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Watch: Historic banyan tree scorched during Maui wildfires, sprouts new leaves
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Lahaina’s historic banyan tree sprouts new leaves
The historic banyan tree in Lahaina, Hawaii, began sprouting new leaves in September, weeks after devastating wildfires destroyed most of the beachside town, footage by the Hawaii Department of Land and Natural Resources (DLNR) showed. (Credit: Hawaii DLNR via Storyful)
Hope springs eternal.
The historic banyan tree which was scorched during the wildfires in Lahaina, Hawaii, in August, began to sprout new leaves this month.
The devastating wildfires destroyed most of the beachside town. The only thing left standing, but still smoldering, was the 150-year-old banyan tree.
FILE – Still image taken from video showing new leaves growing from historic banyan tree in Lahaian Banyan Court. (Hawaii DLNR via Storyful)
Video captured by the Hawaii Department of Land and Natural Resources (DLNR) on Sept. 13 showed bright green leaves growing from the tree’s branches.
After the fires, arborists had applied compost to help the tree recover, local news outlets reported.
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FILE – Still image taken from video showing new leaves growing from historic banyan tree in Lahaian Banyan Court. (Hawaii DLNR via Storyful)
A famous tourist site, the banyan tree was imported from India and planted in front of the Lahaina courthouse and harbor in 1873. It sprawls along the town’s Front Street and has a quarter-of-a-mile circumference, according to the Lahaina Restoration Foundation.
This story was reported from Los Angeles. Storyful contributed to this report.
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Hawaii
Golf tourney to benefit Hawaii Island Humane Society – West Hawaii Today
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The Hawaii Island Humane Society is hosting a charity golf tournament fundraiser on Saturday for its facility and programs.
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Group of Hawaii wildland firefighters in Washington state to help battle large wildfire
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HONOLULU (HawaiiNewsNow) – A group of wildland firefighters from Hawaii Volcanoes National Park is in Washington State to help battle a large wildfire burning in the remote wilderness.
Nearly 5,000 acres in the Okanogan-Wenatchee National Forest have burned in the Pioneer Fire. At last check, the fire was 7% contained.
With Tuesday marking National Wildland Firefighter Day, the National Park Service is putting out a call to hire more wildland firefighters.
Park officials said it’s a career that will take firefighters to national parks across the country.
Those who are interested can click here for more details.
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Christian clubs win legal victory in Hawaii – The Lion
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After-school Christian clubs won a legal victory in Hawaii after alleging suing over discrimination by public school officials.
A Hawaii district court granted Child Evangelism Fellowship (CEF) of Hawaii a preliminary injunction on Thursday.
CEF filed its initial lawsuit in January, claiming the state education department and local public school leaders were discriminating against CEF’s Good News Clubs.
The clubs are part of an interdenominational program for 5- to 12-year-olds and boast nearly 85,000 clubs worldwide, including 6,200 in the U.S.
According to CEF’s complaint, Good News Clubs were denied access to public school facilities because of their religious nature and, in some instances, made to pay rental fees not required of nonreligious groups.
“Defendants’ policies of unequal access, pretextual denials, and hostility to CEF’s religious message violate the Constitution and have denied some Hawaii elementary school students access to free, positive, and character-building Good News Clubs that enrich countless students’ lives in other Hawaii schools and throughout the country,” the lawsuit read.
The Hawaii court granted an injunction in favor of the Christian clubs, directing the state to provide CEF “equal access” to school facilities that are “made available to other similarly situated nonprofit organizations” such as Boy Scouts or Girls on the Run.
“This is a great victory for Child Evangelism Fellowship, parents, and the students in Hawaii public schools,” said Mat Staver, founder and chairman of Liberty Counsel, which is representing the plaintiffs. “The U.S. Supreme Court has ruled that public schools cannot discriminate against Christian viewpoints regarding use of school facilities.
“Child Evangelism Fellowship gives children a safe space that offers moral and character development from a Christian viewpoint. Good News Clubs should be in every public elementary school.”
Staver also noted in January that CEF has never lost a lawsuit for equal access.
Even so, the group continues to face discrimination from public schools.
Last year, CEF sued a Rhode Island district for equal access to school property and won. Other clubs – such as the Fellowship for Christian Athletes – have also had to fight for their rights to meet on campus.
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