Kona Coffee Living History Farm celebrates Girl’s Day
Kona Coffee Living History Farm celebrates Girl’s Day
Hinamatsuri or Girl’s Day on Thursday is an honored holiday in Japan and Hawaii when a girl’s dolls are put on display.
Kona Coffee Living History Farm, an outdoor museum in Captain Cook, offers information about this tradition and the Japanese coffee pioneer’s story during the 1920s to 1940s in Hawaii. Visitors will have the opportunity to make their own paper dolls and be able to sample traditional Girl’s Day foods, such as hina-arare and hishimochi.
The farm is open from 10 a.m. to 2 p.m. Monday through Friday. Info: 323-3222, konahistorical.org.
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 on the ground floor of West Hawaii Community Health Center on the corner of Kuakini Highway and Hualalai Road. Attendees should not park on site or adjacent parking area. Parking is available across from the library or at Hualalai Center.
Susan Akiyama, homelessness coordinator with the Hawaii County Office of Housing in Hilo will provide an overview of the department’s programs and operational changes. A Lion’s Club of Kona representative, Jack Vore, will share about a $10,000 grant available for Hui participation.
Info: Linda Jeffrey, 989-4241, khparentcenter@yahoo.com.
Household hazardous waste collection in Waimea
Household hazardous waste will be collected between 8:30 a.m. and 3:30 p.m. Saturday at the Waimea Recycling and Transfer Station.
Business, government agency, farm waste and electronic waste are not allowed. Some types of acceptable waste are automotive fluids, used batteries, fluorescent lights and pesticides and latex paint. For a more complete list of acceptable or unacceptable waste, visit hawaiizerowaste.org.
The next collection in Kona will be June 11.
Info: Chris Chin-Chance, recycling specialist for the Department of Environmental Management, 961-8554, recycle3@co.hawaii.hi.us.
Lauhala weaving class planned
Attendees of a lauhala weaving class will learn about the traditional uses of hala, how to prepare leaves for weaving, plus make a lauhala bracelet. The workshop is from 9:30 a.m. to 12:45 p.m. Friday at Christ Episcopal Church on Konawaena School Road in Kealakekua. Cost is $20.
Info: Kuupua Whitehawk, 987-2662, blossoming_whitehawk@yahoo.com.
Lions Club holds free health fair
The Lions Club of Kona will sponsor a free health screening event from 8 a.m. to noon Saturday in the Konawaena Elementary School cafeteria.
Screenings will include keiki dental, general vision testing, hearing, blood pressure and diabetes testing. All are offered free of charge.
Exhibits will include, senior activities, vision tracking for children, various community resources related to health, and also a special dengue education presentation. Free mosquito traps will be given away.
There will also be free carnival games for children and free meals for all participants.
WHEA holds community fair
West Hawaii Explorations Academy will hold its annual Community Fair from 11 a.m. to 3 p.m. Saturday March 5 at its campus.
Activities include a free party bouncer, entertainment and campus tours highlighting the shark tank and touch tank. The event features a silent auction, games, food booth and school shirt sales.
The campus is at the Natural Energy Laboratory. Enter NELHA and take the first left, the school is makai of the Gateway Center.
Vendor space is available, contact 327-4751 for info.
Kona Orchid Society meets
The Kona Orchid Society meets at 6 p.m. Friday at the Makua Lani Christian Academy on Kealakaa Street.
Bob Harris and Jennifer Snyder of Orchidpeople of Hawaii will demonstrate how to properly care for Cymbidiums and how to divide them when it’s time.
Attendees should bring their pest-free blooming orchids for show and tell, and a dish to share for the potluck dinner at 6:50 p.m. Doors open at 5:30.
Info: Jan Rae, 325-4991.