Welcome mat rolled out, Waimea-style

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Hale Puna students from left Keelan Maina‘aupo, Reyna Maina‘aupo, Shelee Nakaya and Pilialoha Nakaya wheel a wagon of welcome bags through the Waimea Huakai housing project Thursday afternoon.

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Hale Puna students Shelee Nakaya and Keelan Maina‘aupo load up welcome bags for the residents in the neighboring Waimea Huakai housing project Thursday afternoon at the Hale Puna workshop area.

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Keelan Maina‘aupo presents welcome bags to Alynn Dacosta at the Waimea Huakai housing project Thursday afternoon.

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Hale Puna student Kahana Masuda pours freshly-ground sugarcane water into a collection vessel while Keanu Niau readies sugarcane for the grinding machine manned by Keoni Kanahele Thursday during the Hale Puna farmers’ market at the Gulick-Rowell House site in Waimea.

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A family studies the available starters Thursday at the Hale Puna farmers’ market held at the Gulick-Rowell House, where a national historic tree, a 200-year-old monkeypod, is in the background.

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