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WEST HAWAII TODAY | SATURDAY, JUNE 13, 2015
IN BRIEF |
BIG ISLAND & STATE
Summit lava lake has risen
89 feet since Monday
The lava lake at Kilauea Volcano’s
summit has risen 89 feet since
Monday, according to the U.S.
Geological Survey Hawaiian Volcano
Observatory.
As of Friday morning, the lava lake
was approximately 151 feet below
the floor of Halemaumau Crater, up
from 174 feet below on Thursday and
240 feet below on Monday, scien-
tists said. Seismic episodic bursts
associated with spattering within the
Overlook vent continued. In addition,
thermal cracking sounds associated
with the rising lava lake surface com-
ing closer to overhanging vent wall
material were heard intermittently on
Thursday.
Despite five straight days of the
lava lake level rising, which has
occurred amid a period of steady
inflation that began Monday at
the summit, it remains out of view
from Jaggar Museum within Hawaii
Volcanoes National Park. During
inflation, magma rises into the sum-
mit reservoir, according to the obser-
vatory. The summit reservoir enters
the deflation portion of the cycle
when the magma moves laterally into
a rift zone and either erupts or is
stored there.
Lava last overflowed the crater
rim periodically between April 21 and
May 10.
Seismicity rates beneath the sum-
mit were at background levels during
the past day, scientists said.
Meanwhile, the June 27 lava flow
remained active within about 5 miles
of the Puu Oo vent, scientists said.
At Puu Oo, scientists noted the
tiltmeter, which is used to measure
tiny changes in the “tilt” or angle of
the ground, on the vent’s north flank
continued to show no significant tilt.
Seismicity rates there were also at
normal background levels.
Hale Nani escapee
found in Kona
A 22-year-old Kona man who was
wanted for escape has been located,
according to police.
Lyndal
Gilliland
was arrested in
Kailua-Kona at 1:45
p.m. Friday. After
consulting
with
county prosecutors,
detectives
from
the Area II Criminal
Investigations
Section charged him
with second-degree
escape. His bail was set at $10,000,
police said.
Gilliland reportedly escaped from
the Hale Nani correctional facility on
May 8.
Fire destroys home in
Volcano
A structure fire early Friday
destroyed a single-family home off
North Glenwood Road in Volcano,
the Hawaii County Fire Department
reported.
Responding to the 4:02 a.m.
report, firefighters arrived at a North
Glenwood Road address to find a
two-story, wooden home engulfed
in flames, according to the depart-
ment. Firefighters quickly worked to
prevent the fire from spreading to
a nearby wooded area. The fire was
declared extinguished at 6:20 a.m.
Per neighbors, the owners of the
home had not resided in the struc-
ture for sometime, however, squat-
ters had been living there, according
to the department. No injuries were
reported.
The cause of the fire, which caused
an estimated $30,000 in damage,
remains under investigation, fire offi-
cials said.
International divers
to join in underwater cleanup
The nonprofit Hawaii Wildlife Fund
will be hosting its first underwater
cleanup event on the Big Island on
Sunday.
Starting at 10 a.m., eight divers
from Japan’s Sea Beautification
Society, a habitat restoration organi-
zation, and a diver from Canada will
join another half dozen divers from
this island to cleanup the debris at Ka
Lae, or South Point. The cleanup will
be hosted at the end of the annual S.
Tokunaga Ulua fishing tournament,
and cleanup organizers expect there
will be plenty of monofilament line
and weights to collect.
The effort is funded by a grant with
the NOAA Marine Debris Program
and supported by Line-X Hilo, Big
Island Divers and the University of
Hawaii at Hilo. More details are avail-
able by calling 769-7629 or emailing
Ige signs off on cesspool
conversion credit
Gov. David Ige signed House Bill
1140 into law on Friday. The legisla-
tion gives a temporary income tax
credit of up to $10,000 for the cost of
upgrading or converting a qualified
cesspool to a septic system or an aer-
obic treatment unit system or con-
necting to a sewer system. The credit
applies to homes within 200 feet
of shorelines, streams and wetlands
and near to drinking water wells.
Police seeking three
‘Most Wanted’ men
The most recent edition of the
Crime Stoppers television program
“Hawaii Island’s Most Wanted”
highlights men wanted for ques-
tioning for robbery, reckless endan-
gering and driving a stolen vehicle.
The new episode begins airing
Friday (June 12).
In it, police ask
for help in locating
36-year-old Albert
Espaniola Jr., who
is wanted for con-
tempt of court.
He is described
as 5-foot-8, 170
pounds with hazel
eyes and brown
hair. His last known
address was in Hilo. He is also
wanted for questioning in a reck-
less endangering case.
Police also ask
for help in locat-
ing
28-year-old
Aaron
Raymond
Castro,
who
is
wanted for ques-
tioning in a robbery.
He is described
as 5-foot-6, 155
pounds with brown
hair and brown eyes. His last known
address was in Hilo.
Officer
Bryan
Tina is also asking
for help in locat-
ing
47-year-old
two Peter Everett
Fuerte, who is want-
ed on two $10,000
bench warrants for
contempt of court.
He is also wanted
for questioning in an investigation
of unauthorized control of a pro-
pelled vehicle. He is described as
5-foot-8, 200 pounds and bald with
a beard and numerous tattoos on
his arms and body. He may be in
Ka‘u.
Police ask anyone with informa-
tion about any of these individu-
als to call the police department’s
nonemergency line at 935-3311 or
Crime Stoppers at 961-8300. All
Crime Stoppers information is kept
confidential.
“Hawaii Island’s Most Wanted”
is a project of Crime Stoppers Hilo
Inc., which is a partnership of the
business community, the media
and the police. It was inspired by
the national TV show, “America’s
Most Wanted.” The program airs
on Na Leo O Hawaii Community
Television Channel 54 at 5 p.m.
Sundays and 5:30 p.m. Fridays. It
also airs intermittently on Channel
53.
Study to determine if hula
heals breast cancer
HONOLULU — Researchers are try-
ing to find out if hula can heal breast
cancer.
KHNL-TV reported that University
of Hawaii Cancer Center research-
ers have spent the last six months
gathering data to determine hula’s
healing effects.
All of the 12 women participating
in the clinical trial are breast can-
cer survivors and have been treated
within the past five years. The women
have been meeting twice a week to
dance.
The study has ended, but the
women are still dancing.
A lead investigator in the study, Dr.
Erin Bantum, said she has noticed
changes in the women. She said the
women have been uplifted and their
excitement has increased since the
study began.
Researchers are working to figure
out if improved mental health can
reduce the likelihood of the cancer
making a return.
By West Hawaii Today staff and wire sources
Cyanotech’s new
astaxanthin
extraction system
in operation
Cyanotech Corp.
said Friday that its
new
astaxanthin
extraction
system
has been installed
and is now operating
at the company’s
production facility in
Kailua-Kona.
The new custom-
built,
on-site
extraction system will
reduce production
time
and
costs,
as well as enable
continued
growth
to meet astaxanthin
demand,
Brent
Bailey,
Cyanotech
president and CEO,
said in a prepared
statement.
Astaxanthin
is
produced
from
microalgae cultivated
and
grown
at
Cyanotech’s facility
within the Natural
Energy Laboratory
of Hawaii Authority,
the company said.
Post harvest, the
microalgae biomass
historically
has
been shipped to the
mainland and New
Zealand where the
astaxanthin has been
extracted and readied
for final product form
before being shipped
back to Hawaii.
This process added
several weeks to
production time and
significant costs, the
company said.
That
will
no
longer be the case
thanks to the new
extraction system,
which is housed in a
13,000-square-foot
building that includes
the
extraction
equipment
with
separate
biomass
handling and oil
blending
rooms,
a drive-in freezer
storage area, and a
warehouse complex.
The system, which
features a 14,700 PSI
supercritical carbon
dioxide extraction
system, will allow
Cyanotech to extract
astaxanthin
from
Haematococcus
biomass
without
the use of organic
solvents in a shorter
time
compared
to lower pressure
systems and result
in higher yields. The
extraction
system
also
has
double
the capacity of the
company’s current
production to allow
for sales growth,
Cyanotech
said.
Further, it can be
expanded to handle
four times the current
production needs.
Cyanotech
produces BioAstin
Natural Astaxanthin
and
Hawaiian
Spirulina
Pacifica
from
microalgae
grown at its 90-acre
facility
in
Kona
using
patented
and
proprietary
technology.
Vi s i t
www.
cyanotech.com for
more information.
WEST HAWAII TODAY
Espaniola
Castro
Fuerte
Gilland
“The new
custom-
built,
on-site
extraction
system
will reduce
production
time and
costs.”
