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My Favorite Local Saying

My dad and his friends used the pidgin word "

" a lot when I was growing up. They all worked at Oʻahu Sugar Co. and would pau hana in the garage after work, drinking beer and playing ʻukulele singing hits like “Dahil Saʻyo.”

Depending on the context, pohō can mean (but not limited to): "No Can," "Waste Time,” "No Good" or "Poor Ting." Most times it is coupled with a disapproving head shake and/or other local facial expressions appropriate to the occasion. 

Nowadays, pohō isn't mainstream, but I know someone is old school if I say it because it instantly perks them up and [they] are like, “Oh yeah...pohō. Boom. Instant connection. Roots!

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Words such as pau, bumbai and more carry stories of the cultures and languages converging at that time. "What began as a way for workers to communicate across communities became part of the way generations of local families still talk today," writes Hawaiʻi’s Plantation Village.

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Mahalo Lorena from Waipahu for sharing this memory and photo from your dad’s time working at Oʻahu Sugar Co.

My favorite local saying: ʻPohō’ isn’t mainstream, it’s old school

My dad and his friends used the pidgin word &quot;pohō&quot; a lot when I was growing up. They all worked at Oʻahu Sugar Co. and would pau hana in the garage after work, drinking beer and playing ʻukulele singing hits like “Dahil Saʻyo.” Depending on the context, pohō can mean (but not limited to): &quot;No Can,&quot; &quot;Waste Time,” &quot;No Good&quot; or &quot;Poor Ting.&quot; Most times it is coupled with a disapproving head shake and/or other local facial expressions appropriate to the occasion.  Nowadays, pohō isn&#039;t mainstream, but I know someone is old school if I say it because it instantly perks them up and [they] are like, “Oh yeah...pohō. Boom. Instant connection. Roots! To submit your Favorite Local Saying, visit us online or email: general@alohastatedaily.com.

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Haley Lehman

Government & Politics

When you hear sirens and see the white, orange and blue City and County of Honolulu ambulance 34 race through Kaimukī, the paramedics and emergency medical technicians are likely coming from the newest Honolulu Emergency Medical Services station on Waiʻalae Avenue.

The Kaimukī EMS station is centrally located in Kaimukī in the Civil Beat Plaza, making it what Emergency Medical Services Director Jim Ireland said during a blessing ceremony Tuesday is an “ideal place for us.”

Kaimukī is a busy area filled with families, kūpuna and businesses, Ireland said, and the call volume necessitated expanded ambulance service. The 

 to Kaimukī were at Wailupe Fire Station and the Pāwaʻa I unit at the Waikīkī Fire Station.

First responders from the Kaimukī EMS station have responded to more than 200 911 calls and transported more than 100 patients to emergency rooms since the station opened on Oct. 4. The ambulance serves Kaimukī, Pālolo Valley and Kāhala and serves as a backup ambulance for East Oʻahu and East Honolulu.

The city considered purchasing land and building a station next to the Kaimukī Fire Station on Koko Head Avenue, but Ireland said that construction would cut into the mountain, disrupt a cultural site, cost upwards of $10 million and take three to five years to build.

“We can stay here at the current rent for 80 years for what it would have cost us to build that station,” Ireland said.

Honolulu Mayor Rick Blangiardi credited EMS leaders for responding to the demand and need for medical coverage in Kaimukī and applauded the paramedics and EMTs for their hard work.

“When you have to call an ambulance, chances are you’re having the worst day of your life at that moment in time,” he said at the blessing, adding that emergency medical services are critical to the city’s public safety. “These are just people who really want to serve, who understand the need to serve and find a way to do it. It doesn’t get any better than that.”

Kahu Brutus LaBenz provided the traditional oli during the blessing ceremony on Tuesday with a pule focused on prosperity and longevity.

When asked by LaBenz what energies they wanted in the space, Paramedic Reece Fujikawa said “positive, good vibes,” and EMT Riley Agtaguem said “welcoming, healing energy.”

Fujikawa, who supervises the station, told reporters that he sees the new station as a positive for the community.

“It’s a big impact having this Kaimukī station here,” he said. “Having this station here will have a big impact on call volume and the amount of calls we can respond to in the area.”

Fujikawa said that he enjoys the new space, which has two crew restrooms, a kitchen, bathrooms and showers for the four paramedics and four EMTs in the 850-square-foot space.

“Just having that area to just relax and decompress is big,” he said.

The ambulance will be parked on Koko Head Avenue from around 7 a.m. to 7 p.m. and behind the Goodwill Hawaiʻi drop-off bay at night.

The Kaimukī EMS station marks the city’s 24th EMS facility, and the department has plans to expand medical coverage across the island.

Ireland told reporters that the step pay structure that the city implemented last year has already created improvements in recruiting and retaining paramedics and EMTs. The EMS department plans to hire 24 people in the coming weeks to fill vacancies and currently has 14 EMTs and four dispatchers in the academy, according to Ireland.

“By January we will have less than 10 vacancies in the whole department for a full force of about 310 people,” he said.

According to Ireland, the department plans to open the next EMS station on West Oʻahu by the end of the month and hopes to expand services on the North Shore and Windward Oʻahu over the next two to three years to address growing call volumes and gaps in services.

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The City and County of Honolulu Emergency Medical Services Department opened a new EMS station in Kaimukī this month and hosted a blessing ceremony Tuesday afternoon.

New EMS station aims to lower ambulance response times, increase medical coverage in Kaimukī

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As Hawai‘i weathers a stronger-than-average hurricane season, the state’s emergency management apparatus says its disaster response plans remain reliable.

Among the many duties of the Hawai‘i Emergency Management Agency, or HIEMA, is the maintenance of various emergency response plans for the state and its agencies. And after two hurricane impacts this year so far in Lala and Lowell, HIEMA Administrator David Lopez told Aloha State Daily those plans are holding up.

“There’s always room for improvement,” Lopez said. “Right on the front end from our team, communication is always a place of improvement … Mutually supporting plans, the ability to try to anticipate what’s going to happen, having things set up preemptively so that we can move material and equipment … the better we are at writing the detailed plans, then we understand our capabilities and then, of course, our gaps or where we need to improve those plans.”

HIEMA's hazard mitigation plan includes a vulnerabilities assessment for each type of major disaster that could impact the state, including earthquakes, tsunamis, wildfires, terrorist attacks and, pertinently for Hawai‘i's summer of 2026, hurricanes. That assessment predicted that, based on the historical record, "the state may expect to experience a hurricane event that lead s to a [Federal Emergency Management Agency] declaration once every 11 years."

If that data remains accurate, Hawai‘i has had a hard 11 years, as FEMA has issued major disaster declarations for three hurricanes that impacted Hawai‘i since 2015, two of which were issued this week for Hurricanes Lowell and Lala — the third was for Hurricane Lane in 2018.

The plan also includes estimates of potential damage to facilities and infrastructure within storm surge inundation areas for up to a Category 4 hurricane, which can bring winds of up to 156 mph. Statewide, the total replacement cost of all state buildings within a Category 4 storm surge is about $26 billion, $17 billion of which is on O‘ahu alone. Broadening the scope of that assessment to general building stock, the total replacement cost rises to more than $58 billion, with $51 billion on O‘ahu.

Lives threatened by a Category 4 hurricane — that is, the estimated population within a Category 4 storm surge — were estimated to be about 142,000 in 2023, about 10% of the total state population, although the hazard mitigation plan notes that, ultimately, the entire population is vulnerable to hurricanes in some way.

While a direct impact Category 4 hurricane is among the worst possible hurricane scenarios for the state, the plans for responding to the disaster largely follow the same principles irrespective of scope, Lopez said. 

HIEMA’s plans establish an order of operations for addressing critical infrastructure following a disaster. In the case of a serious hurricane striking O‘ahu, Lopez said the first priority would be port restoration, clearing debris and making repairs to get the ports operational again as soon as possible.

After the ports, Lopez said debris clearance work expands to “every place that’s affected,” opening up ingress and egress routes for people who may be trapped.

“Generally speaking, the utilities follow the roads, and so then your utility repair starts branching out from there,” Lopez said. “So you’re thinking about critical infrastructure, hospitals, what are you trying to get open again to help people, and then power and utilities coming in behind that. So it’s a huge, huge coordinated effort.”

While this is happening, Lopez said shelters will open, as well as associated food distribution plans, and potentially search and rescue operations.

Lopez emphasized that the core of the state’s emergency response efforts rely on “mutually supporting plans,” where each state or county agency has its own plan developed and implemented in tandem with each others’.

“For instance, the airports by federal law have to do a certain level of planning, disaster planning and recovery planning,” Lopez said. “So we incorporate how they do things into our dealing with them … each of the state facilities are required to have what’s called a COOP plan, or a continuity of operations plan … and HIEMA help develop, manage them and ensure they’re updated.”

Each of those plans is part of a nested hierarchy of additional plans: Lopez said a hospital will have its own emergency response plan, along with a refueling plan, and a plan for sourcing alternate power, and likely more besides.

The decision on when to activate plans is just as important as the plans themselves. In the case of impending hurricanes, Lopez said HIEMA and other agencies start monitoring storms closely once they pass the 140th meridian west — also called the 140th parallel — about 1,000 miles east of the state.

Once a storm passes that longitude, HIEMA and other agencies make daily calls, including daily briefings from the National Weather Service, to determine how to respond.

“We talk to our state partners on the same call, our county partners, and each of their administrators, civil defense or emergency management administrators on the call,” Lopez said. “We listen to what they have to say, what they’re doing, do they need anything and if so how much, of what kind, and then what do we do to get it in place before they need it, or is it best to put it in place before or after? Because, you know, if you put something in place before, you run the risk of losing it.”

But once the storm passes, HIEMA’s work doesn’t end. In fact, Hawai‘i’s busy storm season has put tremendous strain on the agency’s resources, Lopez said: “We’ve had Kona Lows, the threat of [Hurricane] Fausto, and then we had Lala which beat up the Big Island … and now we have Lowell.

“And also, too, Maui still has some residual effect from the fires with housing and taking care of people, so now we have just about the whole state in some type of response or recovery,” Lopez said.

Lopez noted that HIEMA has been working on developing an updated vulnerabilities assessment for the state, analyzing the resilience of the state’s various systems — the most recent such assessment was made in 2016. However, he said HIEMA is a “small agency,” and probably won’t have the time or resources to work on that for the rest of the year as crises pile up.

In cases where resources are tight, Lopez said it’s the responsibility of the “unified coordination group” — a collection of state leaders and potentially federal officers — to allocate those resources most effectively.

“The general principle is ‘how can we use the resources to take care of the most amount of people and get the greatest amount of help for the most amount of time,’” Lopez said.

And, of course, Lopez said HIEMA’s work doesn’t stop with the storm season.

“We can be hit by anything anytime, from a tsunami to a volcano eruption, or even a man-made type disaster,” Lopez said. “Although the impacts of any of these storms is over, the recovery piece goes on for years … We’re three years after Lahaina and still trying to improve the position of those people. Probably a year or so more from now, we’ll probably see those people who were damaged the most [during the Kona Lows] getting back into some type of home close to what was pre-disaster.”

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Back to back hurricanes had us wondering what would happen if the big one, a Category 4 hurricane, hit the state. A state assessment predicts that such a storm would threaten 142,000 lives and cause as much as $58 billion in property damage. HIEMA Administrator David Lopez walks us through how the agency would respond.

How Hawai‘i prepares for a Category 4 hurricane

, a museum in Waipahu, for recently highlighting three Pidgin words that stem from Hawaiʻi's plantation era — pau, kau kau and bumbai. The origins of each were interesting — from the Hawaiians, Chinese and English, respectively.

"Ever wonder why words like pau, kau kau and bumbai sound so familiar in Hawaiʻi?" the museum wrote in an Oct. 3 post on Instagram. "These everyday words carry stories of the many cultures and languages that came together during Hawaiʻi’s plantation era. What began as a way for workers to communicate across communities became part of the way generations of local families still talk today."

ASD's Christian Shimabuku shares his favorite expression — "No shame" — which can be used in social settings and at work.

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My Favorite Local Saying: 'No shame, take the last malasada.'

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Stephanie Salmons

Real Estate

Business & Tourism

A Waikīkī timeshare more than five years in the making has opened to guests.

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Developed by Hilton Grand Vacations Inc., an Orlando-based timeshare company, Ka Haku is the company's 14th resort in the state and the first Hilton Club-branded property in Hawai‘i, "a distinction reserved for a boutique, highly curated ownership experience," a recent announcement noted.

“Ka Haku’s opening is a moment our entire team has been building toward, and there’s real pride in the experience we will share as we welcome members and guests to the resort,” General Manager Robert Ishihara said in a recent announcement. “From the moment members and guests arrive, our goal is to make every visit feel like coming home, creating meaningful experiences that inspire their story and stay with them long after they leave.”

Ishihara led a group of reporters on a tour of the property shortly before its public opening. 

He was appointed as general manager in July, and has more than 30 years of experience in hospitality, most recently serving as the GM for Kings' Land, a Hilton Grand Vacations Club in Waikoloa, an announcement this summer noted.

Located at the former King's Village site on Ka‘iulani Avenue, Ka Haku offers 205 studio, one-, two-, and three-bedroom suites; an arrival and departure lounge; state-of-the-art fitness center, pool and bar; a Japanese-style bathhouse with a communal bath, sauna and cold bath; and an exclusive owners lounge for Ka Haku owners.

Rob Gunthner, regional vice president, resort operations for Hilton Grand Vacations, told Aloha State Daily following that tour when asked how it feels to reach this milestone, "It's [an] even a better feeling knowing that this is the start of something really, really special."

"One of my favorite discussion points was always, 'Let's get to the finish line,' and then ... I was reminded it's really the starting line," he said. "That just transitioned me."

Ka Haku's opening comes a little more than a year after developers topped off the property in July 20225 and 

A senior director of development for Hilton Grand Vacations told ASD at that time that construction began on the project in 2019 and the developer was about a year into the groundwork when the Covid-19 pandemic hit; the project was paused at that time and later resumed in 2023.

Ka Haku has created nearly 200 full-time hospitality roles and more than 400 local jobs during construction, the recent announcement notes. Statewide, HGV supports nearly 1,800 jobs.

Meanwhile, in coordination with the City and County of Honolulu, the company donated $1 million toward the revitalization of Kūhiō Beach Park.

And through its corporate social responsibility program, 

, the company has given more than $200,000 to nonprofits in Hawai‘i this year alone, while team members have contributed more than 1,600 volunteer hours in support of more than 30 nonprofits across the state, the announcement says.

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Developed by Hilton Grand Vacations Inc., Ka Haku, a Hilton Club, opened earlier this month. It is the company's 14th resort in the state and the first Hilton Club-branded property in the Islands. Rob Gunthner, regional vice president, resort operations for Hilton Grand Vacations, recently told Aloha State Daily that "this is the start of something really, really special."

Waikīkī timeshare welcomes first guests

Crime & Courts

The woman charged with fatally shooting a man in Kailua last month pled “not guilty” to second-degree murder Thursday.

Hilinaikailimakualopali Keeno, 24, appeared in court Thursday for her arraignment on murder and firearm charges after she 

 shot and killed 30-year-old Thomas Malone near the Kailua Fall Festival on Sept. 26.

Members of Malone’s family packed the courtroom, with some holding up photos of the deceased throughout the proceedings. Malone’s father, Mike Malone, declined to speak to reporters, but led a prayer circle with other family members after the hearing concluded.

Keeno herself did not speak during the proceedings, with her attorney, Andrew Strand, issued her plea of not guilty on her behalf.

Strand also requested that the District Court’s decision to hold Keeno without bail be reevaluated, and filed a motion late Wednesday requesting that her previous bail of $1 million be reinstated.

However, Judge Ronald Johnson said that, for the time being, Keeno will not be allowed bail. He said that, given the severity of the charges, Keeno represents a danger to the public, and because a conviction could put Keeno in prison for life, she is also a flight risk.

Johnson added that, based on police accounts of the shooting, Keeno allegedly was carrying a firearm at a public festival even before the fatal altercation, which he said was indicative of her potential danger to the public.

Nonetheless, Johnson said Keeno’s trial judge, Rowena Somerville, may decide to restore Keeno’s bail.

Strand also submitted on Wednesday a request for discovery, asking the Honolulu Police Department to provide communications logs and other records pertinent to how they investigated the shooting.

Among those records Strand requested were phone records of a witness who was named in police records as the person who positively identified Keeno as the shooter. He also requested that witness’ financial records between Sept. 26 and Thursday, to look for any transaction of money between the witness and Malone’s family “in exchange for his false statements to law enforcement.”

Strand’s request also sought Malone’s mother’s complete phone records “regarding her threats to ‘take out’” [Keeno] or otherwise harm [Keeno] in retaliation.”

Johnson scheduled Keeno’s trial for December of this year. Keeno remains in custody at the Women’s Community Correction Center.

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The 24-year-old alleged murderer remains in custody without bail.

Keeno pleads 'not guilty' of Kailua shooting

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Kelsey Kukaua Medeiros

Aloha Spirit

Arts & Entertainment

There's no tricks — just treats — with this batch of upcoming events put on by local churches in partnership with businesses and the community on Oʻahu. 

Here are some Halloween alternatives — from a Biblical Haunted House and a paniolo-themed pāʻina to festivals and trunk-or-treat — happening in neighborhoods across the island:

Central Union Church's Biblical Haunted House, Kailua

Rev. Irene Willis Hassan, associate pastor of Central Union Church Windward, told Aloha State Daily by email that the church wanted to try “something a little different for spooky season,” and soon after, Biblical Haunted House was born.

Step inside the spookiest scenes from the Bible from 

Friday, Oct. 30, at the church’s Kailua campus, located at 38 Kāneʻohe Bay Drive.

“This is our first year hosting the event, so we intentionally made it a one-night experience so we can focus on doing it well. The idea is to offer something fun, creative and just scary enough for the community, while introducing kids and families to some of the wilder stories that are actually in the Bible,” she wrote.

Guests will walk through six Bible-themed scenes inspired by scripture, including Jael defeating the Canaanite general Sisera with a tent peg (

); the daughter of Herodias requesting John the Baptist’s head on a platter (

), and Ezekiel standing in the Valley of Dry Bones as the bones come together and rise before him (

). The experience will last about seven minutes.

“The Bible has no shortage of dramatic, strange, frightening, and sometimes downright gruesome stories — and many people, including many Christians, have never heard some of them

Hassan wrote. “In that sense, it’s a haunted house and Christian education at the same time.”

This event is recommended for those ages 10 and up. Admission is $5 cash or Venmo at the door, and kids under the recommended age are free.

Hassan said that all the actors will be children and youth between the ages of 8 to 17.

 “Kids experience scripture differently when they actually become the characters, learn the context and figure out how to tell the story themselves,” she said, noting this event is also a way for the public “to discover Central Union Windward.”

“We’d love to welcome families back for Sunday worship or future children’s theatre programs, where we’ll continue bringing scripture to life — although, I promise they won’t all involve severed heads and tent pegs!”

Hassan adds: “Ultimately, we want people to leave having had a great time, learned something they didn’t know about the Bible, and perhaps become a little more curious about what else happens here.”

Mary Star of the Sea’s Fall Festival, Waikīkī

Fall into fun at this family-friendly event featuring trunk-or-treat, pony rides and a petting zoo, a pumpkin patch, games and more on Friday, Oct. 23.

The event is planned from 5 to 9 p.m.at Mary Star of the Sea Catholic Church, located at 4470 Aliikoa St

Enjoy food from vendors including Katsu Sando, Diamond Head Drip and Leonard’s Bakery, among other eats.

Admission, which includes a $10 scrip (1 scrip equals 50 cents) and Halloween bag, is $10 per person for those age 3 and older. The deadline to pre-order scrip is Oct. 19. Children 2 years old and under are free.

. Walk-ins will be permitted subject to space.

New Hope Oʻahu's Harvest Fest, Sand Island

Harvest Fest at New Hope Oʻahu aims to offer a “safe and fun night” for the whole family, complete with trunk-or-treat cars, a costume contest, a kendama show, food and treats, and more.

The event will take place from 6:30 to 9 p.m. Friday, Oct. 30, at the church’s campus at 290 Sand Island Access Road in Honolulu.

“We are also collecting candy donations to help make the night extra special for all the kids attending,” organizers said. “Invite your friends, neighbors and family for a fun evening of community and connection."

One Love Ministries' Pumpkin Pāʻina, Kakaʻako

One Love Ministries will host its sixth Pumpkin Pāʻina from 5 to 8 p.m.  Saturday, Oct. 31, at The Barn at SALT at Our Kakaʻako, as well as its main campus and neighboring grassy areas.

Admission is free and there is no registration required. Guest parking will be available at SALT in addition to metered street parking.

In past years, OLM’s Pumpkin Pāʻina has welcomed more than 3,500 attendees; organizers aim to reach 4,000 individuals with the help of about 200 volunteers this year.

With a paniolo theme, this year’s festival will feature more than 20 carnival-style games, candy, face painting, balloon art, a photo booth, petting zoo and costume contests, among other activities for children and families.

Project Coordinator Haley Hasegawa told ASD that this is the first year the church is partnering with Nalo Keiki Paniolo’s mobile petting zoo — complete with goats, sheep and alpacas — which will come in costume.

“No promises on if they’ll keep them (the costumes) on throughout the night,” she said with a laugh.

Hasegawa adds that the paniolo theme will be carried over through the game designs and names, farm animals and “lots of palaka.”

“Our games have been reimagined. Even our cafe drink menu is themed,” she said. “It’s about going back to our roots in Hawai’i.”

Another feature of the event is the “passport adventure,” which takes travelers on a journey around SALT to participating vendors. Those who complete the scavenger hunt will be entered into a raffle to win prizes ranging from hotel stays and excursions to discounts from various restaurants and more.

I’m excited to see the finished product and people having a good time … this is a fun, safe alternative for our neighbors in high-rises,” Hasegawa said. “I’m also excited for the vendors at SALT and our other business partners. … Their shops will be open for dinner and people can stop there for their passport stamp and receive some extra candy.”

Local businesses interested in donating toward candy, raffle prizes and other needs can email 

“We hope to serve the community well this year during our Pumpkin Pāʻina event,” said Lead Pastor Maiola Vivas. “We do this for the community every year to provide a safe place for the keiki and their families to come and be blessed, have lots of fun, and know that they are loved.

“It’s always awesome to see the keiki playing games with big smiles on their faces,” he continued. “We love our community and we are here to serve them, while showing them God’s love.”

Vivas noted that the church is also looking forward to Christmas Day, where volunteers and staff plan to feed the homeless in the area, as well as “spend some time with them celebrating the birth of Jesus.”

For more information about the Pumpkin Pāʻina event, visit 

Calvary Chapel Honolulu's Family Fun Night, Pearl City

By popular demand, Calvary Chapel Honolulu is bringing back Family Fun Night.

The free event will run from 6 to 8 p.m. Saturday, Oct. 31, at its Pearl City location at 98-1016 Komo Mai Dr.

This year’s Family Fun Night will feature game booths hosted by the church and its school families, live Hawaiian and island reggae music by Chauncy Kawika Bermodez, bounce houses and play areas, a kendama contest and more, according to the church’s post this week on 

“Come enjoy ‘ono grinds, fellowship with one another, and have some fun!” the post reads.

Sunset Beach Christian Church’s Sunset Harvest Hoedown, Haleʻiwa

Get ready for games, food, line dancing and more at the Sunset Harvest Hoedown in Haleʻiwa, hosted at Sunset Beach Christian Church, located at 59-578 Kamehameha Highway.

Complete with carnival games, farmers market, petting zoo and obstacle course, the event is scheduled from 5 to 8 p.m. Saturday, Oct. 31. There will even be a watermelon eating contest and many chances to win prizes.

Not planning to join the contest? Food will be available for purchase at the JAX Wood Fired Pizza Truck for those looking for a bite.

“We can’t wait to host a fall-themed evening for the whole Sunset ‘Ohana with something fun for everyone,” organizers said on its website. “Costumes are encouraged, so come in your best western attire or any outfit of your choice.

The church is seeking volunteers to fill various roles throughout the night.

The Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints' Trunk-or-Treat, Lāʻie

The Lāʻie 10th Ward will offer trunk-or-treat for keiki and families from 5:30 to 6:30 p.m. Thursday, Oct. 29, at The Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints, located at 55-415 Iosepa St.

Organizers ask that if you plan on attending, RSVP ahead of the event 

Historically, other local LDS churches, like those in 

ʻEwa Beach, Kapolei/Makakilo and beyond,

 have hosted trunk-or-treat at campuses across O

ʻahu. For more information, check their individual websites or social media.

Note: This is not an exhaustive list; however, if you would like to share a church-run event in October with us for consideration, please email kelsey@alohastatedaily.com.

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