Hualalai Members Blog

TRASH TALK #6

Aloha Hualalai Homeowners, you might ask yourself: Why recycle?

Answer – Simple economics. Re-selling waste material is a much cheaper alternative to either landfilling or burning it. In addition, recycling saves energy, reduces water consumption, and prevents pollution and associated economic and ecological costs.

All developed countries have recycling programs, because recyclable material has a value and recycling creates markets to sell recovered material. Recycling keeps total waste costs and taxes lower.

Landfills cost big money to build, to operate, and to manage. Even when they “close” they continue to cost taxpayers money to meet EPA regulations, manage methane gas emissions, chemical fires, chemicals leaching into water tables and polluting nearby rivers and oceans. Most incinerator programs have dubious ROIs and have difficulty maintaining economical viability.

There are many recyclable materials that end up in the landfill as in this photo below. When this happens the materials that contain harmful chemicals leach into the ground and water and the organic materials emit methane gas that pollutes the air locally and globally.

The charts below show the annual revenues lost in the landfill and the twelve market categories of the discards in the County of Hawaii.

Please send your name and email address if you are interested in a live Trash Talk gathering during Spring Break to cathyron@me.com

See website below if you have not signed up for Hana Hou recycling yet.

Mahalo,

Cathy O’Neill – homeowner & Sarah Riznyk of HanaHouRecycling@gmail.com

Lost Revenue Chart Pie Chart

TREFETHEN WINE TASTING: FRIDAY, JANUARY 29TH

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Date: Friday January 29, 2016

Time: 5:30 pm – 6:30 pm

Location: Ke’olu Courtyard

(Fronting the great room)

Cost: Complimentary

Members will be given the opportunity to have a Trefethen Wine Tasting. They will also be able to speak with a member of the Trefethen Winery. There will be light pupu’s available.

Tom Watson conducts a golf clinic for members today

Member Tom Watson shares tips to help our members when the hit the course.

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Mitsubishi Electric Golf Tournament a Success

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Today the Mitsubishi Electric Championship ended. Duffy Waldorf made a 25-foot birdie putt on the final hole to beat Tom Lehman by a stroke Saturday in the PGA TOUR Champions’ season-opening Mitsubishi Electric Championship at Hualalai.

The 53-year-old Waldorf shot a 6-under 66 to finish at 18-under 198 at Hualalai Golf Course. He played all 54 holes without a bogey, becoming the fourth player and second winner to accomplish the feat in the tournament.

Members enjoyed the VIP Luncheons at the Beach House on Friday and Saturday, too.

Last Night: A Turtle Sunset

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Thanks to Bill McDowell

Jon Nakamatsu & The Spring Wind Quintet — Friday, January 22, 2016 7pm

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A true aristocrat of the keyboard, whose playing combines elegance, clarity, and electrifying power. A native of California, Mr. Nakamatsu came to international attention in 1997 when he was named Gold Medalist of the Tenth Van Cliburn International Piano Competitionthe only American to have achieved this distinction since 1981. He has performed widely in North and South America, Europe, and the Far East. He also performed at a White House concert hosted by President and Mrs. Clinton.

This concert is the official launch of the new Steinway nine foot Grand Piano that the Kahilu was able to purchase at the end of last year after a successful fundraising drive. Reverend Danny Akaka will open the evening with a blessing for the new Piano.

Mr. Nakamatsu is performing in collaboration with The Spring Wind Quintet from Honolulu. An ensemble of Chamber Music Hawaii, The Spring Wind Quintet is recognized as one of the country’s leading wind quintets, and has been a major force in the development of chamber music in Hawaii. The Spring Wind Quintet is Susan McGinn on Flute, J. Scott Janusch on Oboe, James Moffitt on Clarinet, Marsha Schweitzer on Bassoon and Mathew Berliner on French Horn.

Click here to buy tickets.

Try Wait – a plan to restore the fish in the reef at Hualālai Resort

Try Wait (photo)1 Try Wait is a proposal to rest and restore Kaʻūpūlehu’s reef. The Kaʻūpūlehu Marine Life Advisory Committee (KMLAC) is a group of individuals (including the kamaʻāina families of Kaʻūpūlehu) and organizations (including The Nature Conservancy) working to return the fisheries to Kaʻūpūlehu’s coastal waters. The proposal is to rest a 3.6 mile stretch of coastline from Kalaemanō to Kikaua Point, from shore to a depth of 120 feet for 10 years. Swimming, paddling, and walking along the beach will not be changed. But fishing would be prohibited in the area for 10 years. This proposal evolved thru the course of many community meetings, outreach exchanges, and conversations with user groups and stakeholders. The proposal combines the knowledge and personal observations of kūpuna and kamaʻāina with lessons learned from local and global scientific research to develop a sustainable plan to restore the fisheries in the reef in front of the resort. During the resting period scientific and community monitoring will occur to determine the success in bringing back fisheries to the traditional abundance this area once had.

On February 11th there will be a public hearing at Kealakehe High School, 74-5000 Puohulihuli Street, Kailua Kona. If you are interested in supporting the proposal, you can sign an online petition at http://bit.ly/trywait or submit testimony in writing (DNLR.aquatics@hawaii.gov) or at the meeting.

If you would like more information about this proposal to support fish replenishment for future sustainable harvest, go to http://facebook.com/KMLAC or email thekmlac@gmail.com.

A copy of the current rule proposal can be found at: http://dlnr.hawaii.gov/dar/files/2014/05/HAWAII.13-60.4dr.pdf

Your consideration is appreciated. And please share this information with your friends, ohana, those who visit Hualalai, those who have spent vacations at Kona Village, and others interested in restoration of the fisheries at Hualalai.

http://petitions.moveon.org/sign/approve-the-kaplehu-communit-1?source=s.fwd&r_by=15015684

Member, Bill McDowell captures the volcanic glow

A GREAT NIGHT NORTHWEST OF THE VOLCANO FROM MAUNA LOA WITH FELLOW PHOTOGRAPHERS JOANE MARKIEWICZ AND CJ KALE

Thanks to Bill McDowell, again and again.

FOR SALE: McQuire Chairs (repost)

MCQUIRE CHAIRS FROM SAN FRANCISCO

(Originally over 2k each)

Asking $800 or Best Offer

If interested call 925-389-0037

Charlie Needs a Bestie

Click here to find out how you can become Charlie’s Best Friend

Need help fixing your bike while you are on the road? New to the Big Island…

Look at what has come to West Hawaii! Our island’s first mobile bicycle shop has arrived and is ready to provide service. Whether you own a road bike, mountain bike or beach cruiser, Velofix will come to your home and provide repair or maintenance for your two wheeled friend. Visit www.velofix.com for further information or to book an appointment.