Driving classes offered in Waimea area Marlin Driving Academy will offer a driver education course in Waimea starting on Nov. 10. The class meets Nov. 10 through Dec. 12 at Waimea School. Classes are scheduled from 4 to 6 p.m.
Driving classes offered in Waimea area
Marlin Driving Academy will offer a driver education course in Waimea starting on Nov. 10. The class meets Nov. 10 through Dec. 12 at Waimea School. Classes are scheduled from 4 to 6 p.m. Monday, Wednesday and Friday for five weeks in Room X-204 at Waimea Elementary School.
A mandatory parent meeting is scheduled from 5:30 to 6:30 p.m. Nov. 5 n Room X-204 at the Waimea school. There will be no class on Nov. 26; the make-up class will be held from 4 to 6 p.m. Dec. 2.
The course is open to students ages 151/2 and older. Each course includes 30 hours of classroom instruction plus six hours of behind-the-wheel driving time to be scheduled individually with each student after the completion of classroom instruction. Each course covers rules of the road, driving safety and how to handle real-life driving situations. Students must have a valid state learner’s permit in order to drive.
All classes are taught by state Department of Transportation-certified instructor Marc Boucher. Boucher has been teaching driver education classes in North Hawaii for the past five years.
Call Marlin Driving Academy at 885-1255 for more information and to register. These courses are co-sponsored by North Hawaii Community Learning Center, a community education program based at public schools in the Hamakua School Complex.
Merriman’s plans 20th anniversary event
Merriman’s Waimea celebrates its 20th anniversary with a 20/20 celebration: During the course of 20 evenings, 20 island nonprofits will receive 20 percent of all nightly food sales.
The event spans Nov. 1 through 19, from 5:30-9 p.m., with a culminating celebration on Dec. 12 to benefit the Merriman’s Culinary Scholarship Fund, which supports students studying the culinary arts at local colleges and universities.
Benefiting nonprofits include North Hawaii Hospice, Punana Leo o Waimea, Hawaii Island Food Bank, Hawaii Island Humane Society, Hawaii Island United Way and several area schools.
Chef Peter Merriman and Executive Chef Neil Murphy will create special menu items during the celebration. Guests can support local nonprofits by simply dining at the restaurant Nov. 1 through 19. Merriman’s will then send each nonprofit a contribution of 20 percent of all food proceeds at the end of the celebration.
Merriman’s Waimea was opened by Merriman 20 years ago, on Dec. 21, 1988, as the flagship home of Hawaii Regional Cuisine.
Tax workshops are coming to Big Island
The Department of Taxation’s year-end workshops for 2008 will be returning to the Big Island. A Kona area workshop will be held Dec. 8 at the Royal Kona Resort’s Discovery Room in Kailua-Kona. Another workshop will be held Dec. 10 at the University of Hawaii Campus Center, Room 301, in Hilo.
Registration begins at 8 a.m., followed by the workshop from 8:30 a.m. to 12:30 p.m. Topics include 2009 possible tax legislation proposals, case update by Department of the Attorney General, changes to forms, general excise tax on nonprofit organizations and department initiatives in this current economic climate.
The cost for the workshop is $70 for those who register at least two weeks in advance; there is a $5 fee for later registrations. The cost includes continental breakfast and all workshop materials. The course provides four hours of Continuing Professional Education credit. The workshop materials may be purchased separately for $20 each.
Registration forms are available at www.hawaii.gov/tax. For more information, contact the department’s External Training and Outreach office at 587-1786 or by e-mail at Tax.Training.Outreach@hawaii.gov.
