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Thursday, March 10, 2016

Ka`u Calendar News Briefs Thursday, March 10, 2016

Ka`u farmers and ranchers are concerned that their water permits could be revoked because of a case on Maui about water diverted for sugar returning to its natural courses. Photo by Julia Neal
A BILL THAT WOULD ALLOW for extension of revocable water permits if long-term lease applications are pending is progressing at the state Legislature. After passing its third reading in the state House of Representatives last week, HB2501 crossed over to the Senate today and was referred to the Water, Land & Agriculture Committee. The bill responds to a case on Maui about returning water diverted by Alexander & Baldwain sugar company back to its natural course for wildlife and more traditional farming.
Water previously used for fluming cane
in Ka`u is now used for irrigation.
Photo from Olson Trust
      As reported in Tuesday’s Ka`u Calendar News Briefs, Ka`u farmers and ranchers testified in favor of the bill, which they see as giving time needed for their long-term lease applications to be approved. Others, including environmental groups, opposed it. “This bill appears to be another subversive attempt by A&B to evade the law and judicial review in order to avoid stream restoration, environmental analysis and basic water stewardship,” wrote Sierra Club of Hawai`i Director Marti Townsend. “Lawmakers elected to protect the public trust must vigorously oppose HB2501 and prevent any further steps to usurp public water rights and subsidize the profits of a multi-billion dollar company receiving special status over the interests of the public trust.”
      Earthjustice attorney David Lane Henkin testified, “The bill would allow the department to extend indefinitely an expired lease for use of state water resources, without ever considering or mitigating the harm such diversions can inflict on Hawai`i’s unique and fragile stream environments and on the exercise of traditional and customary rights. HB 2501 is a transparent attempt to overturn a recent circuit court decision holding that the department violated “the public interest” when it allowed, for more than thirteen years, a private corporation to divert up to 450 million gallons of water each day from over a hundred streams and tributaries on public lands in East Maui.”
      Volcano resident Rick Warshauer wrote, “This bill is bad for the stream environment, bad for taro cultivation, bad economics for the state, bad because it continues bad practices instead of resolving them, bad because it continues a disincentive for Maui County to secure its water supply directly, bad because it is one more example of perpetuating old boy politics favoring the traditional powers at the expense of the people and the environment. Kill the bill.”
      Track the progress of this and other bills at capitol.hawaii.gov.
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Research & Development Director Kawehi Inaba
THE COUNTY OF HAWAI`I BUSINESS Resource Center, a program of the Department of Research & Development, is launching its inaugural Hawai`i County Entrepreneurship Program on April 1. This new free program is part of the county’s ongoing efforts to promote and support local economic development. 
      Applications will be accepted on a first-come-first-served basis for up to 20 people. The deadline for applications is Friday, March 18. Anyone interested in applying can download complete application materials at hawaiicounty.gov/research-and-development or by picking up a copy in either of the department’s Hilo and Kailua-Kona offices.
      Accepted applicants are expected to participate in and complete six mandatory daylong workshops, three of which are in Hilo and three in Kailua-Kona, and to develop a business plan concept during the course of the six-month program. Additional requirements can be found in program materials posted on the R&D website.
      The program will link participants to leaders from Hawai`i County’s business community, financial institutions, government agencies and business development organizations to provide guidance and valuable connections to resources that will help them build their business plan. Kawehi Inaba, Director of the Department of Research & Development and herself an entrepreneur, said, “Entrepreneurs by nature are risk takers and doers ready to embrace change and discover a world of possibilities. This program will support these leaders and help strengthen their entrepreneurial skills leading to a better quality of life for the participants, their families and our communities.”
      For more information, contact Beth Dykstra at Elizabeth.Dykstra@hawaiicounty.gov or 961-8035.
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SEVENTEEN HAWAI`I HUNTER EDUCATION instructors were honored by Department of Land & Natural Resources Chair Suzanne Case and First Deputy Director Kekoa Kaluhiwa during a service award presentation kicking off Hawai`i’s annual instructor meeting. The volunteer instructors, responsible for training youth and adult hunters at 75 classes annually, were recognized with awards for from 50 hours of service to 4,500 hours of service. In total, the awards presented represent more than 20,000 hours of combined, total service.
DLNR First Deputy Director
Kikoa Kaluhiwa
      “These volunteers are really at the intersection of the ability of people to really enjoy the outdoors in a safe and ethical way,” Case said. “Based on what I saw when I took hunter education last August, I know that these men and women give a tremendous amount of their personal time to hunter education courses because they love it and they’re passionate about it. It’s an incredible commitment and contribution to Hawai`i.”
      Anyone born after December 31, 1971 or before January 1,1972 who has never possessed a Hawai`i hunting license (issued prior to July 1, 1990) or cannot show proof of having possessed a license is required to take a Hunter Education Course in order to purchase a hunting license. Hunter education classes fill fast. Nine classes scheduled statewide over the next two months are already full. Check class times, locations and sign up at http://dlnr.hawaii.gov/huntered/classes, or call toll free 1-800-353-4868.
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THE WHITE HOUSE selected Hawai`i’s High Technology Development Corporation for its TechHire program. The corporation is an attached agency to the state Department of Business, Economic Development and Tourism. HTDC has led the effort to demonstrate Hawai`i’s ability to respond quickly to its growing technology workforce.
      Obama launched the multi-sector TechHire initiative one year ago to empower Americans with the skills they need through universities, community colleges and nontraditional approaches that offer rapid or flexible paths to tech training.
      To kick off TechHire, 21 regions, with more than 120,000 open technology jobs and more than 300 employer partners, are announcing plans to work together to find new ways to recruit and place applicants based on their actual skills and to create more fast track tech training opportunities.
      “We fully support the president’s TechHire program, which will enable our residents to access accelerated job training opportunities and compete for higher wage earning jobs,” Gov. David Ige said. “The President’s selection of Hawai`i as a TechHire region is a step in the right direction and supports our 80/80 initiative to create 80,000 new technology jobs earning more than $80,000 annually by 2030.”
      HTDC has created a coalition of workforce organizations, employers and state and local government to develop and align training to meet the demands of employers. 
`ike is a partner in the TechHire Hawai`i Coalition.
      “HTDC is committed to matchmaking employers and high-potential candidates by working with stakeholders to develop innovative training programs such as ‘coding boot camps,’ virtual classrooms and high-quality online courses to rapidly train workers for high-paying tech jobs,” said Robbie Melton, executive director and CEO at HTDC. 
      “TechHire is an invaluable program to the training and development of Hawai`i’s technology workforce,” said Matthew Sasaki, director of Strategic Business initiatives at `ike, a partner in the TechHire Hawai`i Coalition. “Over the next few years, the industries that we are in will see increased demand for technology trained professionals. TechHire, in partnership with HTDC, is key to meeting this demand.”
      To learn more about TechHire, see www.whitehouse.gov/issues/technology/techhire.

MATH & SCIENCE NIGHT is tonight from 4 p.m. to 6 p.m. at Na`alehu School gym. See examples of student work and participate in fun, hands-on activities. Free dinner for all will be served, including hotdogs and water.
      For more information, call 939-2413.

Ocean View Community Center hosts a workshop tomorrow
and pancake breakfast Saturday.
SUSAN O’MALLEY SHARES HER SKILLS at Japanese Stab Bookbinding tomorrow from 9 a.m. to 11 a.m. at Ocean View Community Center. Call 939-7033 for more information.

OCEAN VIEW COMMUNITY CENTER hosts its monthly pancake breakfast Saturday from 8 a.m. to 11 a.m.

VOLUNTEERS HELP CLEAR invasive ginger from Hawai`i Volcanoes National Park trails tomorrow from 9 a.m. to 12 p.m. Meet at Kilauea Visitor Center. Free; park entrance fees apply.

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Wednesday, March 09, 2016

Ka`u Calendar News Briefs Wednesday, March 9, 2016

U.S. Sen. Mazie Hirono encourages federal agencies to continue research of Rapid `Ohi`a Death, which has spread through Hawai`i Island forests faster that expected. See more below. Photo from UH-CTAHR
KA`U REPUBLICANS JOINED OTHERS throughout Hawai`i in voting for Donald Trump to be their candidate for President of the United States. Lee McIntosh, chief volunteer for yesterday’s Ka`u caucus, reported that of the 101 votes received, 61 went to Trump. Texas’ U.S. Sen. Ted Cruz came in second with 31 votes. Ohio Gov. John Kasich received five; Florida’s U.S. Sen. Marco Rubio, three; and Kentucky's U.S. Sen. Rand Paul, who was not on the ballot, one, as a write-in vote.
      McIntosh said voters came from Miloli`i, Ocean View, Na`alehu and Pahala and that there were definitely more voters this year than four years ago.
      Islandwide, Trump won 47.7 percent of 1,997 votes cast, and Cruz took 28.07 percent. Statewide statistics show Trump with 42.4 percent of 13,377 votes and 32.74 percent for Cruz. Rubio placed third with 13.15 percent and Kasich fourth, with 10.56 percent. Ben Carson and Jeb Bush, who withdrew from the race but were still on the ballot, each received less than one percent of the votes.
      See gophawaii.com for other results and more information about Hawai`i’s Republican Party.
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EDMUND C. OLSON HAS MADE a $2 million gift to The Trust for Public Land to permanently endow the position of Hawai`i State Director. “The Edmund C. Olson Trust Fellow endowment will ensure that the leadership of The Trust for Public Land in Hawaiʻi is never compromised,” said Will Rogers, President and CEO of the national organization. “This unprecedented gift is an extraordinary testament to the success of our local team in saving some of Hawai`i’s most precious and endangered places for people to enjoy – and to the skills of Lea Hong, Hawai`i’s state Director for nearly ten years.
Lea Hong and Ed Olson
      “After a long and successful career in contracting and self-storage businesses, Olson became a major landowner in Hawai`i in 2000 with acquisition of former sugar lands on Hawai`i Island and later on O`ahu. Since then, he has championed stewarding land for positive change through sustainable agriculture, conservation, clean energy and community,” a TPL press release stated.
      Olson was first introduced to The Trust for Public Land by Ka`u community members and former TPL project manager Josh Stanbro (now with Hawai`i Community Foundation). They convinced him to make a sizable donation to purchase and protect Honu`apo Fishpond and Estuary next to the Hawai`i County's Whittington Beach Park. Olson later joined the board of The Trust for Public Land in 2006. Since then, he has been a key supporter of the protection of Kawa, as well as Kauhola Point in North Kohala and Honouliuli Forest Reserve on O`ahu. He has donated conservation easements dedicating thousands of acres of land that he owns on Hawai`i Island and O`ahu to agriculture or conservation, ensuring these lands will never be developed. He also invested in successful campaigns to establish open space land conservation funds on Hawai`i Island and O`ahu that have generated tens of millions of dollars for land conservation.
      “The Trust for Public Land has earned my support,” Olson said. “They bring national expertise to bear with dedicated local focus to deliver conservation that honors our local culture and ensures that future generations of Hawai`i’s people will always be able to connect with the land they love.”
      Hong, who was recently named Islander of the Year (environment) in Honolulu Magazine, said, “Ed loves the land or `aina that sustains us. A big mahalo to Ed for this tremendous legacy. I am so pleased and humbled that I and my successor state directors will henceforth be known as the Edmund C. Olson Trust Fellow.”
      To read comments, add your own and like this story, see facebook.com/kaucalendar.

KA`U COFFEE GROWERS and residents are invited to a free coffee berry borer conference at Courtyard King Kamehameha Kona Beach Hotel a week from today on Wednesday, March 16. The conference brings together researchers, cooperative extension, farmers and stakeholders for a whole-day learning event. The day will be comprised of short presentations followed by Q&A panel sessions. Panels will consist of CBB scientists, educators and farmers with first-hand experiences. 
      Registration begins at 7:45 a.m., and doors remain open throughout the event, ending at 5:15 p.m.
      See hawaiicoffee.weebly.com or call 808-322-4892 for more information and to register by Monday, March 14.
      To read comments, add your own and like this story, see facebook.com/kaucalendar.

NOMINATIONS FOR HAWAI`I’S FILIPINO Entrepreneur of the Year and Young Filipino Entrepreneur of the Year are due a week from today on Wednesday, March 16. The project of Filipino Chamber of Commerce of Hawai`i honors business owners who demonstrate excellence and made meritorious contributions to Hawai`i’s community.
      Presentation of nominees and awarding ceremonies will be held on O`ahu Saturday, April 16 at Ala Moana Hotel. All nominees are required to attend.
      For more information, call Sam Acosta at 808-306-1428.
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SEN. MAZIE HIRONO QUESTIONED U.S. Forest Service Chief Thomas Tidwell on progress to combat Rapid `Ohi`a Death at a Senate Energy & Natural Resources Committee hearing. Hirono also called for robust funding for the USFS as Congress reviews the President’s Fiscal Year 2017 budget request. Rapid `Ohi`a Death, first observed as impacting 15,000 acres of Hawai`i Island’s `ohi`a forest in 2014, now has spread over 30,000 acres.
Sen. Mazie Hirono discussed Rapid `Ohi`a Death at a Senate
Energy & Natural Resources Committee hearing.
Photo from Office of Sen. Hirono
      “We depend on the expertise and what the Forest Service brings to the table,” Hirono said. “The `ohi`a makes up 80 percent of our native forests and is ecologically and culturally the most important native plant in Hawai`i. On-the-ground personnel are trying to answer several critical questions about this disease, including transmission and resistance. We still need the resources to do the proper investigations and research.”
      Tidwell acknowledged collaboration between the U.S. Department of Agriculture’s Agricultural Research Service and the University of Hawai`i and laid out the need to continue research into the cause of Rapid `Ohi`a Death and eradication methods. Hirono also thanked Tidwell for the Forest Service’s commitment to Hawai`i’s Collaborative Landscape Proposal, Island Forests at Risk.
      The USFS Fiscal Year 2017 budget includes more than $32 million for invasive species research and continued funding for Island Forests at Risk.
      To read comments, add your own and like this story, see facebook.com/kaucalendar.

VOLCANO SCHOOL OF ARTS & SCIENCES students present Dina Kageler’s original musical Archipelago! tomorrow at 9 a.m. and 6 p.m. at Kilauea Military Camp Theater in Hawai`i Volcanoes National Park.
      Free; park entrance fees may apply.

Na`alehu School hosts Math & Science Night tomorrow.
Photo from Nalani Parlin
NA`ALEHU SCHOOL HOSTS its annual Math & Science Night tomorrow from 4 p.m. to 6 p.m. in the gym. The Ka`u community is invited to see examples of student work, as well as participate in fun, hands-on activities. Make a windsock, be a soil sleuth, peruse science fair projects and more. Local artist Don Elwing will set up a gallery featuring dozens of his award-winning art pieces made from Kamilo Beach marine debris.
      Kamehameha Schools Kealapono division will teach participants how to make koko, or a holder for water jugs, and Three Mountain Alliance will also share information about the Ka`u forest and watershed.
      Free dinner for all will be served, including hotdogs and water. For more information, call 939-2413.

MARY GOODRICH, A MEMBER of Volcano Village Artists Hui, leads a photography tour to Footprints Archaeological Site tomorrow from 2 p.m. to 5 p.m. The tour is in conjunction with the hui’s current Sightlines exhibit at Volcano Art Center Gallery in Hawai`i Volcanoes National Park. Participants meet at the gallery and carpool to the site. Registration is required at 967-7565.

JAPANESE STAB BOOKBINDING is the topic of a workshop Friday from 9 a.m. to 11 a.m. at Ocean View Community Center. Susan O’Malley shares her skills. Call 939-7033 for more information.

KA`U'S COUNTY COUNCIL MEMBER Maile David meets with her constituents Monday, March 28 at 6 p.m. at Ocean View Community Center. David will answer questions about local issues.

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

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Tuesday, March 08, 2016

Ka`u Calendar News Briefs Tuesday, March 8, 2016

Ka`u famers and ranchers support a bill at the state Legislature that would keep state water available until long-term leases are provided. Photo from Hawai`i Department of Agriculture
KA`U FARM BUREAU MEMBERS who ranch and farm are seeking protection for their sources of water that originate on state land, testifying that they could lose their revocable leases. Kapapala ranchers Lani Cran, Jon Cran and Bill Petrie told Sen. Russell Ruderman, during his public meeting in Ka`u last week, that they should be excluded from any canceling of water permits that originated through now defunct sugar plantations across the state that took water and diverted the natural flow of streams to use for their crops.
      A case on Maui involves returning water diverted by a Maui sugar company back to its natural course for wildlife and more traditional farming. The Ka`u agriculturalists say their situation is different.
      Between Kapapala and Na`alehu, the old plantation water system was not a matter of diverting streams from their natural flow. It was created by workers hired by the sugar companies to dig horizontal tunnels into the volcano where large amounts of rainwater percolate through the lava and into a lens of water deep in the volcano. As the water drips down within Mauna Loa, the tunnels catch some of it. The tunnel water, which was used in the past to carry sugar cane to the mills, more recently has been used for irrigation and watering livestock.
Ka`u sources of water to flume cane are being restored
for irrigation. Photo from Olson Trust
      Kapapala ranchers said they had been called by Hawai`i Farm Bureau to help with the issue by testifying before the state Legislature on House Bill 2501, which would allow for extension of revocable permits if long-term lease applications are pending. They flew to Honolulu and testified with Kuahiwi rancher Michelle Galimba; John Cross, who represents Olson Trust, which grows coffee and macadamia in Ka`u; and Randy Cabral, a retired macadamia plantation manager in Ka`u who also has a small ranch here and is state president of Hawai`i Farm Bureau. All have been working for the last decade to restore old sugar tunnels for agriculture water, and state funding has been appropriated.
      In written testimony given prior to the hearing, Cabral said the Maui case “is of special interest to agriculture as many of our farms and ranches depend on diverted waters for irrigation. Without water, there can be no agriculture. The Maui case involves one of the largest contiguous active agricultural lands in the state. The farm families and organizations along with their communities are at risk if an interim solution is not identified. We believe the proposed measure provides a good option. As stated, it is clearly an interim measure and not a means to get around the law. It provides time for the law to be interpreted and implemented in the best interest of the people and environment.”
       Michelle Galimba wrote, “My family operates a cattle ranch in Ka`u district on Hawai`i Island. We live and work in a remote area where there is very little public infrastructure. We have a revocable permit that allows our ranch and several other ranches in the area to use water that originates from a water tunnel dug by the sugar plantation early last century. We only use the excess water left over after the County Department of Water Supply takes water for residential use. This water would otherwise simply be dumped on the ground. This excess water is used on our ranch, and other neighboring ranches, to create food, income, and jobs for local people, in an area where jobs are scarce.
      “Sometimes there is water for our ranches, and sometimes, during droughts such as we are presently experiencing, there is little to no water available from our water permit. We do not divert water from streams, as there are no permanent streams in the district of Ka`u.
      “We do our best to obey the regulatory requirements as defined by the state. We would have preferred to have been allowed a long-term water lease, however we understand how complex permitting is and have patiently worked with what tenure has been available to us. Now even the short-term tenure that these water permits offered are at risk. HB2501 will allow us all to work through the complex issues of water permits and leases without causing immediate harm to our agricultural businesses and homesteads here in Ka`u. I hope that you will vote in its favor.”
      See future Ka`u Calendar News Briefs for testimony in opposition to the bill.
Donald Trump
      Track progress of this and other bills at capitol.hawaii.gov.
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DONALD TRUMP, MARCO RUBIO AND JOHN KASICH all talked to local news shows this morning in advance of the Republican caucuses to be held around the state today between 6 p.m. and 8 p.m. Nineteen delegates are up for grabs toward selecting the Republican candidate for the U.S. Presidency.
      In 2012, 10,000 Republicans voted during Republican caucuses in Hawai`i. Anyone who lives in Hawai`i and is 18 years of age can register to vote at the caucus site tonight, if not already signed up. Caucus locations in South Hawai`i are Na`alehu School cafeteria and Yano Hall in Captain Cook.
      Six names are on the ballot, including Jeb Bush and Ben Carson, who have already dropped out of the race. The other four are Ted Cruz, John Kasich, Marco Rubio and Donald Trump.
Sen. Marco Rubio
      Trump told Hawai`i News Now this morning that Rubio has never been here and never made any jobs here. Said Trump, “I own a big hotel, Trump International Hotel.” The candidate said it might be “your most highly rated hotel” in Hawai`i. He pointed to the people he employees and said he educates them and takes care of their health care. He said his Hawai`i hotel has “very low debt and tremendous cash flow.”
      News anchor Grace Lee quoted former Hawai`i congresswoman Pat Saiki, who just ended her term as chair of the Republican Party. Saiki said that “Donald Trump has made of a mockery of the presidency of the United States. I think he’s torn us apart. He really has made us seem as though we don’t care about people. ... If any of my five grandchildren used the language that he has used or shown such disrespect for not only people but for the government, I’d wash their mouths with soap.”
      Trump retorted, “She is backing another candidate. ... I can understand this.”
Gov. John Kasich
      The Hawai`i News Now reporter asked about Trump’s questioning of Pres. Barack Obama’s place of birth, asking whether he was really born in the U.S. Lee said that many people in Hawai`i were offended since Obama was born here and there are birth certificates to prove it. “The president has never released his records, and that's his prerogative,” said Trump. “I don’t have his records. I haven’t seen his long-form birth certificates.” The reporter stated that the state Department of Health and Obama did release Obama’s birth certificates. Trump also stated that he doesn’t talk about the birther issue anymore.
      Trump said that he has helped the Republican Party. “Because of me, the primaries have received millions and millions of additional votes.”
      Lee asked him, “Do you really want to be President, or is this about winning?” Trump replied, “No, I want to make America great again.”
Sen. Ted Cruz
      KHON reporter Diane Ako interviewed Florida's U.S. Sen. Marco Rubio. He talked about winning the Republican delegates in Puerto Rico and said he could do the same here, helping the Hawai`i Republican Party. Regarding his advertising and interviews in Hawai`i, Rubio said he is the only one campaigning here. He talked about defunding federal contributions to Planned Parenthood and giving the money to federally licensed women health care programs.
      He said states should run schools without interference from the federal government. He said he also has a plan to help students with school loan debt.
      Hawai`i News Now reporter Chris Tanaka interviewed Ohio Gov. John Kasich. He said, “You don’t want to take the low road to the highest office in the land,” referring to course language from other candidates. Regarding the Hawaiian sovereignty movement, Kasich said, “We’re Americans, and I don’t understand the call for a nation within a nation. It’s not something that I would look too favorably on.” Admitting that it isn’t a subject he is very familiar, Kasich said some sort of federal recognition could possibly be considered.
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Making ahu la`i, or ti-leaf capes, is demonstrated tomorrow.
Photo from NPS
HAWAI`I VOLCANOES NATIONAL PARK rangers demonstrate how to make ti-leaf capes tomorrow from 10 a.m. to 12 p.m. at Kilauea Visitor Center lanai in Hawai`i Volcanoes National Park.
      Free; park entrance fees apply.

VOLCANO SCHOOL OF ARTS & SCIENCES students present Dina Kageler’s original musical Archipelago! Thursday at 9 a.m. and 6 p.m. at Kilauea Military Camp Theater in Hawai`i Volcanoes National Park.
      Free; park entrance fees may apply.

FOOTPRINTS ARCHAEOLOGICAL SITE is the destination of a Photography Tour, Thursday from 2 p.m. to 5 p.m. Mary Goodrich leads the tour in conjunction with the current Sightlines exhibit at Volcano Art Center Gallery in Hawai`i Volcanoes National Park. Participants meet at the gallery and carpool to the site. Registration required at 967-7565.

KA`U'S COUNTY COUNCIL MEMBER Maile David meets with her constituents Monday, March 28 at 6 p.m. at Ocean View Community Center. David will answer questions about local issues.

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






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