Ka`u Calendar News Briefs Thursday, Jan. 14, 2016

Waipio Valley, along with Ho`okena and Miloli`i, has been closed due to dengue fever. See more below. Map from Hawai`i County

HAWAI`I’S SCHOOLS AND HEALTH CARE could benefit from legalized gambling, Sen. Josh Green and Rep. Richard Creagan told Bret Yager, of West Hawai`i Today.

Rep. Richard Creagan

Sen. Josh Green

      Green told Yager he could consider a local lottery or participation in Powerball, “provided that’s the extent to which we’ve OK’d gambling and that any resources generated went to education and health care.”  

      Green said he is generally opposed to legalized gambling “because the societal consequences can be very negative and dramatic.”
      Creagan told Yager he also opposes gambling in general, but, “we could get a bigger bang for the buck than a lot of states by marketing gambling toward tourists. I think a lottery could make sense if (proceeds) were targeted to schools and health care. The devil is in the details.”
      See westhawaiitoday.com.
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WAIPIO VALLEY ACCESS ROAD and valley area have been closed to all traffic, and access will be limited to valley residents only, Hawai`i County Civil Defense reported yesterday. The restricted access will remain until further notice as a precaution during the island’s current dengue fever outbreak.
      Ho`okena and Miloli`i remain closed to the public, as well.
      Yesterday, the state Department of Health reported two more confirmed cases of dengue fever, bringing the total number of confirmed cases since the beginning of the outbreak to 215. These cases include 195 residents and 20 visitors.
      Dengue is a virus that is transmitted from an infected person to a mosquito, which can then infect another person. Dengue fever cannot be spread directly from person to person. Of the 215 confirmed cases, two are recent and could be in the stage of their illness in which they can infect mosquitoes.
      Civil Defense reminds the public that “the most effective method to reduce the spread of dengue is for everyone to avoid and prevent mosquito bites. Fight The Bite by wearing clothing that minimizes exposed skin, using mosquito repellent and avoiding activities in areas of high mosquito concentration during the early morning and late afternoon periods when mosquito activity is greatest.”
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Kamaile (Nichols) Turcan

A HAWAI`I ATTORNEY for National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration’s Pacific Islands branch will clerk for U.S. Supreme Court Justice Sonia Sotomayor. Kamaile (Nichols) Turcan will become the first law clerk of Native Hawaiian ancestry to serve a U.S. Supreme Court Justice. Turcan will assist Sotomayor with oral arguments and help the justices with acting on emergency applications to the U.S. Supreme Court.

      Turcan was salutatorian at Kamehameha Schools and graduated from University of California at Berkeley with a BA in Integrative Biology. After working for several years as a field biologist, she entered the University of Hawai`i Law School, graduating in 2008 with a Certificate in Environmental Law. She served as Editor-in-Chief of the UH Law Review, participated on the International Environmental Law Moot Court team and received the Carl K. Mirikitani Jr. Valedictory Prize.
      After graduating, Turcan served as a law clerk for Federal District Court Judge David Ezra, followed by a clerkship with Ninth Circuit Court of Appeals Judge Richard Clifton. She describes those two experiences as essential preparations for her coming clerkship with Justice Sotomayor.
      Turcan works in Hawai`i as an Attorney Advisor with NOAA, providing legal advice to the federal agency tasked with managing and conserving fishery resources and protected species within the Western and Central Pacific Region. The scope of her work includes environmental law, administrative law and some international law. She has been an attorney with the Pacific Islands Section of NOAA since 2011.
      In a University of Hawai`i online story, Turcan said, “The opportunity to work on some of the biggest legal questions of our day, to help Justice Sotomayor, is the ultimate opportunity for a young lawyer and an unparalleled experience.
      It’s an incredible lifetime opportunity for any law graduate, let alone one from Hawai`i, and I have to keep pinching myself.
      “One of the exciting things about the Court is one never knows what nationally important issue will present itself. The Court is always faced with ‘hot topics’ such as civil rights, the scope of the Fourth Amendment protections in light of rapidly changing technology, and weighty legal disputes between Congress and the President.”
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Rep. Tulsi Gabbard is a major in Hawai`i
Army National Guard.

U.S. REP. TULSI GABBARD yesterday co-introduced the Veterans Administration Bonus Elimination Act to help ensure timely delivery of care to U.S. military veterans. The bill denies bonuses to senior Veterans Administration executives who fail to ensure that veterans receive care within 30 days, as required under VA guidelines. 

 

      “It is unconscionable that senior VA officials are rewarded with bonuses while hundreds of thousands of veterans across the country are still facing major delays in receiving the care that they need and have earned,” Gabbard said. “Even after the VA scandal in 2014, veteran wait times have increased. In October 2015, the VA said there were nearly 500,000 veterans who were waiting over 30 days to receive care. The fact that the systemic problems within the VA that created this situation continue to persist is deeply troublesome. Those who are responsible for ensuring our nation’s veterans get the care and services they need should be held accountable, not rewarded for their malpractice. This bill is a step forward in repairing our veterans’ trust.”
      According to VA guidelines, veterans should wait no longer than 30 days for a medical appointment. In 2014, whistleblowers at several VA hospitals revealed that employees often manipulated waiting list data to collect performance bonuses. An internal audit found that over 120,000 vets waited at least 90 days, even after the scandal broke. In Hawai`i, veterans experienced the longest wait times in the country, averaging 145 days for a simple primary care visit. That same year, the VA paid $142 million in bonuses, ranging from $500 to $13,000, to employees.
       As these VA crises unfolded in 2014, Rep. Gabbard introduced the Access to Care and Treatment Now for Veterans Act to allow veterans to get immediate care from non-VA medical providers. Her legislation was ultimately included in the Veterans Access, Choice and Accountability Act, which was signed into law that same year.
       Gabbard is a major in Hawai`i Army National Guard and a veteran of two Middle East deployments. She is a member of the House Armed Services and Foreign Affairs Committees.
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HAWAI`I DEPARTMENT OF HEALTH holds a public informational meeting to discuss proposed changes to cesspool rules tomorrow from 6 p.m. to 8 p.m. at Ocean View Community Center. 

      Major proposed changes include:
Prohibiting installation of new cesspools in all areas of the state. Currently, new cesspools are still allowed in parts of Hawai`i and Maui Counties, and up to 800 new cesspools are being installed each year. Hawai`i is the only state that still allows new cesspools, according to DOH.
Adding requirements as the Legislature directed to implement Act 120 of 2015 for certification of qualified cesspools and qualified expenses. Act 120 provides a temporary income tax credit of up to $10,000 for the cost of upgrading or converting a qualified cesspool to a septic tank system or an aerobic treatment unit system, or connecting to a sewer system.
Clarifying that when a building modification would change the nature or quantity of the wastewater flowing into an individual wastewater system, DOH may require upgrading the system.
      Other changes are summarized in a rationale paper found at http://health.hawaii.gov/wastewater/home/public_notice/. A copy of proposed rules is also provided on the website.
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PARTICIPANTS LEARN ABOUT FORMATION and various uses of the grassy cinder cone Pu`u o Lokuana and enjoy a breathtaking view of lower Ka`u on a free, moderately difficult, 0.4-mile hike to the top Saturday from 9:30 a.m. to 10:30 a.m. at the Kahuku Unit of Hawai`i Volcanoes National Park.
      See nps.gov/havo for more information.

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Ka`u Calendar News Briefs Wednesday, Jan. 13, 2016

Paul and Jane Field lead Stewardship at the Summit in Hawai`i Volcanoes National Park. Photo from NPS

HAWAI`I’S STATE ATTORNEY GENERAL DOUG CHIN’S office filed a notice of appeal late yesterday afternoon over a recent ruling by First Circuit Court Judge Jeanette Castagnetti ordering the Legislature to provide sufficient funding to DHHL for its administrative and operating expenses, in line with the constitutional mandate to do so. In the current fiscal year, the order identified this amount as being more than $28 million.

Doug Chin

      Department of Hawaiian Home Lands expressed disappointed in yesterday’s decision. “It’s discouraging to see the attorney general pursuing an appeal of this matter on the basis that the court has overstepped its powers,” said Jobie Masagatani, Hawaiian Homes Commission Chair and DHHL Director. “The appeal will eventually end up at the Supreme Court level, and the Supreme Court already ruled in 2012 that the court can determine what is ‘sufficient funding’ for operating and administrative expenses for DHHL. It feels like an unnecessary delay that hurts DHHL and its ability to effectively meet its mission to place native Hawaiians on the land.”
      In late November, Castagnetti concluded, “The Legislature has failed to appropriate sufficient sums to the Department of Hawaiian Home Lands for its administrative and operating budget in violation of its constitutional duty to do so. This failure includes every fiscal year since at least 1992.” In her 40-page ruling, Castagnetti said, “DHHL suffers from a lack of funding and staffing, which adversely affects beneficiaries of the Hawaiian Home Lands Trust.”
      For the last three years, the Legislature has appropriated $9.6 million in general funds to DHHL, nearly one-third the amount requested by the DHHL to “sufficiently sum” operations. Prior to that, the Legislature provided no general funds to the department, prompting six native Hawaiian beneficiaries to file suit against the state in 2007. The Hawai`i Supreme Court ruled in favor of the plaintiffs Richard “Dickie” Nelson III, Kelii Ioane, Sherilyn Adams, Kaliko Chun, James Akiona, and Charles Aipia, in 2012, citing the state’s failure to sufficiently fund DHHL.
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HAWAI`I STATE DEPARTMENT OF HEALTH will hold weekly dengue information sessions in Kona and Hilo to provide timely updates and answer questions from the community about Hawai`i Island’s dengue outbreak. Participants will learn about the prevalence, transmission and symptoms of dengue fever; outbreak response efforts; how to interpret case counts and maps; and best ways to Fight the Bite. 

      Weekly sessions will be held every Thursday at 11:30 a.m. at the State Office Building, Rooms A, B and C at 75 Aupuni St. in Hilo, and at West Hawai`i Civic Center, Mayor’s Conference Room at 74-5044 Ane Keohokalole Hwy in Kailua-Kona.
      Beginning Jan. 19, weekly sessions will be held every Tuesday at 12:30 p.m. at Yano Hall, 82-6165 Mamalahoa Hwy in Captain Cook.
      Sessions are open to the public and scheduled to continue through February.
      Contact the DOH’s Hawai`i District Health Office at 974-6001 for more information.
      Yesterday, DOH reported three more confirmed cases of dengue fever, bringing the total to 213. One of those cases is considered potentially infectious, with onset of illness as late as Jan. 2.
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PALI, THE EARLIEST HURRICANE recorded in the Central Pacific, is weakening and heading further west. At 11 a.m., the category-one storm was 1,520 miles southwest of South Point. Maximum sustained winds are near 80 miles per hour, according to Central Pacific Hurricane Center. Forecasters are uncertain if Pali will restrengthen or dissipate.

Sen. Brian Schatz's guest at the State of the Union address
was Trelaine Ito, of Mililani.

HAWAI`I’S U.S. SENATORS SHARED their thoughts about the State of the Union address President Barack Obama delivered yesterday.

       “Tonight, we heard the President reflect on the significant progress we have made in the last seven years,” Sen. Brian Schatz said. “From the economic recovery to health care reform to historic global action on climate change, we have seen real results that have strengthened our economy and provided more opportunities for working families. But there is still more work to be done, and President Obama outlined a clear plan on how we can build on that progress.
      “The President’s commitment to tackle college affordability is an important step forward. Right now, too many students in Hawai`i and across the country are leaving college with tens of thousands of dollars in debt, and many are choosing to not go to college at all. When the cost of a higher education discourages young people from going to school, it doesn’t just impact the student, it also affects our local communities and our economy. We all want the best for our kids and that’s why I’m confident we can fix this broken system, make college affordable, and give more students a better shot at success.

Sen. Mazie Hirono invited student Sierra Schmitz
to be her guest for the State of the Union address.

      “We have come too far to return to policies that led to the Great Recession and failed families in Hawai`i and across the country. In President Obama’s final year and beyond, I hope my colleagues in Congress answer the President’s call and make real, commonsense reforms that move our nation forward.”
      Sen. Mazie Hirono said, “Tonight, President Obama laid out how far our country has come since he took office in 2009 and the road that lies ahead. The President emphasized that quality education is a key part in the continued success of our country. My guest Sierra Schmitz is one of millions of students who are struggling to afford a college education. Large financial debt shouldn’t be a burden on the futures of our students. We must work to make their paths a little easier.
      “The President also reminded us that we all have a part to play in shaping America’s future, and he’s right. We have a lot left to do like passing comprehensive immigration reform, closing the pay gap and raising the minimum wage. Working together, we can continue to ensure that America will remain the land of opportunity for all.”
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Robert Lindsey, Jr.

OFFICE OF HAWAIIAN AFFAIRS is launching two scholarship programs making a half-million dollars available to post-secondary students. 

      The OHA Higher Education Scholarship, administered by Hawai`i Community Foundation, requires students be of Native Hawaiian ancestry, be enrolled full- or part-time in an accredited two- or four-year college and have a 2.0 or higher grade point average for undergraduate students and 3.0 or higher for graduate students.
      OHA’s Native Hawaiian Science and Engineering Mentorship Program Scholarship is administered through University of Hawai`i for Native Hawaiian students pursuing degrees in Science, Technology, Engineering and Math. This funding provides scholarships and wrap-around services for students at any UH campus.
      “The scholarship money that we award represents our commitment to helping strengthen the future path of Native Hawaiian students,” OHA Chair Robert Lindsey, Jr. said. “It is also our contribution to their hope for a life where they can support a family and develop abilities they need for higher-skilled jobs.”
      “Education is a great way for our Native Hawaiian students to uplift themselves and pursue higher-paying careers,” said Kamana`opono Crabbe, Ka Pouhana, CEO of OHA, who was the first person in his family to get a doctorate degree. “I was able to get where I am today thanks to my education and am able to use that background to bring about positive change for our community.”
      To apply, see oha.org/scholarships for links to the scholarship programs. Applying could also make additional funds from other scholarship programs available for students.
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IN KA`U HIGH SPORTS, boys basketball team hosts Hawai`i Preparatory Academy today, and girls basketball team heads to Hilo Friday. 

STEWARDSHIP AT THE SUMMIT continues Friday in Hawai`i Volcanoes National Park. Volunteers help out the park and the `aina by cutting invasive Himalayan ginger on park trails. Loppers and gloves are provided. Participants are encouraged to wear long-sleeved shirts, long pants and close-toed shoes. Work is often in the shade of the forest with sweet sounds of native honey creepers like `apapane, `amakihi and `oma`o above to serenade volunteers. Water, snacks, rain gear and sun protection are recommended.
      This project is open to the public, and no reservations are required. Interested people can stop by Kilauea Visitor Center to get directions and more information. The hike is around a one-mile, moderate round trip into Kilauea Caldera down Halema`uma`u Trail, leaving from Kilauea Visitor Center. The hike involves walking over rough uneven terrain on a dirt and rock path, with up to a 400-foot elevation change.
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Ka`u Calendar News Briefs Tuesday, Jan. 12, 2016

Pali, the earliest hurricane on record in the Central Pacific, is far southwest of Hawai`i but could send swells toward Ka`u.
Map from NOAA

KA`U SHOULD BE THE FIRST PLACE to receive the south swell from the earliest hurricane on record in the Central Pacific. The last January hurricane on record since 1949 was in 1992 when Tropical Storm Ekaka strengthened on Jan. 29, Craig Gima reported in Honolulu Star-Advertiser. 

      Pali became a category one hurricane yesterday and is expected to gradually weaken this evening as it heads south and west. The storm was 1,370 miles southwest South Point this morning.
      See staradvertiser.com.
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UBS, A FINANCIAL SERVICES COMPANY, said the merger of Hawaiian Electric Co. with NextEra Energy won’t occur. Duane Shimogawa, of Pacific Business News, quoted from a report by UBS, which continues to “bias towards the deal breaking up given persistent consternations from an array of constituencies in Hawai`i.” 

      According to Shimogawa, the report states, “Following the chairman of Hawai`i’s Public Utilities Commission’s order to (HECO parent, Hawaiian Electric Industries Inc. and NextEra Energy) to release documents which were part of the company’s filings in response to questions around the transaction, an email has emerged where HEI CEO Connie Lau wrote to HEI’s general counsel, Chet Richardson on Nov. 24, 2014, claiming Moray Dewhurst, NextEra Energy’s CFO, ‘made it clear that we are the snack (as HECO CEO Alan Oshima) calls it, on the way to their desired buffet luncheon to acquire other regulated utilities.’ NextEra Energy has since denied this was ever said, and maintains that the deal is a merger, and that far from being unimportant, HEI would become its third principal subsidiary after (Florida Power & Light Co.) and NextEra Energy Resources. The debate around (NextEra Energy’s) commitments to Hawai`i’s renewables-goals have been an area of concern for quite some time now, and we think the debate will intensify.”

      See bizjournals.com/pacific.
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HAWAI`I STATE DEPARTMENT OF HEALTH Medical Marijuana Dispensary License application is now available online at mmjdisp.ehawaii.gov. Applications must be submitted online by Friday, Jan. 29 at 4:30 p.m. 

      “Applicants should be careful to follow the online application instructions completely," said Keith Ridley, Chief of the DOH Office of Health Care Assurance. “The online process is straight forward and follows Chapter 329D of the Hawai`i Revised Statutes (HRS) and Chapter 11-850 of the Hawai`i Administrative Rules.”
      All information on dispensary license requirements is posted at http://health.hawaii.gov/medicalmarijuana/.
      Application fee is $5,000.The medical marijuana dispensary law allows DOH to award a total of eight licenses initially, with two on Hawai`i Island. Each dispensary licensee will be allowed to operate up to two production centers and two retail-dispensing locations.
      DOH expects to select and announce licensees by April 15. A licensed dispensary may begin dispensing medical marijuana not sooner than July 15, with the approval of the Department.
      For more information about the Medical Marijuana Dispensary Licensing Program, see http://health.hawaii.gov/medicalmarijuana/.
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THE SECOND EDITION OF HAWAI`I’S Fraud Prevention & Resource Guide has been released. The Department of Commerce and Consumer Affairs, the Department of the Attorney General and the Department of Health partnered to publish the first edition in August 2008. The guide is intended to help raise awareness of various types of fraud and scams occurring here in Hawai`i and also includes a comprehensive resource section providing up-to-date contact information for state, federal, county and nonprofit organizations.
      “We are honored to work with such a dedicated group on addressing fraud schemes that are occurring here in our islands,” DCCA Director Catherine Awakuni Colon said. “We want residents to not only be aware of what is going on so that they can protect themselves and those they care about, but also who they can contact if they need help.”
      “Identity theft and financial fraud are fast growing crimes, which especially target seniors. This guide provides good advice to keep people safe,” Attorney General Douglas Chin said.
      DOH Director Virgina Pressler, M.D. said, “The biggest benefit of this guide is to directly assist our seniors, family members and caregivers on how to protect themselves from financial and healthcare scams, fraud and abuses. It gives examples, scenarios and red flags of what to be aware of and resources on whom to contact for questions or concerns.”
      To view or print the guide online, see http://cca.hawaii.gov/sec/files/2015/10/Fraud-Guide-2.pdf.
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U.S. REP. TULSI GABBARD WELCOMES Kemba Smith, a national advocate for criminal justice reform and founder of the Kemba Smith Foundation, as her guest at tonight’s State of the Union address.

Kemba Smith is Rep. Tulsi Gabbard's
guest for the State of the Union.

      In 1994, Smith was sentenced to 24.5-years in prison with no possibility of parole for a first-time nonviolent drug offense. After serving 6.5 years of her sentence, Smith was granted clemency by President Bill Clinton. 2016 marks the year that Smith would have been released from prison had she not been granted clemency in 2000. Since her release, she has dedicated herself to the cause of reforming the criminal justice system and creating opportunities to empower youth and guide them on pathways to positive choices while encouraging mentorship. “Kemba’s story is unfortunately all too common across the country,” Gabbard said. “Our criminal justice system today is unsustainable and ineffective – the United States incarcerates more of our citizens than any other country in the world, with staggeringly high recidivism rates, costing American taxpayers billions of dollars.”
       Gabbard has long advocated for criminal justice reform legislation and has encouraged adoption of successful state reforms at the federal level, like Drug Courts, Veterans Courts, the Hawai`i Opportunity Probation with Enforcement and the State Juvenile Justice Ho`opono Mamo Civil Citation Initiative.

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SIERRA SCHMITZ, A HAWAI`I NATIVE and current American University student, will accompany Sen. Mazie Hirono to President Obama’s final State of the Union address.
      “While a quality education is an important key to success in today’s economy, college costs continue to skyrocket. Sierra, who is paying her own way through American University with the help of federal programs such as Pell Grants, and students like her are why I will continue to fight to ensure that everyone can afford a quality education,” Hirono said. “Students like Sierra are emblematic of the American ideal that with hard work, initiative and ingenuity, one can achieve success. Inviting Sierra to participate in the State of the Union will help to show the American people the face of our future.”
      Schmitz grew up on Hawai`i Island and O`ahu and is a graduate of La Pietra Hawai`i School for Girls. She is currently a sophomore at American University studying International Studies with a focus on global environmental sustainability and communications. After graduation, Schmitz hopes to pursue a career in environmental protection and preservation.
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HAWAI`I WILDLIFE MANAGEMENT ORGANIZATION is hiring a Coordination Assistant, who will work closely with PFX Project Leads and the PFX Steering Committee to complete the project deliverables outlined in the PFX Plan of Work. The primary function of the PFX Coordination Assistant will be to assist with (1) science education/communication product development, layout and design, (2) logistical planning and note taking for field trips, meetings and webinars, (3) dissemination and organization of program evaluation information and (4) maintenance of the Pacific Fire Exchange website and electronic communications. 

Position is part-time, 15-20 hours per week at $15-22 per hour, commensurate with experience. 

      Application deadline is Jan. 21.
      Contact Clay Trauernicht at trauerni@hawaii.edu with any questions.
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Kukui nut top demonstrations take place tomorrow. Photo from NPS 

HU, OR KUKUI NUT TOP, demonstrations take place tomorrow from 10 a.m. to 12 p.m. on Kilauea Visitor Center’s lanai in Hawai`i Volcanoes National Park. Park rangers and staff from Hawai`i Pacific Parks Association share their knowledge and love of this popular traditional art and pastime. 

      Free; park entrance fees apply.

SEN. RUSSELL RUDERMAN PLANS to attend I Ola Na `Aina Momona’s strategy and informational meeting, according to founder Malian Lahey. The nonprofit, which works to help Ka`u farmers achieve land security, meets Sunday, Jan. 17 from 5:30 p.m. to 7:30 p.m. at Pahala Plantation House.
      Topics at the meeting include legal structures for holding property, partnerships, donor recruitment and funding strategies.
      Attorney Steven Strauss, of Hilo, will offer advice and answer questions.
      Everyone is welcome to attend. Pupus will be served.

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