Jim Channon has a story to tell and a movie studio and Jeff Bridges

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Big Island Weekly
November 18, 2009 | BIGISLANDWEEKLY.COM
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Fromto
Hawi
Hollywood
Turtles!
Back home
Jim Channon
has a story
to tell and
a movie
studio and
Jeff Bridges
thought so
as well.
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Museum planned
Camp Tarawa Foundation has plans for Waikoloa site.
Big Island Weekly
was there to welcome
the Big Island’s
newest babies.
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Benefit and drunk driving
awareness concert planned
for recovering Kohala guitarist
Rupert Tripp Jr. on Nov. 21.
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[] Big Island Weekly | NOVEMBER 18, 2009
Big Island Weekly
Contents
volume 4 | numBer 47
news
Pidgin Page
2
Shakas/Stink Eyes 2
Ask Mr. Big Island 3
Computer thefts
3
Solar mandate
4
Ka‘u CDP
5
Letters to editor
5
Hula celebration
5
Hawksbill hatchlings 6
HVNP needs help 8
Hawaiian views
9
Hawi to Hollywood 12
Camp Tarawa
13
Brake Time
One year gone
a&e
Astrology
NOHO HEWA
Rupert Tripp Jr.
Relapse
Lights out Fights
11
11
14
16
17
BUsiness
Affordable housing 18
Smoke Shop
Parker Ranch realty
18
18
lifestyle
Surf report
Tide calendar
Pau Hana
With a Valid ID
Calendar
10
10
6
7
15
17
19
Classifieds
21
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Pardon, our mistake
l Hawaii Preparatory Academy’s Energy Lab is seeking to qualify
for LEED certification but has not received it yet and the building,
after a full year of operation, will be evaluated to see if it meets the
Living Building Challenge.
l The picture of David Kalakaua in Hookena in the Nov. 11
issue was taken sometime in the 1880s.
l Hilo Burger Joint owner Rhonda Nichols said her restaurant is
not completely plastic-free, but it is real close to getting there.
Comment
One year gone and still going
Big Island Weekly
N
ov. 13 marked my one
year anniversary at Big
Island Weekly. It does
not seem possible that one year
has already passed here at the
good old weekly.
Looking back on that first
issue a year ago, I can tell
that there have been some
improvements made. It was
a tall order for one person to
come in here and put out a
weekly product with a cabinet
full of good freelance writers.
When you read this product,
I’ll bet you didn’t know that
I design it, edit it, do most
of the Web videos and some
photography and write for the
newspaper too — did you? Or
some of you would probably say,
‘Yeah, I knew it was a one-man
operation...just look at it.’ At any
rate, if you are reading this right
now, you must find BIW at least
entertaining or educational in
some way — I hope.
The past year’s issues of BIW
are chock full of great Big Island
stories from the sea-level rise
series we did to the discovery
of a blonde zebra in North
Kona. We were there for tribal
powwows, beer and mai tai
festivals, the Merrie Monarch
and some great surfing, skating,
snowboarding and canoe
paddling events.
We got to meet good
people like Bob Condon, the
filmmaker who worked with
Patrick Swayze on ‘Point
Big Ideas
Big island
Jed Stockton
Break,’ and got to party with
actor Danny Trejo at Hilo’s
Emerald Orchid, when he was
in town filming the new movie
‘Predators’ here. In this issue
BIW will introduce you to Jim
Channon, an interesting man
in Hawi, who had his life story
revealed in the new movie “The
Men Who Stare at Goats.”
There are many more
examples of great stories from
this past year, but if you are a
BIW reader you already know
some of them I overlooked.
I am looking forward to the
coming year and all that will
happen here on the Big Island.
One thing I can’t overlook is
the help and information that
comes into this office daily
from Big Island residents
— some don’t always agree with
me, but that is why we have a
conversation.
In the past year, we have
added Web videos, music clips,
Shakas and Stink Eyes and
Ask Mr. Big Island, and the eedition to the BIW family. We
just recently added BIW video
news to our Web site which is a
video news update of the print
edition of BIW. In the coming
weeks we will be adding an
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back,
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but is there is back,
enough
room for it
now?
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my first
issue of
BIW on
nov. 19,
2008.
Wow,
it looks
a little
bland.
submission.
Second, if
you have a
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question that
New feature
you just need
Reel Big
Island has
an answer to,
scoop on
new Big Isle
click on Ask
filming
Mr. Big Island.
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Third, if you
have some juicy news that we
need to hear about click on the
news submission at the top of
the Web site page.
BIW wants to keep growing
and providing you with news
that you care about. We will
take a stand when there are
wrongs to be righted and we
want to be there to cheer you on
when you do amazing things.
As always we will be right there
in the little purple news rack
at more than 200 locations
islandwide and online at www.
bigislandweekly.com. Looking
forward to another great year
and go Big Island!
Volcano
artists gear
up for the
holidays
ISAAC FrAZEr
expanded Pau Hana
section which will take a look
at all of the bars and restaurants
on the Big Island and list happy
hour specials and entertainment
at each venue. In a few weeks
there will be a Pau Hana
submission form at the top of
our Web page — so fill up our
inbox with good stuff so we can
get your venue out there.
Now comes the part where
you as a reader comes in — we
need your help. We have all of
these outlets on our Web site
where you can get involved
in BIW and we want you to
feel like this is your newspaper.
I urge you to use our Web
site — if you go to www.
bigislandweekly.com, there is an
array of ways to be heard and
ask questions. First if you have
something you want publicity
for, click on the calendar
Jed Stockton is editor and
general manager of Big Island
Weekly. He can be reached at
jstockton@bigislandweekly.
com or by phone at (808)
930-8668.
Shakas and stink eyes for the week
SHAKAS
STINK EYES
l To Gov. Lingle for possibly
trying to end teacher furlough
days. Any way you slice it,
keeping kids from an education
is a really, really bad idea.
l To the widening of Highway
130 in lower Puna.That road is
dangerous and it is about time that
gridlock was busted.
l To more job cuts coming
due to the sour economy. Wish
that stimulus was actually
stimulating something.
l To idiots who still think it
is OK to drive drunk. Stay home
and harm yourself, not others.
l To whoever dumps trash on
the Big Isle. Pick it up, morons.
l To Rupert Tripp Jr. who
is making great strides in his
recovery from a car accident.
NOVEMBER 18, 2009 | Big Island Weekly []
Questions?
Serenity now? Try The Peek Brothers new CD
something
and he pops
the CD in.
A few minutes
goes by and calm
takes over and he
can work again — I
have seen it first
hand.
The music is
also on the radio
rotation on KHBC
and is gaining
popularity among
island listeners. According to
the Peek Brothers Web site,
“Piano Stories” is the first
CD release by the musical
brothers CJ and Tom Peek.
The compositions on the
album span two decades
of improvisational playing,
pieces now available to
broader audiences at the
urgings of friends and family.
To order the CD got to www.
tompeek.net.
My personal favorites are
“An American in Hawai‘i”
and “I Met You On A
Police probe school computer thefts
Heather Nicholson
T
wo burglaries occurred
at Waimea Elementary
and Waimea Middle
School this month, and police
are asking for any information
to recover eight stolen lap
tops valued at several hundred
dollars each, one of which was
programmed by students for
the first Lego League robotics
competition.
The burglars broke into
classrooms and the cafeterias
after school hours on Tuesday,
Nov. 3 and Thursday, Nov. 5. An
attempted break-in was reported
Monday, Nov. 9 at the school’s
Thelma Parker Memorial
Gym. In addition to the stolen
computers, some classroom items
are missing.
“The break-ins are very
disturbing both because we are
concerned about the safety of our
students, faculty and staff, and
because we are in such a tight
budget crunch. Equally alarming,
these events distract us all from
our main purpose of teaching and
learning and having fun while
doing this,”said Waimea Middle
School Principal John Colson.
The two schools, located
at 67-1225 and 67-1229
Mamalahoa Highway, are
working closely with police.
Officials are asking the Waimea
community to keep an eye
on school facilities and report
suspicious activity, especially after
hours and during the weekends.
Waimea is not the only
community dealing with this
type of theft recently.
Police say a burglar or burglars
broke into a classroom at Ka‘u
High School and stole four white
Apple MacBook computers
valued at $3,600.
If anyone has information
about the Waimea burglaries,
they are urged to call Waimea
Middle School Principal John
Colson at 887-6090 ext. 225;
Waimea Elementary School
Principal Marcella McClelland
at 887-7636 ext. 225.8181 or
If anyone has information
about the Ka‘u computers, call
police officer Terence Ignacio at
933-2520.
People with information
on any of the school break-ins
can also call the police nonemergency line at 935-3311, or
call CrimeStoppers at 329-8181
or 961-8300.
Web music alert!
To hear a song from the
Peek Brothers’ CD ‘Piano
Stories’ go to www.
bigislandweekly.com.
Mountain” but you have
to listen to the entire CD
because it is very hard
to pick out favorites. I
am a sucker for good
piano music because
my grandmother could
really peel the ivory off
the keys. Every Saturday
morning grandmother
would sit down at the
old Wurlitzer upright
as the summer breezes
blew through the
parlor window and
she would play songs from
her hymnal. The best playing
would come when she just
played songs from her head
and she had a repertoire of
1920s ragtime tunes that got
everyone in the house tapping
their feet.
The Peek Brothers
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definitely
have captured emotion in
their music and can definitely
be the background music to
many good afternoons on the
island, or anywhere that you
feel like relaxing. The music
is like an old friend who you
haven’t seen in a while and
makes you
want to sit and listen to their
stories. Go check it out!
Keep those letters coming
by logging on to the Web site,
www.bigislandweekly.com,
and click on Ask Mr. Big Island.
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we don’t keep them in the
office because we put
them all in the news
racks on Wednesday) and
heard a CD playing
in the office.
Her question
was, “Who is
that? That
is some great
piano music —
where can I get
a copy of that
CD? I’ve heard
that music somewhere
before.”
“Sure you have heard that
music somewhere before,” I
told her. “Because it is The
Peek Brothers who have
released a new CD of piano
compositions titled, ‘Piano
Stories.’” The CD has been
playing at the BIW offices
since the editor received it in
the mail. I can tell you from
experience that music calms
the savage beast because there
are some days that the BIW
editor gets into a rage about
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T
errible weather this
week, I tried to drive
down Hilo’s Bayfront
Highway and saw some
bruddah get blasted with a
giant wave.
Dude looked
cold and angry
at the same
time — I feel
for ya man, I
have been there
before. About
Tom Peek
three years
back, I was
walking down
Ali‘i Drive in
Kona and got
blasted by a
huge wave — it
sucked. Moral: CJ Peek
Those winter
waves will get ya, so watch
out.
This week’s question
comes from a visitor to the
Big Island Weekly office. A
woman from Kea‘au dropped
by to pick up some extra
copies of BIW (unfortunately
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New homes face solar mandate
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awai’i’s housing
industry may be
forced to get a
little greener soon. State law
revisions enacted last year will
require every single-family
residence constructed after
Dec. 31 to have a solar water
heating system, some other
alternative energy-powered
water heater, or a tankless gas
heater. But the bill also stops
the state’s rebate program for
solar water heating systems
in new dwellings, so those
homes are going to get more
expensive.
The new law was the
result of the oil price spike
in early 2008. According to
the rationale included in the
Senate Bill 204, on which the
law is based, “The legislature
finds that Hawaii’s economic
viability is dependent on the
availability of affordable energy pricing....With crude oil
prices rising from $65 to over
$100 in less than one year
and with no relief under the
state’s direct control and jeopardizing the State’s economic
viability [sic], the State must
seriously consider requiring
the installation of ...[solar
water heaters] to benefit the
owner and renters of newly
constructed homes.”
The bill notes that conventional electric water heaters
“account for 30 to 35 percent
if a home’s electric bill,” that
savings from solar water heating would pay for themselves
“eight to ten years without a
state tax incentive” — sooner,
if oil prices continue to rise
— and that if the cost of the
system is included in the
mortgage, the savings on the
monthly electric bill could
exceed the monthly payments
for the system.”
Solar water heaters are a
fairly simple, proven technology: water is pumped into a
system of piping under glass
- often located on a roof. The
sunlight trapped under the
glass heats the water. But the
systems aren’t cheap initially,
especially with the current
price of copper. Addcould probably buy
unless you provide the proper
rison, who lives in Volcano,
tandem, with the flash heater
ing a solar system
a new house for
banking to facilitate it.”
believes that solar isn’t a good taking over on cool, rainy
to the house
less than
But he contended that solar fit for rainy upland comdays or adding a few extra
can add a few
they can
water heaters were still “really munities such as Volcano or
degrees when the water comState law revisions
enacted last year will
thousand
build
the
least
expensive
way
to
cut
Waimea.
ing out of the solar heater is
require every singledollars to
a new
down at least 40 percent of
“We just don’t have enough only lukewarm. But the price
family residence
constructed after
the cost
house
your electric bill.” He noted
sunny days to make it reliable isn’t cheap. A quick Web surDec. 31 to have a solar
water heating system,
of conright
that for existing homes, both
year round,” he contends.
vey for Rinnai heaters found
some other alternative
struction.
now.” He the 35 percent state tax write
Fortunately, the law does
starting prices at around
energy-powered
water heater, or a
Since
also not- off and a 30 percent federal
allow for exemptions if
$985 plus shipping. Add that,
tankless gas heater.
1976, the
ed that oil
tax credit were available. A
“Installation is impracticable
plus installation, to a $6,000
state has run
prices were
solar water system capable of
due to poor solar resource.”
water heater, and you’ve got a
a program offeralso down, and
supporting a family of four,
And it allows for builders
mortgage that’s $7,000 heftiing state income tax
“The price of oil
he said, cost an average of
to substitute tankless gaser, not counting interest.
credits for solar water heater
drives my industry. When about $6,000, but after the tax powered heating systems,
That is, if you can find a
installation. The new bill
the price of oil goes up, solar
credits, that figure dropped
also called “demand water
mortgage.
still allows for such credits
in general goes up.”
to $2,100. He estimated that
heaters” or “flash heaters”:
The new law does not
on houses built before Jan. 1,
“Anything is better than
the average family would save systems that have no water
apply to houses permitted
2010, but replaces it with the
nothing,” Fainsztein said of
about $80 a month for the
tanks, but instantly heat
before the end of this year,
mandatory requirement for
the new law. But the real key
lifetime of the system, which
water as it’s needed. That’s
even if construction doesn’t
such systems next year, effecto selling more solar water
could be expected to last 20the option that Morrison
start until after Jan.1, 2010.
tively shifting the cost burden heaters, he believed, would be 25 years.
favors where solar isn’t pracThat may prompt a yearfrom taxpayers to consumers
to supply financing.
“It saves $80 a month for
tical. He recently installed
end rush of builders seeking
- even though the authors of
“I’d say most of the houses
the next 25 years, he sumsuch a system at his own
permits. Even if they’re planthe bill estimated that the tax
already are in place and existmarizes. “Show me a better
home, and says it’s saving
ning on installing solar water
credit was actually generating and I’d say 80 percent of
investment than that.”
him about $60 a month on
systems anyway, the state
ing $5.2 million in new tax
them are built without solar
But not every family will
his electric bill.
tax credit will make a rather
revenues for every 2,500 solar water system,” he observed.
save that much money with
Solar and tankless gas
large bonus for those who
water heaters installed.
“Everything is lip service
solar. Architect Boone Morsystems can also work in
can act quickly.
But the estimates on
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Ka‘u planners call ‘Buy local’ not just a phrase, it’s a lifestyle
for participation
Letters to the
India Young
T
he Ka‘u Community
Development Plan
is moving along as
scheduled and planners are
hoping residents will attend the
remaining “charrette” planning
workshops, happening Nov.
16-21.
To boost participation,
planners hosted a free lu‘au on
Monday, Nov. 16. There will
also be a free BBQ with keiki
games and lucky ticket prizes
on Saturday, Nov. 21, at noon
during the final presentation
at the Na‘alehu Community
Center. All workshops are
being held in the Na‘alehu
Clubhouse from 9:30 a.m.
to 8:30 p.m. Planners aim to
complete a rough draft CDP
by Saturday, Nov. 21. County
Planning Director, Bobbie Jean
Leithead Todd said that “unlike
past plans for Ka‘u, the CDP
will be adopted by ordinance”.
Focused topic meetings
(happening Monday, Nov.
16 through Wednesday, Nov.
18) invite people to help
design a plan based on priority
issues: Health and education,
economic opportunity, natural
resources and conservation,
parks and recreation and real
estate development. Pin-up
sessions invite residents to
provide feedback on alternative
strategies and scenarios being
considered. A pre-charrette
draft of the community profile
Plan Design
Sessions
l Wednesday Nov. 18,
9:30 a.m., parks and
recreation discussion
Wednesday Nov.
18, 2:30 p.m., real
estate development
discussion
Pin-up Sessions
l
Wednesday Nov. 18,
6:30 p.m.
Thursday Nov. 19, 9:30
a.m. and 6:30 p.m.
l
Friday Nov. 20, 9:30
a.m.
l
Final Presentation
Saturday Nov. 21,
noon.
l
is available at www.kaucdp.info.
“Take a look — you’ll
be impressed. Summaries
of public input from both
community summits are also
available in the ‘CDP Input’
section of the Web site,”
said Project Manager Ron
Whitmore. Planners are telling
residents, “if you can only come
to one meeting, make it to the
final presentation on Saturday,
Nov. 21.”
The charrette will be one the
last chances this year for anyone
to speak up about the CDP
plan for Ka‘u. Whitmore
said, “Consider the charrette a
six-day talk-story session that
produces a plan. Nearly all of
it is structured as an informal
open house.”
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W
e all can do
something to
help counteract
the budget shortfalls and
service cuts in our schools,
police department and special
services. We can all ‘Buy Local’
and keep more dollars in our
community — it’s a fact, not just
an advertising slogan.
When we support local,
independent businesses more
of our money stays on island.
Each dollar you spend at a local
independent business returns
three times more money to our
local economy then one spent at
a chain. Think of your favorite
shop, restaurant or service
provider. It’s probably a home
town business. Independent
locally-owned businesses are
essential to a vital local economy
and community character. They
use the goods and services of
other local businesses, serve
as community hubs, and are
vital components of healthy
neighborhoods and strong
town centers. They’re where the
locals go. They’re owned by our
friends and neighbors.
The threat to our
communities is real.
Dependence on absentee-
owned businesses and corporate
chains carries many unhealthy
consequences. It’s not just local
businesses who suffer — our
community loses social, cultural
and economic strength, a place
for entrepreneurship, and the
ability to determine our own
futures. But we have a choices,
we can choose to support local,
independent business and help
our community to thrive!
Janet Codispoti,
Village Toy Shop, Hilo
The Na Wai Iwi Ola
Foundation is proud to present
a free festival to honor one of
Hawai‘i’s kings.
E mau ana ka hula, meaning
“the hula is perpetuated,” is a
festival to honor Hawai’i Island’s
Merrie Monarch King David
Kalakaua.
The festival will be at the
Outrigger Keauhou Beach
Resort on Saturday, Nov. 21
from 8 a.m. to 5 p.m.
On Friday, Nov. 20, festival
hula workshops will be held at
the Outrigger in the Ballroom
Furloughs just bad
Our family is united with
concerned citizens across the
state in our outrage about
furloughed Friday. Parents,
students, teachers, community
members, public school
supporters, and charter school
devotees are expressing the need
for an alternative plan to save
the state money. We believe
that we can do better than
slashing our children’s precious
learning time. We are sure that
our state can find another way!
Our children’s education is not
expendable! We are asking that
the state please find another
place to cut the budget. Every
day our children can learn is
I’m utterly disgusted that
the federal economic stimulus
funding has only created 26
new jobs in Hawaii County. I
know there are projects in the
pipeline like the mid-level road
and the Makalei fire station that
will receive stimulus money.
However these improvements
will take time to stimulate the
economy since they haven’t
started yet.
Thus it is my strong belief
that we need to do something
now. Hawaii County’s existing
roads and parks are in an
embarrassing state of disrepair. I
would bet there is some stimulus
money out there that would
help repair these facilities and
roads.
The permitting process for
these projects should also be
streamlined so the work can
start faster. These improvements
should not cause any
environmental damage unlike
building a new road or a school.
I hope our government
officials do a better job in the
coming months in going after
and directing this stimulus
money to these much needed
community improvements. It
would help put people back
to work and our community’s
image.
Aaron Stene,
Kailua-Kona
from 1 p.m. to 8:30 p.m. The
public is invited to attend.
The workshops include: From
1 p.m. to 3 p.m. Hula Kahiko
(ancient Hula) with Kumu
Aloha Victor; from 3:30 p.m. 5:30 p.m. Lecture Workshop on
Laka and Hula Pahu (Kahiko)
with Kumu Keala Ching;
and from 6:30 p.m. to 8:30
p.m. Hula Auana with Loea
Kawaikapuokalani Hewett.
The fee for all three
workshops is $30. E-mail
[email protected], or call 3558889 for more information.
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important. Furlough Fridays fail
our future. Education funds are
the last thing we need to cut.
Education should be Hawaii’s
No. 1 priority. My child likes
going to school. Our family
supports our teachers and
education.
Shiloh Wright,
Big Island
What stimulus?
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POWER
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Baby Hawksbill turtles emerge from the black sands of Punalu‘u Beach on Nov. 11. Officials said 42 of the squirmy little turtles hatched and are now part of sea life.
Hawksbill hatchlings put on a show
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T
urtle enthusiasts
sporting big smiles and
buzzing with excitement
crowded around a hawksbill sea
turtle nest located on the now
closed Punalu‘u beach road last
week.
Clad with cameras, adults and
children were there to witness
the excavation of a nest laid by
an endangered hawksbill known
as “Turtle 99” on Wednesday.
Nov. 11. Hosting the event was
Hawai‘i Volcanoes National
Parks’ Hawksbill Turtle Recovery
Project.
“While most people are
familiar with the “honu” or green
sea turtle that is commonly seen
basking on Punalu‘u beach,
very few people have ever seen
or even heard of the “honu‘ea”
or hawksbill turtle which nests
on Hawaii Island,” said project
manager Will Seitz.
The hawksbill is the rarest
turtle in the Pacific Ocean, and
this year marks the project’s
20th anniversary. From May to
December, volunteers
come together
and donate 10 or
more weeks “to
monitoring
beaches for
nesting activity,
protecting mama
turtles and their
hatchlings and educating
beach users,” said Seitz. Loss of
nesting habitat, predators and
poaching of hawksbill shells,
have reduced turtle populations
to critically low levels.
The Punalu‘u turtle was the
99th female hawksbill tagged by
the project since its inception in
1989.
“It’s been the most successful
year in project history… we have
never seen this many nests at
Punalu‘u,” Seitz said. Turtle 99
has laid a total of five nests on
Punalu‘u beach and although
volunteers observed tracks in
previous seasons, this is the first
documented nest at Punalu‘u
since 2003.
“On average, hawksbills lay
about three nests and up to six;
individuals
typically come
back every
three years to
nest,” he said.
Nesting
is a challenge
for female
hawksbills with
Hawai‘i Island’s
rocky shorelines,
and nests can be found
several hundred feet from the
shore. Females will often false
nest or prospect many times
before finding a suitable site to
deposit on average, 178 eggs.
The eggs incubate for
about two months before the
hatchlings work together to
move sand from the roof of
the nest to the floor, in order to
climb closer to the surface. After
testing for the sand’s coolness,
hatchlings determine if it’s dark
outside and safe to emerge.
“Fortunately for the hatchlings
at Punalu‘u, volunteers are there
to guide them to the ocean,”
Seitz said.
John Lindelow, president
Web video alert!
To see video of the Hawksbill
hatchlings, go to www.
of the non-profit organization
World Turtle Trust (http://
World-Turtle-Trust.org), said
that the closure of the beach
road in 2005, “has had several
beneficial effects… turtles won’t
get run over by vehicles, their
eggs won’t get crushed by the
weight of vehicles going over
their nests, and there will be less
light sources to disorient newly
emerged hatchlings.”
Problems occur when artificial
lights mislead hatchlings away
from the ocean, where they
become stranded and die.
“In addition, the road closure
has provided better nesting
habitat available for the turtles.
Formerly, hawksbills nested
mostly under the coconut palms
where hatchlings had to struggle
to dig themselves out from under
roots,” Seitz said.
“Now they have a much
Big Island Weekly surf report
More wave activity coming our way for all sides of the island.
Another round of surf from a north northwest swell pretty much
starts it off midweek with another northwest expected early next
week. The waves still haven’t stopped down south either with back
to back south southwest swells hitting for most of the week. The
eastern shores should also be seeing some good size surf with the
north swell tracking east and some wind swell mixed in from all the
fresh trade winds. Have fun in the surf.
Date
North
West
South
East
Winds
Nov. 18
3-4 ft. +
2-3 ft. +
2-3 ft. +
3-4 ft. +
E-NE 15-20
Nov. 20
2-3 ft. +
1-3 ft. +
1-3 ft. +
2-4 ft. +
E-NE 10-20
Nov. 19
Nov. 21
Nov. 22
Nov. 23
Nov. 24
3-4 ft. +
2-3 ft.
2-3 ft.
2-4 ft. +
2-4 ft.
1-3 ft. +
1-2 ft.
1-3 ft.
2-3 ft.
2-3 ft.
2-3 ft. +
1-3 ft. +
1-3 ft. +
1-2 ft. +
1-2 ft. +
3-4 ft. +
2-3 ft.
2-3 ft.
2-3 ft.
2-3 ft. +
E-NE 15-20
E-NE 15-20
E-NE 15-20
E-NE 15-20
E-NE 10-15
Forecast in Hawaiian wave scale. Predictions based on NOAA
forecasts, surf may be above or below predicted levels.
greater habitat area for nesting,”
Lindelow added.
County councilman for the
Ka‘u district and Pahala native
Guy Enriques was present at the
event. He there are locals and
beach residents who want the
road opened again.
“I would be happy to keep
the road like it is… I just don’t
want to lose this beach,” he said.
Enriques said over the years he’s
seen a great change in the beach
profile with the retreat of sand
into the naupaka vegetation
lining the beach. He said that
reopening the road would keep
the sand accumulated near the
ocean and out of people’s private
property.
Turtle 99, however, doesn’t
recognize a road as off-limits,
and the migration of sand mauka
offers a suitable habitat for her to
deposit eggs. The Department
of Land and Natural Resources
reports that, “turtles require 2 to
2 1/2 feet of deep dry loose sand
for nesting.”
Turtle 99 would know about
hospitable beaches around
Hawai‘i Island, having been first
flipper tagged as “Y-254” in 1989
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at Kiholo Bay by Marine Turtle
Researcher George Balazs.
“She was a juvenile, no bigger
than the palms of my hands put
together, when we first found
her,” he explained.
She was seen again in 1990
and 1992 by Balazs and team at
Kiholo Bay, but later thought for
dead.
“We honestly and sadly
thought she was dead, caught
and killed in gill nets at Kiholo,
common back then, but not
now,” said Balazs after she
reappeared this summer to dig at
Kamehame beach and ultimately
nest at Punalu‘u.
Balazs said the scientific
significance of Turtle 99 is
exciting.
“This turtle is no longer an
adolescent,” he said. “She grew
up in under 25 years and is now
laying eggs. Previously, we didn’t
know how long it would take
hawksbills to reach maturity in
Hawai‘i. In some parts of the
world it takes 30-40 years to
reach maturity.”
Balazs congratulated the
people of Ka‘u for their efforts in
protecting the turtles.
Volunteers detected that
the hatchling emergence was
starting on Monday, Nov. 9,
when a depression formed and
42 turtles trickled out toward the
ocean. With a depression already
formed and after a natural
hatchling emergence, Seitz
decided to make the excavation
public so residents, especially
children could participate.
“A large part of the project is
public outreach and education,”
Seitz said. Most Hawai‘i Island
nesting sites are located on
isolated beaches in the Ka‘u
district away from the public eye.
“Punalu‘u provides a
tremendous learning opportunity
for residents to experience these
rare and magnificent hawksbills,”
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Seitz said.
“Forty-three live turtles
were excavated on Wednesday,
totaling 85 from the nest, and a
58.4 percent success rate,” said
volunteer Meghan Jerolaman.
Children set the hatchlings in
the sand affronting the ocean
and enthusiastically watched as
they raced on an impromptu
sand track toward their new
home. The hatchlings will face
even bigger obstacles once they
are at sea searching for food
trying to hide from predators.
“Although it’s not well known,
there is a one and 1,000 chance
they will survive to adulthood;
they need all the help they can
get. It will be interesting to see if
Turtle 99 comes back for a sixth
nest,” Seitz added.
The Hawksbill Turtle
Recovery Project needs at least
16 volunteers at a time who
enjoy camping, strenuous hikes
and interacting with public, and
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nightly turtle monitoring, flipper
tagging, data collection and
euthanization of predators. Seitz
credited turtle volunteers for
their dedication to hawksbill
conservation, “even though they
receive little financial return, the
rewards are immeasurable and
life changing.”
More information or to
volunteer http://www.nps.
gov/havo/naturescience/turtles.
htm or contact Will Seitz at:
[email protected].
Volunteers needed to help plants in national park
On Saturday, Nov, 21
from 9 a.m. to 2 p.m., park
rangers will host one in a
series of monthly volunteer
service projects at Hawai’i
Volcanoes National Park. The
project will help stabilize two
rare species in the Thurston
Special Ecological Area
- ‘oha kepau (Clermontia
hawaiiensis), pictured left
and below, and ha’iwale
(Cyrtandra giffardii). Both
species are unique to Hawai’i
and very rare in the park.
Volunteers are needed to help
plant 200 of the seedlings in
the rain forest near Thurston
lava tube, a unit that is
fenced to keep out feral pigs.
They will also help remove
invasive ginger. The project
is limited to 10 people and
pre-registration is required.
To volunteer, call Laura
Williams at 985-6304 and
leave a message that includes
a contact phone number and
the names of each participant.
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Fishing is a way of life for many
EDITOR’S NOTE: This
column is written in English and
Hawaiian to show the beauty of
the Hawaiian language.
s I was growing up, I
remember eating fish a
lot. My father is a po’e
lawai’a (Fisherman). He would
holoholo (fish) at the beach below
our home.When I was just a child,
my father taught me how to clean
fish. It is a skill I’m thankful for
and use often to this day. I’a is full
of protein, and it’s super ‘ono. My
favorite is reef fish. I love the crispy
crunchy skin and the delicious soft
meat inside. Being around the life
of a fisherman, I watched my Dad
holoholo, and I saw the amount
of fish the ocean could produce.
Sadly, however, I have also seen the
decline in the amount of fish since
I was a kid.
In Hawaiian culture Lawai’a
(fishing) is a lifestyle. A fisherman
is one skilled in the art of catching
fish. According to “Hawaiian
Antiquities,”by David Malo,
fishing was associated with religious
ceremonies, or idolatrous worship.
There were many different gods to
which the po’e lawai’a could pray to.
Each fisherman worshiped the god
of his choice.
Kapu is forbidding something.
There were Kapu on certain fish
during certain seasons.
The kapu was used by
Hawaiians to preserve and insure
the survival of the i’a. Malo says,
“The exact dates of a kapu were at
the discretion of the fishing experts
and priests. Malo tells the story
of one kapu that had religious
sanctions: The aku and ‘opelu were
sacred to descendants of the high
priest, Pa’ao, because those fish
saved him from storms sent by his
brother Lonopele during a voyage
from the South Pacific to Hawai’i.”
The kapu protected these fish from
overfishing and from being killed
during their spawning seasons
and hence insured their survival;
breaking the kapu could result in
death.”
Fishing mo’olelo (stories) like
all other Hawaiian stories have a
meaning. According to Hawaiian
Fishing Traditions by Moke Manu
and Others,“Fishing stories express
two socioeconomic concerns.The
conservation of fish resources and
the fair and generous distribution
of the catch.The fishing ‘aumakua
Ku’ula-kai and Hina-puku-i’a and
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their son ‘Ai’ai were known not just
for fishing, but for propagating and
conserving fish.”
Author Samuel M. Kamakau, in
his book Ruling Chiefs, discusses
the first socioeconomic concern:
the conservation of fish resources.
He explains a fishing kapu during
the reign of Kamehameha.“He
(Kamehameha) placed restrictions
on sea fisheries for periods of five
months, and on the sixth month
when the restriction was removed
and fishing was allowed all over the
land, the king and the commoners
were usually the only ones to
share the first day’s catch, and the
landlords and the commoners the
second day’s catch. After this the
restrictions were removed, allowing
all to fish for six months. At the end
of this period restrictions were again
placed over certain fish in order
that they might increase.These
restrictions were also extended to
the deep-sea fishing grounds where
the kahala were caught and the fish
that go in schools, such as deep-sea
squid, uhu, aku, and flying fish.”
Some families had a Kapu on
certain species of fish.“This Kapu
on catching or eating a certain kind
of fish might apply to a family if
the family’s ‘aumakua, or ancestral
god, had a fish form. For example,
members of the mo’o, or lizard,
lineage avoided eating ‘o’opu, or
goby fish, a sea form of the lizard,
for fear of eating an ancestor or a
family member whose spirit had
entered the fish after death.The
breaking of the kapu was believed
to cause sickness or death.The
transformation of people into
ancestral animal form, which is
the basis for this kapu, is common
in traditional Hawaiian stories.
Animals and plants were of the
same order of being as people,
not separate and inferior as in the
Christian and other European
mythologies.”
The second socioeconomic
concern of i’a is the fair distribution
of the fish. According to Hawaiian
Fishing Traditions,“The fair
distribution of the catch was always
a concern of the community.The
first fish was usually offered to the
fishing ‘aumakua on a ku’ula, or
fishing shrine. Also called a ko’a,”
After the distribution of the i’a to
the ‘aumakua the fish was shared
with the fisher’s relatives.When
fishing required more than one
person, the catch was distributed
among all involved.
Families living inland,
kokulauka, and families living
by the sea, kokulakai, would
exchange/share each other’s bounty.
The fisherman who wanted poi
or ‘uala would venture upland and
share some i’a with the uplander
for poi and ‘uala.This type of
thinking is much simpler than
today’s thinking. Everyone helps
out each other.The idea is to share
what you have with others The
saying “O ko-a-uka, o ko-a-kai”
(“The uplander, the lowlander”)
meant “The upland native gives his
products to his lowland kinsman,
and the lowlander to his upland
kinsman.”
Today we don’t see too much
kokua (help). All people seem to
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conservation of fish exists. I’m
scared of the reality that maybe
my great-grandchildren might not
have the opportunity to eat i’a, how
sad. My father just told me at the
annual Makahiki Festival he puts
on,“We need to put a kapu back
on the i’a. I see them disappearing,
pretty soon, no more….!!!”We
need to start conserving the ocean’s
natural resources before its depleted
to extinction. If we as a community
can’t get it done at a State or
Federal level, then maybe its
something community members
and individuals need to take on
themselves. Don’t catch more then
you need, sometimes give back
and in the process don’t destroy our
ocean and its resources. Don’t littler,
clean your mess and take it out with
you when you leave. If everyone can
do this hopefully it will be enough
until something at the State level
kicks in. I’m lucky that I found me a
fisherman. I grew up eating i’a and
now I get to continue eating i’a.
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ua noa ka lawai’a ana i na
kanaka a pau.
Kapu na i’a ma na ‘ohana
pu. I na he ‘aumakua ka
i’a ma ka ‘ohana, kapu ka
lawai’a ana iaia. “I na he kino
i’a ka ke ‘aumakua, ua kapu
ka ‘ai ana iaia. I na he ‘ohana
mo’o kekahi, kapu ka ‘ai ana
i ka ‘o’opu, he ‘ano mo’o o
ke kai, i ‘ole ‘ai ‘ia kekahi
kupuna o ka ‘ohana. I na ‘ai
‘ia ke ‘aumakua hiki ke hele
a ma’i, make paha. Mana’o
mai ka lahui Hawai’i he mea
ma’amau ke ‘aumakua. Pili
ke ‘ano a kulana o ke kanaka
me ka holoholona a mea
kanu. A’ole i no’ono’o pu ai
na kanaka a lahui mikioneli
i keia. Mana’o lakou lilo ka
holoholona a mea kanu i ke
kanaka.
O ka mea ‘elua e pili ai
i ke kanaka o ka mo’olelo
Lawai’a, ‘o ia ke ka’analike
a makana aku ana i ka i’a.
Wahi a Hawaiian Fishing
Traditions, “He mea ko’iko’i
ke ka’analike a makana ana
i ka i’a e ke kaiaulu. Na ke
‘aumakua ka i’a mua ma ke
ku’ula, ko’a. Mahope o ke
‘aumakua ha’awi ‘ia ke i’a i ka
‘ohana me na kanaka i kokua
ma ka lawai’a ana.
Ka’analike a kuapo ‘ia
ka i’a me ka mea ‘ai o uka
e na kanaka kokulauka a
kokulakai. I na makemake
ke kanaka lawai’a i ka poi a
‘uala paha, makana aku ‘o ia
i ka i’a i ke kanaka mahi’ai.
E aho keia ‘ano no’ono’o o
ke koua ma mua aku o ka
no’ono’o pi o keia wa. ‘Oi
aku ka pili o ke kaiaulu ke
ka’analike ‘ia na me a pau.
Pili ka ‘olelo no’eau o “O
ko-a-uka, o ko-a-kai” i ke
ka’analike ana o na kanaka
lawai’a me na kanaka
mahi’ai.
I keia wa a’ohe nui na
kanaka kokua, ‘ano pi na
kanaka he nui. A’ole malama
nui ai na i’a. Holoholo
mau kekahi o na kanaka i
ka i’a e ku’ai aku. Nui ko’u
hopohopo i ka loa’a ‘ole ana
i ka i’a no ka hanauna hou,
he kaumaha no kela. Laki
maika’i au i ka huli ana i
kanaka lawai’a e hanai ai mai
ia’u. I ko’u wa kamali’i ua ‘ai
nui au i ka i’a, a i keia mau la
mau no.
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ko’u wa kamali’i
ho’omaopopo au i ka
‘ai nui ana i ka i’a. He
po’e lawai’a ko’u makuakane.
Holoholo mau ‘o ia ma
ke kai o ku’u ‘one hanau.
Ua a’o mai ko’u papa
ia’u i ha ho’omakaukau a
ho’oma’ema’e i’a. Mahalo
au iaia i ka a’o mai ana ia’u.
Mau no ko’u ho’ohana ana
i ka makau e ho’oma’ema’e
i’a i keia mau la. Piha ka i’a
i ke kumui’o a he ‘ono loa.
Puni au i ka i’a o ke kaheka.
‘Ono a ma’ona ka ‘ili papa’a,
a palupalu ka i’o o loko. Ma’o
ka ulu ana me kekahi po’e
lawai’a ua ‘ike au i ka nui o
na i’a o ke kai, aka, ua ‘ike pu
wau i ka ‘emi nui o na i’a o
ke kai i keia wa.
O ka po’e lawai’a ke
kanaka ‘akamai i ka hopu
i’a. Nui na akua o ke kanaka
Lawai’a. Na ke kanaka
lawai’a e koho ai i ke akua e
ho’omana ai.
He kapu kekahi o na i’a.
Ua kapu ‘ia na i’a e malama
ai i ka lahui a me ka nui o
na i’a. “Na ke kahuna a po’e
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la kapu. Pili ke kapu i ka
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ke aku me ka ‘opelu i ke
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GEMINI (May
21-June 20):
Mark, a friend of
mine who lives in
New Jersey, sent
LEO ( July 23-Aug. 22): The
most popular hobby in my
home country of
America — even
more popular
than owning
guns and pressing
lawsuits — is
cultivating fears.
From agonizing about being
lonely to ramping up paranoia
about pandemic illnesses to
worrying about the collapse of
the economy, my fellow citizens
love to fret. Outside the U.S.,
angst accumulation ranks almost
as high on the list of pastimes.
LIBRA (Sept. 23-Oct. 22): I
think it’s high time to mess with
the tried and true formulas. In
order to do the
most good for the
most people, and
to regenerate a
wounded and weak
part of yourself,
you simply must
create some cracks in the way
things have always been done.
You must push beyond your
overly safe limits. But wait!
Before you plunge ahead, make
sure you understand this: If you
want to break the rules properly,
you’ve got to study them and
analyze them and learn them
inside out.
AQUARIUS ( Jan. 20-Feb. 18):
In the ancient Greek epic poems
the Iliad and the Odyssey, the
nature of the psyche
was portrayed
differently from
the way it is today.
It was understood
that people received
information directly
from the gods — not as vague
feelings or abstract guesswork,
PISCES (Feb. 19-March 20): In
the coming week, keep a lookout
for invisible snakes, pretend ghosts,
and illusory dragons. Be prepared
to gaze upon gruff displays that are
no threat to you and
hints of fermenting
chaos that will never
materialize. In other
words, Pisces, your
subconscious mind
may be prone to
conjuring up imaginary problems
that have little basis in reality. I
exhort you to fling them aside
like a superhero brushing off toy
monsters.
© Copyright 2009 Rob Brezsny
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TAURUS (April 20-May 20):
In the beginning of his career,
poet Linh Dinh
loved to stay up
late and write,
sometimes riding
a creative surge till
dawn. The power
of the darkness
unleashed a stark fertility. He
was free to think thoughts that
were harder to invoke during
the bright hours when hordes of
wide-awake people were pouring
their chattering thoughts out
into the soup. Dinh’s habits
changed as he aged, though,
in part because he got married
and chose to keep more regular
hours. But his early imprint
has stayed alive inside him.
“Now I can write at any time
of the day,” he says, “because I
always carry the night inside of
me.” In accordance with your
astrological omens, Taurus, I’m
making that your prescription
for the coming week: Carry the
night inside you during the day.
CANCER ( June 21-July 22):
Strictly speaking — going
purely by the astrological omens
— I conclude
that you would
generate amazing
cosmic luck if
you translated
the Beatles’ song
“Norwegian Wood”
into Punjabi, wore shoes made
of 18th-century velvet, or tried
out for a Turkish volleyball team.
I doubt you’ll get it together
to pull off those exotic feats,
however, so I’ll also provide
some second-best suggestions.
You won’t receive quite as much
cosmic assistance from doing
them, but you’ll still benefit
considerably. Here are the backups: Begin planning where
and when you’ll take a sacred
vacation in 2010; meditate
on who among your current
allies is most likely to help you
expand your world in the next
12 months; decide which of
your four major goals is the
least crucial to pursue; and do
something dramatic to take
yourself less seriously.
VIRGO (Aug. 23-Sept. 22): An
article in the Online Noetics
Network profiled the work of
Robert Muller,
who served
as Assistant
Secretary-General
of the United
Nations. It said
that Muller is
“one of the best informed
human beings on the planet,”
with an “encyclopedic grasp
of the facts concerning the
state of the world.” And yet
Muller doesn’t keep up with
the news as it’s reported in the
media. Instead, he simply talks
to people, either in person as
he travels, or on the phone, or
through written correspondence.
These interactions provide him
with all the understanding he
needs. I recommend that you try
Muller’s approach for a while,
Virgo. Assume that you can get
all the information you really
need by gathering first-hand
reports from people about what’s
actually happening in their lives.
SAGITTARIUS (Nov. 22-Dec.
21): Have you resolved every
last detail of your unfinished
business? Have you tied up the
loose ends, flushed
out the lingering
delusions, and said
your final goodbyes
to the old ways and
old days? “Yes,”
you say? You’re
absolutely positive? Well then, it
is with a deep sense of pleasure
and relief that I hereby unbound
you and unleash you. You are
officially cleared for take-off
into the wild blue yonder or the
fizzy red vortex or the swirling
green amazement, whichever
you prefer.
but rather in the form of actual
voices. In other words, divine
beings spoke directly to human
beings. These days that’s regarded
as crazy; witness the incredulous
reactions that most smart people
had when George W. Bush said
God personally told him to invade
Iraq. With that as subtext, I’m
going to prophesy that a deity will
soon have a message for you. Be
careful, though. An imposter may
also slip you tips that you’d best
ignore. How to tell the difference?
The real thing won’t make you feel
inflated or urge you to cause harm.
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ARIES (March 21-April 19):
“A chief event of life is the day
in which we have encountered
a mind that startled us,” wrote
Ralph Waldo Emerson. My wish
for you, Aries, is that you will
have many such
days in the coming
weeks. In fact, I
hope that you will
be blessed over and
over again with
the hair-raising
thrill of having your imagination
pricked, causing it to halfblossom, half-explode. To get
the most out of the fantastic
possibilities, set aside any
tendency you might have to be
a know-it-all, and instead open
up your heart’s mind and your
mind’s heart as wide and deep as
they will go.
Luckily, you Leos are less likely
to wallow than most of the other
signs — especially these days.
That’s why I hope you’ll take a
leadership role in the coming
weeks, when many people will
be dipping even deeper than
usual into the fetid trough of
scaremongering. Please help
dispel this trend! Be your most
radiant and courageous self
— even bigger and brighter than
usual.
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Rob Brezsny
an overnight package via UPS
to Jerry, a friend of his who lives
30 miles away in Pennsylvania.
The delivery arrived on time,
so Mark was happy with the
service. But in checking the
tracking information online,
he discovered a curious thing:
His package was loaded onto
three different airplanes, passed
through five different UPS
offices, and eventually traveled
over a thousand miles in order
to arrive at Jerry’s house. I
expect there’ll be a comparable
scenario in your world, Gemini:
A wish will be fulfilled by a very
circuitous route.
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Week of
Nov. 18
CAPRICORN (Dec. 22-Jan.
19): “There is a saying that when
the student is ready, the teacher
appears,” writes Clarissa Pinkola
Estes in her book
Women Who Run
with the Wolves.
But the magic of
that formula may
not unfold with
smooth simplicity,
she says: “The teacher comes
when the soul, not the ego, is
ready. The teacher comes when
the soul calls, and thank goodness
— for the ego is never fully ready.”
I’d love it if the information I just
provided encouraged you to feel
right at home with the jarring
yet nurturing lessons that are on
the way.
Kaahum
Free Will Astrology
a butterfly,” said
philosopher
Buckminster
Fuller. I encourage
you to make that
your personal
motto in the coming weeks,
Scorpio. From what I can tell,
you are capable of generating
a transformation that will look
impossible to casual observers.
You have the power to change
something that everyone said
would never change.
Queen
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neva have sku and da parents
had to work. So I instructed
them to co-write a letter to the
Senate offering their elementary
opinions, which read: Thank you
velly much for making us not
have school! Meanwhile their
parents are irras cuz they’ll have
to find babysitters. No one from
the DOE showed face at this
info briefing, something about
it being a breach in contract wa
wa wa. Understandable though,
if I had to deal with negotiations
at work all the time I’d rather be
doing laundry on my day off too.
Even though HGEA is
not only teachas, why dey neva
schedule teacha furloughs on
days when no mo sku like
summa time or spring break
or during da holidays I mean
hello please tell me somebody
thought of dat and there is some
good counter reason dat can
trump it. I woulda testified to
dat but da testimony list was like
hundred pages long I was over it.
Meetings and hearings are more
for the public to know what’s
going on, but SURPRISE! No
one knows what’s going on!
Parents, keep your expectations
reasonable. Students, here’s your
chance to kick that Self-directed
learning up a notch.
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irst Furlough Friday
back yard on their furlough
What da
was raging wit all kine
Friday, had all kine kids wit
kumu and keiki holding
signs saying they like learning
SCOOP
it down at da State Capitol.
swarming the State Capitol.
Na haumana public sku. Go
Here is an opportunity for
Sage Takehiro
figga. Jack Johnson was said to
us to teach da childrens dat
make a cameo so we secured
learning doesn’t only have to
a parking stall and made it
success. How furlough Fridays
happen when we getting paid,
to the chambers. I go to do a
will impact education is entirely
or on campus wit da AC and
happy dance for my gurlfren
up to us, I mean like the
floresceant lights running. And
in her office and there’s Senate
individual learner.
dis is exactly what student
Prez sitting in my chair, dat
It sucks that people don’t get
activists learned on First
Hanabusa Girl from Waianae,
paid wit da furlough situation,
Furlough Friday. They learned
I was like eh howzit good to see
but no ack like we couldn’t use
what democracy was, and that
you k-den catch you guys L8.
a little downtime. Do our own
was just one day at the capitol.
Whoops, my bad. Nah she’s so
thing. Finish dat book das been
Imagine what 16 more days
cool I woulda fully vote for her if sitting on da toilet for how long
spent anywhere else could teach
dat was my regista’d district. One already. Fold da towels. Visit
them.
day I hope I can serve da place
family. Theater hop. Beach
On da Second Furlough
dat I grew up in, until then I’ll
clean up. Make music. Watch
Friday, had one info meeting
just keep writing stuff that you
an entire season of Entourage
hosted by the Special Senate
can’t write while you’re in office.
or Korean Soap Operas. Hike.
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I design curriculum for high
Surf. Sew.
Approaches to Teacher
school cats - speaking of HS,
While my next door
Furloughs (SCTF). I went with
those Awesome Interns I spoke
neighbors played water in their
my niece and nephew cuz duh
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trying to figga out how I
going get HS kids to meet
standards, I stay tinking
aikoodeesh I no even meet
some of these standards. I’m
probably one of the biggest
graduate school slackers
in the Department. My
“Self-directed Learning” and
“Effective and Ethical Use
of Technology” could use
some serious development.
State standards or
“General Learner
Outcomes” also require
kids to be community
contributors, complex
thinkers, quality
producers and effective
communicators. The
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Jim Channon wears many
hats on his Hawi compound
and he shows off his puppet
house on his property.
Next Week:
When the Bankers
Finally Give Up
Channon’s strategic vision for
saving the biosphere includes
detailed plans that have the
militaries of the world working
in concert to address the
environmental stresses on the
planet in a program he calls
Operation Noble Steward.
As Channon said, “They are
talking together more than you
know.”
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resident did
inspire the
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ippies and the
military. Unlikely
but powerful allies
bought together by a man of
service, a man with vision, a
man not afraid to straddle
seemingly contradictory
cultures to fuel a common goal.
Jim Channon is a retired U.S.
Army Lieutenant Colonel who
is in service to the planet. He
strategically interconnects the
free-form culture of the New
Age movement, the necessarily
structured culture of the
military and the bottom-line
avarice of the corporate culture
for the good of humankind.
Channon breaks down his life
into three parts: For 20 years
in the army he was known as
the “lightening rod,” a warrior
monk who kept cracking the
whip in the face of the Brass.
For the next 20 years he was
a corporate shaman creating
strategic visioning processes.
And for 20 years he has served
in the rural sector as Jim, who
works for the planet and leads
the New Earth Army from
his eco homestead sanctuary
in North Kohala. He also
puts on puppet shows in an
Web video alert!
To see a video interview of
Jim Channon, go to www.
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Though the comic books
did not find this 21st century
protagonist, Hollywood did.
Channon has sat in a hot
tub with Timothy Leary and
Joseph Campbell. He has
designed strategic plans and
corporate camps for fortune
100 companies (such as
Raytheon Company which
specializes in homeland and
cyberspace security). He eats
cutting edge technology for
breakfast. In the 1970s, when
computers were relatively
new, he was already networking
them, and is now looking
forward to his one-millionth
Google hit on the Internet.
(As of this writing the count is
940,000.) Check out one of his
many Web sites or one of his 75
videos on YouTube and you get
the idea. A “retired”
Colonel, he still consults for
the military. Generals ask for
his advice. And recently, he
was a consultant on the newly
released movie largely based
on his military life, “Men Who
Stare at Goats.”
The movie is a multi-layered
film that revolves around the
Vietnam war and the military’s
dalliance with New Age
practices. There are standard
Hollywood scenes of troops in
formation and hippies in hot
tubs, with obvious slaps at a
heavy-handed administration
and pokes at the New Age
movement.
“If you’re a hippie you feel
honored in a way,” Channon
said. “If you’re an officer you
pucker, but the troops, the
soldiers love it.”
The movie is based on a
best-seller of the same title,
written by Jon Ronson. Much
of the book and movie were
inspired by Channon’s mythical
First Earth Battalion, which
was re-worked for the film as
the New Earth Army.
Channon’s real-life
experiences are portrayed in
the movie with a dose of poetic
license. He was sent the script
to read two years ago and saw
that his character, like others in
the movie, was a montage of
actual people and dramatized
for effect. Channon is played
by Jeff Bridges, a veteran actor
who has been known to play
off-beat, free-thinking, drugtaking characters (“The Big
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Camp Tarawa museum eyes Waikoloa Village site
dryer and we wouldn’t have
to put up with the cold, damp
humidity in Waimea, cutting
down our utility costs.”
The state-of-the-art
museum would chronicle
the military era of Parker
Ranch, as well as farming
and ranching history. Plans
include a 5,600-square-foot
exhibit area, 1,500-squarefoot auditorium with theater
seating, an archive room,
library, gift shop and meeting
space. The Camp Tarawa
Foundation has also agreed
to merge its World War
II history museum with
Waikoloa’s already-abundant
Dry Forest Recovery Project,
making 50 percent of the
proposed space an arboretum
and ecological information
center.
“We will be very unique
having the arboretum, too.
That’s why we are calling
it a museum and education
center,” Browne said.
Last month, the Foundation
approached the Waikoloa
Village Association with
museum plans and foundation
members are “crossing our
fingers for approval,” Browne
said. Waikoloa Village is in the
process of releasing 12 acres of
land along Waikoloa Road for
development, and the proposal
is to lease out three acres for
the museum.
The board is expected to put
the plan to a vote this month
and have a final decision by
Dec. 1.
“Once we get some kind
of commitment we can start
raising money,” Browne said.
With design and architectural
plans already completed, the
estimated $10 million cost is
for construction and operation.
In 1943, the town of
Waimea was without roads,
electricity and had about 400
residents, who were mainly
of Japanese descent. During
the onslaught of World War
II, primary landowner Parker
Ranch leased 40,000 acres to
the U.S. military to establish
Camp Tarawa, a training base
for the 2nd and 5th Marine
divisions preparing for the
Saipan-Tinian and Iwo Jima
campaigns, and, eventually, the
invasion of Japan.
This new town with rows
upon rows of white pup
tents accommodating 25,000
soldiers forever changed the
culture of Waimea. The town’s
farmers and ranchers cooked
local cuisine for the Mainland
soldiers while the military
built an ice house and made
ice cream for school children.
The soldiers also built roads
and easements and introduced
electricity to the town.
What is now Parker
School was once a building
used for the USO, hosting
such visitors as Bob Crosby
and the Bobcats and Joe
DiMaggio. The old hotel
and public school that had
been converted to a hospital
and nurses’ quarters is now
Waimea School. The ranch
owner’s home was transformed
to military headquarters and
the officers’ mess hall. It is
presently a ranch museum
open to the public.
our military really fund research
into paranormal activity like
psychic ability, spoon-bending
and staring at goats? According
to Channon the movie people
specifically left these questions
dangling to get people into the
theaters and form their own
opinion.
“The movie portrays the
‘voodoo stuff ’ in humorous
ways. But I had the balls to do
this stuff. The message from
my superiors was, ‘no matter
how crazy it is, do it,’” Channon
said. “I dared the commanders
to think the unthinkable. The
Army was interested in seeing
patterns of human potential.
I used what I call ‘esoteric
technologies’. The Goat project
was a small portion of what was
going on, and I was not a part
of it. But this is nothing new.
A hundred years ago, (noted
psychic) G.I. Gurdjieff said he
could stop the heart of a giraffe.
We are all miraculous beings,
we just need to tune into it. This
is not nearly as crazy as people
might think. If you don’t try,
you’ll never know.”
Channon is unconcerned that
the humor in the movie may
distract some from that message.
He is relishing the fact that his
vision has now been taken to the
next level.
“I’m speechlessly happy. Now,
when the movie comes out on
DVD, I’ve got 2 years to fan the
flame,” he said.
Channon also used his design
talents to create the logo for the
New Earth Army tee-shirts and
hats as featured in the movie
and which are now not-soshamelessly for sale on his Web
site, neweartharmy.com.
Part of Albert Einstein’s
physical brain was swollen. Some
say this is why he was able to
come up with some of his outof-the-box ideas.
Likewise, Channon’s rampant
imagination suggests some kind
of cranial gift. His combinations
of intellect, vision, guile, and
theatrics leave mainstream box
thinkers closing their cubicle
doors. This warrior was born to
rattle cages and make a mess.
“Be All That You Can Be”, was
one of Channon’s, meaning live
up to your potential. That may
include seeing objects far away,
hearing gunshot miles away, or
stopping the heart of a goat with
your mind. Channon himself can
see in the dark. It’s like having
night vision, he explained, seeing
standing objects up to 200
meters away. He also has acute
hearing which served him well,
knowing the difference between
artillery fire and bigger units with
machine guns.
“I was surprised by it (the
ability) and didn’t have a word
for it,” Channon said. “Sensitive
people are just that way, and they
are everywhere. People become
very aware of how much they
can feel when they just shut up.
I don’t talk to God. I just lived in
hell long enough to know people
shouldn’t do that anymore. Some
people high up don’t know that.
Let them live in a refugee camp
for a period of time.”
If the U.S. military was a
glass house, Channon would
be justified to throw rocks at it.
In Vietnam, with five years of
weapons training, LieutenantColonel Channon led five rifle
platoons, two of them into battle.
He led his first 65 man battalion
into a search and destroy mission
in a chaotic situation that quickly
deteriorated into “complete
madness.”
He described the scene.
“Right away one soldier says,
‘Sir, I can’t shoot, she’s a woman,’”
Channon said.
Channon found his men were
shooting at the air, shooting
the ground, anything but the
actual human target. He quickly
realized that of the numerous
field situations the men were
trained in, less than a handful
were of any value at all. For the
next 319 days, out of necessity,
Channon’s men became the
stealthiest platoon in their area
of operations using hand signals
to communicate with each other
on their mission to destroy the
enemy infrastructure.
“We never just stumbled in.
We were really, really quiet, like
hunters,” he said.
That experience was
the catalyst for Channon’s
next mission, a warrior for
Ethical Combat. He took the
New Earth Manual to his
superiors, wrote and illustrated
evolutionary tactics, designed
field simulation exercises, created
Task Force Delta, and blew
away a captive audience of top
officials blasting Pink Floyd.
He introduced the use of dune
buggies which outperformed
tanks in simulated drills, but were
later sabotaged by the armies big
suppliers.
“I am a primal scream for the
evolution of war. We have to stop
this shit. Why I’m so motivated
to do what I do, is war is so much
more about big business than it is
about killing people,” Channon
said. “The military, your leaders
are ready. We’re just waiting for
the bankers to relinquish their
power and greed.”
Once that happens, Operation
Noble Steward is ready to
launch.
For more, check out
Channon’s Web sites
neweartharmy.com and
firstearthbattalion.org.
Heather Nicholson
More info?
A
fter years of being
told they can’t build a
museum in Waimea,
the Camp Tarawa Foundation
is now eyeing Waikoloa
Village for its $10 million
history museum and ecological
education center.
The dry climate and
abundant land available in
Waikoloa Village is what
first drew the attention of
Jim Browne, Camp Tarawa
Foundation’s Chief of Staff
and Community Affairs
Officer. He said the goal has
always been to put the 20,000square-foot Camp Tarawa
Museum and Education
Center on three acres of
land at the edge of Waimea
town, where a Camp Tarawa
memorial is already erected.
Legal red tape halted the
Foundation’s plan and forced
them to look elsewhere for a
build site.
“I just woke up one day and
thought, ‘why not Waikoloa
Village?,’” Browne said. “It’s
Channon
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Lebowski,” “The Fisher King”).
Channon advised Bridges on
how he really acted in certain
situations, his tone of voice, when
he kept a level head and when
he yelled to get his audience to
stop giggling. Towards the end
of the film, Channon’s character
is portrayed as a degenerative
wash-out.
“I read the script and realized
they were going to besmirch my
character,” Channon said. “They
amped up the drama with the
drinking and degeneration. I
know enough about movies, so I
bit the bullet and said, ‘OK, let’s
play this game’.”
At the center of the film is
the vision Channon’s character
holds, which is to get the
decision and power makers to
think outside of the box. He
does this using unconventional
tactics, leaving the audience to
wonder if the military would
really entertain such notions.
Ultimately, it makes you think
and ask a few questions like, did
Artist rendering of the proposed Camp
Tarawa Museum and Education Center.
Camp Tarawa
Detachment Marine
Corps League #1255:
www.camptarawamcl.
com
Camp Tarawa
Museum and
Education Center:
www.camptarawamcl.
com/about.html
Waikoloa Dry
Forest Recovery
Project: www.
waikoloaoutdoorcircle.
org/html/forest.htm
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Back home
Benefit planned for musician Rupert Tripp Jr., who
is recuperating after being injured by a drunk driver
Terrie Henderson
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ig Island musician
Rupert Tripp Jr.’s life
changed forever the
night a drunk driver hit him
in a head-on collision.
On Sept. 5, Tripp, a solo
guitarist and singer who also
is one of three guitarists in
the well-known musical trio,
Kohala, was on his way home
from a gig at the Hilton
Waikoloa. The Volcano resident was driving home late
from the island’s west side. He
had planned to take the long
way home through Waimea
and around the Hamakua
Coast, avoiding Saddle Road.
But he never got that far.
A vehicle going 80 to 100
miles per hour hit him headon in Waimea. A family —
father, mother and child — in
the speeding vehicle died.
What followed included a
month stay at Queen’s Medical Center in Honolulu, five
surgeries, and a month in
rehabilitation on Oahu.
It would be two months
before Tripp would make it
home.
He spoke to Big Island
Weekly about the tragic accident, and about an upcoming
benefit and awareness effort
planned.
Tripp said he suffered two
broken feet, a broken hip, five
broken ribs, a cracked sternum, a broken right arm and a
dislocated upper back.
He also suffered a chemical
burn to his eyes.
“I can’t see very well. It’s
very blurry and hazy,” Tripp
said, adding he has one more
eye surgery planned that
should correct some of the
vision loss.
“The recovery was actually
miraculous. I am still learning
to walk and on crutches,” he
added. “I was broken up.”
Tripp is thankful, however,
the accident was not worse.
“I pretty much got my
voice,” he said. “My fingers
were not affected. Only one
on my right arm.”
Tripp said he can’t sing for
45-minute sets right now,
because the broken ribs make
breathing hard and he has to
rebuild his stamina. But he
hopes to be in full swing again
by spring.
Tripp said he came very
close to being paralyzed from
the accident.
“I thank the Lord every
day,” Tripp said. “I’ll get back
there, it’ll just take a little bit
of time. It was a really close
call.”
Tripp said the driver of
the vehicle that hit him was
speeding and drunk, and that
from what others told him,
the father and mother were
fighting that night. They were
at a party, Tripp said, and no
one stepped up and stopped
the father from driving drunk.
Trip is a music pastor at
his church, Kingdom Culture
in Hilo. He’s also a widely
respected local musician. So
when several friends and
loved ones said they wanted to
hold a benefit for him, Tripp
insisted the benefit be not just
about him. He wanted to raise
awareness that drunk driving
can kill.
There will be informa-
tion on the dangers of drugs,
alcohol and domestic violence
distributed during the benefit,
Tripp said.
The benefit is planned
from 10 a.m. to 6 p.m. Saturday, Nov. 21 at the Sangha
Hall in Hilo, 398 Kilauea Ave.
The event will consist of a
silent auction fundraiser and
awareness concert.
Suzy Garfield, a member of
Kingdom Culture church, is
a volunteer helping to spread
word of the benefit. She said
items are needed for the silent
auction, and encouraged
people to donate for Tripp.
“He is just such a big giver
in the community,” Garfield
said. “We just pray for him all
the time. Everyone is giving
back to him now, and trying
to help him.”
The concert will include
Charles and Charlie of
Kohala, the Kingdom Culture
Band, Ben Kaili and Friends,
Sonny and Lorna Lim, Piggy
Kaleohano and Friends, Randy Lorenzo, Waltah Aipolani,
Tripp Ohana with Pomai,
Damon and Loeka, Ho‘okoa,
Ka‘u and many more.
The cost for the concert
is $15, and tickets can be
purchased at Kilauea General
Store, CD Wizard, Big Island
Surf, Pacific Music Connection and Hilo Guitars.
The message Tripp would
give to a friend he knew was
too drunk to drive would be,
“I love you man, and I don’t
want you to do something
that you would regret later...
We need to step up and let
those people know that we
care about them.”
rupert Tripp Jr.
benefit concert
10 a.m. to 6 p.m. Saturday,
Nov. 21 at the Sangha Hall
in Hilo, 398 Kilauea Ave. The
event will consist of a silent
auction fundraiser and
awareness concert.
Tripp said, “the roads are
not dangerous, it’s the people
that is making it dangerous.”
Tripp said his wife, Adele,
isn’t working currently,
because she is taking care of
him and the family. He said
he had insurance, but “insurance doesn’t cover everything.”
For Tripp, playing music is
his “bread and butter” and he
cannot work currently, so the
benefit is much appreciated.
Adele Tripp said she is trying to stay strong and keep
things balanced right now.
She said although her husband cannot see very well, she
can see the looks of relief on
the faces of his friends and
family when they visit him
now. She said she encourages
visitors and welcomed family
and friends to check on Tripp.
“I’ve been able to not take
anything hard. I know what
needs to be done. I don’t
have time for anything else.
Procrastination is out,” Adele
said. “I knew that it was going
to be a full recovery. God had
already put that in my spirit.”
For Adele, the hardest
thing has been receiving help
from the community.
“I don’t say this lightly, but
it was just bones,” Adele said.
“No internal organs were
damaged. His face didn’t get
damaged, he looks exactly
the same. That helped my
children, to be able to see him
well.”
Adele said this tragedy has
given her family a chance to
minister to others.
“We all actually play a part
in a drunk driving accident.
It’s not just the driver. You
have a responsibility to take
the keys. What, is that person
going to do, walk? They are
not going to get to far. So
what if they get mad at you,”
she said.
Adele said one of Tripp’s
nephews stopped drinking
since the accident, so already
something positive has come
out of tragedy.
Adele said they have four
children — two boys on the
mainland, a daughter on
Oahu at University of Hawaii
at Manoa and one daughter
still living at home, who is
a senior at Kamehameha
Schools.
She said the children had
a hard time seeing their
father injured, but the family
remains strong and rooted in
faith.
“They are very independent, they are very strong. We
raised them to be that way.
I told them ‘you can cry, it’s
not easy to see dad like this.’
To see him in that shape, that
was just heartbreaking,” Adele
said. “God is a staple in our
family. If not, I could not be
balanced. I could not find the
grace and humility.”
Adele said anyone wanting
more information can call
the Tripp home at 985-7474.
Tripp said people can also
visit his Web site, www.rtjmusic.com.
Where: Honoka’a People’s Theater
When: 5 p.m. - 7 p.m. — Sunday, Nov. 22
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them to uncovering the horrible stories of child soldiers. The event is free.
Contact: Justin Avery, 808 990 1421, [email protected], www.
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When: 10 a.m. - 6 p.m.
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University of the
Nations and Hollywood
production industry
professionals has helped
create not only a new film
but also a unique production
model.
The low
budget,
independent
90-minute feature
“Relapse”,
filmed comNavarro
pletely on
the Big Island, is a character
driven dramatic thriller about
methamphetamine addiction
and related problems.
The producers are looking
for distributors and hope to
have “Relapse” in theaters
early next year, including
Hawaii Island.
“Relapse” is the story of
an ex-ice addict, Markus
and his wife Dalia. After a
recent relocation, the couple
begins to discover that their
new house has a sinister
past, which could destroy
their future. As the danger
becomes more palpable, both
Markus and his wife must
face past addictions and
betrayals, and regain the trust
necessary to save not only
their marriage but their very
lives.
“‘Relapse’ aims to raise
awareness about the addictive dangers of crystal meth,”
said director Guillermo F.
Navarro.
The University of the
Nations film program, 24
Frames of Light, is an independent initiative showcasing
new young writers, filmmakers, directors, actors, and
cinematographers. 24 Frames
is geared to filmmakers who
strive to depict truth and pro-
Big island
24 Frames oF Light Productions
Jeremy Davis and Kate Tomlinson as ‘Markus’ and ‘Dalia’ in one of the final
scenes from ‘Relapse’ which was filmed entirely on the Big Island.
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voke thought rather than just
being entertainment.
“Relapse” has won awards
at WorldFest Houston,
Honolulu International Film
Festival, Big Island Film Festival, and the Hoboken Film
Festival.
Director Navarro says his
inspiration for “Relapse” came
from a magazine article about
the crystal meth problem and
its clandestine production.
“I had never heard until
I read the article… that the
toxicity of these chemicals
remains in a house long after
meth production ceases,” he
says. “Every month, ‘hundreds’ of properties are sold in
the United States alone, and
the proud new owners walk
into their toxic habitat without ever suspecting it.
“I immediately saw the
possibility for a thriller,” he
said.
“What if someone
unknowingly moved into
a toxic house and became
tormented, haunted by its
secrets?
“It’s a bit of a mind-game,
and without realizing it you
become part of the story by
becoming the judge of their
arguments.”
The visual treatment of the
film was designed to be claustrophobic and voyeuristic,
the director says. Not many
wide shots are used, but just
enough establishing shots to
define the space where the
action takes place, he said.
Camera movements are
limited to subtle, non-disruptive hand-held motion.
Cast members include Jeremy Davis as Markus;
Kate Tomlinson (Dalia);
Taymour Ghazi (George);
Allan Kolman (Dr.Hassleback); notable Hawaii actor
Pomaika’i Brown (Police
Officer Hanohano;) and
another Big Islander, Joe
McGinn (Kalani).
Argentinean director/producer/writer Navarro has
some 20 years filmmaking
experience that includes documentaries, commercials and
music videos. He founded “24
Frames of Light” and is director of the University of the
Nations’ film program.
Crew include Oahu native
David Carstens (Director
of Photography); David
McFadzean (Executive Producer); Hiroko Kobayashi
(Production Design); Cherish Rodriguez (Hair Stylist);
Dianne G. Becker (Unit
Production Manager); Diego
Rodriguez (Special Effects);
and casting by Anna Fishburn, Joy Landry, and Gail
Ramsey.
For more information
about “Relapse”, call (808)
326-4469 or e-mail at
[email protected].
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Couples will truly enjoy “An Unforgettable Massage for Two”
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bath in a whirlpool tub. At $275 per couple, take 15 percent
off this package for the kama‘aina discount. Package
deals are the way to go at Hoola Spa since they come
out less expensive than buying the services separately.
Most treatments are offered indoors, except for the
beachside massage, but there are plenty of large windows
overlooking the bay.
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Kalona Salon & Spa provides facials using their own line of
products made with Hawaiian ingredients. The Yon-Ka Skin
and Body Care line promises to provide all of the benefits
a plant has to offer and not just their fragrant smell.
Vitamins, trace elements and fruit acids are just some of
the ingredients in the spa’s anti-aging beauty products.
There are many facials to choose from, including the “Le
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the resort spas and resort spa prices. Services are cheaper
than those offered at the larger hotels, and Outrigger still
provides a well-maintained salon with professional staff.
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lights Out is Kona fight night
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O
n Nov. 21 the islands’
best stand-up fighters
will descend on
Kekuaokalani Gym in KailuaKona to showcase their talent in
Lights Out, a 1X World Events
and Big Island Built match-up.
Conceived by Kona Boxing
Club (Kona BC) coach Sonny
Westbrook, the pre-Thanksgiving
event was long overdue.
“This is the biggest fight
ever to come to Kona. We’ve
(Westbrook Productions and
1X promoter Mike Miller) have
been thinking of putting on
another event here in Kona for
a while. We need some spark,
some action here in Kona, Hilo
can’t have it all,” joked Westbrook,
who organized the match-ups
between the headlining fighters
and personally instructs seven
men who will be competing.
“We need something to happen
in our own backyards, for the
kids, fighters and our community.
To show what kind of talent is
out there. There isn’t that much
for kids to do around here and
boxing keeps kids active, gives
them something to train for and
teaches them discipline, respect
and confidence.”
Westbrook, who comes from
a long line of Samoan boxers, has
been promoting fights on island
since 1990. He says the Lights
Out event, featuring 50 fighters
from Oàhu, Maui and Hawaiì
Island, is highly anticipated due
to the location, the nature of the
mixed arts medium (no ground
grappling is permitted) and the
stories behind the main event
match-ups. (For a complete list
of match-ups visit www.x1events.
com).
Kaleo Padilla, of Kona BC,
who hasn’t fought in four years, is
out of retirement to take the red
corner against Chris Cisneros
of Hawaiian MMA Hilo.
Competing in the 185-pound
XMA (Xtreme Martial Arts)
match, the two will spar for three
three-minute rounds.
“I’m feeling good,” said Padilla,
a two-time Golden Gloves
champion, when BIW caught
up with him at the Kona gym in
between practice bouts. “Felt like
I wanted to try it one more time
again.”
Westbrook, who set up the
match after Cisneros requested a
fight with Padilla, noted that his
diehard athlete is fighting for his
last hurrah before hanging up the
gloves.
“I never fought him before,”
said the 38-year-old boxer Padilla.
“He’s supposed to be a good
stand-up fighter. Let’s solve the
problem. May the best man win.”
The other anticipated matchup will come in the form of
Westbrook’s brother Elward
Westbrook versus Wesley
“Cabbage” Correira. The super
heavyweight XMA match will
pit the Kona BC veteran, who
was ranked fifth in the country
as a super heavyweight boxer,
against the nationally ranked
Mixed Martial Art (MMA) Hilo
fighter, bringing both back to
the corners for the first time in a
handful of years.
Other Lights Out highlights
will include Ronald Hayward
(Polynesian Fight Club) versus
Kaeo Myers (Kona BC), 170
pound MMA match, several first
time and up and coming amateur
fighters, such as local boys Martin
Medina, 21, MMA, 170 pounds
and Carlos Garrido, 16, KB
(Kickboxing) 145 pounds. There
will be one amateur female bout
between Sivada CD Koulphasen
(Team Submit) and Sarah Kahele
(Hawaiì International BC)
120 pound, Pankration Female
match. All amateurs compete in
two three-minute rounds and
boys under the age of 17 compete
in three two-minute rounds.
Doors open at 4 p.m. and
there will be live entertainment
by Mianlan, Ace HD and Kid
Dynamite. Weight In and after
party will be hosted at Lulu’s in
Kona and tickets are available at
Sergio Mamone Gym Hawaii
International Family Fitness
Center, CD Wizard, Lulu’s, Big
Island Surf, Hilo Fight Company,
Pacific Island Fitness, Big Island
Built and Waikoloa Chevron. For
ticket prices or more information
call Westbrook at 895-5016.
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starts with a 30-minute bath in cool blue water inside a
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only interested in the hot tubs, one to people cost $30
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Planning homes during a round of golf
Tournament raises $10,000 for West Hawaii affordable housing
Hadley Catalano
T
he Clever Construction
Invitational Golf
Tournament,
benefiting Habitat for
Humanity West Hawai‘i, was
a call to arms. Asking fellow
construction associates and
golf enthusiasts to spend Nov.
14 on the course at the Mauna
Kea Resort enabled Steven
Clever and his family to donate
roughly $ 10,000 dollars
to the affordable housing
organization.
“This community has been
so good to us over the years
that we (the Clever family) put
our heads together to come up
with a way to give back,” said
Clever, Director of Sales and
Marketing for the construction
company his father founded 30
years ago. “Especially during
these tough economic times
and given our area of expertise,
we couldn’t think of a better
organization than Habitat for
Humanity.”
Clever said the golf invitational was more than just
asking people for monetary
donations; it was about testing
his fellow business partners to
come together as a professional
entity.
“It’s about creating awareness
about Habitat for Humanity,”
Clever said before he joined 20
odd golfers for the 12:30 p.m.
shot gun start. “We have a layout
least we are here in Hawaii and
not stuck in the middle of the
US. We started this company in
2007, and it took us two years
to finally find the right location
for the shop. We specialize in
specialty tobacco, and exclusive
Hawaii and Mainland clothing
apparel.”
BIW: So after two years the
shop finally opens on October
19, 2009. How has business
been so far?
IrieHI: “Business has been
great so far, and since day one
we’ve been having people
coming in regularly. We’ve had
a mix of people roll through,
and the ages were ranging from
college freshmans to 80 year
olds. A couple days ago a lady
came in on a wheelchair to buy
rolling papers for her American
Spirits (an organic tobacco).”
BIW: Will there be an
official grand opening for Irie
Hawaii?
IrieHI: “The grand opening
will be going down on Saturday
November 28, the day after
Black Friday. That’s when
everybody does their sales, so
we’re also going to be putting
on a sale that weekend. We
will also be having some food,
free giveaways, live bands and
entertainment outside, and by
then we should be having a lot
more product in. If you spend
more than $25 at the store from
the 21 to the 28, you will receive
a raffle ticket and be entered to
win free product at the grand
opening.”
BIW: I’ve noticed that you
carry products that are offered
nowhere else here on the Big
Island. Tell us about a few of
these products, and other things
we may find here at Irie Hawaii.
IrieHI: “Here at Irie
Hawaii we try to promote the
Hawaii Urban Lifestyle and
carry brands like SeedLess,
Upper Playground, Restless
Kids Hawaii, Home Steady,
808empire, Fumanchu and
more. As for the smoke shop,
we have everything from water
pipes to blunt wraps. We also
vision for 2010 and I wanted
to challenge my attendees to
put together a project with our
strengths - brokers, drafters, construction- to build a utilitarian
home together for Habitat.”
He stressed the need to connect business with the community. Clever asked his business
contacts to put money back to
aid Big Island families. Many
of them did just that with the
event.
He spoke about using various housing components, such
as real estate advise and left
over building materials, to
help families in need build and
renovate decent, affordable
housing.
The event included a dinner
and awards ceremony, attended
by about 40 members of the
construction community.
carry SOUR Glass, and we have
pipes coming from Oregon,
Kauai, California, Oahu and
Vegas. All glass pieces are
custom handmade and no two
are alike.”
BIW: I’ve been hearing a lot
about these E-Cigarettes. What
are electronic cigarettes exactly?
IrieHI: “E-Cigarettes consists
of nicotine and a vaporizer. You
can smoke them indoors, on
airplanes, at the mall, where ever
you want. And they’re actually
better for you because it contains
no tobacco. It also helps if you
want to quit smoking because
you can gradually break down
the dosage of nicotine, and your
body doesn’t take in all that tar
and carcinogens.”
BIW: So as I walked in I
noticed that the walls were
green. Why green?
IrieHI: “Yes it’s green… apple
green! And it’s pretty much our
lifestyle, Go Green! I mean the
colors cool and you can see it
from the road, but when you
step into the store your mind
set changes… it’s a whole new
atmosphere.”
With Christmas just around
the corner, be sure to stop by
Irie Hawaii, located at 140
Kinoole Street in Downtown
Hilo. Feel free to call (808)
969-7066, or visit them online
at www.iriehawaii.com, or www.
facebook.com/iriehawaii.
Smoking business: Irie Hawaii to hold grand opening celebration
B
ringing you the latest
apparel and the finest
in smoking accessories,
the all new, IRIE HAWAII
Boutique and Smoke Shop,
opens the doors and welcomes
you all. We sat down with coowners, Mariner Revell from
R n R Productions, and Jason
Koji from 808empire, to get the
inside scoop on the latest trends
and smoothest blends.
BIW: What is Irie Hawaii?
IrieHI: “Well basically, “Irie”
means to feel good, and being
here in Hawaii that’s pretty
much the lifestyle we live. With
the economy being so bad, at
Clark Realty to acquire Parker Ranch Realty
Heather Nicholson
A
fter reporting a
multi-million dollar
deficit this year,
Parker Ranch hopes to cut
its losses by selling off their
non-agriculture businesses,
including a Waimea-based
real estate company, retail
stores, ranch tours and
historic properties.
As of Dec. 1, Big Island’s
Clark Realty Corporation will
take control of Parker Ranch
Realty, a deal cemented
this month that both local
companies are calling
successful.
Clark Realty is already
the market-share leader on
the Big Island with offices
in Kailua-Kona, Keauhou,
Waimea, Hilo and The
Mauna Lani Resort. Clark
Realty’s Waimea office
will move from its current
location at 65-1279 Kawaihae
Road to the Parker Ranch
Realty space at the Parker
Ranch Center.
“This change is part of
the overall strategy as Parker
Ranch, Inc. transitions out of
its non-core businesses. The
Ranch is quite pleased that
a strong kama’aina company
such as Clark Realty has
stepped forward to acquire
these assets,” said Parker
Ranch, Inc.’s newly appointed
Chief Operating Officer, Bill
Maris.
With more than 130
agents, eight full-time
property managers and 23
administrators and staff, Clark
Realty is one of the largest
independently-owned real
estate brokerages in Hawai’i,
and the largest real estate firm
on the Big Island.
“We are very excited
about the opportunity this
acquisition represents. It
brings together some of the
most talented realtors on the
Big Island and will strengthen
Clark Realty’s presence in
a very positive way. This is
a win-win relationship for
everyone,” said President and
CEO of Clark Realty Corp.,
Putman D. Clark.
Parker Ranch says they are
merely responding to difficult
economic conditions which
have produced continued
operating losses. The Ranch’s
Board of Directors announced
several operational changes
in November, including
eliminating the positions of
two vice presidents *- Michael
“Corky” Bryan and Diane
S. Quitiquit. All of these
changes are designed to
reduce general operating costs
and eliminate unprofitable
businesses in hopes of
improving the company’s
long-term sustainability.
“The company will refocus
its efforts on its two core
business lines—livestock
production and land resource
management,” said Parker
Ranch, Inc. Board of
Directors Chairman, Pete
Moynahan.
Parker Ranch is the
fifth largest ranch in the
United States, spanning
approximately 130,000
acres across the Big Island.
It surrounds the town of
Waimea and spreads between
the Kohala and Mauna Kea
mountains. Parker Ranch
livestock operations market
approximately 10,000 head of
cattle annually.
For more information:
Clark Realty: www.
clarkhawaii.com
Parker Ranch: www.
parkerranch.com
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Wednesday, nov. 18
WHEN DISASTER
STRIKES: COPING
WITH SUDDEN LOSS
“Conversations with filmmakers”
Where: Palace Theater—Hilo
When: Noon to 2 p.m. — Saturday, Nov. 21
Details: Filmmakers with films in the
festival will discuss various aspects about the
production of their films; challenges facing the
independent indigenous filmmaker; trends and
issues in production; financing, marketing, and
distribution; and much more.
Where: Hospice of Hilo
Community Center, 1011
Waianuenue Ave.
When: 5 p.m. - 7 p.m. —
Wednesday, Nov. 18
Details: Share memories and light
a candle in memory of a loved
one. Offering healing support
for anyone affected by the recent
natural disasters and coping with
the loss of family and friends in
these tragedies. No charge, register,
please @969-1733.
Contact: Hospice of Hilo, 808969-1733, hospice@hospiceofhilo.
org, www.hospiceofhilo.org
“How Did They Shoot That?”
Where: Palace Theater—Hilo
When: Noon to 2 p.m., Sunday, Nov. 22
If you ever wondered how certain shots in
films were executed or how filmmakers solved
technical and production problems on the
set, then this is a must attend seminar for you.
Filmmakers at the festival will show brief clips
of scenes from their work, highlight what the
technical and production challenges were, and
then discuss their practical solutions to those
filming situations.
Contact: John Mason 327-2663 or Liz De
Roche 557-8607
WRITE WITH
SPIRIT — JOURNAL
WRITING FOR
SELF-EXPRESSION
AND MEDITATION
Where: Kona
When: 6:30 p.m. - 8:30 p.m.
— Monday, Nov. 9 - Monday,
Dec. 14
Details: JOIN ANYTIME ~
FIRST CLASS FREE For
anyone who wants to get their
creative juices flowing. You’ll be
guided through writing practices
that are fun and inspiring. Writing
together takes the lonely out of
writing. NO EXPERIENCE
NEEDED
Contact: Peri Enkin, 808 938
2804, [email protected],
http://creatorschoice.com
Thursday, nov. 19
HAWAIIAN
HERBAL HEALING
WORKSHOP
Where: Hi‘iaka’s Garden, HPP/
Keaau
When: 10 a.m. - 4 p.m.
— Thursday, Nov. 19 - Saturday,
Nov. 21
Details: Beyond Traditional
Herbalism: Secrets of the Kahuna
La‘u Lapa‘au, Hawaiian herbal
healers. Participate in Hawaiian
plant growing and collecting and
prepare traditional Hawaiian
Friday, nov. 20
E MAU ANA KA
HULA WORKSHOPS
remedies for many different
ailments. $75 for all three days or
$25 per day.
Contact: Barbara Fahs, 966-5956,
[email protected], www.
hiiakas.com
ByE ByE BIGEyE?
Where: Mokupapapa Discovery
Center, Hilo
When: 6 p.m. - 7 p.m. Thursday,
Nov. 19 - Thursday, Nov. 19
Details: Ahi is in trouble. Recent
local and regional efforts to
manage the catch of bigeye will be
discussed by Patricia Tummons,
editor of Environment Hawaii.
Contact: Linda Schubert,
933.8181, linda/schubert@noaa.
gov
INTRODUCTION
TO SANDTRAy
THERAPy
Where: Hale Halawai (Back
classroom)
When: 5:30 p.m. - 7 p.m.
Thursday, Nov. 19
Details: Come and share in an
evening of exploration! A short
drumming meditation will
be offered and an experiential
introduction to Sandtray
Therapy! Selvy Thiruvengadam,
a Registered/Board Certified Art
Therapist and Sandtray Therapist
since 1993, will be giving a 1 hour
class on Sandtray Therapy, an
experiences that offers a creative
journey into our SELF.
Contact: Bert Mukai, 9618706, [email protected], www.
KonaWomensWorkshop.com
Where: Outrigger Keauhou Beach
Resort
When: 1 p.m. - 8:30 p.m. Friday,
Nov. 20
Details: 1pm 3pm: hula kahiko:
Kumu Aloha Victor.
3:30pm, - 5:30pm: hula Goddess
Laka lecture workshop, hula
kahiko: Kumu Keala Ching.
6:30 pm - 8:30 pm: hula auana:
Loea Kawaikapuokalani Hewett.
$30 includes all three workshops.
Space is limited, register by email.
Where: KALANI OCEANSIDE
RETREAT - Blue Moon Room
When: 9 a.m. - 5 p.m. — Friday,
Nov. 20
Details: Osho’s Meditation
techniques are used by millions of
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people worldwide to reduce stress,
increase creativity and personal
power, and find peace of mind,
inner calm, and stillness. On this
day you’ll experience some of these
techniques: some involve sound,
breathing, movement, dance and
stillness. You’ll taste the fullness of
peace that will be with you forever.
Contact: shOLA, 808 9657828,
[email protected], shola59@libero.
it
HEALTH FAIR
ON DIABETES
PREVENTION AND
KIDNEy HEALTH
Where: Kaiholena Preserve in Kau
When: 7 a.m. - 4 p.m. Saturday,
Nov. 21
Details: Travel to the mountains
of Ka’u with The Nature
Conservancy to see beautiful
native forests and learn about
unique flora found in the preserve.
Walk a 1-mile loop trail that
explores native plant species and
cultural history. $50.
Contact: Hawaii Volcanoes
Institute, 985-7373, admin@
fhvnp.org, www.fhvnp.org
PROJECT
DEVELOPMENT, STEP 1:
CONDUCTING A NEEDS
AND RESOURCES
ASSESSMENT
Where: Seaview Performing Arts
Center for Education (SPACE)
When: 12:30 p.m. - 4:30 p.m.
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STARTING yOUR
SMALL BUSINESS
IN HAWAII
Where: Hawaii Community
College (Manono Campus) Bldg
379-1
When: 9 a.m. - 11 a.m. Friday,
Nov. 20
Details: Participants will learn
about entrepreneurship, key
ingredients for business success,
PARTNERS IN
PROTECTION:
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OSHO’S MEDITATION ONE DAy WORKSHOP
CRAFTING BALBOA:
A SWING DANCE
WORKSHOP
Where: Kaumana City
When: Friday, Nov. 20 - Sunday,
Nov. 22
Details: Learn a unique swing
style, originating in San Diego in
the 1930s, from an internationally
renowned instructor, David Rehm.
No partner necessary, beginners
welcome (should start with first
classes.) Call for times, prices,
location. Preregistration discount.
Sponsored by Hilo Hep Cats.
Contact: Andrea Gill, 9598216, [email protected],
hilohepcats.com
saTurday, nov. 21
steps involved in starting your
own business, sources of capital
and services offered by the SBDC
as well as other resources for the
start-up business.
Contact: Lydia Santiago, 9330776, lydia.santiago@hawaii-sbdc.
org, www.hawaii-sbdc.org
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ALOHA BLESSINGS,
ALOHA QI
Where: Kona Stories Book Store
When: 4:30 p.m. - 5:30 p.m. —
Wednesday, Nov. 18 - Wednesday,
Nov. 25
Details: Got holiday pain,
stress, fatigue, &/or challenges?
Experience the “miracles” of HA
breath of life, exercises & blessings
, to help you connect, in a fun way,
to Source, for greater cause-less,
Love, Happiness, Peace, & Joy.
Love Offerring
Contact: Kona Stories, 324-0350,
[email protected]
Where: Hilo Medical Center,
Ground Conference Rooms
When: 10 a.m. - 2 p.m. Friday,
Nov. 20
Details: ilo Medical Center, the
National Kidney Foundation of
Hawaii and the Bay Clinic are
celebrating National Diabetes
Awareness Month with a health
fair! Come for your free glucose,
cholesterol, kidney, blood pressure,
BMI screenings and post
screening counseling.
Contact: Elena Cabatu, 974-4738,
[email protected]
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882-7771
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per night 2 or
more nights + tax
Weekly $295 + up
Pool, Hot Tub, BBQ, AC, White Sandy Beach, kitchenettes, Internet,
on Alii Drive in the Village – walk to everything. Kona’s affordable
boutique hotel, clean & quiet. Large studio condos with big private
outdoor lanais & direct dial phones. Old Hawaiiana atmosphere.
Also, vacation rental condos of all sizes, daily & weekly.
329-3333
www.KonaHawaii.com
Saturday, Nov. 21
Details: Covers how to design/
conduct a needs/resources
assessment, what to look for,
who to include, etc. Bring your
own project idea and participate
in a guided assessment design
workshop. Cost: $25 - info session
only; $35 - info session and
workshop.
Contact: Kelly Nafie, 443-6694,
[email protected]
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At Thanksgiving,
shoppers turn to
newspapers.
Free lecture
at ÌmIloa
Where: Ìmiloa Astronomy Center
When: 7 p.m. - 8 p.m. Saturday,
Nov. 21 - Saturday, Nov. 21
Details: Dr. David James gives a
free lecture “Using the New 0.9meter UHH Telescope to Promote
Hawai‘i-based Undergraduate
Leadership in Astronomy
(HULA)‚ in the Ìmiloa
Planetarium. This is part of the
the Directors’ Lecture Series 2009.
Contact: Roxanne Ching, 9699703, [email protected],
www.imiloahawaii.org
HoSPIce cIrcle
oF SuPPort
Where: Anna Ranch, Waimea
When: 9:30 a.m. - 2:30 p.m.
Saturday, Nov. 21
Details: Lost a loved one recently?
Join our Circle of Support for ono
food, friends, activities, laughter
& talk story. RSVP No Hawaii
Hospice, 885 7547, no charge.
Contact: Gayle , 885 7547,
[email protected],
northhawaiihospice.org
commuNItY
celeBratIoN oF
FamIlY
Where: Mooheau Park,
Downtown Hilo
When: 11 a.m. - 3 p.m. —
Saturday, Nov. 21
Details: Come and play at this free
earth-friendly drug and alcohol
free event celebrating Hilo’s
Playful City USA designation!
Bring the family, a popup tent and
chairs and enjoy games, music,
demos and more.
Contact: Hilo Downtown
Improvement Association, 9358850, [email protected],
www.downtownhilo.com
aloHa SaturdaY
Where: Kalakaua Park
When: noon p.m. - 4 p.m.
Saturday, Nov. 21
Details: Come and join us for
this free concert featuring local
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Where: Pu’ukohola Heiau National Historic Site
When: 1 p.m. - 5 p.m. Saturday, Nov. 21
Details: Please join us for this free Day Program in the Park - Talk
Story with Kupuna. Guest speakers are Aunty Mabel Tolentino,
president of Waimea Civic Club, park archeologist Mary-Jane
Wright, and Earthquake Project crew member Arden Akau.
Contact: Mokihana Keoho, 808-882-7218, mokihana_keoho@nps.
gov, www.nps.gov/puhe
Hawaiian Bands. Fun for the
whole family!!
Contact: Cristin Okumura, 9615711, [email protected], www.ehcc.
org
e mau aNa Ka
Hula - tHe Hula
IS PerPetuated
Where: Outrigger Keauhou Beach
Resort
When: 8 a.m. - 5 p.m. Saturday,
Nov. 21
Details: A tribute to the Merrie
Monarch King David Kalakaua,
with a celebration of hula
presented by halau from Hawai‘i
Island, Japan, and Europe. Quality
handmade Hawaiian items, and
ono food too! Chairs provided - no
coolers please. Admission is free!
Contact: Kumu Keala Ching, 3558889, [email protected]
Sunday, nov. 22
mINI-retreat IN
Holualoa WItH
GaVIN HarrISoN
Where: Mauka Mist Center in
Holualoa
When: 4 p.m. - 6:30 p.m. Sunday,
Nov. 22
Details: Sitting and walking
meditation instruction with
Gavin Harrison. A talk is offered
with opportunity for inquiry and
discussion. All levels of meditators
welcome. Groups are nondenominational and open to all
spiritual traditions. $25 donation
is encouraged.
Contact: Richard Diedrichs,
769-4313, talltree777@
richarddiedrichs.net, www.
gavinharrison.net
TueSday, nov. 24
JuSt tHe FactS
BooK cluB
Where: Kona Stories Book Shop
When: 6:30 p.m. - 8 p.m. Tuesday,
Nov. 24
Details: This group will be
discussing “Bacardi and the Long
Fight for Cuba” by Tom Gjelten.
This unique history of Cuba is
captured in the life and times of
the famous rum dynasty. This
discussion is open to everyone.
Contact: Kona Stories, 324-0350,
[email protected], www.
konastories.com
tHaNKSGIVING
aloHa QI
Where: King Kamehameha, Kona
Beach Restaurant lawn
When: 6:30 a.m. - 7:30 a.m. —
Tuesday, Nov. 24 - Tuesday, Dec. 1
Details: Start your day, giving
thanks with the HA breath of life.
Renew your Spirit. Rejuvenate
your Body Heart Mind & Soul.
Also relieves pain/stress/fatigue, &
boosts energy. Love offerring.
Contact: Nadia Linda Hole MD,
808-987-7268, AskDrLindaMD@
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Business Personals
65
HOT HAWAIIAN
NIGHTS
New Male/ Female
Entertainers At Your
Fingertips. Islandwide;
Singles, Couples,
Groups. Creditcards
Accepted. Employment
Available.
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Hot Local Singles!
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808-521-6696. Ad#1808
Financial
Help Wanted
70
100
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out of area companies.
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Business Opportunities
90
Answer to Prayer!
Learn to build your
own mini-office outlet
from your home.
Free online training/
support, flexible hours,
great income!
www.ho-ola.com
BUY or Sell Avon,
$10 starts your business,
ask me, 776-1268;
345-8489.
Help Wanted
100
BEAUTIFUL PEOPLE
Hair Dressers,
Aesthetician, Massage
Therapist- Make me a
deal I can’t refuse. Hula
Hand & Hair. 324-4852
GIS SCIENTIST
International Lunar
Observatory Association
ILOA, Kamuela, seeks
GIS researcher for
international data
Moon map composite;
part-time, $50/ hour;
info Steve, phone/ fax
885-8687.
HOT HAWAIIAN NIGHTS
seeking male/ female
exotic entertainers, no
experience necessary.
968-6751; 329-6022.
Operations Superintendent (Keaau Division)
Macadamia nut farming
operation seeks highly
motivated individual
with experience in agriculture and supervisory
responsibilities. Responsible for cultivation
and harvesting operations: plans and issues
work assignments as directed by Orchards VP,
participates in the selection and training of
personnel, reviews labor and production reports, ensures efficient
use of equipment,
monitors progress of
operations, enforces all
safety rules. Must have
good communication
and organizational skills
and valid drivers license. Competitive salary/ benefits package,
401(k), profit sharing.
Apply at ML Macadamia Orchards, L.P. in
Keaau; or send resume
to 16-703 Macadamia
Rd., Keaau, HI 96749 or
call (808)928-8341, EOE
Employment Info
110
CAFE SERVERS
Be part of an exciting,
new cafe opening in
King's Shops Waikoloa. Part-time and
full-time positions are
available. Enjoy flexible hours working for
a family owned company. Must be able to
consistently demonstrate mature, professional attitude and interact with visitors in
a respectful manner.
Email resume to
[email protected] or call
Kelly at 808-938-5005
for more info.
Services Offered
190
ALTERNATIVE
ENERGY
RESOURCES- Solar
electric PV systems,
Solar hot water,
LED light bulbs. Tax
credits & rebates.
Free energy audit!
987-0607
Services Offered
Services Offered
190
PAINTING C-27946
Free Estimates.
Residential, commercial
custom finishes, roofs.
InfinityPro Painting
989-2122
infinitypropainting.com
Services Offered
190
190
ROOF
Replace, restore, powerwash, mildew removal,
rust treat, paint. Painting
Contractor License
C27946. Free Estimates.
989-2122
Place your ad by phone 329-5585
LICENSED CHILD CARE
4 open spaces available in
Ocean View Day Care.
Full/ Part-Time and
Furlough Fridays
welcome!
Accepting Child Care
Connection Payments.
Ashley 939.8414
Services Offered
190
MOTIVATED
GARDENER wanting
to earn your business.
20 years. Reliable,
trustworthy. Full
maintenance, clean-up.
Mow/ Edge- weekly/
bi-weekly. Kailua-Kona.
557-4582, Please leave
message, Kenny.
ART OF MASSAGEArtist/ Deep Tissue
Sports Massage Therapist
MAT#1803. Arthur,
987-8905.
ASPHALT PAVING
Driveways/ Parking Lots
Residential/ Commercial
Up to $1000
808-960-6339
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Use CLEAR, FACTUAL information.
Include year, make, model, color, size, & special features.
Domestic Autos
800
**IT’S THE LAW**
Items for Sale
Items Wanted
Boats, Motors, Etc.
Apts/Condos for Rent
Houses for Rent
ALTERNATIVE
ENERGY
RESOURCES- Solar
1 paid $8,000.00 for one
coin. Buying paper money
old paintings, jewelry,
tokens, coins. 969-1881
2/1 Waimea
Clean, turnkey, furnished.
$1000. No smoking/ pets.
885-7799
electric PV systems,
Solar hot water,
LED light bulbs. Tax
credits & rebates.
Free energy audit!
CASH PAID for older
Persian & oriental rugs
and Navjo blankets.
Confidential, discreet.
Please call 331-8098
ENGINES For Sale
Two Cummins VT-903 425
HP engines with twin disc
MG-509 Gears 1:45:1
transmissions. Excellent
condition. Still in boat,
will be removed after
1/1/2010. $10,000 each/
offer. 808-896-3111
HONOKAA MODERN
Studio, 1 bath, kitchen,
$675 includes water/
yard/ pest service
808-357-7851/
808-347-3970.
200
987-0607
CREAM PUFFS
New flavors: Pumpkin Pie
w/ Mac Nut crumble &
Peach Cream Puffs at
Puff City
961-6964
HPM SOLAR CARPORT
Grid or Stand Alone
[email protected]
964-3500
ONCE IN A LIFETIME!
40’ insulated High Cube
carbon fiber storage
containers. 329-3787
Refurbished: Restaurant
Equipment, Walk-in
Cooler, Appliances,
Weedeater on Wheels,
Mowers, Roto-Tiller,
Pressure Washer,
Compost toilets, Gas
Refrigerators, Trailers,
Solar Panels, Instant Gas
Hot Water Heaters. Credit
cards okay (808)652-0551
(808)644-1901.
SHIPPING CONTAINERSPremium condition.
Lower Price$.
Also Permitted homes/
structures.
www.AffordablePortableHousing.com, 935-1000
201
Pets
250
290
Building Supplies
310
1st TIME IN HAWAII.
Original old southern
white pups from Jay
Dorseys Trophy Hunters
Lodge in South Carolina.
2 males, 4 females,
$1,000 each. Joe
(808)687-0966.
Birds & Parrots for
sale. Breeding pairs.
Some tame.
Call 557-1060
Mini Dachshund Pups
AKC dachshund pups will
be ready for new homes
before Christmas. One
smooth coat, one long
haired. $650 each.
Call in Hilo at 315-7886
or 895-9432
Livestock
260
H A W A I I
COVER-ALL
BUILDINGS
FALL SALE!
2- 20x20 & 2- 26x40s;
white, bright, cool,
and weather tite in stock
NOW! Also, we make
20- 200 plus wide, stock,
any length.
Ren Walker
808-334-1460
WWW.COVERALL.NET
Plants & Flowers
340
RAW, Organic Cow
Manure.
No antibiotics, No GMOs.
Cruelty free since 1993.
Free Islandwide Delivery.
966-7190
AMERICAN Pacific Inc.
International in Paauilo
Rooms for Rent
purchasing weaned
calves at 67¢ per pound.
Call 936-8397 or 960-1864. NAPOOPOO RD- $400.
Private entrance, bath.
Machinery/Equip. Utilities included. Female
preferred. 328-2616/
936-1673
1988
Peterbilt
tractorItems Wanted
$15,000. 1977 Peterbilt
Apts/Condos for Rent
tractor- $5,000. 2003
Peterbilt tractor- $50,000.
1 am BUYING
2 frameless end dumpsFALL SPECIAL
$6,000 & $8,000. Low bed
collector coins,
1st Month Free Rent
25 ton with brand new
paper money,
with minimum 6
tires and rims- $15,000.
bullion.
months lease.
Call 960-7698
Studio, 1 & 2 Bedrooms
Hilo Val Hala Studios
*$*$*$*$*$*$*$*$*
Tractor and Trailers
$450/ mo. 1 Bedrooms,
2007 Kenworth T800B
$500, 2 Bedrooms, $600.
BUYING used,
tractor, Cat C-15 with
808-961-3545;
broken, unmatched 1700 hours $95,000.
808-203-6923
2006 Beall BSHB-36 End
gold, platinum
Marcus Property
Dump trailer 28’, 23 yd,
Management LLC
power tarp $45,000. 2005
Specialized
Lowboy
Free appraisals.
ALII COVE- 3/2. Single
trailer 55 ton $45,000.
966-8784
level, ground floor.
808-640-1457
Gorgeous ocean view.
White water surfersHonl’s Beach. Clean,
bright, airy, private,
AC, granite, 2 parking,
extended lanai. $1,595.
Classified Advertising
Must see! Shirl Gerschef329-5585 Fax 329-3659
ski, RS. C-21. Owner/
listor. 896-8555
201
JEWELRY
400
280
420
420
KEALAKEKUA 1/1$900 + deposit.
Utilities, cable, washer/
dryer included. No
pets/ smoking.
328-2616/ 936-1673
Mauna Lani
Fairway Villas
Beautiful townhouse
style unit in gated
community. Fully
furnished 2/2 with
garage, 2 lanais,
delux. appliances,
wash/ dryer. Large.
pool and gym.
$1,850/ month +
security deposit.
Move-in "Special."
(415)892-1075,
(415)806-7036.
Houses for Rent
440
AHUALOA- 5 acres, 3/2,
like new $1750 or separate duplex 2/1, $1100,
1/1 Studio $750. Plus
Utilities. (808)227-9421.
HOMES & CONDOS
Daily, Weekly, or a
Month or Two.
Hawaii Resort
Management, Inc.
(808)329-3333
www.KonaHawaii.com
1-800-622-5348
HONOKAA large duplex,
ocean view, landscaping,
immaculate 4 bedroom 2
baths, 1800 sq. ft. $1450.
776-1945.
HOVE (1 hour south of
Kona). New deluxe 1400
sq.ft. 3/2. Large deck,
great views, near highway.
$950/ month + deposit.
Available 12/1. 640-9383/
929-7672.
KONA PARADISE3/1.5. Ama Rd. Newly
renovated, wood and tile
floors, granite countertops, new appliances,
fresh paint. Spectacuar
ocean view and just 5
nimutes from a beautiful
private beach. Pets ok.
$1,450 + utilities and
deposit. 987-3924
NEW PAINT/ DECK
KONA PARADISE
2 master bedrooms,
ocean view, washer/
dryer, unfurnished,
$1,200/ month + tax &
utilities. Real Estate
Consultants of Kona,
Darlene Hill PM,
808-443-4214;
808-329-6871
440
O’OKALA/ Hamakua 3/2,
$1,300 includes utilities.
STUDIO $500.
AHUALOA 1/1 cottage,
$695.
References. 1 month free
rent with one year lease.
938-7779
South Point Charmer
$1,050. Discovery Harbour
in Kau. 3/2 in mint
condition. Solar, veggie
gardens, all appliances
included, washer/ dryer.
Totally on the grid with
county water. Really nice
neighborhood. Great
weather, little vog. Long
term. Pets maybe.
808-937-3678.
Upper Puueo Hilo- 3/2,
washer/ dryer. Totally
restored classic plantation homes, zoned
commercial. All available
immediately. 960-3424.
Bus. Prop. for Rent
460
9500 sq. ft. warehouse/
office bathroom, next to
Hilo Harbor. Zoned commercial, light industrial.
960-3424.
WAREHOUSE SPACES for
lease in Hilo from 2,336
sq. ft. to 20,637 sq. ft.
Let’s negotiate. RSM, Inc.
961-5255.
Vacation Rentals
520
Country Club Hawaii
Condo Hotel
121 Banyan Drive
KAMAAINA SPECIAL
$59
Monthly Rentals also
available 935-7171
HILO/ PAHOA 1- 3 bedrooms complete kitchenette, turnkey, $49.50
daily. $850 up monthly.
Information?
www.islandparadiseinn.c
om (1-808-990-0234)
KONA- Alii Drive, 1/2,
ocean view. Daily,
Weekly, Monthly.
887-1242
Lots & Acreage - General
600
270 level acres
for estate or development. Perfect weather,
location and zoning.
MLS #224099 $825,000
808-933-9763
Lots & Acreage - General
600
Best development parcel
in Hawai'i.
500+ acre subdivision
with urban zone for large
community, highway
frontage, and utilities.
First $1,000,000 takes it.
Brokers welcome.
808-933-9763
BEST PRICED ACREAGE
Raw & Ready Build FS
Lots. Old Plantation &
Ranch Realty.
India Paige PB
(808)895-1414
www.HomesOfHI.com
[email protected]
HOVE- Lot for Sale By
Owner. Bulldozed house
pad and driveway. One
acre. $25,000. 328-9953
OCEANFRONT Pebble
Beach. 14.2 Pristine Acres
in 3 separate parcels.
Minutes to Hilo town.
Reduced to $1,697,000.
Ivan Sinclair (RS),
808-220-5913
www.outerisland.net/
onomea
Hilo Building Lots,
Waiakea New Subdiv.
Starting at $169,000.
Big Island Land Co., Ltd.
935-6874 www.bigislandlandcompany.com
Homes for Sale
620
$143,500. Small,
quality built. 2 story, 1/1
Cottage, surrounded by
lush flora. Separate artist
studio & carport. HPP 4th,
acre, quiet dead end road.
Easy Owner Financing,
possible $8,000 tax
rebate. Dennis
808-982-8387
808-896-8712
50 Acres Hamakua, with
the estate of a lifetime,
views, pasture, ultra
quality. Sunrise Properties 935-4743.
AINALOA DUPLEX, rent to
own. Low down. Assume
mortgage, collect rent
from downstairs tenant,
live upstairs cheap, get
big tax credit.
(808)443-7378.
HOVE Foreclosure
3/2, 1345sf+ garage
ONLY $168K
Byron Matthews RS
Hawaii Land Realty Co.
960-4131/959-1117
NANAWALE- 2/2 with
Studio + Extra lot next
door for $141,900.
965-1845
Any person who sells
three or more
vehicles within
a calendar year
must be licensed as a
motor vehicle dealer in
the State of Hawaii.
Contact the Hawaii
Dept. of Commerce and
Consumer
Affairs to inquire about
dealer licenses
4-Wheel Drive
Trucks & Vans
**IT’S THE LAW**
1991 Dodge Ram 50,
shortbed 2WD, 4 cylinder,
5 speed, $2,200. 345-3853
840
three or more
vehicles within
a calendar year
Contact the Hawaii
Consumer
dealer licenses
Foreign Autos
820
**IT’S THE LAW**
three or more
vehicles within
a calendar year
Contact the Hawaii
Consumer Affairs to
inquire about dealer
licenses
2001 Lexus IS 300
Excellent condition,
1 owner, dealer maintained. Midnight blue,
all options, new tires,
173K. $6900.
[email protected]
307-217-1658
2002 VW Jetta T18
4 door, Good condition,
91,000, Automatic, 28-30
MPG, loaded $7250.
756-0287
2005 Acura TSX
4 door, Great condition,
66K, Automatic, Metallic
Gray, Leather, Sunroof,
$16,000/ offer.
896-4569
2009 Smart Car,
New, White.
Phone: 885-4864
1994 Toyota Pick-up.
4x4. 5 speed. Rebuilt
engine with factory
block. $4700/ offer.
333-2690
2006 GMC Duramax
SLE 2 door 8' Bed 17k
warranty to 3/2013
*LOADED* $23,000
938 3969
SUVs
860
**IT’S THE LAW**
three or more
vehicles within
a calendar year
Contact the Hawaii
Dept. of Commerce
and Consumer
dealer licenses
2000 LEXUS RX300 AWD
88,000 miles, loaded.
PERFECT! $10,900.
328-2373
880
1995 FORD AEROSTAR
minivan, excellent condition, Automatic, single
owner, $1900.
808-936-1471
Specialty Vehicles
900
1985 Chevrolet Corvette
2 door, Coupe, Mechanics
Special condition, 129000,
Automatic, Black, Black,
Bucket Seats, Power
Locks, Power Windows,
Lots of Added Parts
$3000/ Trade.
[email protected]
808-938-1455
Motorcycles & Mopeds
920
1996 BMW Motorcycle
K100RS, superb,
30,000 miles, midnight
blue exterior, $5000/ offer..Louis Dula
[email protected]
808-966-9938
2006 Honda Rancher4x4 ATV. Includes 8x6
trailer and ramp. $6,000.
960-7698
Auto Parts
960
* New Today *
TOYOTA Trucks, Honda
Accord & Civic, Nissan
Hardbody, BODY parts.
www.mikesautobodyparts.com
557-3115
Find it in
the
classifieds
BUSINESS & SERVICE
D I R E C T O R Y
NEED HELP TO BUY OR
SELL REAL ESTATE?
We Will Get You The Best Deal!
Call Lorraine
937-1320
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listings on MLS and register for
free email updates for new listings
that meet your needs - SO EASY!
Lorraine S. Kohn
RB (ABR,CRS)
FIND YOUR PARADISE:
www.paradisefoundrealty.net
Kauhi Keliiaa, Jr.
Commercial Development Manager
Cruise, Tours, Air Fare
THE TRAVEL STORE
OF KONA
Lillian
Delbert
Kona’s Premier Full-Service Travel Agency
331-2415
Aloha Blinds & Interiors
•Repair
•Reroof
•New
Construction
Carolyn Parnell &
Cheri Fogarty
offer free in-home
consultations & offer the best
pricing of superior window
coverings on the island.
326.2800
74-5616 Luhia St.
License #C-24449
808.895.0057
HAWAIIAN GLOBAL
STAGING
The investment of Staging your property is often less than
your first price reduction. To have your property staged or
for staging consultation, please give me a call.
SHARLY WARD, RB,ABR,ASP,CRS,GRI,RMM
73-4876 Kanalani Street • Kailua-Kona, Hawaii 96740
ACCREDITED STAGING PROFESSIONAL
Office: 329-2704 Cell: 938-9533
334-1514
Direct Line 808-331-4904 • Fax 808-329-9459
ROLL OFFS
Provided By
Replacement Windows, Repairs
A FULL SERVICE GLASS SHOP
Mr.
Rubbishman
Construction Debris • Landscaping
Compactors • Hotel • Demolition
For Service with Pride
Call 329-4195
KONA HOME THEATER
The Best LED/LCD TV's on the Big Island
Custom Design and Installation
Surround Sound / Whole House Audio
Free Phone Consultation
New LED Technology
BEST PICTURE
Get Yours
Now!
808-322-9248
www.konahometheater.com
325-5768
[email protected]
HCH, INC
LIC# BC 26103
GENERAL CONTRACTOR
New Construction • Remodeling
Additions • Construction Management
(808) 989-1333
Serving Kona, Hawaii Since 1989
Àina Mahiài O Miloliì
Have Chipper Will Travel
• Tree Removal
• Land Clearing
• Chipped Material
• Mulch
• Compost
David Monfort
328 • 9178
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