Councilwoman Shaylene Iseri-Carvalho will have a new addition for her office wall.

A “No Lifeguard” sign that triggered her into action was removed as the final step marking the blessing and dedication of a new lifeguard tower at the Anahola Beach Park, yesterday morning.

Kalani Vierra of the Ocean Safety Bureau said the tower is a refurbished one from Po‘ipu when the new fiberglass tower was installed.

“Eventually, we’ll have a fiberglass tower here in the same location,” Vierra said. “But we wanted to get the operation going as soon as possible so we put in the refurbished tower and coincided the blessing and dedication with the first day of spring break.”

Located in close proximity to the bathroom and storage facility at the Anahola Beach Park, Vierra said the tower will have an all-terrain vehicle and a truck as well as staff which will enable the tower to be operational seven days a week from 9 a.m. to 5 p.m.

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(Source: Dennis Fujimoto, Kauai Garden Island News)