Exercise classes planned for seniors
Exercise classes planned for seniors
Hawaii County Department of Parks and Recreation Elderly Activities Division has planned a new 10-week session of classes to run Monday through June 5 excluding holidays. Classes are are open to anyone age 55 and older. Most registration fees are $10 per session and can be paid in advance at the West Hawaii Civic center or to the instructor on the first day of class.
West Hawaii classes available this session are:
Line dancing, 10:15 a.m. Tuesdays at Waikoloa Community Church
Line dancing, 10:30 a.m. Wednesdays at Waimea Community Center
Line dancing, 10 to 11:30 a.m. Thursdays at Hale Halawai
Deep water aerobics, 9 to 10 a.m. Tuesdays and Thursdays at Kona Community Pool
Beginner adult swim lessons, 10:45 to 11:30 a.m. Thursdays
Intermediate adult swim lessons, 9:45 to 10:30 Tuesdays and 9:45 to 10:45 a.m. Thursdays
Senior fitness classes, 8:30 to 9:30 a.m. Mondays at the Kona Aerial Gymnastics gym, 8:30 through 9:30 a.m. Tuesdays at Hale Halawai, 8:30 to 9:30 a.m. Thursdays at Yano Hall
Senior yoga, 8:30 a.m. Mondays or 8:30 or 10 a.m. Fridays at Hale Halawai. Cost is $5 per class.
Senior yoga, 8:30 a.m. Wednesdays at the West Hawaii Civic Center gazebo. Cost is $5 per class.
Chair yoga for seniors, 10 a.m. Mondays at Hale Halawai. Cost is $5 per class.
Tai chi classes, a new beginner series that provides exercises to improve center and balance, 9 a.m. Wednesdays at Yano Hall or 9 a.m. Fridays at Hale Halawai.
Beginner line dance classes, 9 a.m. Fridays at Yano Hall
Intermediate line dance classes, 9 a.m. Mondays at Yano Hall
Zumba gold, 5:30 p.m. Tuesdays in the West Hawaii Civic Center gazebo
Zumba toning, 5:30 p.m. Thursdays in the West Hawaii Civic Center gazebo
Also, a four-week tai chi workshop will be held from 9 to 10 a.m. Tuesdays in the West Hawaii Civic Center gazebo. Cost for this four-week session is $5.
For more information, call the Elderly Recreation Services office at the West Hawaii Civic Center in Kailua-Kona at 323-4340.
Shopping center offers public events
The Shops at Mauna Lani offers a Pau Hana Culinary Festival from 4 to 7 p.m. every Tuesday, featuring Big Island food vendors, gourmet products and live music. There is also a chef demonstration at 5 p.m.
The center also offers a Polynesian Cultural Festival — featuring the Hawaiian Islands, Tahiti, Samoa and Aotearoa — from 5:30 to 8 p.m. every third Monday.
Paniolo Day will be from 11 a.m. to 3 p.m Saturday, April 18. The event celebrates the history and heritage of the paniolo on the Big Island with a historical exhibit, live entertainment, games, activities and Big Island food vendors.
For more information, call 885-9501.
Public invited to participate in mural
“My life begins when…,” a Kealakehe High School community event, will be held from 9 a.m. to noon Saturday at the school. Three students, Jennifer Anderson, Shayla Penera and Nicole Wong, teamed up to create an interactive mural at the school. The goal is to delegate a creatively inspiring project to challenge individuals as creative thinkers and to share a project that will benefit the community.
For more information, visit facebook.com/lifebeginsnowmov.
Business workshop planned Thursday
A free “How To Start a Business in Hawaii” workshop is scheduled from 9 to 11:30 a.m. or 1:30 to 4:30 p.m. Thursday at Kuakini Tower, Suite 216. The fee is $20 per person and space is limited. To register by April 1, visit hisbdc.org.
For more information, contact Jackie at 327-3680.
Annual governor luncheon includes business expo
The Kona-Kohala Chamber of Commerce invites the community to attend the annual focus luncheon with Gov. David Ige at 11:30 a.m. April 8 at the Sheraton Kona Resort &Spa at Keauhou Bay.
Ige will make his inaugural visit as governor to West Hawaii to speak on issues of importance to the community, and as time permits, answer questions from the floor. A business expo precedes and follows the banquet from 10:30 to 11:30 a.m. and from 1:30 to 2:30 p.m.
Admission for the banquet is $46 for Chamber and Rotary members and $56 for nonmembers. Tables of eight can be reserved. Reservations are required by Friday. Secure a seat online at kona-kohala.com or call 329-1758.
Holualoa Village hosts music and art event
Holualoa Village will hold its Art-After-Dark celebration from 5:30 to 8:30 p.m. Friday. Featured will be new artwork, music and refreshments at most of the village art galleries and shops.
The Holualoa Ukulele gallery will have Betta Den Nothen performing all on the front lanai of the old post office building. David Lawrence will be back by popular demand in front of Koa Realty with ’60s rock and contemporary tunes.
Free parking will be available at the town parking lot and Holualoa School.
More information, visit holualoahawaii.com
Teachers welcome at writing program
The Hawaii Writing Project is accepting applications for the 2015 Invitational Summer Institute held at the Univeristy of Hawaii at Maui College. Teachers share and apply effective teaching strategies and explore their own writing at the institutes. Graduates then become teacher leaders at their school sites, sharing best educational practices with their colleagues during meetings and workshops. The deadline for applications is June 15, but interested teachers are encouraged to apply soon since space is limited to 20 participants.
The Hawaii Writing Project is an affiliate of the National Writing Project, whose goal is to improve writing instruction in schools across the nation, and promote the use of writing as a tool for thinking and literacy learning across disciplines.
This will be the fifth year the institute has been offered at UH-Maui College. Workshops will cover current theory and research on the teaching of writing, writing study groups, writing demonstration lessons, and topics for teacher-research inquiry projects. The institute is free to all selected participants.
To receive an application form or learn more about the institute, contact Marnie Masuda at 984-3435 or marniem@hawaii.edu.