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Tree takes tumble, ties traffic POWER OUTAGE EFFECTS NUMEROUS BUSINESSES IN KAILUA-KONA BY GRAHAM MILLDRUM WEST HAWAII TODAY
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Kuakini Highway from Palani Road to Kaiwi Street was closed Tuesday after a tree fell on a power pole, snapping it and breaking two others. The fall apparently took out the traffic lights along Palani, but police checks showed the road was “operable,” “open.” Police said the only places that would be hard to reach would
be the King Kamehameha Mall and Firestone area. The road was closed to both foot and vehicle traffic, which lead many IRONMAN participants to a trip west on Kaiwi Street, along Queen Kaahumanu Highway and down Palani Road. The fire department said it would take up to 12 hours to reopen the road. The tree fell makai, knocking out power, telecommunications
and other services to local businesses. The tree is a Chinese or Malayan banyan, a variety of the ficus family. It has been growing there for at least 30 years. Work crews estimated it would take five or six truckloads to remove it from the area. Shortly after the tree fell, the National Weather Service issued a wind advisory. “A tight pressure gradient between Hurricane Oho and a strong high far northwest of the state will produce strong north winds in the Kona area,” the advisory said.
Six spans of line fell, with one power line hanging from a wire crossing the road. The connections to the Kona Brewery building were slack, coming close to the ground over the pedestrian access to the building. The brewery, Big Island Honda and other businesses were without power. Some employees took the day off, as their jobs were impossible without electricity. Others stayed around, their responsibilities hindered without SEE WIND PAGE 7A
The snapped power pole taken out by the falling tree Tuesday afternoon pokes out from the foliage. GRAHAM MILLDRUM/WEST HAWAII TODAY
Mobile slaughterhouse to bring local meats to market BY BRET YAGER
WEST HAWAII TODAY
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Been hungering for local cuts but finding the choices are rather scant on the meat aisle? That could all change. Construction has been completed on a mobile slaughterhouse geared specifically to the island’s smaller producers. The unit contained in a 36-foot trailer is in Tacoma, Wash., waiting to be shipped, said Mike Amado, president of the Hawaii Island Meat Cooperative. A new grant of $100,000 from the U.S. Department of Agriculture will pay to equip and operate the unit, which will be ready to deliver cuts of local beef, pork, lamb and goat in the early part of next year. Delicious though locally-produced meats may be, they’re scarce. The island imports 83 percent of its beef and 95 percent of the pork, lamb and goat consumed here. That’s partly due to competition and the high costs of operating on the island, but also partly to a lack of access by local producers to USDAinspected slaughterhouses. The island’s first mobile slaughter service will operate at regional bases around the island, increasing access for the island’s small- and medium-sized producers who say they have a hard time getting their meats packaged at two existing facilities due to the travel distance and challenges coordinating their livestock shipments with other — often larger — users of the slaughterhouses. For example, the Paauilo SEE SLAUGHTER PAGE 9A
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Athletes from Brazil walk down Alii Drive during the IRONMAN Parade of Nations on Tuesday. RICK WINTERS/WEST HAWAII TODAY
Showing their true colors WEST HAWAII TODAY
Athletes from all over the globe marched down Alii Drive for the IRONMAN Parade of Nations on Tuesday afternoon. Representing 62 countries and territories on six continents, a diverse group
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represented country at the world championship race, with 768 competitors, accounting for nearly 32 percent of registrants this year. Athletes from 48 U.S. states are represented, with the greatest number coming from California (138), Colorado (54), Hawaii SEE IRONMAN PAGE 7A
Less enterprising enterprise zones advance BY NANCY COOK LAUER WEST HAWAII TODAY
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Opposition from some County Council members has resulted in a scaled-back enterprise zone plan that doesn’t swallow up large conservation areas in West Hawaii.
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of global athletes will compete in the 37th year of the annual IRONMAN World Championship, which comprises a 2.4-mile open-water swim, 112 miles of cycling and a 26.2-mile run on Saturday. This will be the largest athlete field ever at the IRONMAN World Championship. The United States is the most
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The council in March rejected an enterprise zone plan offered by county administration. A new plan, Resolution 283 sponsored by Hilo Councilman Dennis “Fresh” Onishi, was advanced by the Committee on Governmental Relations and Economic Development on a 9-0 vote Tuesday. Comics . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 5B
The revised plan came after council members met separately with Jane Horike, economic development specialist with the county Department of Research and Development. “Jane did a good job cutting it back,” said Kohala Councilwoman Margaret
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Wille. “(But) I would have eliminated all conservation areas.” Enterprise zones give substantial tax incentives for businesses willing to locate in economically depressed areas. The 20-year zones are set by SEE ENTERPRISE PAGE 7A
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Tree takes tumble, ties traffic POWER OUTAGE EFFECTS NUMEROUS BUSINESSES IN KAILUA-KONA BY GRAHAM MILLDRUM WEST HAWAII TODAY
[email protected]
Kuakini Highway from Palani Road to Kaiwi Street was closed Tuesday after a tree fell on a power pole, snapping it and breaking two others. The fall apparently took out the traffic lights along Palani, but police checks showed the road was “operable,” “open.” Police said the only places that would be hard to reach would
be the King Kamehameha Mall and Firestone area. The road was closed to both foot and vehicle traffic, which lead many IRONMAN participants to a trip west on Kaiwi Street, along Queen Kaahumanu Highway and down Palani Road. The fire department said it would take up to 12 hours to reopen the road. The tree fell makai, knocking out power, telecommunications
and other services to local businesses. The tree is a Chinese or Malayan banyan, a variety of the ficus family. It has been growing there for at least 30 years. Work crews estimated it would take five or six truckloads to remove it from the area. Shortly after the tree fell, the National Weather Service issued a wind advisory. “A tight pressure gradient between Hurricane Oho and a strong high far northwest of the state will produce strong north winds in the Kona area,” the advisory said.
Six spans of line fell, with one power line hanging from a wire crossing the road. The connections to the Kona Brewery building were slack, coming close to the ground over the pedestrian access to the building. The brewery, Big Island Honda and other businesses were without power. Some employees took the day off, as their jobs were impossible without electricity. Others stayed around, their responsibilities hindered without SEE WIND PAGE 7A
The snapped power pole taken out by the falling tree Tuesday afternoon pokes out from the foliage. GRAHAM MILLDRUM/WEST HAWAII TODAY
Mobile slaughterhouse to bring local meats to market BY BRET YAGER
WEST HAWAII TODAY
[email protected]
Been hungering for local cuts but finding the choices are rather scant on the meat aisle? That could all change. Construction has been completed on a mobile slaughterhouse geared specifically to the island’s smaller producers. The unit contained in a 36-foot trailer is in Tacoma, Wash., waiting to be shipped, said Mike Amado, president of the Hawaii Island Meat Cooperative. A new grant of $100,000 from the U.S. Department of Agriculture will pay to equip and operate the unit, which will be ready to deliver cuts of local beef, pork, lamb and goat in the early part of next year. Delicious though locally-produced meats may be, they’re scarce. The island imports 83 percent of its beef and 95 percent of the pork, lamb and goat consumed here. That’s partly due to competition and the high costs of operating on the island, but also partly to a lack of access by local producers to USDAinspected slaughterhouses. The island’s first mobile slaughter service will operate at regional bases around the island, increasing access for the island’s small- and medium-sized producers who say they have a hard time getting their meats packaged at two existing facilities due to the travel distance and challenges coordinating their livestock shipments with other — often larger — users of the slaughterhouses. For example, the Paauilo SEE SLAUGHTER PAGE 9A
INDEX
Athletes from Brazil walk down Alii Drive during the IRONMAN Parade of Nations on Tuesday. RICK WINTERS/WEST HAWAII TODAY
Showing their true colors WEST HAWAII TODAY
Athletes from all over the globe marched down Alii Drive for the IRONMAN Parade of Nations on Tuesday afternoon. Representing 62 countries and territories on six continents, a diverse group
88 LO 74
represented country at the world championship race, with 768 competitors, accounting for nearly 32 percent of registrants this year. Athletes from 48 U.S. states are represented, with the greatest number coming from California (138), Colorado (54), Hawaii SEE IRONMAN PAGE 7A
Less enterprising enterprise zones advance BY NANCY COOK LAUER WEST HAWAII TODAY
[email protected]
Opposition from some County Council members has resulted in a scaled-back enterprise zone plan that doesn’t swallow up large conservation areas in West Hawaii.
Annie’s Mailbox . . . . . . 4B
HI
of global athletes will compete in the 37th year of the annual IRONMAN World Championship, which comprises a 2.4-mile open-water swim, 112 miles of cycling and a 26.2-mile run on Saturday. This will be the largest athlete field ever at the IRONMAN World Championship. The United States is the most
Classified . . . . . . . . . . . . . 6B
WEATHER, PAGE 8A
The council in March rejected an enterprise zone plan offered by county administration. A new plan, Resolution 283 sponsored by Hilo Councilman Dennis “Fresh” Onishi, was advanced by the Committee on Governmental Relations and Economic Development on a 9-0 vote Tuesday. Comics . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 5B
The revised plan came after council members met separately with Jane Horike, economic development specialist with the county Department of Research and Development. “Jane did a good job cutting it back,” said Kohala Councilwoman Margaret
Nation & World . . . . . . . . .3A
Wille. “(But) I would have eliminated all conservation areas.” Enterprise zones give substantial tax incentives for businesses willing to locate in economically depressed areas. The 20-year zones are set by SEE ENTERPRISE PAGE 7A
Opinion . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .4A
Sports . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 1B
VOL. 47, NO. 280 18 PAGES
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