VFW announces week’s activities
VFW announces week’s activities
Veterans of Foreign Wars, VFW Post 1212, plans the following activities this week:
On Thursday, the auxiliary will have a committee working session at 10 a.m. It is for the required annual review and revision to current standing rules. Members who are interested in participating should call JoAnn at 769-2154.
Friday’s $5 meal will be onion burgers from 5-7 p.m. The community is welcome to join.
The post is located behind Kona Locksmith, off Kaiwi Street.
Info: Don Zero, (509) 879-1040.
KES plans open house
Kealakehe Elementary School is hosting an open house for parents and students in grades 1-5 on Thursday.
Parents are invited to bring school supplies and meet their child’s teacher from 5-6 p.m. Class lists will be posted.
Aug. 7 is the first day of school for students in grade 1 to 5. Kindergarten parents will be notified by mail regarding the start of school.
Hui Laulima monthly meeting Friday
West Hawaii Hui Laulima will meet from 10:30 a.m.-noon on Friday at The Salvation Army on Kalani Street in Kailua-Kona.
The hui welcomes Judy Bell, president of Hawaii Community Caregivers Network.
The Hui Laulima (which translates to “groups working together) is a consortium of West Hawaii’s major health and human service providers, faith-based groups, community associations, businesses, government and concerned individuals. It was formed in September 1999 to encourage collaboration particularly around matters affecting West Hawaii’s youth and families. There are more than 50 organizations and individuals involved.
Info: Linda Jeffrey at khparentcenter@yahoo.com) or 989-4241.
Forest legacy program seeks projects
The Department of Land and Natural Resources is seeking new projects for its Hawaii Forest Legacy Program that will protect important working forest lands from the threat of conversion to nonforest uses. The program, administrated through DLNR’s Division of Forestry and Wildlife, is accepting applications for conservation acquisition assistance through the program.
The deadline for the next round of applications to the Hawaii Forest Legacy Program is Aug. 21. Applications can be found at https://dlnr.hawaii.gov/forestry/lap/forest-legacy/ and should be submitted to Malia Nanbara by email to malia.y.nanbara@hawaii.gov.
The program works with private landowners, state and county agencies, and conservation nonprofit groups to promote sustainable, working forests. Roughly 66 percent of forest land in the state is privately owned, with the majority of private landowners wanting to preserve these forests and leave a lasting legacy. Unfortunately, nationwide millions of acres of privately-managed working forests have been lost or converted to other uses with millions more projected to be converted in the next decade. Hawaii is no exception to this trend.
More than 2.5 million acres of threatened private forests in the U.S. have been protected under the Forest Legacy Program, of which 47,000 acres have been protected in Hawaii. The Division of Forestry and Wildlife is currently working on projects that will protect an additional 3,700 acres of important forested watershed lands through the Forest Legacy Program.
The Hawaii program accepts both fee title and conservation easement acquisitions. Fee title acquisitions are voluntary and can provide landowners with the knowledge that their property will be managed and owned in perpetuity by the state.