Missed trash to be picked up today

A refuse collection route in Haiku and Paia was missed Friday due to mechanical problems, according to the Department of Environmental Management Solid Waste Division.

The affected areas include Skill Village, Kuau Bay View, Spreckelsville and Haiku, Kokomo and Lilikoi roads and Kupono Street.

Missed pickups are expected to be made today.

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Braun to speak to Maui Camera Club

Maui photographer Randy Jay Braun will give a presentation at the Maui Camera Club meeting from 6:15 to 8 p.m. Monday at Hale Mahaolu Elima in Kahului.

His talk will include a retrospective of his 33-year photography career, as well as covering today’s environment for professional photography. He is currently the director of product experience for global giant DJI, which makes unmanned aerial vehicles.

A leading hula photographer on Maui, he expanded into landscape and fine-art photography and opened an art gallery in Makawao. He later moved into aerial image photography with drones and closed his gallery after 20 years in business.

He also wrote a book titled “Aerial Drone Photography.”

The club meets the second Monday of the month. For more information, go to mauicameraclub.com.

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Summer Fun Guide submissions sought

The Maui News will be publishing a Summer Fun Guide of activities for children and teens on April 9.

To have an activity included in the guide, submit the following information:

• Name of program and for what ages.

• Sponsoring organization or business.

• Program times and dates.

• Location of the program.

• Description of program.

• Cost of the program.

• Contact information.

The deadline to submit information is noon March 31. Year-round programs will not be accepted for the guide.

Information may be emailed to Leah Sherman at lsherman@mauinews.com, faxed to 242-9087 or mailed to Summer Fun Guide, The Maui News, 100 Mahalani St., Wailuku 96793.

Photos may be submitted for use on a space-available basis. Shots of people doing things are preferable; group shots are unlikely to be used. Photos may be emailed in tif, jpg or eps formats with a minimum resolution of 300 pixels per inch. Individuals in photos must by identified by first and last name.

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Injured hiker airlifted to safety after fall

A 22-year old man from Idaho was airlifted to safety after falling while hiking in the Makamakaole Gulch in Kahakuloa on Friday afternoon.

The Fire Department’s Air One helicopter lowered rescuers by rope to the victim and his friend, who were at the base of a 90-foot waterfall, Fire Services Chief Edward Taomoto said.

Both men were airlifted to a landing zone on Kahekili Highway and were transferred to waiting paramedics at about 4:30 p.m., he said.

The injured man, who suffered a head injury, was taken to Maui Memorial Medical Center in stable condition.

A Wailuku engine crew responded to the call at about 3 p.m. Friday near Mile Marker 8 on Kahekili Highway, Taomoto said. They arrived about a half-hour later and learned from other hikers that the injured man was about a 45-minute hike from the highway. That led firefighters to call in Air One with the rescue team.

The two men said they had been hiking when the victim lost his footing on slippery rocks and fell, sustaining the head injury, Taomoto said. It was not known how far the victim fell because the victim’s friend did not see the fall and the victim did not recall the incident.