Senior ID cards available this month
Senior ID cards available this month
Hawaii County Coordinated Services for the Elderly will issue ID cards for seniors 60 years and older from 9 to 11 a.m. Monday at the Kohala CSE.
The staff will also issue cards from 10 a.m. to 1 p.m. Wednesday at Walmart in Kailua-Kona; 9 to 11 a.m. June 25 at the L. Yoshimatsu Senior Center in Waimea; and 10 a.m. to 1 p.m. June 26 at the West Hawaii Civic Center, Building B.
For more information, call 961-8777 between 7:45 a.m. and 4:30 p.m. Monday through Friday.
Singles meet for
lunch Thursday
Kona Kupuna Singles Club meets for lunch at 1 p.m. Thursday at Sam Choy’s Kai Lanai restaurant in Keauhou.
Call 334-1461 for more information and reservations.
West Hawaii Hui Laulima meets Friday
West Hawaii Hui Laulima will meet from 10:30 a.m. to noon Friday in the community meeting room at the West Hawaii Community Health Center.
Executive Director of Alahou Clean and Sober Sandra McCoy will discuss the organization’s history, funding and access to its services. The organization’s mission is “To enable clean and sober living in a safe, recovery-focused, therapeutic community environment that is owned, operated, and maintained by program participants.”
The hui is a consortium of West Hawaii’s major health and human service providers, faith-based groups, community associations, businesses, government and concerned individuals. For reservations or information, contact Linda Jeffrey at 327-4300, ext. 2432, or khparentcenter@yahoo.com.
Imiloa to host Wayfinding Talk
Imiloa Astronomy Center will host its summer 2013 Wayfinding Talk, with presentations by author Sam Low and Pwo Navigator Nainoa Thompson, at 7 p.m. Friday.
Low will introduce his new book, “Hawaiki Rising,” which tells the tale of the formation of the Polynesian Voyaging Society, the 1976 and 1980 voyages, and the 2007 Pwo, sacred initiation, of five Hawaiian men into the hierarchy of traditional navigators.
Following Low’s talk, Thompson will speak on Malama Honua, the upcoming worldwide journey of voyaging canoes Hokulea and Hikianalia.
Tickets are $10 for nonmembers; members get a discount. Purchase tickets at the Imiloa front desk or by calling 969-9703 during regular business hours. For more information, visit imiloahawaii.org or call 969-9700.
Matson is sponsoring the 2013-14 Wayfinding Talks and the 2013 Imiloa Wayfinding and Navigation Festival.