Ka`u News Briefs Tuesday, Oct. 13, 2015

Central Pacific Hurricane Center forecasters say Tropical Storm Nora, 515 miles southeast of South Point, will weaken and pass south of Hawai`i. Map from NOAA

SOUTH POINT IS IN THE CENTRAL PACIFIC Hurricane Center’s cone of uncertainty for Tropical Storm Nora. CPHC’s 11 a.m. updated map shows the storm, 515 miles southeast of South Point, heading toward Hawai`i Island. The storm is expected to weaken steadily, turn west and pass south of South Point on Saturday, but its track could change and head further north or south, bringing heavy rain.

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Hawai`i Volcanoes National Park monitors petrels from the air.
Photo courtesy of Jim Denny/hawaiianendangeredseabirds.org

HAWAI`I VOLCANOES NATIONAL PARK has announced flight plans for this month. Management of the park requires the use of aircraft to monitor and research volcanic activity, conduct search-and-rescue missions and law enforcement operations, support management of natural and cultural resources and to maintain backcountry facilities. Dates and times are subject to change based on aircraft availability and weather. 

      Dates, times and reasons are:

• Each Tuesday, depending on weather and project needs, between 6 a.m. and 10 a.m. for ungulate surveys and control work in Kahuku between 3,000 and 7,000 ft. elevation; 
• Mondays, Oct. 19 and 26 between 6 a.m. and 8 a.m. for petrel monitoring from the summit of Kilauea to Mauna Loa at about 9,000 ft. elevation; 
• Monday, Oct. 19 between 10 a.m. and 11 a.m. from the Volcano agricultural station into `Ola`a Tract to transport supplies to support ungulate control work; 
• Tuesday-Thursday, Oct. 27-29 between 8 a.m. and 12 p.m. to transport fence materials to the boundary of Kahuku and Kapapala Forest Reserve; and 
• Thursday and Friday, Oct. 29 and 30 between 6 a.m. and 10 a.m. for ungulate surveys in Kahuku between 3,000 and 7,000 ft. elevation. 

      The park said in a statement that it regrets any noise impact to residents and park visitors.
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U.S. REP. TULSI GABBARD, vice chair of the Democratic National Committee, will not be attending the first Democratic presidential candidates’ debate today. Gabbard told Wolf Blitzer, of CNN, that DNC Chair Debbie Wasserman Schultz asked her not to attend because she disagrees with the number of debates the DNC has scheduled. Only six debates are currently on the calendar, but Gabbard has called for more.

U.S. Rep. Tulsi Gabbard was promoted to major.
Photo from Office of Rep. Gabbar

      “The issue here is one of democracy, of freedom of speech and defending that which so many have sacrificed and given their lives for,” Gabbard said. 

      Wasserman Schultz’s office later said Gabbard was not disinvited but asked to focus on the participating candidates. 

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U.S. REP. TULSI GABBARD WAS PROMOTED in rank by the Hawai`i Army National Guard from Captain to Major in a ceremony at at Punchbowl, the National Memorial Cemetery of the Pacific. She was joined by her family, friends and fellow service members and veterans. Former U.S. Senator Daniel Akaka led Gabbard in reciting her Oath of Office.
      “Standing here today amongst veterans at the Punchbowl National Memorial Cemetery, I’m again reminded of what aloha truly means,” Gabbard said. “Ultimately, aloha means respect, love and caring. Some people think love and caring means weakness, but I assure you that the exact opposite is true. The truth is, nothing is as strong as love. It was their love for liberty and freedom that gave our country’s founders the courage and strength to fight for independence.
       “It is that love for country that motivates our men and women in uniform to be ready and willing to put their lives on the line for the freedom and liberty that is the foundation upon which America stands. Punchbowl Cemetery is sacred. It exudes the aloha of those who have given their lives for America. I am humbled, honored, and inspired to be here with them – and with all of you.” 

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U.S. Sen. Brian Schatz

TSUNAMI DETECTION AND WARNING systems legislation unanimously passed the U.S. Senate last week. The bill reauthorizes and enhances tsunami preparedness and increases investment in research to protect coastal communities.
       The Tsunami Warning, Education and Research Act of 2015 would strengthen the National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration’s tsunami warning system and advance new research related to improving tsunami detection, forecasting, notification and response.
      

 The bill “strengthens the national tsunami forecasting program and stabilizes funding available for tsunami warnings and preparedness,” Sen. Brian Schatz said. “It also gives communities the ability to focus on the particular risks they face. In Hawai`i, that means securing our ports, preparing for the specific impacts to areas with a concentration of high rise buildings and looking to Hawai`i’s geological past to identify possible tsunami threats in the future. The earthquake in Chile last month underlines the importance of strengthening tsunami forecasting and preparedness for Hawai`i.”
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Keone Young

WE THE POWERFUL WORKSHOPS are coming to Ka`u on Friday, Oct. 23 from 11 a.m. to 12:30 p.m. at Ocean View Community Center and from 2:30 p.m. to 4 p.m. at Pahala Community Center. Keanu Young, assistant coordinator of Hawai`i State Legislature’s Public Access Room, explains how to influence state laws. 

      PAR is the Legislature’s non-partisan Legislative Reference Bureau. Providing testimony and keeping up with the bills before the legislature can be done online, with Hawai`i having one of the best interactive systems in the country, particularly for remote communities like those in Ka`u.
      Topics include tips and techniques on effective lobbying, testimony and communicating with legislators. Young explains the legislative process, deadlines and power dynamics. He also describes easy to use tools available on the Legislature’s website, capitol.hawaii.gov.
      For more information and to register (helpful but not required), call 974-4000, ext. 7-0478, or email par@capitol.hawaii.gov.
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KA`U COMMUNITY DEVELOPMENT PLAN Steering Committee is scheduled to make final recommendations to the county two weeks from today, on Tuesday, Oct. 27. The committee will be acting on its preliminary decisions about CDP revisions based on community feedback. Those preliminary decisions were made during the committee’s August and September meetings. Minutes from each of those meetings are available in the Steering Committee folder at www.kaucdp.info.

Ka`u CDP Steering Committee is nearing the end of its work.

      During its Sept. 24 meeting, the committee agreed that it would only consider additional CDP revisions if they are presented with new, verifiable information. In those cases, the committee agreed to address any major issues at a follow-up meeting so that the public is given proper notice.
      Once the committee makes its final CDP recommendations to the county, next steps include: Planning Director and agency review ( less than 60 days); Planning Commission public hearings and recommendation (60 days); County Council public hearings and action;
Mayor’s signature; and Action Committee appointed to guide CDP implementation.
      The Oct. 27 meeting begins at 5:30 p.m. at Na`alehu Community Center. The meeting is open to the public, and comment on agenda items is welcome.
      Ka`u residents can contact Steering Committee members, Community Planning Assistant Nalani Parlin or Project Manager Ron Whitmore with questions. Contact information is available at the kaucdp.info.

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Japanese immigrants sang hole hole bushi as they worked in Hawai`i's
sugar fields. Image from PBS Hawai`i

CANEFIELD SONGS: HOLE HOLE BUSHI is the title of a film to be screened Saturday during Ka`u Plantation Days. In the PBS Hawai`i film, narrator Jake Shimabukuro refers to the songs as Japanese American Blues. He defines hole hole as a Native Hawaiian word for dry cane leaves and bushi as a Japanese term for melody or tune. Issei immigrants brought their music from Japan and changed lyrics to reflect life in Hawai`i. 

      Shimabukuro compares the music to the `ukulele, which has only four strings, “and because of this, it has a kind of power,” he says. “Traditional hole hole bushi has just four lines of verse, but they tell powerful stories.”
      Ka`u Plantation Days is this Saturday from 9 a.m. to 3 p.m. at Pahala Plantation House.

Experts share Hawai`i's fossil history at After Dark in the Park.
Image from NPS

KA`U PLANTATION DAYS final organizing meeting is today at 6:30 p.m. at Pahala Plantation House. 

      For more information, call Darlyne Vierra at 640-8740.

FOSSIL HISTORY OF HAWAI`I is the topic at After Dark in the Park today at 7 p.m. Fossil expert Joe Iacuzzo, of Ka`u Learning Academy, and anthropologist Mark Sledziewski share their expertise on this and other fossil discoveries from around the world. 

      The program takes place at Kilauea Visitor Center Auditorium in Hawai`i Volcanoes National Park. $2 donations support park programs. Park entrance fees apply.

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Ka`u News Briefs Monday, Oct. 12, 2015

Fossilized lava trees in Hawai`i Volcanoes National Park are part of Hawai`i's fossil history, the topic of tomorrow's After Dark in the Park program. See details below. NPS Photo by Janice Wei

HOW MUCH SHOULD THE STATE PROVIDE to Department of Hawaiian Homelands for their administrative and operational costs? That’s the subject of a story by Sophie Cocke in Honolulu Star-Advertiser. Cocke reports that, according to Hawai`i Attorney General Doug Shin, the amount is $5 million per year. She said Shin based his figure on estimates provided by state Constitutional Convention delegates in 1978, adjusted for inflation.

Doug Chin

      DHHL, however, asked for $28 million per year. According to Cocke, the agency said $5 million doesn’t even cover staffing, and DHHL’s needs have increase since the convention.
      DHHL Director Jobie Masagatani said, “We, as a state, not just DHHL, we as a state accepted this responsibility to administer this program in the best interest of beneficiaries.”
      In Ka`u, DHHL administers lands at Punalu`u mauka, Wai`ohinu and Ka Lae, as well as more than 40 lots in Discovery Harbour. The department is also working on water for South Point residents and ranchers, management of Ka Lae’s archaeological and historic sites as well as recreational areas and environmentally sensitive coastal areas.
      There are currently more than 27,000 Native Hawaiians waiting for homestead plots that include residential, agricultural and pastoral parcels, according to DHHL.
      See staradvertiser.com.
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KA`U’S STATE REP. RICHARD ONISHI, vice chair of the House Agriculture Committee, is one of two lawmakers who rejected Hawai`i Center for Food Safety’s request for correspondence between them and biotech companies or groups representing their interests, Anita Hofschneider reported in Civil Beat.

Rep. Richard Onishi

      According to Hofschneider, Onishi and Ag Committee Chair Clift Tsuji both said they didn’t release the files in part because the “documents are part of legislator’s personal files and/or predecisional in nature.”
      The story says three other lawmakers have supplied such requested communications to the nonprofit, but did not name them.
      See civilbeat.com.
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HAWAIIAN VOLCANO OBSERVATORY scientists review earthquakes and earthquake safety in the current issue of Volcano Watch. Thursday, Oct. 15 marks the ninth anniversary of Hawai`i’s two most recent damaging earthquakes. That day also is the third annual Great Hawaii ShakeOut.

      “On Sunday, Oct. 15, 2006 at 7:07 a.m., Hawaiian Standard Time,” the article states, “a magnitude-6.7 earthquake, centered deep beneath Kiholo Bay off the northwest coast of the Island of Hawai`i, shook many residents awake. It was followed minutes later by a magnitude-6.0 earthquake centered nine kilometers (5.6 mi) off the island’s North Kohala coast.
      “Damage from these earthquakes was heaviest in the North Kona and Kohala Districts on Hawai`i Island, but impacts were felt across the state, notably with an extended power outage on O`ahu.
      “Fortunately, no lives were lost as a result of these earthquakes. Had the earthquakes occurred on a different day of the week, when many people would have been on their way to —or already at — work or school, the outcome might have been much different.
      “From a financial viewpoint, estimated damages from post-earthquake assessments amounted to at least $200 million. Though the October 2006 earthquakes were not the largest ever experienced in Hawai`i, they resulted in the greatest earthquake-related financial losses in Hawai`i’s history by far. With continued development and population growth, we can expect future earthquake losses to escalate.
      “As we learned in 2006, moderately large earthquakes can be very costly and seriously impact much, if not all, of the state.

An HVO staff member demonstrates earthquake safety. Photo from USGS

      “At a societal level, we brace against damaging earthquakes with zoning, building codes and building practices. We use experiences and observations from historical events, combined with the best available technical tools and capabilities, to avoid catastrophic structural failures resulting from earthquakes. Over the years, building codes in the United States have been modernized and upgraded to the point that the likelihood of structural collapse is now considered quite low.
      “The collective experiences from 2006 highlighted the particular vulnerability of the post-and-pier type construction that is quite common in Hawai`i’s communities. Inspections that were conducted to determine if homes were safe to reoccupy after the earthquakes led to a series of projects that focused on the seismic performance of post-and-pier construction.

      “After an inventory was compiled, a structural engineering team developed retrofit strategies and specifications for strengthening post-and-pier homes. With this engineering information, a software team created a “Retrofit Expert System” (hilo.hawaii.edu/~nathazexpert/expertsystem/flash_path_fix.php) for homeowners to develop appropriate retrofit designs and procure materials and hardware for their home seismic retrofits.

      “Home retrofits are an example of what can be done at an individual level, well in advance of an earthquake, to protect our families during strong earthquakes. It is also important to know exactly what to do when the shaking starts.
      “Emergency managers, planners and researchers now largely agree that ‘Drop! Cover! Hold On!’ is the appropriate strategy to reduce injury, or prevent death, during large, damaging earthquakes. This was borne out in 2006 by the extent of nonstructural damage, like fallen ceiling panels and fixtures and toppled cabinets and shelves, noted in the post-Kiholo Bay earthquake damage surveys.

      “Because we cannot know how strong an earthquake will be at its onset, DROP to the ground any time you feel shaking. COVER your head and neck, and take shelter under a sturdy object, like a desk or table. Then HOLD ON to your shelter until the shaking stops. If there is no nearby sturdy shelter, drop to the floor and protect your head and neck. If possible, crawl to an inside corner of the room and be ready to move, if necessary.
      “ShakeOut, first conducted in California in 2008, is now a global earthquake awareness and preparedness exercise. As of this week, almost 40 million participants are registered in worldwide events.
      “There’s still time to join the more than 240,000 Hawai`i residents now registered for the Great Hawai`i ShakeOut that takes place at 10:15 a.m. on Thursday, Oct. 15. In your home and workplace, identify sturdy objects that you can shelter under and then practice Drop! Cover! and Hold on! This will speed up your reaction time when the need to protect yourself during an earthquake is real.”
      See hvo.wr.usgs.gov/volcanowatch.
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After turning north, Nora is forecast to again head west and remain
south of Hawai`i Island. Map from NOAA

TROPICAL STORM NORA is zigzagging its way across the Central Pacific. At 11 a.m., it was 735 miles southeast of South Point. While this morning’s forecast shows a turn toward the south of Hawai`i by Friday morning, it also predicts that the storm will continue to lose strength before arriving in the vicinity of Hawai`i.
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BONE UP ON THE FASCINATING fossil history of Hawai`i for National Fossil Day. Although Hawai`i didn’t have dinosaurs, the fossils of Hawai`i are protected in its national parks and include human footprints in volcanic ash, extinct birds and trees entombed by lava flows. Fossil expert Joe Iacuzzo, of the Ka`u Learning Academy, and anthropologist Mark Sledziewski share their expertise on the fossils of Hawai`i and other incredible fossil discoveries from around the world – including dinosaurs. Bring the keiki.
      The free program, part of Hawai`i Volcanoes’ ongoing After Dark in the Park series begins at 7 p.m. tomorrow at Kilauea Visitor Center Auditorium.
      Park entrance fees apply. Call 985-6011 for more information.

The final day of sugar in Ka`u is the subject of a film to be screened
at Pahala Plantation Days. Image fro `ulu`ulu

KA`U SUGAR: A TOWN REMEMBERS is one of several films to be screened during Ka`u Plantation Days this Saturday at Pahala Plantation House. The film, which aired on PBS Hawai`i after the mill closed on March 27, 1996, chronicles the last day of work in Pahala. It features interviews with former sugar workers Eddie Andrade, Iwao Yonemitsu and many, many others.

KA`U RESIDENTS CAN TAKE A Walk into the Past tomorrow and every other Tuesday. Ka`u resident Dick Hershberger brings Hawaiian Volcano Observatory founder Thomas Jaggar to life at 10 a.m., 12 p.m. and 2 p.m. The programs begin at Kilauea Visitor Center and travel to Whitney Vault near Volcano House in Hawai`i Volcanoes National Park.
      Free; park entrance fees apply. For more information, call 985-6011.

KA`U PLANTATION DAYS final organizing meeting is tomorrow at 6:30 p.m. at Pahala Plantation House.
      For more information, call Darlyne Vierra at 640-8740.

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Ka`u News Briefs Sunday, Oct. 11, 2015

Tropical Storm Nora, southeast of Hawai`i Island, will turn north before becoming a hurricane, forecasters say. Map from NOAA

HAWAI`I HEALTH CARE professionals disagree about recently announced insurance rate increases for 2016 Affordable Care Act individuals and small groups. Some rates are going up by as much as 34 percent.

      “It’s a mistake. It’s very shortsighted to raise premiums excessively right now," Jeff Kissel, executive director of the Hawai`i Health Connector, told Honolulu Star-Advertiser reporter Kristen Consillio. “It’s really targeted at the working class. It’s a huge burden on them, and I don’t think it’s fair.”

Information about health insurance plans is available at healthcare.gov.

      According to Consillio, individuals not covered by an employer and those whose incomes are too high to qualify for Affordable Care Act subsidies or Medicaid are the most affected. Early retirees who are not yet 65 are also affected because they are not eligible for Medicare.
      “The average worker is suffering the rate increase a lot more than the person who is receiving subsidized health care,” Kissel told Consillio. “For the 39 percent who don’t (qualify for subsidies), they’re paying the full amount of the increase, and they don’t get a tax deduction. When you look at normal people who aren’t able to have employer-paid insurance and aren’t eligible for subsidies, it’s going to be more of a challenge for normal middle-class people to afford it.”
      A Health and Human Services spokesman who asked not to be further identified told Consillio that Affordable Care Act plans have more benefits and the program has helped many more people have insurance.
      “Prior to the Affordable Care Act, we lived in a world where double-digit premium increases were the norm, and that was often for inferior policies and policies that charged a higher premium or denied coverage to consumers entirely due to a pre-existing condition,” the HHS spokesman said. “The Affordable Care Act overhauled the way insurance companies treat consumers by requiring insurers to cover people with pre-existing conditions, ending discrimination based on gender and allowing only limited variation in premiums based on age.

      “Thanks to the Affordable Care Act, all Americans can shop around for the best deal on the marketplace regardless of their medical history.”
      See staradvertiser.com.
      Information about health insurance plans is available at healthcare.gov.

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CAMPING ON MAUNA KEA CONTINUES to be prohibited. As a follow-up to Friday’s court decision invalidating the emergency rule prohibiting overnight presence along the upper Mauna Kea road corridor, the state Department of Land and Natural Resources reminds people that camping in forest reserves and public hunting areas without a permit remains illegal under Hawai`i Administrative Rules. 

      Additional rules pertaining to activities in all state forest reserves and public hunting areas include using motor vehicles without due caution for the rights or safety of others or in a manner that endangers any person or property; camping or residing or any construction, improvement or occupancy or use of any structure within a forest reserve without a written permit from the State Board of Land and Natural Resources; damage or disturbance of any property of improvement; and disorderly conduct that creates a hazardous or physically offensive condition by any act which is not performed under any authorized license or permit.
      In Natural Area Reserves on Mauna Kea and elsewhere, Hawai`i Administrative Rules prohibit the removal, damage or disturbance of any geological or paleontologic features or substances.
      DLNR stated that it will continue to enforce these regulations.
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TROPICAL STORM NORA was 930 miles east-southeast of South Point and moving west as of 11 a.m. Although it continues to strengthen and is forecast to become a hurricane late today, forecasters at the Central Pacific Hurricane Center expect Nora to turn north, then northeast, with Hawai`i several hundred miles away from its path.

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ASTRONOMER LEW COOK DESCRIBES stars and constellations visible this month in Stars Over Ka`u, his monthly contribution to The Ka`u Calendar.

      “Venus is a morning star and can easily be seen before sunrise, after it rises just after 3 a.m. on Oct. 15,” Cook wrote. “Mars is in Leo, too, but is far from the Earth in the constellation Leo. Jupiter also is in Leo and won’t make its face seen before 3:30 a.m. On the morning of Oct.15, Jupiter and Mars form a cute little triangle with Chi Leo, a fourth-magnitude star, and continues on the mornings of Oct. 18 and 19. But you must get up early to see them, between 4 a.m. and morning twilight.
      “All three of these planets get together near each other near the end of the month (but not as close together as Mars and Jupiter on Oct. 18) Then they will be about six degrees apart, while on Oct. 18 Mars and Jupiter are about half a degree apart. Saturn is up in the west as it gets dark but sets around 8 p.m.
      “Some of the constellations may be new to some of you; for example, Camelopardalis, a faint tracing of stars in the northeast. This is a giraffe, possibly watching out for Leo, the lion. Leo won’t rise for hours and is probably distracted by the antics of Mars, Venus and Jupiter around its feet. There’s also a ram (Aries), a bull (Taurus), a whale (Cetus), two fish on a stringer (Pisces), one fish swimming freely (Pisces Australis) and an old goat (Capricorn). The flying critters are busy flapping or soaring across the sky. There’s Cygnus the swan that has been gliding, or soaring, across the sky since summer, along with the eagle, Aquila.
      “There’s also the crane, Grus, taking off upwards. Meanwhile, the toucan sits blithely by watching from his perch while the phoenix rises from its ashes. Meanwhile, the flying horse, named Pegasus, flies overhead.
      “There are people, too. Remember Queen Cassiopeia and King Cepheus? Their daughter Andromeda was to be sacrificed to the sea monster Cetus, but Perseus had other plans. In Greek mythology, there was a monster, Medusa. Just looking at Medusa’s head would turn any mortal being to stone. Averting his gaze, Perseus used his golden sword to slice off Medusa’s head. Keeping his gaze from the severed head, which retained its power, he showed it to Cetus, turning the monster to stone. Then, he rescued Andromeda, who married him.
      “There are other people shown in the sky, too. There is the Sculptor who may be looking for his lost triangle; it is north of Aries, the Charioteer Auriga, the departing hero Hercules and old dependable Aquarius, the water carrier. Is the river Eridanus the source of his water, or is what he spills its source?
      “Taurus is rising in the east, and the Pleiades are easily visible. Take a look with your telescopes or binoculars. Don’t the Pleiades look spectacular? Do remember to take a look at the Great Nebula in Andromeda, M31.”
      See kaucalendar.com.

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KA`U CROSS COUNTRY runner Chloe Gan bested more than half of the 60 female competitors at yesterday’s cross country high school meet at Kea`au. The Trojan earned a time of 24 minutes and 48.86 seconds.

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KA`U HIGH SCHOOL TROJANS’ eight-man football team kept the score close in the first half last night, but Kohala revved up in the second half to close out 27-6. Ikaika Salmo-Grace intercepted the ball and scored Ka`u’s one touchdown in the second quarter.
      Kohala takes this years eight-man football title for Hawai`i Island high schools. Last year, Ka`u won the title.
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THE 28TH ANNUAL TRASH ART SHOW, Hawai`i Artists Recycle! is currently on display at the Hawai`i Museum of Contemporary Art at 141 Kalakaua Street in Hilo. Hours are 10 a.m. to 4 p.m. Tuesday through Saturday.

Ira Ono, at right, hosts the Trash Art Show.
Photo from Volcano Garden Arts

      The Trash Art Show brings a heightened awareness of responsibility to protect and honor the Earth through recycling. 

      The museum is free and open to the public (donations are gladly accepted) and is sponsored by the East Hawai`i Cultural Council and Recycle Hawai`i.

       “I would like to personally invite you to view the show,” said host Ira Ono, who is considered the father of recycled art in the state and juror to many of the recycled art shows throughout Hawai`i. Ono is proprietor of Volcano Garden Arts in Volcano Village.

SENIOR ID CARDS ARE AVAILABLE tomorrow from 9 a.m. to 11 a.m. at St. Jude Church in Ocean View. Call 928-3100 for more information.

KA`U RESIDENT DICK HERSHBERGER brings Hawaiian Volcano Observatory founder Thomas Jaggar to life this and every other Tuesday. A Walk into the Past programs at 10 a.m., 12 p.m. and 2 p.m. begin at Kilauea Visitor Center and travel to Whitney Vault near Volcano House in Hawai`i Volcanoes National Park.
      Free; park entrance fees apply. For more information, call 985-6011.

KA`U PLANTATION DAYS final organizing meeting is Tuesday at 6:30 p.m. at Pahala Plantation House, which is the venue for the event this Saturday from 9 a.m. to 3 p.m.

      For more information, call Darlyne Vierra at 640-8740

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

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