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From Our Publisher On this auspicious occasion of Ke Ola Magazine’s 10th anniversary, it’s an opportune time to reflect. You’ll get to read our story on page 10; however, here are some other noteworthy items.

When Karen Valentine and I came up with the concept for Ke Ola Magazine in August 2008, we presented it to local business people and found they agreed with us: Hawai‘i Island residents needed their own magazine. Our first issue published four short months later, in December 2008, and was 36 pages.

We came up with the idea to use King Kamehameha IIIʻs proclamation “UA MAU KE EA O KA ‘ĀINA I KA PONO” at the top of our masthead, adding in brackets what it meant to us.

It struck me while writing this, as I reread the letter Karen wrote for our first issue, that regardless who has been at the helm of our editorial department, we have never wavered from this: “The life of the land is perpetuated in righteousness.” [Its sustainability depends on doing what is right.]

Many of us who live here are malihini (newcomers) and need to take this to heart: the island’s (and earth’s) sustainability absolutely depends on all of us doing what is right. I hope the stories we have shared are more than enjoyable–I hope they inspire readers to take action, ensuring that the island that supports us is well taken care of, and that we inspire readers everywhere to feel the same way.

Advertisers We have a high percentage of long-time advertisers who

Celebration time, January 19th!

We are throwing a once-in-a-lifetime party to celebrate our anniversary! Find more information on page 16 and join us!

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Hau‘oli Makahiki hou!

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From Our Readers I just made a new subscription request to begin in 2019 to include the gifts with each copy of the magazine. The magazine reminds us of the beauty of the island we enjoyed seeing and the wonderful people we met while we lived on the Big Island.

Mahalo for your publication.

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‘Ohana Many of you met Sharon Bowling while she was doing distribution and managing subscriptions. Sharon has recently retired. My gratitude goes to this reliable “Girl Friday,” who for many years was my right-hand woman. Most recently she has been our editorial assistant. This issue is unique—for the first time in our history, I served as the main editor. For nearly the past two years, I’ve been co-editing with Gayle Greco, who thankfully will be back for the March/April issue. I couldn’t have done it without Sharon and our other editorial assistants and proofreaders, Michelle Sandell and Eric Bowman, and our creative team, Aaron Miyasato and Noren Irie. I’m grateful for all the help and support I’m provided from this wonderful Ke Ola Magazine ‘ohana (family).

have valued Ke Ola Magazine’s vision and utilized it for reaching their customers. I wish there was enough space to acknowledge them all, however the following fine folks have been with us since our first year of publishing: Action Business Services, Dr. Joan Greco, Harbor Gallery, Hawai‘iʻs Gift Baskets, Indich Collection, Kelly Shaw, Keauhou Veterinary Hospital, Kiernan Music, Kīlauea Lodge, Mountain Gold Jewelers, and Paradise Found Realty. Mahalo nui loa to each and every one of you and to all of the rest of our advertisers, however long or short you’ve been with us. Without you, these 10 years of publishing Ke Ola Magazine would not have been possible.

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Ka Wehena

He Aloha E Ku‘u Kahili Nani Lua‘ole Na Kumu Keala Ching He aloha ē E ku‘u kāhili nani lua‘ole I luna a‘ela I luna a‘ela ke ‘ike aku

Love/Compassion Beyond beautiful is my adorable feather regalia Highly honored Highly honored as seen by many

Eō mai ē e ku‘u kāhili ē He aloha ē E ku‘u kāhili aloha laha ‘ole Hō‘ike akula, Hō‘ike akula, ke ‘ike aku Eō mai ē e ku‘u kāhili ē He aloha ē E ku‘u kāhili ‘ike palena ‘ole Hiwahiwa ihola Hiwahiwa ihola, ke ‘ike aku Eō mai ē e ku‘u kāhili ē He aloha ē E ku‘u kāhili hana kapa ‘ole E ho‘i maila, E ho‘i maila, ke ‘ike aku Eō mai ē e ku‘u kāhili ē He aloha ē E ku‘u kāhili nani lua‘ole I luna a‘ela I luna a‘ela ke ‘ike aku He mele nō ku‘u kāhili nani lua ‘ole

Rejoice is my adorable feather regalia Love/Compassion Unspoken compassion of my honorable feather regalia Presented honorably Presented honorably as seen Rejoice is my adorable feather regalia Love/Compassion Unforeseen vision of my captivating feather regalia Connected so preciously Connected so preciously as seen Rejoice is my adorable feather regalia Love/Compassion Energetically protected is my endearing feather regalia Reoccurring memory Reoccurring memory as seen Rejoice is my adorable feather regalia Love/Compassion Beyond beautiful is my adorable feather regalia Highly honored Highly honored as seen by many A song honoring my adorable feather regalia

He ‘umi mau makahiki kō Ke Ola ā he mele ho‘ohanohano iā kākou āpau. Hūlō! Hūlō! Hūlō! Eia kahi mele kāhili i ho‘ohanohano i ka pono o ia ‘oihana nei i kō ke ka‘ana mana‘o me nā lehulehu o ia wahi ‘āina kūpaianaha la. ‘O ke kāhili, he hō‘ailona ā he ho‘oilina i ke aloha nui o ke au, he ‘umi mau makahiki. He wahi mahalo iā Ke Ola…. E ho‘omau!

Ke Ola turns 10 years old and this is a song honoring everyoneʻs efforts. Congratulations! Congratulations!

Congratulations! This Kāhili song pays tribute to the righteousness of this business and the truthful sharing with everyone of this special land. A Kāhili symbolizes a legacy of the passion created 10 years ago! Mahalo nui loa e Ke Ola! Letʻs us continue!

Kū ke kāhili, moe ke kanaka!

A honored kāhili stands, as the people bow in respect!

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You’ve read about well-known people such as pacemaker inventor Earl Bakken and landowner/steward Ed Olson. Musicians such as Cyril Pahinui and Kahulani. Artists such as Kathy Long and craft maker Ika Vea have been featured. There have been stories about landmarks, like Hiloʻs Palace Theater and Captain Cook’s Manago Hotel. Cultural topics have included the Royal Order of Kamehameha I: Moku O Keawe and the Myths and Legends of Maunakea. And the list goes on…

The life of Hawai‘i Island’s people, culture, land, ocean, spirit, art, and businesses have been chronicled for a full decade in Ke Ola Magazine, which marks its 10th anniversary with this issue.

More than 850 Hawai‘i Island subjects have been covered in the free magazine’s 60 issues. While Ke Ola’s format has evolved over the years, it still remains true to its vision, to share “the life” of those who live here with those who love it here.

Publisher Barbara Garcia says the success of the magazine is rooted in following that course.

An excerpt from the inaugural issue explains it best: “Ke Ola, in Hawaiian, ‘the life,’ is what this magazine is all about … a magazine not only for the people who live here (or dream of living here), it is brought to you by people who live here … We will seek out ways to reflect our readers’ pictures and stories that remind us of why we live here.”

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Starting Out Ke Ola was founded in 2008 as a collaboration between Barbara and Karen Valentine. The two entrepreneurs, who had worked together at the former Hawaii Island Journal, each had their own dream of creating a magazine for Hawai‘i Island.

They decided to join forces serving as co-publishers, with each juggling different responsibilities.

“It was a time of economic downturn, which we thought was an opportunity, because competition was less and we could launch it on a shoestring,” recalls Karen. “There was no magazine that was designed specifically for the local [resident] population, many of whom had moved here from elsewhere and didn’t know the real Hawai‘i.”

Barbara agrees, saying “Hawai‘i Island deserved its own magazine, like Honolulu, Maui, and Kauai all have their own. These stories needed to be documented in print, and the local businesses needed an alternative for reaching new customers." With a 30year passion for helping small businesses grow, Barbara wanted to create an affordable platform to help them with a successful marketing outreach.

Karen, a seasoned publisher, writer, and graphic artist who had already founded four successful Michigan publications, said the vision of Ke Ola came to her “as the chance to put my interests of art, people, culture, and sustainability into one magazine.”

The owners divided duties. Barbara focused on advertising sales, marketing, and distribution while Karen took on the roles of editor, artistic director, and print production.

“We found, through the magazine’s reception, that readers welcomed our type of storytelling,” remembers Barbara. “The original reason of providing an affordable means for small businesses to reach new customers was soon overshadowed by the masterpiece of editorial content that filled our pages. I never imagined how wonderful and well received the stories would be.”

Karen adds, “I think we hit a chord, because Ke Ola was embraced by the public, as well as advertisers, who wanted to reach discerning residents. With its beautiful covers, it invites people to pick it up, and many visitors choose to subscribe because it reminds them of the magic they found here.”

Ke Ola Magazine co-creators, Barbara Garcia and Karen Valentine, at the December 2008 launch party.

10 Years of Sharing ‘The Life’ of Hawai‘i Island It Takes a Village The saying, “It takes a village to raise a child,” could be applied to the early years of Ke Ola when fans of the publication stepped up to help with distribution and marketing.

These volunteers dropped off magazines to advertisers and joined Barbara to staff booths at local events. The goal was to introduce the magazine to readers. These efforts helped create awareness about the new publication and those who aided the cause were recognized on the masthead as “ambassadors,” a practice that continues today.

A godsend who has heartily pitched in through the years is Sharon Bowling, who got involved with Ke Ola as one of the first mainland subscribers. She moved to Hawai‘i Island in the spring of 2009 and joined the staff in 2010, working with subscribers and overseeing distribution.

Sharon took on numerous duties: establishing distribution locations, building and maintaining distribution racks, monitoring magazine pickup, proofreading, and doing whatever else needed to be done. This “Girl Friday” also served as a member of the editorial team, which, besides editing and proofreading, plans the magazine’s content and comes up with the front cover themes.

Recently retired, Sharon claims the work has been rewarding, as people she’s met over the years “have been phenomenal.” She made friends with off-island subscribers through phone calls, email, social media, and has even met a few when they visited Hawai’i Island. To date, Ke Ola boasts several hundred subscribers.

Aaron Miyasato Adrienne Poremba Ahren Gunther Aja Hannah Alan D. McNarie Alicia Hanson Andrea Dean Ann C. Peterson Anna Akaka Barbara Bosz Barbara Fahs Barbara Garcia Bob Dean Britni Shock Brittany P. Anderson Bryan Lowry Carolyn Greenan Catherine Tarleton Charles Ruff Colin John Cynthia Sweeney Dan Lappala Danny Akaka David Bruce Leonard Deborah Ozaki Debra Sims Denise Laitinen Devany Davidson Dianne Curtis Ed Gibson Elizabeth Root Emily T. Gail Eric Bowman Fannie Narte Farley Jones Fern Gavelek Gayle Kaleilehua Greco Genevieve Firestone Greg Shirley Grif Frost Hadley Catalano Harry ‘Uhane Jim Ian Hatch Jack Lunsford Jackie Pualani Johnson Jan Wizinowich

Jeff Keith Jeff Turner Jessica Kirkwood John J. Boyle Jon Lomberg Journal Graphics Judi Mellon Julie Meurice Karen Fuller Karen Rose Kari Waldhaus Kate Kealani Winter Kathleen Akaka Keala Ching Keith Nealy Kim Cope Tait KonaBob Stoffer Ku‘ehu Mauga Ku‘ulei Keakealani Lara Hughes Laura Kinoshita Laura Ruff Laurie Brown Le‘a Gleason Leilehua Yuen Leslie Sears Lindsay Brown Macia Timboy Mahealani Henry Ma‘ata Tukuafu Mālielani Larish Margaret Kearns Mariana Garcia Mars Cavers Marta Barreras Mary Strong Marya Mann Megan Moseley Michael Kramer Miichelle Sandell Mikahala Roy Mike Portillo Myles Mellor Nancy Redfeather Nelson Makua Noel Morata

Noren Irie Oscar Rigg Paul H. Maddox III Paula Thomas Paula Wilson Peaches Grove Pete Hendricks Peter M. McCormick Peter T. Young Pomai Bertelmann Prana Joy Mandoe Rachel Laderman Randy Botti Renee Robinson Richard Esterle Richard Price Robert Anthony Brown Robert Oaks Ron Haake Rosa Say Russell Paio Sarah Anderson Sarah Hiyashi Scott March Shana Wailana Logan Sharon Bowling Sheryl Hyatt Shirley Stoffer Skylark Rosetti Sonia R. Martinez Stefan Verbano Stephanie Bolton Stephanie Schreiber Steve Adarme Steve Westra Stig Lindholm Susan Cox T. Ilihia Gionson Tahiti Huetter Tammy Sullivan Terri Amaro Tiffany DeEtte Shafto Tiffany Edwards Hunt Tim Terzi Tom Hagan Ursula DʻAngelo WavenDean Fernandes

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Successes and Challenges The growth of Ke Ola brought a string of accolades starting in 2011 with Barbara tapped as a Businesswoman of the Year finalist for Pacific Business News' Women Who Mean Business awards. The following year, PBN ranked Ke Ola Magazine #13 Fastest Growing Business in the state, and Hawaii Business Magazine awarded the magazine a Small Biz Success award, as a Best New Business Finalist. Also noteworthy during this time, former Hawai‘i Governor Neil Abercrombie publicly praised Ke Ola to a packed house attending a Kona-Kohala Chamber of Commerce luncheon. In 2015, Ke Ola was awarded the KonaKohala Chamber’s Pūalu award for Culture & Heritage.

With an eye on growth, Barbara decided to expand by adding a a Maui County edition in 2013, which continued through 2015, and also debuted the annual Hawai‘i Island Weddings, Honeymoons and Special Occasions magazine in 2012, which has published five issues to date.

According to Barbara, a challenge for a free publication is to enlighten readers that advertisers are financing the magazine and need to be valued by those readers. To help with that effort, Ke Ola profiles long time advertisers in the “Island Treasures” and “Talk Story with an Advertiser” columns, and also includes an advertiser index in each issue.

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Ke Ola staff regularly attend island-wide expos and events to meet readers.

With pride, Barbara shares that in 10 years, “Ke Ola has always published on time. In September 2018, distribution was a couple of days late due to Hurricane Lane delaying delivery.

Other than that, nothing has stopped us from our commitment to publish on time, every time.”

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The Magazine Today With a print run of 24,000 copies per issue, six times a year, it’s important for the magazine to operate like a welloiled machine. Ke Ola also disseminates information via social media, with more than 9800 fans on Facebook, 1700 on Instagram, and 2100 on Twitter. Today, Barbara serves as the publisher and co-editor, with Gayle Greco filling the position of general manager and co-editor. Karen retired from the publishing role in 2012, yet still continues to be involved as a regular editorial contributor.

Karen, a journalism graduate who is also author of a book about Hilo history, enjoys writing, which she didn’t have much time to do while serving as co-publisher. She details, “Writing gives me the chance to meet new people and continue to learn a lot. Some of my story subjects—kūpuna—are now gone, and I’m glad I had the chance to get to know them and tell their stories before they left.”

Barbara notes it’s important for Ke Ola to continue to focus

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Laura Ruff, co-distribution manager; Michelle Sandell, graphic artist, webmistress and publisher's assistant; Barbara Garcia, publisher; and Sharon Bowling, former editorial assistant and subscription manager in February, 2018 at a Hawaiÿi Island Chamber of Commerce AfterHours they co-hosted with the staff of Central Pacific Bank.

on her and Karen’s original core values of perpetuating the arts, culture, and sustainability of Hawai‘i Island, saying the stories are “truly about life on the island we love.”

Regarding the reach and impact of Ke Ola’s content, Barbara feels the magazine has accomplished what it set out to do—to document these important stories into perpetuity, both in print and on the web. “We have highlighted so many people and subjects. We’ve been told by many people that sharing their stories was life-changing, and in many cases, helped elevate their cause or career.” Helping create those stories have been 31 different Hawai‘i Island writers, hailing from all the island’s

Barbara and her daughter Mariana Kvalvik with then-Governor Neil Abercrombie in March 2012, at a Kona-Kohala Chamber of Commerce event where he endorsed the magazine. regions.

Looking to the future, Barbara plans to make sure Ke Ola stays consistent to the vision that Karen and she created.

To ensure that, Barbara adds, “We are grateful for the many advertisers who have chosen Ke Ola as their primary resource for advertising, some for the full 10 years we’ve been publishing.” Over the years, Ke Ola has enjoyed the support of approximately 600 advertisers. That support is what enables Ke Ola to be distributed free to readers at more than 300 island-wide locations.

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Readers interested in submitting future story ideas can do so online via the contact menu on Ke Ola’s website. Themes for front covers are chosen per issue, which are listed on their website. To meet the criteria for being chosen for the cover, artists must live on Hawai‘i Island, and be a professional artist or photographer. Up until now, one of the criteria was that an artist could only be featured one time on the cover, however now that 60 unique artists have been featured in their 10 years of publishing, Barbara has opened it back up for a repeat performance and welcomes all professional artists on the island to submit their artwork according to the themes. ■ Barbara with then-Mayor Billy Kenoi at TechCon Kona in 2012. photo by Fern Gavelek

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Not long after sunrise at Punalu‘u Black Sand Beach, light sparkles on the waves, tipping the bright blue sea as it splashes on the black rocks lining each tide pool.

The parking lot is already filled with cars parked next to the pavilions. This special day’s scene begins with some 370 keiki (youth) lined up to register for the annual Keiki Fishing Tournament. More than that many long bamboo poles are lined up, each one fitted with a line and a barbless hook at the end.

More than 100 volunteers with the nonprofit organization ‘O Ka‘ū Kākou (OKK) worked weeks before and long into the night to get this day ready. They are part of a well-organized and passionate group committed to this community event, as well as much more.

Later in the morning, visitors will see the long and picturesque Ka‘ū coastline dotted with the keiki and their

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poles, each hoping to catch the most or biggest fish in four different varieties. A bright orange bucket sits at each fisher’s side, often watched over by a parent trying not too hard to help them.

Practicing a tradition that Hawaiians here have had since their ancestors arrived on these shores, each keiki is learning the varieties of fish and where to find them. There was once a thriving fishing village at Punalu‘u, before a series of tsunami claimed its homes. Yet the fish remain in abundance, making Punalu‘u a favored place for both commercial and hobby fishermen to throw net and work offshore.

For the keiki and their families on this January day, it’s better than another Christmas. Every contestant will win a prize, plus get free shave ice and lunch, which is also offered to adults.

For toddlers, there is a wading pool filled with floating plastic duckies and toy fishing poles. Musicians provide entertainment and then the big awards begin.

The visionaries and orchestrators of this event are Wayne Kawachi and Guy Enriques, both of whom grew up in Pāhala and Punalu‘u. Guy’s mom and family still run a souvenir and t-shirt shop at the beach. His mother, Aunty Jeanette, is sometimes there with a wealth of historic information for visitors. Wayne is a retired commercial fisherman and is president of OKK, which he and Guy founded. A passionate and tireless volunteer, he is also interim president of the Ka‘ū Hospital Foundation and the Pahala Hongwanji Mission.

‘O Ka‘ū Kākou” translates as “We are Ka‘ū. Its mission is to support and promote a healthy community through educational, cultural, and economic development opportunities

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Volunteers get poles ready. photo by Karen Valentine

that improve the quality of life in rural Ka‘ū. It has been honored by Hawai‘i County and received congressional recognition by Senator Mazie Hirono.

Wayne’s smile breaks open his sun-cured fisherman’s face as he tells the story of how the Keiki Fishing Tournament started.

“I was a fisherman for 27 years, making a living after serving in the army in Vietnam. I was born and raised in Pāhala, where my dad worked at the sugar plantation. I always loved to fish.

“After the army and graduating from Southern Oregon College, I came back with my wife Nora and started fishing, catching mostly ‘ahi [Hawaiian tuna] off South Point and Miloli‘i. I fish out of Punalu‘u only for fun now. My wife is ÿO Kaÿü Käkou president Wayne Kawachi walked 100 miles in his "slippahs" last year to raise money for a senior housing project. photo courtesy of ÿO Kaÿü Käkou

retired from being a nurse at Ka‘ū Hospital. I like to donate to the elders there because they don’t have the chance to get fresh fish.”

Appearances may be deceptive. Wayne is more than a simple fisherman, being also a skilled fundraiser and passionate organizer with a big heart. He recently made the news when he decided to walk 100 miles in his “slippahs” to raise funds for a proposed senior housing development in Nā‘ālehu.

“I helped start a keiki fishing tournament first in Miloli‘i with Shirley Casuga. For 12 years we did a tournament there. After Guy and I started OKK and we went down and helped them for two years, Guy suggested we do one here.” As often happens in OKK, the one who suggests something gets to chair the event. A former county council member and soccer coach,

Parents and keiki share time together. photo by Karen Valentine

Guy and his wife, Realtor Julie Enriques, now chair the keiki tournament.

People familiar with Punalu‘u know it can often have wind and rough seas, but fortunately it’s always been good for the tournament, says Wayne. So many fish are caught by the keiki it takes 38 fish recording and counting volunteers who actually know the difference between a hīnālea (brightly colored wrasses) and a kūpīpī (reef fish)! Giving a lesson in fish varieties, he shares: “Po‘opa‘a [hawkfish] is the major one they catch, which is also called stone fish. The first year some 600 of them were caught. We took so many, we then realized it needed to be hook and release, and we now use barbless hooks. The fish are held in a bucket until the fish counter and measurer come by and then throw them back. Other varieties are āholehole [Hawaiian flagtail], kūpīpī and hīnālea.”

Everyone receives a participation prize with special prizes going to winners of the various fish competitions. Big prizes such as boogie boards or drones have been given for the largest fish in each category and another big prize is given for most fish, which can be at least 30. “Last year some 300 po‘opa‘a were caught and the others in lower amounts,” Wayne

says. “Suisan donates shrimp for bait every year.”

There are other major donors for the fishing tournament as well as other OKK projects, including major landowners in Ka‘ū. “We try to get to know people that are impacting the area and get them involved. Most of them are willing to help us. They know they are impacting the community. I enjoy meeting other people.” Wayne also has contacts with former Ka‘ū residents who continue to support the community. “The County of Hawai‘i also gives funding.”

Volunteers are critical to the success of the major events OKK sponsors, including the Ka‘ū Coffee Trail Run, Fourth of July Parade, and Veterans Day Celebration. “We have a whole bunch of good people to make this successful. We have a good core group, especially on big events. There are lots of snowbirds that like to participate. They love this event. Also people who live here year round.”

The Keiki Fishing Tournament has consistently drawn about 300 keiki each year, he says. “They come from other areas of the island but I would say 90 percent are from Ka‘ū. Lots of kids love to fish and already have experience. Lots of times dad helps, sometimes getting too involved,” he laughs. “It’s a family thing—we’re not so critical about the rules. We get some repeat winners because their dad knows the spots.

Most of the time it changes. Prizes are purchased with the donated funds. We spend about $4,000. Every kid gets a prize and the food is free. Last year we served about 800 free lunches—which included 900 homemade brownies—and even more shave ice.”

The real heart of OKK is in its response to the needs of kūpuna (elders) and supporting other charity organizations.

Great prizes wait to be claimed. photo by Karen Valentine

A special fishing pond for toddlers. photo courtesy of ÿO Kaÿü Käkou “We build a lot of handicap ramps, help other organizations by loaning tents or shave ice machines. Often hospice calls us. They had an article in their magazine about us fixing the home of a person with cancer. We have done a number of different projects for seniors. We have a lot of retirees with talents. Sometimes seniors who have money get ripped off by unscrupulous people and we help them out. Those with money we also ask to donate to OKK. We do crazy stuff. Currently we are caretaking graveyards in Ka‘ū, installing gravel to keep the weeds down. I like people. I just feel good about helping the elders and I have time on my hands,” Wayne says.

Other volunteer projects include ongoing maintenance and cleanup of invasive water plants at Punalu‘u Beach lagoon, and highway trash pick-up. Fundraising money is also donated to scholarships for higher education for Ka‘ū school students.

“The tournament is successful because it’s a community thing. It’s a good time for parents to spend time with kids.

Fishing is one of the things they like to do together and often don’t have opportunity. Because it’s a free event, they don’t have to worry about that. I think my dad would have taken me to it back then because he knew I loved fishing.” ■ For more information: okaukakou.org

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Free shave ice for all. photo by Karen Valentine

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Louis and Leifi Ha‘o A life well lived. A life of purpose. Legacies of aloha.

By Marcia Timboy

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enowned Hilo couple and revered kūpuna, Louis and Leifi Ha‘o have contributed much to our Hilo and Hawai‘i Island communities. After decades of community service, they continue an active lifestyle filled with projects, ceremonial blessings, and tending to their mala (garden). Both are past retirement age; however, “Uncle Louie” has recently returned to work as the executive director of Hui Mālama Ola Nā ‘Ōiwi, a native Hawaiian health services agency.

What creates a selfless nature, with an intent on helping others? Perhaps it starts with a childhood grounded in humility, healthy curiosity, hard work, and aloha.

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High School in 1957 as the Lei Day Queen, Leifi entered the Miss Aloha Hawai‘i pageant. She was aware that pageants provided finishing coaches “to learn how to speak proper English, to know what to do and how to act, and to see how those other girls and ladies dressed.”

Leifi moved to Honolulu soon after her pageant experience, and was hosted by the esteemed Hiram Fong family. She danced hula in Waikīkī during the early 1960s at Sterling Mossman’s Barefoot Bar, and entertained throughout O‘ahu as a solo hula dancer and musician.

As customary with many Hawaiian and kama‘aina young women, Leifi studied hula from an early age, and her Hawai‘i Island lineage included the revered Kumu Aunty Leifi Hula Rose Kuamo‘o. As a Leifi Leiolani Ha‘o (née teenager, she performed with Johansen) was born in Kau‘i Brandt at Hilo’s Ocean Kapa‘ahu, Kalapana on July View Lounge.

4, 1939 to Bernard Johansen, Eventually, Leifi worked a Norwegian national from at the City and County Oslo, who joined the US of Honolulu Parks and Army to serve in World Recreation for more than War I, and Elizabeth Waiau 15 years, teaching hula, Waipa, a Kalapana native. ‘ukulele, and Hawaiian Her mother descended from language. She was also a a lineage of la‘au lapa‘au resource instructor in the practitioners, and was Department of Education’s a well-regarded Kahuna Kūpuna program at Koko La‘au Lapa‘au, or expert in Head Elementary and Kaiser Hawaiian herbal medicine.

The servicemen wounded After a morning of yard work, Uncle Louie and Aunty Leifi take a break in front of their prolific ÿulu High School. She married her first husband and raised her in the Pacific battles were (breadfruit) tree. photo by Marcia Timboy family in the Hawai‘i Kai area sent to Queen’s Hospital in of O‘ahu, establishing Hula Halau o Leiolani, a recreational Honolulu. A shortage of medical supplies and staff prompted and cultural hula school. For more than 20 years, Aunty Leifi the hospital to reach out to community health practitioners. would fly back to Hilo every weekend to minister at Kahoku Elizabeth Waiau Waipa was requested to administer la‘au Ao Malamalama, a church her mother and father (a military lapa‘au to these servicemen, and one of the wounded she chaplain) founded in Keaukaha. helped heal was Bernard Johansen. Bernard and Elizabeth fell An ordained Kahu (minister), Aunty Leifi is often requested in love, married, and settled in Kalapana, raising six children. to perform blessings at public and private cultural events. She Aunty Leifi describes her childhood on the Kalapana still loves to entertain, playing her ‘ukulele and singing, and homestead as a simple yet abundant and sustainable lifestyle. sometimes can be coaxed to dance hula.

“We raised chickens, goats, and cows; went fishing, and grew our own food. The whole family would go to Queen’s Bath to Uncle Louie ‘au‘au [bathe].” She grew up speaking fluent Hawaiian, as did 21 Louis Ha‘o was born in Kona in 1935 to Kanoa Louis Ha‘o the other villagers in Kalapana. Upon graduating from Pāhoa

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and Mona Kaholo. His great-great-grandfather relocated to the Ka‘u/South Kona area after a big tidal wave devastated Kaimū, Kalapana. His father’s family came from a long lineage of fishermen, and his mother was from a ranching family who worked at Hine Ranch, in the uplands of Pu‘u Honuhonu. At the onset of World War II in 1942, the Ha‘o family moved to Waiākea Town, a fishing village in the Hilo area. Waiākea Town was destroyed in the tsunami of 1960.

Uncle Louis fondly recalls a happy childhood in Waiākea Town “growing up with all these trains.” He played basketball for Hilo High School and led the team to the Territorial Championship in 1953. The University of Hawai‘i at Mānoa offered an athletic scholarship to Louis, from 1954–58. After receiving his sociology degree from UH at Mānoa, he worked as a recreation director for the City and County of Honolulu from 1959–65, at the Pu‘unui-Kalakaua Gym and in Waimānalo.

He wanted to attain a master’s degree, and was given the opportunity with a swim scholarship to Indiana University.

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but needed to support his wife and young family. He put his schooling on hold, and took a job at the Chrysler Transmission Plant for almost three years, as well as coached basketball at the Carver Community Center, in the African American community of Kokomo. “Imagine a Hawaiian coaching basketball to black kids and adults,” quips Louie. When a series of 19 tornadoes destroyed many of the buildings in the area, he was recruited to help in the rebuilding project.

In 1971, Louis Ha‘o finally acquired not one, but two master’s degrees from Ball State University (BSU) in Muncie, Indiana. The health-focused programs at BSU encouraged his interest in human and community services—he graduated with master’s degrees in both sociology and counseling. While he had attended graduate school, he worked as the minority group counselor at the Indiana State Employment Agency.

The Employment Agency reimbursed his tuition, because his education complemented his work as a counselor. Uncle Louie says of his many opportunities, that “God has blessed me in my life.”

With two master’s degrees and practical experience, he returned to Hawai‘i and “wanted to work anywhere but O‘ahu.” He saw a job posting for a human services coordinator located on Moloka‘i, and although “a day late and one of 83 applicants,” he was offered the job as coordinator of the Progressive Neighborhood Program in Kaunakakai. Louis Ha‘o went on to become parks director for the County of Maui, serving under three administrations for a total of 25 years.

During his tenure with Maui County, Uncle Louie was also chairman of the board of trustees of Moloka‘i Hospital, and chair of the Moloka‘i Task Force, providing training through the State Comprehensive Employment Act and the federallyfunded CETA program. He retired from the County of Maui in 1999, and was an Office of Hawaiian Affairs (OHA) trustee for 10 years. Upon his return to Hilo, he was appointed as district manager for the Department of Hawaiian Homes, resigning in 2017.

Uncle Louie was on the Board of Directors for Hui Mālama Ola Nā ‘Ōiwi for six years before the agency asked him on as their executive director a year ago. He continues serving his East Hawai‘i and Hawai‘i Island communities by being deeply involved and committed with seven community associations.

He recently spoke of his concerns about the economic and societal challenges of living in East Hawai‘i.

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in those days, everyone knew of each other,” remembers Uncle Louie. It wasn’t until years later, when Aunty Leifi invited Uncle Louie to the 50th anniversary of Kahoku Ao Malamalama, that they rekindled their friendship and married in 2004, second marriages for both.

The couple still lead productive and fulfilling lives by giving back to their communites, because Uncle Louie believes he was and is “blessed and connected” to those very communities they serve with aloha. These kūpuna leave incredible legacies to their ‘ohana, communities, and Hawai‘i. We, and the global community, can all benefit and learn by their examples. ■ For more information: HMONO.org

Aunty Leifi and some of her ÿukulele students. photo courtesy of Leifi Haÿo farming as a possible solution for economic stability as well as sustainability, but says, “Farming is a hard industry. Along with environmental factors, there are more incidents of agricultural theft.”

With his innate intelligence and always caring resolve, Uncle Louie states, “I’m looking at aquaculture as the next step for our agricultural industry. I think vertical farming versus horizontal farming could be the way to go.”

The Happy, Productive Couple Leifi and Louis were aware of each other growing up, as kama‘aina and Hawaiian families were well acquainted. “Back

Aunty Leifi and friend, 1970s, Honolulu. photo courtesy of Leifi Haÿo

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and is excellent for dessert or pancakes.

‘Ulu have a small amount of white sticky sap that can be reduced by thoroughly washing under cold water, patting dry, and placing in the refrigerator to chill. If you still find the sap to be a problem, rub a little oil on your knife. I avoid all this by baking it whole, wrapped in aluminum foil, for one hour at 375˚F. Once cooled, I can cut the skin off without any stickiness.

We are fortunate to have such a bountiful supply; two neighbors have much shorter trees—an asset for hand picking.

One tree produces far too much for one person, and a simple ask can result in an ‘ulu gently placed at your door.

The following recipe for ‘ulu hummus is great for a picnic, like the Ke Ola Magazine 10-year anniversary concert on January 19, or an easy lunch under the shade of your favorite ‘ulu tree.

‘Ulu Pesto Hummus 3 cups mature but firm ‘ulu, cooked and cleaned ½ cup lemon juice 2 Tbsp macadamia nut oil 2 Tbsp avocado oil 4 Tbsp tahini 2 Tbsp olive oil 3 Tbsp pre-made pesto Method Combine the first four ingredients in a food processor. Add olive oil a little at a time until the mixture is smooth. Spoon into a container making a small well in the middle. Scoop the pesto into the well and refrigerate until serving. Enjoy!

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There is something effortlessly regal about an ‘ulu (breadfruit) tree. The dark green leaves look like oversized hands gracefully waving in the breeze and the attractive trees' towering size, up to 60 feet, give them a stately appearance.

On the far side of our farm, there stands an ‘ulu tree, planted along the seasonal streambed with its branches stretching out as wide as it is tall, creating a dense shady haven. I often sneak over, neglecting a farm chore or three, to escape the heat under the ‘ulu branches.

Polynesian settlers brought ‘ulu in their canoes to Hawai‘i, and it is considered one of the most important plants to the life and culture of our islands. Ancient ‘ulu groves are said to have produced enough nutrition for thousands of people. An ‘ulu tree can bear 50 to 170 fruits ranging from two to 10 pounds each. It is not uncommon to stumble upon an old grove of ‘ulu or, like our farm, find them dotting the landscape of a forgotten plantation field.

As the tree ages, its fruits become smaller but its legacy lives on by sending out a “start” from its roots. The little starter tree will eventually replace its parent, propagating indefinitely under the right conditions. Breadfruit trees have an uncanny ability to adapt and thrive in harsh conditions where no other plants could survive. Though it favors fertile, well-drained, deep soils, some varieties can flourish in sandy, salty conditions.

Adult trees enjoy the sun, but young growing trees prefer the dappled shade of an understory—a loving shelter provided by its parent tree. An ‘ulu can fruit for 50 years or more, some are even known to fruit for 100 years. We have no idea how old our tree is, but it has sent up two starts readying to become its replacements—thoughtfully thinking ahead so we would not be left without.

Most of the varieties of breadfruit found on Hawai‘i Island produce from late summer into winter; however, with careful planning and the right conditions you can have several breadfruit varieties producing at different times, affording a year-round bounty.

The Hawaiian ‘ulu is round, light green, and decorated with a quilted-patterned skin that is somewhat rough to the touch.

The flesh is white to cream colored as it ripens.

My experience cooking ‘ulu is not extensive—I’ve eaten it as chips and added it to stew. Initially, I found breadfruit surprisingly intimidating until I discovered that ‘ulu fruit can be utilized in virtually every stage of growth, making it a versatile kitchen companion.

A trail of sap on the outside skin means the ‘ulu is ripening.

Newly ripened ‘ulu fruit is an easy substitute for potatoes: they cook and taste similarly. Breadfruit will continue to ripen after being harvested. A very ripe ‘ulu is soft to the touch, sweet,

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Fifty Shades of Blue Artist Helen Nahoopii

By Ma‘ata Tukuafu

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When Helen Nahoopii

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Model Shea Ervin wearing a hand painted pareo.

was a young girl, she was known as the “creative one” in the family. Her mother, a chemist and tax consultant, recognized that Helen saw the world in a unique way; she didn’t think linearly and didn’t take to numbers.

Her mother encouraged Helen to be creative and become an artist.

In the early 1960s, Helen’s family lived in Hau‘ula on the north shore of O‘ahu. There, with her large Hawaiian family, she learned how to live simply, primarily because money was scarce.

In 1967, the family moved to Pohoiki, here on Hawai‘i Island, and her parents rented a beach house (one of only three in the area) located in the ancient fishing village of Ahalanui.

“My earliest memory was to scavenge for driftwood, shells, beach

Hand painted shibori silk scarf.

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glass, and Pele’s tears to make jewelry,” Helen says. “Later I became interested in creating abstract art on canvas, and experimented with different forms of fiber art.”

Helen explains that as a young woman she found great value in living simply because of economic reality; however, she also wanted a choice on how to live and thrive financially. She left Hawai‘i to pursue a formal college education, and eventually earned a BA in liberal arts. She continued to dabble in the arts, yet pursued a career as a marketing director for nonprofits and social causes close to her heart.

“It was something I could do to benefit the world. I was financially successful, but also, I learned to apply that knowledge to being creative,” says Helen. “Now I’m doing creative work and using business acumen to do my work.”

It was in 1982 that Helen started hand painting on silk. It reignited her desire for creativity but she didn’t have the time to pursue it. Fast forward to 2008 when the economy went south, and she turned to creating beautiful food. She and her partner Rayton Takata opened Ume Grill, a food truck in Eugene, Oregon that became extremely successful, moving from a food court to a bento lunch delivery to a permanent brick and mortar restaurant. They sold the business in 2014 and returned to Waimea where they purchased a plantationstyle home, once owned by Parker Ranch employees.

Helen wanted to create jewelry, but purchasing jewels and components was expensive. She researched and found that shibori indigo dyeing was an affordable way to start her company. She created Indigo Blue Hawaii two years ago by taking out a $2000 business loan from PayPal, and began using the furo (bath) hut to house her vat.

“Our house was owned by Auntie Ishihara and her husband Smoky. She was a crafter, and left behind all of her crafts as well as an old treadle sewing machine. Her craft room is now my creative space, and the old furo outside is where my dyeing vat resides,” Helen explains. “I’m very certain Auntie Ishihara is with me in spirit, and my studio is filled with antiquities from the Ishihara home.”

Her studio is filled with items found in the home: traditional slippers Mrs. Ishihara used to make, antiquities from pre-war Japan, a rice paddle for making mochi, baskets used for rinsing rice, and old soda and medicine bottles. By surrounding herself with items from the past, Helen says she is able to reflect on the elders who once lived there as well as how they lived simply and made creative use of what they had.

Although she has studied several fiber art-related disciplines over the course of her lifetime, Helen has chosen to use indigo dyeing as her preferred medium. In June of 2017, Helen began dyeing again, experimenting with indigo dye and shibori. The art of shibori is a pleat, fold, and bind technique to imbue patterns onto fabric. Last summer she attended a class by expert indigo dyer John Marshall to learn more and enhance what she knew. She obtains seedlings of the indigo plant from Sasha Duerr of Pāhoa, and now grows the indigo plant herself.

Helen says indigo can actually be found in Waipi‘o and near the stream at the Kanehoa subdivision, most likely brought here by early Japanese settlers.

There are many indigo vat dye recipes, but Helen says she prefers a very traditional Japanese model: the iron, calcium, and natural indigo version. She learned this technique in 1982, and now prefers dyeing on silk fiber as well as the traditional cotton. She says the myth was that one couldn’t use indigo on silk, so she set out to prove that wrong. Within six months,

Artist Helen Nahoopii, owner of Indigo Blue Hawaii.

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Model Shea Ervin wearing an up-cycle silk and lace top. from June to September of 2017, she was successful at silk and cotton dyeing and began to sell her art at the Waimea Town Market on Saturdays at Parker School.

“Magic happens as I begin with a white surface, only to then manipulate it with hand paint, then iron pleats, folding, binding and then hand dipping the fabric into a green vat of indigo. It is exposed to air that oxygenates the fabric and turns it blue.

The ultimate thrill is the end result and the element of visual surprise that lingers there,” says Helen.

Helen's creations are beautiful, wearable, and functional items that are one of a kind. On any given Saturday, Helen’s booth offers three-foot-long pareo/sarongs, fabric napkins, kitchen towels, furoshiki (Japanese cloth that wraps things), scarves, and throw pillows. Some items are multi-functional: scarves that may be turned into wall hangings, or shawls that may function as room dividers. She does accept custom orders and also makes noren, door hangings that serve as privacy screens. Her art has also expanded to include other colors, by using French dyes that are hand painted onto parachute silk.

She uses a bamboo steaming basket that sets the color into the silk fabric that can be washed with no dry-cleaning needed.

“Today I continue to explore the landscape in search of inspiration for creative endeavors,” Helen says.

Inspired by earth hues, Helen says all she needs to do is to

drive from Waimea to Kona and back. On her drive, she sees sandy browns, black lava landscapes, and vibrant blue skies.

The mountains of Maunaloa, Maunakea, and Hualālai inspire her fabric paintings. By transferring what she sees onto her textiles, Helen says the paint colors change into incredible multitudes of color and enhances the sheen of the natural fibers. She believes her art is abstract and emotes feeling, but at the same time, her marketing background grounds her into having to think about what customers want as well as how to make a decent living.

“I try different things and go in the direction where my heart is. Being both innovative and having a marketing background is a gift.” Helen says. “The possibilities of working with fiber are endless and there is always a teacher somewhere in the world to help me to go to the next level of the fiber art medium.”

It is important to note that Helen had a brain injury that greatly impacted her life. Three times she fell physically due to a stress-related condition called hyperventilation (a symptom of the collective traumatic events) and she felt she had to go through a physical transformation as a human being. She went into hiding with a fear of seeing people who knew her when she was financially successful and began to avoid relationships because she didn’t want to be exposed. By becoming a workaholic in her younger years, Helen says she was living a façade of being a woman of success.

“I had to go through a total transformation as a human being and allow my vulnerability to show through,” Helen explains. “At that moment, love happened. Life opened up. I had great therapy, and counselors who taught me to overcome

physical, emotional, and mental obstacles. It allowed me to not only love and care for others, but also to begin another business.”

Helen now deals successfully with people every Saturday.

Her attempt at overcoming the challenge of having a traumatic

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event happen in her life has also helped her rise up from that darkness to becoming successful as a professional person running her own creative business. Her insight two years ago to create her newest business was to envision possible successes and opportunities as well as the pitfalls that might occur. Helen adds that Rayton “has her back,” and that his support has been an immense positive in her life.

She has a personal relationship with her dyeing vat that she treats as a living person. Helen believes it is alive, that you must feed it, nurture it, and almost pray or meditate upon it to give it the strength to feed the creative process.

“These fermented leaves, and iron and calcium, you say thank you for this day. When the winds come through the furo windows, the oxygen in the room now elevates from a green surface to oxygenated liquid that creates the blues,” says Helen. “When the vat has expired, I then give it a proper burial. It’s my own process, not everyone’s, and it is a part of my life.”

At the age of 62, Helen is doing what she loves to do: creating beautiful, functional art, interacting with people, creating goodwill, using her marketing skills, and generating revenue.

“Do what makes you feel happy. People are down and out enough,” Helen says. “It’s a nice thing to be able to make someone’s day, because life is short.” ■ Photos courtesy of Helen Nahoopii Silk artwork in Helen's workshop.

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By Karen Rose

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The Senegalese environmentalist Baba Dioum said that in the end, we will conserve only what we love, we will love only what we understand, and we will understand only what we are taught. Researchers at the National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration’s Hawaiian Islands Humpback Whale Sanctuary are putting this wisdom to use and focusing their research and outreach on educating the general public about the decline in humpback whale sightings.

Every year from November through May, visitors from around the globe make their way to the Hawaiian Islands to get a glimpse of the magnificent humpback whale. Thousands of humpback whales migrate between Alaska and Hawai‘i during this time to mate and give birth in the warm shallow waters off Hawai‘i.

During the 2015 whale season there was a noticeable shift.

Operators of whale watching tour companies around the state began reporting lower than average numbers of whale sightings, as well as whales arriving later in the season. This trend has stayed consistent for the past three years and scientists are keeping a close eye on the whales’ changing migration patterns.

“The last three years in Hawai‘i, we’ve consistently seen fewer whales than we would normally expect to see,” says Dr. Marc Lammers, Research Coordinator at the National Oceanic & Atmospheric Administration’s Hawaiian Islands Humpback Whale Sanctuary.

“The first year we wrote it off as an anomaly, maybe tied to El Niño. After the third year, it caught our attention more and we felt it could be a sustained trend. However, because we don’t know exactly what’s driving the reduction in the whale population, it’s difficult to know how concerned we should be.”

Humpback whales live throughout the world’s oceans and migrate between the poles where they feed, and tropical waters where they breed.

Expectant whale mothers migrate to Hawai‘i to give birth.

The warm waters protect the calves from predation and allow them to stay warm while they nurse and grow the thick layer of blubber needed to survive the migration back to the cold waters of Alaska.

In 1973, the humpback whale was placed on the Endangered Species List due to a drastic reduction in numbers caused by commercial whaling. This protective status proved successful and in 2006, researchers estimated that 10,000 humpback whales were migrating to Hawai‘i to birth 36 their calves. Between the years 2006 and 2013, the whale

population was estimated to be growing at an annual rate of nearly six percent. However, this trend is now in question.

During the 2015 season, researchers realized the fluctuations in whale sightings appeared to be more than an anomaly, and they began delving into what was causing these changes. By 2017, researchers were reporting that sightings in some parts of Hawai‘i were down over 50 percent from the 2014 numbers and the sightings for new calves was down more than 35 percent.

“We don’t know exactly what’s driving these changes in numbers of whales,” says Marc. “We have our suspicions, but ultimately, we have more questions than answers.

We’re actively trying to develop a strategy for better understanding what’s happening and what might be driving the changes we’re observing.”

Marc explains that it is still unclear whether there is a decrease in the overall number of whales, or if the decrease is related to a redistribution of whales to different areas. Whales are migratory animals, so there’s a

Majestic beauty of the humpback .

possibility their behavior is changing and fewer animals are migrating to Hawai‘i. Instead, they may be spending more time foraging or using other areas for breeding.

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due to the warming waters that have altered the whales’ environment,” he says. “However, this variable is in the process of shifting and changing, so one possible outcome is that as temperatures normalize, the whale population in Hawai‘i will return to its previous numbers. Unfortunately, we have no way of knowing yet if this will happen.”

Despite the uncertainty of what is causing the reduction in whale sightings, most researchers conclude that one likely explanation is a reduction or a shift in available food. Over the last decade, ocean waters have warmed significantly due to a cluster of oceanographic conditions. These warmer than average water temperatures off Alaska affect the available food supply of the humpback whale, specifically their primary food source, krill.

Another possibility is the whale population is reaching its natural carrying capacity. A limited food source supports a population of a certain size and beyond that, lack of sustenance begins to affect the birth rate. If this is indeed one of the factors related to the reduction in sightings, the humpback whales that make their annual trek between Alaska and Hawai‘i may have reached their population limit. With warmer waters and less food, the whales’ natural habitat suffers a loss in carrying capacity, resulting in a decrease in the whale population.

Marc explains that humpback whale populations tend to fluctuate, especially once they’ve reached a certain carrying capacity in the environment. After several decades of sustained growth, the population will plateau and start to fluctuate around an average number. Consequently, some years will see fewer whales than others. This is something he and his fellow researchers take into consideration before assuming there is something wrong with the population.

“We need to stay vigilant and aware of what’s happening so we can understand what’s going with the whale population,” stresses Marc. “If it’s a matter of whales redistributing themselves and migrating to new locations, we can expect to see fewer whales here in Hawai‘i going forward. It could just be a natural shift taking place, perhaps in response to climate-related issues.”

“On the other hand,” he continues, “if it turns out we’re seeing a natural reduction in the whale population and

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reproductive rates are being affected, then it will become more of a concern, especially if it appears the trend is going to be sustained over time.”

Researchers are currently taking into consideration all of the possible explanations for the reduced sightings. While they agree that food availability appears to be one variable impacting the humpback whale population, researchers are still determining precisely how it is affecting them. In order to comprehensively understand what is causing these changes, scientists continue to monitor the species and keep a close eye on any new developments.

“We’ve continued to see fewer whales come to the island,” says Marc. “The bottom line is that this change in the population could be from natural variability, or something more serious could be happening. It’s too early to determine which explanation is correct, or whether the answer lies somewhere in the middle.”

Despite the concern over their population numbers, humpback whales continue to return to Hawai‘i every year to breed and birth their young. Although the numbers are declining and the season shortening, it doesn’t stop both visitors and locals from enjoying the whales’ majestic displays of grandeur.

While food availability appears to be clearly linked to the decrease in whale sightings, there is always the possibility the whales’ food sources will return to previous levels. Once the waters cool down from the El Niño conditions and the fish populations increase, the whales will hopefully have the

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calories and nutrition they need to thrive and procreate at previous levels.

In the meantime, Marc stresses the importance of being respectful and mindful of the whales that come to the islands for breeding and mating purposes, particularly mothers and calves.

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“There’s concern that as long as whale numbers are reduced, the ones who do migrate to Hawai‘i are going to receive increased attention and experience a greater negative impact from people trying to get close to them,” he says. “For more vulnerable whales, like the younger calves and their mothers, it’s important we all be respectful and mindful that it’s not the right time to put increased pressure on them. This is especially true when calf production is lower than normal.”

Marc and other scientists at the Hawaiian Islands Humpback Whale National Marine Sanctuary are encouraging others to help whale mothers and calves thrive. It’s important to give them space, as too much interaction with humans can put additional stress on the whales, and jeaopardize their health and numbers further. It is vital for humans to respect the needs of these incredible creatures and give them uninterrupted time to rest and nurse their young.

“It’s a matter of maintaining awareness and proper ocean etiquette,” says Marc. “We just want to remind people to be mindful of the current rules and regulations, and give the whales their space. The more science understands how the whales are being affected, the better we will be at protecting them and helping them thrive.” ■ Photos courtesy of NOAA’s Marine Mammal Health and Stranding Response Program For more information: hawaiihumpbackwhale.noaa.gov

Magical Creatures of Hamakua A Second Chance at Life for Animals Large and Small

By Denise Laitinen

Helena with Lily, Clover, and Bruce who arrived in a group of seven goats and four sheep during the Kïlauea lava eruption.

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tanding atop a hill in the middle of a large green pasture along the Hāmākua Coast, the Pacific Ocean extends far into the distance melding with the blue sky as birds sing and puffy white clouds float by. Helena Lundblad calls out to her charges in Swedish and soon we are surrounded by a small herd of goats. “The animals respond to calls in Swedish and English,” explains Helena. It’s not a scene out of a Disney movie; rather, it’s a day in the life of Helena Lundblad, founder of Magical Creatures of Hamakua animal rescue and sanctuary.

As we stand in the middle of a large field, Helena calls to each of the goats by name with monikers like Julie, Bruce, Daisy, Estelle, and Babette, the leader goat. We can see the horses graze in a pasture below and the sheep in yet another pasture. Some of the animals have special needs; some are orphans. All are friendly and love attention.

Helena knows them all by name and introduces them as they

approach. On the other side of the field a cow raises her head from grazing to see what’s going on. Once the four-legged residents realize my camera is not food, they mosey on and start eating the grass around them.

A life-long animal lover, Helena created the animal sanctuary for farm animals in January 2018 with the idea of growing the animal rescue program slowly. That all changed in May 2018 when lava started erupting in lower Puna, forcing the evacuation of thousands of residents and farmers along with their pets and livestock.

It Started with a Love of Animals Helena’s journey as caretaker to dozens of orphaned and injured farm animals in Hawai‘i actually started half way across the world in her native Sweden.

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gave up her job when the commuting got to be too much.

“When we moved here two years ago I didn’t have a sanctuary in mind,” says Helena, “but I knew I wanted to have animals around me.” Within weeks of moving into their house, the couple adopted two cats and a dog.

“There were six cows on property when we moved here,” says Helena, explaining that the previous landowner had let a rancher graze cattle on the property. “There’s 13 acres with a lot of grass, so we let him keep the cows here for a while.

Then the cows’ owner came and took the cows away.”

It was a turning point for her and Mathias because, Helena says, “We realized we didn’t want to get attached to animals and then see them go to slaughter.” The couple started thinking of different opportunities they could explore with the land, like horse boarding, since they still needed animals to graze all the grass on the expansive rural property.

Burt the pig enjoying some attention at the Magical Creatures of Hamakua sanctuary.

grew up in a horse stable,” says Helena. “In Sweden I was used to wide open spaces.” After meeting Mathias, now her husband, she relocated to San Diego, where Mathias worked in the airline industry and she worked as a flight attendant.

“In San Diego, I realized how much I missed having animals in my life, because where we lived we couldn’t have any pets.”

Her husband accepted a job with a local airline and was commuting between San Diego and Hawai‘i. By July 2016, they were both tired of the crowded city and the couple moved to Hawai‘i Island, settling on a 13-acre property along the Hāmākua Coast in Laupāhoehoe. Initially, Helena continued working as a flight attendant based in San Francisco, but soon

Raven (left) is an orphan who came to Magical Creatures of Hamakua sanctuary via the Hawaii Island Humane Society. Olivia (right) is one of the lava rescues.

Janice the Goat Then Janice the goat arrived. The infant orphan goat was only days old with severely burned hooves when Helena adopted her.

“Janice was my first rescue. She moved in when she was less than a week old,” says Helena. “Up until then I had never had a farm-type animal under my care before, only the more ‘normal’ cats, dogs, horses, bunnies, etc.

“Janice’s special needs and inability to walk made us grow a very close friendship. She lived in the house for six months and was with me pretty much all the time, on my arm or in a cat bed next to me, while she was healing from her injuries.

“That’s when my love for goats was born. They are amazing animals,” adds Helena with a smile. She even had two prosthetics made for the young goat enabling Janice to have

more mobility. The young goat has become something of a sensation at the sanctuary and even has her own Instagram account (@janice_the_kid).

After that, Helena started fostering two horses for the Hawaii Island Humane Society.

“All of a sudden I kind of had a sanctuary, even though I didn’t officially have one, so it just made sense to incorporate.”

Helena formally launched Magical Creatures of Hamakua as a 501c3 nonprofit animal rescue and sanctuary. At the time she had two horses, three goats, and two piglets. The plan was to build the sanctuary slowly.

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The Lava Eruption In early May, just months after starting the sanctuary, lava started erupting in the Lower East Rift Zone, devastating the communities of lower Puna, a rural district full of farms. The lava eruption destroyed more than 700 homes, forcing local residents to flee their homes and farmers to scramble to save their livestock.

As one of the few animal rescue sanctuaries on Hawai‘i Island with space to handle large animals, Helena opened the doors for animals that had to be evacuated. Nearly overnight, the Magical Creatures of Hamakua more than doubled its number of inhabitants.

Between the existing animals at the sanctuary, the lava evacuees, and the foster animals they receive from the Hawaii Island Humane Society, Magical Creatures has now grown to 47 animals.

Helena applied for grant funding for fencing and with the help of volunteers was able to fence in portions of the property to accommodate the new residents. Every detail of the animalsʻ welfare is taken into consideration. For instance, they have to use fencing with less spacing between the wires, so that goats with horns don’t get their heads stuck in the fences.

With the influx of animals, volunteers offered to lend a hand, rotating days. Helena does not draw a salary from the sanctuary and says she is grateful for her husband’s support and the team of volunteers that help out. “All the animals need attention every day,” adds Helena.

The bonds of friendship extend beyond that of human to animal. Some of the animals have also become best friends.

Last year Magical Creatures of Hamakua took in a goat they named Tom. The young goat has many health issues, including

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Tom (left) is partially blind and Janice (right), who has two prosthetic legs, is Tom’s seeing eye goat.

Velvet, Greta, and volunteer Rosemary. Velvet and Greta are lava evacuees. Rosemary is a weekly volunteer at the animal sanctuary. that he is nearly blind. Janice, the goat with the two prosthetic legs, and Tom quickly became the best of friends and Janice acts as Tom’s seeing eye goat, leading him around.

Although the animals can move freely between some of the pastures, some of the livestock are kept in separate areas.

Helena explains that each of the animal breeds have different nutritional needs. “The sheep and goats are in different pastures,” explains Helena. “While they both eat hay and graze in the fields and both eat salt licks, they have very different mineral needs. For goats, it is very important that they get copper, and for sheep, copper is toxic. Cows on the other hand, eat the cane grass in the fields while the horses eat alfalfa.”

For the pigs, Helena gets food scraps donated from a nearby restaurant and also feeds them pet pig feed.

Many of the animals have health issues, like one of the horses who has joint issues in his legs. Some of the older animals need senior food. Neither vet care nor food is cheap— food alone costs about $800 a month. The sanctuary primarily relies on donations and Helena has been fortunate to receive a few grants in their first year of operation.

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Future Educational Programs As Helena reflects on an incredibly busy 2018, she keeps her eye on future plans for the animal sanctuary. “I’d love to have school kids here to see how special the animals are,” she says. “I definitely believe we have to teach kids how to show compassion to create a better world. I’m excited for the future and hope I will be able to inspire change in the way people see these animals. They all have their unique personalities, their little secrets, and their touch of magic. I work long unpaid hours; I’m always muddy and probably slightly stinky. There’s no such thing as days off. But I have honestly never been happier! I love it here and I can’t imagine anywhere else I’d want to be.”

The sanctuary is currently closed to the general public, since it is just Helena and her husband with a small team of volunteers to care for all the animals. They are always looking for more help, though, and encourage people to contact them about volunteering. ■

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The 1942 addition by Edwin Lindsey with gardens in the foreground. The stream flowed down on the right.

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Beginnings The house was the first first dwelling in Waiaka. It is rich with the memories and experiences of the 12 children of William Miller Seymour Lindsey (only child of Thomas Westin Lindsey and Mary Kaala Fay) and Kaluna Henrietta Haʽaloʽu Kainapau.

William and Kaluna were married by the Reverend Lorenzo Lyons in 1865 and some time after that settled into the original two-room cottage on the Waiaka homestead to raise their children. Kaluna was a master quilter and loved flowers. The evidence of this love endures even today in the beautiful gardens that surround the house.

Great-granddaughter, Leila Kimura Staniec, remembers the house’s gardens. “We used to go down there once a week.

We loved walking through the garden. It was so beautiful. The palm trees and this running brook through the garden. When I think about it I get warm feelings about being there.”

With trees growing all around the north and east sides, the house was protected from severe winds and rain. The lānai of the original house looks south along the entrance drive, which until the late 1970s when Waiaka began development, was approached from Kawaihae Road along a pathway with ‘auwai on either side, lined with palms, lilies, ferns, purple poka vine, all kinds of tropical flowers, and a pomegranate tree.

The stone work of the ‘auwai is still there and, sitting on the original front porch, you can imagine the burbling water and bask in the shade of the more than 100-year-old ylang ylang tree—a rare find on the island.

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estled at the foot of Kohala Mountain, the Lindsey house is the heart of what was once a historic Waiaka homestead and is a tribute to the memories of many who grew up in Waimea. The abundant flowing waters from the Kohakohau and Waiaka Streams fed the lush bounty of the eight-acre estate, creating a Shangri-La. Great-grandson of William Miller Seymour Lindsey and Kaluna Henrietta Haʽaloʽu Kainapau, Lester Kimura recalls, “The stream meandered through the whole property. It went across the street that’s there now. In those days the water always ran. It looked like an oasis and everywhere else was dry. I thought it was beautiful.”

The ‘auwai (stream) that flowed up to the front steps of the original house, turned west towards Kawaihae to feed a loʽi (irrigated terrace) that was lined with bananas, remembers Barbara Robertson, whose family property is in Waiaka.

fifth son and seventh child of William and Kaluna, spoke of the Waiaka home as more than just a house. According to James, it was a gathering place that was central to the Lindsey family and one of the “prettiest spots in Waimea.”

A Many Storied Place ‘Waiaka’ means water that reflects, and the Waiaka Lindsey house seems to be a reflection of the spirits of the past. It is where High Chiefess Wao, who married the migrating Tahitian god Makuakuamana, came to give birth on the slopes of Lanikepu (considered part of Waiaka), while her attendants,

Guest hostess Leandra Rouse showing the period chandelier in the Lindsey Homestead bedroom.

Leandra Rouse walks along the path with the 100-year-old ylang ylang tree. transformed into boulders, formed a kapu line below.

Later, Chiefess Hoopiliahue consecrated and dedicated Haleino Heiau for women, and dedicated it to love, purity, healing, and the betterment of others. The remains of the heiau (house of worship) can be found in the Lanikepu hills.

This bodes well for Leandra Rouse, daughter of current owner Barrie Rose, who has returned home with her husband Patrick Caenepeel to give birth in the house. “I’m excited to give birth here. There have been so many babies born in this house,” says Leandra.

Leandra and Patrick are also discovering that although every house contains pieces of the lives of the people who have dwelt and visited there, the Lindsey house seems to have more than most. “There are so many stories. Everyone we meet: the laulau guy at the side of the road, the checker at

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It’s no surprise that with the many people who have resided in the house over the years, that the presence of spirits are felt. County Council representative Tim Richards’ wife Terry, who lived in the house as a child, remembers doors opening for her as she approached them. “The spirits of the house have always been very loving and benevolent,” says Barrie.

Despite all the changes over the years, the mana (spirit) of the house remains strong. Barrie recalls her first experiences there in 2005. “At first I couldn’t figure out which door to knock on. It’s got so many. Where’s the front door? I went there five or six times and the same thing happened to me The Saddle Room, which used to be the tack room, in the lower west-facing section of the Lindsey house.

every time. I felt overtaken by some force or energy that just resonated with me and my heart. I’d shake it off and then I would be back there and the same thing would happen. It was like I was walking through a veil, like the ancestors were pulling on me for some reason.”

The ancestors won. “I finally wrote a letter saying, ‘Thank you so much but it makes no sense for me to buy this house,’ and I walked into the kitchen and handed them [former owners, the Mallchoks] the letter. They were reading it and halfway through I took it out of their hands and said, ‘OK, I’ll buy it,’” recalls Barrie.

Sensing the nature of the house that was such an important gathering place for the Lindsey family, “I decided to open up that house to the community. There’s never going to be a closed door for anyone. We’re going to have gatherings, music, dinners, education, so we started the events salon. It felt like it satisfied the house. What it really wanted was to be lived in and shared with everyone. I never felt like the house was mine but that I was a steward of it for a higher purpose,” says Barrie.

An Evolving Home The original structure has grown over the years. In the early 1900s, James and his brother Edwin built a wing on the house so their mother, who died in 1925, could be more comfortable.

Then in 1942, a large west addition was added by bachelor son Edwin Lindsey, who lived in the house until his death in 1952.

The entrance of the 1942 wing faces west to the current Waiaka Street and below this is the Saddle Room. “The driveway curved around to the left and you’d ride your horse up and take your saddle off and put it in there. It was all open

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and that was where all the tack was kept,” explains Leandra.

When Edwin passed in 1952, the house was willed to the many Lindsey descendants and was eventually sold. In 1984, an east-facing section was added on by then-owner, Hawaiʽi Preparatory Academy history teacher, Daniel Mallchok. The eight-acre homestead developed into what is now the Waiaka subdivision.

In 2005, Barrie and her business partner Johanna Tilbury purchased the house. They set to work to restore it to its former elegance, while keeping true to the style of the period.

“We stripped the floors back to the original beautiful fir, added moldings that matched the era, and built-in puneʽe (day bed) and Murphy beds,” explains Barrie. “There was not a single place in that house that we didn’t touch,” she adds.

Once again the house is to be opened up and shared. There are now four different living areas with three rental suites that are decorated with period furniture, including a chandelier from the same period as the building of the house, which Leandra and Patrick brought with them from San Francisco.

The Lindsey Homestead is the two-room original structure that includes a bedroom, sitting room/kitchenette, bathroom, and a front porch complete with rockers where one can sit and let the imagination roam in the past, perhaps when Kaluna was tending her flowers and Lindsey children were playing around the brook.

Adjacent to the Lindsey Homestead is the ‘Auwai Suite, added in 1984 and includes a large bedroom, bathroom, and kitchen on a sunny enclosed porch. The large bedroom has puneʽe/window seats that look out to the gardens.

Below the 1942 addition is the old tack room, which had become a storage room full of all kinds of containers and even small bunks that once accommodated Parker Ranch workers.

It is now the Saddle Room, a large open space that includes sleeping, sitting, and kitchen areas and a bathroom.

Although it’s impossible to return any house to its original condition, through the efforts of Barrie and Johanna, and now caretakers Leandra and Patrick, the house has much of its original spirit restored and is reconnected to some of its history. “Our goal is to find out as much as we can about the history and to find interesting ways to share it with the people who stay here,” concludes Leandra. They plan to open the Lindsey house for a gathering and talk story in early 2019. ■

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Mälama Mokupuni: Caring for Our Island Environment

Telling the Story of the Archipelago

By Rachel Laderman

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When the 6.9 earthquake rocked Hawai‘i Volcanoes National Park on May 4, 2018, it seriously damaged park buildings and infrastructure. The park had to close until the volcanic action settled down, reopening on September 22. During those nearly five months, the interpretive staff needed a place to keep doing their job, explaining what was happening, and answering visitors’ questions—how can I see the lava? Where can we go?

In searching for sites to reach the public, the park rangers set up information tables at busy tourist points around Hilo, such as the airport and Pacific Tsunami Museum. Their chief venue was Mokupāpapa Discovery Center (MDC). Located along downtown Hilo’s bayfront, MDC allows people to virtually explore the northwest Hawaiian Islands, a 1350-mile string of islets and atolls that is part of Hawai‘i, protected as the Papahānaumokuākea Marine National Monument (PMNM).

“Think about it—Mokupāpapa Discovery Center is a remote facility interpreting resources that people can’t go to visit,” says Ranger Dean Gallagher, with the Hawai‘i Volcanoes National Park Service Interpretive Division for 11 years. “This is exactly the role the Park found itself in.” MDC has many attractions, including a 3,500-gallon saltwater aquarium and numerous displays, with themes from monk seals to wayfinding.

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A Natural Match Starting in May, Hawai‘i Volcanoes National Park (HVNP) rangers set up temporary offices and displays at MDC. They gave daily presentations on current volcanic action using “Liquid Galaxy”—a large Google Earth screen that allows you to “fly” over the ocean and alight on any point to have an immersive experience.

“The cooperation and welcome we received by the staff at Mokupāpapa Discovery Center was incredible,” says Ranger Dean.

“With the rangers here, we offered a comprehensive site for learning of the origins of the island chain, from erupting over the hot spot to sinking below the ocean over a thousand miles away,” says Andy Collins, manager of MDC. Andy has been with MDC since 2001, when the upper end of the island chain was first established as a Northwestern Hawaiian Islands Coral Reef Ecosystem Reserve. This unique designation still exists as a political layer underneath the broader protections of the PMNM, which is jointly run by NOAA, the US Fish and Wildlife Service, the Office of Hawaiian Affairs, and the State of Hawai‘i.

Linking Two UNESCO World Heritage Sites “We have been able to show our connection to each other and teach about Hawaii’s two UNESCO World Heritage Sites,” says Virginia Branco, who has worked for MDC for nearly 15 years, in several roles. “One describes the birth of the islands, the other, the elder islands that originated here.” HVNP was recognized as a UNESCO World Heritage Site in 1987, and the PMNM was designated in 2010.

The northwestern islands have deep cosmological and traditional significance for native Hawaiian culture. “The Tropic of Cancer intersects the island chain at Mokumanamana, which has many heaiu and spiritual sites. This divide marks Au, the realm of humans, light, and life, from Po, a place of primordial darkness, where the spirits return after death,” says Andy.

“Universal concepts such as birth, death, struggle, and survival are key to the UNESCO World Heritage designation,” explains Ranger Dean. “Whoever you are, whatever culture you are from, those concepts resonate. They are found in abundance at Volcano and the northwest Hawaiian islands.”

Both Hawai‘i Volcanoes National Park and PMNM are incredible treasures of rare flora and fauna, and as such need protection. Even several layers of government protection, however, don’t stop human impacts such as marine debris from reaching the remotest northwest islands as well as the shorelines of the park.

New Collaboration Although we may think of Hawai‘i Volcanoes National Park as soaring above the ocean, the park includes extensive shoreline. While working together during the park closure, the two interpretive teams realized that marine debris was another issue they shared. They created a joint presentation to raise young people’s awareness of this critical problem, and inspire them to seek solutions.

Even though HVNP reopened in September 2018, the educators of both agencies were inspired by their time together. They hope to continue to offer joint presentations, when practical. The alliance strengthened during the tumultuous time of the Fissure 8 eruption will continue to enrich Hawai‘i Island residents and visitors.

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Mahalo, "Way of Living"

By Rosa Say

Mahalo has become as universally understood as Aloha. Or so we think. Like Aloha, it is vastly underestimated.

Many will often say Mahalo in rote reaction off-handedly, to simply convey “thank you” quickly, and a bit too dismissively.

As a value however, Mahalo includes thankfulness, appreciation, and gratitude as a way of living. Like all values, it will drive our behavior when we choose it intentionally.

When owned as our value, Mahalo fires up those three attitudes within us consistently and pervasively, so they can become our nature. We instinctively will live in thankfulness for the richness which makes life so precious at work, at home, and in whatever our environs may be. We are able to sense our talents elementally as forces which ground us, and we tap into them more easily, to use them as the gifts they truly are.

Mahalo helps us see abundance in times of scarcity; it replaces longing with contentment; it guides us toward understanding what we have rather than dwelling on what we don’t have.

Mahalo was first explained to me this definitively many, many years ago by Auntie Malia Solomon, then Kupuna in Residence at the Hyatt Regency Waikiki. I was 21, a management trainee fresh out of college. Auntie’s passion and eloquence were so strong, my memory remains strong as well: I can easily recall her alo, her presence and demeanor. I remember the serene mix of belief and contentment on her face as she spoke. A handful of us sat together on the lauhala mat covering the floor of her wahi, her ‘place’ she refused to call an office, stringing lei for a staff event. As we did so, we talked story about why she would always say, “Maaahalo” dragging out that first syllable softly, yet habitually.

She explained that prolonging her way of saying Mahalo improved how she practiced it. Taking her time in voice, fit in more time and space to simultaneously “recall the three in kaona [hidden meanings]”—thankfulness, appreciation, gratitude.

Thankfulness that you have it, whatever ‘it’ might be in the present moment, and whether you sense it, you get it, or you are it.

Appreciation enough to feel it clearly and as completely as possible—to understand the gift or gifts within, and have it be enough. Appreciation for others with whom might be connected, and who remain part of your life.

Gratitude that you are human, and thus, can make your findings humanly possible, and even more expansive. You are capable of turning the abundance you have into richness and well-being.

You are blessed. You need not want for more.

In management, we’d call Mahalo a value-packed Rule of

“Thank you, as athe way of living.

“Ho‘ohanohano: Honor dignity of others.

Live in thankfulness for the richness makes Conduct yourself with distinction,andthat cultivate life so precious.” respectfulness.”

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Three, and what a wonderful one it is! In Managing with Aloha, we call Auntie Malia’s “Maaahalo” a voicing of her positive expectancy and her self-leadership. Mahalo became ‘Imi ola, “seeking [her] best possible life.”

Mahalo is the opposite of indifference and apathy, for it is the life perspective of giving thanks for what you have by using your gifts—and all of your gifts—in the best possible way. The thankfulness of Mahalo keeps you aware. The appreciation of Mahalo helps you keep your innate talents accessible, relevant and useful.

When you consider gratitude actionable in the way Auntie Malia taught it, Mahalo clearly can deliver tangible, worthwhile, positive results.

Faithful readers of this column know that we are systematic and sequential with the 19 Values of Aloha of Managing with Aloha, as we “Value our month to value our life” with our 5 Aloha Intentions (live, work, speak, manage, and lead). In our way of living, Mahalo follows what we’ve learned from Alaka‘i, leadership, and precedes what we will learn from Nānā i ke kumu, Pono, and Ka lā hiki ola as “the dawning of a new day.”

Yet don’t you love it when the calendar conspires with us so serendipitously, and so collaboratively?

It will be January, 2019 when you read this, and as a brand new year begins we can use our value immersion with Mahalo to not want, and to instead be thankful, appreciative, and grateful. If you write resolutions, and wish to keep that proactive habit, align them with Mahalo this year, by writing them with gratitude—with your thankfully noticed, appreciatively learned “findings made humanly possible.”

Know where you are, to better understand where you will go. You are all you need.

As a manager, tell your team they are all you need. Work with them to prove you believe it.

As a leader, continue to expect good things, and to expect even better. Guide well, to bring others with you in achieving greatness.

Say “Maaahalo” thoughtfully, with the space to recall, to believe, to commit. Mean it. Demonstrate it as your way of living, and you will have the best year ever.

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Items previously seen in the world-famous Jaggar Museum are on display in downtown Pāhoa, with hands-on exhibits and interactive videos to help guide visitors through a history of the island’s geology. The history and cultural aspects of the area are explained along with a step-by-step guide of the May 2018 eruptions. Images are being shown on video along with daily updates on current volcanic activities.

The museum, opened by the Mainstreet Pāhoa Association, in cooperation with Hawaii Volcanoes National Park and Kaleo's Restaurant, is also a

gathering place for the local community to document stories of the residents who lost their homes and the people who helped them in their time of need. Live discussions by rangers, volcanologists and kūpuna (elders) are scheduled, as well. The plan is that this will be a “living museum” with contributions from locals, students, and visitors, revitalizing Pāhoa Town, the new Gateway to the Volcano!

According to a national park spokesperson, Jaggar Museum is closed indefinitely due to the instability of the building's foundation.

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The ‘Alalä Save the Crows, Save the Forest

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By Stefan Verbano

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‘Alalā Project conservationists are raising the crows at two local breeding facilities managed by the Hawai‘i Endangered Bird Conservation Program: one here on Hawai‘i Island, the other on Maui. The two facilities are officially Global Field Stations of the San Diego Zoo’s Institute for Conservation Research. At the 155-acre Keauhou Bird Conservation Center (KBCC), located near Volcano on leased land donated by Kamehameha Schools, 18 ‘alalā aviary buildings provide a safe, managed environment for the crows’ breeding, socialization and anti-predator training.

KBCC conservationists raise the crows for release in “cohorts” of about a dozen. Out of the species’ total population of more than 125 as of late 2018, 11 were released in 2017 and 10 in 2018. In all, 21 ‘alalā live in the wild today and the rest are housed in breeding facilities, with planned releases of many more cohorts in the years to come. Preliminary observations show the 2017 and 2018 cohorts faring well within the Pu‘u Maka‘ala Natural Area Reserve just north of Hawai‘i Volcanoes National Park; the groups of crows are adapting to forage wild fruit on their own more and more, and relying less on supplemental fortified food pellet caches placed throughout the forest by conservationists to give the birds a fighting chance.

There has even been an instance of four ‘alalā chasing away an ‘io (Hawaiian hawk)—one of the crow’s most lethal natural predators. Researchers chalk up this latter success to intensive anti-predator training which the birds receive while in captivity, including placing an ‘io in visual sights of the crows and playing a recorded ‘alalā distress call to trigger the young birds’ reactionary instincts.

The story of the ‘alalā’s reintegration into the wild has not always been a hopeful one. Between 1993 and 1999, conservationists released 27 crows in South Kona in what turned out to be a failed attempt to establish a self-sustaining A young crow fledgling on its perch. photo courtesy of U.S. Fish And Wildlife Service

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before the chirp of coqui frogs, before the buzz of mosquitoes, before the scuttle of mongooses— Hawai‘i Islandʻs mountain forests rang out with a different sound. Shrill and piercing, these shrieks rose above the understory din, easily the loudest tone echoing across the temperate slopes of the islandʻs volcanoes Hualālai and Maunaloa. It was the wail of a newborn; the cry of an ancient warrior storming into battle; something primitive, visceral and melancholy, with a cadence that made the trees themselves seem alive.

This is the call of the ‘alalā—the Hawaiian crow—Latin name Corvus hawaiiensis. Up until a few years ago, Hawai‘i Island’s forests were bereft of their cries. The population of football-sized, large-billed, matte-black birds had been decimated over the past century by introduced predators and avian diseases, in addition to being hunted as pests by farmers hailing from the island’s burgeoning commercial fruit industry.

In an October 2016 assessment, the ‘alalā could be found on the International Union for Conservation of Nature’s (IUCN) Red List of Threatened Species, with a classification of “EW: Extinct in the Wild.” The crows’ cries were gone from the forests, and it seemed as if the death knell for the species was sounding.

In a last-ditch effort to save the birds from the IUCN’s next and final classification of “EX: Extinct,” biologists, academics, primary school students, native Hawaiians and state conservation workers have banded together to create The ‘Alalā Project—a partnership run by the State of Hawai‘i’s Division of Forestry and Wildlife, the

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wild population there. 21 of the 27 either disappeared or died of predation or disease, and the surviving six were taken back into captivity. In December 2016, a small, all-male cohort of five crows was released and suffered three mortalities shortly thereafter. With heavy hearts, conservationists tracked down the two survivors using radio transmitters that are worn between the birds’ wings in a harness like a mini backpack, and brought them back into the aviary.

Rachel Kingsley worked at KBCC for nine years before becoming an education and outreach associate with the ‘Alalā Project. She recalls the drive and dedication of conservationists working there, nonplussed by the difficulties and setbacks inherent in trying to reintroduce an endangered bird species back into the wild after the species has been raised in captivity for decades.

“They’re hopeful,” Rachel says about the KBCC staff. “They’re passionate about this species in particular, and conservation in general. They definitely want to see the ‘alalā back out in the wild, and to create a self-sustaining population.”

Because the crows have been in captivity for so long, Rachel continues, it is easy to sometimes lose sight of the real long-term goal of KBCC and the ‘Alalā Project in general— to someday no longer need either of those entities. “The motive is that the ‘alalā belong back in the forest. As part of the conservation breeding program, we do the work we do, understanding these birds belong back in the wild. We are like the ER of the population.”

Save the crows, save the forest. If it isn’t already, that should be the clarion call of ‘alalā and native plant species conservationists throughout Hawai‘i Island. Hawaiian crows play a crucial role as seed dispersers in the lifecycle of native Hawaiian forests, making their nests in ‘ōhi‘a (Metrosideros polymorpha) and koa (Acacia koa) trees and foraging more than 30 species of native fruits, passing the seeds through their digestive systems and distributing them far and wide.

The ‘alalā played such an important part in the preservation of Hawai‘iʻs fragile ecosystem that biologists have dubbed the crow an “indicator species,” whose degree of health and longevity can reveal the qualitative status of its natural environment. In laymen’s terms, the loss of these crows means the loss of native forests, and a degradation of Hawai‘i Island’s ecology that affects its fragile web of life from mountains to ocean.

To provide food and habitat for the crows—and other birds being raised at KBCC—the Hawai‘i Forest Institute has created the KBCC Discovery Forest adjacent to the Center. More than 2,000 volunteers have cleared roughly 12 acres since January 2015 and planted 9,000 native seedlings, including kawa‘u, kōlea, ‘ōlapa,‘uki‘uki, popolo ku mai, pilo, māmane, maile, and koa.

“Critically endangered Hawaiian birds bred in captivity at KBCC will eat many of the native understory fruiting species

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being planted at the Discovery Forest,” says Heather Simmons, Executive Director of the Hawai‘i Forest Industry Association.

“Birds forage on insects and their larvae in and around the trees, use tree cavities for nesting, and feed on the fruits from trees that grow in the understory.”

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Historical ecologists have dubbed this landmark transfer the “Columbian Exchange,” bringing horses, pigs, bees, coffee, apples, and wheat to the New World, and sending back tobacco, maize, rubber trees, tomatoes, and cacao to the Old. In a much smaller and more one-sided transfer that might be dubbed the “Hawaiian Exchange,” Captain James Cook made first landfall in early 1778 at Waimea Harbor on the island of Kaua‘i, beginning a similar transfer of animals and plants between all other habitable continents and the Hawaiian Islands. Before Cook, there were no mosquitoes, no mongooses, no fire ants, no strawberry guava, no coqui frogs, no coffee, and no Rapid Ōhiʻa Death in the island chain.

Of the many casualties of the Hawaiian Exchange— Smithsonian researchers in the 1990s identified more than 35 species of extinct native Hawaiian birds—the ‘alalā barely avoided becoming another. According to the ‘Alalā Project, the 1890s were the last period that the crow could be found throughout their historic range of dry and semi-dry highelevation forests in South Kohala, Kona, Ka‘ū, and Puna.

Over the next decade, Hawai‘i Island residents were already observing population declines. By the 1950s, the ‘alalā inhabited only a fraction of their historic habitat. In 1976, only

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Kulani, from the October 2018 release. photo courtesy of Lainie Berry, Division of Forestry and Wildlife

76 birds remained in Hualālai, Hōnaunau, Honomalino, and the Ka‘ū Forest Reserve. Between 1991 and 1992, the crow population was down to 13. After the failed reintroduction efforts between 1993 and 1999, the last pair of wild ‘alalā were observed in South Kona in 2002. Luckily, the crows had already been brought into conservation breeding facilities beginning in the 1970s, and while the wild population finally ceased to exist, the species held on in captivity.

Today, thanks to a half-century-long conservation effort by people of all different associations, the forests are alive again with the crows’ cries. Kristina Paxton, an adjunct assistant professor within UH-Hiloʻs Department of Tropical Conservation Biology and Environmental Science, researches ‘alalā vocalizations by recording the sounds of the 2017 and 2018 cohorts in the forest and comparing them to recordings of wild crow populations collected by fieldworkers in the 1990s. As the once-captive birds achieve new vocalizations and behaviors similar to those of their now-extinct wild counterparts, Kristina says, this signifies the crows are successfully learning and adapting to their environment. “It would help to show that they are becoming wild, you could say,” she says.

For someone who hears ‘alalā cries day in and day out, Kristina has no trouble describing their racket. “Itʻs a screech,” she says. “There’s no chance of misidentifying the ‘alalā. They are loud! It’s so distinct in the forest—there’s no other forest bird that makes vocalizations like that. As soon as you step out of the truck, you know there are ‘alalā out there. For me, it brings a huge smile to my face. It has completely changed the soundscape.” ■

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Craig Elevitch stops to admire the agroforestry being used at a coffee farm. photo by Brittany P. Anderson

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cool breeze runs through the dense forests of Hōlualoa, perched on the slope of Hualālai Volcano in North Kona. Here, the woods are brimming with avocado, ‘ulu (breadfruit), macadamia nut, coffee, and fruit trees. Once your eyes are trained to see the landscape as filled with food—instead of green noise blocking an ocean view—you begin to see why Craig Elevitch has dedicated his life to agroforestry and regenerative agriculture.

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His achievements include being an internationally recognized authority on agroforestry and prolific author, reviving interest in ‘ulu in Hawai‘i, and he has guided millions to become more skilled in agroforestry food production.

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Finding the Path Agroforestry is intentionally putting plants, and sometimes animals, together and managing them to enhance productivity, improve soils, sequester carbon, as well as enhance biodiversity. It uses the characteristics of the plants to improve the overall ecosystem, working together for the betterment of each other. How Craig has propelled Hawai‘i Island’s regenerative agriculture scene begins with the profound impact agroforestry has had on his life.

In 1988, Craig was attending Cornell University, intending to finish a master’s degree and then move on to a PhD in engineering. But he felt something more was calling him. “I sensed I wasn’t on the right path,” Craig recalls. He finished his master’s degree and set out for Hawai‘i.

The cultural diversity and community spirit brought him to Hawai‘i Island in 1988, where he settled in the village of Hōlualoa. He began working on and installing farms that blended with the diverse existing landscape. On the hillsides above Kailua-Kona down to Kealakekua, old-time family farms mix cash crops like coffee or macadamia nuts with food for themselves while using the landscape’s contours to their advantage. Craig learned about this traditional farming system while working side-by-side with the area’s farmers, becoming a part of the Hōlualoa community.

“My neighbors always shared surplus foods—bananas, oranges, avocados—I think that is one of the great things

that bring communities together,” he fondly remembers. This sharing nature of the Hōlualoa farmers resonated with Craig, shaping his outlook on the future.

“I realized that I really enjoyed farming, this is what I should be doing, this is what I’m passionate about,” Craig says. He felt inspired, alive in a way he hadn’t known before.

By 1990, Craig was at a crossroads. He was new to agroforestry, and the field was in its infancy. While the planting method has been around for centuries, agroforestry was a new name to the system. “When I spoke about agroforestry to people, they didn’t find it that interesting,” Craig says in his metered tone.

He realized there was a great need to increase awareness about the existing agroforests of Hawai‘i Island and the ones being cultivated around the world. Craig decided he was going to have a career in agroforestry and gave himself a year to do it.

“If I couldn’t make it in a year, I would change course,” he recounts, and he hasn’t looked back since.

“It was uncomfortable to give up my field of study, but it’s what I should have been doing this whole time,” he affirms. Agroforestry is the way people had grown food in Hawai‘i but was replaced by plantation-style farming. Craig’s drive was, and still is, to shed light on the traditional agroforestry systems and reverse the trend of monocrop (single crop) farming. “I needed to illuminate those traditional systems and turn around the trend which had been invalidating them as being ‘not commercial’ or ‘not efficient,’” he explains.

Regenerative Agroforestry Education Craig started teaching agroforestry, facilitating workshops, and writing educational material. He founded the nonprofit Craig points out the abundance of food growing in a Hölualoa yard. photo by Brittany P. Anderson

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The Hölualoa view is more than ocean, it is filled with food-bearing plants.

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Agroforestry Net, Inc., which is dedicated to providing informative resources on agroforestry and sustainable stewardship. Craig brought in leading authorities on various sustainable and regenerative farming methods including agroforestry and indigenous farming techniques to teach seminars. He recalls that in the 1990s his workshops were attended by organic farmers and transplants to the island.

Today, thousands of people from diverse cultural backgrounds and experience levels have come to learn regenerative agriculture practices from Craig.

“I can’t remember a workshop that wasn’t well attended,” he says humbly. “There is a desire to learn more, an awakening not only in Hawai‘i, that is bringing farmers back to the cultural heritage of growing food in a multilevel agroforest,” he explains. In stark contrast to the monocrop plantations Hawai‘i is known for, the Pacific Islands have a long tradition of agroforestry, cultivating diverse and highly productive agricultural systems that include a mixture of food-bearing trees and crops.

“All the Hawaiians I’ve ever learned from, they talk about a life of observing nature and learning from their elders how nature works,” says Craig. With a deep sense of gratitude and responsibility to further generations, Craig began writing agroforestry and sustainability guides.

In 1998, Craig started The Overstory—a monthly e-journal centered around a concept in designing, developing, and learning more about agroforestry systems. Currently, The Overstory has subscribers in over 180 countries—including Zimbabwe and Afghanistan.

He also began writing books.

“Writing came naturally to me,” he says. What started with a few accessible resources has turned into a collection of 15 books including two revisions that range in complexity and topics. This collection of agroforestry publications are offered for free on his website and have been downloaded millions of times.

Craig also offers an intensive Breadfruit Agroforestry Guide, second tropical agroforestry internship edition. photo courtesy of Craig Elevitch based at his Hōlualoa farm. “If you want to learn agroforestry, you should be able to do it,” he says. Craig offers his internship for free to those interested in pursuing a career in agroforestry, regenerative agriculture, and

environmental education. A key component of the eight-week intensive course is the spirit of service. During the training, interns execute a project of their own design that will have some benefit to growers and Hawai‘i communities.

The Breadfruit Revival Perhaps Craig is best known for his work in revitalizing ‘ulu production throughout the Pacific.

Craig serves as co-director of Ho‘oulu ka ‘Ulu and agroforestry director of the Pacific Regional Breadfruit Initiative. These projects aim to highlight ‘ulu as a Breadfruit Production Guide. beautiful, tasty, nutritious, photo courtesy of Craig Elevitch plentiful, cost-effective, and culturally appropriate food that can improve Hawai‘i food security.

The Breadfruit Agroforestry Guide, authored by Craig and Diane Ragone, is the leading guide for all aspects of breadfruit cultivation, production, and economic impact for the backyard gardener to large-scale farm. One of the foundational ideas is to grow breadfruit together with other crops. “I was shocked when I saw people immediately recognizing the economic benefits, but they wanted to grow them as a monoculture. You don’t get the multiplicity benefit when they are grown alone,”

Craig laments. “Meanwhile, when Pacific Islanders think of a breadfruit tree they think of it in a forest, they think of it as a plant community.”

As Craig and I walk up the twisting Hōlualoa streets, he points to a yard, “See, this is what inspired me.” At first glance, it is an overgrown garden with a hodgepodge of plants in various stages of maturity. “They have their money-making crop—coffee. Then there’s banana, peach, avocado, mango, some papaya over there,” his list goes on, “Oh! There’s a macadamia nut, and a lemon tree.” His passion shows with each new plant discovery.

Together we head a little further down the street to a small house perched at the edge of the road. Around back, the tiny house takes in a commanding view. The green forests that separate us from the shoreline reveal themselves as ancient breadfruit groves, purposeful mango trees, cherimoya, atemoya, peach, coffee, macadamia nut—this isn’t a forest at all, it is an abundant food source very intentionally planted many, many years ago.

Craig has been able to straddle the worlds of both western science and indigenous ways, “I’m fortunate, I can see a little bit and integrate the two different mindsets.” With an engineer’s eye, he examines the system of a regenerative agroforest yet employs the knowledge handed down to him from the farmers of Hōlualoa. Craig understates his selfless contribution to Hawai‘i Island and the world. He is like the giant ‘ulu tree anchoring the agroforest with his knowledge, giving freely in abundance so the community can thrive, and providing a space for others to grow beside him. ■ For more information visit: agroforestry.org

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Beloved & Humble Puna

By Marcia Timboy

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n her way to Kīlauea, Pele initially carved out a crater called Malama, inland of her landing place at Keahialaka. Pele was dissatisfied with this crater, and proceeded to excavate another nearby crater called Pu‘ulena, which she was also displeased with. Yet another crater dug by Pele was called Pohoiki, translated as ‘small depressionʻ” (Pukui 1974). “This crater was also abandoned as she continued her pursuit for a suitable home” (Westervelt 1916).

It is said that Pele (goddess of fire and volcanoes) likes to revisit her path to the coastline whence she first made landfall.

“Pohoiki still stands!”

This joyful Facebook post on August 6, 2018 by Ikaika Marzo, a community leader with deep Puna lineage, was seen and shared by thousands. Months earlier a devastating lava eruption changed the lower Puna landscape, as it has done for eons before. Farms, businesses, and more than 700 homes were destroyed—displacing approximately 2,000 Puna residents. Kama‘āina (local residents) and a worldwide audience watched as lava flowed along Kīlauea Volcano’s east rift zone and moved across the Puna coastline to the sea, but Pohoiki was spared—the lava miraculously stopping some 500 feet from its boat ramp.

Stronghold – o Pohoiki

Beach and village at Pohoiki. photo from the Lyman Museum Archives

Historical Landscape The ahupua‘a of Pohoiki and Keahialaka are two of some 50 traditional land divisions in the district of Puna on the east side of Hawai‘i Island. They are situated along the southern margin of the east rift zone, covered primarily by Holocene lavas composed of Puna Basalt that originated from fissure eruptions less than 750 years ago. The lava flows in these two ahupua‘a occurred in 1790, 1955, and most recently, May–August 2018.

Puna is described as an agriculturally fertile land that has been repeatedly devastated by lava flows.

These two ahupua‘a include not only the land area with vast agricultural and forest resources, but also extend out to the

ocean fisheries fronting them. Residents of these ahupua‘a from pre-contact to the mid-20th century were once able to procure nearly all that they needed to sustain their families and community. The ahupua‘a resources in turn helped support the ali‘i that ruled the district of Puna (Maly 1998). The best landing (historically) along the entire southeastern shore of Hawai‘i Island is situated along the shores of Pohoiki Bay. Cultural Landscape and Significance Despite its perceived lack of importance with respect to the emerging political history of Hawaiian leadership, Puna was a region famed in legend for its associations with the goddess

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Pele and god Kāne (Maly 1998). However, the association with Kāne is perhaps more ancient. Kāne, ancestor to both chiefs and commoners, is the god of sunlight, fresh water, verdant growth, and forests. It is said that before Pele migrated to Hawai‘i from Kahiki (Tahiti), no place in the islands was more beautiful than Puna. Contributing to that beauty were the groves of fragrant hala and forests of ‘ōhi‘a lehua for which Puna was famous: “Puna pāia ‘ala i ka hala (Puna, with walls fragrant with pandanus blossoms) is a place of hala and lehua forests. In olden days the people would stick the bracts of hala into the thatching of their houses to bring some of the fragrance indoors” (Pukui 1983). The inhabitants of Puna were likewise famous for their expertise and skill in lauhala weaving.

The Hale ‘Ohana and the Red House “Pohoiki is our ancestral home,” states Earl Hale (ha lay) at a talk story session in preparation for this article. Earl, along with his sisters Hana and Nani, shared their memories and insights of life along the lower Puna coastline.

Although Earl, Nani, Hana, and their siblings grew up on a more agricultural homestead in Kapoho, Pohoiki was where their kūpuna (grandparents and great-grandparents) resided and practiced a traditional fishing lifestyle.

The iconic red house (built in the mid-1800s by Robert Rycroft, an agricultural entrepreneur from Leeds, England) fronting the Pohoiki boat ramp has been in the Hale ‘ohana (family) for generations. The house has been a gathering place for their celebrations, births, reunions, and funerals. They also put on an annual Labor Day fishing tournament off the Pohoiki boat ramp. As true kama‘āina (original settlers), the Hale ancestors were in the area long before the house was built.

The Hale generational ties to Pohoiki run deep, and they have always mālama (cared for) the place, which includes the family gravesite up the road from the village. The Hale ‘ohana have long endured the immense changes Pohoiki has gone through.

In an interview conducted by ethnographer Kepa Maly in

Hale ÿohana in front of their family home, known as the red house. photo by G. Brad Lewis

Surfers make the three-plus mile trek with their boards to Pohoiki breaks. Prior to the freshly graded lava-covered road, many carried surfboards over an ÿa`ä trail along the shoreline. photo by Marcia Timboy

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1998, Uncle John Hale explained that during his childhood his was the only family residing on the makai (ocean side) portion of Pohoiki ahupua‘a. The son of Isaac Hale and Hanna Kawaiaea, he was born in 1919. Uncle John was raised by his kūpuna, who were dynamic, hard-working mahi‘ai (farmers) and lawai‘a (fishermen), cultivators of Pohoiki’s natural resources. Both John Hale and Gabriel Kealoha were interviewed in Hawaiian and English for Kepa Malyʻs story.

They shared rich detailed narratives of the area, a result of their personal knowledge of the lands, people and practices of the Pohoiki-Ahalanui vicinity.

“Uncle John Haleʻs memory associated with agriculture and fishing are historically accurate, providing a link to the past. Both Uncle Hale and Uncle Gabriel were taught native traditional practices of stewardship for land and fishery resources.

“Fishing was an important occupation for the old families.

There are several ko‘a ‘ōpelu—dedicated ‘ōpelu [mackerel scad], fishing stations, which were fed and cared for—between ‘Ahalanui and Keahialaka that the families used when they were young. Throughout the days of their youth, these ko‘a were cared for by various kūpuna. Kealoha specifically stated that each ko‘a was cared for by a particular family, and associated with the particular ahupua‘a which it fronted. The Hales and Kealoha stated that out of respect for the families who cared for ko‘a, no one from other lands would fish those ko‘a; that was the traditional way. There were always so many fish, not like today. The bait used by the area fishermen were the ‘ōpae‘ula [red shrimp] which grew in the anchialine ponds of Wai‘opae in Kapoho, and in the pond at Keahialaka. In those early days, the ‘ōpae‘ula were the only bait used for ‘ōpelu fishing. Up through the 1950s–1960s, the fishermen who came to Pohoiki generally respected the Hale family’s fishery rights.

Whenever anyone went fishing, they would always approach the Hales first, and upon returning, would always bring fish to share [this is a deeply rooted cultural practice]” (Maly 1998).

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On July 28, 2018, Hale descendant Hana Pau, and other members of the Hale ‘ohana, were brought by boat to Pohoiki to say aloha ‘oe (goodbye) to that wahi pana (storied place).

They arrived on the aptly named ‘Ohana, a tour boat from native Hawaiian-owned Kalapana Cultural Tours. It was an especially poignant experience for Hana, to find the “red house standing alone waiting for ‘ohana,” while the lava approached nearby.

Miraculously, after almost three months of lava flowing directly towards it, Pohoiki and the red house are still there— part of this ever-altering island landscape. Now a spectacular new black sand beach encases the boat ramp creating a pond, which unfortunately is not ideal for swimming because of possible bacteria, and shoreline entry is not recommended due to strong currents and unpredictable water conditions on the ocean side. “The sand is a ho‘ailona [omen or marker],” said Hana Pau. Is it an indication of what has transpired as a foretelling of what is to come.

Fishermen, Surfers, and the Others…

Pohoiki, renowned for its abundant fishing grounds, is also esteemed for stellar surf conditions. As of this writing in November 2018, the surfers, fishermen, and residents are returning to their beloved place. Recovery efforts from the recent lava flow are gradually moving forward; the first, excavating and grading the lava covering Highway 137, was completed in early November.

Utilities still need to be restored to Isaac Kepo‘okalani Hale Beach Park, a popular recreation facility, named after the war hero and member of the Hale ‘ohana. Accessibility will bring Two outrigger canoes at Pohoiki, now the location of Isaac Hale Beach Park.

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Pono Hirakami, his dad Steve Hirakami, Tamaroa Kalama, and his dad Ikaika Kalama (left to right) share a generational love for surfing and for Pohoiki. photo by Marcia Timboy

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more and more people to this now “fabled” place.

Many kama‘āina o Pohoiki, including local fishermen and surfers, are wary of visitors populating the presently pristine lava environment. They believe that the ever-present Tutu Pele destroys and creates. As a kama‘āina o Pohoiki surferfisherman who requested anonymity said, “She [Pele] took all that away, and gave us this for the kids, for the future generations.” ■ For more information: hwy137redroad.org/pohoiki-parcel-archeological-survey/ Recollections of Puna Fisheries and Native Fishing Customs, Interviews at Pohoiki, Puna with Kepa Maly, (KPA Photo No. JH-GK061298), June 12, 1998 (with notes from June 5, 1998) Native Planters in Old Hawaii [by] E. S. Craighill Handy and Elizabeth Green Handy. With the collaboration of Mary Kawena Pukui. Honolulu, Bishop Museum Press, 1972.

Fragments of Hawaiian History [by] John Papa Ii. Translated

by Mary K. Pukui and edited by Dorothy B. Barrère. Honolulu: Bishop Museum Press, 1959. m.facebook.com/story.php?story_fbid=2027196150632259& id=100000256819861 Writer Marcia Timboy walking towards Pohoiki from Mackenzie State Park on the newly excavated and graded Hwy. 137, while steam from the fresh lava releases into the air. photo courtesy of Barbara Garcia

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‘Ohana Howard Kahale Pe‘a, or “Uncle Howard” as he is known, is on age 18 in 1967, I was a musician along with three or four a talented family man. Genuine. He was born, raised and still much older Hawaiian men. We were hired to play Hawaiian resides in Hawaiian Homelands in Keaukaha-Pana‘ewa, Hilo. music at the Mauna Kea Beach Hotel, which opened to the In his late 60s today, Uncle Howard is grateful for the public in 1965. I could play the guitar, steel guitar, ‘ukulele, privilege of a good upbringing by his wonderful parents who, and upright and electric bass. My uncle William Manuia was he says, “taught us wise morals and principles for living and the boss. He made it clear to us while working, NO DRINKING to love the work one must do. John Lonomakaihonua Pe‘a, Sr. and NO FOOLING AROUND. We met hotel guests from all is my father’s name and he is from Kalapana, Puna. He was a over the world. Our workdays were Monday through Saturday. large, tall, strong, humble man and didn’t discipline us when We left Hilo at 5pm, arrived at the hotel at 7:30, started at 8 we needed it. My mother, and played music ‘til Mary Kaiawe Manuia, did. She midnight. My uncle was strong, smaller than my Manuia was the driver dad, decisive, very neat and to the hotel from Hilo logical in her work, always and I always was finished a task and put things the driver getting us away before quitting. Her home because the roots are from Maui. While older men were tired. growing up on Piopio Street Our faithful car was a in Hilo she was very close to four-door Dodge Dart Japanese families living there.

V-8.”

In the old days, families Uncle Howard helped each other out a lot. also worked picking “Today, my brother Eldred pineapples on Kalei and I help each other Moloka‘i and Maui. out and try to keep our family He doesn’t talk together. We remember openly about his ali‘i that although our father connection on his had a good steady job as mother’s side: the a policeman and regular Manuia legacy of Uncle Howard Peÿa with wife, Aunty Charlene Peÿa, and brother, Eldred Kalei Peÿa. income, we were always Lāhainā, Maui. His

The Defining Years “I was born August 27, 1949. After Hilo High School I attended Hawai‘i Technical School, studied accounting and graduated in 1969. I love to learn and love to work. Going

grandfather, John Kalei Manuia was a bodyguard to Queen Lili‘uokalani and a 10key Lua (Hawaiian martial arts) Master. Housed in the Bishop Museum in Honolulu is the feather cloak that belonged to his great-grandfather, Kalei Manuia, II. As a loving husband of nearly 44 years to wife Charlene Puamohala Tirrell, and together raising their seven children, Uncle Howard made time to be a faithful servant to his community through his church work as a past Bishop at age 40 of the Pana‘ewa Ward LDS Church.

Community Man After moving to his farm lot in 1987, Uncle Howard became very active in working with other homesteaders to establish the Keaukaha-Pana‘ewa Farmers Market, sponsored by the Keaukaha-Pana‘ewa Farmers Association (KPFA).

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photo courtesy of Pualani Louis poor with little money to buy food for the family. Our father was always broke when payday came. We found out it was because he co-signed loans for friends and when they couldn’t pay, the banks garnished his paycheck. So our parents and us older kids, 14 of us kids in the family, worked hard on our farm then, which is where Honsador Lumber is today, off Railroad Avenue.

“Kalei and I and all other people living in Keaukaha went to Puhi Bay for fresh seafood—fish, lobsters, crabs, pipipi, wana, hā‘uke‘uke, ‘opihi, and limu of numerous varieties. Our parents were happy when we brought fresh seafood home. Puhi Bay was our supermarket and icebox. I admired Kalei because he could free-dive deep down in the ocean to almost black depths where the island shelf ended, to hunt for fish.”

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of that one-acre market site from an approximately 10-acre parcel. The remaining nine acres in back of the market site are still raw forested land.

Dr. William Sakai, University of Hawai‘i at Hilo College of Agriculture, Forestry and Natural Resource Management (CAFNRM) helped homestead farmers establish a hydroponics program free to the public with funding from the Alaska Native/Native Hawaiian-Serving Institutions, Education Program, USDA, NIFA, and DOCE 2011-38426-30618. Elven Iwashita was and still is the key community volunteer in upholding the hydroponics program. This helps the homestead farmers increase their yields for the farmers’ market.

Today, the farmers’ market has been redesigned with a clear mission, and guidelines for vendors are provided in a Pana‘ewa Farmers Market handout by KPFA. Maile Luuwai is president of KPFA.

Panaÿewa Farmers Market community hydroponics organic production tent with community volunteers. photo courtesy of Pualani Louis

Panaÿewa Farmers Market community hydroponics class projects. photo courtesy of Howard Peÿa

Ho‘oponopono With multiple opportunities available for living longer in reasonably good health, Uncle Howard’s knowledge in the capacity of ho‘oponopono to improve the quality of life has led him to teach it, partnering with educators in Hawai‘i and elsewhere who share his teaching goals.

According to Uncle Howard, ho‘oponopono is not just about settling conflict. It is an important life skill that assists each person in establishing a direct connection to Akua (God). Uncle explains that ho‘oponopono is about “knowing who you are as a ‘child of Akua’ so that you realize your self-worth. Knowing your identity restores your self-esteem, which allows your

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Waimea hoÿoponopono class. photo courtesy of Howard PeÿaHo

self-confidence to grow. Eventually the person realizes that Akua made them to be successful, because Akua don’t make rubbish.”

Uncle Howard learned ho‘oponopono from Aunty Abbie Napeahi, a Hawai‘i Island native, born in La‘aumama, Kohala and best known as a Loea Ho‘oponopono (highly skilled ho‘oponopono expert). She worked as Kūpuna Outreach Facilitator for Alu Like’s Native Hawaiian Substance Abuse Prevention Project in Hilo from 1980 and was recognized by Judge Ronald Moon, State Circuit Court, for her success rate with adult ex-offenders in the criminal justice system. A mere 3% of the adult ex-offenders who participated in her program were re-arrested, compared with 60% of adult ex-offenders not involved in the program.

Uncle Howard joined Aunty Abbie at Alu Like in the mid1990s. He learned the old way, on the job. Under Aunty Abbie’s mentorship, he became a community-recognized Haku Ho‘oponopono (master instructor of ho‘oponopono). Together they developed a highly successful ho‘oponopono curriculum that emphasized the importance of addressing the individual first, because helping a person regain his or her confidence, competence, and life purpose is the most important part of his or her healing process.

After implementing the curriculum as a team for several years, Uncle Howard knew Aunty Abbie believed he was ready to handle the rigors of being a ho‘oponopono practitioner the day she did not show up for a job they were scheduled to complete together. Uncle remembers, “She was old style, sink or swim.”

When it was near her time to join her ancestors in 2005, she 79 assigned a final request to him: tend to the youth, help the

Opening day market activity. photo courtesy of Pualani Louis

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community, and ensure kanaka (Hawaiian natives) come first.

As Uncle Howard continues to work in and for his community, he is increasingly troubled by the frequency of disturbances he is asked to help contain. It is clear to him we need more well-trained ho‘oponopono practitioners.

In 2017, he started training the next generation Haku Ho‘oponopono with classes in Miloli‘i, Waimea, and Hilo. “That was exhausting,” he shares.

Today, he works with a small group of haumana (students) in Hilo adding hydroponic gardening as part of their own personal ho‘oponopono lifestyle regimen. Some have also begun working with KPFA to ensure hydroponic classes remain an integral part of its newly designed Pana‘ewa Farmers Market.

To honor Aunty Abbie’s final request, Uncle Howard, with help of some haumana, is in the process of establishing a nonprofit organization, Ke Ala Ola Aloha, to perpetuate the practice of ho‘oponopono passed down by Aunty Abbie.

Uncle Howard has volunteered to be a mentor for EA (Education with Aloha) Ecoversity, an endeavor scheduled for startup in 2020. Conceptualized by one of his haumana, Ku Kahakalau, PhD, of Ku-a-Kanaka, LLC, “The goal of EA Ecoversity is to transition Native Hawaiian ‘ōpio, or youth, to kanaka makua, or responsible adults with life skills to revitalize our native language, culture and traditions, for a sustainable Hawai‘i.”

Sustainable living through farming, reusing, recycling, and reducing are very close to Uncle Howard’s heart. He and his wife Charlene share their lifestyle with their family and friends.

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t’s difficult to describe Charles Michael Brotman in words. He’s a lifelong musician, songwriter, producer, mentor, and Grammy Award winner. Yet, sitting barefoot in his studio, picking the bass line for a new track—sharing it, listening, tweaking it, recording again—he is relaxed, at home, just a guy doing what he loves: making music.

“Music makes people feel great, it makes people cry,” he says. “If it doesn’t elicit an emotional response, it won’t work out there in the world.” There’s an orchestra at his fingertips.

Rows of knobs represent strings, percussion, and horns.

Instead of a baton, he conducts with twists and turns, sliding levers, and tapping keyboards: piano and computer. He’s looking for that combination, that mesh of sound and rhythm

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Charles received a Grammy Producer Award in the first ever Hawaiian Music category in 2005.

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that says what he wants to say. Today, it’s a catchy holiday tune for a movie. Tomorrow, it might be an island pop song for a TV show.

“Right now, there are several songs I’m just finishing up,” he says. “I’ve been working with different co-writers in Honolulu and on the mainland. There’s a production library in Europe that I’ve been working on, too.” A production library is a resource for television and film companies to purchase music for their projects. In comparison with a full score of original music that may be used for prime time TV shows and bigbudget movies, production libraries provide source music to set the scene, even if it’s just a few bars.

Charles continues, “They might need something in a dance club, or maybe somebody just died ... Even so, it has to be musical; it has to have a vibe; it has to be sonically correct ... You also have to be prolific,” Charles continues. “Over the years I’ve done quite a bit of music, well into the hundreds, 400–500 at any time generating placement income. I’m still working for a living.”

Originally from Mercer Island, Washington, Charles grew up in a musical family, and first met music via the violin. He learned to play guitar at age 12, and performed with various bands in high school and college. In graduate school he specialized in baroque and medieval music, and fell more and more in love with classical guitar (although Eric Clapton was also an early influence.)

After graduation, Charles came to Hawai‘i to earn a masters in music at the University of Hawai‘i at Mānoa, where he taught classical guitar for nine years.

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music,” says Charles. “I went to music school, I graduated. I didn’t know how royalties work. I knew if you were going to make it, you have to record. So, I was shopping my music, meeting people. I’d go over to LA and drive up and down Sunset Boulevard. One time I met a publisher. He asked me, ‘Would you be interested in licensing this music?’ I said, ‘Sure—whatever that means.’”

The publisher advised him to join American Society of Composers, Authors, and Publishers (ASCAP) and keep writing his music. “The first check was for $10,” says Charles, “Then $50, $100, $1,000. We were building it like an annuity. I remember thinking that if I could earn $1,000 a month, that would be enough to live on, I was pretty young and naive.

And—it took several years of work to even get to that point.”

“He took the time to teach me how to do this,” says Charles.

“Eventually, I got a record deal, and that record got into the Top 10 in the US. That gave me a degree of confidence, the thought that, I guess I can really do this.” In the 1980s, he launched Pacific Music Productions in Honolulu, and began composing. In 1990, he came to Hawai‘i Island, almost as an experiment.

“It was not anything I expected,” Charles says. “The new F&B [Food and Beverage] director of the Ritz Carlton on the Kohala Coast [now the Fairmont Orchid] had heard me and my group play at Lewer’s Lounge in Halekulani, and invited me to come and play music. I talked to my wife, Joanie, and she said, ‘Let’s give it a try.’ After a couple of months, there was no going back to O‘ahu.”

“It’s weird how it works out,” he continues. “Especially in music, things that push you forward tend to come out of left field. I guess that’s life, too.”

In 1997, he had the idea to record a nice, acoustic guitar CD that could be sold in the resort gift shops, so he teamed up with fellow guitarists Charles Recaido and Kevin Teves (later, replaced by current member Rupert Tripp, Jr.) to form the band Kohala. With sister Jody, he created Palm Records, and built Lava Tracks Recording Studio in Waimea to produce their first album.

“We had talked about wanting to continue making records, but controlling my own destiny, so to speak,” says Charles.

Jody was a buyer at Nordstrom with sales and marketing experience, and a big music fan. The idea was, Charles would make the music and she would sell it.

“We didn’t intend for Kohala to be a performing group,” says Charles. “But we started getting requests to perform. A fellow from Japan heard us in a Borders listening station, and called. He thought Palm Records might be a good partner with his company in Japan, and that has gone on 20 years plus 10 new Kohala CD releases. Kohala has gone from playing in tiny little clubs in Tokyo with 100 people packed in, to now doing theatres all over Japan seating 1,500 and more, and they sell out. It’s not what we had expected, but it sure is fun!”

In 2005, Palm Records produced a collaborative album featuring nine kī ho‘alu masters, Slack Key Guitar Volume 2.

That year, Charles won a Producer Award in the inaugural Hawaiian Music Grammy category. He has since produced two more Grammy-nominated albums, Slack Key Guitar: The Artistry of Sonny Lim in 2006, and Hula Ku‘i by Kahulanui in 2014. Winner of multiple Nā Hōkū Hanohano awards, Charles was named Hawai‘i Music Awards Producer of the Year in 2005.

“In music, nobody does it by themselves. It’s definitely a team thing. Your network is everything.”

Charles’ network continues to expand, and it’s something he shares with others—especially local musicians just starting out—during the Hawai‘i Songwriting Festival, the unique event that he helped perpetuate in 2015.

The highly successful event grew out of the Kaua‘i Music Festival, which Charles, wife Joanie and daughter Julia started volunteering for when it began in 2002. When the founding president decided not to continue on Kaua‘i, it was the Brotmans who steered it to Hawai‘i Island, rebranded as the Hawai‘i Songwriting Festival.

“The festival has been an amazing thing—giving local musicians access to industry professionals that they wouldn’t have access to even in LA or Nashville,” says Charles. Hawai‘i Songwriting Festival fees are as low as possible, mostly to help offset the costs of hotel and airfares for the visiting staff who all volunteer their time. The festival is a registered 501c3 nonprofit, and the event is run entirely by volunteers.

Scholarships are available for some students.

Four years ago, Creative Labs, a division of the State of Hawai‘i Department of Business, Economic Development and Tourism (DBEDT), began talking about ways to partner with the music industry, and started a Creative Lab music immersion program that now runs back-to-back, following the Hawai‘i Songwriting Festival.

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group of musicians to create music one-on-one with top-level producers, writers and executives in the music business,” Charles says. “Unlike the festival, Creative Labs is a competitive process to get accepted. Once you’re accepted, we create ‘writing pods,’ where we pair a producer, co-writer and music supervisor with local music creators to write for shows, like Nashville, Empire, and others.” Several songs created in the Creative Labs program have been on national TV shows.

“This is our fourth year now, and we have about ten musicians come through each year. So there are about 40 writers in Hawai‘i right now who are connected with the industry at large,” said Charles. “We are really trying to develop a community, a global network of musicians, bridging our industry in Hawai‘i with the greater global music industry.”

The Hawai‘i Songwriting Festival has earned a reputation as a high-caliber learning experience for musicians, and an excellent resource for new talent and new music for the industry professionals. Many of those chosen to participate in Creative Labs started out at the festival.

Both events are made possible in part by DBEDT, Creative Industries Division, State of Hawai‘i, as well as local sponsors and donors.

As we wrap up the interview, Charles, a humble guy, poses for photos with guitars, keyboards, headphones, and the long banks of his digital orchestra. Photographer Sarah Anderson repositions the Grammy Award, polishing it with a cloth.

“You just sprinkled Grammy dust all over the room,” says Charles with a smile. Yes, and we suspect that he’s sprinkled that magic dust over many up-and-coming musicians in many rooms across Hawai‘i and beyond. Mahalo, Charles. ■ Photos by Sarah Anderson For more information: hawaiisongwritingfestival.com creativelab.hawaii.gov/ lavatracks.com

Crossword Puzzle | By Myles Mellor

Enjoy this crossword that tests your knowledge about what you read in this edition of Ke Ola Magazine, including the ads, while learning about Hawaiian culture and our island home!

Some answers are in English, some are in Hawaiian. Feel free to use the Hawaiian reference library at wehewehe.org. Answers can be found on page 89.

Your feedback is always welcome.

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NICOCO HAWAIIAN GELATO roots in Kalapana and are the closest gelato shop to exist next to an active lava flow. And through last yearʻs lava flows, earthquakes, and hurricanes, Sean and Ashley steadfastly served their community, offering smiles, scoops, freshly made gluten-free waffle cones, and their newest addition: one-ofa-kind gelato cakes, all delivered with love and aloha.

Nicoco’s decadent and delicious gelatos are now available in many retail outlets, and all of the trendiest and hottest restaurants, resorts and farmers’ markets around Hawai‘i Island. Those include Herbivores in Kona, Under the Bodhi Tree at the Shops at Mauna Lani in the Kohala resort area, and in Hilo, Conscious Culture Cafe, and the beloved Lucy’s Taqueria. For a complete list of retail outlets, please visit their website. Sean and Ashley are very selective in the venues that carry their gelato, making sure that their visions of sustainability and positive growth for the island are aligned with the conscious Nicoco lifestyle.

Nicoco has established a successful model for sustainable businesses that supports the local farming community and produces delicious, healthy, crowd-pleasing treats that can’t be rivaled, and that local eateries are proud to offer. They are committed to positive social changes, Hawai‘i sovereignty, and a cruelty-free living. Nicocoʻs lifestyle, combining environmental responsibility, local sourcing and aloha spirit, is one you can be proud to be a part of.

Nicoco Hawaiian Gelato 808.965.6554 NicocoHawaiianGelato@gmail.com nicocohawaii.com

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Perhaps you’ve seen it around, the adorable smiling face of the big-eyed white wolf pup, paired with the soft baby blues and cotton candy pinks reminiscent of those perfect sunset skies. It makes you lick your lips just thinking about it: Nicoco Hawaiian Gelato. They have been hard to miss since their inception in 2012, at the circus-like S.P.A.C.E market, and their non-stop presence at the heart of Uncle Robert’s Night Market. Nicoco has continued to blossom from there, growing organically as a grassroots company with the support of their community and a tireless dedication to the highest quality.

Nicoco is Hawai‘i's first and only all-vegan and gluten-free gelato company. In 2012, co-creators Sean Crowne and Ashley Campbell started making small batches of gelato for their neighbors in Kalapana, who quickly encouraged them to bring their creations to the local farmersʻ market. The young couple sold out of everything in only a few short hours on their first day, and their products have a record of doing so almost daily at the market, in stores, and at their shops.

Their popularity is understandable, with over 400 rotating seasonal flavors that ranging from truly rich, like their Keawe Chocolate Caramel, Juniper Mint, and Golden Macadamia; to airy and delicate, such as their floral line featuring flavors like Rose Petal Pistachio, Wildberry Lavender, and Violet Mango.

All flavors are all made in limited edition handmade batches.

Hawai‘i and island living inspires their signature flavors, which change daily.

Buying, foraging, and supporting local farmers to get Hawai‘i Island-grown ingredients is, and has always been, part of Nicoco’s mission. Whether it’s hand-pressing their own coconut cream, crafting their own jams, growing fresh herbs and spices, sourcing turmeric from a farmer down the road, pollinating fresh vanilla beans to make their own vanilla extract or picking lychees off a tree at a friend’s house, the ingredients for each gelato are delicious, locally sourced, raw, never heated, fresh, in season, and organic.

In 2017, Nicoco opened its first store in historic downtown Pāhoa and within the same year, opened the doors to a second location in Hilo, with plans for a third already in the works. Nicoco is truly a story of fire and ice, as they base their

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Hawai‘i Island Wondering what’s happening around Hawai‘i Island? Visit these businesses and organizations websites for the most up-to-date event calendars.

365 Kona

365kona.com Julie@Ziemelis.com

Akamai Events

AkamaiEvents.com aloha@akamaievents.com 808.747.2829

Aloha Theatre–Kainaliu Aloha Performing Arts Company ApacHawaii.org info@apachawaii.org 808.322.9924

Basically Books

BasicallyBooks.com bbinfo@hawaiiantel.net 808.961.0144

Donkey Mill Art Center

DonkeyMillArtCenter.org 808.322.3362

Downtown Hilo Improvement Association DowntownHilo.com 808.935.8850

Food Hub Kohala

FoodHubKohala.org karla@andreadean.com Karla Heath, 808.224.1404

Friends of NELHA

FriendsOfNelha.org 808.329.8073

Hawaiian Cultural Center of Hāmākua hccoh.org info.HCCOH@gmail.com 808.494.0626

Hawai‘i Homegrown Food Network HawaiiHomeGrown.net editor@hawaiihomegrown.net

Hawaii Museum of Contemporary Art/ EHCC EHCC.org arts@ehcc.org 808.961.5711

Holualoa Village Association HolualoaHawaii.com

Honoka‘a People’s Theatre HonokaaPeople.com hpt@honokaapeople.com 808.775.0000

Hulihe‘e Palace Wilhelmina’s Tea DaughtersOfHawaii.org info@daughtersofhawaii.org 808.329.1877

‘Imiloa Astronomy Center of Hawai‘i ImiloaHawaii.org vrecinto@imiloahawaii.org 808.969.9703

InBigIsland

InBigIsland.com tony@inbigisland.com 808.333.6936

Island of Hawai‘i Visitors Bureau

Kahilu Theatre–Waimea KahiluTheatre.org 808.885.6868

Kailua Village Business Improvement District HistoricKailuaVillage.com kailuavillage@gmail.com 808.326.7820

Kona Historical Society KonaHistorical.org khs@konahistorical.org 808.323.3222

Kona Choral Society

KonaChoralSociety.org 808.334.9880

Kona Stories Bookstore KonaStories.com ks@konastories.com 808.324.0350

gohawaii.com/hawaii-island hawaii-island@hvcb.org 800.648.2441

Resort and Shopping Center Cultural Events

Log onto websites for event calendars

Keauhou Shopping Center KeauhouVillageShops.com 808.322.3000

Kingsʻ Shops–Waikoloa KingsShops.com 808.886.8811

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KonaCommons.com 808.334.0005

Kona International Marketplace KonaInternationalMarket.com 808.329.6262

Prince Kuhio Plaza

PrinceKuhioPlaza.com/events 808.959.3555

Queens’ MarketPlace–Waikoloa QueensMarketplace.net 808.886.8822

The Shops at Mauna Lani

ShopsAtMaunaLani.com/events 808.885.9501

Happenings West Hawaii Dance Theatre and Academy

Konaweb

Palace Theater–Hilo

Lyman Museum

Society for Kona’s Education & Art (SKEA)

KonaWeb.com shirley@konaweb.com Shirley Stoffer, 808.345.2627

Whdt.org vh2dns4@ilhawaii.net Virginia Holte, 808.329.8876

HiloPalace.com info@hilopalace.com 808.934.7010

LymanMuseum.org membership@lymanmuseum.org Liz Ambrose, 808.935.5021

Nā Wai Iwi Ola (NWIO) Foundation NaWaiIwiOla.org kumukealaching@nawaiiwiola.org Kumu Keala Ching

North Kohala Community Resource Center

Skea.org 808.328.9392

CROSSWORD SOLUTIONS

Volcano Art Center–Gallery volcanoartcenter.org Director@volcanoartcenter.org 808.967.8222 UH Hilo Performing Arts Center ArtsCenter.uhh.hawaii.edu artscenter@hawaii.edu 808.974.7310

NorthKohala.org info@northkohala.org 808.889.5523

Waimea Community Theatre

One Island Sustainable Living Center One-Island.org hawaii@one-island.org 808.328.2452

WaimeaCommunityTheatre.org 808.885.5818

West Hawai‘i County Band

WestHawaiiBand.com westhawaiiband@gmail.com 808.961.8699

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The most complete art and art glass supply in Hawai‘i

808.334.0292 73-4976 Kamanu St #108, Kailua Kona, Hawai‘i 96740 in Hale Ku’i Plaza, mauka of Home Depot

www.AkamaiArt.com

info@akamaiart.com

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To submit volunteer information for your nonprofit go to: kokua@keolamagazine.com

Community Kökua

AdvoCATS

Kona Vistas Recreational Center 75-6350 Pualani St, Kailua-Kona 3rd Saturday, 1pm Trap, neuter, spay, community education, colony feeding, management.

Contact Stephanie or Nancy advocatshawaii@aol.org 808.327.3724

Alzheimerʻs Association Aloha Chapter

Kailua-Kona and Hilo Ongoing Variety of volunteer opportunities available.

Patrick Toal patoal@alz.org 808.591.2771 x 8234 alz.org/hawaii

Anna Ranch Heritage Center

65-1480 Kawaihae Rd., Waimea Tuesday–Friday, 10am–2:30pm Looking for docent volunteers to provide guided tours.

Contact Dayna Wong programs@annaranch.org 808.885.4426 annaranch.org

Boys & Girls Club of the Big Island

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Hilo, Kea‘au, Pāhoa, Pāhala Oceanview, Hāmākua Monday–Friday, 2:30–5pm Volunteers needed for after-school youth programs 808.961.5536

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Volunteer Opportunities Bgcbi.com

Calabash Cousins

Hulihe‘e Palace Grounds, Kailua-Kona 2nd Thursday of the month, 1–2:30pm Men and women who support the mission of Daughters of Hawai‘i.

Contact Geri Eckert hulihee@daughtersofhawaii.org 808.329.9555 DaughtersofHawaii.org

CommUNITY cares

Kailua-Kona Monday–Friday, 9am–5pm Saturday, 9am–2pm Community suffering from cancer, medical hair loss, domestic abuse.

Contact Tiana Steinberg communitycareshawaii@gmail.com 808.326.2866

Donkey Mill Art Center

Hōlualoa Hōlualoa Foundation for Arts and Culture Tuesday–Saturday, 10am–4pm Volunteers help in arts education program.

Contact Anne Catlin donkeymill@gmail.com 808.322.3362 DonkeyMillArtCenter.org

East Hawai‘i Cultural Center/HMOCA

Gallery Hours: Tuesday–Saturday, 10am–4PM

Office Hours: Tuesday–Friday, 10am–4pm Volunteer in the art galleries, performing arts, classes, workshops, festivals. admin@ehcc.org 808.961.5711 Ehcc.org

Friends of Amy B.H. Greenwell Ethnobotanical Garden

Captain Cook Saturday, 9am–noon Volunteers needed to help with weeding, trimming and maintenance of the gardens.

Contact Peter 808.323.3318 or 808.936.6457 kaluulu@hawaii.rr.com Facebook.com/Friends-of-Amy-Greenwell- Ethnobotanical-Garden-761479683986161

Friends of Lili‘uokalani Gardens

Hilo Ongoing Volunteers needed to help with the maintenance of Lili‘uokalani Gardens. kteger@hawaii.rr.com facebook.com/friendsofliliuokalanigardens/

Friends of NELHA

Natural Energy Laboratory of Hawai‘i Keāhole Kona Monday–Friday, 9am–noon Share Ocean Science/Technology using deep ocean water.

Use provided contacts for information (Listings provided on a space available basis)

808.329.8073 EnergyFutureHawaii.org

Hāmākua Youth Foundation, Inc.

Hāmākua Youth Center, Honoka‘a Daily, Mon. Tue. Fri. 2–5:30pm Wed. 1–5:30pm, Thu. 2–8pm Serving Hamakua’s school-age kids.

Contact T. Mahealani Maiku‘i HamakuaYouthCenter@gmail.com 808.775.0976 HamakuaYouthCenter.wordpress.com

Hawai‘i Care Choices (Formerly Hospice of Hilo)

Serving East Hawai‘i since 1983 Seeking volunteers to provide staff support and care to patients and families.

Contact Jeanette Mochida jmochida@hawaiicarechoices.org 808.969.1733 HawaiiCareChoices.org

Hawaii Literacy/Kona Literacy Center Bougainvilla Plaza, Kailua-Kona Ongoing at various times Kona Literacy provides free, one-to-one tutoring for English speaking adults.

Contact Lisa Jacob lisa.jacob@hawaiiliteracy.org HawaiiLiteracy.org

Hawai‘i Island Humane Society

Kona Shelter, Kailua-Kona

To submit volunteer information for your nonprofit go to: kokua@keolamagazine.com

Community Kökua

Monday–Saturday, 9am–5pm Need volunteers 16 or older, parent/child team 6 or older.

Contact Bebe Ackerman volunteer@hihs.org 808.217.0154 Hihs.org

Hawai‘i Plantation Museum

Pāpa‘ikou Tuesday–Saturday, 10am–3pm Greet Visitors, assist with tours.

Contact Wayne Subica plantationmuseum@gmail.com 808.964.5151 hawaiiplantationmuseum.org

Hawai‘i Wildlife Fund

Wai‘ōhinu Coastline, Ka‘ū SE Hawai‘i Island beach cleanups.

Ongoing 7:45am Contact Megan Lamson meg.hwf@gmail.com 808.769.7629 WildHawaii.org

Hope Services Hawaii, Inc.

The Friendly Place Resource Center, Kailua-Kona Ongoing Volunteers help our community members who are experiencing homelessness.

Contact Joycelyn Cabal volunteer@hopeserviceshawaii.org 808.217.2830 hopeserviceshawaii.org/getinvolved/

Volunteer Opportunities Hospice Care

North Hawai‘i Hospice, Waimea Monday–Friday, 8am–4:30pm Care for families facing serious illness.

Contact Catrinka Holland volunteer.coordinator@northhawaiihospice.org 808.885.7547 NorthHawaiiHospice.org

Hui Kaloko-Honokohau

Kaloko Fishpond, Kailua-Kona Last Sunday of every month, 8am–noon Rehabilitating Kaloko Fishpond. Learn about Hawaiian culture and ecosystem. Volunteer with invasive species removal.

Contact Ruth Aloua ruthaloua@gmail.com 808.785.0211

‘Imiloa Astronomy Center of Hawai‘i Hilo Tuesday-Sunday 9am–5pm Assist with tours, shows, education programs and membership.

Contact Roxanne Ching rching@imiloahawaii.org 808.969.9704 imiloahawaii.org

Kahalu‘u Bay Education Center Kahalu‘u Beach, Kailua-Kona Daily 9:30am–4:30pm

ReefTeach Volunteers educate visitors on reef etiquette and protection.

Contact Rachel Silverman rsilverman@kohalacenter.org 808.887.6411 KahaluuBay.org

Seeking volunteers to create the Carousel of Aloha Pavilion.

Contact Katherine Patton carouselofaloha@gmail.com 808.315.1093 CarouselOfAloha.org

Kohala Animal Relocation & Education Service (KARES)

Parrots in Paradise Sanctuary

Kamuela/Kona Shopping Area Saturdays and/or Sundays, 11am–4pm Volunteers needed to assist with pet adoption events.

Contact: Deborah Cravatta pets@kohalaanimal.org 808.333.6299 KohalaAnimal.org

Ku‘ikahi Mediation Center

Snorkel Day for People with Disabilities

Lions Clubs International

Sundayʻs Child Foundation

Make-A-Wish Hawaii

The Pregnancy Center

Hilo Ongoing Become a volunteer mediator via Basic Mediation Training and apprenticeship. info@hawaiimediation.org 808.935.7844 HawaiiMediation.org

Ongoing Granting wishes for children with life-threatening medical conditions. info@hawaii.wish.org 808.537.3118 Hawaii.Wish.org 15-2881 Pahoa Village Rd, Pahoa Weekdays: 10am–1pm or by appt.

Volunteers needed for outdoor work for our environmental nonprofit doing hands-on projects.

Contact Rene malamaopuna@yahoo.com 808.965.2000 malamaopuna.org

North Kohala Community Resource Center

HILO 933-9111 KONA 322-2222 www.WaterWorksHawaii.com

Rainbow Friends Animal Sanctuary

Kailua-Kona Seeking volunteers for help with box office and ushering at our concerts.

Contact John Week info@KonaChoralSociety.org 808.334.9880 KonaChoralSociety.org

Malama O Puna

Hilo Showroom: 1717 Kamehameha Ave. Kona Showroom: 79-7511 Mamalahoa Hwy.

Kealakekua Flexible hours Monday–Friday Sanctuary for displaced parrots.

Contact Dorothy Walsh Dorothy@parrotsinparadise.com 808.322.3006 ParrotsInParadise.com Kurtistown Ongoing Volunteers needed to help care for the animals, repairs and maintenance to the Sanctuary, and help with the office paperwork.

Contact Mary Rose mail@rainbowfriends.org 808.982.5110 RainbowFriends.org

Kona Choral Society

Various Locations, Kailua-Kona 2nd Tuesday, 5:30pm “We Serve” is the motto of Lions Clubs International.

Contact Lani 808.325.1973 lanika@hawaii.rr.com

Thanking our Customers for 30 Years of Support!

Use provided contacts for information (Listings provided on a space available basis)

Kohala Welcome Center, Hāwī Daily 9am–noon or noon–3pm Greet people to North Kohala with aloha.

Contact Juanita Rivera juanita@northkohala.org 808.889.5523 NorthKohala.org

Paradise Ponies, Carousel of Aloha Hilo Coffee Mill, Mountain View Ongoing

Kahalu‘u Beach Park, Kailua-Kona 3rd Friday, 10am–2pm Volunteers needed.

Contact Hannah Merrill snorkelday@deepandbeyond.org 808.326.4400 x 4017 DeepAndBeyond.org

Kamuela Serving at-risk youth aged 6 to 17 Volunteers needed islandwide.

Contact Lauren Rainier requests@sundayschildfoundation.org 877.375.9191 SundaysChildFoundation.org Kailua-Kona (serves the entire island) Monday–Friday Volunteers needed and appreciated! Free pregnancy testing, ultra sound, and client support.

Contact Matthew Schaetzle, Director tpc@tpckona.com 808.326.2060 TpcKona.com

Therapeutic Horsemanship of Hawaii Kailua-Kona Volunteers are the heart and soul of this program. All levels of expertise needed.

Contact Nancy Bloomfield nannygirl@hawaii.rr.com 808.937.7903 ThhKona.org

Visitor Aloha Society of Hawai’i Island (VASH) Islandwide Ongoing Volunteers need to provide assistance to visitors who experience misfortune while visiting Hawai’i Island. Training provided.

Contact Phoebe Barela west@vashbigisland.org 808.756.0785 Kona / 808.756.1472 Hilo VashBigIsland.org

Hawai‘i Island Farmers Markets East

Tuesday 3–5:30pm * Hakalau Farmers Market and FoodShare. Hakalau Veteranʻs Park, Old Mamalahoa Hwy

West

1st and 3rd Friday of the month 4–8pm Mā‘ona Community Garden Friday Night Market 84-5097 Keala O Keawe Rd. Hōnaunau Saturday 8am–noon * Keauhou Farmers Market, Keauhou Shopping Center, Keauhou.

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Saturday 7am–1pm Waikoloa Village Farmers Market, 68-3625 Paniolo Ave., Waikoloa Community Church parking lot across from Waikoloa Elementary School.

Saturday 9am–noon Hōlualoa Gardens Farmers g Market 76-5901 Māmalahoa Hwy, Hōlualoa.

Sunday 9am–2pm * Pure Kona Green Market g Kealakekua, Amy Greenwell Ethnobotanical Garden.

Wednesday 8:30am–2:30pm Kings’ Shops Farmers Market Waikoloa Beach Resort Kohala Coast.

Wednesday 9am–2pm Ho‘oulu Community Farmers g Market, Sheraton Kona Resort at Keauhou Bay.

Wednesday 2–6pm Kona Sunset Farmers Marketg 92 74-5511 Luhia St (HPM parking lot).

Wednesday–Sunday 7am–4pm Kona Village Farmers Market, corner of Ali‘i Drive and Hualālai Rd.

North Saturday 8am–3pm * Hāwi Farmers Market, North Kohala, across from Post Office and Nakahara Store under the banyans.

Saturday 7:30am–1pm * Kamuela Farmers’ Market g 67-139 Pukalani Rd, Waimea.

Saturday 7:30am–12:30pm Kūhiō Hale Farmers’ Market 64-756 Māmalahoa Hwy, Waimea.

Saturday 8am–1pm Waimea Town Market g at Parker School, 65-1224 Lindsey Rd., Waimea.

Saturday 7am–noon Waimea Homestead Farmers Market, 67-1229 Māmalahoa Hwy, Waimea.

Tuesday 2–5pm Kekela Farms Organic Farmers Market, 64-604 Mana Rd., Waimea. 100% organic.

Wednesday 9am–3pm Waimea Mid-Week Farmer’s g Market at Pukalani Stables, 67-139 Pukalani Rd in Waimea.

* EBT accepted • g Dog Friendly •

Saturday 7:30am–2pm Honoka‘a Farmers Market, Mamane St., Honoka‘a, Honoka‘a Trading Co., Old Botelho Bldg.

Every 2nd Saturday 10am–2pm Orchidland Community Association Farmers Market Community Lot Orchidland Dr. Daily 7am–5pm Kea‘au Village Market, Behind Spoonful Cafe and gas station, Kea‘au.

Sunday 9am–2pm * Hāmākua Harvest Farmers g Market, Honoka‘a Hwy 19 and Mamane St.

Wednesday Evenings 5–9pm Farmers Market Kalapana end of Kalapana-Kopoho Rd, (Rte 137), next to Kalapana Village Cafe.

Sunday 9am–1pm Laupāhoehoe Farmers Market.

Next to the Minit Stop on Hwy 19.

Saturday 8am–noon * Outer SPACE Ho‘olaule‘a at Uncle Roberts ‘Awa Club, Kalapana.

Sunday, Monday, Tuesday and Thursday 7am–4pm Hilo Farmers Market, corner of Mamo and Kamehameha Ave., downtown Hilo. 30 vendors.

Monday–Saturday 10am–6pm * Dimple Cheek Farm Hwy 11, Mountain View.

Wednesday and Saturday 6am–4pm * Hilo Farmers Market, corner of Mamo and Kamehameha Ave., downtown Hilo. 200 vendors.

Friday Friday 11am–5pm Saturday 7am–1pm Pana‘ewa Farmers Market 363 Railroad Ave, Hilo (across from Home Depot.)

Saturday 10am–3pm Hawaiian Acres Farmers Market 16-1325 Moho Rd., Kurtistown Saturday 9am–2pm * Hilo Coffee Mill, g 17-995 Volcano Rd., Mountain View (on Hwy. 11 between mile markers 12 and 13).

South

Saturday 7am–noon * Kino‘ole Farmers Market.

Kino‘ole Shopping Plaza, 1990 Kino‘ole St., Hilo.

Sunday 6:30am–10am * Volcano Farmers Market, Cooper Center, 1000 Wright Rd., Volcano Village.

Sunday 7am–2pm Nānāwale Community Market, Nānāwale Community Longhouse.

Saturday and Wednesday 8am–2pm Nā‘ālehu Farmers Market, Ace Hardware lawn.

Sunday 6am–2pm * Maku‘u Farmers Market, Kea‘au-Pāhoa bypass road.

Please send info on new markets or changes to sharon@keolamagazine.com

Celebrating a Long Time Advertiser This frees Verne’s time for more of the company’s inventive business endeavors, as his team takes it upon themselves to manage daily operations. The knowledgeable sales staff is always available to assist in making the right choice to meet their customers’ needs.

Each WaterWorks location also has onsite technicians who can answer questions ranging from installations, plumbing, purification, and pump troubleshooting.

When asked about the marketing tactics of his company, Verne stated that establishing a business on an island offers a contained market, especially if it fills a niche need. He believes that delivering quality products and excellent customer service are the keys to a successful business. Meeting the business’s high standards and customer satisfaction organically segues to word of mouth referrals. Selecting visible locations and advertising in choice venues such as Ke Ola Magazine, have attributed to WaterWorks’ continued success.

Although WaterWorks was established 30 years ago, Verne Wood has been a resident of Hawai‘i Island for 45 years. He fondly recalls moving to Hawai‘i in 1972 to surf, and like many longtime residents of that era, has stayed on. Verne’s favorite surf break at that time was at Kaimū in Kalapana, and after the lava flows took that area, he went on to surf Pohoiki. Since the latest volcanic activity in 2018 cut off access to the lower Puna coastline, Verne now surfs Hiloʻs Honoli‘i or Bayfront... “whenever I can find the time.”

WaterWorks Hilo: 1717 Kamehameha Ave .

808.933.9111 Kealakekua-Kona: 79-7511 Hawaii Belt Rd. 808.322.2222 waterworkshawaii.com

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WaterWorks, which was established in 1988 as Puna Water Services Inc., was initially a trucking company engaged in the business of hauling water to homes that relied on water catchment systems.

Since that time, WaterWorks has evolved into becoming the leading-edge provider of affordable and safe water catchment systems throughout the Hawaiian Islands.

Founder Verne Wood talked about the history of his company in an interview with Ke Ola Magazine. “While engaged in the activity of trucking and hauling water, it became apparent that many people required additional services and products that were not readily available at that time. In response to this need we opened a full-service water catchment store in Kea‘au in 1990. We opened another store in Kona in 1996 and then moved the Kea‘au store into Hilo in 2001.”

Verne continues, “As a company we have always been focused on improving the quality of water catchment systems, and to legitimize these systems as a viable water source. During these past 30 years we have implemented various improvements to the industry and today water catchment systems are recognized as an integral component of the building industry on Hawai‘i Island.

“By designing and introducing the Cover Support System, the Double P-Trap Overflow System, Two Stage Filtration, and Ultra Violet Water Treatment Systems, we have been able to improve the water catchment industry such that an increasing number of people can now trust the quality of their household water.”

During the last 30 years, the company has come a long way, and with that, the water catchment industry has become more professional. Verne reflects, “Initially the water catchment systems industry was kind of an underground thing; we wanted to legitimatize it by making it as good as can be. A large component of our success is that we’ve been able to put together a team of very capable and dedicated employees.”

The company now employs 18 people and Verne describes his management style as, “Employee empowerment. By granting my staff with as much decision making ability as possible, we can stimulate creative thought amongst our team.”

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Big Island Gravity

Talk Story with an Advertiser

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LAND SURVEYING

The most beautiful skydive in the world is located right here on Hawai‘i Island! Big Island Gravity, LLC (Skydive B.I.G.) takes their guests to see well over two dozen massive waterfalls as they fly over Pōlolu, Waimanu, and Waipi‘o valleys. Ūpolu Airport in North Kohala is perched right on the cliffs above the ocean, meaning Skydive B.I.G. offers the only place in the world that includes a scenic flight as a part of the skydive.

Although it is in the most amazingly beautiful spot, the location comes with a dynamic weather pattern that mandates that Skydive B.I.G. has the most skilled and experienced instructors in the industry. Their skydive instructors have over 35,000 combined skydives, and their most experienced instructor has been doing free-falls for more than 19,000 miles!

That means he has been in free-fall more than three-quarters of the distance around the entire planet earth—that’s traveling through space at 120mph for more than two weeks worth of time!

Owner “Happy” David Rintala humbly boasts, “Despite our challenging location, our safety record is perfect for tandem skydives!”

Happy is a veteran helicopter ski guide from the founding days of the Alaskan “heli-ski” industry. In addition to his background in ski guiding, helicopter logistics, and avalanche forecasting, he has run tour operations and production logistics for film and commercials. Once the culture of aloha grabbed his attention, he found it necessary to find a niche on the island to use his skills, and Happy says, “Skydiving fits that skillset perfectly”.

Happy aspires to have the number one tour operation on Hawai‘i Island so that he can share its excitement and beauty!

He says, “We cater to visitors and kama‘āina alike, and find our largest segment of customers to be women and couples, as well as the bookend ages of 18 years old, which is the youngest age to skydive, and seniors who love to check this experience off their bucket list.”

When asked if there are any tips he’d like to share, Happy says, “Morning times are the best time to jump for the views of the waterfalls and the weather, in general. We start daily at sunrise—I think that it is the best way to start your day.

Thrill, then chill! The beach will be waiting for you after your skydive!”

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Dean Kelley and Kerry “Kealoha” Kelley 15-2903 Pāhoa Village Rd Pāhoa, HI 96778 808.854.6681 Store 808.464.4189 Home Office facebook.com/pahoabookstore

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Pahoa Used Books & Movies is a fun store, which includes used books, a large collection of movies for rent and purchase, as well as Hawaiian music CDs and other items. Also available is an eclectic collection of jewelry, in mostly Hawaiian themes.

The bookshelves, spread over two rooms, hold treasures in a variety of genres. Co-owner Kerry “Kealoha” Kelley says, “We feature books from, about, or by the people who live in Hawai‘i, from early times to present day. Our collection includes legends and myths, true stories and Hawai‘ibased fictions, information and stories about Hawai‘i Island volcanoes, as well as Hawaiian travel, spirituality, and nature.

The tabletop books of photos taken from across this island state are spectacular! A local publisher prints these books, so we have new books available for gift-giving or personal preference. Local island authors also have a section available to sell their newest works.”

The store itself was remodeled last year and is bright, cool, and calming with a chair here and there to sit and read or listen to music. A cooler holds a variety of beverages, movies are played on a wall-mounted TV screen, and a music listening-station offers a sampling of Hawaiian music.

They also have great selections in their keiki (children’s) area, and encourage families to read books.

The feel and the smell of a book, and the sound of a turning page are memory makers.

As members of the Mainstreet Pāhoa Association, Kealoha and her husband Dean are both actively engaged in helping with financial recovery in the aftermath of the May 2018 lava flow. As this magazine was going to press, the group had just opened a lava museum, displaying items from the irreparably damaged Hawai‘i Volcanoes National Park Jagger Museum. These items have been permanently “loaned” to their organization, and since the Jagger Museum closed, it’s the only place in the world to see these amazing pieces.

There is also a gift shop adjacent to the museum, and Pāhoa Used Books is offering books about volcanoes and local lava legends that can be purchased there in addition to their store.

Kealoha acknowledges she and Dean are ready to retire soon, “We would love to find someone looking for a special place to live and work, someone creative and looking to fulfill a dream, who would do well with this sweet store, which can become anything!”

Touted as one of the nicest stores in Pāhoa Village, we are delighted to share our passion with our community and visitors. E Komo Mai! All are welcome!

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