 |
| Girls basketball coach Cy Lopez with his new Hokulele Basketball Club hosting boys and girls summer teams from afar at the new Ka`u Gym. Photo by Jen Makuakane |
 |
Ka`u Gives Back: Kyson Toriano, Keanu Pascubillo, Kaikea Kaupu-Manini, Micah Polido-Kalili, Andre Carvalho, Weston Davis, Raymond Polido-Kalili, Masen Dacalio, Cy Lopez Jr. prepare to escort residents from the veterans home to their fishing grounds. Photo by Jen Makuakane |
Ka`u High Girls basketball coach and President of Hokulele, Cy Lopez, and crew organized the event at the Ka`u gym, which promises to become a magnet for sports camps, workshops and competitions from around the state and beyond.
Last Thursday, Hokulele boys Basketball of Ka`u extended their reach and spent the morning with residents of Yukio Okutsu Veterans State Home, helping with their annual fishing trip to Coconut Island.
 |
| Raymond Polido-Kalili helps a veterans home resident catch a fish at Coconut Island. Photo by Jen Makuakane |
 |
| Teams from as far away as Idaho tried out the new Ka`u District Gym. Photo by Jen Makuakane |
 |
| Miss Ka`u Coffee queen and princesses plan to join the Volcano Fourth of July Parade. Photo by Pam Taylor |
"With July 4th just around the corner, we look forward to the long-standing traditions of Independence Day—parades, picnics, and especially, fireworks! The holiday hardly seems complete without a brilliant display of pyrotechnics as its grand finale. It’s fun to hear delighted spectators 'ooh' and 'ahh' with each boom and burst of color as exploding fireworks light the night sky.
On the Island of Hawaiʻi, similar sounds of wonder and delight can be heard on Kīlauea Volcano, which, for many years, has captivated onlookers with its own version of “fireworks.” From small flows oozing at a snail’s pace to torrents of molten rock shooting skyward, red-hot lava attracts crowds of enthralled observers, like moths to a flame. "So, with the Fourth of July serving as inspiration, this week’s Volcano Watch is a photo essay featuring notable images from Kīlauea Volcano’s two ongoing eruptions: East Rift Zone (Pu‘u ‘Ō‘ō), which began in 1983, and summit (Halemaʻumaʻu), which began in 2008.
"Kīlauea has been erupting nearly non-stop for the past 34-plus years. But those years have been punctuated with stunning and dramatic eruptive events that rival the island’s best fireworks shows. Examples include the episodic high lava fountains erupted during the first few years of the Pu‘u ‘Ō‘ō eruption and the spectacular fireworks-like displays of incandescent spatter from the explosive interaction of lava and seawater at ocean entries.
 |
This spectacular lava fountain, erupting from Pu‘u ‘Ō‘ō on June 30, 1984, lasted just over 7 hours and reached a height of 318 m (1043 ft). It was one of 44 high lava fountains erupted during the first 3.5 years of Kīlauea Volcano’s ongoing EastRift Zone eruption, which began in January 1983. Fallout from the fountains piled up around the vent, building the cinder-and-spatter cone that was named Pu‘u ‘Ō‘ō. The lava fountains, some of which reached heights greater than 457 m (1500 ft), could be seen tens of miles away and their radiant heat could be felt more than a mile from the vent. USGS Photo by J.D. Griggs |
volcanoes/kilauea/
multimedia_
chronology.html."
To read comments, add your own, and like this story, seeFacebook. Follow us on Instagram and Twitter.
Painting with Peggy, Mon, July 3 & 17, 12 p.m., Volcano Art Center in Volcano Village. $20/$15 VAC members. 967-8222
Volunteer Fire Department Meeting, Mon, July 3, 4 p.m., Ocean View Community Center. 939-7033
Fourth of July Breakfast Buffet, Tue, 6:30 – 11 a.m., Kīlauea Military Camp’s Crater Rim Café in Hawai‘i Volcanoes National Park. Sweet bread French toast, omelet station, bacon, pork patties, breakfast potatoes, steamed rice, oatmeal with raisins, watermelon & a beverage. Adults $12; children 6 –11 $6. Open to authorized patrons & sponsored guests. Park entrance fees apply. 967-8356.
