Bird hunting season starts Saturday
Bird hunting season starts Saturday
The 2013-2014 Game Bird Hunting Season opens Saturday. According to the Department of Land and Natural Resources, the season will run through Jan. 20, with legal hunting on Saturdays, Sundays and state holidays.
This year, DLNR biologists are predicting an average season of bird hunting, because of the easing of drought conditions in many parts of the state.
All game bird hunters should be familiar with Title 13, Chapter 122 “Rules Regulating Game Bird Hunting.”
Hunters will be required to check in and out at established hunter check stations. Hunters must have permission from landowners if they choose to hunt on private land.
For more information contact the Division of Forestry and Wildlife office at 887-6063.
Parks and Recreation plans youth
basketball league
The Hawaii County Department of Parks and Recreation will hold a basketball league for children ages 9 to 14. League play is scheduled from Jan. 27 to March 13. Games will begin at 5 p.m. Mondays and Thursdays.
The league is also looking for volunteer coaches and officials.
Registration forms are available between 12:30 and 2:30 p.m. Monday through Thursday at the Kekuaokalani Gymnasium.
For more information, call Wesley Sermons or Diego Padillio at 327-3553.
Parks and Recreation offers youth
volleyball league
The Hawaii County Department of Parks and Recreation will hold a volleyball league for children ages 8 to 14. League play is scheduled from Nov. 12 to Dec 17. Games will begin at 4:30 p.m. Tuesdays.
Registration forms are available between 12:30 and 2:30 p.m. Monday through Thursday at the Kekuaokalani Gymnasium.
An informational meeting is scheduled at 6:30 p.m. Nov. 5 in the multipurpose area of the gym.
For more information, call Wesley Sermons or Diego Padillio at 327-3553.
Waimea tee ball and coach pitch season
Parks and Recreation Waimea, in partnership with Waimea Athletics, will host a coaches meeting Nov. 19 at the Waimea Community Center. All coaches are asked to attend.
Player registration will be $40, which includes uniform, hat, ball and team equipment. Sign up between 11 a.m. and 2 p.m., Monday through Thursday, Nov. 27 to Dec. 14, at Waimea Community Center.
For more information call or email Melissa Samura at 887-3014 or parksandrecwaimea@gmail.com
Hawaii Cycling Club offers Lavaman Training
Hawaii Cycling Club is sponsoring the Bypass Training Time Trial Saturday, beginning and ending at the bottom of Alii Drive — also known as “the pit” or “end of the world.” Registration is slated from 7 to 7:40 a.m. The race begins at 8 a.m., following a 7:50 meeting.
The event is free and open to members and nonmembers.
While the bypass is only 2.9 miles long, it reaches 670 feet in elevation and replicates Lavaman Keauhou’s challenging hills.
The club will also be resuming separate group rides for beginning and intermediate bicyclists. Meet at 7 a.m. Saturday at the Old Kona Airport Park.
Visit hawaiicyclingclub.com for more information.
IKL championship
Saturday in Kona
The Kona Branch of the International Karate League will host its ninth annual IKL Karate Championship from 8:30 a.m. to 4:30 p.m. Saturday at Kekuaokalani Gymnasium.
IKL branches from Hilo, Paauilo, Honokaa, Waimea, North Kohala, Waikoloa, Captain Cook, Kailua-Kona, Kealakehe, Pahala, Keaau, Oahu and California will attend.
The tournament will feature competition in kata, forms; kumite, sparring; and kobudo, weaponry, for children, teenagers and adults.
The free tournament is open to the public.
For more information about the tournament, contact Hanshi Julian Shiroma at 328-9458 or 938-2414 or visit ikl.org.
KBXtreme to host scholarship bowling tournament
KBXtreme will host a bowling tournament Nov. 10 to benefit the Miss Kona Coffee scholarship.
The tournament is open to bowlers of all levels. The format is nine-pin, no-tap singles, 100 percent handicap. A Kona Coffee Festival button is required to participate.
For more information, visit konacoffeefest.com.
Weekly golf
tournament results
Na Wahine O Waikoloa
Thursday’s results
c A Flight: 1 . Kassie Wessels 57 2. Carole Abarcar 61; 3. Becky Hubbard 64
c B Flight: 1. Nan Powell 60; 2. Sally Evans 62; 3. Dale Dare 63
c Chip-ins: Trish Kimball (3); Mona Peck (5)
Closest to the Pin: Margaret Tigue (3); Kasie Wessels (6); Dee Dee Kosa (12); Yuriko Daniels (16)
c Note:Members played drop to par with full handicap.
M&M Golf Club
Tuesday’s results
c 1. Kasie Wessels 29; 2 (tie). Judy Pettersen, Linda Takai 34; 3. Butchie Hayward 35
c Low putts: Kasie Wessels 31; Randi Wilson 31
c Note: Members played odd holes less with 1/2 handicap.
Big Island Country Club
Wednesday’s results
c 1. Gary Biesemier, Marv Hasting, Kelly Lowe, Barb Millslagle (-23)
2. Tom Johnson, Frosty Johnson, Garland Lowe, Ron Ahlers (-22)
c Individual low net: Biesemier 67.
c Closest to the hole: Al Akana (5); Akana (8); Tom Johnson (13); Rick Dvorak (17).
c Note: Format was four-person teams, Cha Cha Cha game.
Keauhou Kona Men’s Golf Club
Saturday’s results
Low net winners: 1. Bob Johnson 70; 2. Larry Terpening 70; 3. Ollie Olsen 71
Closest to the pin: Mark Jackson (5); Olsen (8); Bruce Cook (13); Bob Johnson (17)