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VOL. 47, NO. 178
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“WE VALUE TMT”
The closure of Mauna Kea
Access Road was expected to
continue through the weekend
following the planned removal
of two ahu Friday.
The stone altars, which were
partially blocking the summit
road, were built Wednesday by
Thirty Meter Telescope oppo-
nents during their most recent
showdown with police and con-
struction crews.
Dan Meisenzahl, a spokes-
man for the University of
Hawaii, said the protesters
agreed to remove the ahu.
UH is responsible for the road
above Hale Pohaku.
Protest leaders couldn’t be
immediately reached for com-
ment, and removal of the ahu
couldn’t be confirmed as of
press time.
The day before, protesters,
who say they are protecting a
sacred mountain, removed a
few low-lying walls and hun-
dreds of large rocks they placed
in the road to stop the vehi-
cles associated with the $1.4
billion TMT project. Workers
were attempting to reach the
construction site at the summit
to install fencing.
The agreement to remove
the final obstacles came shortly
after Gov. David Ige issued a
statement in which he said
the use of rocks to block the
road amounted to an act of
vandalism.
“That is not lawful or accept-
able to the people of Hawaii,”
he said.
“So let me bey very direct:
The roads belong to all of the
people of Hawaii and they will
remain open.”
Ige also said the state will
continue to find ways to allow
construction of the observatory
to resume.
“We value TMT and the con-
tributions of science and tech-
nology to our society, and we
continue our support of the
project’s right to proceed,” he
said.
UH and observatory staff
have been allowed to drive up
BY TOM CALLIS
HAWAII TRIBUNE-HERALD
Warming
ocean
waters
because of climate change
have been ravaging coral reefs
over the past few decades, but
researchers have discovered
that, with the help of some
breeding, the threat may be
kept at bay.
Some corals already have
the genes needed to adapt to
higher ocean temperatures, and
researchers expect those genes
will naturally migrate and mix
with corals under stress over
time, according to a study
published this week in Science.
And that process could
potentially
be
sped
up
artificially.
“These mutations are already
there, they just need to be
spread out,” said Mikhail Matz,
an author of the study and
a professor of biology at the
University of Texas.
Giving coral evolution a boost
isn’t an entirely new concept.
Some scientists have already
suggested genetically modifying
corals
through
artificial
breeding, or doing the same
for the tiny microbes that live
inside corals and are essential to
reef growth.
This study shows that human
interventions may indeed be
possible soon.
The team discovered the
Corals may already
have the right genes
to survive
BY ROBERT GEBELHOFF
THE WASHINGTON POST
SEE
TMT
PAGE 6A
SEE
CORALS
PAGE 6A
Some corals already have the genes needed to adapt to higher ocean temperatures, and
researchers expect those genes will naturally migrate and mix with corals under stress
over time, according to a study published this week in Science.
CHELSEA JENSEN/
WEST HAWAII TODAY
Double blessing
A dual blessing took place on
Friday at the Sheraton Kona Resort
and Spa at Keauhou Bay.
Club Lea Lea, the newly renovated kids/
family activity center on the pool deck open
to guests of the hotel, has all new games
available for the keiki such as air hockey,
pool, ping pong, Foosball and Play Station.
The blessing was performed by cultural
activities director Lily Dudoit who also
blessed the new mural on the hotel’s pool
deck created by Mele Murals, a group of
middle and high school student artists
under the direction of Estria Miyashiro.
Approximately 15 students created and
painted the mural depicting Hawaiian
god Ku and goddess Hina along with the
Keauhou Holua and capes worn by the alii
and dried on the rocks below the hotel.
BY LAURA SHIMABUKU
WEST HAWAII TODAY
A mural painted by Mele Murals,
a group of about 15 middle and high
school students, is at the pool deck of the
Sheraton Kona Resort and Spa at Keauhou Bay.
PHOTOS BY LAURA SHIMABUKU/
WEST HAWAII TODAY
Mele Mural
artists Malie
Sarsona 16 left,
Owen Sarsona
13, and Nainoa
Alefaio 13 point
to areas they
painted.
GOVERNOR SUPPORTS
PROJECT’S RIGHTTO PROCEED
