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<br />Harry Kim <br />Roxcie L. Waltjen <br />Mayor <br />Director <br /> <br /> <br />Maurice C. Messina <br />Wil Okabe <br /> <br />Deputy Director <br />Managing Director <br /> <br />DEPARTMENT OF PARKS AND RECREATION <br />101 Pauahi Street, Suite 6  Hilo, Hawai‘i 96720 <br />(808) 961-8311  Fax (808) 961-8411 <br />Email: parks_recreation@hawaiicounty.gov <br />http://www.hawaiicounty.gov/parks-and-recreation/ <br /> <br /> <br />NEWS RELEASE <br />August 9, 2018 <br /> <br />Pahoa Skate Park to Reopen August 15, 2018; <br />Update on Pahoa Aquatics Center <br /> <br />The Hawai‘i County Department of Parks and Recreation announces that the Pahoa <br />Skate Park, located at the Pahoa Regional Recreational Facility, will re-open on <br />August 15, 2018. <br /> <br />The skate park is located at the evacuation shelter; as such, the parking lot above the <br />Pahoa Community Center will be open for skate park users. Skate park users must <br />stay within that parking lot and fenced skate park area. Skate park hours will be: <br /> <br /> Monday thru Friday: 2:45pm – 6:00pm <br /> Saturday, Sunday and Holidays: 1:00pm – 6:00pm <br /> <br />Additionally, the department continues its efforts to re-open the Pahoa Aquatics Center <br />as soon possible. Staff are vacuuming “Pele’s Hair” (fine threads of volcanic glass <br />which are formed when a spray of lava droplets cools rapidly in the air) from the water <br />on a daily basis and will be working with a consultant to ensure the pool and filtration <br />systems are free from Pele’s Hair. Over the next week, staff will continue to vacuum the <br />pool and will be “backwashing” the sand filters to rinse all of the Pele’s Hair and debris <br />out of the filters. If these efforts are successful, the public will be informed when the <br />pool can reopen for recreational purposes. <br /> <br />“We want to get the skate park and pool open so the public can once again enjoy their <br />Pahoa recreational facilities. Because Fissure 8 produced Pele’s Hair that fell into the <br />pool, extra precautions are necessary to ensure the safety of the public and pool staff,” <br />said Roxcie Waltjen, Director of Parks and Recreation. “We appreciate the public’s <br />patience, as this has been a trying time for all of Puna.” <br />County of Hawai‘i is an Equal Opportunity Provider and Employer. <br /> <br /> <br />