Once a month, residents and visitors can bring a beach chair or blanket to Queens’ MarketPlace’s Coronation Pavilion in Waikoloa Resort for a free outdoor movie. This month’s feature, “Leap,” will begin at 6:30 p.m. Saturday.

Anyone can enter a wreath for the contest by dropping it off between 10 a.m.-6 p.m. Nov. 27 or Nov. 29. An awards brunch will be held from 11:30 a.m. –1:30 p.m. Dec. 2. This year’s theme is “Honoring Our Children.”

Have you ever had somebody get upset with your decisions, even though your actions don’t directly affect them? Having someone become emotionally involved in your life can add extra weight to your own concerns and also break down those trusted relationships. In family caregiving, there are many decisions that need to be made. Some are on a large scale, like choosing what type of living situation the care recipient will be in. Smaller, daily choices about outings and clothing can swirl around in a caregiver’s mind and bog them down.

Thanksgiving is this week, my friends! Yes, it is an emotional time. People travel thousands of miles to be with people they see only once a year! And then, some discover that once a year is way too often. OK, that’s the naughty for the day!

Tutu’s House Toning Group will meet from 2-4 p.m. this Saturday. In ancient times, people used the power of sound to communicate, empower their community, support healthy bodies, and for enjoyment and connection. Join Shira Hunt, and George Mycroft to reconnect with this process to experience the adventurous and healing power of sound through the vibrations and frequencies of your voice.

Up is down and right is wrong in Lewis Carroll’s “Alice in Wonderland.” Hawaii Preparatory Academy’s Ka Makani Players will present a musical adaptation of Carroll’s famous work with “Alice: A Wonderland Musical” at 7 p.m. this Thursday through Saturday and 2 p.m. Sunday at Gates Performing Arts Center on the Upper Campus.

Patients visiting the emergency room at North Hawaii Community Hospital now through early 2020 must enter from the front entrance. Signage is placed throughout the campus to help redirect visitors. All parking near the front entrance is now designated for patients and visitors only. Visitors to the Lucy Henriques building can continue to enter through that building.

Congestion continues to be a problem at Pololu Valley Lookout in North Kohala. A public meeting to discuss possible solutions will be held at 5:30 p.m. this Wednesday at the Kohala High and Elementary School cafeteria.

To bless children in other countries this holiday, Solid Rock North church is once again spearheading Operation Christmas Child donations. Boxes are filled with useful items such as toothbrushes, toothpaste, hair brushes, socks, plastic cups, crayons and pencils, as well as small toys like cars, glow bracelets, small stuffed animals, dolls and books.

Special Olympics Big Island is selling $5 All You Can Eat Ice Cream tickets in advance for use at the Hilton Waikoloa’s Ohana Christmas Craft Festival later this month. They can be purchased by calling Special Olympics West Hawaii at 756-2186. Tickets can be gifts for business employees or coaches to treat their athletes. Those sold will benefit Special Olympics Big Island and other Hawaii Island charities.

Aloha everyone! Once again, it is time for the monthly update from our office.

Harmony for Health will gather from 12:30-2 p.m. Saturday afternoon with Richard Adoradio, a local music instructor. Singing in harmony can produce great benefits for not only mind and body, but also for building a well-bonded community. With his hands-on, creative approach, Adoradio applies simple, easy to follow harmonies to popular, feel-good songs and quickly gets the group out of their heads and into their hearts for a fun and revitalizing afternoon. No singing experience is necessary.

As you read this today, remember it is Veterans Day! Soooo, these first LOLs are dedicated to all the men and women in uniform now and in the past.