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Island Images: September 2016

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A furry shotgun rider looked out on Makiki on Thursday.
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Cole Jones, 13, deflated a flamingo pool float that he found abandoned at Ala Moana Beach Park on Thursday.
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Cameron Higashi, almost 2 years old, got help from his grandmother, Donna Yoshiura, negotiating a ramp during a demonstration Wednesday at Kahala Mall by My Gym, a children’s fi tness center.
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At Duke Kahanomuku Beach in Waikiki, Ben and Erin Davis, visitors from Australia, play with a Wahu ball, which skips like a stone.
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At Duke Kahanomuku Beach in Waikiki, Ben and Erin Davis, visitors from Australia, play with a Wahu ball, which skips like a stone.
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Derek Ko of Hong Kong, who lost his right arm when he was 12 years old, gave a motivational speech at the Rehabilitation Hospital of the Pacific on Monday and demonstrated bicycle modifications that allow people to continue cycling despite disability. Ko and members of his group rode 50 miles in Sunday's Hawaii Cen- tury Ride.
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Two are better than one, as technology specialist Burt Lum; Randy Baldemor, chief operating officer for the Hawai'i Tourism Authority; and Daniel Luck, chief executive officer for software company Ikayzo, were echoed by their video likenesses as they announced enhancements to the GoHawaii app Tuesday at the Hawai'i Tourism Conference at the Hawaii Convention Center. The GoHawaii app is a reference guide about the Hawaiian Islands created by the Hawai'i Tourism Authority.
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A couple walked along Atkinson Drive on Monday outside Ala Moana Center.
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Master Liu of the Taiwan Zhen-Zong Culture & Art Troupe in Hawaii demonstrated the art of Taiwanese Puppets in the inaugural 2016 Taiwan Cycling Festival, part of the finish-line festivities Sunday at the Aloha Fun Ride/Honolulu Century Ride.
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Keiki atheletes with the 808 Youth Football Association rallied before practice at Wahiawa District Park on Wednesday afternnon. The youth belong to the team called “The Stunnas” and won their first game last week.
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UH Manoa students Nick Crawford, right, and Troy Macris joined with others in holding a sign promoting the power of nonviolence during a campaign for nonviolence in honor of the International Day of Peace on Saturday, September 24, 2016 at the Queen Liliuokalani Statue at the State Capitol in Honolulu.
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Ruth Lucas takes a paper crane as a sign of peace during a campaign for nonviolence in honor of the International Day of Peace on Saturday, September 24, 2016 at the Queen Liliuokalani Statue at the State Capitol in Honolulu.
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Wally Inglis speaks during a campaign for nonviolence in honor of the International Day of Peace on Saturday, September 24, 2016 at the Queen Liliuokalani Statue at the State Capitol in Honolulu.
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The Honolulu Police Department was conducting a sobriety check point at N. King and Maunakea Streets on Saturday evening from 5:15 pm to 8:15 pm. The check point was one of three set up in the area and was a response for more police presence after the fatal shooting that occurred early Saturday morning. “We just want everyone to know that we’re here,” said and Sgt. Mike Miranda.
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This girl was seen riding in the back of a pick up as it travels on Kahuapaani St. towards Aloha Stadium. She is sitting high above the sides of the pick up which seems even more dangerous.
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Ian Grove and his neice Kaya Aguirre, 4.5, took a cart for a ride down the slopes at Honolulu Hale Civic Grounds on Saturday evening. “Let’s do it again and again!” exclaimed Aguirre.
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Pinto Bausum flashed shakas while executing an acro-yoga position with her buddy Lealyn Poponi at the VegFest Oahu event held at Honolulu Hale on Saturday. "Don't all vegetarians do this?" joked Poponi.
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COURTESY PACIFIC AVIATION MUSEUM
Kodey Gratz donned the garb of a World War II Japanese fighter pilot and spoke to visitors next to a display of a Japanese Zero plane during Pacific Aviation Museum Pearl Harbor's Living History Day on Saturday. More than 2,000 people attended the event, which included historical exhibits, demonstrations, book signings, and special tributes to the Army's 100th Infantry Battalion and 442nd Regimental Combat Team.
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Umbrellas in the courtyard of Hemenway Hall at the University of Hawaii at Manoa were seen Wednesday through jalousies on the second floor.
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A monarch butterfl y alighted on a fl ower in Pupukea on Wednesday afternoon.
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Almost three dozen people were in the lineup in the waters of Ala Moana Beach on Thursday, but they weren’t there to surf. Instead, they were lured by the prospect of catching halalu, or juvenile akule. Some of the catch would be used as bait for bigger game but, as one fi sherman expressed, they are a “good-tasting fish.”
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Nalu O’Connor, left, and Kanoa O’Connor, who perform as the Sons of Leaha, practiced Wednesday in the courtyard of Hemenway Hall at the University of Hawaii at Manoa. They said they were preparing to play for the informal “Manoa Greendrinks” networking session on sustainability.
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COURTESY HAWAIIAN VOLCANO OBSERVATORY
Kilauea Volcano's summit lava lake has been rising again, bringing the lake surface back into view from overlooks in Hawaii Volcanoes National Park. The lake level was measured at 39 feet below the vent rim on Tuesday, with sporadic spattering visible from the park's Jaggar Museum Overlook.
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A Hawaiian monk seal made its way farther up the beach Monday in Waikiki, having taken up temporary residence in front of the Colony Surf condominium.
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Atlas, a black Labrador/corgi mixed breed, jumped for a branch held by its owner, Si Gerardo, at the Operation Red Wings Medal of Honor Park in Kahala on Monday. Gerardo stopped at the park to give Atlas a chance to run around and exercise.
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Dane Kaleohano, 5, sat in the driver's seat of a Ghostbuster Ecto-1 replica parked in front of comic and games store Other Realms in Kalihi on Saturday. The Ghostbusters-Hawaii unit and Batman cosplay members from the League of Shadows/ Hawaii were at the store for a book drive to benefit patients at Shriners Hospital for Children-Honolulu.
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Ten-year-old Nazca Taniguchi, left, made a donation to the Makiki Community Library for a chance to spin the prize wheel and watched patiently for the wheel to stop as volunteer Beata Saito, right, prepared the prizes won by other children during the library's 40th birthday celebration on Sunday. The event featured games and prizes for children as well as a panel discussion with authors and a book sale. Makiki Community Library is a volunteer-run library, managed by the Friends of Makiki Community Library.
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The American Foundation for Suicide Prevention hosted a fundraiser walk around Ala Moana Beach Park on Saturday, followed by community activities and entertainment at Magic Island. The University of Hawaii-Manoa tennis team let out a cheer at the end of the walk at Magic Island.
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Rick Blangiardi, general manager of Hawaii News Now, picked out pieces of cardboard Friday to sleep on for the night on the state Capitol's concrete floor. More than 30 community leaders were expected to participate in the Salvation Army's CEO Sleepout at the Capitol, an effort to educate about the plight of the homeless. Blangiardi co-chaired the event along with Dennis Francis, publisher of the Honolulu Star-Advertiser, which co-sponsored the event.
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Dan Race is taking his pet dog, “Monella” (means naughty girl, but she’s mostly nice) out for a ride on his cargo bike in Manoa.
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Raindrops collected on a window as a woman used an umbrella during a down-pour Monday at UH-Manoa.
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Wayne Salangsang of Waikiki took his stand-up paddleboard almost to the wall Monday on a wave at Kuhio Beach. When not taking care of his grandchildren, including picking them up from school, he is in the water, he said, routinely going out from Kuhio Beach to Diamond Head or Ala Moana. An avid surfer since 1969, he said this is his "retired life" and that it's a "great life."
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Little Miss Pearl City Diamond 2016 Emmalia Tuagalu, 4, above, posed with a mound of toys behind her at Prevent Child Abuse Hawaii's 19th Annual Teddy Bear Round-Up and Family Resource Fair at Windward Mall on Saturday.
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More than 15,400 plush toys were donated. The toys will be distributed to isle children who have suffered from child abuse or neglect. For more information about child abuse prevention, visit prevent childabusehawaii.org.
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COURTESY KAIMUKI CHRISTIAN SCHOOL
Kaimuki Christian School kindergartners sang and performed sign language Fri- day at the blessing and dedication of the school's $4.2 million Clarence T.C. Ching Educational Center. The facility -- part of Kaimuki Christian's master plan to expand its campus and offerings -- includes rooms wired for technology, administrative offices, a second-grade classroom, a music center and an art room.
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(l-r) Bully Frias, Mel Tokunaga, Flash Wong, Doc Kawelo and Jaime Sanchez have a good time telling “tall tails” to each other and “hiding out from their wives” as they hang out in front of the Heeia Kea Pier General Store.
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These people fish for oama (juvenile goatfish) near the Heeia Kea Boat Harbor. They can be eaten, but I was told they are catching them to used as bait for catching papio (young ulna or jacks).
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Manuel Mejia took a photo of his children holding up the globe Monday at NOAA's "Science on a Sphere" exhibit at the Hawai'i Convention Center. From left are Andrea Narciso, 20; Joaquin Mejia, 12, and Sabine Mejia, 14. Manuel Mejia belongs to the Nature Conservancy, Hawaii, and his family was there to take in the many displays at the International Union for Conservation of Nature (IUCN) World Conservation Congress.
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The 31st annual Korean Sports Festival was held Monday at Kapiolani Park, with many Korean churches and organizations participating. The Hawaii Korean Farmers Music Association, led by Ki Un Lee, provided entertainment.
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Children seemed dwarfed by a video presentation during the final weekend of the "Sharks: Predator or Prey" exhibition Sunday at Bishop Museum in Kalihi.
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As the threat from former Hurricane Lester diminished, Ben Rose, left, played ball with sons Jamin, 6, and Mason, 4, along with Masao Kanazawa, their grandfather, on a sunny Saturday at Kapiolani Park. They used an inflatable globe as their ball.
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President Barack Obama left Joint Base Pearl Harbor-Hickam for China on Friday. Obama shook hands with Tech Sgt. Terri Paden beforehand.
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United Okinawan Association cancelled their fund raising festival slated for Saturday and Sunday after reports of Hurricane Lester's path towards Oahu. Volunteer, Rodney Kohagura, moved burners for the Andagi, or Okinawan doughnuts, towards a loading area.