Neighbor Island briefs
Advertiser Staff
Pau Hana 'Ohana meets deadline
KAUNAKAKAI, Moloka'i — Community members hoping to revive the historic Pau Hana Inn said yesterday they have raised the money required to extend an escrow contract for 60 days.
The Pau Hana 'Ohana Foundation finished raising $20,000 over the Labor Day weekend and handed over the cash to inn owner Moloka'i Ranch to meet yesterday's deadline, said foundation member DeGray Vanderbilt.
The ranch required the $20,000 as a nonrefundable fee to extend the purchase contract to allow more time to secure financing.
The foundation wants to reopen the inn as a community-based economic development project.
Puna access road future undecided
KALAPANA, Hawai'i — Volcano watchers must wait a few more days before finding out whether a new access road will be reopened to allow easier visits to the site where lava from Kilauea is pouring into the ocean.
County officials and federal geologists will meet tomorrow to determine what to do about the unpaved access road southwest of Kalapana. A portion was covered by lava Sunday, a little more than two weeks after it opened.
Civil Defense Administrator Bill Davis said one possibility is to bulldoze over the new lava and re-establish the route.
"First, we need more information and time," he said.
Blood bank sets Big Isle timetable
The Blood Bank of Hawai'i has scheduled visits to East and West Hawai'i this month.
A four-day blood drive in West Hawai'i starts today in the Mauna Kea Beach Hotel's Sexton Gallery, where blood can be donated from 9 a.m. to 5 p.m.
The drive continues from 8 a.m. to 4 p.m. tomorrow at the Mauna Lani Bay Hotel ballroom
On Friday, the blood bank will be at the Kealakehe High School gym from 8 a.m. to 5 p.m.; Saturday, at the Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints' Kailua Stake Center from 8 a.m. to 3 p.m.
In East Hawai'i, the first stop will be 8:30 a.m. to 5 p.m. Sept. 19 and 8 a.m. to 5 p.m. Sept. 20 in the State Building in Hilo. On Sept. 21 from 7:30 a.m. to 4:30 p.m., blood donations will be taken in the conference room at Hilo Medical Center. The following day, the blood bank will be at Kuhio Plaza from 8 a.m. to 4 p.m. in a visit sponsored by the Hilo Girl Scouts.
For more information, call (808) 848-4715.
