Maui looked like Bali Hai to me yesterday morning, an island in a misty sea.
David Taran captures a sunset bonfire.
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The photos don’t do justice to the natural shimmering light:
photo by David Taran
photo by Cindy Muscatel
(To donate you will have to go to the Hawaii Island Humane Society web page.) News from the Hawaii Island Humane Society
Dear Neighbors, I don’t want to be Suzy Sunshine, sending only pictures of the beauty of our Hualalai while ignoring the elephant in the room: COVID, Delta strain. Maybe because we aren’t on state mandated lock down, there seems to be more cases of COVID at Hualalai than at the beginning of the pandemic. The Hawaiian Islands are experiencing a surge. The island of Hawaii is experiencing a surge. Hualalai is feeling the effects. My husband and I are basically on lock down now. It’s back to Hunkering at Hualalai and hoping for the best. Hawaii Hospitals Near ‘Worst Case Scenario’ As Officials Try To Rein In Labor Day Gatherings https://www.civilbeat.org/2021/09/hawaii-hospitals-near-worst-case-scenario-as-officials-try-to-rein-in-labor-day-gatherings/
Aloha and stay safe, Cindy Muscatel, editor
One thing about the environs of Hualalai, there is natural beauty everywhere. I took a walk one night and I honestly didn’t know where to look. In front of me was the glowing sunset, behind me was a breathtaking rainbow. I kept swiveling around like I was watching a tennis match. Then yesterday morning, I sat down to watch the waves until this tree branch caught my eye.
Susie Johns and Others Recognized at 2021 NSBA Honors Banquet The 2021 NSBA Awards Banquet took place Sunday night after the NSBA World Show classes for the day. The banquet was held in the Ford Truck Arena at the Tulsa State Fairgrounds. Several highlights of the ceremony included the presentation of the Jack Benson Award to past NSBA President Susie Johns of Paradise Valley, Arizona and Grant Mastin of Jackson, Ohio, announced as the NSBA Youth of the Year. Susie Johns has always seen her service to NSBA as a way to give back to an industry that has given her and her family countless memories. She served as President of NSBA in 2018 and continues to serve as chair of NSBA’s Hall of Fame. In addition, Johns has served on numerous committees and has aided in the growth and further development of the All-Around events, including the expansion of trail divisions. With her support and guidance, NSBA has seen exponential growth in participation in these events.
This is an article from The Honolulu Civil Beat: The state reported four more Covid deaths on Thursday, and more than 750 new cases. Covid hospitalizations hit a record single-day high at 352, according to the Hawaii Emergency Management Agency. The highly contagious delta variant now makes up 93% of recent Covid cases in the islands, according to the new variant report released this week. Health officials say community transmission is responsible for the latest surge. “We are certainly at a critical juncture,” Sarah Kemble, state epidemiologist at the Hawaii Department of Health, told reporters on Thursday.  Hawaii hospitals are struggling to handle a combination of Covid and non-Covid patients, with Straub Medical Center operating at up to 125% of its capacity. Meanwhile, the Hawaii Fire Department ordered three morgue trailers to prepare for a potential increase in casualties, Hawaii News Now reported.
Straub Medical Center: a tent outside the Emergency Room A Rainbow Prism
photo by Dr. Ray Lagger The Hualālai ‘Ohana Foundation has been busy over the summer. We continue to adapt our programs to serve our Hualālai workforce ‘ohana. How can we help more people? What can we help with? What does our community need? How can we be responsive and supportive partners and help more people? It’s been a time of reflection, transformation, and evolution. Here are a few changes that have taken place over the first half of the year: Hualālai Summer Program for Keiki
As part of our ongoing efforts to meet the gap for busy moms and dads of Hualālai’s workforce ‘ohana, the Hualālai ‘Ohana Foundation piloted a two-week summer microschool program at Kalaemano Interpretive Center this month. Keiki learned about the different types of coral found in Hawai’i’s waters, the different types of limu (seaweed) and why they are important to ocean health. Four Seasons generously donated all of the snacks and lunches for the keiki. Each child went home with a new backpack, a hydroflask, a portable beach mat, a lot of fun take-home art projects and extra face masks. The program made it easy for working families to have a place for their children to learn, discover, play and engage in place-based education grounded in Hawaiian culture, language, art and STEM.
Scholarship Update HOF processed 62 Preschool – K-12 Scholarships earlier this month and 55 college scholarships. This is more than we’ve ever done before and we’re excited to see so many applications coming through our doors. We’ve mobilized new systems and processes to simplify and streamline how we serve our Hualālai ‘Ohana and we’re excited to share more of these new developments with you in the months ahead. We’re seeing a significant increase in requests for scholarships this year and many of them are coming from either first-generation college students or continuing students who are now pursuing graduate degrees. This is extremely exciting for us because it means the ‘ohana is growing and educational dreams are coming true! We’ve seen housekeepers and landscapers bring their kids (home for the summer) to our office to meet our team and say thank you. They are so proud, especially since many of them started out receiving children’s books in the mail from our child literacy programs as toddlers, and now they are college graduates. For the first time in our nearly 20-year history, we have FIVE graduate school scholarship awards this year, and we’re thrilled! Thank you for making it all possible for Hualālai’s workforce ‘ohana! To get involved or learn more about some of the ways HOF is growing, or if you have some ideas on how we might do more to help more, please call 325-8177 or email nico@HualalaiOhanaFoundation.org
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Greetings dear Hualalai Friends, After three months of wandering the West Coast, your slightly less intrepid editor is back. During the sojourn, I began to wonder if Hualalai was just a wonderful dream. Could paradise actually exist?
It sure is nice to come home to find the beauty of Hualalai and the warmth of the ohana still exist. Aloha, Cindy Muscatel
photo by David Taran
If any of you wondered if your intrepid editor had fallen off the end of a pier, I have not. Instead I’ve been drowning in the monumental task of selling our home of 28 years and clearing it out along with the memories and thousands of photos that have accumulated in that time. I’m beginning to swim to the surface of every day life and will be back reporting to you on the important events of Hualalai very soon. It certainly is a different world in 2021 versus 2020, when we were hunkering at Hualalai and needed to keep in close contact. Glad those days are behind us! Aloha, Cindy
photo by David Taran  A Note from Chantal Prunier:Today I got to swim with Colin Clark, our former GM and his triathlon trainer (left on picture) as well as Trent Fisher (right).
Colin has been fighting off an invasive illness through an intense exercise regimen. His current goal is to complete his Ironman For Hope, which he and his wife Natascha are planning for August 8, 2021. On that day Colin will swim, bike and run an Ironman to continue to show that his physical fitness can stave off the effects of his illness.
 Colin and I are wearing a shirt designed by himself and Natascha as a fund raiser for the Kona Hospice and the Waimea Hospice. Anyone interested in purchasing a shirt ($45) can text me (Chantal) at 310-614-5136.
The ocean was glorious today. Wednesday morning at 7:30 a.m. is our weekly group swim with 3 Alaka’i Nalu staff in constant, close and vigilant attendance of swimmers.
photo by David Taran Sparkling turquoise and sapphire waters,churning through the waves.Nature’s own fountain.
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