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KILAUEA ERUPTION
HILO — Two Hawaii
County Council members
and two Big Island statehouse
incumbents cruised
to early victory this week
when no candidates filed
to oppose them.
As of the Tuesday filing
deadline to appear on
the Aug. 11 primary election
ballot, Hilo District
3 Councilwoman Sue
Lee Loy and North Kona
District 8 Councilwoman
Karen Eoff
are unopposed
in
their bids
for the
nonpartisan
office,
according
to a report
from
the state
Office of
Elections.
“The
voters in
District 3
have stood
by me, and my family
and I are humbled by the
privilege of being able to
continue to represent our
district values of honesty,
hard work, respect and a
duty to care for others on
the County Council,” Lee
Loy, a freshman council
member, said Friday. “As
for why I’m unopposed?
It’s a demonstration of
another core value in
District 3 — honor — and
I will never take for granted
their confidence and
trust and look forward
making
a difference
for
District
3 and
Hawaii
Island.”
Eoff,
who is
term-limited
after
this stint,
is relieved
she doesn’t
have to
campaign
for her
final two years.
“It’s been a privilege to
represent the people of
North Kona for the past
three terms and I feel
honored knowing I will
be serving a fourth and
final term on the Hawaii
County Council,” Eoff said.
In the state Legislature,
District 4 Rep. Joy San
Buenaventura, Puna, and
District 6 Rep. Nicole
Lowen, Kona, both
Democrats, face no competition
from any party.
“I think my constituents
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governors in Kailua-
Kona for forum Friday.
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are happy with the work
I’m doing, but also I don’t
think that whether or not
a candidate is unopposed
is a measure of the job
they are doing. Sometimes
Loy
Eoff
San
Buenaventura
Lowen SEE CANDIDATES PAGE 7A
Big impact
FEMA TO ASSESS DAMAGE BY LAVA, KIM
ESTIMATES 700 HOMES DESTROYED
HILO — Federal Emergency
Management Agency assessments
of the number of homes
destroyed by the Kilauea eruption
in lower Puna will continue
throughout the coming days.
Mayor Harry Kim estimates it
could be as many as 700.
Bob Fenton, regional administrator
for FEMA Region IX,
said that the federal agency will
be able to reimburse the state
and county for their disaster
response efforts and, depending
on the results of the assessment,
the state might be able to
request additional assistance to
reimburse residents who lost
their homes in the eruption.
Should reimbursement for
individuals be possible, Fenton
said the maximum grant payout
is just less than $35,000,
although the average is about
$4,000.
FEMA determines whether
individuals will be eligible for
reimbursement based on a combination
of six factors, Fenton
said: trauma, the availability
of insurance for residents, the
availability of local agency assistance,
the number of destroyed
homes, and the income level of
the affected area.
Currently, the official number
of homes destroyed since
May 3 remains at 169, said
Hawaii County Civil Defense
Administrator Talmadge
Magno on Monday. However,
the actual number is understood
to be significantly higher
after the destruction of Kapoho
and Vacationland last week.
Kim said Monday that the
number of destroyed homes is
more than 600 and could be as
many as 700.
However, Fenton said
FEMA distinguishes between
residences and secondary properties
such as rental properties
or vacation homes. Because of
this, the number of what FEMA
judges “destroyed homes” might
not be equivalent to the number
of destroyed properties —
although Fenton said there is no
“hard number” at which point
a region might or might not be
eligible.
Fenton could not confirm
whether unpermitted structures
also will figure into FEMA’s
total. He did acknowledge that
FEMA would have to work
closely with the county and
state to determine the nature of
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HAWAII TRIBUNE-HERALD
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Umekes to hold fundraiser for
volcano victims Wednesday.
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destroyed structures, covered as
they are by lava.
Fenton emphasized that
FEMA assistance programs
might not be sufficient to meet
residents’ long-term needs.
Residents are therefore advised
to look to state and county programs
in the interim.
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