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VOL. 47, NO. 172
52 PAGES
PONY BASEBALL
ACTION IN
KONA
SPORTS, 1B
Happy Father’s Day
HUNDREDS OF YOUTH ATHLETES
PARTICIPATE IN EVENT
Aloha Keiki Run
a day of fun
It was a morning of fun for the whole family at
the Aloha Keiki Runs at Kona Commons Shopping
Center on Saturday morning.
Nearly 400 keiki participants put their best
foot forward at the seventh edition of the event,
BY J.R. DE GROOTE
WEST HAWAII TODAY
UH research sheds
new light on
deep-sea sharks
University of Hawaii
researchers are a step
closer to understanding
the biology and habits of
elusive deep-sea sharks
with new studies that
have attached a camera
to the sharks for the first
time, and new data that
reveals the animals are
surprisingly buoyant.
UH Manoa scientists
working in conjunction
with the University of
Tokyo analyzed swimming
patterns on two species of
the deep runners — six-
gill and prickly sharks —
founing the animals have
to put greater effort into
swimming
downward
than they do upward.
With most sharks sink-
ing if they stop swimming,
scientists have believed
the sharks are either neg-
atively or neutrally buoy-
ant. The data on swim-
ming performance of the
deep-sea species, logged
with a devise like a flight
data recorder called an
accelerometer, turned
this wisdom on its head.
BY BRET YAGER
WEST HAWAII TODAY
West Hawaii Today announc-
es the promotion of J.R. De
Groote to the position of sports
editor.
De Groote will be responsible
for engineering and directing
the newspaper’s general sports
coverage and the content of the
sports section.
“I’m
very
excited to have
J.R. as our
Sports Editor.
During J.R.’s
two years with
us, he has made
significant
improvements
to our sports section with a
strong emphasis on local events
and athletes,” said Publisher
Tracey Fosso. “West Hawaii has
a very active sports community
which requires a sports section
that goes well beyond school
sports, especially when inter-
national attention is on us for
IRONMAN and PGA events.
J.R. has become an integral part
While the Mauna Kea
Access Road was built a half
century ago with only astron-
omy in mind, observato-
ry and University of Hawaii
staff today account for about
20 percent of traffic to the
summit, according to Mauna
Kea Observatories Support
Services.
The office, which oper-
ates under the University of
Hawaii at Manoa’s Institute
for
Astronomy,
recent-
ly installed a traffic count-
er above Halepohaku that
is providing the first data
on use of the state’s tallest
mountain.
According to Mauna Kea
support services, 4,695 vehi-
cles were counted in May, with
about 940 being attributed to
UH and telescope operators,
who drive vehicles equipped
with radio tags that allow them
to be closely tracked.
The remaining 3,755 vehi-
cles were associated with
either tourism, cultural and
recreational use, or a few con-
tractors who haven’t yet been
De Groote
promoted to
sports editor
Mauna
Kea visitor
count up
BY TOM CALLIS
HAWAII TRIBUNE-HERALD
SEE
KEIKI
PAGE 11A
SEE
SHARKS
PAGE 11A
SEE
DE GROOTE
PAGE 3A
SEE
MAUNA KEA
PAGE 3A
De Groote
A 1,200-pound sixgill shark equipped with an
instrument package returns to deep water.
MARK ROYER/
SPECIAL TO WEST HAWAII TODAY
Maya Horn 5 of Alberta, Canada decorates a mug for
Father’s Day at the Keauhou Farmers Market on Saturday.
Bennett Bonner 4 decorates a mug for Father’s Day.
PHOTOS BY LAURA SHIMABUKU/
WEST HAWAII TODAY
Keiki athletes participate in the 7th annual Aloha Keiki run at Kona
Commons Shopping Center on Saturday.
J.R. DE GROOTE/
WEST HAWAII TODAY
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