Ka`u Calendar News Briefs Sunday, Aug. 7, 2016

Friends of Hawai`i Volcanoes National Park sang and toasted the park's 100th birthday as a Volcano
string quartet played Happy Birthday to You at Volcano House. Photos by Ron Johnson

FRIENDS OF HAWAI`I VOLCANOES National Park celebrated the park’s 100th birthday with a Party on the Edge fundraiser last night. The formal affair drew supporters to enjoy pupus, champagne and chamber music. A silent auction offered many options, including jewelry, fine garments, getaways and featherwork created by Rick Makanaaloha Kia`imeaokekanaka San Nicolas, the park’s artist-in-residence. San Nicolas presents an open studio this month and provides a public exhibit and lecture about his artwork, his inspiration from the sacred volcanoes, native birds and the history and culture of Hawai`i Tuesday at 7 p.m. at Kilauea Visitor Center Auditorium.

Superintendent Cindy Orlando, at left  introduced Alana McKinney, one
of FHVNP's original founders. At right is executive director
Elizabeth Fien. 

      Park Superintendent Cindy Orlando introduced Alana McKinney, one of the original founders of FHVNP, previously Friends of Ainahou. She and her husband Doc also started the Volcano Winery.

      “The park was established through the efforts of incredible citizens like the Friends, and that support continues today,” Orlando said. “I can think of no better group to enter the next hundred years of protection and preservation with than the Friends.”
       Friends executive director Elizabeth Fien talked about all the types of things they do for the park. She also introduced board members President Holly Ka`akimaka, vice president Paul Field, Secretary Pohai Montague-Mullins, treasurer Scott Brand, Cheryl Gansecki and Linda Schubert. She thanked all the Friends who helped make the event a success.
      Ka`akimaka spoke of how important the work they do is for the park. The organization hosts monthly forest restoration projects, brings members together walks in the park on second Sundays, leads wild cave explorations and offers field seminars and tours through its Hawai`i Volcanoes Institute. It also operates the Youth Ranger Internship Program, allowing students from Ka`u and Puna to gain experience working at the park. The program began in 2010 with Ka`u High. Training started after visiting professor Joan Rubin and The Ka`u Calendar publisher Julia Neal worked on a grant with Ka`u High School principal Sharon Beck and Hawai`i Volcanoes National Park staff.
      Will Okabe, Gov. David Ige’s East Hawai`i liaison, spoke about the park’s contributions to county and state economies. Orlando noted that the park’s visitation rate is higher than those at Pearl Harbor on O`ahu and Haleakala National Park on Maui.
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Radar this morning showed precipitation off the Ka`u Coast
that could potentially cause flash flooding.
Map from NWS

KA`U AND THE ENTIRE STATE is under a flash flood watch through tomorrow afternoon. Over Hawai`i Island, the primary threat for flooding will occur today during the afternoon and evening hours.

      Abundant moisture associated with former tropical cyclone Howard will spread westward across the island chain today, then remain over the state tonight before gradually exiting to the west tomorrow, the National Weather Service reported. An upper level trough to the north will provide moderate instability aloft. Saturated grounds from recent rain events will increase the threat of flash flooding from any heavy downpours that occur. While flooding will be possible anywhere across the state during this time, the greatest chances will occur over the northern end of the state.
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TODAY MARKS THE LAST DAY of the ‪#‎22PushUps ‬for ‪#‎22Kill‬ Challenge to raise awareness for veteran suicide prevention though education and empowerment. Sen. Josh Green and friends participated in the challenge for a total of ‪#‎66PushUps‬ for #22Kill.

Sen. Josh Green and friends dropped and did
22 pushups each for the #22Kill Challenge
to raise awareness for veteran suicide
prevention. Photo from Sen. Green

      In 2012, the Veterans Administration released a Suicide Data Report that an average of 22 veterans are killed by suicide every day. The name 22KILL is meant to grab people’s attention and raising awareness of the issue.
      "Suicide prevention is a very difficult task to undertake, especially when the general public is unaware of the issue in the first place," according to Honor Courage Commitment, Inc. "In order to prevent or 'fix' a problem, one must first learn and understand the problem itself and its causes. By educating ourselves, we’ll be able to identify the triggers that can lead someone to thoughts of suicide and confront those issues as they come, rather than letting them accumulate into something much worse."

      HCC started the #22KILL movement in 2013 after learning the staggering suicide statistic. The organization committed to researching and understanding the genesis of this epidemic, and educating the general public on the issue. #22KILL was a platform to raise awareness not just toward veteran suicide but also to mental health issues that can lead to suicide. These issues stem primarily from conditions such as Post-Traumatic Stress and Traumatic Brain Injury, and struggles of transitioning out of the military.
      In July 2015, 22KILL officially became its own nonprofit organization. Although legally separated from HCC, both organizations continue to work closely together to continue the mission of awareness and empowerment.
      To learn more on this issue, see www.22kill.com.
      “Let’s continue to make the mental health and well-being of our servicemen and women a top priority and continue to march diligently downward from 22 to zero,” Green said.
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VOLCANO ART CENTER WILL SOON display illustrations of Big Island wildlife artist John D. Dawson in an exhibit titled National Parks Illustrations 1978 through 2016. This exhibition features illustrations and natural history studies designed for the National Parks Service over a 20 period. The exhibition helps celebrate the 100th anniversary for Hawai`i Volcanoes National Park and the National Park Service.

A display of works by John Dawson opens Thursday.
Photo from VAC

      Over the past three decades, Dawson has completed major assignments and appeared in national publications for National Geographic Society, National Wildlife Federation, Audubon Society, United Nations and the `Imiloa Astronomy Center, among many others, including private commissions.
      Along with a collection of art on display inside Kilauea Visitor Center at Hawai`i Volcanoes National Park, one of Dawson’s proudest accomplishments is the Nature in America stamp series created for the United States Postal Service. The final installment of this series issued on Sept. 1, 2010 – a lively depiction of the Hawaiian rainforest – is a special reflection of the island beauty Dawson and his wife Kathleen have enjoyed as residents of Hilo for the past 20 years.
      National Parks Illustrations 1978 through 2016 will be on display Monday through Friday from 9 a.m. to 5 p.m. at VAC in Volcano Village from Thursday, Aug. 11 through Sept. 2. The exhibition is free to the public. An opening reception followed by an artist’s presentation will be held on Thursday, Aug. 11 in the Great Room of VAC’s Administrative offices. The reception begins at 6 p.m., with the presentation beginning at 7 p.m.
      For more information, see volcanoartcenter.org, or contact gallery manager Emily C. Weiss at 967-8222 or gallery@volcanoartcenter.org.
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BON DANCE PRACTICE BEGINS at 12 p.m. today at Pahala Community Center. Participants prepare for Pahala Hongwanji’s first Bon Dance of the 21st century, set for Sunday, Aug. 21.

A BEGINNING HAWAIIAN LANGUAGE class today begins at 1 p.m. at Ka`u Youth Center near Na`alehu Community Center. Students are invited to bring instruments and participate in an informal kanikapila stressing songs of Ka`u after class.
      Free; open to all. Call Beverly Byouk at 936-7262.

Violinist Eric Silberger presents a free concert tomorrow.
Photo from Hawai`i International Music Festival

HAWAI`I INTERNATIONAL MUSIC Festival kicks off tomorrow at Hawai`i Volcanoes National Park, where Eric Silberger, who recently made international press for playing inside Iceland’s Volcano Thrihnukagigur, plays violin at various locations around the park in celebration of the park’s and National Park Service’s 100th anniversary. At 7 p.m., he presents a free concert at Volcano House, with Kilauea Caldera and Halema`uma`u Crater as his backdrop. The concert will include the world premiere of a composition dedicated to the park’s centennial.

      The event is a prelude to the festival’s engagement at Pahala Plantation Cottages this Saturday, Aug. 13 at 6 p.m. Honoring the 20th anniversary of Ka‘ū Coffee, the concert will help raise awareness for donations for Hawai`i Public Radio’s efforts to bring a stronger and more reliable signal to this community and the entire state.

      The concert also features Amy Shoremount-Obra (soprano and daughter-in-law of Lorie

Obra, of Rusty’s 100% Hawaiian Coffee), Daniel Lelchuk (cello) and Mikayla Sager (soprano). Special guests include internationally acclaimed pianist Ian Parker, who has appeared as soloist

with Hawai`i Symphony Orchestra.

       Tickets for $25 may be purchased at himusicfestival.bpt.me. To make a larger donation to HPR, contact 928-9811 or mahalo@aloha.net.

LEARN VOG STUDY RESULTS Tuesday at 5:30 p.m. Pahala Public & School Library. Dr. Claire Horwell discusses her study to assess how Ka`u residents protect themselves from vog. USGS Hawaiian Volcano Observatory provides information about Kilauea’s background and current status.

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Ka`u Calendar News Briefs Saturday, Aug. 6, 2016

Department of Hawaiian Home Lands holds a meeting in Na`alehu this month about its draft
South Point Resource Management Plan. Photo from DHHL

DEPARTMENT OF HAWAIIAN HOME LANDS holds a public meeting Tuesday, Aug. 16 from 6:30 p.m. to 8:30 p.m. at Na`alehu Elementary School Cafeteria. In consultation with its Ka`u beneficiaries and other regional stakeholders, DHHL is developing a management plan for lands and resources in Kama`oa. The DHHL 2012 Ka`u Regional Plan identified the need to protect and preserve the natural and cultural sites in Kama`oa as one of the top five priority projects.
      The resource management plan identifies specific near- and long-term management actions for lands held under the Hawaiian Homes Land Trust located within the ahupua`a of Kama`oa-Pu`u`eo. It focuses on South Point, or Ka Lae, and coastal lands extending northeast toward Mahana Bay. It is intended to guide future actions to steward the land and resources of this area.
      An earlier management plan was completed for South Point in 1983 by PBR Hawai`i, but, according to DHHL, ongoing issues still have not been addressed three decades later.
      “South Point is a special and unique place,” the document states. “Its significant cultural landscape tells of the very early native Hawaiian settlement of the area. It is believed that this is the site where Polynesians from the Marquesas Islands first arrived in Hawai`i, which is estimated to have occurred as early as A.D. 124.

DHHL plans call for managing natural and cultural
resources at South Point. Photos from DHHL

      “Approximately 710 acres of this area has been designated as a National Historic Landmark because of its historical and cultural importance. Some remaining cultural sites include Pu`u Ali`i, Kalalea Heiau, Lua o Palahemo, canoe mooring holes, and Lua Makalei. Lua o Palahemo is also a unique natural resource; several types of anchialine pool shrimp are known to exist in this anchialine pool, including `opae `ula and the endangered Vetericaris chaceorum.                         “Additionally, there are rare plants such as the endangered `ohai that exist in this area.”

      DHHL’s plan has four goals. One is to provide a safe, clean and friendly environment at South Point. To accomplish this goal, DHHL intends to manage vehicular access and provide sanitary amenities and signage. It also wants to develop and implement a public education campaign to increase awareness and to deter unpermitted recreational activities, improve access to lifesaving equipment for the local community and visitors, improve access to Kaulana boat ramp and launching area, and develop and implement a fire management plan.
      DHHL also plans to restore, preserve and protect area cultural and natural resources. A service road and pedestrian paths to Mahana Bay and around South Point would help accomplish this goal.
      The third goal is to perpetuate native Hawaiian culture, values, history and language for future generations. The plan calls for providing opportunities for `aina-based educational programs at South Point, implementing a permit system to allow for `ohana camping there and creating an area to serve as a gathering place for the local community.
      To sustainably fund cultural and natural resources management activities and provide economic opportunities for DHHL beneficiaries and their families, the department would generate revenue by instituting a parking fee for South Point. It would use funds raised to provide training and technical assistance to local people to become legal business entities on DHHL lands and provide opportunities/programs that engage visitors in the history and culture of the area.
      DHHL’s Draft South Point Resources Management Plan is available at https://dhhl.hawaii.gov/wp-content/uploads/2015/07/South-Point-Public-Review-Draft-Plan-to-DHHL_052616.pdf.
      For more information, contact DHHL Planner Andrew Choy at Andrew.H.Choy@hawaii.gov or 808-620-9279.
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Remnants of Tropical Storm Howard are heading toward Hawai`i.
Map from University of Hawai`i

NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE has issued a flash flood watch for tomorrow and Monday. Abundant tropical moisture associated with former tropical cyclone Howard will spread from east to west across the state. An upper level trough digging toward the islands tomorrow will cause the atmosphere to destabilize. The combination of atmospheric instability and the enhanced tropical moisture will result in environmental conditions that are conducive for the development of thunderstorms and heavy rainfall.

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HAWAI`I IS AT A CROSSROAD in education, according to Gov. David Ige.

 Board of Education chair Lance Mizumoto, Gov. Ige and
Department of Education superintendent Kathryn
Matayoshi joined 1,000-plus students, teachers,
parents and community members at the July 9
ESSA Summit. Photo from Gov. Ige's Office

      “The July 9 ESSA Summit was a wonderful first step with more than 1,000 people giving us their feedback,” Ige said. “Now we want more people to add their voices at the follow-up community meetings in developing a 21st century blueprint for Hawai`i’s public schools. We all have a stake in the future of our students, and we’re inviting the entire community to be part of the process. ESSA gives the state a chance to envision new possibilities for our schools so we can prepare our students for an everchanging world.” 

      Ige said his vision for Hawai`i’s public education system “is future-focused because we know that many of the top jobs today didn’t exist 10 years ago. I’m a proud graduate of Pearl City High School and have seen our students compete nationally and globally and win. We need to ensure that all of our students have the opportunity and skills to compete with anyone in the world. I know that our public school system can be the best in the country, but we need to empower those closest to the children to make the best decisions. It’s really about being change agents, to give our students the opportunities to succeed.”
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Mike Kagami, in aloha shirt, greeted Ka`u voters this morning.
Photo by William Neal

HAWAI`I COUNTY PROSECTOR candidate Mike Kagami campaigned in Pahala this morning. He and supporters greeted passersby on Kamani Street. Kagami is challenging Mitch Roth for the post.

      Kagami is a criminal prosecutor with more than 20 years of experience. He said his two top goals are to strengthen the effectiveness and efficiency of the work within the Prosecutors Office and improve the relationship of the Prosecutors Office with the courts, Hawai`i Police Department and other agencies involved in the criminal justice system.

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Sen. Brian Schatz

HAWAI`I’S U.S. SENATORS Brian Schatz and Mazie Hirono, along with about 40 other Senate Democrats released a new letter to Senate Majority Leader Mitch McConnell and House Speaker Paul Ryan urging the Republican leaders to immediately call Congress back into session to pass emergency funding legislation to address the growing Zika crisis.

      “While the Zika crisis grows, the Republican-led Congress has done nothing on funding,” the letter states. “It has been 164 days since the President requested emergency funding to fight Zika. The combined time it took Congress to fund all of the last three public health emergencies – Ebola, H1N1 and Avian flu – was 137 days. The National Institutes of Health has said trials for a Zika vaccine will likely be delayed due to lack of funding. It is deeply troubling that the Zika epidemic which disproportionately impacts pregnant women and their babies would be treated any differently than these other emergencies. In each of these instances, Congress was able to set aside political rhetoric and act quickly to help. Unfortunately, we have seen no such action on Zika for pregnant women and families.”

Sen. Mazie Hirono

      According to the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention, there are now nearly 5,500 confirmed infections in Puerto Rico, with likely many times that number of unconfirmed cases. In Florida more than a dozen individuals have been infected by mosquito bites while residing in the state.

      “It is simply unacceptable that efforts to counter the spread of Zika and develop a vaccine are being held hostage by Republican partisanship,” the letter states. “Americans expect Congress to do its job. Republican Congressional leaders should call both the Senate and the House back into session to pass a real and serious response to the burgeoning Zika crisis. The simplest course of action would be to pass the Senate’s clean bipartisan compromise on Zika funding by unanimous consent and have the House pass the same bill immediately.”
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LEARN ABOUT THE BIRTH of Kahuku tomorrow from 9:30 a.m. to 11 a.m. Participants explore Kahuku Unit of Hawai`i Volcanoes National Park’s rich geologic history.
      See nps.gov/havo.

BEGINNING HAWAIIAN LANGUAGE Classes take place tomorrow and Aug. 21 at 2 p.m. at Ka`u Youth Center near Na`alehu Community Center. Classes are followed by informal kanikapila stressing songs of Ka`u.
      Free; open to all. Call Beverly Byouk at 936-7262.

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Ka`u Calendar News Briefs Friday, Aug. 5, 2016

Storms east of Hawai`i could effect the state's weather this weekend and next week.
Map from University of Hawai`i

FORMER TROPICAL CYCLONE Howard was about 650 miles east-northeast of Hilo at 5 a.m. and moving westward near 15 mph. Sporadic thunderstorm activity persists near the post-tropical low, Central Pacific Hurricane Center reported. Marginal sea surface temperatures and hostile upper level winds are expected to inhibit any strengthening.
      The National Hurricane Center in Miami is issuing advisories on Tropical Storm Ivette, which this morning was centered about 1,670 miles east-southeast of South Point. Ivette is forecast to continue on a westward track and cross longitude 140W into CPHC’s area of responsibility Sunday night.
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Ka`u farm entrepreneurs can access a new web tool to help get started.
Photo from USDA

U.S. DEPARTMENT OF AGRICULTURE offers a new web tool designed to connect farm entrepreneurs with programs and resources available to help them get started. The site features advice and guidance on everything a new farm business owner will need to know and includes a personalized Discovery Tool that builds a customized set of recommendations of USDA programs and services based on your needs.

      See usda.gov/newfarmers.
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INCREASING OPPORTUNITIES FOR WOMEN, minorities and other underrepresented groups in science, technology, engineering, and math fields was the topic of a Senate Small Business and Entrepreneurship Committee hearing chaired by Sen. Mazie Hirono yesterday.

      Hirono heard from national experts at the National Science Foundation, the Small Business Administration and the Office of Naval Research about programs in Hawai`i that introduce students to STEM careers. She also heard testimony from two successful students from Hawai`i who participated in these programs.
      “Hawai`i and the country have a great opportunity to build a 21st-century economy that will create hundreds of thousands of high paying jobs,” Hirono said. “But we will not succeed in harnessing the talents of all Americans without addressing the barriers women and minorities face in pursuing STEM careers, including in the small business sector. Today’s hearing was a great opportunity to examine how we can continue to grow Hawai`i’s STEM pipeline and to ensure small businesses and entrepreneurs have the resources they need to succeed.”

Dr. Sylvia James
Photo from NSF

      “I applaud Sen. Hirono and the committee for holding a hearing on this very important topic and for her appreciation for the need for Hawai`i and our nation to continue to invest in long-term, fundamental and game changing research to keep us competitive,” said Dr. Sylvia James, National Science Foundation Directorate for Education and Human Resources Division of Human Resource Development Director. “With robust, sustained support for research and education in both the executive and legislative branches, as well as partnerships such as those on display here in Hawai`i, NSF contributes to the protection of our national security, the continued development of our workforce and the enhancement of our economic prosperity.”
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A THREE-HOUR EXTRAVAGANZA of music and hula celebrated the many contributions by the late Cynthia “Cinnie” Decker to Ka`u’s musical world last Saturday.

Hannah's Makana `Ohana performed at an event honoring
the late Cinnie Decker. Photo by Karen Pucci

      Many of the musicians who today embody her legacy came together to worship, play and reminisce on Decker’s outstanding contributions to the community and how she touched their lives. 

      Decker taught numerous music students, founded and played with two bands and conducted the large Ka`u `Ohana Band. Her enthusiasm for music and musicians was infectious, encouraging many to take up musical careers, so that her legacy lived on after she left Ka`u for health reasons.
      Decker was a public school teacher in New Mexico and then New York before retiring to Hawai`i about eight years ago, making her home in Ocean View with her husband Dallas.
      She passed away in January while living in Southern California. An earlier memorial service was held for her at Long Island, New York.
      Saturday’s memorial service was held at Ocean View Community Center and began with an Episcopalian mass led by Dallas Decker, followed by a copious potluck lunch.
      Decker’s former students provided lunchtime entertainment. First, Nina Lloyd and Susan Oliver played duets on the French horn and cello. This was followed by Ben Houghton playing the clarinet, Eugene Watson on the trumpet and Nina Lloyd on the French horn.

Cinnie Decker's husband Dallas led an Episcopalian
mass at an event in her honor.
Photo by Karen Pucci

     After lunch came three hula dances by Hannah’s Makana `Ohana to I Can Only Imagine, a prayer and How Great Thou Art.

      Among the dancers were Barbara McDonough, Mary Ramsdell, Cyndi Napper, Sandy Shelton, Wendy Baier, Kepi Davis, Vera Stevens, Thom White, Susan Fine and Lora Akase-Nagle. Hannah Uribes, the group’s kumu,

was unable to attend.
      Jym Duncan, a former student of Decker, held the audience spellbound as she performed Beethoven’s Pathetique on the grand piano. Ben Houghton and David Matson had arranged their electronic pianos back to back on the stage, and with the help of an amplifier wowed the audience with their duet and then with solos from the classics.
      Decker’s protégé’s then changed the tune and tempo with light-hearted, folksy numbers performed by The Blue Rock Mountaineers. Dick Hershberger pointed out that this band had won the Senior Stars Talent Contest about three years ago in Hilo. With great gusto and enthusiasm, the band belted out Jambalaya and Wabash Cannonball, while the audience tapped toes, swung hips and joined in with This Land is Your Land.
      Among the musicians in this band were Dick Hershberger, Zachary De Bernardi, Arlene Araki, Lucy Rogge, Joe Ooka and Dallas Decker.
      Cinnie Decker was a member of the second featured band. The Last Fling Band played some classic dance music, including the Beer Barrel Polka, the Lichtensteiner Polka, the Hofbrauhaus, and Have I Told You Lately that I Love You.
      Most of the Blue Rock Mountaineers were also in this band, as were Nina Lloyd, Richard Yohn Sigrid Jeauneux, Eugene Watson, Susan Oliver and Ben Houghton.
      The grand finale was offered by the largest band – the fifteen-member Ka`u `Ohana Band – which Decker founded and conducted before leaving the island. Her successor, Steve Moon, picked seven of the band’s favorite pieces, six of which Decker had rehearsed with the band and conducted herself. 

      Among the musicians in this band were Arlene Araki, Jym Duncan and Eugene Watson, who played trumpets; Susan Brown-Bauman and Zachary DeBernardi, who both played percussion; and Peter Bosted, who played the oboe. Laurie Boyle and Ben Houghton played clarinets; Noa Caiserman, flute; Nina Lloyd, French horn; and David Mattson, trombone; Mike Sherline, tuba; Clair Underwood, violin; and Fred Strehler, bass clarinet.
      The celebration of life concluded with shared remembrances by those whose lives Cinnie Decker touched.

Friends of Hawai`i Volcanoes National Park invites Ka`u
residents to its Party on the Crater's Edge tomorrow.
Photo from FHVNP

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PARTY ON THE CRATER’S EDGE tomorrow from 6:30 p.m. to 9 p.m. at Volcano House. The Friends of Hawai`i Volcanoes National Park fundraiser celebrating the park’s centennial includes champagne, light pupus and entertainment for $50 per person. Proceeds support park programs and projects sponsored by FHVNP.

      A silent auction from 5 p.m. to 8:30 p.m. is open to all.
      See fhvnp.org.

KAHUKU UNIT OF HAWAI`I VOLCANOES National Park offers free programs this weekend. Tomorrow from 9:30 a.m. to 11:30 a.m., a hike on Pu`u Kahuku Trail explores realms and divisions of the traditional Hawaiian classification system at Kahuku.
      Birth of Kahuku on Sunday from 9:30 a.m. to 11 a.m. explores the area’s rich geologic history. See nps.gov/havo.

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