Ka`u Calendar News Briefs Sunday, Sept. 11, 2016

Kilauea's summit lava lake continues to maintain high levels. The black rim visible on the crater wall
occurred when it rose to within 16 feet of the floor of Halema`uma`u Crater. Photo from USGS/HVO  

KILAUEA’S SUMMIT LAVA LAKE ROSE to within about 16 feet of the floor of Halema`uma`u Crater this morning before dropping back down slightly with the onset of spattering, USGS Hawaiian Volcano Observatory reported.

According to HVO, increased seismic activity at the summit is
related to high pressurization there. Map from USGS/HVO

      Summit inflation switched to deflation late yesterday afternoon, which continued overnight and stopped this morning. The lake level, generally tracking the deflation, dropped to about 66 feet below the floor of Halema`uma`u Crater by this morning. However, it is likely that the summit will begin to inflate, and the lava lake will begin to rise again sometime today, according to HVO.

      An increase in summit seismicity occurred during the day yesterday, probably in response to the relatively high summit pressurization, as illustrated by the high lava lake level. There was also a burst of seismicity, with one felt earthquake and several smaller events, early this morning along Kilauea’s upper East Rift Zone.
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TODAY MARKS THE 15TH ANNIVERSARY of attacks when terrorists commandeered planes and crashed them into the World Trade Center in New York and the Pentagon. Another plane crashed into a Pennsylvania field after passengers stormed the cockpit and kept terrorists from achieving their goal.

Sen. Josh Green

      “As Americans, we remember the tragic events of Sept. 11, 2001,” Ka`u’s state Sen. Josh Green said. “We remember the horror of being attacked at home. We remember the anger of an unprovoked act of terrible violence. We remember the crushing sadness of 2,977 lives lost.

      “We also remember the bravery of the first responders who risked their own lives to save the lives of others. We remember the outpouring of compassion and generosity from all corners of this country and the world over to help the victims and their loved ones. We remember the courageous men and women who were inspired to join our armed services and protect the values that fell under attack that Tuesday morning 15 years ago.
      “It was for these same values that we fought in World War II: That all people are deserving of certain, inalienable freedoms, and have the right to live their lives peacefully with dignity and respect. We believed this then, we believed this on Sept. 11th, 2001, and now, more than ever, despite any attempts to derail those beliefs or scare us away from them, we believe this today.

Sen. Mazie Hirono

      “Today I want to extend a sincere ‘Thank you’ to everyone who has fought for and promoted these freedoms across the globe. Not only in an American way, but in a human way.

      “I ask you today to consider a kind act in support of anyone who has suffered loss as a result of 9/11, be it a child who lost a parent, a firefighter, policeman or medic who rushed to the towers, or a young soldier who continues to stand up for us and fight for deserved human freedoms worldwide.”
      U.S. Sen. Mazie Hirono said, “Fifteen years ago, our nation stood stunned as we learned about attacks on the World Trade Center and Pentagon. Today, we again stand together, in memory of the thousands who were killed on Sept. 11, and gratitude for the heroism of first responders and ordinary Americans who showed extraordinary bravery and resilience in one of our darkest hours.
      “In the wake of immense tragedy, our nation came together with unity and aloha to support the loved ones of those we lost, and resolved to rebuild and bring the perpetrators to justice. We owe a great debt to those who gave their lives fighting terrorism, those who continue to defend our communities today at home and abroad, and the families of those who served. In their honor, we must continue to fight for first responders, service members and veterans to ensure that they have timely access to the benefits and support they have earned.”

Rep. Tulsi Gabbard

      U.S. Rep. Tulsi Gabbard co-introduced a bipartisan House resolution on Friday marking the anniversary and honoring the innocent men, women, children and first responders killed on 9/11 and the more than one million men and women who have served in the U.S. military since 9/11, including more than 6,800 who have made the ultimate sacrifice. The resolution also honors the sacrifices made by military families and reaffirms the responsibility of the U.S. Congress to honor the generation of post-9/11 veterans. 

      Members of Congress also gathered on the House steps to remember the victims of 9/11 and hold a moment of silence in their memory.
      “Fifteen years after our nation experienced one of the most horrific attacks in our history, we must remember the cost of war and those who have sacrificed so much in service to our country,” said Gabbard, a twice-deployed combat veteran of the Iraq War. “As we stand together to defend our nation against those who wish to do us harm, we must strengthen our commitment to those who continue to serve our nation at home and abroad, honor our veterans, and focus on the common values and principles that bind us together as we do the people’s work.”
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HAWAIIAN VOLCANO OBSERVATORY scientists discuss a prediction by founder Thomas Jaggar that came true in the current issue of Volcano Watch.
      “After working for 20 years building the Hawaiian Volcano Observatory, Thomas Jaggar had achieved almost everything he set out to do,” the article states. “He had directed continuous observations of Kilauea Volcano, installed seismic monitoring instruments at four locations around the Island of Hawai`i, and published these findings regularly. His budget for the fiscal year 1931–1932 from the U.S. Geological Survey was his largest ever—$35,000.
      “But these were the years of the Great Depression. Over the next two years, HVO’s budget was slashed to $6,000, forcing a reduction in publishing and requiring supplemental funding from HVO’s private funding source, the Hawaiian Volcano Research Association, to pay salaries.
      “While government funding was being cut, volcanic and seismic activity on Hawai`i did not diminish. In late 1933, a six-week-long swarm of earthquakes culminated in a 17-day-long eruption within Moku`aweoweo, the summit caldera of Mauna Loa. Almost a year later, Halema`uma`u Crater at the summit of Kilauea erupted for a month.

      “On March 26, 1934, Jaggar gave a bold speech titled The Coming Lava Flow, in which he predicted – based on analyses of 60 years of Mauna Loa eruptions – that ‘a lava flow from Mauna Loa, or else another summit eruption, is expected within two years.’ He further predicted that, if it was a Mauna Loa lava flow, it would break out along the Northeast Rift Zone and flow in the ‘likely direction’ of Hilo.

      “Jaggar also pointed out that, despite the coming lava flow, HVO had been reduced to two staff, including himself. He further campaigned for increased membership in HVRA to hopefully make up for the federal funding cuts. 

      “The HVRA funding did not come, and, as of July 1, 1935, HVO was transferred from the USGS to the National Park Service under what was then known as Hawai`i National Park. While this looked like defeat for Jaggar, it may have been a blessing.
      “Edward G. Wingate, a USGS topographical engineer, had worked at HVO for two years before being selected as HNP Superintendent in November 1933. After HVO was transferred to the park, he was able to provide Jaggar with additional staff and funds when needed. So, when Mauna Loa erupted on Nov. 21, 1935, as Jaggar had predicted, Wingate directed park staff to the eruption site to make observations and relay information to HVO.
      “The 1935 Mauna Loa eruption started from a four-mile-long fissure that extended from the summit caldera down the Northeast Rift Zone. Several lava flows moved northward down the flank of the volcano toward the Saddle area between Mauna Loa and Mauna Kea.
      “Contrary to Jaggar’s prediction, these flows would probably flow toward Kona if they continued, not toward Hilo. Still, Jaggar’s predicted time frame and location of the eruption source were spot-on.
      “But then, on Nov. 27, smoke was observed from a patch of ground east of the 1935 lava flows, well away from the Northeast Rift Zone, at the 8,500 feet elevation. `A`a lava (later called the Humuula flow) soon issued from that location and flowed north into the Saddle area. It stalled, but was followed by a pahoehoe flow that ponded in a flat area between Mauna Loa’s 1843 `a`a flow and Pu`uhuluhulu, an ancient cinder cone.
      “After ponding for two weeks, the Humuula flow began moving and advanced eastward past Pu`uhuluhulu. The increasingly steep slope resulted in a narrow flow advancing at an alarming rate of one mile per day.
      “Fearing that the flow would reach the headwaters of the Wailuku River, which supplied water for the town of Hilo, Jaggar called on the Army Air Service on Dec. 22 to bomb the lava flow source. His hope was that the lava tubes or channels could be destroyed, robbing the advancing flow to feed another flow that would re-cover the same area. The flow was bombed on Dec. 27, and the flow stopped during the night or early morning of Dec. 30-31.
      “Despite severely reduced funding and staffing, Jaggar made an important and successful prediction based on Mauna Loa’s past pattern of eruptions. Whether or not the bombing caused the 1935 lava flow to stop is still a controversial topic.”

      See hvo.wr.usgs.gov/volcanowatch.

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KA`U HIGH GIRLS VOLLEYBALL teams hosted Christian Liberty yesterday. Junior varsity kept scores close but couldn’t overcome their opponents. Final scores were 20-25 and 22-25.
      Varsity also made valiant efforts but lost, 24-26, 16-25 and 18-25.

TOMORROW IS FAMILY MOVIE NIGHT at Pahala Community Center. The show begins at 6 p.m. Call 928-3012 for more information.

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 Calendar News Briefs Saturday, Sept. 10, 2016

According to developers' plans, the historic building on Maile Street "is to be removed." The former, bank, credit union, dentistry,
training center, pool hall, store and radio station is shown here next to Pahala Theater before the theater fell down more than a
decade ago. Ka`u High art teacher Sandra Lei Johnson captured the theater on canvas before it collapsed in 2005.
See more below. Photo by Julia Neal

RAPID `OHI`A DEATH CONTINUES to march across Hawai`i Island’s native forests.
      A series of aerial surveys of six Hawaiian Islands revealed that the fungal disease has impacted nearly 50,000 acres of native forest. That’s an increase of some 13,000 acres from surveys done earlier this year.
      “It’s important to note that the aerial surveys still need verification by conducting ground-truthing and lab tests,” said Philipp Lahaela Walter, State Resource & Survey Forester for the Department of Land & Natural Resources’ Division of Forestry and Wildlife. While some of the increase is due to expanding the survey area, much of it is due to new tree mortality.

Rapid `Ohi`a Death continues to spread on Hawai`i Island.
Photo from DLNR

      Walter and his team flew in helicopters over vast tracts of forest on Hawai`i Island, O`ahu, Maui, Moloka`i, Kaua`i and Lana`i, criss-crossing the landscape to look for tell-tale signs of the disease. Rapid `Ohi`a Death, first described by scientists as a previously unknown fungus in 2014, kills trees indiscriminately and often quite quickly. “While we believe, based on the aerial survey work, that the disease continues to destroy hundreds of thousands of native `ohi`a lehua on the Big Island, we saw scant evidence that the fungus is killing trees on the other islands. We did spot trees that could be dying of other causes, but so far none of the samples has been positive for the fungus (Cereatocystis) that causes Rapid `Ohi`a Death. Again, we need to conduct ground surveys and either confirm or discount the presence of the disease in laboratory tests,” Walter said. On the Big Island, just over 47,000 acres or nine percent of the forest surveyed showed symptoms of Rapid `Ohi`a Death; brown or no leaves.

Philipp Lahaela Water Photo from DLNR

      “The quarantine measures put into place by the Hawa`‘i Dept. of Agriculture appear to be stopping its spread to other islands,” according to DOFAW’s Rob Hauff. “These rules require inspections of soil and plant materials and prohibit, except by permit, interisland movement of any part of a native `ohi`a tree,” Hauff said.
      Highly valued for their beauty and significance in Hawaiian culture, native `ohi`a lehua forests cover approximately 865,000 acres of land across the state and are considered the primary species providing habitat for countless plants, animals and invertebrates. These forests protect watersheds that provide significant agriculture and drinking water across the state. Rapid `Ohi`a Death threatens the state’s tropical forests and delicate ecosystems and ultimately could jeopardize local water supplies and Hawai`i’s economic vitality.
      The University of Hawai`i Cooperative Extension Service and the U.S. Department of Agriculture Agricultural Research Service assisted with planning for the helicopter surveys using specialized equipment. A team of experts from DLNR/DOFAW, the USDA Forest Service, Hawai`i’s Invasive Species Committees and the National Park Service/Hawai`i Volcanoes National Park conducted the surveys.
      Research into treatments for the particular fungus that causes Rapid `Ohi`a Death continues at the USDA Agricultural Research Service lab in Hilo. Investigation into how it spreads is also being conducted with potential culprits being insects, underground via roots, on small wood or dust particles, on shoes and equipment, and possibly on animals. Ultimately, scientists hope that by identifying what is spreading the fungus they’ll be able to mitigate its devastating impacts.
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Community groups held fundraisers at the building during
its time as a community radio station. Photo by Julia Neal

REMOVING THE HISTORIC BUILDING ON MAILE STREET, constructed near lower Mo`aula Road in the early 1900s, is proposed in plans for Pahala Town Square & Hawaiian Springs Facility. The proposal to remove the building comes from PMK Capital Partners, LLC, led by Albert Kam. It has been submitted to Duane Kanuha, director of the county Planning Department, as part of the development project for the old Ka`u Sugar mill site. The development would include more than 136,000 square feet in buildings to include a water bottling facility, storage and retail stores, along with parking for tour buses, vans and cars along Maile Street. The largest building currently on the property is 12,000 square feet.

      Uses of the “to be removed” historic building, during its long life, have included Bank of Hilo and Bank of Hawai`i, a dentist office, pool hall and work training facility during the closing of the sugar plantation in 1996.
      A mural about life in the sugar camps graces several interior walls. It was painted by former Punalu`u Bake Shop manager Patrick Edie.
      After several years of being abandoned, the building’s roof, posts and many windows were replaced, its wooden floors refinished and porch rebuilt in 2000. It became a store, Ka`u Federal Credit Union (now CU Hawai`i Credit Union) and a community radio station with broadcasters including Uncle Bobby and Phoebe Gomes, Auntie Ba, Wendell Ka`ehu`ae`a, Harry Evangelista, Demetrius Oliveira and the Diva, as well as Filipino and religious music deejays. Also broadcast was daily news from The Ka`u Calendar newspaper.

Deejay Bobby Gomes hosted local musicians on his program.
Photo by Julia Neal

      It is now the location for broadcast equipment for Hawai`i Public Radio.
      It has also been the site for numerous community fundraisers, including raising money for Ka`u High School students to travel to O`ahu, where they won the statewide Brown Bags to Stardom talent competition. Pig hunters used the site as a weigh-in station during tournaments.
      The restoration inspired the renovation of historic buildings across the street – the Old Pahala Clubhouse and the former ILWU office and health clinic. They are now used for community events and housing. However, the neighboring Pahala Theater collapsed, and its remains were removed. Other historic buildings on Maile Street include the former sugar plantation offices, now Royal Hawaiian Orchards building, the Olson Trust Building, Pahala Plantation Manager's house and numerous supervisors homes from sugar days.
      State law requires that, “prior to approval of any project involving a permit, license, certificate, land use change, subdivision, or other entitlement for use that may affect historic property, State Historic Preservation Division is to be advised by Hawai`i County of the project and allowed an opportunity for review and comment on the effect of the proposed project on historic properties. Moreover, SHPD is to inform the public of any project proposals submitted to it … that are not otherwise subject to the requirement of a public hearing or other public notification."
     Comments on the plan can be sent to planning@hawaiicounty.gov, susan.gagorik@hawaiicounty.gov and larry.nakayama@hawaiicounty.gov.
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Federal funds will help HI-EMA's tsunami programs.

HAWAI`I WILL RECEIVE $625,477 in grant funding to support Hawai`i Emergency Management Agency in its mission to inform and prepare residents for tsunamis.

      “In Hawai`i, being well prepared for natural disasters like tsunamis can mean the difference between life and death,” said Sen. Brian Schatz. “This critical funding will help improve our tsunami disaster planning so we can better protect Hawai`i’s coastal communities and save lives.”
      As a member of the Senate Appropriations Committee, Schatz has repeatedly championed funding for National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration’s program that provides this grant funding in the Commerce, Justice and Science appropriations bill.
      NOAA’s Tsunami Hazard Mitigation Program provides funding to coastal states for preparedness activities such as inundation mapping, disaster planning and tsunami education. Because of these funds, Hawai`i became one of the first states in the nation to be declared Tsunami Ready.
      The grant will be used for projects that will support HI-EMA in its mission to inform the public of the risks posed by tsunami, how to prepare for these short-notice events and life-saving mitigating measures. Many of the proposed projects involve collaboration with partnering entities, such as NOAA’s Pacific Tsunami Warning Center, the University of Hawai`i and a host of other federal, state and local stakeholders, including the general public. These collaborations will improve tsunami resilience for Hawai`i residents and visitors.

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KA`U COFFEE TRAIL RUN is a week from today. The event includes a 5K, 10K and Half Marathon through coffee and former sugar cane fields, macadamia nut groves, eucalyptus forests and grazing pastures.
      All races begin and finish at Ka`u Coffee Mill.
      Register at race360.com/21357.

KA`U PLANTATION DAYS is two weeks from today. Originally scheduled for last Saturday, the event was postponed due to possible tropical storm conditions. Taking place at Na`alehu Park, the event includes a parade along Hwy 11.
      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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Ka`u Calendar News Briefs Friday, Sept. 9, 2016

Ocean warming may be the greatest hidden challenge of our generation, according to a lead author
of a report on the subject. See more below. Photo by Deepak Apte from IUCN

PAHALA TOWN SQUARE & HAWAIIAN SPRINGS FACILITY’S proposed water bottling plant and retail visitor center on Maile Street on the old sugar mill site in Pahala will be subject to testing of its water source, according to the state Department of Health Clean Water Branch inspector Dale Nagata. Nagata, who works out of the Hilo Clean Water Branch, said that any company bottling water provides results of water testing that covers pathogens, heavy metals, pesticides and other risks before approvals are given. The testing is required at least yearly, he said.

The existing well shaft is near a proposed warehouse.
Map from Hawai`i County Planning Department

      Diagrams submitted to Hawai`i County Planning Department show the existing well shaft at the old mill site.

      Nagata said most bottling companies use filters and inject ozone into the water to help meet standards. He said he is unaware of the Pahala Town Square proposal. However, he said that if it’s related to the Hawaiian Springs company in Kea`au, there should be no problem since it has a good record for clean water.

      County Planning Director Duane Kanuha is considering approval of the plan to build a retail center with tour bus and van parking, along with an 80,000 square foot warehouse and a 30,000 square foot bottling facility.

      Comments on the plan can be sent to planning@hawaiicounty.gov, susan.gagorik@hawaiicounty.gov and larry.nakayama@hawaiicounty.gov.
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OCEAN WARMING MAY WELL TURN OUT to be the greatest hidden challenge of our generation, according to Dan Laffoley, Marine Vice Chair of the World Commission on Protected Areas at International Union for Conservation of Nature and one of the lead authors of a new IUCN report on ocean warming. The report was launched at IUCN’s World Conservation Congress in Honolulu, where delegates are emphasizing the urgency of addressing climate change. “We should reflect that we are locking in a worrying warming trend in the ocean, the only ocean we have, on the only world we know, teeming with life,” a statement from the congress reads. “Now is the moment to be wise and act. Future generations will then no doubt thank us for the wisdom of our deeds.”

Dan Laffoley

      The report, entitled Explaining Ocean Warming: Causes, Scale, Effects and Consequences, sets out the most recent and comprehensive review to date on the topic and shows a complex story of change in the ocean. According to the congress, this change has already begun to impact people’s lives. “This is no longer a single story of ocean warming challenges to coral reefs, but a rapidly growing list of alarming changes across species at ecosystem scales, and across geographies spanning the entire world,” the statement says. “It is pervasive change, driven by ocean warming and other stressors already operating in ways we are only beginning to understand, where essential gaps in marine data, systems and capabilities are leaving the world poorly prepared to cope in the future.”

      Compiled for IUCN by 80 scientists in 12 countries, the report explores impacts of ocean warming on ecosystems and species, and on everyday benefits derived from the ocean – its “goods and services.”
      Major changes caused by ocean warming and other stressors described in the report include impacts on entire ecosystems from polar to tropical regions, predicted to increase further in scale, stretching from accessible coasts to the deep ocean seabed; entire groups of species such as plankton, jellyfish, fish, turtles and seabirds being driven by up to 10 degrees of latitude towards the Earth’s poles to keep within reasonable environmental conditions; loss of breeding grounds for groups such as turtles and seabirds, and impacts on the breeding success of birds and sea mammals; and seasonality shifts by plankton, leading to potential mismatch between plankton species with fish and other marine wildlife.

Sen. Russell Ruderman at IUCN World Conservation Congress.
Photo from Sen. Ruderman

      Changes in the ocean are happening between 1.5 and five times faster than those on land. Such range shifts are potentially irreversible, with great impacts on ecosystems. “What this will result in, decades down the line, is less clear,” the statement says. “It is an experiment where, rather than being a casual observer in the lab, we have unwittingly placed ourselves inside the test-tube.”

      The report also describes inadequacy of current knowledge, capabilities and capacity to adequately study ocean warming and to advise and cope with associated challenges. “The global community is increasingly committing itself to a high-carbon future, which it is poorly equipped to understand, let alone cope with,” the statement says. “The impacts are already outstripping what is fully understood and the capacity of the global community to act.
      “The world, perhaps distracted by the bustle of daily issues on land, has been ignoring the impact climate change has been having on the largest living space on the planet – the ocean. The ocean lies at the heart of the climate system, and it must now lie at the heart of climate discussions. Through the implementation of the Paris Agreement under the UNFCCC, Parties should now consider ocean impacts in the so-called ‘nationally determined contributions’ outlining national best efforts towards a sustainable low carbon future. It is now critical to address atmospheric CO2 – the root cause of these and so many other problems – and achieve rapid and significant reductions of what we emit.”
      Ka`u’s state Sen. Russell Ruderman attended the IUCN World Conservation Congress this week. “I was so inspired to see dedicated people from all over the world working to protect our planet,” he said.
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HAWAI`I’S U.S. SENATORS Brian Schatz and Mazie Hirono joined 25 colleagues in sending a letter to House Speaker Paul Ryan urging him to bring the $1.1 billion Zika funding legislation passed by the Senate to the House floor for a vote. As of today, there are more than 18,000 cases of Zika reported in the United States and its territories.

      “Zika is now well established in the United States with cases of local transmission by mosquitoes being reported in multiple areas of Florida, as well as the U.S. territories,” the senators wrote. “While babies die, pregnant women and communities suffer, adults worry about future long-term neurological risks from Zika, and U.S. service members and military bases are affected, Congress remains deadlocked in partisan politics. Now is the time to lead and to show the American people that Congress will act to protect them.”
      In their letter, the senators noted the broad bipartisan support in the Senate to act on Zika funding. They cited passage of the Blunt-Murray compromise amendment to the Fiscal Year 2017 MilCon-VA appropriations bill, which included support of 23 Senate Republicans. The letter also reminds the House Speaker that more than 50 health, public health, provider and other organizations have urged Congress to pass a Zika funding bill that can be signed by the president immediately.
      Current funds to address Zika have begun to expire, leaving the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention without resources to effectively combat the virus. Due to congressional inaction, the White House has supplemented funding to address Zika by reallocating funds from other public health threats like Ebola. This funding, however, will run out in September.
      “It’s been nearly four months since the Senate overwhelmingly passed a compromise measure that would fund the fight against Zika,” Hirono said. “Since then, it has become clear that Congressional Republicans would rather limit access to family planning services - which puts millions more women at risk of contracting Zika and giving birth to a child with microcephaly - than ensure that we are fully prepared to combat this disease.”

      Eleven travel-acquired cases of Zika have been reported in Hawai`i.

Trojan wahine traveled to Kamehameha this week.

Photo from KHPES by Chad Keone Farias 

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KA`U HIGH GIRLS VOLLEYBALL teams traveled to Kea`au Wednesday to play at Kamehameha Schools. Junior varsity lost in two straight sets, 10-25 and 12-25. Varsity also lost in the best three out of five sets, 8-25, 8-25 and 16-25.

      The teams host Christian Liberty tomorrow at 10 a.m.

OCEAN VIEW COMMUNITY CENTER holds its monthly pancake breakfast tomorrow from 8 a.m. to 11 a.m.

Help remove invasive faya trees next Friday. Photo from FHVNP

VOLUNTEERS ARE NEEDED for Friends of Hawai`i Volcanoes National Park’s forest restoration project next Friday. Participants will remove invasive faya trees, providing hands-on learning about the importance of managing invasive plants and how this practice complements out-planting and other restoration practices. 

      “We appreciate the support,” FHVNP Executive Director Elizabeth Fien said. “Removing invasive species in the park is a critical job. We are making progress, and without your help, this would not be possible.”
      Contact Patty Kupchak at forest@fhvnp.org or 352-1402 by Monday evening to register.

REGISTRATION FOR KA`U Coffee Trail Run is available through race morning, a week from tomorrow, at 6:30 a.m.
The event includes a 5K, 10K and Half Marathon through coffee and former sugar cane fields, macadamia nut groves, eucalyptus forests and grazing pastures.
      All races begin and finish at Ka`u Coffee Mill.

      Register at race360.com/21357.

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

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