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Randall Juleff MD, FACS Board Certified in Venous & Lymphatic Medicine, Cardiovascular Surgery and General Surgery Contact Tad at 808-334-4075 or email tad@alohains.com Call Let’s Talk About Your Coverage 808-334-0044 Ext 230 75-5931 Walua Rd., Kailua-Kona Call us 808-334-0044 alohainsurance.com President 75¢ HI 86 LO 75 WEATHER, PAGE 6A VOL. 48, NO. 163 16 PAGES HAPPY DAY Marine cleanup yields thousands of pounds of trash, saves animals to boot KAILUA-KONA— The annual removal of debris in the Northwest Hawaiian Islands hauled in the equivalent of six cars of garbage. This year’s mission targeted the Papahanaumokuakea Marine National Monument, with the 10-person team packing up 12 tons of debris in 32 days. All told, the removal that first began in 1996 has removed 935 tons of marine debris. The most frequent trash find? The various nets that get tangled up in the reefs and piled up on the beach. “We typically find large nets smothering the coral reef,” said James Morioka, the Marine Debris Project Lead with the NOAA Coral Reef Ecosystem Program. Most common are purse and seine nets, said Morioka, of Oahu, which are not commonly used in the area. He said that highlights the international nature of the problem, which has washed up — unbelievable as it might sound — tractor tires, bowling balls and car bumpers to the region. It can be difficult to stomach seeing such ocean pollution, especially knowing what hazards it poses for reef and reef life. The nets, for example, snag on coral heads, then a strong wind or storm breaks off the head and sends it off “like a tumbleweed.” “When you get into the water to look at it you see a trail of destruction,” Morioka said. They also tangle up the critically endangered Hawaiian monk seal and other species. Member of the seal program see between 10 to 15 entanglements in nets during their work in the area. During the trip, which wrapped up May 13, they reported helping the NOAA Hawaiian Monk Seal Research Program remove a line of a fishing net wrapped around a seal’s neck. Eliminating the nets that cause those problems ensures the continued health of the population, Morioka said. Nets are far from the sole debris recovered. Also brought in were a wide variety of other items, including 1,468 drink bottles, 4,457 bottle caps, 485 toothbrushes and other personal care products, and 570 shoes and flip-flop sandals. A notably lethal discovery was a cone trap, which a wedge-tailed shearwater BY GRAHAM MILLDRUM WEST HAWAII TODAY gmilldrum@westhawaiitoday.com KAILUA-KONA — The new courthouse in Kona will be more than just a block of buildings, as the state is searching for sculptors to bring the area to life. The program, directed by the Hawaii State Foundation on Culture and the Arts, comes as the groundbreaking for the budgeted $90 million judicial building draws near. The first step to finding out which piece will grace the new building will establishing a qualified pool of artists, said Trisha Lagaso Goldberg, project manager of the Art in Public Places Program. From that pool, the art committee will select a number of people who will be ranked and, finally, a recommendation for the artist, or artists, will be made. The budget to augment the highly anticipated facility is $150,000. So what’s the new art going to look like? It’s impossible to say because no one knows what the artists will create, Goldberg said, or what the committee will select. The requirements do give some indication — the pieces must be durable, so something made out of wood or party balloons is out. It also must be freestanding and will likely be installed after the building is completed but before it is open to the public in spring 2019. The goal is to have work at the site that “contributes to the well-being of staff and community,” according to the request for qualifications. Similar projects have included the Hoolana at the University of Hawaii at Hilo, a hammered copper sheet suggestive of Hawaiian sailing canoes, along with the Hoolilo at Waimea High School, a lava, bronze and stainless steel that is described by the foundation as “an assemblage of stocky menehune-like forms involved in a group effort related to the legend of the menehune.” The group is looking for artists with ties to Hawaii, whether it was growing up on the islands, training there or by making a “signifigant impact in Hawaii” through their work. Applications are due by July 3 to Lagaso Goldberg, with fuller details available on the Foundation’s website. SEE TRASH PAGE 6A Experts: alarming number of Big Island public high school students have tried vaping HILO — Almost half of Big Island public high school students have tried electronic cigarette devices, according to data from a survey released Thursday by the state Departments of Education and Health and the University of Hawaii. The 2015 Hawaii State Youth Risk Behavior Survey polled 6,089 noncharter high school students statewide, including 1,387 from Hawaii Island, and more than 12,000 students from grades 6-12 at noncharter public schools statewide, monitoring a multitude of behaviors that could present a health risk. One of those findings is that 45.1 percent of high-schoolers statewide and 48.7 in Hawaii County have tried electronic cigarettes, a practice known as vaping. “I think, in general, this is an alarmingly high number,” said Ranjani Starr, a DOH epidemiologist. “That’s half of all your high school students have tried e-cigarettes, and 29.5 percent, nearly a third of your high school students, are currently using electronic vapor products. And we know that these products are addictive and our children are getting hooked on nicotine.” The percentage of Big Island high school students who are vaping is almost 4.5 percent higher than the statewide average. BY JOHN BURNETT HAWAII TRIBUNE-HERALD SEE VAPING PAGE 6A DRAPED IN LEI Lei from Hale O Na Ali‘i O Hawai‘i are draped on the Kamehameha the Great statue Friday evening during the 20th annual Ka ‘Ahulei O Kamehameha in Hilo. HOLLYN JOHNSON/HAWAII TRIBUNE-HERALD KAMEHAMEHA


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