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Even paradise has fires. There was one fire last Sunday (January 3, 2010) in Hawaiian Acres on the Big Island of Hawaii. An empty one-story house caught fire and collapsed by the time firemen got there about 30 minutes later! Firefighters had fully extinguished the fire by 9:45 p.m Capt. Allyn Albrechtson, of the Keaau Fire Station says that the loss is estimated to be about $90,000. Someone reported the fire on Road 11, off of Road D, at 8 p.m. Robert Driver owns the 20-by-40-foot house. It was totally engulfed in flames and had fallen in on itself by the time got there, Albrechtson said.
Two west Hawaii ranch real estate property fires were still to burning on Monday at Tom Pace’s Hokukano Ranch and Kealakekua Ranch. Battalion Chief Dennis Iyo said the fires were both within the firebreaks, though. Iyo said the fire at Hokukano Ranch was “closer to being extinguished.” That fire that had been re-ignited on Friday was it originally reported Dec. 25. Times are tough everywhere! On the Big Island of Hawaii school meals are probably the cheapest grinds in town, but prices are going up today. Kids will have to pay as much as 76 percent more. The prices for breakfast will go up as much as 171 percent! As an aside if you are looking for some Big Island Real Estate then I do suggest this particular firm, they are solid.
The Big Island’s Department of Education officials say they have to do it to fight the state’s big-time budget shortfall. The department spent $31 million last year and $27 million in the 2007-08 school year on the lunches. That includes the employee wages, and also electricity, kitchen equipment, as well as all the ingredients.According to DOE school food services director Glenna Owens, it currently costs about $4.40 to feed each student lunch. Food must be paid for—even in Hawaiian paradise, some of the top real estate on the planet!