Department of Agriculture

***UPDATE****

See photos from Animal Industry’s Halloween Scream at the bottom of this post.

Late, but still spooky!

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HDOA’s Main Office Complex held a Happy Halloween bash this morning on the lanai.  This year’s theme was “Invasive Species vs. Superheroes.” As always, there was an ono potluck including savory and sweet treats, a lantern contest between the offices and games!

Mahalo to the Halloween scream team that coordinated the coffee hour and decorated the courtyard with ghoulish skill.

Here are some of the scenes from this morning’s event:

Boo to you!	Ghosts hang from the patio rafters
Deputy Marcus Mariota thanks the crowd for their hard work and	Pesticide’s Tom Matsuda as MC
Tom Matsuda as HDOA’s archvillain the coconut rhinoceros beetle	Superhero Model A (aka Earl Yamamoto)
Crazy Catwoman	aka ARM’s Linda Murai
Food maidens	Jello-skello
HDOA LANTERN CONTEST
In the light	In the semi-dark
Pesticide’s lantern	PPC’s lantern
Fiscal’s lantern in the dark	Fiscal’s lantern in the light
ADD’s lantern	ADD’s lantern – opposite side
Ag Loan’s lantern in the dark	Personnel Office lantern
ARM lantern front in the dark	ARM lantern front
ARM lantern back	ARM lantern back in the dark
Chair’s Office lantern in the light	Chair’s Office lantern in the dark
And the winner was……Fiscal Office

 

HALLOWEEN AT THE ANIMAL INDUSTRY DIVISION
Ron Shimojo and Carlos Rodriguez standing next to the pumpkin they carved.	Yuck!
SPOOKY!
There was a tie for first place: Left pumpkin made Dr. Lei Yamasaki, Kristy Alvarado, Laura Ayers and Dr. Vance Kawakami (their pumpkin had cut-outs of a chicken, horse, pig/cat and a fish) and the pumpkin on the right was made by Lori Hayashida, Judy Faustino and Joan Kawamoto (WWS).  The middle pumpkin was carved by Ron Shimojo and Carlos Rodriguez. (The little pumpkin is a fake) Richard Chang provided the pumpkins and everyone enjoyed a Halloween pizza party!