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LIHUE — People monitor-

ing the ecosystem recovery

on Lehua Island report that

four months after the con-

clusion of a rat eradication

project there are still no

signs of the invasive Pacific

Rats.Though Lehua Island Res-

toration Project partners

won’t declare the eradica-

tion effort a complete suc-

cess until next September,

monitoring teams are en-

couraged by what they’re

seeing.“While we conducted our

monitoring work we’d been

looking for any sign of rat

predation and rats. So far,

we’ve seen no signs of rats

anywhere on the island,

which is a stark difference

from trips before the rat

eradication work began,”

said Dr. Andre Raine of the

Kauai Endangered Seabird

Recovery Project.

His team spent two days

last week surveying an alba-

tross colony on the steep

cliffs of the north side of the

island. Raine said they did a

thorough survey of the en-

tire area, counting nesting

Laysan and Black-footed Al-

batrosses and pinpointing

each nests location with

GPS.“This year we have lots of

albatross out here which is

great; about 145,” Raine said

in a press release from the

Department of Land and

Natural Resources.

This is the second moni-

toring trip by the KESRP

team since the last of three

aerial applications of roden-

ticide in September. Raine

and other scientists from Is-

land Conservation and

DLNR who’ve conducted

separate excursions all re-

port no signs of rats.

‘No signs of rats’

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Researchers

encouraged by

findings on Lehua

Island; continued

monitoring underway

KAPAA — Mike Pierce and volunteers from

Calvary Chapel North Shore Kauai served up

Christmas dinners Monday at the Chicken in a

Barrel, Kapaa, and hundreds of people showed

up.“This is amazing,” said Ray Peralta.

Pierce said they’ve been serving the free feast

for the past seven years.

“It’s always on Christmas, and the meal is

free,” Pierce said. “This is in honor of my mother.

She used to do it at a small place called Murphy’s

in California. When we moved here, we wanted to

do this, but everyone said it was Christmas and

they didn’t want to work. When we opened our

Chicken in a Barrel, we started doing this, and

we’re now in our eighth year.”

Lindsay Dahlin, visiting from Austin, Texas,

was among the diners of the free Christmas meal.

Christmas feast

Dennis Fujimoto

THE GARDEN ISLAND

Hundreds dine free

at Chicken in a Barrel

LIHUE — Kim Coco Iwamoto says

corporations spend millions of dol-

lars to get their voices heard at the

Hawaii Capitol.

wants to make sure the people are

heard, as well.

making sure that everyone is held ac

countable to the peo-

ple,” she said.

The 49-year-old from

Oahu is running for

lieutenant governor

and recently visited

Kauai in the early

stages of her campaign.

“I really want to turn

the lieutenant governor’s office into

the people’s office,” she said.

She hears others say they are run-

ning for the office as a stepping stone

The lieutenant governor’s responsi-

bilities are not extensive, but they are

important. They involve being the as-

sistant chief executive and becoming

acting governor when the governor is

gone from the state. It also means is-

suing orders granting legal name

changes, and certifying and process-

ing documents, and keeping official

papers for public reviews

“It’s very minimal,” Iwamoto said.

“They have way too many staff and

way too much money. That’s why I’m

running, because I know it can be so

much more.”

Iwamoto seeks lieutenant governor post

Bill Buley

THE GARDEN ISLAND

Oahu resident says she

wants to give people a

stronger voice in

governmentIwamoto

Mike Pierce of Chicken in a Barrel takes his turn holding up a sign announcing the free Christmas dinner Monday in Kapaa.

PHOTOS BY DENNIS FUJIMOTO/THE GARDEN ISLAND

Armed with a jackfruit smoothie, Ray Peralta leaves the serving line with his free Christ-

mas dinner Monday at Chicken in a Barrel.

SEE FEAST, A6

SEE RATS, A6

LIHUE — People monitor-

ing the ecosystem recovery

on Lehua Island report that

four months after the con-

clusion of a rat eradication

project there are still no

signs of the invasive Pacific

Though Lehua Island Res-

toration Project partners

won’t declare the eradica-won’t declare the eradica-won’t declare the eradica

tion effort a complete suc-

cess until next September,

monitoring teams are en-

couraged by what they’re

seeing.“While we conducted our

monitoring work we’d been

looking for any sign of rat

predation and rats. So far,

we’ve seen no signs of rats

anywhere on the island,

which is a stark difference

from trips before the rat

eradication work began,”

said Dr. Andre Raine of the

Kauai Endangered Seabird

Recovery Project.

His team spent two days

last week surveying an alba-last week surveying an alba-last week surveying an alba

tross colony on the steep

cliffs of the north side of the

island. Raine said they did a

thorough survey of the en-

tire area, counting nesting

Laysan and Black-footed Al-


of rats’

THE GARDEN ISLAND

Researchers

encouraged by

findings on Lehua

Island; continued

monitoring underway

KAPAA — Mike Pierce and volunteers from

Calvary Chapel North Shore Kauai served up

Christmas dinners Monday at the Chicken in a

Barrel, Kapaa, and hundreds of people showed

up.“This is amazing,” said Ray Peralta.

Pierce said they’ve been serving the free feast


Christmas feast

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THE GARDEN ISLAND

Hundreds dine free

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KILAUEA – A 36-year-old Kilauea man was arrested on Friday following a drug

drugs, drug paraphernalia and a firearm.Based on an ongoing in-vestigation, officers were granted a search warrant on a Kilauea residence. The search led to the recovery of 0.7 grams of methamphet-amine, 1,013 grams of mari-juana, drug paraphernalia, $1,634 in U.S. currency, and a loaded .22 caliber rifle.The home’s occupant, Se-bastian Sparrowhawk, was arrested for promoting a dangerous drug in the third degree, promoting a detri-mental drug in the second degree, and two counts of ownership or possession of a prohibited weapon.He is being held in police cellblock with bail set at $30,000.•••The Garden Island

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LIHUE — A buoy is floating about 200 yards offshore at Ahuk-ini Landing, seemingly snagged on something in the water below.First discovered over Christmas weekend, the buoy is a state fish aggregating device, according to members of the U.S. Coast Guard who confirmed the buoy Tuesday.It is between 200 and 300 yards makai of Hanamaulu Bay, accord-ing to the state Department of Land and Natural Resources Divi-sion of Boating and Ocean Recre-

ation Kauai Branch Manager Joe Borden, and its anchor chain is stuck on the bottom.The buoy belongs to either Uni-versity of Hawaii or the state DLNR Division of Aquatic Resources, said Dan Dennison, DLNR spokes-man.Representatives from UH and the state FAD program couldn’t be reached for comment before press time.

“It’s not being tracked, but moni-tored,” Dennison said. “If/when it breaks free and comes ashore, then DOBOR will remove it. How-ever, if DAR and/or UH can retrieve it before it comes ashore, they can actually place it back where it be-longs.”Buoys, fishing equipment, and other marine debris pose a threat to marine life in Hawaii waters, and

also to the migratory humpback whales, which have already started the 2,000-nautical mile journey from Alaska to Kauai.The dangers of debris became apparent in the waters off Maui on Monday when trained responders freed an entangled humpback whale off Lahaina. It’s the third re-sponse the Hawaiian Islands Humpback Whale National marine Sanctuary’s entanglement re-sponders have conducted since the opening of the 2017 whale mi-gration season.The whale was trailing about 400 feet of heavy gauge line from its mouth and was first reported about 11:50 a.m. by the crew aboard an Ultimate Whale Watch boat, Wahine Kai.

DEBRIS THREATENS WHALESJessica ElseTHE GARDEN ISLAND

Loose buoy floatingnear Ahukini Landing; entangled humpbackfreed near Maui

DENNIS FUJIMOTO / THE GARDEN ISLANDA young angler takes advantage of winter break to try his luck off the Ahukini coastline Monday. In the background, a buoy fl oats on the ocean.

SEE WHALES, A7

house, where store manager Steph-anie Catiggay said they had a successful and festive holiday sea-son.“We’re very, very busy,” she said. “Very busy.”Kukui Grove Center was abuzz Tuesday morning with people eat-ing, talking, and of course, shop-ping.

Catiggay said Jeans Warehouse always has a successful holiday sea-son, and that success is expected to continue into the New Year.“Everyone is redeeming their gift cards and spending their Christmas money,” Catiggay said.

money and gift cards for Christmas this year, but she wasn’t spending them on herself.“I’m buying mostly late Christ-mas gifts,” she said.As far as returns go, Vito said she’ll probably just exchange some clothing she received for the right sizes.

Her boyfriend Nagahisa said he was surprised to have received so much for Christmas this year. He said he received sunglasses and new clothes, but won’t be exchang-ing anything because he likes every-thing he got.“I got a lot more than I expected,”

Happy holidays for retailers

BETHANY FREUDENTHAL / THE GARDEN ISLANDShoppers wait in line at Deja Vu Surf Shop in Kukui Grove Tuesday.

SEE RETAILERS, A7

WAILUA — Leesha Kawamura watched 4-year-old Austin Sadamitsu quietly munching the mochi during the mochitsuki at Ed Kawamura’s home in Wailua.“You can have it later,” Leesha said. “But it’s espe-

cially tasty when it’s hot, coming right off the table.”Ed, Sr. recently hosted the annual mochi making, a ha-nai tradition which contin-ues in communities and homes from the time it was introduced to Hawaii by im-migrant Japanese laborers.“This is a United Nations event,” Ed, Sr. said. “We have people from Mexico, Japan, and here today. They’re all pounding mochi.”

Making mochi

Dennis FujimotoTHE GARDEN ISLAND

Tradition of pounding rice cake attracts diverse following

DENNIS FUJIMOTO / THE GARDEN ISLANDPaco Espinosa of Mexico, the Rev. Shinji Kondo of Honolulu, and Matthew Kawamura take turns pounding mochi rice in the stone usu during mo-chitsuki at the Ed Kawamura home in Wailua.

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each nests location with

GPS.“This year we have lots of

albatross out here which is

great; about 145,” Raine said

in a press release from the

Department of Land and

Natural Resources.

This is the second moni-

toring trip by the KESRP

team since the last of three

aerial applications of roden-

ticide in September. Raine

and other scientists from Is-

land Conservation and

DLNR who’ve conducted

separate excursions all re-

port no signs of rats.


“It’s always on Christmas, and the meal is

free,” Pierce said. “This is in honor of my mother.

She used to do it at a small place called Murphy’s

in California. When we moved here, we wanted to

do this, but everyone said it was Christmas and

they didn’t want to work. When we opened our

Chicken in a Barrel, we started doing this, and

we’re now in our eighth year.”

SEE RATS, A6


Drug investigation leads to arrest

KILAUEA – A 36-year-old Kilauea man was arrested on Friday following a drug

drugs, drug paraphernalia and a firearm.Based on an ongoing in-vestigation, officers were granted a search warrant on a Kilauea residence. The search led to the recovery of 0.7 grams of methamphet-amine, 1,013 grams of mari-juana, drug paraphernalia, $1,634 in U.S. currency, and a loaded .22 caliber rifle.The home’s occupant, Se-bastian Sparrowhawk, was arrested for promoting a dangerous drug in the third degree, promoting a detri-mental drug in the second degree, and two counts of ownership or possession of a prohibited weapon.He is being held in police cellblock with bail set at $30,000.•••The Garden Island

Sparrowhawk

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LIHUE — A buoy is floating about 200 yards offshore at Ahuk-ini Landing, seemingly snagged on something in the water below.First discovered over Christmas weekend, the buoy is a state fish aggregating device, according to members of the U.S. Coast Guard who confirmed the buoy Tuesday.It is between 200 and 300 yards makai of Hanamaulu Bay, accord-ing to the state Department of Land and Natural Resources Divi-sion of Boating and Ocean Recre-

ation Kauai Branch Manager Joe Borden, and its anchor chain is stuck on the bottom.The buoy belongs to either Uni-versity of Hawaii or the state DLNR Division of Aquatic Resources, said Dan Dennison, DLNR spokes-man.Representatives from UH and the state FAD program couldn’t be reached for comment before press time.

“It’s not being tracked, but moni-tored,” Dennison said. “If/when it breaks free and comes ashore, then DOBOR will remove it. How-ever, if DAR and/or UH can retrieve it before it comes ashore, they can actually place it back where it be-longs.”Buoys, fishing equipment, and other marine debris pose a threat to marine life in Hawaii waters, and

also to the migratory humpback whales, which have already started the 2,000-nautical mile journey from Alaska to Kauai.The dangers of debris became apparent in the waters off Maui on Monday when trained responders freed an entangled humpback whale off Lahaina. It’s the third re-sponse the Hawaiian Islands Humpback Whale National marine Sanctuary’s entanglement re-sponders have conducted since the opening of the 2017 whale mi-gration season.The whale was trailing about 400 feet of heavy gauge line from its mouth and was first reported about 11:50 a.m. by the crew aboard an Ultimate Whale Watch boat, Wahine Kai.

DEBRIS THREATENS WHALESJessica ElseTHE GARDEN ISLAND

Loose buoy floatingnear Ahukini Landing; entangled humpbackfreed near Maui

DENNIS FUJIMOTO / THE GARDEN ISLANDA young angler takes advantage of winter break to try his luck off the Ahukini coastline Monday. In the background, a buoy fl oats on the ocean.

SEE WHALES, A7

house, where store manager Steph-anie Catiggay said they had a successful and festive holiday sea-son.“We’re very, very busy,” she said. “Very busy.”Kukui Grove Center was abuzz Tuesday morning with people eat-ing, talking, and of course, shop-ping.

Catiggay said Jeans Warehouse always has a successful holiday sea-son, and that success is expected to continue into the New Year.“Everyone is redeeming their gift cards and spending their Christmas money,” Catiggay said.

money and gift cards for Christmas this year, but she wasn’t spending them on herself.“I’m buying mostly late Christ-mas gifts,” she said.As far as returns go, Vito said she’ll probably just exchange some clothing she received for the right sizes.

Her boyfriend Nagahisa said he was surprised to have received so much for Christmas this year. He said he received sunglasses and new clothes, but won’t be exchang-ing anything because he likes every-thing he got.“I got a lot more than I expected,”

Happy holidays for retailers

BETHANY FREUDENTHAL / THE GARDEN ISLANDShoppers wait in line at Deja Vu Surf Shop in Kukui Grove Tuesday.

SEE RETAILERS, A7

WAILUA — Leesha Kawamura watched 4-year-old Austin Sadamitsu quietly munching the mochi during the mochitsuki at Ed Kawamura’s home in Wailua.“You can have it later,” Leesha said. “But it’s espe-

cially tasty when it’s hot, coming right off the table.”Ed, Sr. recently hosted the annual mochi making, a ha-nai tradition which contin-ues in communities and homes from the time it was introduced to Hawaii by im-migrant Japanese laborers.“This is a United Nations event,” Ed, Sr. said. “We have people from Mexico, Japan, and here today. They’re all pounding mochi.”

Making mochi


Tradition of pounding rice cake attracts diverse following

DENNIS FUJIMOTO / THE GARDEN ISLANDPaco Espinosa of Mexico, the Rev. Shinji Kondo of Honolulu, and Matthew Kawamura take turns pounding mochi rice in the stone usu during mo-chitsuki at the Ed Kawamura home in Wailua.

SEE MOCHI, A7

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more Symphony, San Fran-cisco Ballet and Opera and more will be performing pieces by composers includ-ing Clara Schumann, Chopin, Ravel, Piazzola and Rach-maninoff.The concert presented by

Personal Financial is set for 6:30. It is described as “world-class chamber mu-sic” in an intimate setting.

There are two ticket op-tions:w Patron $25, including one

donation drawing ticketw Donor $75, including

three donation drawing tick-ets, a pre-concert reception at 5 p.m. with pupus by Mark Oyama, wine, entertainment and preferred seating.There will also be prize

drawings and auctions.Info: kauaiklassics.org or 245-2043

Fire destroys vehicle, highway lane closedMOLOAA – A fire de-stroyed a vehicle and briefly blocked one lane of Kuhio Highway Tuesday evening.

Firefighters were dis-patched to the northbound shoulder of Kuhio Highway about 6 p.m. at mile marker 17 on the North Shore, where they found a vehicle fully in-volved in flames, according to a county press release.

Police closed the north-bound lane for 15 minutes while fire units were re-sponding on scene.Firefighters extinguished

the fire and cleared the scene about 6:30 p.m.No injuries were reported.The vehicle is considered

a total loss.The cause of the fire was deemed unintentional, the release said.•••

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LIHUE — Guinea pig food isn’t the

first thing that pops up on a list of di-

saster relief supplies.In fact, Padraic Gallagher, Kauai’s

director of disaster services for Red

Cross Kauai, said it was one of the

firsts he encountered during his two

weeks helping with the California

Thomas Fire.“I was loading a bunch of dog and cat food into someone’s car and I was joking with them — telling them we even got a bag of guinea pig food,” Gallagher reminisced about work-ing in a warehouse in Ventura.

He continued: “The lady was like, ‘I

have guinea pigs and we have no way

to feed them.’ She gave me a big hug.

It’s funny, I’ve found people don’t al-

ways know what they need until you

ask them.”

Gallagher was in Santa Paula, Santa

Barbara and Ventura, California from

Dec. 6 through Dec. 19. He opened up

shelters in the more rural community

of Santa Paula and at the University of

California campus in Santa Barbara.

Six people on his team were from

Hawaii, with two from Oahu, one from

Maui and another from Molokai.Between shuffling cases of water,

distributing clothing items and small

furniture, and directing relief efforts,

the Aloha State team members found

something special: strawberries.

Inside the infernoJessica ElseTHE GARDEN ISLAND

Red Cross director recounts relief efforts during California wildfires

HANALEI — A wall of tangled

roots separates the park at Black

Pot from the beach, and the erosion

has drastically changed the beach

from six months ago.While geologists say shifting

sands aren’t unusual, it’s a predic-

tion of what could be coming in the

next few decades and scientists say

long-term studies of the area are

necessary.“Right now the beach appears to

be recovering from an erosion event

that started in late August/early

September,” said Ruby Pap, Coastal

Land Use extension agent with Ha-

waii Sea Grant.She said it was probably due to

elevated water levels, high tides

and north swells.Other areas of Hanalei experienced erosion as well, including Waikoko on the other side

of the bay.The County of Kauai received

photos of the exposed roots and se-

vere erosion in September, which

prompted county staff to trim the

ironwood trees fronting the shore-

line and place boulders along the

vehicular access, blocking cars

from the area.Three months later, the beach

has changed so much that the

boulders are no longer doing their

job. The line between the beach

and the grass has become a three

or four-foot drop, and large pieces

of driftwood are caught in the exposed roots.The cause is still a mystery in

many ways, but researchers say dis-

charge from the Hanalei River and

seasonally large waves most likely

play their part.“Both periodic large ocean waves

and high discharge river flood events can erode both rivermouth

sandbar deposits and coastal beach

deposits and move the sand off-

shore, in this case into Hanalei Bay,”

said Kauai geoscientist, Chuck Blay.

He continued: “A coincidental

combination of both events could

have caused the movement of the

Hanalei Rivermouth sandbar bayward.”

And bayward it has been pushed

— with all of the sand that used to

be on the beach causing shallower

nearshore waters that extend into

the bay.“The water is shallower because

the sand that was formerly on the

beach has eroded offshore,” Pap

said.It’s not the first time the park at

Black Pot has bumped shoulders

with the beach. According to the

Kauai Shoreline Study Erosion Maps, the beach was eroded up to

the lawn at the beach park in the

1960s. There are typical erosion epi-

sodes and then periods of recovery.

“This area of shoreline is very

dynamic due to the influence from

the Hanalei River on sand movement, in addition to waves

and tides,” Pap said.Blay said the Hanalei River floods

frequently, especially during the

winter months, and that such high

river discharge floods move the riv-

ermouth sandbar around.“We also know that large, highly

variable ocean waves, especially

during winter months, can narrow a

beach by grabbing the sand and

taking it offshore,” Blay said.The geoscientist has been study-

ing sand movements around Kauai

for years, and said the story of shift-

ing sands plays out all around the

island, with different results de-

pending upon existing conditions.

“Just the right combination of

river and wave process could have

caused the recent, apparently ab-

normal erosion of Black Pot Beach,”

he said.And while these natural

processes are playing out an age-

old story, the section of coastline

that houses Black Pot Beach has a

historical erosion rate of about a

foot per year, according to the shoreline study.At the same time the shorelines

are crumbling at Black Pot Beach,

the Hawaii Climate Change Mitiga-

tion and Adaptation Commission re-

leased its first Hawaii Sea Level Rise

Vulnerability and Adaptation Re-

port. The document combines sci-

entific analysis of seal level rise

COASTLINE CHANGES

Jessica ElseTHE GARDEN ISLAND

Beach recovering from erosion, but shoreline threats remain

Gallagher

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JESSICA ELSE / THE GARDEN ISLAND

This photo shows the erosion and sand distribution along the shoreline at Black Pot Beach.

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T he up and down nature of Hawaii’s early season con-tinued over the holiday

weekend, but the Rainbow War-riors continue to show flashes of success and promise.Three games in three days is

never an easy task, especially for a team still maturing. But the ‘Bows were impressive, despite losing two of their three contests from Saturday to Monday. Differ-ent guys are stepping up, which shows some depth that was a question mark before the sea-son. But nobody has been com-pletely reliable each and every night.

Hawaii’s best effort of the three contests was its Christmas Eve

victory over Davidson, 79-71. It was another strong outing for Sheriff Drammeh, who scored a career-best 22 points with seven rebounds and four assists. Dram-meh is growing from a reluctant shooter to a willing one. As a freshman, we saw him defer to his more experienced teammates on a 28-win squad. He needed to be completely wide open to even

look for his own shot.Now, Drammeh is the leader for Eran Ganot’s refurbished team and he’s taking that role se-riously. His field goal percentage is up to 43 percent from 36 per-cent last season and he’s getting to the foul line more than four times per game. Rarely has his aggression been out of control and the team needs for him to

continue attacking.But Drammeh was mostly bot-tled up in Hawaii’s Christmas Day loss to Princeton, 77-63. Just like Saturday’s loss to Miami, the ‘Bows played a good first half and were tied after 20 minutes. But the Tigers pulled away in the second half, mostly at the free throw line. After getting to the line just three times in the first half, Princeton was 14 for 18 in the second period to prevent any Hawaii runs.Mike Thomas took the reins

on Monday, but his 22-point, sev-en-rebound effort wasn’t enough to keep Hawaii within striking distance. Like his team as a whole, Thomas is having an up-and-down start to his final sea-son at UH. He had only scored nine points in the three prior games combined. It’s been a challenge to fully re-acclimate him after missing all of last sea-son, but Thomas has the poten-tial to be the backbone of this team. He just hasn’t been able — or been asked — to do it every night just yet.The ‘Bows have one more

tune-up game against Howard (3-12) on Friday. That should be a comfortable win before confer-

ence action begins on Jan. 4. Not only does Hawaii begin its Big West slate at that time, but it opens with a pair of road games. They will have played 12 of their 13 games at home before then, so hitting the road will be a much different matter.The problem has remained

trying to get solid outings from everyone each night, but that’s something that most teams struggle with. However, it’s been a challenge to get the frontcourt trio — Thomas, Gibson Johnson and Jack Purchase — going all at once. Purchase has probably had the most difficulty to this point, but he’s too good a shooter to continue at just a 24 percent clip from long distance. As his shot begins to drop, things should open up for every-one else.

The team really does have the pieces and they continue to get better against solid competition. Getting on to a more regular schedule will help in the coming weeks and Hawaii looks to be a real contender in the upper half of the Big West.•••

David Simon can be reached at [email protected].

UH hoops drops 2 of 3 but continues to improveMY THOUGHTS EXACTLYDAVID SIMON

Larry NeumeisterASSOCIATED PRESS

NEW YORK — A former South American soccer official charged a U.S. trial stemming from the FIFA bribery scandal was acquitted of a corruption charge Tuesday, after two others were convicted last week.

Jurors found Manuel Burga, the 60-year-old former president of Peru’s soccer federation, not guilty of a single racketeering conspiracy charge.On Friday, the jury told U.S.

District Court Judge Pamela Chen

they were deadlocked, but had reached guilty verdicts on multiple charges against two other former officials: Juan Napout, of Paraguay, and Jose Maria Marin, of Brazil. Chen gave jurors the holiday weekend to think about Burga’s case.The judge had jailed Marin, 85,

and Napout, 59, after their convictions Friday. The two were acquitted on some lesser charges.

Marin, Burga and Napout had been arrested in 2015. Prosecutors accused them of agreeing to take millions of dollars in bribes from businessmen seeking to lock up lucrative media rights or influence hosting rights for the World Cup and other major tournaments

controlled by FIFA.The three were among more than 40 people and entities in the world of global soccer charged in the U.S. in connection with an investigation that uncovered hundreds of millions of dollars in bribes and kickbacks. Many of the other defendants pleaded guilty.

World soccer’s governing body said it is will seek compensation and a share of the cash.FIFA said in a statement to The

Associated Press that “as the jury has found a number of defendants guilty of the charged crimes, FIFA will now take all necessary steps to seek restitution and recover any losses caused by their misconduct.”

FIFA bribery case defendant acquitted

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Hawaii guard Drew Buggs fl exes his muscles celebrating a

basket against Davidson during the second half at the Dia-

mond Head Classic tournament, Saturday in Honolulu

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NASHVILLE, Tenn. — Tennessee fans wanting to see Derrick Henry start at running back instead of De-Marco Murray will get their chance to see what that looks like in the Titans’ most important game of the season.Coach Mike Mularkey isn’t rul-

ing Murray out of the Titans’ regu-lar-season finale against Jacksonville on Sunday. Mularkey said Tuesday that the veteran will be limited at best if an injured knee allows him to play at all.The Titans (8-7) need a win Sun-

day, or losses by both Buffalo and the Chargers, to end a playoff drought stretching back to 2008 for this franchise if they can snap a three-game skid.“These guys realize what’s on

the line right now,” Mularkey said. “Nobody has to tell anybody that this is our last chance. We’ve had a number of opportunities we’ve missed, we still have another one.

“There’s a reason we have an-other one, because we’ve won enough games to be in this posi-tion. They realize what they have to do without putting any more pressure on themselves.”The Titans still have a chance at

the No. 5 seed in the AFC playoffs, though advancing likely means the No. 6 seed and a rematch with the AFC South champion Jaguars in the wild-card round. Mularkey said the Titans will plan on Jacksonville (10-5) trying to win and not rest anyone for the postseason.

“Coming off a loss, I’m sure they don’t want to go into the playoffs

with another one,” Mularkey said. “I would expect we’re going to get the best from them knowing (Jag-uars coach) Doug Marrone and Tom (Coughlin). I wouldn’t think anything less than that.”For now, Mularkey and the Ti-

tans are busy preparing a game plan knowing that an MRI con-firmed what trainers expected af-ter Murray hurt his right knee late in a 25-23 loss to the Los Angeles

Rams.Mularkey says he considers

Murray day to day, basing his deci-sion on how Murray has handled other injuries and quickly re-sponded to treatment.Mularkey says whether Murray

plays will depend on pain. Murray led the AFC with 1,287 yards rush-ing with 16 starts last season de-spite tearing the plantar plate in his right foot during the season.

That leaves Henry, the 2015 Heisman Trophy winner, poised for the fourth start of his career. Henry leads the Titans in rushing with 693 yards on 148 carries.

Mularkey has said he considers both Murray and Henry as starters for Tennessee, but the running backs have opened a game to-gether in the same backfield only in a loss at Arizona this season.

Henry is averaging 4.7 yards per

carry, better than the 3.6 yards Murray is averaging on his 184 car-ries for 659 yards. But Murray has been much more valuable in the passing game, both in protection for Marcus Mariota and as a target.

Murray ranks fourth on the Ti-tans with 39 catches and has 266 yards receiving with a touchdown. Henry has only 10 catches for 70 yards all season.Mularkey said Henry has gotten

better in pass protection.“Obviously all the experience and the time, what a difference a year makes for him,” Mularkey said.

“He’s much better than he was his rookie year. It’s pretty over-whelming when you get into the protection schemes, especially when a defense goes substituted defense with nickels and dimes. It gets complicated, but he’s defi-nitely improved from his first year to this one.”

NotesMularkey said CB Logan Ryan

(ankle) has a chance to practice and play after missing a game with an injured ankle. ... Mularkey said he called the NFL on Sunday night about an onside kick the Titans re-covered only to be forced to re-kick after officials apparently told the Rams the timeout would be full and the Titans expecting a shorter timeout.

Mularkey said the league got back to him, but he didn’t want to waste his time to hear answers that would only be more frustrat-ing. Mularkey said: “It was a mis-take and I think they admitted that. Tough one to take.”

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Tennessee Titans quarterback Marcus Mariota hands off to running back Derrick Henry in the

second half oagainst the Los Angeles Rams Sunday, in Nashville, Tenn.

BurgaBeth HarrisASSOCIATED PRESS

Katie Ledecky got her start in swimming because she just wanted to make friends. Her brother was eager to join a team at a pool near their house and as a 6-year-old, she tagged along.By summer’s end, the Ledecky

siblings had made 100 friends ranging in age from 6 to 18. Some of them remain good friends with Katie, who went on to become the world’s best swimmer in the

post-Michael Phelps era.She earned five golds and a sil-ver at this year’s world champi-onships in Budapest, maintaining the upward trajectory she first established as a gold medalist at the 2012 London Olympics.Her dominant performance in

Hungary earned Ledecky Associ-ated Press Female Athlete of the Year honors.In balloting by U.S. editors and

news directors announced Tues-day, Ledecky received 351 points, edging out Serena Williams with 343. Olympic track star Allyson Felix finished third, with 248 points.

Katie Ledecky wins AP Female Athlete of the Year

Ledecky

on a 28-win squad. He needed to be completely wide open to even

look for his own shot.Now, Drammeh is the leader for Eran Ganot’s refurbished team and he’s taking that role se-riously. His field goal percentage is up to 43 percent from 36 per-cent last season and he’s getting to the foul line more than four times per game. Rarely has his aggression been out of control and the team needs for him to

UH hoops drops 2 of 3 but continues to improve

they were deadlocked, but had reached guilty verdicts on multiple charges against two other former officials: Juan Napout, of Paraguay, and Jose Maria Marin, of Brazil. Chen gave jurors the holiday weekend to think about Burga’s case.The judge had jailed Marin, 85,

and Napout, 59, after their convictions Friday. The two were acquitted on some lesser charges.

Marin, Burga and Napout had been arrested in 2015. Prosecutors accused them of agreeing to take millions of dollars in bribes from businessmen seeking to lock up lucrative media rights or influence hosting rights for the World Cup and other major tournaments

FIFA bribery case defendant acquitted

EUGENE TANNER /

Hawaii guard Drew Buggs fl exes his muscles celebrating a

basket against Davidson during the second half at the Dia-

mond Head Classic tournament, Saturday in Honolulu

NASHVILLE, Tenn. — Tennessee fans wanting to see Derrick Henry start at running back instead of De-Marco Murray will get their chance to see what that looks like in the Titans’ most important game of Coach Mike Mularkey isn’t rul-

ing Murray out of the Titans’ regu-Jacksonville on Sunday. Mularkey said Tuesday that the veteran will be limited at best if an injured knee The Titans (8-7) need a win Sun-

day, or losses by both Buffalo and drought stretching back to 2008 for this franchise if they can snap a “These guys realize what’s on

the line right now,” Mularkey said. “Nobody has to tell anybody that this is our last chance. We’ve had a

with another one,” Mularkey said. “I would expect we’re going to get the best from them knowing (Jag-uars coach) Doug Marrone and Tom (Coughlin). I wouldn’t think anything less than that.”For now, Mularkey and the Ti-

tans are busy preparing a game plan knowing that an MRI con-firmed what trainers expected af-ter Murray hurt his right knee late in a 25-23 loss to the Los Angeles

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The fun-filled family event, which is free and open to the public, begins at 5 p.m. with food trucks, a movie in the park and culmi-nates with a fireworks show at 8:15.

The feature presentation is Dreamwork’s animation, “Boss Baby,” and will begin at sunset.

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The fireworks show hosted by Poipu Beach Re-sort Association is a long-standing New Year’s Eve tradition.

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Dunkerley, who is retiring effective March 1 after lead-ing the company for 15 years, will give his annual talk about the airline’s suc-cesses and challenges.

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HONOLULU — Federal agencies were wrong to allow Hawaii’s longline swordfish industry to expand fishing efforts while allowing the hooking or entangling of more endangered sea turtles, a U.S. appeals court ruled.

The panel of judges on the 9th U.S. Circuit Court of Appeals ruled this week that the National Marine Fisheries Service failed to consider scientific data that showed the loggerhead turtle population would significantly decline when it set limits for the industry.

The judges also said the U.S. Fish and Wildlife Service illegally allowed the industry to kill protected migra-tory birds.

Swordfish longline fishing involves hundreds of baited hooks on miles of line. The practice can ensnare birds, turtles and other marine life.

Two conservation groups in a 2012 lawsuit challenged the rule that dou-bled limits on how many endangered sea turtles Hawaii’s longline sword-fish fishery can accidentally hook.

Both agencies are supposed to be protecting wildlife but have “instead been illegally helping the longliners push them to the brink of extinction,” Earthjustice attorney Paul Achitoff said in a statement Thursday.

He represents plaintiffs Turtle Is-land Restoration Network and Center for Biological Diversity.

The 9th Circuit panel affirmed a separate decision saying another en-dangered species, leatherback tur-tles, wouldn’t be jeopardized.

The conservation groups were dis-appointed by that, Achitoff said.

“We are reviewing the outcome and have no further comment at this time,” said Jolene Lau, a spokes-woman for the National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration. The fisheries service is an office within NOAA.

Court: Feds erred in fishery expansionEndangered turtles, migratory birds at risk

LIHUE — A report on sea level rise vulnerabilities and adaptation has been re-leased by the Hawaii Climate Change Mitigation and Adap-tation Commission, known as the Climate Commission, and the 304 pages are avail-able online.

The Climate Commission was created in the fall of

2016 and was mandated to create the Sea Level Rise Vulnerability and Adaptation Report by Dec. 31.

It was developed in part-nership with the Depart-ment of Land and Natural Resources Office of Conser-vation and Coastal Lands and provides the first state-wide assessment of Hawaii’s vulnerability to sea level rise.

“While the SLR report fo-cuses on sea level rise vul-nerabilities and adaptation, it should also strengthen Ha-

waii’s resolve to do our part in reducing greenhouse gas emissions in line with Act 32 and the Paris Agreement,” — said DLNR chair Suzanne Case.

Hawaii and a group of 16 U.S. states are part of a U.S. Climate Alliance that is hon-oring the U.S. commitment, made under President Barak Obama, to reduce its carbon emissions under the guide-lines of the Paris Agreement.

The authors of the report note that much of what hap-pens with future SLR de-

pends on the ability or inability of nations to imple-ment aggressive carbon emissions reductions, envi-sioned through the 2016 Paris Agreement.

“This report is intended to serve as a framework for identifying and managing other climate change threats facing Hawaii,” said state of-fice of planning director Leo Asuncion.

Unusual or forceful weather events, tidal activ-ity and shorelines are all in-cluded in the report.

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Climate Commission releases first report

KILAUEA — Walking through the taro fields at the Quick family farm in Hanalei, it’s nearly impossible to see the koloa ducks between the plants until they take flight.

It’s even more difficult to see the dead ones, and for staff members at the Hanalei National Wildlife Ref-uge, that’s a problem.

Avian botulism has been drop-ping ducks in outbreaks that have been sweeping the population since 2011 — and it’s not just koloa ducks.

Since December of that year, more than 1,200 dead or sick Ha-waiian and migratory birds have died as a result of the paralytic dis-ease, caused by ingestion of a toxin produced by a naturally-occurring bacteria.

“The birds get food poisoning,” said Michelle Reynolds, research wildlife biologist with the U.S. Geo-logical Survey.

Once the birds ingest the toxin — through consuming contami-nated vegetation or water — they


Canines latest tool in effort to curb avian botulism at Hanalei National Wildlife Refuge

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POIPU — Poipu Beach Re-sort Association is hosting a New Year’s Eve celebration on Sunday at Poipu Beach Park.

The fun-filled family event, which is free and open to the public, begins at 5 p.m. with food trucks, a movie in the park and culmi-nates with a fireworks show at 8:15.

The feature presentation is Dreamwork’s animation, “Boss Baby,” and will begin at sunset.

Parking in the Poipu area is limited. Additional park-ing will be available on the grassy area off of Hoowili Road. Those who live or are staying in the area are en-couraged to walk or bike to the park.

As a safety precaution, the keiki lagoon at Poipu will be closed Sunday.

The fireworks show hosted by Poipu Beach Re-sort Association is a long-standing New Year’s Eve tradition.

Hawaiian Airlines CEO to visit chamber

Mark Dunkerley, presi-dent and CEO of Hawaii Air-lines, will be the keynote speaker at the Kauai Cham-ber of Commerce luncheon on Jan. 5 at the Kauai Marri-ott Resort and Beach Club.

Dunkerley, who is retiring effective March 1 after lead-ing the company for 15 years, will give his annual talk about the airline’s suc-cesses and challenges.

Registration by today is $45 for chamber members. It then goes to $55. For guests and nonmembers, it’s $65 at the door.•••The Garden Island

LIHUE — A report on sea level rise vulnerabilities and adaptation has been re-leased by the Hawaii Climate Change Mitigation and Adap-tation Commission, known as the Climate Commission, and the 304 pages are avail-able online.

The Climate Commission was created in the fall of

2016 and was mandated to create the Sea Level Rise Vulnerability and Adaptation Report by Dec. 31.

It was developed in part-nership with the Depart-ment of Land and Natural Resources Office of Conser-vation and Coastal Lands and provides the first state-wide assessment of Hawaii’s vulnerability to sea level rise.

“While the SLR report fo-cuses on sea level rise vul-nerabilities and adaptation, it should also strengthen Ha-

waii’s resolve to do our part in reducing greenhouse gas emissions in line with Act 32 and the Paris Agreement,” — said DLNR chair Suzanne Case.

Hawaii and a group of 16 U.S. states are part of a U.S. Climate Alliance that is hon-oring the U.S. commitment, made under President Barak Obama, to reduce its carbon emissions under the guide-lines of the Paris Agreement.

The authors of the report note that much of what hap-pens with future SLR de-

New look at sea level rise


Climate Commission releases first report

KILAUEA — Walking through the taro fields at the Quick family farm in Hanalei, it’s nearly impossible to see the koloa ducks between the plants until they take flight.

It’s even more difficult to see the dead ones, and for staff members at the Hanalei National Wildlife Ref-uge, that’s a problem.

Avian botulism has been drop-ping ducks in outbreaks that have been sweeping the population since 2011 — and it’s not just koloa ducks.

Since December of that year, more than 1,200 dead or sick Ha-waiian and migratory birds have died as a result of the paralytic dis-ease, caused by ingestion of a toxin produced by a naturally-occurring bacteria.

“The birds get food poisoning,” said Michelle Reynolds, research wildlife biologist with the U.S. Geo-logical Survey.

Once the birds ingest the toxin — through consuming contami-nated vegetation or water — they


Canines latest tool in effort to curb avian botulism at Hanalei National Wildlife Refuge

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TOP: Kyoko Johnson, trainer and dog handler who is contract-ing with USGS and USFW, searches taro fi elds in Hanalei Na-tional Wildlife Refuge for birds dead or sick from avian botulism with detector dog, Bodhi. BOTTOM: Kim Uyehara, refuge biolo-gist, examines the dead koloa duck found recently at Hanalei Na-tional Wildlife Refuge. It’s one of hundreds that have been dying annually of avian botulism.

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LIHUE — Kauai High School’s

Christian Manera scored 21

points to lead the Red Raiders to

a 46-23 win over Kapaa High

School Saturday night before an

enthusiastic audience at the

Kauai High School gym.

“Three quarters,” said Kapaa

coach Kamahalo Kauhane. “We

had them for one quarter. We

need to work to put together

four quarters.”Fueled by 11 points from

Manera, Kauai High School saw a

13-7 first quarter shrink as

Kapaa came back with an 8-5

second frame, fueled by a Rafael

Roslin three-ball and buckets

from Kilakila Hepa and Moses Ho

to deadlock the match, 15-15.

The Raiders’ production was

limited to just a bucket from

Vhincent Agreda until CJ

Cromartie found the hoop from

outside the three-point arc with

10 seconds left in the half. The

trey saw Kauai take an 18-15

bulge at the break.“The Warriors did a good job

of sucking us into their game,”

said Kauai coach Ipo Yoshioka.

“We got caught up in their game.

RAIDERS ROAR BACK IN 46-23 WIN


Christian Manera leads

Kauai High with 21 points

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Kauai’s Shaun Paglinawan gets his shot blocked by the Kapaa duo of Moses Ho and Justin Faidly in the third quarter Saturday night

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LIHUE — Kauai Interscho-

lastic Federation swimmers

made a splash Saturday

when the first qualifying

swim meet was held at the

YMCA pool.Jack Machorek, a senior

at Kauai High School, led the

charge by setting two of the

three new KIF records as

well as qualifying for the

state swim meet in three in-

dividual swims. He was also

part of two relay teams —

the boys 200-yard medley

and the boys 400-yard free-

style, both qualifying for

states.Machorek, aspiring to

continue swimming at West

Point where his sister Kate

Machorek swims, made his

mark on the boys’ opening

event — the 200-yard med-

ley relay with Dutch Fair-

banks, Zachary Safford, and

Luke Roberts — who put in

a qualifying swim at 1 min-

ute, 47.14 seconds, nearly

nine seconds better than the

state qualifying mark of

1:58.29.This relay swim was three

ticks off the KIF record

(1:44.99). Machorek charged back

in his next individual event,

the 200-yard freestyle,

where he set a new KIF meet

record on his 1:43.72 swim,

bettering the qualifying

mark by 13 seconds and top-

pling the KIF record of

1:45.57, which he set on Jan.

30, 2016.Machorek’s second KIF re-

cord swim came in the 500

freestyle (4:42.16), where he

qualified for states and

broke the KIF record

(4:47.89) he set in 2016 by

over five seconds.Zachary Safford, Ma-

chorek’s teammate, set the

third KIF record while quali-

fying for three individual

swims and being part of the

qualifying relay teams.

Zachary Safford made his

mark in the 100 breast-

stroke, where he qualified

on the swim that broke a

minute (59.46) and broke

the KIF meet record of

1:01.84 that he set in Janu-

ary at the KIF championship

meet.Henry Scherer, a junior at

Island School, picked up a

state-qualifying swim in the

100 freestyle (52.45), making

the cut by .04 second.

When the water subsided

in the crisp morning air

punctuated with sprinkles,

KIF swimmers made qualify-

ing marks in a dozen events

starting with the first event

— the girls 200 medley relay,

where the team from Kauai

High School, including Kaira

Ka‘aihue, Julia Safford, Alana

Cayabyab and Kelli

Okayama touched the wall

in first place with a qualify-

ing swim of 2 minutes, 8.15

seconds, nearly a second

better than the qualifying

standard of 2:09.89.The Red Raider women’s

400 freestyle relay team of

Cayabyab, Okayama, Julia

Safford and Ka‘aihue also

picked up a qualifying swim

with a 4:10.88 swim, nearly

five ticks better than the

qualifying pace.Kapaa sophomore Maddie

Hoesel came close on sev-

eral events, missing the

qualifying mark in the 200

freestyle (2:06.46) by .07 sec-

ond, and coming up short in

the 50 freestyle (26.86) by

.43 second despite finishing

first in both these events.

The next KIF qualifying

swim meet will hit the water

at the Kapaa Swimming Pool

on Jan. 6 starting at 10 a.m.

The KIF swim champion-

ships is scheduled for Jan.

27 at the YMCA pool, and

the state meet will be

hosted by the Maui Inter-

scholastic League on Feb. 9.

Records fall at 1st meet of season


Raider senior Jack Machorek sets 2 new marks

PHOTOS BY DENNIS FUJIMOTO / THE GARDEN ISLAND

ABOVE: Kauai’s Dutch Fairbanks cheers on Jack Machorek, who launches in the butterfly leg of the boys 200-

yard medley relay Saturday at the YMCA pool in Puhi, as Zachary Safford touches the wall in the breast-

stroke phase and Luke Roberts readies for the freestyle phase at the Kauai Interscholastic Federation

qualifying meet. BELOW: Kauai High School senior Kaira Ka‘aihue competes in the backstroke phase of the

200-yard individual medley Saturday during the qualifying meet.

LIHUE — Kauai High School’s

Christian Manera scored 21

points to lead the Red Raiders to

a 46-23 win over Kapaa High

School Saturday night before an

enthusiastic audience at the

Kauai High School gym.

“Three quarters,” said Kapaa

coach Kamahalo Kauhane. “We

had them for one quarter. We

need to work to put together

Fueled by 11 points from

Manera, Kauai High School saw a


RAIDERS ROAR BACK IN 46-23 WIN


Christian Manera leads

Kauai High with 21 points

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LIHUE — People monitor-ing the ecosystem recovery on Lehua Island report that four months after the con-clusion of a rat eradication project there are still no signs of the invasive Pacific Rats.

Though Lehua Island Res-toration Project partners won’t declare the eradica-tion effort a complete suc-cess until next September, monitoring teams are en-couraged by what they’re seeing.

“While we conducted our monitoring work we’d been looking for any sign of rat predation and rats. So far, we’ve seen no signs of rats anywhere on the island, which is a stark difference from trips before the rat eradication work began,” said Dr. Andre Raine of the Kauai Endangered Seabird Recovery Project.

His team spent two days last week surveying an alba-tross colony on the steep cliffs of the north side of the island. Raine said they did a thorough survey of the en-tire area, counting nesting Laysan and Black-footed Al-batrosses and pinpointing each nests location with GPS.

“This year we have lots of albatross out here which is great; about 145,” Raine said in a press release from the Department of Land and Natural Resources.

This is the second moni-toring trip by the KESRP team since the last of three aerial applications of roden-ticide in September. Raine and other scientists from Is-land Conservation and DLNR who’ve conducted separate excursions all re-port no signs of rats.

‘No signs of rats’

THE GARDEN ISLAND

Researchers encouraged by findings on Lehua Island; continued monitoring underway

KAPAA — Mike Pierce and volunteers from Calvary Chapel North Shore Kauai served up Christmas dinners Monday at the Chicken in a Barrel, Kapaa, and hundreds of people showed up.

“This is amazing,” said Ray Peralta. Pierce said they’ve been serving the free feast

for the past seven years.“It’s always on Christmas, and the meal is

free,” Pierce said. “This is in honor of my mother. She used to do it at a small place called Murphy’s in California. When we moved here, we wanted to do this, but everyone said it was Christmas and they didn’t want to work. When we opened our Chicken in a Barrel, we started doing this, and we’re now in our eighth year.”

Lindsay Dahlin, visiting from Austin, Texas, was among the diners of the free Christmas meal.

Christmas feastDennis FujimotoTHE GARDEN ISLAND

Hundreds dine free at Chicken in a Barrel

LIHUE — Kim Coco Iwamoto says corporations spend millions of dol-lars to get their voices heard at the Hawaii Capitol.

If elected lieutenant governor, she wants to make sure the people are heard, as well.

”Their concerns, their solutions, making sure that everyone is held ac-

countable to the peo-ple,” she said.

The 49-year-old from Oahu is running for lieutenant governor and recently visited Kauai in the early stages of her campaign.

“I really want to turn the lieutenant governor’s office into the people’s office,” she said.

She hears others say they are run-ning for the office as a stepping stone to a higher office.

“That’s not why I’m doing it. I see it as a wasted opportunity, it’s an un-derutilized opportunity. We can make it so much more,” Iwamoto said.

The lieutenant governor’s responsi-bilities are not extensive, but they are important. They involve being the as-sistant chief executive and becoming acting governor when the governor is gone from the state. It also means is-suing orders granting legal name changes, and certifying and process-ing documents, and keeping official papers for public reviews

“It’s very minimal,” Iwamoto said. “They have way too many staff and way too much money. That’s why I’m running, because I know it can be so much more.”

Iwamoto was born in Kauai and

Iwamoto seeks lieutenant governor post

Bill BuleyTHE GARDEN ISLAND

Oahu resident says she wants to give people a stronger voice in government

Iwamoto

Mike Pierce of Chicken in a Barrel takes his turn holding up a sign announcing the free Christmas dinner Monday in Kapaa.

PHOTOS BY DENNIS FUJIMOTO/THE GARDEN ISLAND

Armed with a jackfruit smoothie, Ray Peralta leaves the serving line with his free Christ-mas dinner Monday at Chicken in a Barrel.

SEE IWAMOTO, A6

SEE FEAST, A6

SEE RATS, A6

THE GARDEN ISLAND

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Cayabyab and Kelli

Okayama touched the wall



in first place with a qualify

ing swim of 2 minutes, 8.15

seconds, nearly a second

better than the qualifying

standard of 2:09.89.The Red Raider women’s

400 freestyle relay team of

Cayabyab, Okayama, Julia

Safford and Ka‘aihue also

picked up a qualifying swim

with a 4:10.88 swim, nearly

five ticks better than the



from Kilakila Hepa and Moses Ho



LIHUE — Kauai Interscho-


made a splash Saturday swim meet was held at the


Christmas feastMike Pierce of Chicken in a Barrel takes his turn holding up a sign announcing the free Christmas dinner Monday in Kapaa.

LIHUE — Kauai Interscho


made a splash Saturday

when the first qualifying

swim meet was held at the

Christmas feastMike Pierce of Chicken in a Barrel takes his turn holding up a sign announcing the free Christmas dinner Monday in Kapaa.



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2018 Preprint Distribution

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