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Gary Goodwin and daughter Pluma Goodwin carry OC-1 outrigger canoes to the shoreline at Kalama Park on Saturday morning. They said they were launching for a light training paddle of 3 to 5 miles as Pluma recovers from a shoulder injury. She described herself as a “family paddler,” and said she also enjoys paddling with Kimokeo Kapahulehua and the Hawaiian Outrigger Canoe Voyaging Society and Malama Chun’s North Shore Renegades. “I paddle the wa’a for the cultural aspect,” she said. The Maui News/MATTHEW THAYER photo
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This three-bedroom beach house in Montauk, New York, is a five-minute walk to the beach.Escaping to a beach house is as much part of summer vacations as eating ice cream and watching fireworks. Thanks to Airbnb, other people’s real estate is easily accessible for your summer getaway needs even if you’re not lucky enough to own one (or have a family member with one).
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Maui County does not plan to tighten restrictions amid a spike in cases connected to a new strain of COVID-19, though state and county officials are asking the community to remain diligent.
“We’re not going to make major changes to the restrictions,” Mayor Michael Victorino said Monday afternoon during the county’s news conference. “We know what we need to do, our visitors know what they need to do, our businesses are doing a great job I go to many of these businesses I don’t think we need to up the ante at this point.
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First photo: Kihei’s Jason Baker tosses a ring to Mariah Campbell Wednesday morning at Kalama Park in Kihei. The duo had a forced break in the action when one of their flying rings landed in the limbs of a tree. After trying to dislodge it with thrown slippers, Baker was forced to climb the tree to retrieve it. He said he hasn’t climbed a tree in 15 years. “Not since I was a little kid and fell out of trees,” he said.
Second photo: Campbell leaps to catch a ring tossed by Baker Wednesday morning.