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| Ben Houghton (foreground) plays first chair clarinet in Ka`u `Ohana Band. He plays a clarinet obbligato with the chorus, as well as the Allegro, Piano Sonata in C by Mozart. |
OUR CHRISTMAS GIFT TO YOU is a concert to be performed tonight at Discovery Harbour Community Hall at 7 p.m. and Saturday at Ocean View Community Center at 2:30 p.m. Ka`u School of the Arts presents these free annual holiday concerts.
THE U.S. DEPARTMENT OF EDUCATION, which allocates special funds to school districts, has learned from the Census Bureau that more children are living in poverty on the Big Island than the rest of the state. Last year, children from 5 to 17 years of age living in poverty totaled 18.9 percent on this island, while the rest of the state averaged 12.7 percent, according to the Small Area Income and Poverty Estimates. Some families are challenged to provide nutritious food for the keiki, and children receive free meals at schools.
GOVERNOR NEIL ABERCROMBIE, in his first act of becoming governor, abolished furlough days in the school system, ensuring that more children receive regular healthy meals at school. The governor, who is visiting Ka`u this Sunday, said he vows to work on the food problem and has even urged people to bring cans of food and cash donations to Pahala Plantation House at 10 a.m. – that’s this Sunday, when he will be speaking to Ka`u residents. The contributions will go to local food banks.
NATIVE HAWAIIANS are invited to a Puwalu Aha Moku meeting tonight at Na`alehu Community Center at 5:30 p.m. in an effort to involve more people to form an Aha Moku Council. Such councils exist around the state. For more information, call 990-9327.
COMMUNITY GROUPS, BUSINESSES, CHURCHES and some of our elected officials are planning to walk and ride in the annual Pahala Christmas Parade this Sunday at 1 p.m. The parade is famous for going to people’s houses and the hospital in Pahala for more than 40 years. Anyone planning to be in the parade can let founder Eddie Andrade know by calling 928-0808.
THE U.S. DEPARTMENT OF EDUCATION, which allocates special funds to school districts, has learned from the Census Bureau that more children are living in poverty on the Big Island than the rest of the state. Last year, children from 5 to 17 years of age living in poverty totaled 18.9 percent on this island, while the rest of the state averaged 12.7 percent, according to the Small Area Income and Poverty Estimates. Some families are challenged to provide nutritious food for the keiki, and children receive free meals at schools.
GOVERNOR NEIL ABERCROMBIE, in his first act of becoming governor, abolished furlough days in the school system, ensuring that more children receive regular healthy meals at school. The governor, who is visiting Ka`u this Sunday, said he vows to work on the food problem and has even urged people to bring cans of food and cash donations to Pahala Plantation House at 10 a.m. – that’s this Sunday, when he will be speaking to Ka`u residents. The contributions will go to local food banks.
THE KA`U COMMUNITY DEVELOPMENT PLAN STEERING COMMITTEE is meeting for the first time in many months next Tuesday, December 14 at 5:30 p.m. at Na`alehu Community Center. Steering Committee Chair Leina`ala Enos, Vice Chair Eldridge Naboa, Community Planning Assistant Nalani Parlin, and County Planner Ron Whitmore will present proposed outreach strategies for future CDP activities.
NATIVE HAWAIIANS are invited to a Puwalu Aha Moku meeting tonight at Na`alehu Community Center at 5:30 p.m. in an effort to involve more people to form an Aha Moku Council. Such councils exist around the state. For more information, call 990-9327.
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| Hunting tournaments are popular in Ka`u. |
THE STATE DEPARMENT OF LAND AND NATURAL RESOURCES has extended the comment period for Rules Regulating Game Bird Hunting, Field Trials and Commercial Shooting Preserves, and 13-123, Rules Regulating Game Mammal Hunting. Public hearings were held statewide in November, but the extension allows written comments to be received or postmarked through January 10, 2011, by e-mail to DLNR@hawaii.gov or sent to DLNR, Public Hunting Rules, PO Box 621, Honolulu, HI 96809. The proposed rules with amendments can be found at http://hawaii.gov/dlnr/. Ka`u has the largest acreage in hunting grounds in the state.
COMMUNITY GROUPS, BUSINESSES, CHURCHES and some of our elected officials are planning to walk and ride in the annual Pahala Christmas Parade this Sunday at 1 p.m. The parade is famous for going to people’s houses and the hospital in Pahala for more than 40 years. Anyone planning to be in the parade can let founder Eddie Andrade know by calling 928-0808.