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Pu'uwa'awa'a: Energy Ranch   Ke Ola Magazine March-April 2017

3/29/2017

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The Blue Planet Energy Lab Photo courtesy of Blue Planet Energy Lab
    Approaching Pu‛uwa‛awa‛a Ranch, a sylvan scene of sheep and horses grazing in pastures unfolds. Standing above this pastoral is the Blue Planet Energy Lab, a powerhouse that produces 400 to 450 kilowatt hours of renewable energy a day that is either used to power the ranch, stored in batteries or used to make hydrogen fuel. 
  When owner Henk Rogers bought Pu‛uwa‛awa‛a Ranch ten years ago, he wasn’t thinking about hydrogen. “All I was thinking about was living sustainably. I wanted to grow my own food. I wanted to make my own energy. I wanted to take care of my garbage and I wanted to figure out all those things by living them,” says Henk.  
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The first thing Henk and his partner Vincent Paul Ponthieux (Paul) did was to build what is now the Blue Planet Energy Lab. “I asked Paul to design me a workshop because I like to tinker. I like to build things. We really didn't have a clear picture of what we wanted to experiment with afterwards,” says Henk.
  The “workshop”, with its simple clean lines, is a monument to cutting edge, environmentally functional design and highlights what can be done by understanding and using ambient natural processes. A giant wedge, the south facing roof slants at about a 20 degree angle and is covered with 360 solar panels that power the ranch’s hydrogen production.
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  The north side of the building has tall cathedral-like windows that receive indirect north facing light. “All of the windows are on the north face so we get all of the light and none of the heat. If there's any heat gain in the building at all, it floats up and vents out the top. There's no air conditioning needed,” says Henk.
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The electrolyzer where water is split into hydrogen and oxygen.
​    We board Henk’s Tesla and glide silently up to the main house and sit out on the deck, where a pastoral landscape stretches across to Pu‛uanahulu, an ancient guardian of these parts. Before purchasing the ranch from Jerry King, the original house was renovated and set up for retreats, primarily for renewable energy or other sustainability explorations.
  “The very first gathering in the room downstairs was a meeting about hydrogen. I invited the expert on hydrogen from the University of Hawaii. That was the beginning. Hydrogen. It makes sense. It's something you can store long term and it’s portable and cheap to store. Why aren't cars and cooking and all that stuff being done with hydrogen?” asks Henk.
  This question led to the formation of Blue Planet Research with Paul as director. The workshop was dubbed the Blue Planet Energy Lab, beginning an experimental odyssey into energy independence.

Energy Roundup
  The first obstacle to tackle was making use of excess energy produced by renewables such as solar. “If you have an off-grid situation like us, it's built for a cloudy day. In other words, the batteries have to be able to charge to 100% on a cloudy day. But what happens on a sunny day? The batteries are charged by 9 or 10 o'clock in the morning and you've got the rest of the day and all this energy being wasted because there's nothing you can do with it,” says Henk.
  Unless you use the excess energy to split water and create hydrogen fuel. The basic process of creating hydrogen is simple. Plants do something similar every day when they convert light into chemical energy, which is then stored for later use. It’s called photosynthesis.
  To produce hydrogen you need to split water into its two elements: hydrogen and oxygen. One method of doing this is through electrolysis, where running a current through water, causing the oxygen to go to the positive pole and the hydrogen to accumulate on the negative pole. But you need energy to power the electrolysis, so the only economically viable way to produce hydrogen is to use free or very cheap energy, such as excess solar power.
  The lab’s 360 solar panels were producing an abundance of extra energy and Paul and Henk got to work to harness it, developing a battery storage system for the solar energy and using the excess to make hydrogen fuel. 
​  Just outside the lab is a small outbuilding that contains an industrial sized electrolysis system or the electrolyzer, that produces the hydrogen fuel that powers the back-up fuel cells. Two five foot tanks lay on their sides with a series of chambers at their feet, each with a dividing membrane. Oxygen bubbles up on the side with the positive pole and the hydrogen bubbles up on the negative. They are then captured in the two separate tanks.

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The hydrogen fuel pumping station.
    Outside there are large tanks where hydrogen fuel is stored at 250 psi. A fueling station stands adjacent to the electrolysis chamber. When the fuel is fed into the pump tank it’s compressed to 6000 psi. To fuel a vehicle, the hose seals over the opening and the fuel is pressurized. “If it's full it's at 5000 psi but as you use it the pressure goes down. From the tank it either goes into a fuel cell or an internal combustion engine,” says Henk.
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The charge controllers regulate the electricity coming directly from the solar panels.
    This is the end product, but the conduits for all this abundance are inside the lab. There are eight bays, with the first four being workshop spaces and the second four living quarters for visiting scientists. We go into the fourth workshop bay and into a small side room. Henk points to a wall of black rectangular boxes, measuring about six by eighteen inches, called charge controllers.
  “This is where the electricity comes in from the panels. Each charge controller handles 18 panels. We have 360 panels on the roof so we have 20 controllers. They regulate the electricity that comes off the panels,” says Henk.
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  From there, the electricity travels through “a big DC bus”, about an eight inch diameter pipe that contains the wiring that carries the electricity, to an array on the facing wall. “This is control central for all the DC electricity. The battery storage is always DC. It goes from here to the batteries or to make hydrogen,” says Henk. “And if we need AC it goes through here (pointing out another set of panels). These are the inverters. We have five inverters and each does eight kilowatts,” he adds.  
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The lithium ion phosphate batteries used for energy storage.
    We move on to the number one bay that houses the batteries and the fuel cells. There are five stacks of Sony lithium iron phosphate batteries, which replaced the failed vanadium redox flow batteries, which are cobalt based. “That was a terrible idea. That didn't work. Cobalt is something you don’t want to have around,” says Henk. “So we were looking for our next battery.  Sony showed me these batteries. They fit in server racks and so I'm thinking they were originally going to be uninterruptible power supply for server farms. I wondered what if I took the ranch off grid?” he adds.
 
  Because they’re lithium iron phosphate based, the batteries don’t overheat and they charge quickly.  Henk opens up one of the racks, which contains 10 batteries. “One stack is about 20 kilowatt hours. And so this whole thing is about 100 kilowatt hours of battery storage. What's inside are these cylinders that look like AA batteries. There's a little computer inside each one of these and it monitors the little batteries and makes sure they're all charging evenly,” says Henk. The software running those computers, called EMCc, was developed by a team at the lab.
  Another necessary component of the system are fuel cells, which convert fuel into electricity. These are housed in cabinets just inside the big bay door and are being fed hydrogen through a 3/8” diameter hose. The fuel cell then converts hydrogen into energy. “If the batteries go below 10%, the fuel cell kicks in to charge the batteries. It goes down to 8%, it turns on, it gets to 10% it switches off until the sun comes up.
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The fuel cells convert hydrogen fuel into electricity.
A New Kind of Grid
  Although the Hawai‛i Legislature has made a commitment to be 100% renewable powered by 2045, Henk thinks it could happen sooner. “I think we can go 100% for electricity by 2030, easily.” One of the difficulties faced by Hawai‛i Island and the producers of renewable energy such as solar and wind farms, is they are unable to put the excess power to work.
  “They have to throw it away. In the contract they have with the electric company it says they can't use it for anything else. We have to change that. The electric company can't handle the rest of the electricity and they don't want the solar farms selling their electricity directly to somebody else. If we have to pay for the excess energy, then it's too expensive. If we can get over the hump of, let's not throw it away, then the price of electricity goes down,” says Henk. 
  The Hawaii Island Energy Cooperative (HIEC), a non-profit association of community leaders, was formed in January 2015. The hope is that a cooperative would be capable of addressing this and other energy issues facing Hawaii Island with a cooperatively owned electric utility.
  Recently eight organizations, including Henk’s non-profit, Blue Planet Foundation announced Drive Electric Hawaii, a mission to provide more electric ground transportation. That would mean more charging stations powered by renewables and an increase in the number of electric vehicles, including public transportation vehicles. (Photo 9 here)
  For their part, Blue Planet Lab is exploring possibilities for transportation fueled by hydrogen fed fuel cells. “First we went after electricity, next we go after transportation. So if you're a city or county and you own buses, when it's time to replace the buses, replace them with hydrogen buses. And then there's a demand for hydrogen. We have to create some legislation that allows solar and wind farms to use their excess power to make hydrogen. Then we make our own transportation fuel. So those are the steps that we're working on right now,” says Henk.
  Henk believes that Hawai‛i can eventually be off the grid and he likes to walk the talk of sustainable living. “My theory is that when you live it, then you can talk to other people and say, 'You know what? It's not that hard’,” says Henk.
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Ainamalu: A next step to energy independence                           Special to West Hawaii Today   2/17/17

3/29/2017

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    Hawaii Island’s efforts towards renewable energy and off grid living took a giant leap with the inception of Ainamalu, a new Waikoloa community, which begins construction this week. The development will be a model of cutting edge renewable technology.
    Situated on 252 acres in South Kohala on the north side of Waikoloa Beach Resort and just Makai of Queen Kaahumanu Highway, each home will have their own 25 panel photovoltaic system on their roof and a Sony Blue Ion battery storage system.
    When Brian Anderson purchased the land in 2014 he was thinking of creating a golf course community, the original plan of the previous owners, not green technology. But when he asked Waikoloa Land Company if they needed another golf course, the answer was no, not really.
    With that, the plan began to shift. “So instead of a 21 acre golf course, there will be walking and jogging paths throughout the community,” said sales manager Lisa Barry. “Looking at alternatives we kind of went with the model of the ahupuaa, which is a self-contained community. Our goal now is to have a zero carbon footprint and be totally green,” said Anderson.
     In search of a way to fulfill that goal Anderson, “Walked into Blue Planet Research about a year and a half ago and it's kind of evolved on the energy side. The technology's there. It's just a matter of having the right project for it. We're the perfect locale. We have more sunlight per year than probably any place else in the U.S.,” said Anderson.  
    Blue Planet Research, located at Henk Roger’s Pu’u Wa’awa’a Ranch, has developed energy technology that has not only taken the ranch off the grid, but has demonstrated the efficacy of creating and storing hydrogen as a fuel using an electrolyzer and fuel cells. It can also replace propane.
    Vincent Paul Ponthieux, director of Blue Planet Research worked with Anderson to provide engineering consultation, storage technology and monitoring software to create a self-contained hybrid energy system. Each house will be connected to a central PV farm and battery storage facility. This will be monitored by EMCC (Environment Monitoring and Control Center), a specialized software program that will insure seamless power delivery.
    “If any of the home systems either go down or gets below a particular power level the PV panel inverters, which are programed with EMCC, can pull from the community PV storage facility. The houses are all wired underground to the community PV storage facility, which will be behind a 10 foot high berm,” said Ponthieux.
    Also, if there are any unoccupied homes, the unused energy can be accessed by the rest of the community. “The community will be a micro-grid and each house is an island within the micro-grid,” said Ponthieux.
    For a time, the community will have some back-up for the back-up. “Each home is independent but to be safe, we have 2 megawatt hours of batteries that are back-up to the community. Just because we're the first ones doing this and I want my buyers to be comfortable that their Christmas lights are going to be turned on, we're going to hook the 2 megawatt community battery to HELCO,” said Anderson. Hawaii Unified Services will be installing the PV and storage systems.
    Waste water and sewage treatment are two other important elements in creating a self-contained community. “The energy was one aspect and we're working on waste water and irrigation now. We have to make something that Waikoloa Land is very comfortable with aesthetically as well as being operational,” said Anderson. 
    Part of the plan for wastewater treatment is to create a constructed wetland using grey water. “We're going to have our own waste water treatment plant. We're looking at different technologies now. Constructed wetlands are beautiful and it shows people what can be done with proper planning. It would have ponds and native plants,” said Anderson.
    Sewage treatment is another hurtle to clear. “We’ve been looking at some different systems. There’s an  anaerobic sealed tank and we’ve also been looking at an aerobic system,” said Anderson.
    The Ainamalu sales office, located just off the highway, is a miniature model of the home designs. “We opened the sales office informally. It's a mini house. The colors, everything are identical to a normal house. Somebody can walk in and get a pretty good idea of the kitchen, color schemes and the selection of stone for the flooring,” said Anderson. Priced around $750, 000 and situated on 15,000 square foot lots, the homes will be constructed by HHB Builders in Kona.  
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    Just as it takes the contributions of an entire crew working together to sail a canoe, it will take the combined cooperative efforts of many to sail our island canoe into a future of energy independence and green living. “This is a first effort. There's a lot of entities that want to be involved with us. HELCO, Hawaii Water.  We just need to prove the technology. We're not trying to do anything exclusive here. We want to work with everyone to find long term solutions,” concluded Anderson. 
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Lives dedicated to teaching: Waimea Middle School’s Barbara Haight and Leesa Robertson                                                              Special to West Hawaii Today   2/21/17

3/29/2017

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WMS teacher Barbara Haight helps her students prepare for a test on Friday. LANDRY FULLER/SPECIAL TO WEST HAWAII TODAY
    Waimea Middle School is at the heart of the Waimea Community and at its heart is a team of teachers dedicated to recognizing and meeting the educational needs of their students. Two long term team members, language arts teachers Barbara Haight and Leesa Robertson have been with the school for almost 20 years.
     Haight grew up in Hilo and after getting a bachelor’s degree in communications from U.H. Manoa, started her working career in public relations with a Honolulu firm. When she met and married her husband Ian, she moved to Hawai'i Island and continued doing public relations work for Ocean Promotions.
     When Haight started having children she began to think about teaching. “I went back to U.H. Hilo for Secondary English and commuted to Hilo with baby Spencer. I did my student teaching at Waiākea High School,” said Haight.
    But when she began at Waimea School it was a bit of trial by fire. She was placed where the biggest need was: special education. “I got a call from Waimea School. It was still one school then. I started teaching special education for grades three and four. I was certified for secondary English and started off in SPED,” said Haight.
    After three years in special education, “A sixth grade position opened up and I've been in sixth grade ever since. It took a while to really get used to this age group. I was really using everything I knew,” said Haight.  
     There have been many challenges over the years, which take resourcefulness and flexibility. “We have five sections plus homeroom. Every week I see 80 students. Some years, like two years ago, we had more than a 100 students. And we have to keep track of all that and be consistent with grading. I try to manage it so every student has a chance to be successful in some category or aspect. A lot of thought goes into that,” said Haight. 
     When Haight looks at a student, she sees the whole person and looks for ways to foster the well-being necessary for learning. “I took a couple of courses in mindfulness training and I’ve been using it with my students. Mindful listening, mindful breathing, mindful eating. To be aware of your thinking and then make a decision about what to do instead of just reacting to everything. The kids are benefiting from it and the class is so calm. I love it,” said Haight.
     To create the conditions for growth in her students, Haight creates those conditions for herself. “Really dealing with the toughest kids and figuring out how to reach them is about figuring out how I need to change and help them to realize that we all have to change sometimes,” said Haight.
 
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With all the challenges of teaching, Haight wouldn’t consider doing anything else. “I love my team. I love teaching. I love my community. It's just all the components keeping me here,” said Haight. “I really like this age group. Every year, you think you've seen it all, but every year kids do something you would have never thought of,” she added.
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Leesa Robertson listens to students Malia Camero and Diego Caballero as they review each other’s writing assignments. LANDRY FULLER/SPECIAL TO WEST HAWAII TODAY
​Reading and writing have always been at the center of Leesa Robertson’s life. Robertson grew up in Honolulu where she attended Kalani High School. “We were reading the Scarlet Letter and I had a teacher, Mr Butterfield, he believed in me and he helped me really connect with literature on a deeper level. He made me feel good about myself,” said Robertson. This began her journey to the classroom.
    After graduation Robertson earned a Bachelor’s Degree in Secondary English from U.C. Santa Barbara. She returned home and for a time worked in her mom’s real estate business but there was something missing. “I wanted to do something meaningful. I had a teacher that helped me and that's where it started with me, with a teacher. I wanted to help kids experience what I experienced and I wanted to share that with the community. I wanted to share that with public school kids,” said Robertson.
     Robertson spent the next two years obtaining a secondary English teaching credential from U.H. Manoa, met her husband Jay and moved to Hawai'i Island. Her first teaching assignment was the ultimate test. “You have to take whatever they give you or they'll put your name at the bottom of the list and they gave me Ho'okena. Two hours away and I'd just moved here. The kids were laying on the desks, they had boom boxes and that was English class. It was tough. It was a rite of passage,” said Robertson.
    Using a reading / writing workshop model based on Nancy Atwell’s work, Robertson enticed her students to become readers and writers. “I had them read books they were interested in, write on topics they were interested in. Most of them came from Milolii, such a rich culture. I encouraged them to write about their family, their traditions,” said Robertson.
    The next fall, 1997, Robertson was offered a job teaching eighth grade English at Waimea Elementary and Middle School. In the last 20 years she has found a way to balance between her ideals and the daily realities of classroom life.  
    “You learn in school about how kids learn and what kids need and the reality is maybe you have a 150 kids and you have class sizes of 28. When I first started I was spending a lot of time on the weekends just reading and giving kids feedback on their writing. Now I've come to a place where I can still do it but I balance it out with my responsibilities for the mandates and skills that they need,” said Robertson.
    Through all the challenges and changes, Robertson remains a dedicated educator. “I come here every day because I want them to see the power they have as readers and writers and use that to help enrich their lives,” said Robertson.
    But just as it takes a village to raise a child, it takes a dedicated team to educate a child. “Most of us have been here a long time and we've all been together through many changes and we all help each other navigate through,” concluded Robertson.
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Rain Gardens Protecting Waterways                                                Special to West Hawaii Today  2/10/17

3/29/2017

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Students from The Kohala Center’s Ke Kumu Aina after-school program help their instructor, Mahina Patterson, plant the new rain garden behind Waimea Center. The project was orchestrated by Lisa Ferentinos with the University of Hawaii Sea Grant Program (far right). (LANDRY FULLER/SPECIAL TO WEST HAWAII TODAY)
    When it rains, our gardens get much needed nourishment, but runoff from impervious surfaces sends  pollutants such as heavy metals and oil into our waterways and eventually into the ocean. Rain gardens are a way to prevent this happening and Wai’ula’ula Stream, which begins in the Kohalas and runs through the center of Waimea to the ocean has been gifted one.
    On Wed. Feb. 1, extension agent, Lisa Ferentinos from the University of Hawai'i Sea Grant College Program (UHSGCP), student volunteers from the Kohala Center’s after school program, Ke Kumu ʽĀina and Julia Rose from The Nature Conservancy and the South Kohala Coastal Partnership installed a rain garden in the northeast corner of the Waimea Shopping Center’s back lot.
    The garden is a shell shaped slope and is made up of a selection of native Hawaiian plants such as 'ilima, mamakī, uhiuhi, ma'o hau hele, ti and ʽōʽhia to name a few. “The idea is the plants in the lowest part of the garden are adapted to being wetter. The ones in the upper part are adapted to being drought tolerant and the ones in the middle can handle a little bit of wet and a little bit of dry,” said Ferentinos.
    The run-off will be directed to the garden through a sub-surface pipe. “The idea is the water comes in off the parking lot into this low area. There's a pipe that will help distribute the water. You use the plants to bio-mediate any of the pollutants. The plants will take up the water and anything that's in the water and any water that goes into the stream will be filtered,” explained Ferentinos.
    The rain garden project for Hawai'i Island began back in 2014 through a conservation partnership. “The South Kohala Coastal Partnership (SKCP), of which UHSGCP is a member, helped find funding to do an assessment of Wai'ula'ula Stream for the worse erosion hot spots. That was completed in 2014,” said Ferentinos.
    Once five hot spots were identified, “They (SKCP) got funding from the Department of Health Polluted Run- off Control Program to address some of the worse erosion hot spots along Wai’ula’ula Stream,” said Ferentinos.
    Although there are many rain gardens that have been developed on O'ahu, Ferentinos has adapted the design of the Waimea garden to fit the conditions. “This one might be the first on the Big Island. There's quite a few on O'ahu, but they're at sea level and it's a different situation, different soil, different plants,” said Ferentinos.
    The rain garden is one of many strategies to address run-off along the Wai’ula’ula Stream corridor. The first effort was to plant a strip of kikuyu, for its low maintenance, and native hibiscus along the bank of the stream, directly behind, the center’s courtyard. 
    The next hot spot will be at the Ulu La’au Nature Park, where, Kohala Center’s Ke Kumu ʽĀina
program is centered. The group meets on Wednesdays from 1:30 to 5:00 to explore and learn about Hawai'i Island’s native plants.
    Ke Kumu ʽĀina Program Coordinator, Mahina Patterson and her students, who helped plant the rain garden, will be on hand to help. “We will install erosion control matting and coconut fiber logs and vegetation to slow down the erosion of the banks. We already have a trial area to make sure that the concept we were considering was workable and we're in the process of ordering the materials and getting the labor contracted to do that site, which we expect to happen in another couple of months,” said Ferentinos.
    The skilled, enthusiastic hands of Ku’ulei Kumai-Ho from Waimea Middle School; Shaelynne Monell-Lagaret from Kanu o ka ʽĀina and Julian Fried from HPA soon have the garden planted and blessed with positive intentions. But the care for the garden doesn’t stop there.
    “In Hawai'i there's no such thing as no maintenance. That's a huge challenge with all environmental projects here. We're trying to get school groups to adopt areas that we're doing our projects in. We're trying to get teachers at Parker School and Waimea Middle School engaged. The idea is that each school or class can take on some part that matches up with their educational goals,” said Ferentinos.
    The rain garden is both a little bit experiment and a way to educate the community about how they can help prevent run-off. “Once the plants are established we're going to have a workshop and invite the community to come and learn about rain gardens. We're trying some techniques and plants that haven't been tried before, so once we get an idea of how well it's working then we'd like to invite the public to come and learn about it,” said Ferentinos.
    The effort to prevent run-off is a whole community affair and requires individual awareness of causes and how they can be fixed. “We’re hoping to encourage folks to install rain gardens at their homes to deal with any run off from their impervious surfaces like driveways or roof tops and encourage other folks in the community to consider using rain gardens to have the excess infiltrate rather than run off into the stream,” concluded Ferentions. 
    On O'ahu, the Hui o Ko'olaupoko has been working on several projects to prevent run-off and has created a rain garden manual that can be accessed at: http://www.huihawaii.org/uploads/1/6/6/3/16632890/raingardenmanual-web-res-smaller.pdf
The assessment of Wai'ula'ula Stream can be accessed at:
http://www.southkohalacoastalpartnership.com/uploads/2/5/7/1/25718612/southkohalasca_final_sept2014.pdf
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The epitome of inclusion, connection and humbleness: Pastor John Hoover retires after 25 years of service to Puako and beyond    Special to West Hawaii Today 2/28/17

3/29/2017

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    On Sunday, February 26, the Hokuloa United Church of Christ held a “Service of Recognition” for Reverend John Hoover, (Pastor John) who was with the church for 26 years, working tirelessly within the Puako community and South Kohala.
    Pastor John’s Hawai'i sojourn began in the 1970’s and after leaving in 1979, he returned 10 years later to take over the pastorate of the newly organized and renovated church. “It took several months to get the building ready. We put electricity into the building and did some renovations and opened the building for regular worship Easter Sunday, 1990,” said Hoover.
    The original church building, which has long historic roots, was built in 1858 through the efforts of Lorenzo Lyons, who arrived in Waimea in 1832.
​    Over the years, the church’s fate was tied to the changing community and eventually fell into disrepair. “There were over 300 sugar workers living there in dormitories. The sugar mill went out of business in 1920 and they literally packed it up, every screw and bolt and shipped it off to the Philippines.
  When the sugar mill went out of business, the regular services stopped,” said Hoover.  
   Over the last 26 years Reverend Hoover has seen the make-up of the community change.
 “There was a major transformation in that whole area. The first two years the population was so transient that the congregation changed entirely both years. That was back in the days when there were fishing shacks that have now been replaced by multi-million dollar residences. There were 150 school age children on Puako beach drive in 1990 and there's probably a dozen today,” said Hoover.
    Regardless of all the changes Pastor John and the church have been a steady anchor for the Puako community and an advocate for the environment. “He made the church available to the community. Besides our annual meeting we have various speakers come in to talk about reef issues. We have research groups come and hold meetings and The Nature Conservancy comes for study groups there. John made the church a really valuable part of the community,” said Puako Community Association Vice President George Fry.
 
   
A former Peace Corp volunteer in Ethiopia, Pastor John brought a wealth of multi-cultural experience as a consensus building advocate, which has been an invaluable contribution to the community. Along with his pastoral duties Pastor John served on the board of the Puako Community Association for 10 years, where his generosity of spirit added much to the efforts being made to preserve and enhance the Puako community.
​    “He was very instrumental for Puako. John's a stand-up guy and a half. He's truly going to be missed,” said Puako Community Association President, Peter Hackstedde.


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​    Pastor John used his consensus building skills while serving a term on the South Kohala CDP. “He was a representative for our area and it was helpful to us because it presented a lot of things we wanted to see in the master plan that related to our community. We miss his voice,” said Fry.
    Most recently, Pastor John had been working on a project to re-unite adjacent land remnants with the church’s property. “For some reason the land was not recorded as belonging to the church. It was surrounded by remnants that were designated state land and one of those remnants had the old school house. They combined them with the existing church land and that has taken about 15 years,” said Hoover.
    “John really spearheaded that effort. There were quite a few entities, and coastal commissions. It was quite a feat to get that done,” said Fry.
    The project has just gotten underway with the clearing of the brush and overgrown trees to remove fire hazards and allow shoreline access. “The church has agreed to set a community example by taking care of that property. Those parcels of land aren't going to be used for high rise development because they're going to be used for landscaping purposes only,” said Hoover.
    As part of the project, Pastor John also worked to include the property in the Ala Kahakai trail, which will go through the parcel. “That makes sense. An historic trail next to an historic church,” said Hoover.
    The Puako Historical Society, an archive of photos and documents, was another of Pastor John’s endeavors. During his time as president of the society, he worked with Mary Morrison and Audrey Woodall to create Puako: An Affectionate History, which tells some of Puako’s special story.
    At the heart of everything Pastor John does is the aloha spirit of inclusion, connection and humbleness. “It's where I learned the meaning of 'ohana. Technically I knew what the word meant but going beyond that it’s where people can feel it and that can be attributed to what Pastor John has done there. He encourages everybody to accept everybody,” said long time church member, George Winchell.
    It’s an 'ohana that is spread far and wide. “There were people who met there who came to visit every year. Friendships were developed with people all over the world. That place is very rich in those kinds of relationships,” said Hoover. “One Christmas Eve we asked people to sing one verse of Silent Night in their native language and we counted 17 languages,” he added.
    Much of those warm connections are due to Pastor John’s special abilities. “He knows how to read people and he can treat people differently based on what they need. He knew how to reach out. He's been retired for a year and the church still gets letters asking for his contact information. Notes that say how much a particular sermon meant to them and they want to touch base again,” said Winchell.
    He will be very much missed, but as he said, “I’m of age” and it’s time for him to retire. “It was an awesome experience to be able to be in Puako and be in that little church that has so much history and be a part of that continuing history. I'm really honored to have had that opportunity,” said Hoover.
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