The bay is normally closed on Tuesdays, and work will begin on Tuesday, October 11. The bay will remain closed through Thursday, October 13, and is expected to reopen on Friday, October 14.

Loose rocks and debris have been identified on a slope above the roadway that provides access to the beach for park visitors and employees. Safety precautions require closing the bay while workers remove or stabilize the potential hazards.

The Department of Land and Natural Resources (DLNR) will close the Diamond Head summit trail in the afternoon on Tuesday, October 4, from 12 noon to 6 p.m., as part of ongoing summit trail improvements. The trail will reopen Wednesday, October 5, at 6 a.m. as normal.

For public safety, the Division of State Parks will close the summit trail at noon so that hikers will be off the trail when a helicopter begins to fly in materials for future renovations of the ledge area outside of the Fire Control Station.

A seven to 10-ton boulder that was moved and secured at a safe location atop a ridge overlooking Niu Valley last weekend, will now be broken up into smaller pieces, bagged and removed by a contractor Monday Sept. 26 through Friday Sept. 30.

Teachers and children at the groundbreaking ceremony. (Photo courtesy of Honolulu Waldorf School)

First, a little history as told by Bonnie Ozaki-James, former Honolulu Waldorf Administrative Director and continuing teacher. “In the late 1950s, five friends in Honolulu - Betty C. Wilson, Zena Schuman, Eric Wakefield, J. Edwin Whitlow, and Peter Lee - shared a deep interest in the work of Rudolf Steiner. As they made plans to commemorate the 100th anniversary of the Austrian philosopher’s birth, they wanted to give a beautiful and lasting gift to the keiki o ka‘aina. They decided to found a school—a Waldorf school—that would educate children according to Dr. Steiner’s rich and forward-thinking ideas. At that time, there were only a few Waldorf schools in all of North America. The little school finally opened its doors on October 2, 1961. Two Waldorf-trained teachers, Eva Kudar and Ruth Stepputtis, welcomed the first three kindergarteners, including Eva’s daughter Tanya, and Zena Schuman’s grandson, Richard. Hundreds and hundreds of children, teachers, staff, and friends have filled the school in the fifty years since then, each a vital part of the Honolulu Waldorf School story. At the 50th Anniversary festivities, we will honor four of them, four heroes without whom the school, if it existed at all, would be a very different place: Betty Wilson, Zena Schuman, Eva Kudar, and Robert Witt.”

The Department of Land and Natural Resources (DLNR) in coordination with State Civil Defense and the City and County of Honolulu, is preparing action to remove the threat of a 7 to 10-ton boulder that is overlooking several homes in Niu Valley.

The Department of Land and Natural Resources (DLNR) will start interim repair work at the summit lookout overlooking the Makapu‘u Lighthouse in the Ka Iwi State Scenic Shoreline, east O‘ahu, on Monday, September 19, 2011.

The lookout is reached at the end of the one-mile roadway that is popular with hikers, and will be closed for several days during construction. However, other scenic vantage points can be used.

Where: Kapi'olani Community College, Great Lawn and 'Ohi‘a Cafeteria

When: 5 – 9 pm Saturday, September 10, 2011

Why: Benefit to support the renovation and continued sailing of iconic Hawaiian canoe, Hokule'a

Tickets: $25 (keiki six and under, free when accompanied by a paying adult) Available online at http://pvs.hawaii.org, by phone at 808-842-1101 or in person at Kapi'olani Community College's Office of Student Activities ('Iliahi Building, Room 126, Monday – Friday 8 am – 4:30 pm).

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