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Kahuku thrashes St. Louis, 49-27

Kahuku beats St. Louis, 49-27, 8/27/10
Sophomore Aofaga Wily carries the ball for Kahuku
 
 It was a beautiful night for playing football — cool tradewinds, the lights at Kahuku's field were working — and both teams came to play. In fact, wasn't it the first time St. Louis had ever come out to the country to mix it up with the Red Raiders?
 

PCC ‘Haunted Lagoon’ keiki art contest set

PCC: Haunted Lagoon 2010Can the artistic talents of Hawaii's keiki unravel the mystery that shrouds the Haunted Lagoon? With the much-anticipated return of its Haunted Lagoon experience this Halloween season, the Polynesian Cultural Center is inviting elementary school students to see what their creativity can conjure up in the Haunted Lagoon Artwork Contest.

The contest offers students in kindergarten through sixth grade the chance to win four tickets to the ride's special "Sneak Preview VIP Night" on Friday, Sept. 24, 2010.

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Laie residents meet candidates

Laie residents meeting political candidates
Community residents meet political candidates on August 24,
2010, at Laie Elementary School
(folifoto)
 
Laie community residents enjoyed a koko-rice and Polynesian bread dinner before meeting political candidates on August 24, 2010, in the Laie Elementary School cafeteria, including: Richard Fale (R), State Representative District 47; John White, City Council District 2; and Acting Honolulu Mayor Kirk Caldwell, who's running for election to keep the position.

City starts new emergency alert system

Acting Mayor Kirk W. Caldwell and the City and County of Honolulu's Department of Emergency Management (DEM) have introduced a new communications service that will help Koolauloa residents better respond to emergencies such as tsunamis, hurricanes, floods and other natural disasters.

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Kahuku to audio-cast football, volleyball games

laptop computerKahuku High has made arrangements to audio-cast some of its varsity football and varsity girls volleyball games over the Internet at http://network1sports.com (and scroll down to Kahuku).

School Athletic Director Joe Whitford announced that on Friday, August 20, 2010, "we are going to start world-wide audio-casting as many football games as we can." However, he stressed that the OIA has an agreement with OC16 TV, "so we cannot audio-cast a game that they are televising."

"We're also going to do all the home volleyball games, beginning August 26, 2010," he said.

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LCA sets Laie community clean-up

Recycle!The Laie Community Association and others are sponsoring a recycling community clean-up and fundraiser on August 28, 2010, from 8 a.m. to 2 p.m., with the recycling center to be located that day at the BYU–Hawaii parking lot.

The following items will be accepted: scrap metal, beverage containers, cooking oil, cellular phones, printer cartridges, newspaper, cardboard, plastic bags and hangers (8 a.m. to noon only), used eye glasses, hearing aids, batteries (all kinds), telephone books, magazines, computers (unlimited — but NO TVs or microwave ovens), usable clothing and household items, and green waste. The organizers will also accept canned goods for the Hawaii Food Bank.

Free towing of unwanted cars by appointment only: Call 306-1876.

The following will not be accepted: tires, motor oil, TV, paints, hazardous fluids, microwave ovens and mattresses.

Call Pane Meatoga Jr. for curbside pick-up and info at 478-5137 or Rene Mansho at 306-1876.

Te Kohau Hawaiiki wins Te Manahua

A few clips from Te Kohau Hawaii's presentation at the
Polynesian Cultural Center's 2010 Te Manahua competition
 

Kahuku AD responds to cancelled Utah game

Kahuku AD Joe WhitfordKahuku High Athletic Director Joe Whitford told Kaleo today that the cancellation of the Red Raiders' September 11 game with the Bingham High Miners at Rio Tinto Stadium in Sandy, Utah, devastated the team.

"A lot of people on both sides were upset that we couldn't put this together," he said.

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‘Johnny Lingo’ cast, crew hold Laie reunion

Pop quiz: What movie is the line, Hey, Mahana, you ugly, from?

Lots of people around here were reminded on July 29, 2010, that Joe Ah Quin of Laie said that line over 40 years ago when he and other local people acted in the 1969 Latter-day Saint Polynesian fable Johnny Lingo, which was filmed on location in Koolauloa.

"Johnny Lingo" cast and crew reunion in Laie

Johnny Lingo cast and crew members at the reunion
include (left-right): Ann Terry, sister of the late Makee
Blaisdell (Johnny Lingo); Bill Ah Quin, villager; Tuione
Pulotu, set design and construction; Kent Fonoimoana,
the village boy who first sees Johnny Lingo at the beginning
of the film; Mahana Pulotu, who loaned her name to the
female lead; Naomi Kaho’ilua Wilson; Maria Fonoimoana
Feagai, village child; Joseph Ah Quin (seated); David Jacobs,
casting director; Emma Ernestburg, villager; Cindy
Fonoimoana Tutor, village child; William Ernestburg,
villager; Gilberta Ernestburg, village child.
Photos by Mike Foley
 

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Kahuku football game in Utah cancelled

A newspaper article in Utah's Deseret News for August 9, 2010, indicates that the upcoming game between the Kahuku High Red Raiders varsity football team and the Utah defending state 5A champion Bingham High Miners has been canceled.

According to the article, management of the Rio Tinto Stadium in Sandy, Utah, where the game was scheduled to be played on September 11, canceled the game because the main financial sponsor for Kahuku "backed out in April for financial concerns," and no replacement sponsors could be found. Read the article…

This news will undoubtedly catch many Kahuku Red Raider fans by surprise, because as recently as this past weekend Kahuku High Athletic Director Joe Whitford was discussing details of the trip and indicated everyone here was looking forward to the game. It's not known at this point whether alternative arrangements can be made.

Laie Foodland bridge to be widened

The Hawaii State Department of Transportation recently agreed to replace the existing 25-foot-wide Laie Foodland bridge with a new 50-foot bridge — doubling its drainage capacity. The project is scheduled to start in 2011.

The Laie Community Association (LCA) has been working with Hawaii Reserves, Inc., BYU–Hawaii, and the Polynesian Cultural Center to address drainage issues through the Envision Laie process.

The community's storm system was built in 1961. There are more than 50 inlets throughout Laie, with two system outfalls emptying into the ocean near the Polynesian Cultural Center and at the drainage canal by Foodland. The 25-foot-wide bridge outfall at the Foodland canal is under capacity.

"The outfall at the Foodland bridge is a major bottleneck in our system," said Kevin Schlag, chair of the LCA Drainage Committee. "Widening the bridge is critical to improving drainage in Laie, and we appreciate the work that Hawaii Reserves, Inc., has done to facilitate this key improvement."

LCA's President, Pane Meatoga, noted, "We look forward to working with the state, residents and landowners through the Envision Laie process to continue to find drainage solutions for our community."