Ka`u News Briefs Wednesday, Oct. 21, 2015

Hurricane Olaf looks threatening, but forecasters say it will move north instead of west and bypass Hawai`i. Image from NOAA

HURRICANE OLAF WAS 845 miles southeast of Hilo at 11 a.m. Maximum sustained winds are near 120 miles per hour with higher gusts, Central Pacific Hurricane Center forecasters reported. Olaf is a category three hurricane. Gradual weakening is expected through Friday morning.

      Hurricane-force winds extend outward up to 35 miles from the center, and tropical storm force winds extend outward up to 140 miles. According to CPHC, Olaf will turn northeast and bypass Hawai`i several hundred miles to the east.

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KA`U RURAL HEALTH Community Association, Inc. is receiving support from Hawai`i County Council for two of its programs. 

      Resolution 293-15 provides a grant of $3,000 for the KRHCAI’s fifth annual Lantern Floating Celebration scheduled for Saturday, Nov. 28. Funds will be used to purchase materials for the event.
      KRHCAI Director Jesse Marques told the council that the event has seen increasing participation each year since its inception.
      Resolution 294-15 provides $2,000 for KRHCAI’s Better Choices, Better Health domestic violence support group. Funds would be used for CPR/First Aide Certification, a leadership conference and travel and lodging expenses.

      Ka`u's council member Maile David introduced both resolutions yesterday, and County Council approved them.
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HAWAI`I’S OFFICE OF ENVIRONMENTAL Quality Control wants to stop commercial aquarium fish collection activities. Civil Beat published a letter from Director Jessica Wooley to Department of Land & Natural Resources Chair Suzanne Case. In the letter, Wooley asked Case for immediate issuance of a moratorium, for at least 180 days, “to allow time for DLNR to evaluate the health of nearshore waters and work with potentially affected permittees to find solutions.” Wooley claimed that new information shows “significant negative effects” of the industry and “the importance of protecting areas, at least for a period of time, to allow fish populations to recover.” 

      Wooley cited reasons for her request as “the immediacy of the crisis facing our nearshore waters due to unprecedented and ongoing coral bleaching and … the removal of critical herbivore populations.”
      Wooley also wants commercial aquarium activities to go through an environmental review process before allowing them to reoccur.
      See civilbeat.com.

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SEN. MAZIE HIRONO TOOK to the Senate floor to oppose a Republican attempt to strip hundreds of cities and local jurisdictions across the country of key federal funding that would prevent local officials from protecting their communities.  

      “Hundreds of cities and local jurisdictions across our country have financial, constitutional and public safety concerns with using scarce local tax dollars to hold immigrants in jail when they otherwise would be entitled to release under the law,” Hirono said. “These cities and towns are being called ‘sanctuary cities’ because they have made a local and fact-based choice to keep their community safe rather than serve as an arm of immigration enforcement. 

      “This bill would create new criminal penalties for undocumented immigrants and make life even harder for them – most of whom are honest, hardworking people – not criminals.

U.S. Sen. Mazie Hirono  

      “The bill also takes severe steps to penalize these sanctuary cities by stripping them of critical community block grants and federal homeland security and law enforcement funding. 

      “While this bill purports to protect our communities, it is strongly opposed by law enforcement, victims’ advocates and local and state government leaders.
      “Instead of turning hardworking immigrants into bogeymen, we should be focusing on real solutions for violence in our communities.
      “If my colleagues who support this bill are serious about addressing violence in America, then they should come to the table to talk about how we can strengthen our laws to keep guns out of the hands of criminals and the mentally ill.
      “And I have been saying this for over a year now: if my Republican colleagues want to discuss immigration reform, I welcome that debate. …
      “The current sanctuary cities debate is not the first time that some have tried to use myths about immigrants to scare Americans. This rhetoric couldn’t be further from truth, and I urge my colleagues to oppose these scare tactics.”

      The measure failed 54-45.  

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SEN. BRIAN SCHATZ last week spoke before members of Women in Renewable Energy about working with Deborah Lee James, Secretary of the Air Force, to implement clean energy solutions. WiRE is a nonprofit organization for women working in the fields of energy, renewable energy, energy efficiency and transportation.

Sen. Brian Schatz with Air Force Secretary Deborah Lee James (center) and WiRE
board members. Photo from Office of Sen. Schatz

      Schatz highlighted the partnership between Hawai`i and the Air Force to research, develop and implement clean energy solutions. “The Air Force and other military services are not moving toward clean energy simply because they view it as their responsibility to be good stewards of the environment,” Schatz said. “It is because leaders like Secretary James understand that their efforts to transition to clean energy are good for the environment and for their war-fighting mission.” 

       According to Schatz, the Air Force has shown it is committed to making Hawai`i a test bed for energy innovation, including a new micro-grid demonstration project at Joint Base Pearl Harbor-Hickam that will strengthen energy resiliency for the 154th Wing of the Hawai`i Air National Guard.
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KA`U VEGETABLE AND FRUIT GROWERS are invited to a Wholesale Success Workshop 
sponsored by The Kohala Center and a U.S. Department of Agriculture Small Socially Disadvantaged Producer Grant. The two-day workshop on Tuesday, Nov. 3 and Wednesday, Nov. 4 in will train new and seasoned fruit and vegetable growers to meet food safety standards and the needs of wholesale markets. 

      Consultants and trainers will be covering topics such as the business and marketing of wholesale distribution, food safety, cooperative models and working with institutions. A $50 registration fee includes lunch on both days, a half-day farm tour and a Meet & Greet pau hana on the first day. Day One runs from 8 a.m. to 6 p.m., and Day Two runs from 8 a.m. to 5 p.m.
      Register at koha.la/wholesale. Walk-in registration may be available for $70 with lunch contingent on availability. Limited scholarships are available; contact scaban@kohalacenter.org to apply.

Hawai`i State Legislature's website offers many ways
for Ka`u residents to participate.

KA`U RESIDENTS CAN LEARN about Social Security this week. Workshops take place this evening at Na`alehu Community Center, tomorrow at The Cooper Center in Volcano Village and Friday at Ocean View Community Center. All sessions are from 6:30 p.m. to 8 p.m. See ad below for topics covered. Reserve at 327-5410.

KEANU YOUNG, OF THE STATE Legislature’s Public Access Room, will explain easy-to-use tools on the state Legislature’s website during We the Powerful workshops in Ka`u on Friday. At capitol.hawaii.gov, Ka`u residents can access information easily, keep track of it and deliver testimony efficiently. The dashboard allows the public to access everything the website offers from a single screen. Tracking lists help residents assess the status of numerous pieces of legislation and provide an easy format for downloading. 

      Friday’s workshops are at 11 a.m. at Ocean View Community Center and 2:30 p.m. at Pahala Community Center.
      See par@capitol.hawaii.gov or 974-4000 x7-0478 for more information.

KA`U RESIDENTS ARE INVITED to hear Chicken Skin: Obake Stories Friday at 7:30 p.m. at Kilauea Military Camp Theater in Hawai`i Volcanoes National Park. Master storyteller, kumu and actor Lopaka Kapanui tells true ghost stories of Hawai`i. Tickets are $20 in advance at CD Wizard and Irie Hawai`i; $25 at the door. Open to authorized patrons and sponsored guests.

Keahi Conjugacion Photo from VAC

      Park entrance fees apply. Call 967-8371 for more information.

TICKETS ARE STILL AVAILABLE for Jazz in the Forest on Saturday. Keahi Conjugacion returns to perform with Volcano Art Center’s Jazz Ensemble.
      Two shows are offered, with a matinee at 4:30 p.m. and an evening performance at 7:30 p.m. Tickets for the matinee are $15 for VAC members ($20 non-members) and for the evening show are $20 for VAC members ($25 non-members).
      Tickets are available at VAC’s Administration Office in Volcano Village, VAC Gallery in Hawai`i Volcanoes National Park and online at volcanoartcenter.org through Friday. After that, tickets will be sold at the door if not sold out.

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Ka`u News Briefs Tuesday, Oct. 20, 2015

Forecasters so far are confident that Hurricane Olaf will stay east of Hawai`i as it travels north. Map from NOAA

EAST HAWAI`I REGIONAL BOARD of Hawai`i Health Systems Corp., which manages Ka`u Hospital, has signed a non-disclosure and confidentiality agreement with Adventist Health. “We are in the very early stages of exchanging information in terms of finance and operations,” Board Chair Kurt Corbin told members of the state House of Representatives’ Committee on Finance yesterday, Colin M. Stewart reported in Hawai`i Tribune-Herald.

Richard Creagan

      HHSC’s East Hawai`i administrators in June began talks with the California-based company that operates Castle Medical Center on O`ahu. East Hawai`i Region laid off 87 employees this year to eliminate a $7 million budget deficit, and Regional CEO Dan Brinkman told the committee that it could face another $7 million shortfall and more budget cuts.
      Ka`u’s state Rep. Richard Creagan attended the meeting and told The Ka`u Calendar that he was happy to learn that Dan Brinkman has moved from acting CEO to permanent CEO for the East Hawai`i region. “He is doing a great job supporting hospital workers and doesn’t demonize the unions. The hospital system is faced with funding union-negotiated employee raises approved by the Legislature,” Creagan said. The Legislature will be called on to help fund the raises.
      Creagan said, “East Hawai`i is doing a good job of cutting costs while maintaining quality patient care.” He also suggested that any private-public partnerships between East Hawai`i hospitals and private or nonprofit health care entities be delayed at least a year, until “we see how the new partnership on Maui (with Kaiser Permanente) works out.”
      See hawaiitribune-herald.com.
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COUNTY ACQUISITION OF KAHUA `OLOHU Makahiki Grounds in Na`alehu is on hold. Hawai`i County Council considered Ka`u council member Maile David’s Resolution 287-15 this morning. According to the resolution, the property is listed as a key priority for purchase in Public Access, Open Space and Natural Resources Preservation Committee’s 2014 Annual Report for its historical significance and cultural importance.

Maile David

      Jerry Warren, of Na`alehu, testified that the site is actually low on PONC’s priority list; it was listed as number 11. He said the PONC process has become “a welfare program for grant seekers,” who apply for stewardships of preserved land. He also referred to the property as “an albatross” that the owners want to get rid of.
      Property owner James Weatherford said he bought the 13-acre parcel in 2008 for agriculture and learned of its “great historic significance” in 2011, when Hawai`i County surveyed the property as a possible site for a sewage treatment plant.
      He praised the PONC staff for their quality help. He said he is willing to sell at an appraised value or his original purchase price, whichever is less, and that he is not interested in making money.
      Weatherford also said he has another interested, unnamed buyer who would use the site for ecotourism, but he prefers to sell to the county.
      After hearing Warren’s testimony, council member Danny Paleka asked Weatherford to respond to Warren’s statements. Weatherford told the council, “Everything Warren said is false.”
      Council member Aaron Chung asked David to investigate Warren’s statements further, “for the sake of transparency.” He asked if Weatherford has a vested interest in the property and if Weatherford was involved in creating the PONC process during his time working for former Ka`u Council member Bob Jacobson. He also questioned nonprofits’ use of county funds for stewardship “to generate money.”
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Improvement to The Cooper Center are on the way.
Photo from Volcano Community Associaton

THE COOPER CENTER in Volcano Village will make improvements with $15,000 appropriated by Hawai`i County Council. Council member Maile David’s Resolution 308-15 passed unanimously this morning. Funds will be used to purchase building materials. 

       The center is the hub of the Volcano community and used by hundreds of people weekly. In her testimony, the organization’s president Linda Ugalde said the funds go toward a new roof and a new water tank “to support all of the activities” at the center.
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FORECASTERS ARE CONFIDENT that Hurricane Olaf will stay well east of Hawai`i as it travels north. The category-four storm was 1,065 miles east-southeast of South Point at 11 a.m.
      High surf is expected on east-facing shores, intensifying over the next several days until the storm passes beyond Hawai`i Island on Saturday morning.
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Sean "Olanui" Robbins Photo from NPS

SEAN “OLANUI” ROBBINS PRESENTS a free Hawaiian music concert tomorrow at 6:30 p.m. at Kilauea Visitor Center Auditorium in Hawai`i Volcanoes National Park. Robbins is quickly earning a reputation as a ki ho`alu (slack-key) rising star and a haku mele (Hawaiian songwriter). The 21-year old local boy is often described as an old soul contained in a young body, and the protégé of slack key master and legendary musician Cyril Pahinui.

      With a great respect for the “old style” of Hawaiian music playing taught by kupuna, Robbins was also taken under the wings of the famous musical Keli`iho`omalu `ohana in Kaimu, Kalapana. Robbins’ first CD, Olanui, is a Hoku award winner and a taste of what is to come. 

      Olanui will be available for purchase.
      Park entrance fees apply.
      Call 985-6011 for more information.

RESIDENTS CAN LEARN about Social Security this week. Workshops take place tomorrow at Na`alehu Community Center, Thursday at The Cooper Center in Volcano Village and Friday at Ocean View Community Center. All sessions are from 6:30 p.m. to 8 p.m. See ad below for topics covered. Reserve at 327-5410.

WRITTEN TESTIMONY: THE BARE BASICS is one of the topics at free workshops in Ka`u on Friday about the state Legislature. Keanu Young, of the state Legislature’s Public Access Room, will explain how to properly submit testimony for consideration.

Keanu Young

      According to the Public Access Room, testimony should be addressed to the appropriate committee and chair. It needs to include the bill number and the hearing date, time and place. After introducing yourself, state the measure you are testifying on and whether you support or oppose it. Explain the reasons for your positions, including facts or experiences. In closing, clearly re-state your position. Also, include name and contact information. 

      Friday’s workshops are at 11 a.m. at Ocean View Community Center and 2:30 p.m. at Pahala Community Center. 

      See par@capitol.hawaii.gov or 974-4000 x7-0478 for more information.

KEAHI CONJUGACION and Volcano Art Center’s Jazz Ensemble present Jazz in the Forest Saturday.
      Two shows are offered, with a matinee at 4:30 p.m. and an evening performance at 7:30 p.m. Tickets for the matinee are $15 for VAC members ($20 non-members) and for the evening show are $20 for VAC members ($25 non-members).
      Tickets are available at VAC’s Administration Office in Volcano Village, VAC Gallery in Hawai`i Volcanoes National Park and online at volcanoartcenter.org through Friday. After that, tickets will be sold at the door if not sold out.

Ka`u Coffee growers can learn how to operate more efficiently from Fernando
Augusto Vicentini next month. Photos from UH-CTAHR

IMPROVEMENT OF COFFEE FARM and Mill Efficiency is the topic at Ka`u Coffee Cooperative’s meeting two weeks from today, on Tuesday, Nov. 3, from 6 p.m. to 8 p.m. UH-CTAH’s Cooperative Extension Service, in cooperation with USDA and the Hawai`i Coffee Growers Association, is bringing Fernando Augusto Vicentini, a mechanical engineer from Brazil, to provide information for better efficiency of coffee cultural control and production.

      Vicentini has expertise in field and mill equipment modifications that potentially reduce costs, improve efficiency and assist with CBB control and management of other coffee pests and diseases. All growers and processors are welcome.
      Seating is limited. Call 808-322-4892 to RSVP or email ginab@hawaii.edu at least one day before the event.

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Ka`u News Briefs Monday, Oct. 19, 2015

Here comes Major Hurricane Olaf, 1,280 miles east-southeast of Hilo at 11 a.m.  Olaf, a category 4, is expected to turn north and
pass well east of Hawai`i late this week. Map from NOAA. See more below.

LAWFUL HAWAIIAN GOVERNMENT, organized to reinstate Hawaiian government from March 1999,  today released results of its elections held Saturday, Sept. 12. Elected were its Ka`u Representative, Noble, and Prime Minister of the Hawaiian Islands. Two polling places were set up in Ka`u, at Pahala and Ocean View, for all kanaka 18 years and older to vote. 

Image from The Lawful Hawaiian Government

      John Kalua`u is the elected Noble of Ka`u district, and Eli Whitney is District Representative. Henry Noa is Prime Minister. “Congratulations to these men who stepped up to represent all kanaka, keiki and kupunas for a four-year term,” said Hope Cermelj, of LHG. 

      LHG is not affiliated with Office of Hawaiian affairs, Department of Hawaiian Home Lands or the Hawai`i State government and departments.
      For more information about the elections and the Lawful Hawaiian Government, see thelawfulhawaiiangovernment.org, or call Alohalani (last name not provided) at 808-896-9201.
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HAWAI`I’S MARSHALLESE COMMUNITY is the topic of a series of articles in Civil Beat. Today, reporter Chad Blair focused on Jonithen Jackson and the community he leads in Ocean View. Blair, who visited with Jackson and Ka`u state Rep. Richard Creagan, a physician who served in the Peace Corps in the Marshall Islands,  reported that about 300 Marshallese “live in the houses at Jackson’s makeshift commune or frequent the worship hall and recreational area that he has built there.” Jackson also starred in The Land of Eb, a film about the plight of Marshallese in Ocean View. 

      According to Blair, Jackson’s hope is to return to the Marshall Islands as mayor of Enewetak, a series of atolls where he has not lived for nearly 25 years.

Marshallese leader Jonithen Jackson is the topic of a Civil Beat story today
on Marshallese in Ocean View.. Photo by Julia Neal

      The United States contaminated the area by testing nuclear devices at Enewetak nearly 60 years ago. Hawai`i’s Marshallese community consists of what Blair refers to as “nuclear nomads,” people exiled due to unsafe radiation levels found in people, fish and coconut crabs.
      Jackson first went to Majuro, then Washington state before arriving in Ka`u. He was an auto mechanic here before electronic systems replaced his skills. He now “works with the Big Island coffee industry, which has frequently hired Marshallese to pick coffee beans,” Blair reported.
      Blair explained that land “is at the very core of identity for Marshallese and all Micronesians, a primordial bond that cannot be broken even by nuclear devastation and removal from their ancestral lands. The Enewetakese, for example, organize their society based on land ownership, and traditional rituals involve the land.”
      “What you have, in my home, on my island, when I sit and look around, I feel like … comfortable,” Jackson told Blair. “You feel like you are not in Hawai`i. I live here and worry what people are going to say. But in home, back home, well, it’s nothing like that. I am just relaxed. We bring everybody; we talk story. It’s nothing like here.”
      See civilbeat.com.
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Hurricane Olaf is strengthening and heading into the Central Pacific.
Map from NOAA

HURRICANE OLAF HAS CONTINUED to rapidly intensify into a category-four storm. At 11 a.m., Olaf was 1,280 miles east-southeast of Hilo. It is expected to cross longitude 140 west into the Central Pacific basin tonight, but is still forecast to turn north and pass several hundred miles to the east of Hawai`i on Saturday.
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RISING TEMPERATURES COULD SPREAD MOSQUITOS and avian malaria, which has devastated native bird populations. However, some species are apparently developing a resistance to the disease. A story by Ivy Ashe in Hawai`i Tribune-Herald said that some populations of amakihi are increasing despite the birds being infected by malaria.
      “Apapane and amakihi are the two that seem to adapt,” USGS research biologist Carter Atkinson told Ashe. However, birds with chronic avian malaria hold the disease.
      Research to be published next month compares disease prevalence between 2011 and 2013 with that done at Hakalau Forest National Wildlife Refuge in the 1990s. According to Ashe, bird populations have increased in the refuge, while disease prevalence has fallen.
      See hawaiitribune-herald.com.
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Sen. Brian Schatz

U.S. SEN. BRIAN SCHATZ has introduced legislation to explore the viability of creating a National Museum of the American People in Washington, D.C. The proposed museum would be the first of its kind to tell the immigration stories of every American and celebrate the contributions of every ethnic and cultural group in the country. It would provide a venue to unite the diverse stories that connect us as Americans. The museum will offer a unique narrative regarding the people and communities that have helped forge who we are today and highlight the links that bind together past, present and future generations.
      “The story of America is a story about immigration,” Schatz said. “ For generations, people from around the world and from all walks of life have come to the United States to build better lives for themselves and for their families. From the sugar cane plantations on Maui to the shipping ports in Maine, immigrants throughout our history have made tremendous contributions to America. But many of their stories are left untold. Building the National Museum of the American People would help tell the story of every immigrant of every ethnic group and would be a great way to celebrate the patriotism, contributions and achievements of all Americans.”

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Ka`u High Trojan wahine won their Senior
Night match. Photo from KHPES

KA`U HIGH GIRLS VOLLEYBALL TEAMS won their final two match-ups of regular-season play last week.
      The Trojans met Christian Liberty Academy on Senior Night last Tuesday, Oct. 13. Both Ka`u teams won in two sets. Varsity’s scores were 25-19 and 25-20; Junior Varsity, 25-16 and 25-18.
      On Friday, Oct. 17, Ka`u wahine hosted Hawai`i Academy of Arts & Sciences. Varsity overcame HAAS 25-23 and 25-13, and JV overpowered their opponents 25-9 and 25-7.
      “Great way to end the season,” Ka`u Athletic Director Kalei Namohala said.
      Big Island Interscholastic Federation championship play for the Trojans begins tomorrow at 6 p.m. at home.

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SEAN “OLANUI” ROBBINS PRESENTS a Hawaiian music concert Wednesday at 6:30 p.m at Kilauea Visitor Center Auditorium in Hawai`i Volcanoes National Park. Robbins’ recently released debut CD, Olanui, will be available for purchase.
      Free; park entrance fees apply.
      Call 985-6011 for more information.

HOW TO INFLUENCE STATE LAWS is the topic at free workshops this Friday. Keanu Young, of the state Legislature’s Public Access Room, provides the public with tools and resources to help them become active participants in the legislative process. Workshops are at 11 a.m. at Ocean View Community Center and 2:30 p.m. at Pahala Community Center.
      See par@capitol.hawaii.gov or 974-4000 x7-0478 for more information.

RESIDENTS CAN LEARN about Social Security this week. Workshops take place Wednesday at Na`alehu Community Center, Thursday at Cooper Center in Volcano Village and Friday at Ocean View Community Center. All sessions are from 6:30 p.m. to 8 p.m. See ad at left for topics covered. Reserve at 327-5410. 

JAZZ IN THE FOREST CONTINUES with two performances this Saturday, featuring Keahi Conjugacion with Volcano Art Center’s Jazz Ensemble.
      The Wine and Beer Room will be open before and after the concert. Also, an area has been set aside for dancing.
      Two shows are offered, with a matinee at 4:30 p.m. and an evening performance at 7:30 p.m. Tickets for the matinee are $15 for VAC members ($20 non-members) and for the evening show are $20 for VAC members ($25 non-members).
      Tickets are available at VAC’s Administration Office in Volcano Village, VAC Gallery in Hawai`i Volcanoes National Park and online at volcanoartcenter.org. The last day to purchase tickets in advance is Friday, Oct. 23. After that, tickets will be sold at the door if they are not sold out.

What will Ka`u residents vote for to grace
the cover of The Directory 2016?

BEAUTY OF KA`U ART SHOW opens two weeks from today. The annual show generates the cover for The Directory, Ka`u Chamber of Commerce’s business and community guide for Ka`u. The Chamber raises scholarship money for higher education for Ka`u students through memberships and Directory participation.
      Registration is $5 per adult entry, $2.50 per youth entry and $1 per keiki entry.
      Hours for public viewing at CU Hawai`i Federal Credit Union in Na`alehu are 9 a.m. to 4 p.m. Monday, Nov. 2 through Thursday, Nov. 5.
      Each day, the public may sign in and receive a ballot to vote for their favorite entry. Each ballot, a numbered ticket, will also be entered into a drawing for door prizes to be held each hour, and the winner does not need to be present. Prizes are being donated by various Ka`u merchants.
      The overall winner, chosen by judges, will be featured on the cover of The Directory 2016 and receive $100 and an article inside The Directory.
      A reception to view the winners and greet the artists will be from 9 a.m. to 11 a.m. on Saturday, Nov. 7, with light refreshments.

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