Hearing health presentation Thursday
Hearing health presentation Thursday
The Regency at Hualalai, along with Kona Hearing Aid Center, host a free hearing health presentation “Hearing and Your Brain” scheduled from 9 to 11 a.m. Thursday. Several topics will be covered, including hearing loss and dementia, depression and Alzheimer’s, impact of hearing loss on health and well-being, causes of hearing loss and treatments. An opportunity to sign up for a free hearing screening will be available, as well as a chance to clean and check hearing aids, batteries and accessories. Call the Regency at 329-7878, ext. 36, or Kona Hearing Aid at 326-1073 to reserve a spot. Seating is limited.
National Park Week April 21 through 29
Celebrating the theme, “Picture Yourself in a National Park,” National Park Week will run from April 21 through 29. During the week, visitors across the country can enjoy the beauty and wonder of 84 million acres of the world’s most spectacular scenery, historic places and cultural treasures for free.
Locally, Puuhonua o Honaunau and Kaloko-Honokohau National Historical Parks will mark the annual celebration with special events and activities including participation in the Earth and Ocean Festival at the Keauhou Beach Resort April 21 and Earth Day April 22. Daily interpretive programs, ranger-led hikes, Hawaiian cultural activities and music, and evening programs are planned to provide a spectrum of opportunities visitors can choose from. Phone the visitor center at Puuhonua o Honaunau at 328-2326 or Kaloko-Honokohau at 326-9057, for further information on the planned events.
Kona Music Society benefit is Sunday
Kona Music Society will have a benefit “An Afternoon of Music” from 4 to 6 p.m. Sunday at a private residence in Makalei Estates. Gourmet pupu will be offered by chef Morgan Starr, Mi’s Bistro and a tenor in the organization. Featured performers will be pianist and flamenco dancer Alex Walters, violinist Ursula Vietze and pianist Loren Wilken. Those attending will have an opportunity to personally sponsor an instrumentalist for a May 20 concert and help the organization continue bringing choral music to Kona. Call 329-7133 for reservations.
At 4 p.m. May 20 at King Kamehameha’s Kona Beach Hotel, Artistic Director Susan McCreary Duprey and society members will conclude the organization’s 22nd concert season with the island premier of “Lux Aeterna” by Morten Lauridsen. The concert will include the 80-member adult chorus, 19-member youth chorus, led by Sue Boyum and Gloria Juan Tapaatoutai, and 25-piece orchestra with concertmaster Vietz. In addition to the major choral work by Lauridsen, the performance will also include songs from Cameroon, Hawaii, Ireland, the Ukraine and United States. For tickets or more information, visit konamusicsociety.org or call 334-9880.
Trail project receives $50K donation
An anonymous donation of $50,000 has been given to the Waimea Trail and Greenway, a planned five-mile trail through the heart of Waimea.
“We are overwhelmed by the donor’s incredible generosity,” said trail committee member and Peoples Advocacy for Trails Hawaii Executive Director, Laura Dierenfield. “This is a wonderful gift toward the health of our community.”
Today many people enjoy the one-mile section of the trail to get to school and work, to exercise and to enjoy the beauty of Waikoloa Stream. The gift will be used to further the community’s efforts to clear the trail along existing county easements.
For more information about the project, visit waimeatrail.org. For more information about PATH, visit pathhawaii.org or email sharetheroad@pathhawaii.org.