About Town | 4-10-15

VFW announces weekly schedule

VFW announces weekly schedule

Veterans of Foreign Wars Post 12112, located behind Kona Locksmith off Kaiwi Street, will host the following events:

Lee Stewart will perform on keyboard for listening and dancing from 5 to 8 p.m. Sunday. The post is closed Monday. Free coffee will be offered for veterans at 9:30 a.m. Wednesday. The Coast Guard Auxiliary meets at 6 p.m. Thursday. Friday will feature Skip’s pizza starting at 4 p.m. The cost is $5. VFW Auxiliary meets at 10:30 a.m. Saturday.

A dinner of sockeye salmon flown in from Alaska will be served with corn on the cob, potatoes au gratin, a vegetable, bread and desert starting at 4 p.m. Saturday until the food is gone for $25. Installation of officers will be conducted. Reservations are required by calling 326-5675.

For more information call Don Zero, public information officer at 509-879-1040.

Turtle talk is Tuesday

Kahaluu Bay Education Center turtle biologist Rachel Silverman will offer a talk story about Hawaiian green sea turtles from 11:30 a.m. to 12:30 p.m. Tuesday in the park’s large pavilion.

Attendees will learn about the types of turtles found in Hawaii, why they are important to the ecosystem, what threats they face, and how to protect them.

A $10 donation is requested to support education and conservation programs at Kahaluu Bay. Attendees receive a free informational turtle card.

Call 887-6411 or email kahaluubay@kohalacenter.org for more information.

Rotary Clubs announce speakers

The Rotary Club of Kona Mauka will hear from Donald Thomas, who will be sharing information on his discoveries about water sources on Tuesday. Meetings are from noon to 1 p.m. each Tuesday at Teshima’s Restaurant in Honalo. For more information, contact Larry Kniffin at 557-1178 or maukarotary2014@gmail.com.

On Wednesday, the Rotary Club of Kona Sunrise has scheduled a planning meeting for its upcoming fundraiser, Raining Cats and Dogs, an event to raise funds for a renovation project at the new Hawaii Humane Society Animal Community Center. For more information, contact Bev Fraser at 936-9965 or rotarybev@gmail.com. Meetings are from 6:45 to 7:45 a.m. Wednesdays at Humpy’s Big Island Alehouse’s second floor.

In Waimea, the Rotary Club of North Hawaii will welcome Jean Hartley discussing “Coping with Disability.” Meetings are from noon to 1 p.m. at Anna Ranch. For more information, contact Joyce Riggen at 640-1930 or jmriggen@gmail.com.

The Rotary Club of Kona presents its vocational awards Thursday. Meetings are from noon to 1 p.m. at King Kamehameha’s Kona Beach Hotel. For more information, contact James Resor at jcresor@yahoo.com.

Kona Stories hosts book clubs

The Kona Stories fiction book club meets at 6:30 p.m. Tuesday to discuss “Someone” by Alice McDermott. The nonfiction book club will gather at 6 p.m. April 28 to discuss “1492: The Year the World Began” by Felipe FernAndez-Armesto.

The fiction book club meets the second Tuesday of each month and the nonfiction group meets the fourth Tuesday at Kona Stories in Keauhou Shopping Center. Book clubs are free if the books are purchased at Kona Stories. Otherwise, cost is $5. Attendees may bring a pupu or beverage to share.

For more information, call Brenda or Joy at 324-0350.

Jardine completes basic training

Air Force Airman 1st Class Kamiana K. Jardine graduated from basic military training at Joint Base San Antonio-Lackland, San Antonio, Texas.

The airman completed an intensive, eight-week program that included training in military discipline and studies, Air Force core values, physical fitness, and basic warfare principles and skills.

Airmen who complete basic training earn four credits toward an associate in applied science degree through the Community College of the Air Force.

Jardine is the son of Yolan Jardine of Naalehu and Damien Jardine of Waikoloa and nephew of Kwai-Chang Akiu, Kimo Akiu and Augustine Akiu Jr., all of Waiohinu.

He is a 2009 graduate of Kamehameha Schools Hawaii, Keaau.