Keeping it clean at Puako

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ABOVE: Phil Hayward, Puako Community Association Marine Science Committee member, cleans up debris Saturday morning during a Get the Drift and Bag It and International Coastal Cleanup event at Puako Bay. TOP: Denise Vidosh, with Blue Wilderness Dive Adventures, and Sam Hori pull a metal drum from the water. Two more cleanups are planned on Sept. 21, International Coastal Cleanup Day, and Sept. 28. ( Photos by Anna Pacheco/Special to West Hawaii Today)

ABOVE: Phil Hayward, Puako Community Association Marine Science Committee member, cleans up debris Saturday morning during a Get the Drift and Bag It and International Coastal Cleanup event at Puako Bay. TOP: Denise Vidosh, with Blue Wilderness Dive Adventures, and Sam Hori pull a metal drum from the water. Two more cleanups are planned on Sept. 21, International Coastal Cleanup Day, and Sept. 28. ( Photos by Anna Pacheco/Special to West Hawaii Today)

Patte Quinn, a volunteer visiting from Napa, California, picks up trash along the coast at the Puako Boat Harbor on Saturday morning.

ABOVE: A collection of sunglasses, along with other small items, was collected at Puako Bay on Saturday. RIGHT: Patte Quinn, a volunteer visiting from Napa, Calif., picks up trash along the
Puako Bay shoreline Saturday morning.

Denise Vidosh, with Blue Wilderness Dive Adventures, pulls a large metal container from the Puako Boat Harbor with Sam Hori during the volunteer clean up day on Saturday morning.