industrial solar farms.
Photo from phrc.us.

     The complex situation includes approvals already gained by solar project developers from the state Public Utilities Commission and approvals yet to be considered by the county and PUC, including one to allow high voltage lines into the neighborhood.
     Creagan said he, other legislators and Gov. David Ige are planning to look at revising laws that allow unintended consequences like industrial solar being installed in a residential setting. Laws allowing solar projects on land zoned ag didn't take into consideration that residential areas with ag zoning could be used to cobble together separate lots into an industrial project over numerous parcels, he explained.

     Creagan said the price of the electricity to be sold to Hawaii Electric Light Co. is too high, doesn't benefit ratepayers, and violates the spirit of the law to make electricity less expensive. The location at Ranchos is far away from the electrical load requirements of more populated areas. There is already more electricity than can be used, coming from the windmills at South Point, he noted. He said the project "could be seen as defrauding ratepayers and the people of Hawai'i. We are very hopeful that PUC will see that this is not in the public interest."
     Reasons for no show given by the representatives of those planning the project, according to attendees at the meeting, were missed plane and heavy rains on road from Kona.
    The organizers against HOVE industrial solar have set up a website Preserve Hawai'i's Rural Communities to deal with this and broader issues affecting ag neighborhoods. See phrc.us.
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HAWAIIAN KINGDOM VOTING took place at polling sites set up around the state today. In Ka`u voting by Hawaiians is at the Olson Trust Building in Pahala and at Ocean View across from the swap meet location near Malama Market, until  5  p.m.
     According to documents at the Pahala polling place, the 2015 National Elections are to select Noble and Representative Legislators of the Manakau Kanawai and a Prime Minister for the Lawful Hawaiian Government of the Hawaiian Islands. Organizers of the The Lawful Hawaiian Government state in their presentation that "On March 13th, 1999, at Punalu`u on the island of  O`ahu, Indigenous Aboriginal Kanaka Maoli elders from throughout the Hawaiian archipelago sat in an assembly representing the legislative offices of the Hawaiian Kingdom government.
     "In an exercise of their perfect human rights, their goal was to remanifest and reinstate their inherent sovereign Lawful Hawaiian government which had been suspended in an act of war and treaty violation by armed forces of the United Staes of America under the direction of a President Minister Plenipotentiary in the year 1893."      Those elected vow to work on sovereignty, land, human rights and health and welfare issues for Native Hawaiians.
      Up for election is one Prime Minister candidate named Henry Maile (write-ins are allowed). Candidates for Representatives for  District 7, which includes all of Ka`u, are Dwayne T. Kuilipule, Jansen J.K. Kuilipule,  Sam M Keli`iho`omalu, Jonas I. Solliday, Preston Alan Ku`ilipule and John Kalu`ulu.

New Book Bag nets a bag of books,
shown by treasurer DD Daivs, Pres.
Ann Fontes and VP Linda Morgan.
Photo by Julia Neal

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FRIENDS OF THE KA`U LIBRARIES have announced a way to grab a free bag of books through their fundraiser, selling their new book bags with new logo for $7 each.

     During the annual meeting this weekend, President Ann Fontes was reelected and other officers named. Sandra DeMoruelle is vice president, Linda Morgan is secretary and Doris DD Davis is treasurer. Directors are Trish Gerbo, Myra Jean Sumida, and Deborah Lynn Dickerson.
     The bag-of-books promotion raises money for the organization when book lovers buy the $7 book bag at Na`alehu Library or Pahala Library and fill it with books for $3 more. FKL will also offer the promotion at Ka`u Plantation Days on the grounds of Pahala Plantation House on Saturday, Oct. 17.
    Another fundraiser is the Friends of the Library of Hawai`i's Links to Literacy Golf Ball Drop. See www.friendsofthelibraryofhawaii.org.
      A recent fundraiser came from the estate sale from the late Millicent May, of Discovery Harbour who supported Friends of Ka`u Libraries. A check was presented to Friends of Ka`u Libary at the annual meeting.
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MILOLI'I OPELU PROJECT ORGANIZERS ARE OFFERING TO HOST Ka'u school children for field trips to Miloli`i and also will come to Ka`u schools. Sponsored by Pa`a Pono Miloli`i, this week, they taught school children at Miloli`i about the ʻōpelu, feeding, harvesting and

Pa`a Pono Miloli`i with Keala Figueroa. 

drying. Visiting were Kehau Springer and Kalaionamoku Luka Mossman of Conservation International as they demonstrated dissection, and gonad identification as well as fish tagging. Reservations for one day workshops and school presentations are available beginning Oct. 1. Email paaponoinc@gmail.com for registration and information forms. Also see Pa`a Pono Miloli`i on Facebook.

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PAHALA PLANTATION DAYS COMMITTEE met this week to plan the Saturday, Oct. 17 annual event with the 2015 theme For the Good Times. The next organizing meeting will be Sept. 23 at Pahala Community Center and Oct. 7 at Pahala Plantation House.
     Organizer and Ka'u Multicultural Society President Darlyne Vierra said Plantation Days, in its fifth year, begins with the the arrival of the sugar cane truck and pa'u parade of horses and riders bedecked in lei, colors and costumes representing each island.
     The parade starts at 9 a.m. at Pahala Community Center and will travel down Maile Street to Old Pahala Clubhouse, with emcee Clyde Silva. Derrick Andrade will drive a decorated sugar cane truck that hauled sugar from the fields to the mill in Pahala until the plantation closing in 1996. A mounted pa'u court with queen Lorilee Lorenzo will follow. Walkers and riders will include representatives of the many ethnic groups who built the agricultural community of Ka'u, which has evolved from sugar plantations to ranching, macadamia and coffee orchards and food and tea farms. Educational groups such as Friends of Ka'u Libraries and Ka'u Rural Health Community Association will participate, Community groups and those wanting to honor their family roots are invited to carry the colors of a Hawaiian Island. Call Liz Kuluwaimaka to join the parade at 339-0298.

A sugar truck from the days before the plantation closed in 1996,
will lead Ka`u Plantation Days Parade at 9 a.m. on Oct. 17.
Photo by Julia Neal

   Following the parade will be presentations, entertainment and food on the grounds of Pahala Plantation House. Na'alehu Hongwanji will offer its famous sushi. The history of ranching and dairy will be presented in the Plantation Carriage House. The contribution of the Japanese sugar communities whose sons fought in World War II will be presented by veterans now in their 90s. Food, educational, and arts and crafts booths are available. Call Yvonne Ke at 929-9834.
    For the first time, Samoan dancing and music will be featured, along with music from South Side Serenaders and other entertainers. Kumu Hula Debbie Ryder will open the entertainment with a chant and her halau will perform as will Hannah Makana hula dancers.
   Organizers are hoping to put together a traditional Social Box for public dancing and games like greased pole climbing, three legged races and tug of war, as well as native games presented by the Hawaiian Civic Club. Also helping will be O Ka`u Kakou. For more information, call Darlyne Vierra at 640-8740.

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Ka`u News Briefs Friday, Sept. 11, 2015

Stewards of Hawai`i Volcanoes National Park's rainforest take a break on historic Crater Rim Trail, one of the focal areas for Stewardship at the Summit, which is seeking volunteers for programs through December. Photo from NPS

PRESERVE HAWAI`I’S RURAL COMMUNITIES, a group of Ocean View-area residents who oppose a proposed 26-lot solar project in subdivisions makai of Hwy 11 as well as similar projects in other areas, has a new website at phrc.us.

Christine Gallagher's home of 36 years could be surrounded by solar arrays.
Photo from PHRC

      “We are supportive of renewable energy, but this farm will consist of 1.6 acres of solar panels on 26 lots, 18 of them in the Ranchos, and a new substation,” the website states. “The entire area, mauka and makai, will be affected by issues including fire safety, toxic waste disposal, forced industrialization of the communities, destruction of natural and cultural resources, (and) night light pollution.
      “The Project will result in radical and irreversible changes on both sides of Highway 11.
      “HELCO has said that the solar farm will not lower energy costs in the community.
      “New Hawai`i Revised Statute §205-2:6 was rushed through the Legislature. It does not require Environmental Impact Statements or community input for large solar installations on agricultural land.
      “Please join us in opposing this unwanted and dangerous solar farm.”
      A meeting with the project’s developer Ian Craig and director Dominic Lopez is scheduled for 6 p.m. today at Ocean View Community Center. According to PHRC member Christine Gallagher, meeting organizers expect representatives from Hawai`i Electric Light Co., County Council member Maile David and state Rep. Richard Creagan to attend. Mayor Billy Kenoi may also attend.
      Residents wishing to testify will each have three minutes to do so.
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IS UTILITY-SCALE SOLAR in Hawai`i Island’s future? The first utility-scale solar array and battery storage system designed to supply power to the grid in the evening is being planned on Kaua`i, where Kaua`i Island Utility Cooperative has signed a power purchase agreement with SolarCity for electricity from the project.

      The project is believed to be the first utility-scale system in the U.S. to provide dispatchable solar energy, meaning that the utility can count on electricity being available when it’s needed, even hours after the sun goes down.

KIUC is expanding it current solar system to include a utility-scale solar array
and battery storage system. Photo from KIUC

      The 52 megawatt-hour battery system will feed up to 13 megawatts of electricity onto the grid to lessen the amount of conventional power generation needed to meet the evening peak, which lasts from 5 p.m. to 10 p.m. By using the solar energy stored in the battery instead of diesel generators, KIUC will reduce its use of imported fossil fuels and also cut its greenhouse gas emissions.
      Under terms of the 20-year contract, KIUC will pay Solar City a lower rate than the current cost of conventional generation and only slightly more than the cost of energy from KIUC’s two existing 12-megawatt solar arrays, whose output is available only during the day.
      “KIUC has been investigating energy storage options for more than two years, and price has always been the biggest challenge,” said David Bissell, President and CEO of KIUC. “This is a breakthrough project on technology and on price that enables us to move solar energy to the peak demand hours in the evening and reduce the amount of fossil fuel we’re using.”
      Jon Yoshimura, Director of Policy and Electricity Markets for Solar City, said, “Solar City is excited to bring the first dispatchable solar storage system to the island of Kaua`i. Hawai`i has been and continues to be at the forefront of new technology and research for solar and storage. This solution will allow for more efficient load balancing and will reduce dependence on fossil fuel-based power.”
      KIUC has requested an accelerated timetable for approval by the Hawai`i Public Utilities Commission. To qualify for federal investment tax credits that will substantially reduce the cost of the project, construction work must begin by April 2016 so the project can be in commercial operation by Dec. 31, 2016.
      Solar City was the contractor on KIUC’s first 12-megawatt solar array, which went into commercial operation in September 2014 and supplies about five percent of Kaua`i’s electricity.
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Abnormally warm waters are contributing to coral bleaching
in Hawai`i. Map from NOAA

RESEARCHERS ARE SEEING EVIDENCE of a long predicted, severe coral bleaching event in Hawai`i for August-October 2015. The Department of Land and Natural Resources, National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration and the Hawai`i Institute of Marine Biology are collectively monitoring the extent of coral bleaching from the Northwestern Hawaiian Islands/Papahanaumokuakea Marine National Monument to the main Hawaiian Islands.

      Warmer water temperatures can result in coral bleaching, and Hawai`i is seeing warm ocean waters due to El Nino weather conditions. When water is too warm, corals expel the algae (zooxanthellae) living in their tissues, causing the coral to turn completely white.
      According to NOAA, when a coral bleaches, it is not dead. Corals can survive a bleaching event, but they are under more stress and are subject to mortality.
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NATIONAL ASSOCIATION OF STATE Departments of Agriculture holds its annual meeting in Sheraton Kona Resort & Spa next week. The meeting, hosted by NASDA President and Hawai`i Chairman of Agriculture Scott Enright, will focus on a theme of “Agriculture’s Traditions, Agriculture’s Future.” During the opening session, Enright will launch NASDA’s new five-year strategic plan. Dr. Dennis Gonsalves, who was responsible for the development of a genetically engineered papaya that saved the state’s valuable papaya industry, will also make remarks during the opening session. Additional speakers for the meeting include USDA Under Secretary Michael Scuse and former Hawai`i Attorney General Margery Bronster.
      During the meeting, NASDA members will vote on over 20 policy amendments (changes to permanent policy) and action items (specific action requests supported by existing policy). These items demonstrate the diverse portfolio of state Department of Agriculture responsibilities from child nutrition to antimicrobial resistance to environmental protection.
      Complementing the theme of agriculture’s traditions and future, tours will focus on Hawai`i’s unique coffee industry and the state’s innovative green energy development at the Natural Energy Laboratory of Hawai`i. The state’s unique agricultural products will also be on display with exotic fruit tastings and products from Hawai`i Seal of Quality agricultural producers.
      According to GMO-Free Hawai`i, the group is considering holding a protest on the highway in front of resort on Sunday at the Sheraton Kona Resort. See GMOFreeHawaiiIsland on Facebook.

Stewardship leader Jane Field lops Himalayan ginger, one of the world's
top 100 invasive species. Photo from NPS

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STEWARDSHIP AT THE SUMMIT SEEKS volunteers for programs scheduled through December. 

      Programs begins at 9 a.m. and end at 12 p.m. on Sept. 18 and Sept. 26 (National Public Lands Day); Oct. 2, 17, 23 and 30; November 6, 13, 21 and 28; and December 4, 9, 18 and 26.
      Volunteers help remove invasive, non-native plant species that prevent native species from growing. Meet project leaders Paul and Jane Field at Kilauea Visitor Center at 9 a.m. on any of the scheduled dates. Wear sturdy hiking shoes and long pants. Bring a hat, raingear, day pack, snacks and water. Gloves and tools are provided. No advance registration is required, and there is no cost to participate. Park entrance fees apply.
      Volunteers have dedicated more than 5,000 hours of their time and have restored more than 25 acres of native rainforest within the national park since 2012. Countless Himalayan ginger, faya, strawberry guava and other invasive, non-native plants that threaten the native understory have been removed. In their place, once-shaded `ama`u and hapu`u tree ferns have re-emerged, and pa`iniu, kawa`u and other important native plants are returning to the stewardship plots.

Hikers head for the summit of Pu`u o Lokuana. Photo from NPS

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KAHUKU UNIT OF HAWAI`I Volcanoes National Park offers free programs this weekend. The Birth Of Kahuku is the topic of a free, guided, easy-to-moderate hike tomorrow from 9:30 a.m. to 11:30 a.m. Participants traverse the vast 1868 lava flow, see different volcanic features and formations, identify many parts of Mauna Loa’s Southwest Rift Zone and learn about the Hawaiian hotspot and the creation of Kahuku.
      Pu`u o Lokuana is a short, moderately difficult 0.4-mile hike to the top of the grassy cinder cone on Sunday from 9:30 a.m. to 10:30 a.m. Participants learn about the formation and various uses of this hill over time and enjoy a breathtaking view of lower Ka`u.
           For more information, call 985-6011.

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

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Ka`u News Briefs Thursday, Sept. 10, 2015

Ka`u Multicultural Society holds its first organizing meeting for next month's Ka`u Plantation Days today. Everyone interested in making the event a success is welcome to attend. See details below. Photo by Julia Neal

COMING TO THE DEFENSE of Thirty Meter Telescope opponents are several Office of Hawaiian Affairs board members, according to a story by Tom Callis in this morning’s Hawai`i Tribune-Herald.

Kamana`opono Crabbe

     Bob Lindsey, the elected OHA trustee for Hawai`i island, told Callis he expects “vigorous discourse” on how to deal with the issue. The story also reports that OHA CEO Kamana`opono Crabbe “said before the meeting that he was concerned about native rights being violated and plans to speak with the Department of Land & Natural Resources about the continued arrests.”
      Crabbe told Callis, “What we need to do as OHA is work with the government to, one, respect our rights as indigenous peoples, and if we cannot come to that understanding, then we as OHA, we have to do what’s in the best interest of our people and communities.”
      Eight were arrested Wednesday morning for violating an emergency rule that limits access to the mountain.
      Following the arrests, OHA issued a statement that it “strongly condemns this morning’s arrests on Mauna Kea and again urges the state to cease further enforcement action and arrests until legal questions relating to the Mauna Kea emergency rules are properly resolved. It is our understanding that the individuals were arrested this morning while they were in the act of pule, or prayer. Native Hawaiians have constitutionally protected rights to reasonably engage in traditional and customary practices, and regulations cannot eliminate the exercise of these rights. We hope for a resolution that ensures our beneficiaries’ rights are protected instead of violated.”

      See hawaiitribune-herald.com.
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THE PROPOSED SOLAR PROJECT that would cover largely wooded lots in Hawaiian Ocean View Ranchos and neighboring subdivisions is receiving islandwide coverage ahead of tomorrow’s public meeting at Ocean View Community Center at 6 p.m.

      Bret Yager reported in West Hawai`i Today that one homeowner told him the project turns his neighborhood into a light industrial area.
      Oahu-based Solar Hub Utilities submitted applications for the project in 2011 and 2012. SPI, which is based in California and China, later purchased the project. While the applications were approved, agreements from Hawai`i Electric Light Co. to buy the electricity have not yet been executed, according to Yager.
      Richard Creagan, Maile David and Virginia Isbell will be there, according to organizers. Mayor Kenoi may also attend. There will be an opportunity for people to speak for three minutes each.
      See more on Ka`u News Briefs, Sept. 6, 2015.
      See westhawiitoday.com.

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Cathartus quadricollis
Photo from Bug Guide

WANTED FOR BEETLE STUDY: feral/unmanaged coffee and coffee/mac nut farms. 

      Researchers are looking for a feral/unmanaged coffee farm as an experimental plot to observe flat bark beetle, Cathartus quadricollis, predation on coffee berry borers. Thirty-six coffee tree branches will be sleeved, and after the experiment is over, they will be clipped to collect and process the beans.
      Also needed are farms that grow both coffee and macadamia nuts (at least 20 trees on-site) for the study. Macadamia nut trees must be accessible enough to clip sticktights within a 15-foot range. Only sticktights will be picked for this study.
      For more information, contact Eva Brill, of USDA ARS PBARC, at eva.brill@ars.usda.gov.
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SEN. BRIAN SCHATZ YESTERDAY SPOKE on the Senate floor in support of the Joint Comprehensive Plan of Action, President Obama’s agreement with Iran regarding its nuclear program.
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A President of the United States once said of his nation’s enemy that we cannot ‘wish away the differences between our two societies and our philosophies,” Schatz said, “but we should always remember that we do have common interests, and the foremost among them is to avoid war.’ In pursuing that cause, he said, ‘We will be prepared to protect our interests and those of our friends and allies. But we want more than deterrence. We seek genuine cooperation. We seek progress for peace.’
      “It was President Reagan who seized the opportunity during the Cold War and President George H.W. Bush who carried it forward. Together, they achieved commitments from the United States and the Soviet Union — enemies through and through — to reduce their stockpiles of nuclear weapons, bringing us ever closer to a world free of the threat of nuclear annihilation. 

It ingrained in us a tradition of pragmatism — the idea that even with countries we deeply distrust and whose behavior we abhor, we cannot ignore the opportunity to prevent the proliferation of nuclear weapons.
      “The Joint Comprehensive Plan of Action that the United States negotiated with Iran and the other members of the P5+1 preserves that tradition to “seek progress for peace.” 


      “This deal is not perfect, as the Chairman of the Foreign Relations Committee so ably explained. We had to make concessions. That is because it was negotiated between sovereign countries pursuing diplomacy, not unconditional surrender.

Sen. Brian Schatz

      “I hear complaints about one provision or another, and some of those criticisms are valid. But we do not have the luxury of sending our negotiators back to Vienna. If we do that, things will fall apart. 

Every ambassador from the P5+1 has made clear that the multilateral sanctions that brought Iran to the table will be upended. 

We would be isolated diplomatically, Iran’s nuclear program will be unconstrained, and Iran would get most of its money, too. 

      “Of course, we could levy harsh unilateral sanctions ourselves. And that may be emotionally satisfying to many. But they won’t bite. They did not when Iran went from only 300 centrifuges to more than 18,000, and they won’t now. 

      “The question in this debate is whether to approve the deal or to dump it. There is no door number three. 

But we don’t need to feel resigned because, as a deal, it is quite a good one. Experts in the nonproliferation space almost unanimously affirm that it is a strong deal. 
It blocks each one of Iran’s pathways to the bomb and places its nuclear program under strict international supervision. 
…
      “The other concern — and I think this is a valid one — is that this deal should not be overstated in terms of its impact on our priorities and alliances in the region. It is important on the nuclear issue, but in October we will have many of the same challenges in the Middle East that we have in September. 

Iran is still the world’s leading state sponsor of terror, and nothing in this deal will deter us from working to contain Iran’s regional aspirations, including its support of Hamas and Hezbollah. But our efforts can now occur with a nuclear-armed Iran off the table.

 …
      “Even as we work to restrict Iran’s nuclear ambitions, we will continue to thwart Hamas and Hezbollah.

 We are committed to cooperating with Israel on intelligence and security at the highest levels ever and continuing to ensure that Israel’s Qualitative Military Edge is protected.

 …
      “We do not underestimate or understate the challenges that we have and the role of our military in shaping events for the better. 

But in this instance, with eyes wide open, we ought to pursue peace first.

”
      See the full speech at schatz.senate.gov.
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THE PUBLIC IS INVITED to Ka`u Scenic Byway Committee’s meeting today at 5 p.m. at Na`alehu Methodist Church.

Ka`u residents interested in joining Friends of the Ka`u Libraries' efforts
are invited to today's membership meeting. Photo by Julia Neal

FRIENDS OF THE KA`U LIBRARIES’ annual membership meeting is today at 6 p.m. at Pahala Plantation House. 

      For more information, call Ann Fontes at 987-7448 or Doris Davis at 928-0919.

KA`U PLANTATION DAYS HOLDS ITS FIRST organizing meeting for the October event today at 6:30 p.m. at Pahala Community Center. For more information, call Darlyne Vierra at 640-8740.

THE RICH GEOLOGIC HISTORY OF KAHUKU is the subject of a free, guided, easy-to-moderate hike Saturday from 9:30 a.m. to 11:30 a.m. Participants traverse the vast 1868 lava flow, see different volcanic features and formations and identify many parts of Mauna Loa’s Southwest Rift Zone. They learn about the Hawaiian hotspot and the creation of Kahuku. 

      Enter the Kahuku unit on the mauka side of Hwy 11 near mile marker 70.5, and meet near the parking area. Sturdy footwear, water, raingear, sun protection and a snack are recommended.
      For more information, call 985-6011.

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

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