Ka Wai Ola - Office of Hawaiian Affairs, Volume 35, Number 11, 1 Nowemapa 2018 — Celebrate Kona coffee [ARTICLE+ILLUSTRATION]

Celebrate Kona coffee

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Hawai'i Island coffee lovers are encouraged to summon their creativity and gather up recipes to be part of the 48th Annual Kona Coffee Cultural Festival from Nov. 9 to 18. There's a quick turnaround for entries - the following have a Nov. 2 deadline except where indicated - but attendees ean also watch and cheer on their favorites. Applieations are available at konacoffeefest. com/application.

The 1 0-day festival celebrates the havest of Kona coffee. ■ Photo: Courtesy

KONA COFFEE CULTURAL FESTIVAL LANTERN PARADE Community groups and individuals are invited to walk along Ali'i Drive on Nov. 9 starting at 5:30 p.m. Prizes will be awarded for best teen/adult, best youth, best children and best overall categories. KTA SUPER STORES KONA COFFEE RECIPE CONTEST Submit your favorite recipe using 100 percent Kona coffee and receive a button and $25 KTA store grocery certificate for entering. Prizes will be awarded in professional, amateur, culinary student and keiki divisions. KONA COFFEE CUPPING COMPETITION Farmers ean enter their coffee to be scored on the globally accepted and recognized Specialty Coffee Association cupping format and evaluated in double-blind eommercial and specialty divisions. For detailed entry information, visit pacificcoffeeresearch.com/ cuppingcompetition.

KONA COFFEE LEI CONTEST Lei entries will be accepted until 9 a.m. on Nov. 17 at the Festival's Ho'olaule'a at Makaeo County Pavilion (01d Airport Park). The contest includes two categories, wili and kui. A complete listing of events is available online at www.konacoffeefest.com. Information will also be shared through social media @konacoffeefest. Jake's Clubhouse enhanees music education Jake Shimabukuro and Music for Life Foundation have transformed a portable classroom into space to U IUU1V V1UlJlJ1 VV1111 111 1.V7 l]J/UVV LV1 UllU U11V1 LivllVv/l •

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virtuoso's former school, Ala Wai Elementary. The Jake Shimabukuro Clubhouse for Music Appreeiaīion, or Jake's Clubhouse, is equipped with more than 100 'ukulele, 12 guitars.

four pianos and 15 percussion instruments. The space also holds a mini recording studio, a stage, 'ukulele repair workshop and classroom space.

"Everything in there beiongs to you. Get in there. Get inspired," Shimabukuro told students. "Whether or not we know it, we are all musicians. Music is the language of the universe. It helps us to eom-

municate with eaeh other. It helps us to connect with eaeh other." Principal Miehelle DeBusca said teachers will be able to sign up and use the space, and she anticipates the clubhouse will be a resource center for students before, during and after school.

roddler books feature Maui, Hi'iaka Two new board books from Beach-

■ House Publishing are based on well-known Hawaiian legends. In "Maui Slows the Sun," Maui lassoes the >un over Haleakala to

slow its paee and lengthen the day. In "Hi'iaka Battles the Wind," Hi'iaka uses her lightning skirt to scare battering winds away from Waipi'o on Hawai'i Island. Both books are written by Gabri-

elle Ahuli'i Holt and are illustrated by former Big Island resident Jing Jing Tsong. The books are aimed at keiki ages 0-4 and are available at loeal booksellers and online through Mutual Publishing, The Islander Group or Amazon.com.

Planning for bicentennial of Kamehameha's passing underway The nonprofit Ahu'ena Heiau ine. has started planning to eommemorate the 200th anniversary of King Kamehameha the Great's passing on May 19, 2019. The commemoration will be held at Ahu'ena on Kamakahonu Bay in Kona's Historic Kailua Village. The heiau served the king as a religious temple, and was also the center of poliīieal power on Hawai'i Island, where Kamehameha and his advisors gathered eaeh night. Historic events at Ahu'ena Heiau make it a culturally significant site;

it was designated as a Nahonal Historic Landmark in 1962 and was placed in the state's Register of Historic Places 25 years ago. The heiau is where King Kamehameha I died in 1819, and where months later his son Liholiho (Kamehameha II) broke the ancient kapu system that had guided Hawaiian government and society. The site is also where the first Christian missionaries from New England were permitted to land on April 4, 1820. The 2019 commemoration events include a procession of chanters down Ali'i Drive and a sunrise ceremony with appropriate protocols at the heiau. Chanters and cultural groups interested in participating ean contact Kealoha Kaopua at kealoha@ibphawaii.com or Kauhane Heloea at moonihoawa@ yahoo.com for more details. The events resume on May 1 1 with a Hō'ike at King Kamehameha's Kona Beach Hotel Lū'au Grounds. Aloha Kidney offers free dasses Aloha Kidney is offering free classes to provide information, tools and advice for combating chronic kidney disease (CKD). Of Hawai'i's ethnic groups, Hawaiians have the highest risk for kidney failure. The classes will help those at any stage of CKD, those who have excess urine protein and those at risk. Diabetes, high blood pressure, heart disease, stroke and family history increase the risk for kidney disease. The classes ean also be helpful for those interested in kidney and overall heahh. The classes are held in Honolulu on Saturday mornings, Aiea on Saturday afternoons, in Windward O'ahu on Monday evenings and online for neighbor islands and Waipahu on Thursday aftemoons. Call 585-8404 to register or visit www.alohakidney. eom to submit a form online. Health Department eombats opioiel misuse The Hawai'i Department of SEE NEWS BRIEFS ON PAGE 23

Ala Wai Elementary students wilh ukulele virtuoso Jake Shimabukuro, an alumus of the school. - Photo: Deportment of Education

NEW8 BRIEFS Continued from page 22 Heahh has received an $8 million federal grant to continue its efforts to stem opioid misuse. The grant was part of $1 hillion in grants the U.S. Department of Health awarded specifically to combat the national opioid crisis. According to a survey by the Substance Abuse and Mental Health Services Administration, heroin use and opioid misuse had dropped over the past eouple years. From January 2017 to August 2018, opioid prescriptions dropped by 21 percent, while prescriptions for naloxone, whieh is used to counter opioid addiction, increased 264 percent. Hawai'i's opioid death rates are lower than the nahonal average - the state saw 77 opioid-related overdose deaths in 2016, half the nahonal rate. However, "No state is immune from this public heahh issue," said Dr. Bruce Anderson, director of the Hawai'i Department of Heahh. "This grant provides another step in a positive direction for Hawai'i to implement HHS' comprehensive five-pronged strategy to address opioid misuse across our islands." ■