March–April 2020 by Ke Ola Magazine

KeOlaMagazine.com | March - April 2020

Keauhou

Veterinary Hospital, LLC

Happy EARTH DAY Dr. Jacob Head Best Veterinarian 11 years!

Best Pet Care 2 years!

Are you planning a trip or moving to Hawaii?

International Airport. Call and ask about this service today!

Experience your pet deserves. Experience you can trust.

KeOlaMagazine.com | March - April 2020

Direct Release Airport at Kona

KeOlaMagazine.com | March - April 2020

Front cover: Earth Prayers, Prayers, a painting by Francene Hart.

4 Table of contents: Puna Botanica Malama ÿÄina, ÿÄina, a painting by Ethel Mann.

Read more about the artists on page 85.

The Life

Hawaiÿi Island’s Community Magazine March – April | Malaki – ÿApelila 2020

Arts

Kathleen Abood Creates Purpose, Connects to Imagination through Art

The Art of Stopping the World: Gary Ackerman

Mila Polevia: Music is Home

By Fern Gavelek By Sara Stover

By Catherine Tarleton

Community

Rat Lungworm Disease

For the Love of Horses

Puakō’s Historical Hokuloa Church

Optimism Comes with Education By Stefan Verbano

Linda Tellington-Jones Proves Touch is Worth a Thousand Words By Karen Rose

By Ma‘ata Tukuafu

Culture

Kepā and Onaona Maly: Saving History 47 By Ma‘ata Tukuafu

Keiki Hālau Honors Ancient Hula Legacy

Kumu Paul Neves

Lapakahi and the North Kohala Coast By Jan Wizinowich

By Karen Valentine Kapono

Peaceful Warrior and Ambassador of Aloha By Marcia Timboy

Sustainability

Celebrating the 2% Land Fund Successes By Mālielani Larish

A Garden of Trees 26 Ulu La‘au, the Waimea Nature Park By Brittany P. Anderson

Know Your Place

By Rachel Laderman

KeOlaMagazine.com | March - April 2020

To Walk with the Ancestors

MAHALO TO OUR STORY SPONSORS Ahualoa Farms – Local Agriculture Clark Realty – Home/Building Kings’’ Shops – Culture Kings

The Life

Hawaiÿi Island’s Community Magazine March – April | Malaki – ÿApelila 2020

Ka Wehena: The Opening

Kohala 9 By Kumu Keala Ching

Business

Managing with Aloha

Align: Put Your Values to Work. By Rosa Say

Island Treasures

Tai Lake Fine Woodworking

Talk Story With An Advertiser North Hawaii Community Hospital Kokoiki Brands LLC: Hawaii Cigar & Ukulele, Mother’s Cigar & Hemp Lounge, Hawi Nice Day Hemp Co., and CBD.CENTER

93 94

Local Food

Introducing Broccoli Romanesco with Recipe for the Best Pizza Pie Dough By Brittany P. Anderson

Kela Me Keia: This & That

KeOlaMagazine.com | March - April 2020

Meet the Cover and Table of Contents Artists Crossword Puzzle Hawai‘i Island Happenings Community Kōkua Farmers Markets Advertiser Index

85 86 88 90 92 96

Ka Puana: Closing Thoughts 466: Hānau ka ‘āina, hānau ke ali‘i, hānau ke kanaka.

Mary Kawena Pukui, Olelo Noeau: Hawaiian Proverbs and Poetical Sayings.

Look for Hawaiÿi Island Weddings, Honeymoons, and Special Occasions Islandwide! The official magazine of

6 Brought

to you by

From Our Publisher Puku‘i Suganuma Harman are desendants of Mary Kawena Pukui, author of ‘Ōlelo No‘eau (and much more). Pele Harman and her husband Kekoa created Hālau I Ka Leo Ola O Nā Mamo, a hula hālau taught exclusively in ‘ōlelo Hawai‘i. Hokuloa Church in Puakō has a fascinating history, beginning with Lorenzo Lyons in 1858. The church is still going strong, with a young minister at the helm. We also have a story about Lapakahi, the historic fishing village in North Kohala. Caring for our enviroment also includes learning where we are, as we cover in “Know Your Place.” Kumu Paul Neves, a high chief in the Royal Order of Kamehameha I, has a history of compassion and aloha. Weʻve published stories in the past about projects Paul was involved with, however this time heʻs allowed us to share a story about him and his life, and weʻre honored. Mila Polevia is an inspiration! Through many challenges, he has continued on his musical path, and has found home in North Kohala. This issue is packed with inspiring stories. It gives me so much pleasure seeing it all come together. Mahalo to our advertisers, subscribers, and ‘ohana for making it all possible. Barbara Garcia and the Ke Ola Magazine ‘ohana

Corrections This painting of ‘Iolani Luahine, featured at the beginning of the ‘Iolani Luahine Festival story (Jan-Feb 2020), was created by Roberto Zamora, a part-time Waikoloa resident. Roberto and his wife gifted this painting to the ‘Iolani Luahine Festival, and is displayed each year at the festival. We are grateful Roberto allowed us to publish this image, and apologize we inadvertanly left his name out of the credits. ••• In “The Three Rs,” a story about Waldorf eduction on Hawai‘i Island (Jan-Feb 2020), we mistakenly credited co-founder of Malamalama Waldorf School in Kea‘au, David Gradwohl, as also being the land donor. Instead, the current site was made possible by the land donation of David Watumull. Our apologies to both Davids.

KeOlaMagazine.com | March - April 2020

One of the reasons we share so many stories throughout the year about mālama ‘āina, taking care of the land, is because itʻs an important value to me, and itʻs important for me to share that value with our readers. From the feedback Iʻve been receiving, people seem to appreciate it. It makes me happy knowing that taking care of our island home (and beyond) is important to our readers, too, which is why we dedicate the cover to this theme every other year, alternating with hula, in honor of Merrie Monarch. Francene Hartʻs image, Earth Prayer, speaks of all of us working together to create a better earth—we can do it by uniting for the purpose of protecting our planet. Often I write about the themes that reveal themselves once an issue is all put together. The theme Iʻm noticing this issue is compassion. For example, Debbie Hecht spearheaded the successful 2% Land Fund campaign in 2006 because of her compassion for seeing these lands and their native flora and fauna protetected into perpetuity. Artist Kathleen Abood creates art from repurposed materials, and sometimes even repurposes her own artwork! This is another example for compassion for our land and its limited space for waste disposal. Gary Ackerman turned an old gas station into a fine art gallery next door to the King Kamehameha statue in North Kohala. His love for art and his community shines through in Garyʻs story. Thereʻs Ulu La‘au, the Waimea Nature Park, created by the Waimea Outdoor Circle. If youʻre a resident or frequent visitor to the Hawaiian Islands, you would have noticed we donʻt have billboards. Did you know itʻs because in 1927 The Outdoor Circle (on O‘ahu) purchased and closed down the last billboard printer, and was instrumentral in encourging the state legislature to adopt signage laws that have been basically unchanged for nearly 100 years? Kathleen “Kay” Howe has made it her business to research and educate as many people as possible about rat lung worm disease. Kayʻs son, Graham, was misdiagnosed in 2008 and is finally starting to recover. Even though we had done a story on rat lung worm several years ago, I was compelled to publish another story on it because continued education is the most important thing we can do to protect ourselves. Even now, Iʻm seeing new reports online about precautionary measures people can take if they think they may have been infected. I encourage everyone to keep up with the latest information by visiting the websites referenced at the end of that story. Linda Tellington-Jones has enough compassion for people and animals to spread all over the world. Linda pioneered TTouch therapy, which you can read about in her story. I first met Kepā Maly at a Twilight at Kalahuipu‘a evening, at the Mauna Lani Resort. It was likely 2012 or 2013, he and wife Onaona were living on Lāna‘i, and I was preparing to open a Maui County edition of Ke Ola. Kepā was so warm, he invited me to visit him at the Lāna‘i Cultural Center, which I eventually did. I was inspired by Kepāʻs wisdom then, and now that he and Onaona live here, we are happy to share their story. There is also a coincidence in this issue we were unaware of until the stories came in: both Kepā Maly and Pelehonuamea

KeOlaMagazine.com | March - April 2020

Kohala

Ka Wehena

Na Kumu Keala Ching

Kohala nui, Kohala ‘iki Cherished Kohala Honored Heavens/Chief Kohala Nā Lani Relevant (ancestors) people Pili ke kānaka Kohala nui, Kohala ‘iki Cherished Kohala Honored Mahukona Kohala Mahukona Observe Kamano Kilokilo Kamano Kohala nui, Kohala ‘iki Cherished Kohala Honored Pu‘uepa Kohala Pu‘uepa Stands Mo‘okini Kū Mo‘okini

Kohala nui, Kohala ‘iki Cherished Kohala Kohala Ka‘au Ua Honored Ka‘au rain Pulu ka ‘Āina Nourish the land

Kohala nui, Kohala ‘iki Cherished Kohala Kohala ‘Āpa‘apa‘a Honored ‘Āpa‘apa‘a The life giving wind Ka makani ola Kohala nui, Kohala ‘iki Cherished Kohala Honored Hawī Kohala Hawī Turn to ‘Upolu Huli iā ‘Upolu

Kohala nui, Kohala ‘iki Cherished Kohala Kohala Makapala Honored Makapala Kai Kēōkea Sea of Kēōkea Kohala nui, Kohala ‘iki Cherished Kohala Kohala Pololū Honored Pololū Pi‘i iā Āwini Majestic is Āwini

Kohala nui, Kohala ‘iki Cherished Kohala Honored Kapa‘au Kohala Kapa‘au Nae‘ole the caretaker Kahu Nae‘ole

Kohala nui, Kohala ‘iki Cherished Kohala Kohala Moa‘e Honored Moa‘e Ao malu ‘Āina Cloud sheltered land Kohala nui, Kohala ‘iki Cherished Kohala Kohala Nā Lani Honored Heavens/Chief Pili ke kānaka Relevant (ancestors) people

Kohala—He mele ho‘omana‘o kahi kūpaianaha iā Kohala. ‘O nā kānaka hiwahiwa o ka wā i hala ā i kō lākou pili me nā kānaka i kū nei. ‘O nā ahupua‘a pili i nā mea waiwai i kō kākou ‘ike Hawai‘i. ‘O nā ola ka‘apuni i kō kākou ola. Eia nā ‘ike kupaianaha iā Kohala.

I honor and pay tribute to the gracious and beautiful people of Kohala. Most importantly, I cherish the generations of relevant historical knowledge and stories that have impacted our lives today. Māmā Mary Ann Lim was a person that shared her love of Kohala through her personality of ALOHA, Mahalo nui loa! “‘A‘ohe u‘i hele wale o Kohala” (Inā hele ‘oe i kahi hale i kipa aku ai, e hele ‘oe me ka mākaukau.) Travel prepared with items you need for your visit, never travel empty handed.

KeOlaMagazine.com | March - April 2020

“Kohala” is a remembrance song of special places of Kohala. We begin with the gracious individuals of the past who have influenced the generations of today. Our land districts that host the richness and vibrant Hawaiian knowledge. The amazing environmental forces that surrounds our precious life.

For more information on Kumu Keala and Nä Wai Iwi Ola, visit: nawaiiwiola.org

Celebrating the 2% Land Fund Successes By Mālielani Larish

Innovations Public Charter School students help restore Hylaeus bee habitat at ÿOÿoma in North Kona. photo courtesy of the Kohanaiki ÿohana

KeOlaMagazine.com | March - April 2020

Hawaiian yellow-faced bee zips through the air like a flash of black lightning, attracted to the fragrant white flower of the endemic maiapilo shrub. On this weekday morning, the shoreline of ‘O‘oma in North Kona is blissfully deserted save for the resident flora and fauna. Thanks to dedicated community organizing and the 2% Land Fund, which is powered by setting aside 2% of Hawai‘i County’s real property taxes each year, this parcel of coastline will remain in its natural state in perpetuity. Since voters first approved the measure in 2006, the 2% Land Fund has acted like a superhero, partnering with State and Federal funding sources, nonprofit groups, and community members to save natural areas of significant cultural, historical, and environmental value from development. Thus far, the 2% Land Fund, which is officially titled the Public Access Open Space and Natural Resources Preservation Commission (PONC) Fund, has preserved 7,500 acres on Hawai‘i Island. The public can nominate lands to be considered for purchase through an online suggestion form, and PONC produces an annual report which describes and ranks a prioritized list of the nominated properties before making recommendations to the mayor. Debbie Hecht, Kona resident and campaign manager for the Save Our Lands Citizens’ Committee that worked to place the original 2% Land Fund measure on the ballot in 2006, says that she and Council Member Brenda Ford co-wrote 10 the legislation for the 2% Land Fund and Maintenance Fund Charter Amendment.

“We wrote the Maintenance Fund with the intention of empowering the nonprofits,” Debbie says, referring to the 501c3 groups of community volunteers that already put their money, time, and sweat into mālama ‘āina: caring for—and in many cases improving—each of the PONC acquisitions. Nonprofit groups in Ka‘ū, North Kohala, Kona, and Honoka‘a are actively working to steward these treasured lands. Ka‘ū The largest acquisitions in terms of acreage have occurred in Ka‘ū, where the County acquired Kāwā, Kahua Olohu, and Kahuku. Matching funding from the State Legacy Land Conservation Program and support from the Trust for Public Land and US Fish and Wildlife Service’s Recovery Land Acquisition Program made these purchases possible. According to Debbie, using 2% Land Fund monies in order to secure matching funding represents one of the fund’s best uses. In 2008 and again in 2011, the County purchased several parcels in the Hīlea and Ka‘alāiki ahupua‘a, preserving a fourmile stretch of coast that includes Ke‘eku Heiau and a popular surfing beach at Kāwā Bay. In addition, these properties protect habitat used by critically endangered Hawaiian hawksbill sea turtles and Hawaiian monk seals. Hawai‘i Wildlife Fund’s (HWF) work to restore the estuary at Kāwā using a Maintenance Fund grant award illustrates the importance of stewardship work on PONC acquisitions. Over 276 participants, about half of whom were kids, helped to remove 2,000 pounds of invasive paspalum grass that

Mahalo Ahualoa Farms – Local Agriculture Story Sponsor was suffocating the fishpond and its periphery. Volunteers also removed 1,300 pounds of marine debris littering the area. HWF Director Megan Lamson Leatherman explains that during one of the 11 work parties that HWF hosted between 2017 and 2018, the grass removal exposed a set of ancient niho stones, which are the first stones laid during Hawaiian rock wall construction. This awe-inspiring moment helped the participating volunteers appreciate the significance of the work they were doing. The restored estuary serves as habitat for juvenile fish species like ‘ama‘ama (mullet) and āholehole (flagtails), and hopefully for the Hawaiian orangeblack damselfly, an endangered species which was once Hawai‘i’s most abundant species of damselfly. In a world where natural and cultural resources are under constant threat, Megan emphasizes that Hawai‘i Island is uniquely poised to protect the abundance of natural areas that still exist here. “We wholeheartedly support the PONC program and hope that it continues to flourish,” she says. In June 2016, the 2% Land Fund purchased 13 acres at Kahua Olohu, Ka‘ū, which beloved Hawaiian scholar Mary Kawena Pukui identified as the site of traditional Makahiki games in her writings. Keoni Fox, board member of Ho‘omalu Ka‘ū, a nonprofit dedicated to perpetuating the culture and history of Ka‘ū, says, “When Kahua Olohu was purchased by the County, we were ecstatic—we saw that we are really answering a call from our ancestors to save something that will be a gift for the next generation. With this purchase comes the kuleana, or responsibility, to take care of it.” Keoni’s great-grandfather

lived near the property and was interviewed by Pukui for her landmark book, Native Planters. Using Maintenance Fund grant awards, Ho‘omalu Ka‘ū obtained a mower to maintain the grass-engulfed property. For the last three years, the island-encircling prayer run known as Aha Pule ‘Āina Holo has stopped at Kahua Olohu to conduct traditional protocols, and Keoni envisions using the site to educate students about traditional Makahiki games. In December 2019, the Ala Kahakai Trail Association became the new steward of 2,317 acres at Waikapuna with the help of PONC funds, which covered about 67% of the transaction’s price. Keoni, who also serves as the director of the Ala Kahakai Trail Association, looks forward to working closely with the Ka‘ū community to mālama the land, which contains important cultural sites, the ancient fishing village of Waikapuna, and more than 2.3 miles of the Ala Kahakai National Historic Trail. In addition, PONC funds helped secure a 3,128-acre parcel in Ka‘ū in November 2016. The Kahuku property encompasses a mile-long stretch of coastline, an endangered species habitat, an extensive anchialine pool complex, and many archaeological sites. North Kohala “Once something is built, it’s over for conservation,” says North Kohala resident Toni Withington. She echoes the feelings of many Hawai‘i residents, who testify en masse whenever the 2% Land Fund is under political threat. As part of a dedicated team of five community nonprofits that collectively operate

West Hawaiÿi Explorations Academy students monitor the shoreline at ÿOÿoma in North Kona. photo courtesy of the Kohanaiki ÿohana

KeOlaMagazine.com | March - April 2020

A hiker crosses one of three villages at Kaiholena, North Kohala. photo courtesy of Keith Wallis

under the name Kohala Lihikai, Toni has worked on preserving lands in North Kohala for more than 40 years. Thanks to the community’s tireless work, 390 acres of North Kohala’s coastline have been preserved as open space within the last seven years, with the 2% Land Fund and the State’s Legacy Land Preservation Program contributing the majority of the funding. The Kohala Lihikai groups steward the lands that they have helped to acquire through plant restoration, erosion control, wildfire control, and protection of historic sites. Local high school students engage in archaeology projects at these locations, and younger students grow native plants for outplanting. The 2% Land Fund helped purchase a trio of parcels south of Lapakahi in 2010 and again in 2013, enabling Kohala Lihikai to realize a long-sought goal of fully protecting the entire Kaiholena ahupua‘a makai (ocean-side) of the highway. Like much of the leeward North Kohala coast, the Kaiholena ahupua‘a contains the most intact, pre-contact cultural and archaeological sites of any place in Hawai‘i, including heiau (temples), large hālau (structures where hula was performed), burial sites, and village complexes. Due to the fragile nature of the archaeological features that they contain, Toni advises that the public should avoid disturbing these areas. Furthermore, Kohala Lihikai is working diligently to protect Kamehameha’s homeland, which lies along a 4.5-mile stretch on the district’s north coast. Most of Kauhola Point was purchased in 2012 using State and local fundraising. PONC funds purchased 22 acres at Hapu‘u in March 2018. Kamehameha himself built Hale O Ka‘ili Heiau, a temple dedicated to the feathered war god Ku-ka‘ili-moku, on land at Hapu‘u. Since adjacent parcels related to Kamehameha’s home are high on the County priority list, they are expected to be purchased in upcoming years. Kona Thanks to the 2% Land Fund process, Kīpapa Park and ‘O‘oma in North Kona are permanently protected and the title for South Kona’s Amy Greenwell Ethnobotanical Garden is preserved with a conservation easement. If it were not for the timely support of the 2% Land Fund,

a mixed residential and commercial development with a footprint of about 1,000 homes may have been built at ‘O‘oma. Councilwoman Karen Eoff co-wrote the resolution to initiate the purchase of ‘O‘oma along with Council Member Angel Pilago. Karen says that Kohanaiki ‘Ohana, the nonprofit that cares for the adjacent Kohanaiki parcel, has received money from the Maintenance Fund two years in a row to work on a special habitat restoration project at ‘O‘oma, in partnership with Innovations Public Charter School and other community groups. Students regularly clean up the beach, outplant

coastal vegetation like dwarf coconut and hala that will prevent shoreline erosion, and outplant natives like maiapilo and naio that will attract the endangered Hylaeus bee. Also known as the Hawaiian yellow-faced bee, the 63 species of Hylaeus bee that are endemic to Hawai‘i do not sting, produce honey, or construct hives. Additionally, 2% funds have secured the protection of 15 acres of land along Ali‘i Drive that the County has transformed into the new Kīpapa Park, located directly mauka (upland) of La‘aloa Bay Beach Park, also known as Magic Sands.

ASK US ABOUT “RICKY’S LOYAL OIL CLUB”

KeOlaMagazine.com | March - April 2020

Shelly, Ricky, and Raymond

QUALITY AUTO REPAIR & SERVICES SAFETY INSPECTIONS BY APPOINTMENT ONLY LOCALLY OWNED & OPERATED

808.329.RACE (7223)

MONDAY - FRIDAY 7:30 TO 5PM 74-5622 ALAPA STREET #3, KAILUA-KONA

WWW .P RECISION A UTO K ONA . COM

Melissa Fletcher & Associates •808 968 1483• www.yurtsofhawaii.com

KeOlaMagazine.com | March - April 2020

A shrine looking out over the ocean at Kaiholena, North Kohala.photo courtesy of Keith Wallis

Debbie suggests, “Citizens can continue to support the 2% Land Fund at the polls this November by voting ‘yes’ to allow nonprofits to pay people to work on the lands acquired by the fund and by voting ‘no’ regarding the hiring of PONC staff.”

(Above) Hawaiÿi Wildlife Fund, Nä Mamo O Käwä, and KUPU volunteers helped remove an invasive grass from the Kaÿaläiki fishpond at Käwä, Kaÿü in December of 2018. photo courtesy of the Hawaiÿi Wildlife Fund (Below) Runners from the Aha Pule ÿÄina Holo conduct traditional protocols at Kahua Olohu, Kaÿü. photo courtesy of Hoÿomalu Kaÿü

A Small Group of Committed Citizens Can Change the World The 2% Land Fund’s success testifies to the power of a united grassroots effort, from the dedicated citizens who first collected signatures for the original Save Our Lands Citizens’ Committee petition to the nonprofits who actively steward these wahi pana (treasured places). These majestic lands will continue to educate and inspire Hawai‘i residents and visitors for generations to come. ■ For more information: debbiehecht.com

The Kona community demonstrating their support for the protection of ÿOÿoma. photo courtesy of the Kohanaiki ÿohana

KeOlaMagazine.com | March - April 2020

Kathleen Abood Creates Purpose, Connects to Imagination Through O Art By Fern Gavelek

ne woman’s trash is another woman’s treasure. This saying rings true for Kathleen Abood, who collects treasures to create art with intention. “I’ve always made stuff out of what I have on hand,” muses the Kailua-Kona resident. “Being resourceful comes from my observing nature closely, perhaps.” Kathleen says she appreciates the “preciousness of nature,” and from the very beginning of her artistic life, nature has been her muse. “The patterns of leaves, colors of stones, the textures of wood, they all appeal to me visually and so I collect materials to work with in the studio,” she details. “My first sculpture was made out of the knotty burl of a tree. I’m just fascinated by natural forms.” The award-winning artist says she has always collected things to observe and draw as she sees art as a “visual journal,” recording the intimate experiences of each day, whether it’s picking a flower to paint or collecting discarded sheaths of colorful paper to fashion into art.

KeOlaMagazine.com | March - April 2020

Always Involved in Art Born along the city limits of 1950s Detroit, Kathleen was surrounded by farms, park lands, and horse pastures. She spent nearly all of her childhood outside, playing in nature, drawing, and making things at home. She took art classes on the weekends and by high school was winning awards, serving as the photo/ layout editor of her yearbook, and involved in the local theatre arts program. Kathleen’s young artistic capabilities were recognized by Wayne State University, which awarded the teen a full art scholarship with a hectic, full-time schedule. “Campus life provided all the opportunity I needed to immerse myself in the wonders of the creative world,” she recalls. From Michigan, Kathleen moved to a hippie commune on an 800acre cattle ranch in the Santa Cruz Mountains of California. There she “lived on the land,” built a tiny house, became politically active, met her husband George, and they started their family. The couple lived in other communes, building additional homes. “I’ve tried to have a studio space wherever I’ve lived, so art making has been a continuum,” she notes. While working in commercial graphics, Kathleen finished her art degree at the University of California-Santa Cruz in 1988. She also taught workshops in local jails, discovering how art could help atrisk youth, so she designed pilot art residency programs with the William James Association and received funding for the community’s under-served children. Kathleen was lauded for these efforts, earning the National Arts for Change Award from the Bravo TV network in 1997 and the Gail Rich Award for Visual Arts in 2000. “I worked hard teaching and educating youth about their creative potential and dreams,” she shares. “I crafted a life made out of my 16 very best intentions.”

As a teacher, Kathleen relied on her belief to make the most of her resources. She used discarded materials to augment what she could buy with the limited grant funding. Workshops were titled “Making Something Out of Nothing.” “We created giant animated parade art puppets

for New Year’s Eve and Earth Day out of used, recycled cardboard, bamboo, and found objects,” she explains. “We made creatures come alive out of remnants and donated paint.” Through teaching, Kathleen says she learned how she could share the “gift of being creative” with others and that art could be more than the process of creating art—it could also serve another purpose. Artist Kathleen Abood with her woodcut Papua Hohao on the left, which was repurposed into The Circumambulation and the Secret Life of Trees, on the right. The artist likes to take something and turn it into something new, “to tell a new story.” photo by Fern Gavelek

KeOlaMagazine.com | March - April 2020

Kathleen used pencils and rulers collected from her 30 years of instructing workshops to create colorful mirror frames. The tools used by past students were affixed to recycled pine wood shelves. photo by Fern Gavelek

The Power of Art The Aboods moved to Hawai‘i Island permanently in 2001 and Kathleen created art for numerous solo and group exhibits in both California and Hawai‘i. One of these works, Thicker than Water: A Mother’s Prayer, is a dimensional, kinetic, interactive, monotype print installation that began in Honolulu and evolved from 2006–09. Kathleen used old wood panels, recycled plexiglass, and acetate sheets for stencils to create the print matrix for the

figurative images. When installed, the multiple transparent fabric panels drift gently against the viewer who observes the changing color layers of the human forms. Kathleen created Thicker than Water to manage the helplessness she felt when one of her daughters became critically ill. The iconic forms on the different panels represent her daughter’s physical and emotional transformation during the long healing process.

“This art making kept me focused on helping my daughter get through the many treatment protocols and setbacks,” emphasizes Kathleen. “My process demonstrated how art can be so powerful and communicate experiences that go beyond the meaning of words.” Thicker than Water was displayed at multiple locations and Kathleen eventually made a bamboo/caste paper prayer bowl stocked with pencils and small rice papers for viewers to add their own hopes, dreams, or prayers. The artist says, “This element of participation opened up the creative process and made the art experience more relatable and immediately accessible to others. “Many of the inspired, personal comments found in the prayer bowl brought tears to my eyes,” relates Kathleen. “I later ‘re-used’ some of these written anonymous prayers inside tiny, nature-printed boxes for the monotype assemblage, Syncope: Red Tide. Syncope, aptly named, means to faint or swoon as Kathleen’s daughter was often fainting during her long recovery from a stem cell transplant. The assemblage consists of 108 handprinted, recycled cardboard “trinket” boxes with select prayers from the 800 collected while exhibiting Thicker than Water. Changing the Narrative Kathleen likes to take something and turn it into something new, “to tell a completely new story,” she adds. The artist calls this “changing the narrative.” This can be done by taking a pineapple-shaped monkeypod wood dish and covering the backside with broken seashells or other materials to form a mask. Kathleen also uses her older works of art and repurposes them “to say something new.” For The Circumambulation and the Secret Life of Trees Kathleen created new artwork using a previously made reduction woodcut titled Papua Hohao. The woodcut was based on a door panel found in Papua, New Guinea. For Circumambulation, defined as the act of moving around a sacred object, Kathleen surrounded the central, door-inspired image with her cut and collaged prints of colorful geishas. The interior image contains vivid monoprints of actual leaves. “The new narrative is about the primary cultures of the Pacific Ocean, which have lived sustainably with nature for centuries, and are now surrounded by cultures that destroy nature,” explains Kathleen. “These modern cultures use natural resources without considering the consequences.”

Recycling in Art is Important Kathleen likes creating art with recycled or recovered materials, feeling it illustrates how things we toss aside can be repurposed. “All it takes is a little imagination,” she chides. “And for me, that’s what art is all about—connecting to your imagination.” Kathleen discovered another possibility for recycling with art when searching the tideline for seashells. Instead, she found thousands of bits of washed-up plastic. “This caused a shift for me; I realized the enormity of the litter situation and that I wanted to do something with the microplastics I found,” she recalls. “So, I created art using nature prints made from the garden with bits of collected marine debris collaged in patterns on the surface.” Describing her creative process, the artist says, “I like to throw stuff together that interests me for whatever reason. The energy and meaning of all the elements inspire a response within me to create something.” She adds, “I tend to explore various outcomes, rather than apply repetition. I especially like to mix up the media and techniques and break with tradition.” Always saving things, Kathleen used pencils, paintbrushes and rulers from 30 years of workshops to decorate recycled pine wood shelves to make colorful mirror frames. From pieces of broken glass, she created stained-glass windows, a swirling

Pineapple-shaped dishes tell a new narrative after covering their backside with broken seashells and other materials to form a mask. photo by Fern Gavelek

AWARDDWINNING ISLANDDINSPIRED MACADAMIA GRANOLA 10 FLAVORS MADE IN HILO!

No Wheat No Soy No Dairy No Peanuts NEW LOWWGLYCEMIC FLAVORS ALSO AVAILABLE

(808) 640-3916 HawaiianGranola.com

i n c

KeOlaMagazine.com | March - April 2020

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

Art makes you smart 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

kaleidoscope, and little jewel boxes. At the Hawai‘i Artist Collaboration in 2014, Kathleen worked with four other artists to create Loihi, a mixed media piece named after Hawai‘i’s seamount off Punalu‘u. Referring to Loihi as the “goddess of emergence,” the artists repurposed the upper body of a vintage porcelain doll that they tattooed, a cut paint brush for hair, a carved wooden heart, a candlestick for the bodice, and a copper screen fashioned into a dress. The figure is adorned by a handmade necklace. Kathleen purchased Loihi for her own private art collection. Outside the Abood home is a garden Kathleen planted soon after they moved to Kona. She put in flowers and plants she can either paint or might use in her art. Many of the choices she painted while traveling, like the Eucharist lily. She shares how the garden recently contained a “perfect spider web” and marveled how she’d love to make it into a print. “My mind works like that,” she smiles. “I’m always searching for a way to turn something into art.” Kathleen will be participating in the 2020 Hawai‘i Artist Collaborative (see below). She is also volunteering at Keiki Surf for the Earth April 25–26 at Kohanaiki Beach Park where participants clean up the beach, repaint signs and surf for Earth Day. For more information: destinesiahawaii@gmail.com

2020 Hawai‘i Artist Collaboration The multi-day, studio workshop in Holualoa is a gathering where master artists can recharge and reinvigorate their work through a sharing of knowledge and skills. Artists specializing in as many as 14 different media come together to collaborate. The results of four days of making art together will be auctioned March 28 at the West Hawai‘i Community Health Center. Proceeds benefit the nonprofit organization, as well as provide funds for purchasing art supplies for the following Hawai‘i Island schools: Chiefess Kapiolani, Ho‘okena Elementary, Kahakai Elementary, Ke Kula ‘O ‘Ehunuikaimalino, and Mountain View Elementary. ■ For more information: tailake.net/collab/

The sculpture Wind Gourd of Laÿamaomao was formed using recycled woven strips of painted and printed cotton fiber papers. photo by Fern Gavelek

: d l r o W e h t g n i p p o t S f o t r A The n a m r e k c Gary A ver

By Sara Sto

KeOlaMagazine.com | March - April 2020

ost people would label their day as a bad one after being stung by a jellyfish. Gary Ackerman classified it as inspiration. Stung during one of his routine morning swims, the Hawai‘i resident and artist behind a gallery brimming with color-saturated pieces transformed the experience into an oceanic scene. With glass jellyfish that appear to float before your eyes, Gary calls the sculpture the Jelly Ballet. Gary is inspired by the colors and rhythms of Hawai‘i—even those aspects of island life that others find unpleasant—even jellyfish. The Hawai‘i artist transforms his life experiences into art. Observing his world, Gary allows the designs to come to him and remains open to the sources and directions of his work. Gary is originally an oil painter and has spent the past 50 years mastering this medium. Moved by his creative spirit, Gary started pushing the boundaries of the art world and integrating other materials into his work as well. “I knew I wanted to integrate glass with metal for an element of rawness, so I chose copper. Working with copper presents a challenge that I enjoy,” says Gary, of another underwater sculpture called Island Aquarium. “These fish bubbles though? They were a surprise to me!” he divulges. “I take risks! And that’s the fun part—the unknown element,” the master of color, form, and texture says passionately. “Passion is an important quality in art,” Gary exclaims, acknowledging his characteristic passion before detailing a childhood memory that sparked this fire in him. By his own account, Gary was five or six years old. He was sitting in class,

21 Gary with daughter Maylan and wife Yesan in front of Ackerman Galleries. photo by Sara Ackerman (Inset photo) Newspaper advertisement introducing Ackerman Galleries. photo by Sara Stover

Paintings and sculptures hang on the walls and catch the light that floods Gary’s gallery. photo by Sara Stover

KeOlaMagazine.com | March - April 2020

gazing out the window at the trees, watching how the wind blew the leaves off and how they looked as they were falling. In that instant, he truly understood the experience of movement, light, and sight. At 79 years young, Gary Ackerman is still finding new ways to capture the beauty of what he sees in brilliant colors and contrasting textures.

Deep Impressions Gary set off for Paris at 16 years old. It was to be the beginning of a lifetime love affair with travel. From taking classes at the Sorbonne to visiting the Louvre, Paris has been his destination for inspiration over the years. It was there that Gary studied the masters of impressionist and conceptual art. “I emulated the 14th-century artists, like Modigliani and

Michelangelo. They made the deepest impression on me,” Gary affirms. He’s since traversed the globe studying other celebrated artists. Born in Los Angeles, California in 1941, Gary returned to that city to study at the Art Center in Los Angeles before heading north. For a time, he lived in an art community in Oregon, where he was founder and president of the Grants Pass Art Museum. Eventually, Gary left the West Coast in search of a dramatic life change. Seeking healing on Kaua‘i, he found himself living in the Kalalau Valley on Kaua‘i for more than a year. It was there that Hawai‘i’s beauty inspired him to create art infused with the vibrant colors and designs of the islands. In 1976, Gary followed that inspiration all the way to Hilo, and then to the west side of Hawai‘i Island, where a few local residents spoke of North Kohala. They suggested to him that the best way to see the northwest portion of the island was to paint it. So, Gary continued on to Kapa‘au, arriving as the era of the sugar industry was fading. “There wasn’t a road to Hāpuna [Beach] in those days,” recalls Gary, mentioning that he didn’t see the first rental car come through until the 1980s, a day he remembers vividly, as he was playing chess with a friend when that first tourist rolled by. “There was no art scene back then either,” he states. As such, Gary was a pioneer of historic North Kohala’s art movement. During that time, he assisted other business leaders in establishing themselves and focused on plein air painting. This French style of painting still enables him to highlight the brevity and essence of the world around him by painting on location. “It’s about painting outdoors where the light is good!” he is quick to add.

KeOlaMagazine.com | March - April 2020

A Powerful Expression While painting plein air in Pololū Valley one afternoon, Gary found a ray of light shining from an unlikely source. “At the time, I was in need of some encouragement, but I kept doing my own thing,” Gary says. “That day, a visitor drove up, marveling at my painting. He offered to buy it and I had to explain that it was half-finished, but this didn’t deter him.” When the stranger bought Gary’s painting, it was a powerful expression of someone else’s belief in his art. “This strengthened my own belief in my art,” he insists, “and in the path I have been on.” After experiencing the breathtaking beauty at the end of the northern road, Gary settled down in Kapa‘au, which at the time was a one-tractor town. Here in the birthplace of Kamehameha I, Gary met his wife Yesan, and established his gallery and studio just steps from the original King Kamehameha statue. The building bears little resemblance to the hub it was in North Kohala’s sugar plantation days, or the gas station it had become when Gary bought it. Today it is alive with bright oil paintings on canvas, blue-swirled paper embellishing raw wood, and abstract shapes that resemble windows. “I saw a dolphin or whale in that kiawe wood, then moved within what I saw,” says Gary, pointing to a piece crafted of kiawe, gold leaf, ‘opihi shells, and scraps of palette paper. Every piece has its origins in what Gary sees: the allure of Makaīwa Bay, glimpses of snow-topped Mauna Kea on a winter’s day, and the majesty of Kīlauea’s flowing lava.

A Moment’s Reflection Art collectors seek out Gary’s creations and he is delighted to know that his work is highly esteemed and valued, even landing him in the international “Who’s Who of Artists.” “There’s a duality though,” Gary explains. “My art is an extension of me, so it isn’t always easy to part with my work.” There is some artwork that will never be for sale or even displayed in the gallery—paintings like the one Gary co-painted with his grandson or pieces that Gary paints for the purpose of his own self-expression. In the gallery, however, sculptures comprised of sleek metal and translucent glass, united and separated by epoxy, hang on the walls and catch the light that floods each airy room. “Light is the most important element in life!” he asserts. It is also the reason you will rarely find Gary at the Ackerman Fine Art Gallery, although his wife Yesan and daughter Maylan will offer you a warm greeting when you visit. With an endless amount of energy and persistence, the artist himself may very well be outside, painting plein air. “My paintings take me outdoors for spontaneous impressions of the landscape,” says Gary, who reserves studio work for refinement. In the studio, he refines the art of stopping the world and reflecting moments in time onto canvas. And mixed mediums allow Gary’s true expression of wonder to be seen. This refinement is a process that requires an undetermined amount of time. Even if a piece appears to be finished, Gary will intentionally turn it around for a while if he senses that its story has not completely unfolded. Whether the finished piece takes weeks or months, the result is original and internationally acclaimed

KeOlaMagazine.com | March - April 2020

Gary sees the beauty in a ripple formed from a crack in fragile glass. photo by Sara Stover

Gary describes his palette as a consistently changing one, combining traditional and modern techniques to attain a free liquid style that is simultaneously local and international. From underwater scenes and tropical still life to elemental forces and unique abstracts that echo nature’s elements, what remains constant is the warmth and aloha that Gary’s work radiates.

Glass jellyfish appear to float before your eyes in the Jelly Ballet sculpture, which hangs behind Gary on his gallery wall. photo by Sara Stover artwork that illuminates the most dramatic and intimate moods of an island that he has called home for more than 40 years. “The light is better here than anywhere in the world!” Gary says of what moved him to put down roots on Hawai‘i Island.

Existential Creations Fragile glass has cracked, creating an unexpected and intriguing ripple in a sculpture of the sun setting into the Pacific. Some artists would label their work a failure after examining the broken piece. Most people would also consider their day a bad one after being stung by a jellyfish. Gary Ackerman is not most people. “There’s no such thing as failure!” he declares. Perhaps this perspective is what makes Gary one of the few artists today that can fill an entire gallery with his own creative and authentic work, including the fractured glass sculpture, which will soon be on display. Gary paints what he sees, and sees potential in what others would reject as a mistake. When metallic paint accidentally drips and runs across a shimmering amber plain, Gary lets it dry and shapes it into a stunning visual experience, hanging it on the wall in his gallery. Gary’s artwork is a testament to the fact that everything we see is important. “Why? Simply because it IS. It exists,” is his thought-provoking answer. “And through my art, I express that!” ■ For more information: ackermangalleries.com

KeOlaMagazine.com | March - April 2020

A Garden of Trees

Ulu Laâ&#x20AC;&#x2DC;au, the Waimea Nature Park

KeOlaMagazine.com | March - April 2020

By Brittany P. Anderson

he sky overhead is pure cobalt blue with low-lying clouds steamrolling across the landscape, their shadows dancing on the bright green grass below. Here, in the heart of downtown Waimea (Kamuela), is Ulu La‘au, the Waimea Nature Park. This 10-acre natural space is made possible by volunteers from the Waimea Outdoor Circle, a branch of the statewide nonprofit, The Outdoor Circle. The early members of The Outdoor Circle established a framework of environmental service that spread throughout the islands and continues to grow. Enhance and Preserve In 1912 The Outdoor Circle was founded in Honolulu with the goal of keeping “Hawai‘i clean, green, and beautiful.” Since its founding, The Outdoor Circle has been the state’s leading organization for preserving the beauty of our islands. Perhaps

one of the most notable achievements of the Circle was the banning of billboards throughout the state of Hawai‘i in 1926. Started as a ladies’ group, The Outdoor Circle quickly became an environmental activist group against signs and roadside advertisements in O‘ahu. At that time, billboards were commonplace, selling soaps, cigarettes, and services. The founding ladies observed that billboards obstructed iconic Hawai‘i views, and trash collected around the structures. The women banded together and went up against local and mainland companies threatening boycotts—peppering every bill, correspondence, and letter to the editor with their antibillboard campaign. Imagine the side of Mauna Kea with a sign selling beer, or Waipi‘o Valley with billboards for four-wheel-drive trucks. This was their fear. These women saw iconic landscapes destroyed around Honolulu, and they knew they needed to act quickly,

KeOlaMagazine.com | March - April 2020

27 A bird’s eye view of the nature park and surrounding area. photo by Brittany P. Anderson

The new greenhouse and education pavillion at Waimea Nature Park.

KeOlaMagazine.com | March - April 2020

photo by Brittany P. Anderson

or our islands would never be the same. From 1913–1917, the women successfully garnered public support, and only six of the 40 advertisers continued using billboards. In 1927, after continued public pressure on advertisers, The Outdoor Circle purchased the last local billboard printer for $4,000 and promptly shuttered its doors. That same year, state legislature adopted signage laws that have been, in essence, unchanged since. To this day, the organization still works to reduce illegal and inappropriate signage along our roadways and landscapes. The Circle expanded its reach to include preserving green spaces, views, recycling programs, promoting tree planting, and other environmental concerns that affect the quality of life for island residents and visitors. The Waimea branch of The Outdoor Circle was chartered in 1989, and the organization signed a 50-year lease for the 10-acre parcel of state land located behind the CanadaFrance-Hawaii Telescope’s office to turn the area into a public park. Situated at about 2,600 feet elevation, the land straddles wet- and dry-side Waimea. Like much of the area, Ulu La‘au is part of Waimea’s ranching past, having once been used as pasture land, and it had all but been forgotten. Volunteers descended on the area, removing invasive species, clearing the Waikoloa stream that runs through the meandering property, and shoring up the stream bed. The 10-acre property transformed by the many hands working together and the installment of native endangered and threatened species. Long-term maintenance of the nature park by the Waimea Outdoor Circle provides an enhanced opportunity for environmental education for children and the public. Clean, Green, and Beautiful Two children run gleefully ahead of their parents on a path headed towards the streambed of the Waimea Nature Park. The trails running throughout Ulu La‘ua are punctuated with

This handsome, durable nutcracker will amuse all who see it in action. Great Father’s Day Gift! • Handcrafted box in beautiful Hawaiian Koa or Mango • Rustproof stainless-steel nutcracker, left- or right-handed • Ideal for all popular nuts • Made in USA

Order by May 15, 2020 to receive a 1-lb. bag of Mac nuts in shell

808-430-7719 HawaiisBestMacNuts@gmail.com

MANA CARDS

signs indicating names of endangered and threatened native species that call the park their home. Schoolchildren often use Ulu La‘au as an extension of the classroom. Cheryl Langton, president of the Waimea Outdoor Circle, says, “The park is within walking distance to five area schools, so classes can come to learn about things like stream management and soil erosion,” bringing scholastic concepts to life in local application. Waimea Nature Park provides picnic tables and a beautifully constructed education pavilion, perfect for workshops and academic gatherings.

Among the endemic and indigenous varieties of plants at the park is a unique collection of different colored ‘ōhi‘a trees. Volunteer Leningrad Elarionoff sought out and airlayered nine different colored ‘ōhi‘a trees. A Ka‘ū native, he speaks with a melodic rhythm explaining the color variations. “There are as many colors of ‘ōhi‘a as there are emotions of a woman,” he says. The retired police officer

The Power Of Hawaiian Wisdom

#2 Pō (Night) “Return to the Source”

KeOlaMagazine.com | March - April 2020

Informative display along the stream at Ulu Laÿau. photo by Brittany P. Anderson

HawaiisBestMacNuts.com

KeOlaMagazine.com | March - April 2020

had no horticultural experience. He learned to air layer and began the nature park’s collection from specimens found in his hometown. “They can be different shades of bright yellow, greenish-yellow, and red that is almost purple. There’s a white one I’ve only seen in pictures; I haven’t gotten that one yet,” Leningrad says. He has volunteered at Ulu La‘au for the past 20 years, tending to the trees, bringing a part of Ka‘ū to Waimea. Cheryl confirms three ‘ōhi‘a have been lost to Rapid ‘Ōhi‘a Death—a fungal infection that attacks the ‘ōhi‘a tree. Rapid ‘Ōhi‘a Death (ROD) is spreading quickly, threatening forests across the state. “Weʻre working with the Big Island Invasive Species Council [BIISC] to keep the remaining trees as healthy as possible,” she adds. The Waimea Outdoor Circle follows BIISC recommendations keeping ‘ōhi‘a bark free from cuts, maintaining adequate watering, and ensuring the trees’ immune systems are strong through routine fertilizing. The public is reminded to avoid climbing or damaging the trees to keep this unique collection safe and healthy. A large part of what keeps Ulu La‘au beautiful is that it is a trash-free location. The Outdoor Circle was instrumental in fostering recycling programs, and as a branch of the organization, the nature park had several recycling receptacles. Routinely, volunteers collected the recycling and brought it

A species of white hibiscus in the Waimea Nature Park collection. photo by Brittany P. Anderson

to the county recycling center. Several years ago, Cheryl took note of the trash-free park movement that was becoming popular within the national park system. “The recycling bins had become an attractive nuisance,” Cheryl says. Placing

A shaded bench with the inscription “Under the shade of the Hokuÿula” at Ulu Laÿau. photo by Brittany P. Anderson

KeOlaMagazine.com | March - April 2020

Majestic koaiÿi trees at Waimea Nature Park. photo by Brittany P. Anderson incorrect items in bins, overflowing trashcans, and people stealing recycling became too much for the volunteer-driven organization. Park patrons were polled, and everyone agreed that moving towards a trash-free park was best. The Waimea Nature Park is also a dog-friendly space; “Dogs are welcome, but it is not a dog park,” Cheryl notes. The Waimea Outdoor Circle asks that dogs be kept on a leash at all times for the safe enjoyment of all humans and animals alike. Dog waste bags are provided for owners to clean up after their four-legged friends, though owners need to dispose of the bags at home. “What you bring in is what you take out with you,” Cheryl remarks.

Lasting Protection Ulu La‘au and the Waimea Outdoor Circle organization is 32 entirely volunteer-based. Through the generous donations

of private citizens and local businesses, this treasured green space is open to the public daily; however, it wouldn’t exist without strong public support. The people that enjoy the park take an active role in caring for it. “Because our volunteers have been doing this for over 15 years, the average age of our volunteers is 70,” Cheryl says, concerningly. “Weʻre always looking for new and younger volunteers,” she adds. School groups and community service-minded clubs do occasionally come and help with trails, for which the organization offers tremendous thanks. Instilling a sense of community in the children of the growing Waimea town is vital for the continuation of the Waimea Nature Park. Being a part of the Waimea Outdoor Circle is also a great way to learn about native plants. “I wanted to learn about native Hawaiian plants, and thought that would be something I could accomplish with the group,” Cheryl says of her inspiration to join the organization. The Waimea Outdoor Circle has evolved over the years, addressing the changing needs of the landscape. What started as a renovation project on the Ulu La‘ua greenhouse turned into a complete rebuild. Each year on the second Saturday in April, the Waimea Outdoor Circle holds a plant sale. Due to the challenges with their greenhouse, the 2019 plant sale fundraiser was unfortunately cancelled. However, 2020 will prove to be a busy year for the group with the April 11th plant sale and park improvements. The next big project for Ulu La‘au is paving the road leading to the park, creating better drainage and increasing parking space. Funding from the state legislature will help to pay for the needed improvements. “Right now, it’s gravel and wood chips,” Cheryl chuckles, “It’s either flooded with water or dry and dusty.” These planned improvements will help to make the Waimea Nature Park easily accessible so more people can enjoy the park. Ulu in the Hawaiian language means grove or garden, but it can also mean to grow, increase, and to protect. While lā‘au means trees or timber, it can also mean strength. Together, the volunteers of the Waimea Outdoor Circle increase

in strength taking a neglected area in the center of Waimeatown, where Leningrad chased down kids smoking cigarettes, and created Ulu La‘au—a garden of trees. ■ For more information: waimeaoutdoorcircle.org

The idyllic landscape of Ulu Laÿau. photo by Brittany P. Anderson

Waimea Outdoor Circle office. photo by Brittany P. Anderson

www.HawaiisGiftBaskets.com 808.333.9444 info@HawaiisGiftBaskets.com

KeOlaMagazine.com | March - April 2020

Custom baskets and ﬂoral arrangements for every occasion!

KeOlaMagazine.com | March - April 2020

Introducing Broccoli Romanesco with Recipe Local Foods for the Best Pizza Pie Dough By Brittany P. Anderson

Best Pizza Pie Dough 3 1/2 cups all-purpose flour plus 1/2 cup 1 tsp sugar 2 1/4 tsp active dry yeast 2 tsp salt 1 1/2 cups water 2 Tbs olive oil plus 2 tsp 1/2 cup cornmeal (optional) Method Measure out the water into a microwave-safe measuring cup and microwave for 25–30 seconds. Water should be between

105° and 110°F. Add sugar to the water. Pour in yeast, resist the urge to stir. Set yeast mixture aside for approximately 10 minutes until foamy. Combine 3 1/2 cups flour and salt in a medium-sized bowl and set aside. Once yeast is activated, pour into flour mixture and add 2 Tbs of olive oil. Stir together until the dough starts to pull away from the sides of the bowl— it should still be sticky and wet looking. In a large bowl, drizzle the 2 tsp of olive oil. Transfer the wet dough into the large bowl. Cover with a clean dish towel and place in a warm dark place for an hour. Dough should double in size. Flour a clean surface with 1/2 cup flour. Turn the dough onto the floured surface, kneading gently by pulling dough from one side around over to the other side and around to the bottom. Create a smooth ball through this method. You may need to add a little more flour, but you want it to feel light and pliable. Cut in half for two 12-inch thin-crust pizzas or keep whole for a larger pizza with thicker crust. Preheat oven to 420°F. Using a pizza pan or cookie sheet, sprinkle the cornmeal on pan and shape the dough. Place in the 420°F for 10 minutes. Remove and increase heat to 450°F. Add broccoli romanesco and other toppings to crust. Put pizza back into oven and cook for another 10–15 minutes until cheese is melted and crust is golden brown. Enjoy!

KeOlaMagazine.com | March - April 2020

When Alfred Joyce Kilmer wrote, “I think that I shall never see a poem as lovely as a tree,” he must not have stared into the head of a broccoli romanesco. You’ve likely seen the striking bright green mathematical spirals in the vegetable section of the local natural food stores, mistaking it for a visitor from a far-off planet. Broccoli romanesco, an heirloom vegetable native to Italy and a cousin to broccoli and cauliflower, appeared sometime in the 1600s. Romanesco owes its unique appearance to the fact that it grows in a Fibonacci sequence, the kind of sequence seen in snail shells, roses, curled fern leaves, and trees. Students of art and design will know it as the golden ratio, golden mean, or golden rectangle: an organic pattern of scale that is aesthetically pleasing. It is as mesmerizing as it is mindbending looking into the spirals of a romanesco. The plant enjoys cooler weather, so spring and winter harvests are possible here on Hawai‘i Island. When you see its spikey head in the produce section, grab it while you can! Romanesco has a light flavor similar to a mild cauliflower, that when baked takes on an earthy sweetness. It is a striking addition to pizza, and delicious when roasted with garlic and finished with large parmesan shavings. Broccoli romanesco is center stage for this spring pizza pie. It is made with thin crust and topped with pesto, mozzarella, dollops of local chevre, sunny yellow tomatoes, romanesco spires, and thinly sliced zucchini. The key to a good pizza is the dough. This Best Pizza Pie Dough produces a crust that’s crispy outside and light inside and can be made ultra-thin for a flatbread style pizza or thick for a New York City-style pie.

Rat Lungworm Disease: Optimism Comes with Education By Stefan Verbano

KeOlaMagazine.com | March - April 2020

nside garden hoses, along the walls of rain catchment tanks, between the folds of lettuce leaves, the slugs and snails slither. Although they look just like their harmless mainland cousins, these Hawaiian gastropods harbor a strange and potentially life-threatening parasite known as the rat lungworm. On Hawai‘i Island, where residents and visitors alike battle fire ants, mosquitoes, coqui frogs, and giant cockroaches, the common slug and snail species found chomping on leafy greens or crawling across water tanks may seem like mild tropical nuisances; however, accidentally eat an infected baby slug hidden in a salad, gulp down a kale smoothie with a tiny piece of infected snail inside, or drink untreated catchment water that’s been contaminated with rat lungworm, and it’s possible to contract a disease which causes extreme pain, disability, paralysis, coma—even death. The lifecycle of the parasite reaches its adult stage in the lungs of rats, hence the disease’s name. Rats excrete the worms’ offspring (larvae) in their feces, which is consumed by “intermediate hosts” such as slugs, snails, and flatworms, causing their infection. After rats eat the infected slugs and snails, the parasite’s lifecycle completes when the worms again mature in the rat’s lungs. The parasite infestation of local rats plays a crucial role in the severity of rat lungworm infection in successive hosts. A study conducted on Hawai‘i Island in 2017 tested more than 500 rats collected in and around Hilo. It found rat lungworm in 94 percent of specimens. As the natural reservoir for the parasite, these rats, with their extremely high infection rates, are driving up the population of highly infectious intermediate hosts on the island. The parasites came to Hawai‘i in the early 1960s when the first reports of rat lungworm-infected animal hosts appeared on O‘ahu, spreading from there to Maui, Kaua‘i, and Hawai‘i Island. Two decades ago the disease was distributed much more evenly across the islands. The introduction of a new species of semi-slug called P. martensi to East Hawai‘i right after the turn of the millennium seems to have caused a spike in cases of rat lungworm disease, with the Puna District as the disease’s epicenter. In Puna, highly infectious rats pass parasites to the newly introduced semi-slugs, which tend to carry a higher parasite load than other commonlyfound gastropods, making them more infectious. To make matters worse, the burgeoning semi-slug is unusually active; researchers have witnessed it climb up walls, across hot pavement, and into uncovered beverage cups. There are other Hawai‘i Island animal vectors besides snails, slugs, and flatworms that could potentially cause the 36 disease in humans if consumed raw or undercooked. Infected freshwater prawns, shrimp, ‘opihi (Hawaiian limpet mollusk),

and land crabs have all been documented, in addition to frogs, centipedes, and monitor lizards. Due to its sensitivity to salt, the parasite only infects freshwater aquatic species, rendering Hawai‘i’s popular raw fish dishes like poke safe from rat lungworm. All of this scientific information about the disease—from parasite loads to species vectors—is obtained through the diligent and tireless effort of people committed to fighting rat lungworm’s spread. Pharmaceutical sciences Professor Susan Jarvi, at the University of Hawai‘i-Hilo’s Daniel K. Inouye College of Pharmacy, is one of those people. Her team of researchers is developing blood-based DNA tests to aid in rapid rat lungworm disease diagnosis, testing various antiparasitic drugs’ efficacy against the worms, trialing 40 different vegetable wash solutions, and studying the parasite killing potential of riboflavin and ultraviolet light. Jarvi lab members are also working to detect the infection in various species of domesticated animals. “Weʻre working with veterinarians,” Susan says. “When they get a pet that’s suspected of having rat lungworm, they send us blood samples to test.” Without consumption by any other animals, the rat-slugrat lifecycle of the parasite would go on indefinitely. Humans are what researchers call “dead-end hosts.” The worms are ill-adapted to complete their lifecycle in the human body so they rarely make it to the lungs and end up dying without intervention along the way. Their dead and decomposing bodies cause the severe inflammation responsible for many of the disease’s symptoms. When a human eats or drinks food or water infected with rat lungworm, the parasites survive the acidity of the stomach and travel through the intestinal walls and various organs on their way to the spine and central nervous system. Worms enter the brain/spinal cord and can cause severe meningitis— inflammation of the three protective membranes called “meninges” lining the skull and vertebral canal that enclose and protect the brain/spinal cord. Graham’s Story Just after Christmas in 2008, Kathleen “Kay” Howe’s son Graham got sick. He was 23 years old at the time, and had been living on a Kapoho Farm Lots property in East Hawai‘i, eating homegrown produce and staying in a cabin that, Kay says, “didnʻt have a good plumbing system.” After developing a severe headache, stomach pain, muscle and joint pain, and after two futile visits to the Hilo Medical Center emergency room, Graham was finally admitted because he was no longer able to urinate. Kay was overseas working at the time, and had to hear updates on her son’s deteriorating condition via phone before she could get to his bedside.

• Over 8,000+ customers installed • # 1 Locally Owned Company • No payments/interest for 2 Years • TESLA Powerwall Baaery! Call 808.640.8177 for a free solar quote

Bookkeeping • Payroll • Accounting • Taxes Consulting • Payment Processing Kathleen Howe leads a group of students in checking on their gastropod shelter with tongs and plastic bag to collect specimens. photo courtesy of Kathleen Howe

“Your Trusted Business & Tax Advisors”

Jeff Turner CPA

Free Initial Consultation • Personal Professional Service

KeOlaMagazine.com | March - April 2020

808-329-9220 • www.AlohaBusinessServices.com

Analysis of a sample of Graham’s cerebrospinal fluid obtained with a lumbar puncture (spinal tap) revealed a heightened number of eosinophils—a type of disease-fighting white blood cell—which often indicates a parasitic infection. He was given the steroid prednisone and anthelmintic mebendazole to suppress inflammation and kill the worms, respectively, and oxycodone and morphine for pain. At first, he seemed to improve, but 16 days after hospital admission Graham started to experience double vision, increased exhaustion, and constant, stabbing head pain. The next day his manual dexterity decreased rapidly, and within 24 hours he was comatose. Intubated and ventilated, he was flown to Queen’s Medical Center in Honolulu for additional diagnosis. Magnetic Resonance Imaging (MRI) of his brain “showed what looked to be worm tracks.” Physicians considered his condition “grave with a dismal prognosis and no hope of much recovery.” After undergoing a tracheotomy and a gastric (feeding) tube insertion; taking supplements like spirulina, chlorella, noni, and Chinese herbs; another flight to Queen’s Medical Center and another lumbar puncture; and having been declared to be in a New Guinea flatworm. photo courtesy of Kathleen Howe

persistent vegetative state and returning to Hilo Medical Center five days later, Graham still showed some signs of cognizance. He responded appropriately to specific conversations by laughing or crying. Kay was living at the hospital at this point, rarely leaving her son’s side. With the help of an optimistic speech therapist, Graham redeveloped swallowing reflexes, allowing removal of his tracheal tube. By the end of the month, he was chewing and swallowing ice chips, nodding yes and no, laughing and gripping hands on request. On March 29, 2009 Graham’s status was upgraded and he was discharged to Hilo Medical’s long-term care ward. By the next month, he was regaining use of his forearms, speaking for the first time since becoming comatose, with much of the pain in his legs now gone, replaced with numbness. He’d lost the use of two fingers on

Aloha Gift Package Subscriptions make amazing gifts any time!

An infographic of common Hawaiÿi Island snail and slug species created from photos of gastropods collected at Kua O Ka Lä Public Charter School in Kapoho, which was destroyed during the 2018 Lower Puna Eruption. photo courtesy of Kathleen Howe

Each package is only $25!

Includes shipping & tax • 6 pkgs/1 year subscription required. $150 one-time or $25 bi-monthly auto-payments available.

Order yours at KeOlaMagazine.com/subscribe or call 808.329.1711 ext. 4

Parmarion martesi semi-slug. photo courtesy of Kathleen Howe Each package contains one or more of these examples:

Kailua Candy Company’s handmade chocolates, Ahualoa Farms’ lilikoi macadamia nuts and chocolate macadamia nut spread, Barbara Hanson’s custom-made fimo clay keychain, Standard Bakery’s lilikoi shortbread cookies, I Love Kigelia’s anti-aging skin serum, Mana Cards–an illustrated card deck and book based upon the spiritual and cultural traditions of Hawai‘i, natural products from Bee Boys and Medicine Mama, books from Petroglyph Press, an insulated Hawaiian bag, lauhala boxes and more!

KeOlaMagazine.com | March - April 2020

his left hand. He had intact long-term memory but greatly impaired short-term memory. Aided by a walker and some assistance, Graham could now walk short distances. Although still extremely weak, he was finally released from Hilo Medical Center on April 30, after more than 4 months in the hospital, with lingering symptoms including insomnia, hallucinations, significant balance and coordination impairments, and a slightly cross-eyed gaze—a result of nerve damage caused by the burrowing worms. Graham and Kay moved to California in 2017 so he could attend an acquired brain injury program in Newport Beach. After living with the disease’s effects for more than a decade, Graham is “finally starting to feel better,” Kay says. He had eye surgery last spring to normalize his vision, and enrolled at

Every two months, you or your gift recipient will receive one or more items of Hawaiʻi Island-made products, including original art pieces, food items and more, along with each new issue of Ke Ola Magazine!

A student-made informational poster includes a warning about the health effects of eating raw, unwashed produce contaminated with rat lungworm parasites. photo courtesy of Kathleen Howe

Fullerton College in a personal trainer certificate program. After a long detour, his life is getting back on track, with a newfound inspiration to care for people facing similar debilitating circumstances. “We were really, really fortunate,” Kay says. “I wish others could have this outcome...Heʻs really hoping he can work with people who’ve had disabilities.” Spreading Education Elicits Hope Watching her son become seriously ill has inspired Kay to become a pioneer of rat lungworm prevention education in Hawai‘i’s schools. With more than 200 K–12 school and youth agriculture projects throughout the state, Kay’s mind immediately jumped to school gardens when Graham got sick. She collaborated with five local schools involved in the Hawai‘i Island School Garden Network to develop integrated pest management lessons for students about controlling intermediate hosts in gardens, including slug/snail hunts, species data collection and elimination with “slug jugs”— repurposed large plastic bottles filled with a 15 percent salt water solution to ensure the parasites are contained and killed. Kay’s pilot project trialed the use of shelter traps made from five different types of materials to see which attracted the most unwanted pests. Huddled around the traps, students

KeOlaMagazine.com | March - April 2020

Hammerhead flatworm. photo courtesy of Kathleen Howe

logged species types and removed specimens with rubber gloves, chopsticks, and tongs, dispatching them into the jugs. “It’s amazing how cool the kids are,” Kay said. “They feel so empowered by it. I’ve had students whose family members have had the disease, and they understand the importance of it. We are empowering Stickers, posters and t-shirts created by 12th graders them to become attending Kathleen Howe’s class help raise awareness about community rat lungworm disease. photo courtesy of Kathleen Howe educators.” Kay feels confident she’s helping bring up a new crop of children who will know how to avoid getting sick. “It’s something they are going to have to live with,” she says. “We feel like we are growing a generation of young people who understand the disease and know how to protect themselves...to hopefully turn around some of the trends we’ve been seeing.” ■ For more information: pharmacy.uhh.hawaii.edu/rat-lungworm-overview health.hawaii.gov/docd/disease_listing/rat-lungwormangiostrongyliasis/ facebook.com/hawaiiratlungwormawareness Grade 12 students from Honokaÿa use gloves and chopsticks to deposit a discovered snail into a slug jug. photo courtesy of Kathleen Howe

For the Love of Horses: Linda Tellington-Jones Proves Touch is Worth a Thousand Words By Karen Rose

Passing on a Family Legacy Linda gives a lot of credit for her understanding of horses to her grandfather, Will Caywood, an award-winning horse trainer who attributed his success to the fact that every horse in his stable was rubbed with a form of massage he called “gypsy” massage. Caywood was also an award-winning jockey in the US, and for the Russian Czar Nicholas in Moscow. He taught his granddaughter equine healing techniques, including the specific massage designed to help the bodies and minds of horses. “My grandfather said that he never entered a horse into a race if it didn’t communicate with him that it was fit enough to run well,” said Linda. “This is animal communication. People think it’s something new, but it isn’t. My grandfather showed my husband and me this form of massage, and we started using it for our horses. In 1965, I wrote a book with my husband, which I believe is the first book written in English on physical therapy and massage for the athletic horse.” Linda says, “People cannot believe that I ride at 82, but I do and I ride in clinics and demos.” photo courtesy of Andreas Schnitzlhuber

KeOlaMagazine.com | March - April 2020

t’s been said that a horse doesn’t care how much you know, until she knows how much you care. Local horse whisperer Linda Tellington-Jones would agree. Linda is founder and owner of Tellington TTouch Training, a global organization committed to enhancing the performance, behavior, well-being, and relationships between animals and their people. “I was born in Canada, and grew up on a farm near Edmonton, Alberta,” said Linda. “I was one of these lucky kids who had to ride a horse to school for the first six years of my life. I was totally involved with showing horses during my growing up there.” In 1956, 18-year-old Linda married her first husband, Wentworth Tellington, and in 1961, they founded the Pacific Coast Equestrian Research Farm and School of Horsemanship. Students from around the world traveled to California to train with the Tellingtons who were known for their innovative equestrian products and training techniques. The couple published a monthly newsletter that was circulated worldwide, as well as wrote a monthly column for Western Horseman magazine. In 1965, the Tellingtons published an article called “Physical Therapy for the Athletic Horse,” and later had success with their book Endurance and Competitive Trail Riding, published by Doubleday and still considered an important contribution to the world of horse training. “Our intention was to share information,” said Linda. “In the racehorse world of yore, no one shared information, because people didn’t want to give away the secrets to their success. I believe one of the things people appreciate about Tellington TTouch Training is that we do share it everywhere.”

FASTER

STRONGER

Hyperbarics. A Matter of Healing

KeOlaMagazine.com | March - April 2020

Our bodies are reliant on oxygen more than any other substance for the smooth operation of each living cell. Oxygen makes life possible, as we learned in our first science class. Oxygen is viewed as our “life force.” The absence or shortage of oxygen in the body predictably leads to crisis which can cause significant health issues, or even cell death. However, the increased delivery of oxygen through increasing barometric pressure has Dr. Eric S. Mizuba D.C., DACBSP demonstrated increased healing capacity in the body, by increasing cell function. Most people in the United States associate hyperbaric oxygen therapy with decompression injuries of divers and also for the treatment of diabetic related wounds. Attention has been brought to the area of hyperbaric’s potential for improved recovery from injuries and decreased recovery time. Natural recovery time from an injury has been expected to follow a traditional timeline. Conventional rates of healing are expected for specific injuries; however, complicating factors often slow the rate of healing for many. Although comfort measures and traditional therapies can be applied, the patient must basically wait out the Howeve predetermined healing time that nature has set for us. However, with additional measures such as hyperbarics, many aspects of healing have been shown to be improved. A new era in therapeutic treatment has arrived, as scientific data continually documents emerging uses of proven effectiveness of hyperbaric oxygen therapy.

These are some frequently asked questions about hyperbarics. Q: What is hyperbaric oxygen therapy? A: A therapeutic treatment that a person sits in an environment of increased atmospheric pressure, significantly increasing oxygen delivery to the cells of the body. Q: Is hyperbaric oxygen therapy safe? A: Yes, hyperbarics has demonstrated an impeccable track record over the past several decades. Protocols have been refined, and modern-day equipment and standards are safe and more comfortable.  42Q: How does hyperbarics work?  A: In normal conditions, only red blood cells have the ability to carry oxygen in the blood stream. By way of hyperbaric oxygen therapy, inhaled oxygen is dissolved into the liquid part of the blood called

LONGER

plasma, providing increased oxygen delivery to the cells deeper into the body.  Q: What are the effects of hyperbarics in the body? A: The increased oxygen delivery and saturation of deprived areas have demonstrated improved ability to create new blood vessels, new nerve tissue, new connective tissues, and accelerate growth of new cells during healing. Q: Does hyperbarics improve physical athletic performance?  A: Repeated studies over the past several years has demonstrated improved physical performance through improved recovery time and adaptation to physical overload. Whether overtraining or injury, many situations have shown positive outcomes to hyperbaric oxygen therapy. Q: What can I expect during hyperbaric treatments?  A: Treatments last typically 15–90 minutes. Treatment atmospheric pressure is typically 1.2–2.2 atmospheres. People can lie down, sit up, or kneel inside a chamber. A gurney system is available and can assist an impaired person into the chamber. Q: Who can benefit from hyperbarics? A: Anyone can benefit from a proactive course of hyperbarics. Celebrities have made it a regular regimen part of their anti-aging. Many people with painful debilitating inflammation report significant decreases in pain and inflammation. Professional athletes use it to improve ability to recover from injury and for optimizing athletic performance. D If you would like to find out more about hyperbarics, contact Dr. Mizuba to see how this may benefit you. D Mizuba is a Diplomate of the American chiropractic board of Dr. sports physicians. He employs the practical use of chiropractic sports medicine in his practice for individuals seeking to maintain an active lifestyle. He serves as staff doctor annually at the U.S. Open for the USGA in the field of hyperbarics and chiropractic. He continues to be involved with the healthcare system for major-league baseball. D Mizuba From the athletic arena to the flower garden, Dr. keeps you in your game.

This sponsored content is courtesy of Healthways Chiropractic, located at 65-1206 Mamalahoa Hwy. in Waimea. For more information visit www.drmizuba.com or call 808-491-2462

Linda’s love of horses also led her to become interested in endurance riding, where she eventually set a world record in Oklahoma. “We had 90 thoroughbred horses and 30 Arabian horses at that time,” said Linda. “It was then I started competing in 100-mile endurance riding. This is where you ride a horse a hundred miles within 24 hours. I ended up setting the record for endurance riding that stood for seven years in Oklahoma.” Bringing Her Touch to the World Throughout the 1960s and 1970s, Linda continued to evolve and progress in her understanding of equine psychology and physiology, her enthusiasm never waning. She spent several years in Germany teaching workshops at the request of her friend Ursula Burns, who Linda believes changed the face of the horse world in Germany. Ursula was fascinated by Linda’s ability to change the behavior of problem horses and suggested conducting a study of Linda’s techniques. This study eventually led to the training method now known as the Tellington TTouch Method. Wanting to continue her learning and expand upon her already extensive knowledge, Linda enrolled in a four-year course with Moshe Feldenkrais at the Humanistic Psychology Institute in San Francisco. She was interested in learning about Feldenkrais Awareness Through Movement, or ATM. (According to feldenkrais.com, ATM is similar to Tai Chi or

KeOlaMagazine.com | March - April 2020

43 Linda with one of her horses. photo courtesy of Linda Tellington-Jones

LInda at work. photo courtesy of Linda Tellington-Jones gentle yoga, and employs slow, mindful movements to achieve powerful effects in terms of strength, flexibility, and holistic integration of body and mind.) Linda was hoping to use these techniques to help her students become better riders. One of the basic principles of ATM is to develop one’s learning potential by activating unused pathways within the brain. This idea completely sparked Linda’s imagination and she began to create an entirely new process for teaching and interacting with horses. She knew she needed to make her TTouch Method standardized, so others could easily learn and understand the methodology. “While I was in class doing one of these movements, I began to question my place in the world and what I was doing on this planet,” said Linda. “I knew I was fortunate to have had such an amazing life, I had a wonderful person mentoring me, and I was really successful in what I was doing, but it wasnʻt fulfilling my purpose.”

KeOlaMagazine.com | March - April 2020

Showing Respect to Animals through Kindness One thing in particular that bothered her was people’s attitudes toward horses. She felt the horses were often disrespected and not given the attention they deserved. This revelation spurred Linda to reevaluate what she was doing with her life and career, and to figure out how she wanted to move forward. Linda graduated from Feldenkrais training in 1978, and began to implement her idea that eventually led her to become

Linda receiving the Torch-Beate Award in Vienna, Austria in March 2001. photo courtesy Linda Tellington-Jones

one of the leading equine behaviorists and trainers in the world. “I started incorporating the Feldenkrais idea of non-habitual movements and opening unused neural pathways to the brain in order to introduce new ways of motion and behavior, and I applied these techniques with horses,” she said. Originally called, “TTEAM” (Tellington Touch Equine Awareness Movement), this training method combined the acts of observation, movement, and touches to form a new way of relating to horses. “The results were extraordinary,” said Linda. “TTouch invites you to see the horse with new eyes.” The in 1983, she intuitively began to use a hands-on technique that combined circular touches and pressure to help horses physically, mentally, and spiritually. With these basic touches and movements, she noticed behavioral changes in the horses and realized many “problem” horses were probably just in pain. Linda found that by using the kindness and intention of TTouch, she could help alleviate some of the animals’ pain, allowing them to move and perform better. She found that a happy horse is a more cooperative horse. Linda and her husband Roland Kleger have lived on Hawai‘i Island for 21 years; however, Tellington TTouch Training is taught around the world and they have traveled the globe delivering presentations at various venues such as wildlife conferences, holistic veterinary conferences, companion animal trainings, and humane societies, to name a few.

KeOlaMagazine.com | March - April 2020

TTouch, which Linda discovered can reduce fear and pain for a dog and enhance the body’s healing potential. The Tellington Method teaches animals to think rather than react. According to Linda, Tellington TTouch Training is a unique and complete system of understanding, handling, and influencing our animals and us. Moving Forward “TTouch has always been years ahead of its time,” she says on her website. “This forwardthinking approach sees behavior as a means of communication rather than attitude or personality. Experience has taught us that beings cannot learn much if there is pain, fear, or fear of pain and that the nervous system can learn much more through non-habitual movement rather than simple repetition. Time and time again we have seen the powerful connection between physical, mental, and emotional balance.” Linda’s goal is to help animals learn to act rather than react; it is not to teach them cues for obedience. She believes if an animal possesses the qualities of confidence and self-control, they are better able to adapt to a variety of environmental stressors, even unfamiliar ones. She believes the role of the human is not to be dominant or controlling over another animal, but a partner who encourages trust and cooperation to develop a true relationship with one another. In the words from her book Dressage with Mind, Body & Soul, Linda wrote, “I feel strongly that the tenets of classical riding are imperative and pure, and there is no moving forward without conscientious attention paid to all that has been learned and proven in horsemanship’s past. However, move forward we must, with the intent of achieving something better in the decades ahead and a common goal of alleviating the prevalence of pain, anxiety, and depression in the wonderful, talented sport horses with whom we are so lucky to pursue our dreams.” ■

KeOlaMagazine.com | March - April 2020

For more information: ttouch.com Linda with Keiko from the movie Free Willy when he was still in Mexico before he was sent to be released. photo courtesy of Linda Tellington-Jones

This gentle, respectful method of training develops an important level of trust between animals and their people. It deepens this special relationship because it is based on cooperation and respect. Linda has continued to expand and develop the Tellington TTouch methods so they can be used on companion animals and even humans. Today TTouch trainings for dogs can be found around the world. Tellington TTouch is taught by over 1,600 certified Tellington practitioners in 39 countries, and Linda has written 22 books that have been translated into 15 languages. Linda’s Tellington Method for Dogs is widely respected and accepted as a legitimate and successful method to improve canine behavior, and enhance performance and physical health—plus, it creates an enthusiasm for 46 learning. Establishing a strong connection with canine companions fosters understanding and kinship. One element of this method is the circular

Linda with her dogs. photo courtesy of Linda Tellington-Jones

Kepa

and

Onaona Maly

SAVING HISTORY By Ma‘ata Tukuafu

haring stories is what Kepā Maly and his wife Onaona have been doing for almost 40 years now, working as record keepers and cultural historians for the people of Hawai‘i. This dynamic husband and wife team have recorded almost a thousand oral history interviews from Ni‘ihau to Hawai‘i Island with their business Kumu Pono Associates LLC, while creating a historic preservation program that is accessible to everyone. Kepā was hānai (adopted) into a Hawaiian family on Lāna‘i as a young teenager. His Tūtū Papa Daniel Ka‘opuiki and Tūtū Mama Hattie spoke Hawaiian as their first language and both were in their 70s when they took Kepā into their home. From his hānai parents, Kepā received his Hawaiian name which translates into surround, or embrace. He learned the Hawaiian language, spoken in the old way, and from his adopted parents he gained the sense of connection to the ‘āina and culture. In ancient Polynesia, certain children were groomed for various positions within the community that were matched to a child’s skill set. It can be safe to say that for Kepā, his interest

in history from a young age led him to his life’s work: recording the stories of kūpuna in order to preserve the rich cultural heritage before it is lost. Kepā says he was in the right place at the right time, with kūpuna who were willing to share their knowledge with him. At the age of 21 he left Lāna‘i and moved to O‘ahu, where he was hired to assist with the opening of Kualoa Park in the mid-70s. There was a program at the time called Hawai‘i Bound where leaders took at-risk youth to camp where they learned about cultural history. This is when he met his wife of 45 years. “We met at Kualoa because my mom was teaching at a private school and her class was camping there,” says Onaona. “My dad and I had gone there to prepare the area for the students, and Kepā walked out. We were married six months later.” Kepā’s recollection of their meeting is almost identical except that in his version, a beam of sunlight bathes Onaona when he first saw her. Their union has been a match made in heaven.

KeOlaMagazine.com | March - April 2020

47 Kepä Maly accepting a Hoÿokele award in 2014. The awards pay tribute to selfless leaders. photo courtesy of Wendy Osher/mauinow.com

change. He has been able to translate Hawaiian newspaper articles and documents from between the 1820s to the 1940s, in order to add to the general knowledge of Hawaiian places and cultural thoughts. The oral histories they have compiled over the years are culturally meaningful, not only for Hawai‘i, but for the descendants of those they have interviewed. “My wife and I have done work for 40 years across the state. We so often get calls from family members of those we have interviewed in the past. They say they just found a study or interview with a family member and tell us, ‘We had no idea of the things our kūpuna knew,’ and they are so thankful,” says Kepā. Kepā tells a story of visiting Hawai‘i Island while he was still with Kualoa Park in 1975, taking a group of students to Hōnaunau. He met a Hawaiian man named Abraham Moses who invited Kepā to spend a week with his family at their Nāpo‘opo‘o homestead. When Kepā asked Abraham why he was teaching him important cultural history, he answered, Kepä and Kupuna Kuÿuleialoha Kaopuiki Kanipae, daughter of the elder Kaopuikis on left. photo courtesy of Kepä Maly

Tütü Papa and Tütü Mama Kaopuiki. photo courtesy of Kepä Maly

KeOlaMagazine.com | March - April 2020

Both Kepā and Onaona have gone on to do amazing work, researching stories together, not just from Hawaiian elders, but people of other ethnic backgrounds. Onaona says, “We love working together, and even share the same office. I’m more in the background and helping others as we go place to place, but I wouldn’t have had the opportunity to see all these places if it weren’t for Kepā.” Though Kepā’s formal education is a diploma from Lāna‘i High School, he has taught at the university level and with Onaona’s research assistance, has turned out the equivalent of several PhD dissertations per year with their studies. Many of these 500-plus page reports are available online via their Kumu Pono website. Their website states: “Perhaps the most fragile and precious source of information available to us, and the one most often overlooked (particularly in academic settings) are our elders— kūpuna, those who stand at the source of knowledge (life’s experiences), and kama‘āina who are knowledgeable about the tangible and intangible facets of the ‘āina, kai, wai, lewa, and the resources and history therein. For the most part, the paper trail—the archival-documentary records—can always be located and reviewed, but the voices of our elders, those who have lived through the histories that so many of us seek to understand, are silenced with their passing.” Kepā feels the ethnographic studies they have completed 48 are treasures from kūpuna who have survived the storms of

“Because your voice get mana and what your people took away, you can give back.” Onaona’s own kupuna is Mary Kawena Pukui, the brilliant historian and scholar who co-authored the Hawaiian dictionary we have today. Kepā knew Tūtū Kawena before he met Onaona and says he learned much wisdom from her. Western culture tends to think of land as a commodity but Kepā says ‘āina is instead considered family to the Hawaiians. During interviews, touching on a sense of place is what brings the kūpuna stories to life. With an open heart and listening meaningfully to kūpuna with care and compassion, Kepā says they are easily transported back to earlier times. In addition to their own business, Kepā worked as executive director of the Lāna‘i Culture & Heritage Center for more than a decade, reviving the center and creating an oral history program. Though the Malys now live in Hilo, Onaona primarily handles the Kumu Pono project and Kepā is still involved with the Lāna‘i center. Danny Akaka, Kumu Hānai (cultural advisor) for the Mauna Lani Resort, says Kepā and Onaona truly make a dynamic duo in the preservation of Hawai‘i’s oral history. “Kepā, for me, is my go-to person when it comes to Hawaiian place names and the knowledge of ‘storied lands,’ as Kepā would say, that are not easily accessible or perhaps even recorded,” says Danny. “He is a walking encyclopedia of Hawai‘i’s past and kindly shares his in-depth of knowledge with us whenever we’re searching for and in need of historic facts or ‘ōlelo no‘eau [proverbs] to assist us in creating themes for cultural events. We are truly blessed to have both Kepā and Onaona, who have spent their life’s work on recording Hawai‘i’s treasures, our

Kupuna Irene Cockett Perry with Moana, Momi, Kepä, and Onaona. photo courtesy of Kepä Maly

KeOlaMagazine.com | March - April 2020

Hand Crafted

Purely Organic

We Grow, Harvest and Create the Finest Medicinal Herbal Products in our Big Island Nursery

Miracle Rub Our signature product used for arthritis, bones & muscles, shingles, eczema, bruise, sunburn...

Love the Reef Sunscreen Body Butter Created using a Powerhouse of antioxidants, moisturizers and provides SPF 30 protection

Natural Lip Balms Designed using all Natural Botanicals to Soothe, Moisturize and Protect your Lips

Visit with us at MedicineMamaHawaii.com

Colette’s Custom Framing, Inc

KeOlaMagazine.com | March - April 2020

ART GALLERY

CRATING SERVICE

Featuring the ne work of local artists such as Kristi Kranz and many more.

Onaona Maly, Kupuna Kuÿuleialoha Kaopuiki Kanipae (95 years old at the time), Aunty Nani Kanipae and Kepä Maly. photo courtesy of Kepä Maly kūpuna, their genealogy and their stories, many of whom are not present today and so now just live in our memories.” Much of the material available on their Kumu Pono website includes research from most of the Hawaiian Islands on topics ranging from home life to hunting and fishing, as well as places and events to traditions of old. As an example of important and knowledgeable history from kūpuna they interviewed, see the sidebar of problems and solutions to the fishing practices of Hawai‘i excerpted from their book. We are deeply indebted to the fortitude and research that Kepā and Onaona have compiled over the years and can consider them both cultural treasures. As for Kepā, he says he hopes to have done justice to the trust of Abraham Moses and to all of the kūpuna he has interviewed, by sharing their stories and awakening the sense of kuleana (responsibility) in all of us. ■ For more information: kumupono.org

Come view our gallery and let us help you with your custom framing needs, too!

808.329.1991

Photo by Lili Alba

In Kona’s Old Industrial Area 74-5590 Eho Street Kailua Kona ColettesCustomFraming.com

Summer 2019 Länaÿi Cultural Literacy Program participants. photo courtesy of Kepä Maly

Excerpted and abridged from VOL I: Ka Hana Lawai‘a a Me Na Ko‘a o Na Kai ‘Ewalu A History of Fishing Practices and Marine Fisheries of the Hawaiian Islands By Kepa Maly & Onaona Maly, August 1, 2003 Nearly all of the interviewees, particularly interviews after 1990, commented on changes in the quality of the fisheries, and the declining abundance of fish—in almost all areas, from streams, to nearshore, and the deep sea. The interviewees attribute the changes to many factors, among the most notable are: · L oss of the old Hawaiian system of konohiki fisheries; lack of respect for ahupua‘a management systems and tenant rights. ·O ver-harvesting of fish and other aquatic resources, with no thought of tomorrow or future generations. ·S ites traditionally visited by families, having been developed and/or traditional accesses blocked. ·C hanges in the environment—near-shore fisheries destroyed by declining water flow and increasing pollution. ·T oo many people fish in one area, and too few people take the time to mālama the ko‘a. ·T he focus on commercial fishing is damaging to the resources. ·U se of modern technology means fishermen no longer need to have in-depth knowledge of the ocean and habits of fish, as was necessary in earlier times. ·F ailure of the state system to enforce existing rules and/or regulations. ·T he present centralized state system of management is out of touch and does not take into account regional variations and seasons associated with resources on the various islands.

WWW.HARBORGALLERY.BIZ

KeOlaMagazine.com | March - April 2020

Interviewee recommendations included, but are not limited to: ·R eturn to a system patterned after the old Hawaiian ahupua‘a, kapu and konohiki management practices. ·E nforce existing laws and kapu; ensure that penalties for infractions are paid. ·P rograms established to manage fisheries and limits on take need to be established and enforced. ·D ecentralize the fisheries’ management system, giving island councils authority to determine appropriate kapu and harvest seasons. ·E stablish a fee/license system to help support fisheries’ management programs. ·T ake only what is needed, leaving the rest for tomorrow and the future. ·P rotect the Northwestern Hawaiian Islands from commercial fishing interests.

AVAILABLE AT HARBOR GALLERY

KeOlaMagazine.com | March - April 2020

Mahalo Clark Realty – Home/Building Story Sponsor

Puakö’s Historical Hokuloa Church By Ma‘ata Tukuafu

riving through the tropical coastal community of Puakō, one will notice that huge mansions have replaced many of the humble beach shacks that once populated the little village of 163 homes. There is one building that is a true holdover from bygone days: the small white stucco Hokuloa Church, located on the ocean side once you pass the Puakō boat ramp. On the list of Hawai‘i’s historic properties published by the Historic Hawai‘i Foundation, the church is described as being the oldest functioning lava rock structure in the district of South Kohala. Using locally-sourced materials, it was the early missionary Lorenzo Lyons who began construction on the building with the volunteer help of the men of his parish. Lorenzo Lyons and his wife Betsy arrived on Hawai‘i Island from Boston in 1832 and were stationed in Waimea. Within a month of his arrival, the 24-year-old Lyons would preach his first sermon entirely in Hawaiian. His was one of the largest parishes within the islands and Lyons was overwhelmed with the size (and distances) of his congregation. He would spread his gospel and establish schools and churches here until his death in 1886. The terrain was rocky and harsh as he would travel on foot, by horseback from Waimea to Honoka‘a and

Waipi‘o Valley, and down to the coastal areas of Kawaihae and Puakō, sometimes by canoe. At the time, Hokuloa Church had a sizable and active membership, as well as a school which was also part of his ministry. Jack Olson, president of the Hokuloa congregation, says much of the pre-2000 history of Hokuloa Church is found in the book Puako–An Affectionate History, compiled and written in 2000 by the Puako Historical Society. In 1835, Lyons wrote about walking from Waimea to Puakō, “Puakō is a village on the shore, very like Kawaihae, but larger. It has a small harbor in which native vessels anchor. Coconut groves give it a verdant aspect. No food grows in the place. The people make salt and catch fish. These they exchange for vegetables grown elsewhere.” Though much of Lyons’ time was spent in Waimea, Kohala, and Hāmākua, the reports he sent to the American Board of Ecumenical Missions are how some of the details of 1850s life was gleaned. It was King Kamehameha III who offered some of his own Puakō land to Lyons for the use of his ministry. In 1858 work commenced on the church and a 21’ x 36’ foundation was laid out. Divers went out to the Puakō reef to cut and bring up coral blocks which were then fired in pits. The blocks were

Painting of Hokuloa Church by artist Christian Enns. courtesy of Christian Enns

KeOlaMagazine.com | March - April 2020

ground and mixed with both sand and water to make mortar that bound the lava rock walls. The original floor was built with hand-cut and hewed planks of koa wood. In 1859, Lyons’ church report summarized the progress of Hokuloa’s construction: “I reported this [church] last year as on the way the stone walls up - laid in mortar - & windows procured. This is the poorest parish in my field, rendered still poorer of late by the frequent rains that have prevented the people from making salt - one of their chief dependencies the wind - rough Interior detail of the pulpit. weather, & the photo courtesy of Malle Zablan Photography heat of the volcanic stream that entered the sea near this place [from the enormous 1859 eruption of Mauna Loa, from which lava flowed over 25 miles to this coast] have killed or frightened away all their fish the 2nd source of wealth. There remain the

Bee Boys

KeOlaMagazine.com | March - April 2020

Regenerative Beekeeping & Natural Products

Na‘alehu Honey Shop Raw Honey Plant Based Snacks Apiary Products Gifts • Crafts • Artwork All Locally Created

Stop in for Free Organic Hot Tea

808 215-0292

95-5657 Mamalahoa Hwy Na‘alehu, Hawai‘i 96772

Beeboys.org

fruit of a few cocoa nut [sic] trees, & the lauhala from the leaf of which the women busy themselves in making mats. The men can sometimes find a job of work that will bring them in something, i.e. if they can manage to obtain food, all of which comes from a distance. One such job they have found. They have built a stone schoolhouse plastered inside and out & surrounded it with a stone wall & turned all the avails 120$ [sic] into their [church]. [This school building stood on the shoreline immediately north of the church.] The avails of the women’s mats are disposed of in the same way. With the funds obtained & any others I may be so fortunate as to secure by begging or otherwise, I am authorized by the trustees to purchase materials for the roof - floor &c. We have resolved to have the roof & belfrey & the floor laid by the next communion season - which is the last week in Aug.” Diseases such as measles and smallpox devastated local populations; however, residents of Puakō were largely spared mainly because they sealed themselves off from the rest of the world. Until the epidemic subsided, no one was allowed access by trail, and no canoes were able to land. The elders of Puakō instituted a lengthy quarantine and Puakō was spared the worst of the pestilence. For example, in 1820, there was an estimated 10,000 people in South Kohala to Hāmākua, but by 1863 it had dropped to 3,000. To compound matters, a huge lava flow from Mauna Loa reached the ocean south of Puakō in 1859. It flowed between today’s Mauna Lani and Waikoloa resorts. The smoke from the flow was visible from Puakō and the lava killed much of the marine life on nearby reefs. Puakō residents had to be extremely resilient, creating ways to trade for food and provisions for their survival.

Carol Spierling RS 79678

808-960-0099

RealtorCarol@Konacowgirl.com carol.alohakonarealty.com

Rev. Joseph Medlin with his wife Crystal and son Solomon. photo courtesy of Hokuloa Church

KeOlaMagazine.com | March - April 2020

Construction of the church was finally completed in 1860 and Lyons dedicated Hokuloa Church on March 21, 1860. According to Puako–An Affectionate History, a new bell was installed into the little steeple, which “replaced the conch shell horn that had formerly called the faithful to worship. Lyons describes the scene with satisfaction. ‘The stone chh [sic], with its whitened walls, & reddened roof & humble spire give the place an air of civilization & religiousness, & the school house in close proximity with its similar walls tho’ thatched roof, makes something of a show.’ The seventy-member parish held a festival to help pay off the remaining $1,200 debt.” According to the history Olson provided, regular worship services were held until the collapse of the sugar industry and plantation closure of 1914. By then, only seven families remained in Puakō. In the 1920s, the school burned and was not rebuilt. Between 1914 and 1965, the church saw only intermittent use and soon deteriorated. In 1950, a territorial survey established the path of Puakō Beach Drive and divided the area into 163 lots to be developed into homes. From some historical records, in the 1950s–60s it took two hours for Puakō residents to reach Kawaihae. It wasn’t until 1964 that the road to Kawaihae was paved, and in 1975, the Queen Ka‘ahumanu Highway linking Kailua-Kona to Puakō and Kawaihae was constructed. In the 1960s, efforts by the Hokuloa Historical Society to repair the church were begun; the original wood floor was replaced by concrete, and a small restroom and storage building was constructed near the church. However, restoration efforts came to a halt in 1967 when funds were

Weddings may be held on Hokuloa Church grounds. depleted and interest waned. In 1989, Rev. John Hoover was installed to lead worship and the next renovation took place: the roof was replaced and electricity was added. Rededicated on April 8, 1990, septic and irrigation systems were installed and the bell tower was restored in 2014. From 1860 to the present day, the church has been a mainstay and an anchor for an ever-changing village. The little white church looks basically the same as it did when it was first dedicated, although now it is flanked by million-dollar homes. Lil Yanez, a member of the congregation, says they are cleaning out the bay near the church, keeping the native plants and opening the view to the water. The church is idyllic for wedding ceremonies. Today the pastor of Hokuloa United Church of Christ (UCC) is Reverend Joe Medlin. Hailing from New York City, Rev. Joe moved here with his wife and child three years ago to serve the people of Hawai‘i. They were looking for a church with likeminded people and found it with the congregation of Hokuloa Church. “My wife and I are passionate about social justice and embrace diversity in all its forms,” says Rev. Joe. “We have a sensitivity with those who are disenfranchised, oppressed, or poor. Our former pastor, Rev. Hoover, began the legacy of collecting food for the poor, and we are blessed to continue to reach out to families who don’t have homes.” Rev. Joe says they believe in the beatitudes and the sermon on the mount, as well as Jesus’ love and compassion, and how Jesus reached out to people who were ostracized. Following two years of prayer, education, discussion, and listening,

KeOlaMagazine.com | March - April 2020

Retreat Center

• Eco-Lodging • Retreat Venue • Sunday Ecstatic Dance • Daily Yoga Classes • 1-6 Mo. Internships • Permaculture Food Forest • Cacao Farm Tours & Chocolate Tasting • Spa & Gym RECEIVE 20% OFF YOUR STAY WITH US!

Mention this ad when you call, or enter code KEOLA2019 when you book online

13-3194 Pahoa-Kalapana Rd. Pahoa, HI (800) 309-8010 hawaiiansanctuary.com

photo courtesy of Malle Zablan Photography

Hokuloa voted to become an Open and Affirming Congregation (ONA). This is a movement of more than 1,500 churches and ministries in the UCC that welcomes LGBTQ members. Hokuloa is the sixth UCC congregation in the state and the first on Hawai‘i Island to become an Open and Affirming Congregation. “One of the joys of ministry,” says Rev. Joe, “is seeing people find a spiritual home here.” Services at Hokuloa Church are held on Sundays at 9am and everyone is welcome to attend. ■ For more information: hokuloaucc.com. historichawaii.org

Front exterior view of Hokuloa Church. photo courtesy of Malle Zablan Photography

IRONWOOD PICTURE FRAMING

Complete Your Island Lifestyle with a Hot Tub!

For All Your Picture Framing Needs GALLERY, GIFTS, LOCAL WOODS ART INSTALLATIONS • CRATING & SHIPPING

In Waimea at: 65-1298A Kawaihae Rd, Kamuela 808-885-0001 M–F 9:30 to 4:30 + Sat. 10–1 IronwoodPictureFraming.com

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

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

KeOlaMagazine.com | March - April 2020

Owners Gregg Sorbets, Certified Picture Framer, and Sue Sorbets

Mälama Mokupuni: Caring for Our Island Environment

KNOW YOUR PLACE By Rachel Laderman

KeOlaMagazine.com | March - April 2020

As we celebrate the 50th Earth Day, we are faced with environmental problems that are larger than ever—sea level rise, coral bleaching, extinctions, extreme weather. What can we possibly do in the face of these super-sized challenges? One approach is to get super-local. “One big thing we can do is to know your place. Yes, there is more than one meaning there!” says Liam Kernell, director of communications at The Kohala Center, an independent community center for research, conservation, and education in Waimea. “We’re so disconnected these days—reconnecting with the natural world can lead us towards making conscious choices.”

The Kohala Center is embracing “knowing your place” as a way forward for their workplace, as well as in the work they do. “We, ourselves, are on a journey to deepen our kinship with Kohala, its history, its ancestral knowledge and practices,” says Cheryl Ka‘uhane Lupenui, The Kohala Center’s president and chief executive officer. “In essence, we are adopting a more Hawaiian, ancestral way of thinking and engaging with the natural world.” Here are two ways to deepen your knowledge of place: (1) Learn Place Names “Start with learning the name of your place, just like meeting a person and being introduced,” suggests Cheryl. Loving research, Cheryl has found it fascinating to look in different Hawaiian dictionary editions, and compare definitions from old and new sources, gaining different perspectives on place names. Learn the name of your ahupua‘a—the historic land division system of the Hawaiians—and its subsets. Then go further and learn the names of the rain and winds in your area. A wonderful resource is the book Hānau ka Ua, Hawaiian Rain Names, by Collette Leimomi Akana and Kiele Gonzalez, containing a collection of 200 rain names from across the islands gleaned from researching sources such as mele (chants, songs), mo‘olelo (stories, legends), and Hawaiian

Cheryl Kaÿuhane Lupenui, The Kohala Center’s president and chief executive officer, and Liam Kernell, director of communications at The Kohala Center.

newspapers. As the authors say, “Rain names are a precious legacy from our kūpuna who were keen observers of the world around them and who had a nuanced understanding of the forces of nature. They knew that one place could have several types of rain, each distinct from the other. They knew when a particular rain would fall, its color, its duration, its intensity, its path, its sound, its scent, and its effect on the land and their lives.” The mother-daughter authors are working on their next book, Hānau ka Makani: Hawaiian Wind Names, which is even longer—they have found more than 600 wind names. (2) Practice Kilo—Environmental Observation “Kilo” in Hawaiian means to pay attention, to be a keen observer. Kilo is an intentional practice of learning. Cheryl says, “Practitioners say to kilo the same thing all the time. Pick something that matters and constantly look at it, draw it over and over. Take pictures in the sun, in the rain, be in its presence. What trees are blooming? What is the phase of the moon? Look mauka and makai, observe the birds, when the breezes and mists come. You may not know what’s important but just hone in and you will notice things over time.” This practice is not easy for those of us used to constant entertainment and connection via phones and internet. It builds patience and has unexpected rewards in the form of

detailed and profound observations about place. “Sure, we can use reusable shopping bags and plant trees and use less sunscreen,” says Liam. “But when we get to know our place—touch the soil, envision where our water started and how it got to us, know what kinds of foods and native plants used to grow in the lands we call home, research history and mo‘olelo and ancestral knowledge—and then also ‘know our place’—that we are not controllers of our ecosystems, but part of it; that ‘āina is not ours to exploit, but to take care of so that it can care for us—that is when planting a tree, clearing invasive species, reducing our use of chemicals that damage our ecosystems, becomes more meaningful. For it is then that weʻre not just merely checking off boxes, weʻre actually taking care of our ‘ohana.” For more information: kohalacenter.org aimalama.org Rachel Laderman, Sustainable Pacific Program, Lynker LLC/ NOAA Affiliate, Hawaii Island All photos courtesy of The Kohala Center

(Upper left inset photo and above) The Kohala Center’s Öhähä High School AgriCULTURE Program participants tending to kalo (taro). Students learn about kalo’s deep significance to Hawaiÿi and its people; and how growing, harvesting, kuÿi (pounding) kalo, and eating kalo and poi deepens kinship with the true meaning of ÿäina, these lands that feed and care for us. KeOlaMagazine.com | March - April 2020

Hoaÿäina Stewardship Day participants traversing Waiakamaliÿi Gulch on Kohala Mountain. The Stewardship Days are a comprehensive approach to restoring native landscapes in which The Kohala Center staff joins with community on a learning journey. Together they explore cultural history and natural features, conduct exercises in “knowing your place,” and engage in hands-on work such as tree planting. Here, they are on their way to plant koaiÿa.

Participants in The Kohala Center’s first Hoaÿäina Stewardship Day in April 2019. Every Hilton has a “Blue Energy” committee and these volunteers were from Hilton Waikoloa’s team. 59

Align: Put Your Values to Work

KeOlaMagazine.com | March - April 2020

By Rosa Say

To align is to work with integrity by working true to your values, for your values will drive your best, and most desirable, behaviors. Value alignment is the modus operandi of Managing with Aloha—it’s the constant habit which creates the focus, rhythm, and flow of our work. The core values a business will choose to guide it, are the activators we want to remain engaged with. In a wellfunctioning business, we want to trust in the certainty of those activators. Therefore, when we “manage with Aloha” we do more than allow behavior-driving to happen by matching the right people (of Aloha Spirit) to the right work (Ho‘ohana): we create work habits which assure our focus on the right values happens intentionally and consistently, in that they drive our systems and processes as well. By “right values” we mean the core values you have chosen for your business in particular. Whether for a business partnership or specific team, deliberate value-alignment creates a healthy organizational culture for everyone involved: when we want to collaborate and co-create, shared values equip and energize us as our “why” and our “how to.” Matching these values with sound systems and processes gets the work done to make sense. Simply said, to align is to put your values to work for you in practical, useful, and relevant ways. Envision a simple chart which is a grid of vertical and horizontal lines. The vertical lines represent the core values of your business, and the horizontal lines represent your operational standards and tenets. Standard entries for those horizontal lines might be: the service we provide; the products we manufacture; our distribution channels; our sales and marketing; our financial acumen and fiscal responsibility; our recruitment, selection, and hiring; etc. In addition to the basics of what you actually do, be sure to list those key distinctions you consider your Best Practices and signatures of quality work. Value alignment is a “get real” analysis you bring to this grid: it is the consistent practice of looking at where your vertical value lines (belief and conviction) and horizontal operational lines (actual practice) meet and intersect—do they align with each other? Does actual practice, and the daily doing of whatever it is your business does, stem from the conviction and belief stated within your core values? Are each of your core values actually the behavior-drivers you want them to be, or not? From a customer’s and employee’s perspective, your best analytical question about those intersections will be this one: do you keep your promises?

Series 3 on Managing with Aloha, Bringing Hawai‘i’s Universal Values to the Art of Business Fourth in Series Three on Managing with Aloha

BUSINESS Managing

with aloha

‘Something for Everyone’

808-339-7614

35-2032 Old Mamalahoa Hwy. papaaloacountrystore@gmail.com

Hwy. 19 @ mile marker 24

Value Alignment is Key Concept 3 in the Managing with Aloha philosophy: we explore our core values for the guidance they positively lend to our business models. Next issue, we’ll talk about Key Concept 4: The Role of the Manager Reconstructed. Contact writer Rosa Say at RosaSay.com or ManagingWithAloha.com

KeOlaMagazine.com | March - April 2020

There should be baseline value-alignment requirements for each and every value articulated within the Value Statement a business upholds as its Ethos. For example: One of the operational tenets in the ‘Ohana in Business, our business model for Managing with Aloha, is this: “The ‘acid test’ of the workplace culture is Kākou communication: Everyone involved speaks up, and speaks freely regardless of their title or position. Problem-solving and cross-functionality are programmatically designed into this model for continuous improvement, fresh ideas, and dynamic energy generation.” In our value alignment practice, we will review every facet of Kākou communication to assure the “speaking up” we want happens as the “Speaking with Aloha” we espouse as our Aloha Intention. Another of our operational tenets is The Role of the Manager Reconstructed. We want to assure what we talked about last issue is realistically possible, i.e., “Making Ho‘ohana happen for everyone in their circle of influence, IS the manager’s Ho‘ohana in Managing with Aloha.” We want that goal to be actionable per the core values relevant to whatever organization we coach, because it is designed into each manager’s daily work. Analyze your own grid on a regular basis. Choose your preferred process for doing so, and involve as many of your “employees as business partners” as you can without it being too lengthy or burdensome—cycle them in for fresh perspectives. Take immediate steps to correct work design when your value alignment analysis deems it necessary. Perhaps the most commonly known value alignment processes are Value of the Month programs. They may be “old school” but they work, and work well. Is it time you dusted yours off, giving it new life in 2020? To align is to focus well and remain on target. Focus all efforts on the right mission and the right vision with your values, for doing so honors the sense of identity of your business. It also brings compelling pictures of the future within your reach, making them your probable, and most promising legacy, your contribution to mankind.

To Walk with the Ancestors: Lapakahi and the North Kohala Coast By Jan Wizinowich

Lapakahi coastline looking from the south point. A 17-acre section along the Lapakahi coastline was recently purchased, completing the park. photo by Jan Wizinowich

KeOlaMagazine.com | March - April 2020

apakahi State Historical Park (LSHP), a significant cultural complex along the leeward coast of North Kohala on Hawai‘i Island, is a time portal through which we can glimpse the thriving life of Hawai‘i’s early settlers and a touchstone for Hawaiian cultural practitioners. Once a thriving fishing village and upland field system, it is also the centerpiece of Kohala coast land preservation efforts. The Kohala district, a peninsula that points northwest, is unique in that it is neatly divided between windward and leeward, or i loko (inside) and i waho (outside). The leeward coast provided calm waters and rich fishing grounds and, as the population grew, an upland field system.

Evolution of an Ahupua‘a Initial settlements were centered in the valleys on the lush windward side of the peninsula. Sometime in the 1300s it is thought that a growing population expanded to the leeward side, creating settlements such as Lapakahi. Beginning in the late 1960s, Lapakahi has been the focus 62 of a series of archaeological excavations initiated by Richard

Pearson and Roger Green, who together conducted one of the first studies of an ahupua‘a in its entirety. Ahupua‘a generally run from the mountain to the ocean and were a functional organization in which ‘ohana could harvest and exchange resources. Lapakahi began with Koai‘e, a fishing village located on a small cove with a coral beach and a canoe landing. There is no way of knowing for sure, but related ‘ohana probably made their way over land or traveled by canoe to find a calm landing place to settle. Now a marine sanctuary, the reef provided (and still provides) an abundance of life-sustaining food in the form of fish, shellfish, and seaweed. Eventually, with the increase in population, the fishing village expanded upland into the dryland forest, which probably consisted of such plants as a‘ali‘i, ‘iliahi and koai‘a. Terraced fields were created and watered from the Kohala Mountain watershed, which they harnessed into ‘auwai (irrigation canals). The population continued to expand and, starting in 1450, the Lapakahi field system was continuously developed,

The foundation of a hale (house) sets beside the stone-lined trail leading to the south end of the village. photo by Jan Wizinowich intensified, and divided into smaller sections with permanent boundaries. House sites evolved from temporary shelters used during the growing season to permanent residences. It is estimated that food production in the ahupua‘a peaked out towards the end of the 18th century and that most of the residents were gone by the early 1900s.

The kiawe was removed during the process of archaeological excavations, which began in the late 1960s with the Koai‘e fishing village. During a series of digs, archaeologists found the remains of a village complete with all the necessities of life. Koai‘e Cove provided a launching area for canoes with the foundations of a hale wa‘a (canoe house) nearby. Archaeologists also uncovered the remains of house sites that were lashed pole constructions on rock wall foundations and thatched with pili grass. Salt was crucial and there are several pohaku pa‘akai (salt-making stones), large flat rocks with bowl-like indentations that held the evaporating seawater. A well dug for fresh water was also found. With close connections to the spirits of the land, there are the remains of a heiau (place of worship) constructed on a promontory; Ku‘ula, a stone fishing god, who received part of the fishermen’s catch, sits on the south point overlooking the ocean. Archaeologists also found several burial sites. An extensive field system, which was part of the Kohala field system, was discovered in the upland portion of the ahupua‘a. A network of trails connected the mauka (upland) and makai (seaside) areas, as well as provided access between field sections. The main stone-lined trails were also hollowed out, perhaps to collect rain water runoff. There are also upland house sites that evolved from temporary seasonal shelters to established permanent homes,

A New Era After Lapakahi was no longer an active community, it continued to be a place of healing and knowledge. Papa Henry Auwae, a noted Hawaiian healer born in the early 1900s, spent time at Lapakahi as a child studying with kahuna lā‘au lapa‘au (traditional Hawaiian healers) there. “There were kahuna that dealt with mountain plants and those who dealt with coastal plants, and some of the coastal kahuna lived at Lapakahi. Papa also said that the water off the coast of Lapakahi was the water used for healing,” said Momi Naughton, who interviewed Papa for the Smithsonian Folklife Festival in 1989. Lapakahi was also visited by local Kohala residents for fishing and recreation. “The Akoni Pule highway was not there. That was very significant for Lapakahi; it was very inaccessible for many people. The only people who knew about it and used it were Kohala people and ranch people. It was and still is very good fishing grounds,” recalled Fred Cachola. Fred, who was born and raised in Kohala, Salt was a very important commodity for food preservation and to replace salt that was lost during intense labor. Sea remembers trips to Lapakahi with his Boy Scout water was poured into hollowed stones such as these and, when the water was evaporated by the sun, yielded salt. troop in the 1940s and 1950s. “The plantation photo by Jan Wizinowich truck would pick us up at the scout hall in reflecting the evolution and settlement of the Lapakahi Hala‘ula and take us to Māhukona. We’d bring canned goods ahupua‘a. It was in this upland area that kalo (taro) and and cabbage and onions. No coolers. We packed water in five‘uala (sweet potato) were grown. These were shared with gallon military surplus water cans. We walked the coastal road, the shoreline fishing families in exchange for ulu, octopus, fished, swam, and earned merit badges,” said Fred. “At that shellfish, various reef fish, seaweed, and salt. time, it was choked with kiawe. It was so thick, the only way In 1973 Lapakahi State Historical Park, which now consists you could walk was on the trail,” he added.

This heiau or place of worship, with its impressive rock wall construction, is located on the north promontory, overlooking Koaiÿe Cove. photo by Jan Wizinowich

of 279 acres, was established. In 1979 the park was extended to include a marine life conservation district to protect the rich diversity of coral and fish along the coast. The restoration of native plants at Lapakahi such as ma‘o (native cotton), milo, hinahina kahakai, ‘ilima, and niu (coconut) provide an outdoor botanical classroom for lā‘au lapa‘au practitioners and visitors. The park is a place where residents and visitors can get a glimmer of what life was like in pre-contact Hawai‘i, and the healing spirit of the land lives on for members of Na Haumana Lā‘au Lapa‘au o Papa Auwae (NHLLOPA) who meet there annually in October to share and perpetuate healing traditions passed to them from Papa Henry Auwae. The NHLLOPA has

KeOlaMagazine.com | March - April 2020

The fishing god, Kuÿula, sits on the south promontory. Regardless of their catch, fishermen always gave a portion to Kuÿula. photo by Jan Wizinowich

also been responsible for caretaking the park since 2010, initially through an agreement with the state parks and now sponsored through the Friends of the Future.

KeOlaMagazine.com | March - April 2020

Walking with the Ancestors Lapakahi is a pearl amongst a strand of settlements along the leeward Kohala coast, which has the most pre-contact historical and cultural archaeological sites in the state of Hawai‘i. The spirit of the lands of Kamehameha I have called out to the hearts of the community, making the Kohala coast the focus of concerted land preservation efforts by several groups and agencies. With the North Kohala Community Development Plan as a guide, the nonprofit corporation, Kohala Lihikai, made up of five land preservation groups, has been a driving force behind the efforts to preserve the Kohala coast as a “recreational and educational resource for future generations of residents and visitors,” according to Toni Withington, North Kohala community advocate and spokesperson for Kohala preservation efforts. The bulk of the funding for the purchase of coastal lands has come from the County’s 2% Open Space Fund and the State’s Legacy Land Preservation Program. In addition to that the Trust for Public Lands and Hawaiian Islands Land Trust, federal grants and private donors have also contributed. From 2010 to 2017, the efforts of volunteer groups and community members raised 20.9 million dollars and preserved 390 acres along the North Kohala coast, with many acres pending purchase. Kaiholena, just south of Lapakahi, was acquired in 2016. According to the Hawai‘i Island Land Trust (HILT), “Kaiholena was once a thriving community as remnants of heiau, massive hālau, burial sites, and village complexes are still visible. Kaiholena has been said to have numerous pre-contact intact cultural and archaeological sites in Hawai‘i

with over 200 sites that qualify for the National Historic Register found there.” Along with the acquisition of coastal lands is the need to establish access by identifying and maintaining historic trails. Organizations such as E Mau Nā Ala Hele, the Ala Kahakai Trail Association (ATA), and the Ala Kahakai National Historic Trail have added both financial and trail development resources to the preservation efforts. The 2016 purchase of Kaiholena South by the ATA (with the support of numerous organizations and individuals), added to Kaiholena North and Central, altogether providing a total of 10 miles of protected coastline and potential trail. Preservation efforts are ongoing with the ultimate goal being a North Kohala coastline free of development and with community access for recreation, fishing, and historic preservation. Lapakahi is a window into the past, but also the beginning of the re-awakening of Hawaiian ancestral spirits who live on through the land and the voices of the Kohala community. ■ For more information: dlnr.hawaii.gov/dsp/

KeOlaMagazine.com | March - April 2020

The entrance to the park, which has informational signs. photo by Jan Wizinowich

A Jewelry Store with a Real Jeweler

808.882.GOLD (4653) Kawaihae Harbor Center www.mtgold.com

Mahalo Kings’ Shops – Culture Story Sponsor

Keiki Hälau Honors Ancient Hula Legacy By Karen Valentine Kapono

Hälau I Ka Leo Ola O Nä Mamo—perhaps the only hula hälau taught exclusively in Hawaiian language, or ÿölelo Hawaiÿi—was founded by nä kumu hula Pelehonuamea Pukuÿi Suganuma Harman and her husband Kekoa. The large keiki hälau performs regularly at the kahua hula or hula platform at Hawaiÿi Volcanoes National Park.

KeOlaMagazine.com | March - April 2020

ike one of the glistening orbs in a string of pearls, Pelehonuamea Puku‘i Suganuma Harman joins other daughters and granddaughters of hula dancers in a string of generational legacy that is rare in today’s world. In old Hawai‘i, it was customary for granddaughters to be raised by grandmothers, and grandsons to be raised by grandfathers, in a pattern to be repeated down through the ages, ensuring that the wisdom of the elder and the customs and knowledge of the Hawaiian culture be continued in posterity. Each of the pearls of wisdom in Pelehonuamea’s family heritage contains the wisdom of the hula, of mele, and of Hawaiian language. Sometimes, what is old is new again, and in this story of Pelehonuamea (or Pele) Harman, it is the language of the hula taught by her great-grandmother, Mary Kawena Pukui, one of the Living Treasures of Hawai‘i. Pele and her husband, Kekoa Harman, have founded perhaps the only hula hālau taught exclusively in Hawaiian language, or ‘ōlelo Hawai‘i: Hālau I Ka Leo Ola O Nā Mamo. “Of course, when you have a family for which hula is very important, it’s very important to us,” says Pele, a sixth-grade teacher at the K–12 Hawaiian language immersion school, Ke Kula ‘o Nāwahīokalani‘ōpu‘u in Kea‘au. Born 125 years ago this April at Na‘ālehu, Ka‘ū, Pele’s greatgrandmother, affectionately known as “Tūtū Kawena,” was named Mary Abigail Ka-wena-‘ula-o-ka-lani-a-Hi‘iaka-i-ka-polio-Pele-ka-wahine-‘ai-honua Na-lei-lehua-a-Pele Wiggin. Her mother was Mary Pa‘ahana Kanaka‘ole of Ka‘ū and her father, Henry Nathaniel Wiggin from Salem, Massachusetts. Kawena’s mother, Keli‘ipa‘ahana Kanaka‘ole, was a noted dancer, as was her grandmother, Nali‘ipo‘aimoku, a hula dancer with Queen Emma. Kawena’s lifetime contributions to the preservation of her language and culture are vast. The University of Hawai‘i at Manoa’s library guide states, “Mary Kawena Pukui’s published work spans over 50 years, and her contributions to Hawaiian knowledge and preservation make her a giant in both the fields

The teachings of Kumu Pele’s great-grandmother, Mary Kawena Pukui, one of the Living Treasures of Hawaiÿi, are the guiding force for the hälau.

Everyone knows that Membership has its privileges...

Announcing our Premier Memberships

• 3 month membership $500 • 6 month membership $900 • 9 month membership $1,400 • 12 month membership $1,800

Choose from any 1 of the following services Monthly:

KeOlaMagazine.com | March - April 2020

• Dermaplane • Any Facial Including Oxgeneo and Hydra Facial • Any Chemical Peel* (excluding VI & Reve Enlighten) • Any Vitamin IV infusion • Injectable Vitamin—1x week per month • Light Therapy Treatments* 1x per month • Choice of face, neck or chest IPL • Choice of single add-on service*

And a 1-time “Friend Pass” treatment for new guests only *Certain restrictions apply

Please contact us for more information or to schedule your appointments today.

Prices effective 1/1/2020... Take advantage NOW!

868 Ululani Street, Suite #106, Hilo Call (808) 657-4644 • Fax (808) 443-0911 www.IMIClinics.com @IMIClinics

of Hawaiian language and Hawaiian studies. It is not too farfetched to say that before her death, no other living Hawaiian had worked as hard to preserve the knowledge and culture of the Hawaiian people.” Tūtū Kawena had passed her own knowledge of hula to her daughter, Pele, her hānai (adopted) daughter, Patience Namaka Bacon, and to countless others—more than six generations of hula dancers—including some of great-granddaughter’s Pele Harman’s kumu (teachers). “I started dancing when I was about two, when my mom took me to a hālau in Honolulu,” says Pele. “It was very traditional and the kumu, Carolee Nishi, had learned under some old, old timers like Alice Namakelua.” As a sophomore at Kamehameha Schools on O‘ahu, Pele met Kekoa Harman from Maui, a senior. He, too, was to become a hula dancer under Keali‘i Reichel, as well as a singer and noted chanter. As fate would have it, they The Harman family welcoming cruise ship visitors as they come off the boat at Hilo Harbor in Keaukaha. From left: oldest daughter Kalämanamana, now a freshman at Dartmouth College; Pele, who is expecting their fourth child; daughter Naliÿipoÿaimoku, 13; son Kaÿumuÿaliÿi, 14, and Kekoa. All the children are fluent in ÿölelo Hawaiÿi, their primary language at home.

Na haumana (students) performing at the Malia Craver Hula Kahiko competition on Oÿahu for secondary school students to showcase their achievements in ancient hula and chant. They have won high honors there. ran into each other in Hilo, where both had enrolled in language and Hawaiian studies curricula. Surprised to see Kekoa at school in Hilo, she says, they reconnected. “Not too long after that we started dating, then we got married and started our family. He had just graduated from college and I had one more year.” The young couple now has three children, all schooled in Hawaiian language and culture. Oldest daughter Kalāmanamana is 18, son Ka‘umu‘ali‘i is 14, and daughter Nali‘ipo‘aimoku is 13. ‘Ōlelo Hawai‘i is their primary language at home. Both Pele and Kekoa went on to graduate studies, as well as teaching at the immersion school. Pele’s master’s thesis was about historical hula, specifically the hula training and customs of her great-grandmother. Kekoa’s PhD dissertation is on the style of Joseph Ilala‘ole, from Puna, also a cousin of Pele’s great-grandmother.

GRAND OPENING!

Two air-conditioned treatment rooms Appts. available 7 days, including evenings Barbara Garcia, RM Reiki 808-345-2017

Candida Magallanes, LE Esthetician 808-990-3152

Carla Kuo, LAc Acupuncturist 808-218-9234 Ryan Smith, LMT Massage 808-769-1588

KeOlaMagazine.com | March - April 2020

Call/text our therapists directly for an appointment:

Stephen Hoffmann, CR Rolfer® 808-430-5765

808-935-8191 74 Kapiolani St. (at Haili), Hilo69 (Formerly Balanced Life and Coconut Island Massage)

MokuOlaHealing.com

KeOlaMagazine.com | March - April 2020

“Born in 1873 and living to the 1960s,” says Kekoa, “he really serves as a bridge into understanding of how a lot of songs and chants that we have for our ali‘i came to be, especially because he comes from the Kamehameha line.” “Hula genealogies often overlap,” continued Pele. “In the end, the lineage is so important. And thatʻs whatʻs beautiful about hula people. You always have to be respectful of everyone else’s style and appreciative of the creativity.” The key for them both is the root in the language. “Growing up dancing hula, you always hear the words in the mele and you know what they mean. But at some level you want to have a deeper understanding of the poetry because itʻs so, so meaningful and there’s so many layers to it, especially when you get into the higher levels of poetry, I mean, to the point where we can only guess as to what the composers meant. Then curiosity makes you work harder at trying to get at the core of what their psyche was at the time.” Kekoa comments, “If there is no language, if we donʻt have mele—the compositions—we do not have hula. So, itʻs interesting how the overlap of our studies at this point in our life has directed our focus, along with Pele’s connection to her family, to all come together for us to work together in the hālau here in Puna.” It all started when their five-year-old daughter, Kalāmanamana, was ready to learn hula. After first trying to teach her at home, they decided to invite other keiki. “I thought if we have a formal class setting, sheʻll do better with some peers. So we approached some of the families from school that we thought would be interested. After school they would jump into my car, and we would drive them here and teach them in our garage. We started off with all the stock hulas that I learned when I was a young child, the basics, teaching them all in Hawaiian language.” Pele was already teaching Hawaiian language arts and social studies, as well as performing arts to sixth graders at Ke Kula ‘o Nāwahīokalani‘ōpu‘u. “They were already fluent in Hawaiian language. So we thought, ‘Well, we both enjoyed hula, we have a strong hula background. Let’s do it.’” It was a true team effort. “Kekoa is very good with his chanting, too. So I would teach the movements and he could do the ipu and chant, and then vice versa with the guys. Originally it was just girls—they caught on really quickly and they really loved hula. Then more families started asking us, because they would see these kids get into my car and they would see them practice, even sometimes at recess. When it became too many requests, we got permission to use the school gym space after school, and suddenly we went from having about eight students to over 100 boys and girls, ages from about three to high school. Since I started very young, too, I believe if a child can pay attention through class then itʻs not something thatʻs age bound, right? So we have very little ones whose attention and focus is unbelievable.” The couple was not calling their hula class a hālau at that time, as they hadn’t officially gone through the kumu hula training and ceremony of ‘ūniki. “Eventually Kekoa and I were invited to join an ‘ūniki class in Honolulu under Kimo Alama Keaulama, whose specialty is old-style Hawaiian mele and hula. He said this is probably going to be the last class that he graduated. Part of the repertoire that he wanted to teach was some of my family chants that his kumu had taught to him, and he thought that it would be appropriate to give it back to the family.”

The hĂ¤lau gathers after a community performance at Hilo Palace Theater.

KeOlaMagazine.com | March - April 2020

Pele and Kekoa teach keiki from ages three through high school. Here is a hula class for kamaliÿi (young children) at Hawaiian language immersion school, Ke Kula ÿo Näwahïokalaniÿöpuÿu in Keaÿau, where Pele is a sixth grade teacher.

KeOlaMagazine.com | March - April 2020

Volcano Art Center

in Hawai`i Volcanoes National Park 9am - 5pm daily. Free; park entrance fees apply www.volcanoartcenter.org

Carved Signs • Sculptures • Cabinets • Doors • Tables • Urns Rocking Chairs • Benches • Koa Boxes • Cutting Boards Accepting custom orders from designers, contractors, homeowners & galleries.

It was a big commitment to commute every Sunday, and they finally graduated. “We were ready to then formally call ourselves a hālau—it became Hālau I Ka Leo Ola O Nā Mamo.” Kekoa, who now teaches language and Hawaiian mele at UH-Hilo, teaches the keiki kāne class while Pele teaches the girls. Additional classes for older students are also held, all in Hawaiian. A recent surprise was the discovery that Pele and Kekoa are going to have a fourth baby. “It’s a very different age for me to be hāpai,” she exclaims. Although performances and competitions are not their primary focus, the 100-something-member hālau performs hula kahiko at Hawai‘i Volcanoes National Park twice a year, and responds to other community requests and conferences. They have done very well at the Malia Craver Hula Kahiko competition on O‘ahu for secondary school students to showcase their achievements in ancient hula and chant. In 2016, they took three first-place awards, including overall for intermediate school age. “We like performing at anything cultural, especially if itʻs being hosted here on Hawai‘i Island. I think community events have been really good for our students so they know the purpose is to connect people,” Pele says. She continues, “Good hula dancers are those who realize that they are vessels through which old knowledge passes, and itʻs not for us to hold on to it, itʻs for us to give off to the next generation and encourage them to keep it pristine in a way that connects you back to the origin. Culture is a living, thriving, evolving thing. Itʻs okay to create new things but also to honor the things that have been given to you. When we know where it came from, then we try to keep it the way that it was taught. Even though it might not be the flashy stuff, itʻs beautiful in its own way, in its simplicity. Realizing that during the time that it was composed, the audience would have understood Hawaiian language, so there was no reason to create a motion or pantomime for each and every word in the composition, because the poetry was enough.” ■ For more information: pele@nawahi.org marykawenapukui.com All photos courtesy of the Harman family.

Experience Reiki — Find Heaven on Earth! Reiki is a gentle form of healing, used for nearly a hundred years in Japan. It activates the body’s own natural ability to heal itself.

$90 per 1.5 hour session

Located in a tranquil comfortable setting in Hilo. Evening and weekend appointments available.

Mention this ad, receive $15 off! Gift certificates available

Call / Text for an appt:

808-345-2017 Barbara Garcia, 16 year Reiki Master

/barbgarciareiki

KeOlaMagazine.com | March - April 2020

Relieve Stress • Alleviate Pain • Restore Your Natural Energy Remember Who You Truly Are…

Kumu Paul Neves

Peaceful Warrior and Ambassador of Aloha By Marcia Timboy

umu Hula Paul Neves is a familiar and esteemed presence to many on Hawai‘i Island: a cultural practitioner, community organizer, vocal proponent of Native Hawaiian rights and sovereignty, and a high chief in the Royal Order of Kamehameha I. He has created hālau hula communities on a foundation of aloha with the intent of making a difference in the world, through the practice of Hawaiian cultural arts and values.

Kumu Paul Neves at the ahu (altar) at Puÿu Huluhulu. photo by Marcia Timboy

Paul was born in San Francisco, California on September 27, 1953, the 13th child of Manuel “Red” Neves and Agnes Kaina Kea. His father, Red, was from Kīlauea, Kaua‘i. Paul’s grandparents, Joao Neves and Maria Rodrigues-De Pao, migrated from Madeira, Portugal to Kaua‘i as plantation laborers in 1907. Red moved to O‘ahu for better employment opportunities soon after high school. He eventually found work with the federal government. “Papa was a civil service crane operator at Pearl Harbor, in charge of putting fresh water on the battleships. He narrowly escaped death during the

Hälau Haÿa Kea o Kinohi in San Francisco. photo courtesy of Paul Neves

an intimate San Francisco community of Hawai‘i transplants, hosting entertainers from “home” with backyard kanikapila (music jams) and island-style home cooking. Many of the Fairmont Hotel’s Tonga Room entertainers, and other touring Hawaiian musicians from ocean liners, would find their way up to the “Hawaiian homestead” of Bernal Heights. His mother, always so graciously generous in an innately Hawaiian way, shared whatever the family had. “Poor is when you don’t know who you are,” Agnes Kea Neves told young Paul and his siblings, and she made sure they knew who they were, grounded in where they came from, Hawai‘i. His parents visited Hawai‘i at least once a year on the Lurline or Mariposa ocean liners, to visit family and friends and transport Hawai‘i food and other supplies back to their adopted home. The turbulent 1960s—with the Vietnam War, racial discord, and social upheaval—brought life-changing challenges to the Hawaiian family. Compelled to move back to Hawai‘i after more than two decades away, the family settled in Kailua, O‘ahu in 1968. “They never forgot who they were or where they came from. My dad never considered himself haole,” says Paul, although

KeOlaMagazine.com | March - April 2020

bombing of Pearl Harbor on Sunday, December 7, 1941.” Paul’s mother, Agnes Kea from Palama, O‘ahu, was one of 14 children (as was Red). Her father, John Kea Mano was born in Kalaupapa, Moloka‘i. Agnes’ great-grandfather, Mano, originally from Wailua, Kaua‘i, was diagnosed with Hansen’s disease and sent to Kalaupapa leper colony in 1888. Mano and a Lahaina woman, Nellie Nahiole‘a, who also contracted the disease, started a family. Agnes Kea’s grandfather, born in 1892 in Kalaupapa, did not have leprosy. “My maternal greatgrandparents’ signatures can be found on the ku‘e document, protesting the annexation of Hawai‘i.” After a quick courtship of two months, Red Neves and Agnes Kea were married in the Honolulu neighborhood of Kalihi in The entire Neves ÿohana, with all 13 kids, gather to celebrate their parents’ 50th anniversary. Kumu Paul is second from the left. 1933. “My parents began photo courtesy of the Neves ÿohana collection their family in 1934. The war years were challenging for many kama‘āina families. My dad did not like martial law in his dad was Portuguese—of European descent. Hawai‘i,” recalls Paul. Following WWII, his dad assisted in the cleanup after the Hilo tsunami of 1946. When his civil service Wandering, to Return job relocated to the West Coast, the family relocated as well. Young Paul graduated from Kailua High School in 1971, and left the islands in 1973 to seek adventure and opportunity. He Growing up Hawaiian on the Mainland and a friend headed down the Pacific Coast Highway from San Kumu Paul was born in San Francisco, but he was brought Francisco to Mexico. “We hung out there [Mexico] for around up in the Hawaiian/kama‘āina way. The Neves ‘ohana (family) six months, living like hippies!” After driving back to Northern bought a house and several lots in Bernal Heights in San California, he explored living in several cities while working for Francisco, creating a Hawaiian-style homestead. “Dad raised Air California from 1974–1984, moving from Oakland to San pigs, cattle, goats, chickens, and we had an orchard and Diego in 1975, and from San Diego to Las Vegas in 1979. vegetable gardens. My folks tried to duplicate old Papakōlea Moving to Las Vegas was a pivotal point in strengthening his [Hawaiian homestead lands in Honolulu] right above the City,” cultural identity. He began studying hula and oli (chant) with Paul remembers fondly. Kumu Hula Wayne Kaho‘onei Panoke. Kumu Kaho‘onei’s hula 75 During the 1950s through 1960s, the family was part of lineage was of renowned Kumu Hula No‘eau Winona “Nona”

Desha-Beamer, and kumu ‘ūniki (given status of kumu hula) from Aunty Nona in 1968. Subsequently, Paul’s kumu ‘ūniki was from Kumu Kaho‘onei in 1999, after 20 years of study. Since moving to Hilo in 1984, Kumu Paul has been active and involved in spiritual, cultural, and political issues facing Native Hawaiians. In 1986, he was a founding member of Ka Lahui Hawai‘i, a sovereignty initiative. He also served the Catholic community for 21 years as a pastoral associate until 2004. He has given workshops in the Cook Islands, across the

Lic. No. BC-22156

Your One-Stop Solution For Building Improvement • Painting • Spall Repairs • Waterproofing • Roof Coatings • Carpentry • Glazing Grandparents John Kea Mano and Nellie Nahioleÿa.

KeOlaMagazine.com | March - April 2020

photo courtesy of the Neves ÿohana collection

Coconut Grove Marketplace

Hawai‘i Island 329-2007

Maui 242-1327

Oahu 848-0003

www.kawikaspainting.com

US continent, Puerto Rico, Europe, at the United Nations, the World Council of Churches, the United Nations Human Rights Commission in Geneva, Switzerland, and has participated as an official observer for the Royal Order of Kamehameha I in regards to the Hawaiian Kingdom at World Court in The Hague, Netherlands. Kumu Paul established Hālau Ha‘a Kea o Akala in 1998; Hālau Ha‘a Kea o Kinohi in 2004, jointly based in Hilo, San Francisco, and Kyoto, Japan; and Hālau Ha‘a Kea o Mokihana in Washington, DC. He has judged and participated in hula competitions in Hawai‘i and Japan, including Hilo’s own Merrie Monarch Festival. “Hula people are ambassadors of aloha,” Paul proudly states. When his parents moved to Hawai‘i Island from O‘ahu in 1989, Kumu Paul was already an integral member of the Hawaiian cultural community and aware of its concerns—one being the overdevelopment of “crown lands” on Mauna Kea. He asked his mother, Agnes Kea, about lineal ties to Mauna Kea, because of the family name. “She said there is protection from

Fully Permitted Turnkey Cedar Home

Carport • Screened-in Lanai • Private Setting • Paved Road • Curbside Mail Delivery • Manageable Yard with Tropical Flowers

$189,000 MLS 635294

808-284-8804 Janice Murdoch GRI Broker-in-Charge RB-22407

Young Paul and his fellow football team players of Kailua High School. photo courtesy of the Neves ÿohana collection

Mauna a Kea, that it brings about balance. ‘Weʻre Kea people— unblemished. The mountain without blemish. Itʻs so holy, youʻre not supposed to go up there and if you do go there, itʻs for something really important. You walk very softly; you leave no footprints.ʻ Thatʻs how she explained it.” Kumu Paul believes he returned home to Hawai‘i for a higher purpose. “We were given a special place to live with God. That’s why the whole world comes here. We cannot replace what it is.” Kāhea—The Call On April 10, 2009, Kumu Paul attended the momentous 50th wedding anniversary of Emperor Akihito and Empress Michiko of Japan. He had developed a rapport with the royal family when, as a member of the Royal Order of Kamehameha I, he escorted Princess Sayako to the top of Mauna Kea in 1998 to visit Subaru Observatory. They met with the late well-known astronomer, Dr. Norio Kaifu, then the Subaru project’s director. During a lunch meeting a few years later, Kumu Paul and his mentor, Genesis LeeLoy, candidly expressed their concern on

KeOlaMagazine.com | March - April 2020

Kumu Paul and his wife, Wanda Mokihana Neves. photo courtesy of the Neves ÿohana collection

OPENING SOON! A New Adventure in Shopping

(Top) Invitation to the 50th anniversary of Emperor Akihito and Empress Michiko of Japan. photo courtesy of Paul Neves (Above) Paul’s parents, “Red” Neves and Agnes Kea Neves. photo courtesy of the Neves ÿohana collection

KeOlaMagazine.com | March - April 2020

Chef T K Thai Cusine Popeyes Louisiana Kitchen McDonald’s Pizza Hut L&L Hawaiian Barbeque

Under the Bodhi Tree Sushi Hawaii Strato’s New York Pizzeria Banzos • Coco Cantina Kohala Coffee Co.

RETAIL SPACES AVAILABLE FOR RENT!

Contact Jon McElvaney 808-938-2033 Jonmcelvaney11@gmail.com

further development atop Mauna Kea to Dr. Kaifu. “Please do not build more after Subaru,” they implored Dr. Kaifu. Kumu Paul believes that conversation was the reason no observatories have been built on Mauna Kea since 1998. Kumu Paul honored the astronomer’s integrity when he was invited to speak at Dr. Kaifu’s memorial in Tokyo in September 2019 by sharing the story of the lunch meeting to hundreds of dignitaries and scientists. “Dr. Kaifu [an architect of the TMT] didn’t say where to build the Thirty Meter Telescope [TMT]… Would you put it on Mount Fuji?” The proposal of building the TMT has awakened an activist movement for many Hawaiians and their supporters worldwide. Kumu Paul believes that Mauna Kea has called out “she that protects, now needs protecting.” He and the Royal Order of Kamehameha I, have heeded the kāhea (call), by establishing an ahu (altar) and a pu‘uhonua (place of refuge) at the base of Mauna Kea. They have stood in vigilance since July 13, 2019 to protect Mauna Kea from further development and will do so “until the last aloha ‘āina,” Paul declares. “The spirit of Mauna Kea is calling upon the Hawaiian people to realign their spiritual past, present, and future. Hawaiians have the kuleana, the privilege, and responsibility to share ‘kapu aloha’ with the world.” Paul believes that the true

physical sign of this is: first light at Kumukahi, Puna, aligns with the Naha stone to Mauna Kea’s summit and consequently up the island chain to Mokumanamana in the northwest Hawaiian Islands. Kumu Paul reflects, “We are all here for a reason. In my vision, Hawai‘i is the new Geneva. This is where people come to learn peace. The Mauna Kea movement is firmly grounded in the concept of ‘kapu alohaʻ—to conduct oneself in pono [righteous] and sacred behavior, and many who visit the mauna are touched to practice peace. One must be silent when approaching Mauna Kea, listen to what she has to say, as she is bringing balance and alignment for all of us here.” ■ For more information: nahalauhaaokea.org/about. html

Kumu Paul with Pope Paul in Rome. photo courtesy of the Neves ÿohana collection

KeOlaMagazine.com | March - April 2020

Mila Polevia Music is Home By Catherine Tarleton

ohala is almost a mystical place,” says

musician Mila Polevia, music director for St. Augustine’s Episcopal Church in Kapa‘au. “Not only is it King Kamehameha’s birthplace, it’s just kind of magical. And there’s lots of famous musicians, Kindy Sproat, the Lims, John Keawe…so much of what Hawai‘i is and was and comes from is here, from Kohala.” Born in American Samoa, he came to Hawai‘i before he was one year old. “I was raised on

KeOlaMagazine.com | March - April 2020

81 Mila playing under the banyan tree at the farmers’ market in Hawi. photo courtesy of Mila Polevia

the windward side of O‘ahu,” Mila says. “It was a lot like Kohala is now. My father went to work on the plantations at Pāpa‘aloa and I came to see him on the Big Island in the summers.” He first learned to play music while attending a private school on O‘ahu. “We had ‘ukulele class in school. It was a full period, and I learned basic chords there, all those real goofy, easy songs,” says Mila. “My best friend Russell, who’s still my friend, had a guitar and showed me some things at recess. We shared that guitar back and forth for a long time. One would take it home and learn something, then bring it back and teach the other the next day. In high school we played music together. He is a dentist now.” That shared guitar inspired Mila’s musical journey. In high school, he would skip class and go to the music room, where he’d borrow a piano student’s books so he could teach himself to play piano. Laughing, Milo says, “When parents ask me how I learned about music, I tell them, ‘You don’t want me to tell your kids how I learned.’” Mila studied music at the University of Nebraska at Lincoln. “Go Big Red,” he says with a smile. “I was a brass major, so I played all the instruments. At the time, they had three different bands.” About the same period, still in Nebraska, he also made a little money playing music for various Rotary Club or Lions Club lū‘au in the area. Of course, it was the iconic, fairly cliché Hawaiian sound expected. He distinctly remembers one of his teachers telling him, “I’m afraid that this music will change who you are,” says Mila. “As far as how I play music, I play with the aloha spirit. And she said, ‘The music you play has a je ne c’est quoi. In Western style music you should really be

With North Kohala music legends Sonny Lim and John Keawe. photo courtesy of Mila Polevia

KeOlaMagazine.com | March - April 2020

Innovative Fine Art by

Gary Ackerman

www.ackermangalleries.com (808) 889 5971

Celebrating 40 Years in North Kohala Monday – Friday 11:30am – 5pm 54-3878 Akoni Pule Hwy. Kapa‘au HI 96755

(Above) Mila with his children, Gibson (16), Hannah (19), and Esther (11) Not shown: Rebekah (23), Malia (21). photo courtesy of Mila Polevia (Below) Mila loves to play and teach at St. Augustine’s Episcopal Church in Kapaÿau. photo courtesy of Anna Pacheco

conscious of that.’ It was amazing. I’ve never forgotten that.” “I ended up dropping out of school, dropping out of the music program, and playing for a living,” says Mila. He went to Tokyo Disney to play music with a group, and eventually became music director there. His travels then took him to the Pacific Northwest, where he played with various bands and did some gigging on his own. He married and started a family while working as a full-time musician in Oregon and Washington. “I was playing music, being music director at different churches—choirs, praise bands, all different types that needed music,” says Mila. “That was my career for 25 years.” They moved back to Honolulu in 2013, but Mila had trouble finding work, a situation that proved devastating for him. “I ended up being a janitor, NO music at all,” Mila says. “I slowly died inside. It affected my marriage.” What happened two years later may have been the result of at least some divine intervention.

“In 2015, I was living with a friend, who was studying to be a priest. And he was asked to come to Kohala to be music director,” Mila says. “The congregation was finding that the traditional music of the Episcopal church wasn’t as relevant in this place and time. They wanted more Hawaiian style music, and more Hawaiian language, incorporated into the service...It so happened that my friend was just starting a new company on O‘ahu, and he asked me if I wanted the job instead.” Even though he’s not himself an Episcopalian, Mila clearly believes in the aloha and spiritual power of music, which he generously shares pretty much wherever he goes. At St. Augustine’s, he’s found not only a terrific opportunity to do the work he loved, but a home, a house on the property large enough for his five children to visit. “It’s awesome to have a nice house where my kids can come on vacations,” he says. The classic church, with its beautiful stained-glass windows, is a longtime landmark in North Kohala’s ethnically diverse community. It’s one of Hawai‘i’s earliest Episcopal churches, founded by English immigrant families in 1844, 12 years before King Kamehameha IV and Queen Emma officially invited the Church of England to send missionaries. Mila affectionately calls it a “Sears and Roebuck church,” because many of its elements were built elsewhere and imported to the site by sailing ship. The altar was constructed in England and sailed around Cape Horn. On it is written, “This altar table is made from an oak grown on Loxley Estate, Staffordshire.” On the other side, “Presented to the church at Puehuehu [the Hawaiian name for this location] by the family of Sneyd Kynnersley, 1883.” “The kids love it,” Mila says. And, because they live in Honolulu, he lets them take time to slow down and make the transition to a more country lifestyle when they arrive. “I give them a couple days to sleep, let the stress off, and let all the good things from Kohala come in,” Mila says. “It’s so obvious; their whole demeanor, everything about them, changes. And their mom says the same thing about when they go back,” he continues. “Both have aloha spirit and they are able to experience both places. We do our best to

KeOlaMagazine.com | March - April 2020

Historic Kainaliu, Kona’s original shopping village. Located 5 miles south of Kailua-Kona.

make sure they know that they have a connection that stays viable and relevant in both of our homes.” In addition to playing for worship services at St. Augustine’s, Mila teaches keiki ‘ukulele classes, and helps students perform for special Youth Sundays. He also entertains at church functions, like the Annual Bazaar and Christmas festivities. In the community, he teaches ‘ukulele at Waimea Country School, and hosts a weekly comedy show on local radio channel KNKR FM 96.1. “It’s called ‘Mila’s Lunch Wagon,’ where I do multiple characters all based on people I know here in Kohala,” he says. “I also play and sing and play recorded Hawaiian music on there as well. If you want, you can catch some of the archived shows at KNKR.org. All of this is my attempt to perpetuate the musical culture of Kohala and Hawai‘i Island.” On Saturdays he plays and sings at the Hawi Farmersʻ Market, under the Banyan trees. It’s a gig that’s very close to his heart. He remembers going there for the first time. “I was thinking, ‘OK, I need to play music. What am I going to play?’” Mila says. He tried some songs by American folk-rock artists—James Taylor; Crosby, Stills, Nash, and Young—and then started playing some Hawaiian music that his uncle taught him. “After three songs, a woman came up to me with tears in her eyes,” Mila says. “She asked me, ‘Do you know how long it’s been since we heard Hawaiian music here? It seems like the Hawaiian music goes someplace else, where it can make money.’” He continues, “I knew that first Saturday here that the music my mother, my uncle, my grandmother taught me was what I needed to play…When I was young, my grandmother would sit me down on a lauhala mat and say ‘Sing this song, memorize these words.’ The same with Bible verses: read, memorize.” “I told myself, ‘I’m going to play Hawaiian music,’” says Mila, adding, “It’s easy to go to a hotel and make $300 an hour instead of playing here for $40. But I made a pact with my ‘aumakua [to keep my music here].” He remembers one time his daughter was with him when he was playing at the farmersʻ market. “I started playing ‘Hi‘ilawe,’ and I heard someone singing along. When I turned around and realized that it was my daughter, I asked her ‘How do you know that song?’ and she told me, ‘Cause you always sing it, Dad.’ It’s the most wonderful thing.” Reminiscing, he recalls other times, other places around the world where he would play. But the music always brought him home. “Pono is always flowing through you no matter where we go,” Mila says. “When I sing Hawaiian music, all those memories come back. When the wind blows just right, when the birds sing just right, something happens in my fingers, and I know that’s my grandmother or great-grandmother or greatgreat-grandchildren. How blessed am I to be in that spot in that moment? And top of that, it’s good fun.” Mila plays for Sunday worship services at St. Augustine’s at 7am and 9am weekly, at 54-3801 Akoni Pule Highway in Kapa‘au, and Hawi Farmersʻ Market on Saturdays from 9am– 12:30pm, at the intersection of Akoni Pule Highway and Hawi Road. ■ For more information: MilaPolevia@gmail.com staugustineskohala.com

March–A pril 2020

unity Magazine

Comm Hawai‘i Island’s

The Life |

March – April lila Malaki – ‘Ape

2020

Malaki–‘A pelila 2020 KeOlaMa gazine.c om

e Creates Purpos y Kathleen Abood Save Histor Onaona Maly ARTS nd ā a uccesses Kep d S Fun nd CULTURE ng the 2% La ITY Celebrati SUSTAINABIL

Featured Cover Artist: Francene Hart Francene Hart knew as a child she would be an artist. She grew up in the middle of the US, spending 26 years in northern Wisconsin where she built a log home and discovered a passion for living with nature before moving to Hawai‘i in 2001. Francene is an internationally-recognized visionary artist whose work has been widely published in books and magazines, and hangs in the homes and offices of art collectors everywhere. In art school Francene created large abstract acrylic paintings. She later moved to the forest where, for many years, nature and spirit were her teachers and inspirations. After she began studying sacred geometry, she found that incorporating it into her images created a more expansive vision. Francene has used watercolors almost exclusively ever since. Once she discovered their colors and transparency, she recognized that the medium was the perfect means for her to translate a layered view of the universe. She shares, “I feel honored that my life path has taken me on this amazing adventure and allowed me to create a modest living creating paintings that follow my vision. I have been interested in protecting the earth since the first Earth Day in 1966 and feel the urgency to care for her even more today.” In Earth Prayers, this coverʻs image, tetrahedral patterns and a vesica piscis form a protective divine matrix around the planet. In the

center, our home, Mother Earth, shines in beauty and grace. Multicolored hands surround and reside within these patterns, symbolizing participation of all humans in the concept of stewardship and sustainability. Francene reflects, “Stewardship expresses an understanding that there is spirit in everything and that everything is connected. It implies awareness that each of our actions, whether it is growing a vegetable, use of natural resources, and even our thoughts affect the whole. It requires living with a sense of connectedness and relationship with all beings and respect for the Earth. “I am truly living my dreams in Hawai‘i. I am learning that what my heart desires is to live a quiet life in nature, and to continue painting and enjoying this magical island. Inspiration comes from everywhere. Meditation, dreams, travel, and most of all simply being open to this awesome planet and the beauty that surrounds us.” For more information: FranceneHart.com

Table Of Contents Artist:

Ethel Mann

Ethel Mann was born in Buffalo, New York, was raised in California, and she and her husband Ray moved to Hawai‘i Island in 2009—first to Pāhoa, and now Pāpa‘ikou, where she currently has her studio. Ethel studied art at the University of California, Berkeley, where she received an MFA in 1988. Ethel is a two-time winner of the Eisner Prize, designed to recognize excellence in uniting multiple generations. Ethelʻs work takes many forms. She says, “It is always a personal diary. For me, discoveries in the creative process are paramount. My work is always an exploration of possibilities. An image may be satisfied with 15 minutes of my time, or it may ask me to engage with it for years. I obey the muse, allowing each image its own voice. I follow the wind.” Ethel participates in group shows at the East Hawai‘i Cultural Center and the Wailoa Arts Center in Hilo. For more information: EMannStudio.com saatchiart.com/EMann

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.

KeOlaMagazine.com | March - April 2020

Your feedback is always welcome. HIeditor@keolamagazine.com

Across

Down

1 Native Hawaiian shrub loved by bees 6 Beach on the Kona coast 8 Hawaiian word for to criticize 9 Fifth zodiac sign 10 Historic church in Puakō 13 Linda Tellington-Jones: a renowned ____ whisperer 15 Hawaiian word for language, _____ Hawai‘i 16 Hawaiian word for to seep or ooze 17 Hawaiian for faded or wilted 18 Much-loved sea creature in Hawaiian waters 21 Clarinetist Lewis 23 Hawaiian word for the soapberry tree 25 Hawaiian word for sweet potato 26 Recently celebrated Day, relating to the survival of our planet 30 Unagi in a sushi bar 32 It’s being used to preserve natural areas of Hawaii, 2 words 36 Type of stones that were the first laid in Hawaiian rock wall construction 37 Completion 38 Gene material, briefly 40 Delicious 41 Old structures where the hula was performed

1 2 3 4 5 6 7 11 12 13 14 17 19 20 22 24 27 28 29 31 33 34 35 39

epā ___ and his wife Onaona: cultural historians K of Hawaiian culture Hawaiian words meaning inside Hawaiian word for to pry with a lever Roman 51 “That’s impressive!” Wood for flooring Least spicy Imaginative and resourceful Hawaiian artist, Kathleen _____ Indefinite article in Hawaiian Popular Area of an archeological dig, say With, in Hawaiian Elevated areas Hawaiian artist who painted Jelly Ballet, ___ Ackerman Amaama is the Hawaiian word for this fish Flier from another planet, abbr. Ancient Hawaiian temples Managing with ____ Natural source of energy What? Hawaiian word for to measure or survey Cook in a BBQ “I don’t think so” (slang way of saying no) Ending for direction and fiction

Tai Lake Fine Woodworking and crafted my subsequent training based on the principles I learned there. I traveled for years and worked on a wide variety of projects, but always kept my main focus on design in general and wood in particular.” Hawai‘i Artist Collaboration Tai shares, “I’ve always known that building community is the real goal of any art form and have been involved with the Hawai‘i Wood Guild, The Hawai‘i Forest Industry Association, and Donkey Mill Art Center as avenues to bring an appreciation for forest issues into a larger conversation. “In 2011, Cliff Johns, Tiffany Shafto, and I started the Hawai‘i Artist Collaboration as a way to involve even more artists in creating a larger community. We have approximately 40 master artists attend every year to share experiences and create works together for a week. We sell the resulting unique, one-of-a-kind works at auction. Funds go to future events, as well as providing art supplies to public school teachers on the Big Island. This yearʻs event is March 28th at West Jawao Community Health Center from 4–8pm. Tai and the Lake familyʻs work can be seen at select galleries. They invite studio visits by appointment. Tai Lake Fine Woodworking 808.938.1238 tailake.net facebook.com/TaiLakeFineWoodworking

KeOlaMagazine.com | March - April 2020

Tai Lake and his family design and build fine furniture from Hawai‘i Island-grown woods. Their wood comes from trees slated for removal or storm fallen. 2020 marks 40 years since Tai moved to Hawai‘i Island. The workshop on his property in Hōlualoa has proven to be an ideal place for Tai and his family to pursue their art because of the abundant materials, including our islandʻs very unique koa wood. He says, “This is my lifelong pursuit of blending function, form, and the art of design.” Being at a crossroads in Hawai‘i brings Taiʻs work to the attention of collectors from around the world. People are often looking for unique solutions, which have generated custom commissions and collaborations that have kept him busy. In more recent yers, Taiʻs wife Mary Jo and sons Noah and Jonah, along with Noahʻs wife Ashley, have joined Tai in the workshop. Tai reflects, “How cool it is to have my sons and new family coming into this way of life. Noa and Ashley are pursuing the craft side of this business, Mary Jo keeps busy with her glass work, and Jonah has quite a following for his small sculpture work.” Tai studied the best in the field and adapted all that was positive to our Hawai‘i environment. He says, “One particular aspect of this was to focus the attention the work created onto the health of our forests and land-use policies—to guarantee that future generations will be able to enjoy all the benefits of a balanced ecosystem. Advancing ideas like salvage reforestation, sustainable yield, balancing wildlife systems is part of the continuing dialog that artists can promote.” When asked what makes his art unique, Tai says, “In a word: design. I come from a construction family and an engineer dad, so I was around tools—making, designing and building from a very early age. I was very lucky to spend time in Bucky Fuller’s design department at Southern Illinois University

Hawai‘i Island Happenings 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

Hilo’s New Hotspot

Kingsʻ Shops–Waikoloa KingsShops.com 808.886.8811

Kona Commons Shopping Center

for

KonaCommons.com 808.334.0005

LUNCH • PARTYS

KeOlaMagazine.com | March - April 2020

HALL RENTAL • CATERING

Kona International Marketplace KonaInternationalMarket.com 808.329.6262

the Best Dogs on the Big Island

Prince Kuhio Plaza

PrinceKuhioPlaza.com/events 808.959.3555

811 Laukapu Street • Hilo 808.657.4469

Queens’ MarketPlace–Waikoloa

Tues-Fri: 8am-7pm • Sat:10am-3pm

QueensMarketplace.net 808.886.8822

Darts • BYOB Closed Sun & Mon Air Condition Flatscreen

The Shops at Mauna Lani

ShopsAtMaunaLani.com/events 808.885.9501

Open Monday–Saturday 9am to 5pm

73-5612 Kauhola St., Kailua-Kona • 808.329.2522

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

Konaweb

Palace Theater–Hilo

Lyman Museum

Society for Kona’s Education & Art (SKEA)

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

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 NorthKohala.org info@northkohala.org 808.889.5523

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

HiloPalace.com info@hilopalace.com 808.934.7010 Skea.org 808.328.9392

West Hawaii Dance Theatre and Academy Whdt.org vh2dns4@ilhawaii.net Virginia Holte, 808.329.8876

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

Waimea Community Theatre

WaimeaCommunityTheatre.org 808.885.5818

West Hawai‘i County Band

WestHawaiiBand.com westhawaiiband@gmail.com 808.961.8699

KeOlaMagazine.com | March - April 2020

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

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

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

Laupahoehoe Graphics

KeOlaMagazine.com | March - April 2020

808.959.7920

LaupahoehoeGraphics

Coloring Books Canvas Bags Postcards • Notecards Luggage Tags 2020 Desktop Calendars Original Commissions Available

Dick and Avis Mortemore, Wildlife Art

ALL OUR LISTINGS INCLUDE:

• Professional Staging Consultant • Pre-Listing Home Preparation • Professional Photography • Customized Internet Marketing • 3 Agents on Every Job

Derinda Thatcher RB-16450 Tina Kitchens - RS-79714 Jessica McCullum - RS-80819

Cell: 808-960-3433

www.TeamSoldHawaii.com Info@teamsoldhawaii.com Ofﬁce: 808-331-8200

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

Tai Lake

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

Kealakekua Flexible hours Monday–Friday Sanctuary for displaced parrots. Contact Dorothy Walsh Dorothy@parrotsinparadise.com 808.322.3006 ParrotsInParadise.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

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

Ku‘ikahi Mediation Center

Snorkel Day for People with Disabilities

Lions Clubs International

Sundayʻs Child Foundation

Make-A-Wish Hawaii

The Pregnancy Center

Kona Choral Society

Hilo Ongoing Become a volunteer mediator via Basic Mediation Training and apprenticeship. info@hawaiimediation.org 808.935.7844 HawaiiMediation.org 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 Ongoing Granting wishes for children with life-threatening medical conditions. info@hawaii.wish.org 808.537.3118 Hawaii.Wish.org

Malama O Puna

North Kohala Community Resource Center

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

KeOlaMagazine.com | March - April 2020

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

Voyaging Table

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

Hawai‘i Island Farmers Markets East Daily Kea‘au Village Market Behind Spoonful Cafe and gas station, Kea‘au • 7am–5pm

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

West

Saturday

Keauhou Farmers’ Market Keauhou Shopping Center 8am–noon * Waikoloa Village Farmers’ Market 68-3625 Paniolo Ave., Waikoloa Community Church parking lot 7:30am–1pm g Hōlualoa Gardens Farmers’ Market 76-5901 Mamalahoa Hwy, 9am–noon g

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

Wednesday

KeOlaMagazine.com | March - April 2020

Kings’ Shops Farmers’ Market Waikoloa Beach Resort 8:30am–2:30pm Ho‘oulu Community Farmers’ Market Sheraton Kona Resort at Keauhou Bay 9am–2pm g Kona Sunset Farmers’ Market 74-5511 Luhia St. (HPM parking lot) 2-6pm g

Wednesday–Sunday

Kona Village Farmers’ Market Corner of Ali‘i Dr. and Hualālai 92 Rd. 7am–4pm

1st and 3rd Friday of the Month Mā‘ona Community Garden Friday Night Market 84-5097 Keala O Keawe Rd., Hōnaunau 4–8pm

North

Saturday

Hawi Farmers’ Market North Kohala, across from post office and Nakahara Store 8am–3pm * Kamuela Farmers’ Market 67-139 Pukalani Rd., Waimea 7:30am–1pm * Kūhiō Hale Farmers’ Market 4-756 Māmalahoa Hwy., Waimea 7:30am–12:30pm Waimea Town Market at Parker School 65-1224 Lindsey Rd., Waimea 8am–1pm g Waimea Homestead Farmers’ Market 67-1229 Māmalahoa Hwy. at Lindsey Rd., Waimea 7am–noon

Saturday Hilo Coffee Mill 17-995 Volcano Rd., Mountain View (Hwy. 11 between mile markers 12 and 13) 9am–2pm * Hilo Farmers’ Market Corner of Mamo and Kamehameha Ave., Hilo 6am–4pm * Honoka‘a Farmers’ Market Mamane St., Honoka‘a 7:30am–2pm Kino‘ole Farmers’ Market Kino‘ole Shopping Plaza, 1990 Kino‘ole St., Hilo 7am–noon * Kaimu Farmer’s Market Uncle’s Awa Bar, Kalapana 8am–noon * Pana‘ewa Farmers’ Market 363 Railroad Ave. (across from Home Depot), Hilo 7am–1pm

First Saturday of Every Month Orchidland Community Association Farmers’ Market Orchidland Dr. • 10am–2pm

Tuesday

Sunday

Kekela Farms Organic Farmers’ Market 64-604 Mana Rd., Waimea 2–5pm

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

Wednesday Waimea Mid-Week Farmer’s Market Pukalani Stables, 67-139 Pukalani Rd., Waimea 9am–2pm * g

* EBT accepted • g Dog Friendly •

Laupāhoehoe Farmers’ Market Next to Minit Stop, Hwy. 19. 9am–1pm

Nānāwale Community Market Nānāwale Community Longhouse 7am–2pm Maku‘u Farmers’ Market Kea‘au-Pāhoa Bypass Road 6am–2pm *

Sun–Mon, Thursday Hilo Farmers’ Market Corner of Mamo and Kamehameha Ave., Hilo 7am–4pm

Tuesday Hakalau Farmers’ Market and FoodShare Hakalau Veterans' Park, Old Māmalahoa Hwy. 3–5:30pm *

Wednesday Ho‘olaulea Uncle’s Awa Bar, Kalapana 4:30pm–9pm * Hilo Farmers’ Market Corner of Mamo and Kamehameha Ave., Hilo 6am–4pm *

Friday Hawaiian Acres Community Marke 16-1325 Moho Rd., Kurtistown 2pm–6pm Pana‘ewa Farmers’ Market 363 Railroad Ave., Hilo 11am–5pm

South Sat and Wed

Nā‘ālehu Farmers’ Market Ace Hardware lawn 8am–2pm

Sunday

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

Please send info and changes to michelle@keolamagazine.com

Celebrating a Long Time Advertiser clinic features beautiful interior décor as well as on-site x-ray, and paniolo heritage artwork. In January, our cardiology clinic moved to remodeled space and our Women’s Center will be expanding later this year to double their size.” The Primary Care Clinic and Women’s Center both achieved Rural Health Clinic Designation in 2019. The Rural Health Clinic program increases access to primary care services for patients in rural communities with a focus on a team approach and preventive services. The QNHCH emergency room is the only level III trauma center in the North Hawai‘i area, and QNHCH continues to provide the only 24/7 orthopedic surgery service on Hawai‘i Island. With more specialists now available, including at the Queen’s Clinic in Kona, more patients are able to be treated close to home instead of traveling off-island for care. The QNHCH team cares deeply about their patients and for the health and wellbeing of the communities they serve. The QNHCH team continues to achieve top patient satisfaction scores within the Queen’s Health Systems, and the QNHCH emergency department continues to be the only emergency department in the Queen’s system to achieve the 90th percentile for patient satisfaction. With the opening of the new emergency room came a refreshed name and logo for North Hawai‘i Community Hospital, now referred to as “Queen’s North Hawai‘i Community Hospital.” Incorporating “Queen’s” into the name and adding the crest now truly represents the hospital being part of the larger Queen’s family and reflects the Queen’s Health Systems’ continued effort to provide a high quality of health care for patients in the communities where they live.

Queen’s North Hawai‘i Community Hospital The Queen’s Health Systems 67-1125 Mamalahoa Hwy., Kamuela, HI 96743 808.885.4444 nhch.com

KeOlaMagazine.com | March - April 2020

North Hawai‘i Community Hospital opened in 1996 as an acute care facility that incorporated blended medicine in a unique setting. The hospital is a 35-bed rural acute care hospital located in Waimea (Kamuela). A clinical affiliation with The Queen’s Medical Center began in 2005, and in 2014, a corporate affiliation formally brought North Hawai‘i Community Hospital into the Queen’s Health Systems family of companies. A brand new emergency room, three times the size of the current ER and loaded with new technology and equipment, was unveiled at Queen’s North Hawai‘i Community Hospital in January 2020 to a crowd of more than 250 people. Attendees toured the new facility and were treated to demonstrations on a variety of health topics such as trauma care, flu prevention, mobile x-ray, prescription safety, and Blue Zones-friendly snacks. The new ER was 15 years in the making, drawing on support from the community, which helped raise $18 million for the $25 million project. The ER is one of the largest community-funded projects Queen’s Hospital has had, which reflects the Waimea community’s history of supporting the hospital. The new emergency room expands from the existing 3,300 square feet to more than 12,000 square feet. It houses 13 private patient rooms—11 standard and 2 trauma rooms— as well as a decentralized nurses’ stations, new ambulance and patient entrances, and a beautiful, spacious waiting room. The new space is designed to provide a superior quality environment for patients, with each room providing more privacy to support a healing environment. Lynn Scully, marketing and communications manager, shares, “This growth comes on the heels of a year of notable accomplishments at QNHCH, including our primary care expansion, which opened in February with additional physicians, new exam rooms, waiting room upgrades, and new services such as much-needed wound care. The general surgery and orthopedic clinics moved into the new Specialty Clinic at Parker Ranch Center in May. The conveniently-located

MARKET PLACE

ACCREDITED BUYERS REPRESENTATIVE

Kokoiki Brands LLC

Talk Story with an Advertiser

LAND SURVEYING

KeOlaMagazine.com | March - April 2020

MARKETING HELP

REALTOR ®

Kokoiki Brands LLC. is now the umbrella for Hawaii Cigar & Ukulele, Mother’s Cigar & Hemp Lounge, Hawi Nice Day Hemp Co., and CBD.CENTER, all located in the historic Kohala Trade Center in the center of Hawi, next to one of the island’s finest restaurants, Bamboo. Owner/manager Richard Bodien shares, “Creating Kokoiki Brands LLC enabled us to obtain our liquor license. When we saw Kuleana Rum being born, I knew we had to sell it. It is grown in Hawi, and distilled in Kawaihae. That is as local as you can get. And we specialize in local: Hawaiian cigars, liquor, ‘ukulele, music, hemp, and collectibles. You can enjoy local eating and shopping, then relax and enjoy smoking outdoors under our portico.” How did these four businesses come about? Richard Bodien started his first shop, Hawi Gallery, in 2011. This became a destination for fine art, ‘ukulele, authentic Hawaiiana, and real vintage aloha shirts. In 2018, Richard bought Mother’s Antiques and Fine Cigars, a local landmark for over 20 years, from Jon Adams, a cigar aficionado who opened the shop to feed his appetite for fine tobacco in the middle of the Pacific Ocean. By combining these businesses in a beautiful historic location, he was able to provide an enhanced experience for visitors. Richard reflects, “My Hawaiian friends have been my greatest inspiration and guidance. They led me to a knowledge and understanding of the history and culture of Hawai‘i, its music, and the practice of aloha. My greatest mentor was the late Kim “Ki‘i” Nakamura, a Hawaiian cultural practitioner and kumu la‘au, from whom I learned of herbal medicine and the use of cannabis as medicine, and which has led to where we are today.” Hawaii Cigar & ‘Ukulele “This is the world’s only cigar and ‘ukulele shop,” Richard says, “Our trained staff is happy to help you make a selection from our well-curated collection of premium hand-rolled cigars. The featured brands are Hawaii-grown from Kauai Cigar Company and the house brand, Mother’s customblended, hand-rolled cigars from Nicaragua, both of which make great gifts. We recently added locally grown and distilled Kuleana Rum to the mix, along with other Hawaiian brands and a small but premium selection of cigar-friendly liquors.” Their other specialty is ‘ukulele. You will find all kinds, from early vintage (1906) to inexpensive beginner ‘ukes and the latest masterpieces by local luthiers David Gomes and Mark Evans. Take advantage of a free ‘ukulele lesson to help you get started and make the right choice. Families and groups are invited.

at Hawi.Center

MARKET PLACE TRAVEL AGENT

Talk Story with an Advertiser Mother’s Cigar & Hemp Lounge Be sure to take time for a very relaxed smoke at Mother’s Cigar & Hemp Lounge, the only cigar lounge on Hawai‘i Island. For cigar lovers it is, as one customer wrote, “One of the greatest pleasures you will enjoy in Hawai‘i.” Hawi Nice Day Hemp Co. If you don’t smoke cigars, you might consider relaxing with a pre-rolled cone of organic, CBD-rich hemp. To meet demand, the owners began packaging hemp flower for people to roll their own, and then began a business to produce pre-rolled cones, which are distributed in glass test tubes with cork stoppers. Richard says, “We treat cannabis as nature intended. Hemp has been a part of human nutrition, medicine, and spirituality for thousands of years. We package and market the finest hemp flower available for distribution throughout the US. You will be amazed. You won’t get ‘highʻ, but you sure will feel good.” Smoke one at Mother’s Cigar & Hemp Lounge. It’s the only public cigar lounge on the island.

Kokoiki Brands at Hawi.Center 55-3419 Akoni Pule Highway, Hawi 96719 808.889.1282 hawi.center hawaiicigarandukulele.com motherscigars.com hawinicedayhemp.com cbd.center

VETERINARY SERVICES

WHOLISTIC HEALTH

KeOlaMagazine.com | March - April 2020

CBD.CENTER CBD.CENTER is the first and still the best CBD shop on the island. At CBD.CENTER the products have been chosen for their purity, effectiveness, and value. The trained staff, including Dr. Randall Carpio, N.D., are happy to help you learn more about natural medicine and make the right choices for your needs and budget. You can try samples, and they ship to all 50 states, including the islands of Hawai‘i.

UPHOLSTERER

Mahalo to our advertisers! By recognizing the value of Ke Ola Magazine for their marketing, they enable us to perpetuate and immortalize these important stories that deserve to be shared. Please visit them (in person, online, or by phone) and thank them for providing you this copy. Without them, Ke Ola Magazine would not exist.

Advertiser Index

Accomodations

Hawaiian Sanctuary Retreat Center Kïlauea Lodge & Restaurant Kohala Village Inn Regency Hualalai, Retirement Living

56 76 28 89

Activities, Culture & Event

Aloha Theatre 84 Art Exhibition with Karen Spachner and Gary Leveque 25 Big Island Skydiving 80 FairWind Big Island Ocean Guides 65 Hawaii Artist Collaboration 14 Hula Kai Snorkeling Adventures 64 ‘Imiloa Astronomy Center 73 Kohala Village HUB 28 Palace Theater 70

Art, Crafts & Jewelry

Ackerman Galleries Akamai Art Supply Barbara Hanson Polymer Clay Artwork Colette’s Custom Framing Dovetail Gallery & Design Glyph Art Gallery Harbor Gallery Hawaii Artist Collaboration Holualoa Gallery Holualoa Ukulele Gallery Ironwood Picture Framing Isaacs Art Center (at Hawaii Preparatory Academy) Ipu Arts Plus Kona Frame Shop Laupahoehoe Graphics Mountain Gold Jewelers One Gallery Pat Pearlman Designs RK Woods Simple Elegance Gems Volcano Art Center Wild HeArtist

KeOlaMagazine.com | March - April 2020

Automotive

Big Island Subaru Precision Auto Repair

Beauty, Health & Nutrition

Belinda Pate, Nurse Practitioner CBD.Center Colloidal Silver made on Hawai‘i Island Dr. Eric Mizuba, Healthways Chiropractic

82 20 34 50 34 34 51 14 34 34 57 56 34 89 90 66 70 34 72 79 72 61 54 13 60 80 95 42

Ke Ola Magazine recognizes the use of the ‘okina [‘] or glottal stop, as one of the eight consonants of (modern) Hawaiian language; and the kahakō [ā] or macron (e.g., in place names of Hawai‘i such as Pāhoa). Ke Ola Magazine respects the individual use of these markings for names of organizations and businesses.

Dr. Joan Greco, DDS, Oral & Maxillofacial Surgery Hawi Nice Day Hemp Integrated Medicine Institute (IMI) Kangen Water Kohala Village Bodywork Medicine Mama Moku Ola Healing Arts Center Queen’s North Hawai‘i Community Hospital Reik Healing Arts

55 80 68 71 28 50 69 6 73

Building, Construction & Home Services

Colette’s Custom Framing 50 dlb & Associates 94 Hamakua Canvas Co, (Upholstery) 95 Hawaiian Electric 97 Hilo Grow Shop 38 Indich Collection Hawaiian Rugs 23 Ironwood Picture Framing 57 Kawika’s Painting 76 Kona Frame Shop 89 Paradise Plants 18 RevoluSun 38 RK Woods 72 Statements 22 Tai Lake Custom Furniture 91 TR’s Property Shop, LLC 45 Uncle Tilo’s Clean Water 39 Water Works 57 Yurts of Hawai‘i 13

Business & Professional Services

Aloha Business Services Aloha Kona Kids CU Hawaii Hawai‘i Care Choices, formerly Hospice of Hilo Hawaii Community Federal Credit Union Netcom

Pets

Maika‘i Veterinary Clinic, LLC Keauhou Veterinary Hospital, LLC

Real Estate

Beverly Y. Crudele, RS, Clark Realty Carol Spierling, RS, Aloha Kona Realty Christie Mitsumura, V.I.P Mortgage Clark Realty Coldwell Banker—Daylum Properties Derinda Thatcher’s Team Sold Jeanna Rimmer, RS, Hawai‘i Life

38 25 77 97 49 60 95 3 94 55 29 52 79 90 50

Kelly Shaw, RS, Elite Pacific Mishi Clauberg, RS, Venture Sotheby’s Paradise Found Realty Parks Realty LLC Team Nakanishi, Hawai‘i Life Team Hawaii, eXp, Janice Murdoch

Restaurants & Food

Ahualoa Farms Bee Boys Honey Shop Big Island Top Dogs Blue Dragon Tavern & Musiquarium Kailua Candy Company Kilauea Lodge & Restaurant Kipimana Hawaiian Granola Kohala Grown Market & Deli Mauna Kea Tea Meridia at The Westin Hapuna Beach Resort Päpa‘aloa Country Store & Cafe Peaberry & Galette Standard Bakery Sushi Rock & Trio

Retail & Gifts

Ahualoa Farms Aloha Gift Package Subscriptions from Ke Ola Basically Books Bee Boys Honey Shop Hawaii’s Gift Baskets Hawaii Cigar & Ukulele Hawi Nice Day Hemp Kadota Liquor Kailua Candy Keauhou Shopping Center Kingÿ Shops Kipimana Hawaiian Granola Kona Commons Shopping Center Laupahoehoe Graphics Mana Cards Mother’s Cigar & Hemp Lounge Päpa‘aloa Country Store & Cafe Paradise Found Boutique Paradise Plants Puna Kai Shoping Center Queens’ MarketPlace RK Woods Shops at Mauna Lani Tiger Shark Nutcracker

Travel

A.S.K. About Travel

100 61 94 78 20 77 15 54 88 33 88 76 20 80 45 99 61 19 84 80 15 39 90 54 33 80 80 66 88 24 2 20 12 90 29 80 61 84 18 78 30 72 8 29 95

KeOlaMagazine.com Send us your comments, letters, and photos! Facebook.com/KeOlaMagazine We accept email, snail mail, Instagram.com/KeOlaMagazine submissions through our website, LinkedIn.com/in/BarbGarcia or posts on Facebook. HIeditor@KeOlaMagazine.com Twitter.com/KeOlaMagazine

UA MAU KE EA O KA ‘ÄINA I KA PONO. The life of the land is perpetuated in righteousness. [Its sustainability depends on doing what is right.] Proclamation by Kona-born King Kamehameha III in 1843. Later adopted as the Hawai‘i state motto.

Publisher, Marketing, Operations Barbara Garcia, 808.329.1711 x1, Barb@KeOlaMagazine.com

Editor

Barbara Garcia

Editorial Assistant Michelle Sandell HIEditor@KeOlaMagazine.com

Advertising, Business Development Marlene Zeiser, 808.765.7990, Marlene@KeOlaMagazine.com

Bookkeeping

Tanya Yamanaka, 808.329.1711 x 3, Info@KeOlaMagazine.com

Customer Service, Subscriptions

Barbara Garcia, 808.329.1711 x4, Subscribe@KeOlaMagazine.com

Distribution Managers

Laura Ruff, 808.765.7947, Laura@KeOlaMagazine.com Charles Ruff, 541.543.4013, Charles@KeOlaMagazine.com

Creative Design & Production Aaron Miyasato, Creative Director, 4digital, Inc. 808.961.2697 Noren Irie, Graphics & IT/networking

Ad Production Manager, Graphic Designer & Webmistress Michelle Sandell, Michelle@KeOlaMagazine.com

Ambassadors

Emily T Gail • Fern Gavelek • Keala Ching • Mars Cavers Sharon Bowling • WavenDean Fernandes

Ke Ola Magazine is printed on recycled paper with soy-based inks. Ke Ola Magazine is a member/supporter of:

2020 marks our 126 year anniversary, in which Hawaiian Electric has had the privilege of serving our Hawai‘i Island Community. We began in 1894, with a water-driven dynamo in Hilo that was 100% renewable. And our goal is to come full circle and achieve that milestone again. On Hawai‘i Island, we already produce much of our energy from renewable sources. And we’re fully committed to reaching our state’s 100% renewable portfolio standard.

Nationwide Delivery 808.329.1711 x4, order online at KeOlaMagazine.com, Subscribe@KeOlaMagazine, or mail name, address, and payment of $30 US for one year to: PO Box 492400, Kea‘au, HI 96749. Delivery available only in the United States. Subscriptions and back issues available online. © 2020, Ke Ola Publishing, Inc. All rights reserved

KeOlaMagazine.com

KeOlaMagazine.com | March - April 2020

Submit online at KeOlaMagazine.com (go to Contact menu) Community Kōkua volunteer opportunities Editorial inquiries or story ideas Request advertising rates

KeOlaMagazine.com | March - April 2020

Ka Puana - Closing Thoughts

Proverb 466. Mary Kawena Pukui. Olelo Noeau: Hawaiian Proverbs and Poetical Sayings. Bishop Museum Press.

KeOlaMagazine.com | March - April 2020

Zillow 5 Star Agent

Kelly’s Hawaii Business Magazine Awards: • 2017 Top 100 Realtors To Do Business With, Transactions & Top Sales Honorable Mention • 2014, 2015 & 2018 Top 100 Transactions

77-431 KALAMAUKA, HOLUALOA

KeOlaMagazine.com | March - April 2020

3bed/2bath on large lot Expansive, unobstructed ocean views $749,000 MLS 633731

KOMOHANA KAI 3bed/2.5 bath

ALII VILLAS - 75-6016 ALII DRIVE 2bed/2bath ocean view condo Totally updated in 2019 $575,000 MLS 634712

KOMOHANA KAI 4bed/3 bath

“Kelly Shaw is an extraordinary Realtor who is responsive to her client needs and does every thing in her power to make sure the buying and selling process goes smoothly. Best is her willingness to be of help after a sale with recommendations for most any type of services one needs when moving to Hawaii. She has a sincerity that is rare in the real estate world.”—Zillow Review

“Kelly did a fantastic job for us. We relocated to the mainland and left everything in Kelly’s hands. She took care of preparing the house for listing and coordinating required repairs during escrow. She kept us well informed 100 during the entire process and always looked out for our best interests. We have no reservations whatsoever with giving her our highest recommendation.”—Zillow Review