For more information or to sign-up for the training, call West Hawaii Mediation Center at 885-5525 or 326-2666. There is a limited number of openings.
Tropical Fruit Growers meeting on Friday
The next meeting of the Hawaii Tropical Fruit Growers will be held Friday at 9 a.m. A special workshop for making air layers and grafting will be held at the 12 Trees Project site. Members will be able to air layer pomegranate, citrus and loquat. The group will also demonstrate grafting cherimoya, rollinia and soursop.
Members should make a reservation in order to ensure adequate supplies and refreshments.
For more information, contact Ken Love, president, at 323-2417 or Ken@mycoffee.net or Virginia Easton Smith, Extension agent, 322-4892 or vsmith@hawaii.edu.
Mediation training accepting students
West Hawaii Mediation Center is accepting trainees for the December Basic Mediation training. The two-day training will be held at Anna’s Ranch in Waimea on Dec. 7 and 8 from 8 a.m. to 4 p.m.
The training consists of 16 hours of comprehensive classroom training. The fee is $100. Upon completion of the training, participants become a volunteer mediator with the center, there is an additional apprenticeship component.
The participants will acquire skills in communications, negotiation and problem solving. Mediation, an alternative dispute resolution process, recognizes that many times an impartial third party can help by facilitating cooperation and sincere, open communication between people involved in a dispute. Mediation provides a voluntary process that empowers people to take responsibility for the resolution of their dispute instead of simply turning to litigation, which can often be time-consuming and expensive.
For more information or to sign-up for the training, call West Hawaii Mediation Center at 885-5525 or 326-2666. There is a limited number of openings.