Na Leo to show budget meetings
Na Leo to show budget meetings
Na Leo TV, shown on Oceanic Time Warner Cable public access channels 53, 54 and 55, announced it will broadcast live the Hawaii County Council Special Finance Committee budget meetings scheduled for Wednesday, Thursday and Friday.
The live broadcast will air on Channel 55 beginning at 9 a.m. each day. Live coverage will continue until that day’s budget meeting ends.
Healthy Keiki Fest planned in Waimea
The 17 th annual Waimea Healthy Keiki Fest will take place from 9 a.m.-1 p.m. Saturday at the Parker Ranch Center.
Designed for children ages 3-12, keiki, along with their parents, will spend the day exploring more than 30 free, hands-on activities related to fitness, health, nutrition and safety. Activities include free bicycle helmets, hand hygiene education, bicycle safety course, car seat fitting and collage art.
Children will receive a passport to track their participation at each learning booth. A completed passport offers keiki the opportunity to choose from a host of other activities, such as the rock climbing wall or the bounce house.
This year’s Keiki Fest is hosted by North Hawaii Community Hospital and Tutu’s House. The Parker Ranch Center is located at 67-1185 Mamalahoa Highway.
For more information or to support the event, call 881-4425 or email LEdmondson@Queens.org.
USFWS cancels refuge open house
To reduce the risk of possibly spreading rapid ‘ohi‘a death in the Hakalau Forest National Wildlife Refuge, the U.S. Fish and Wildlife Service canceled Saturday’s Spring Open House.
The event takes place in a portion of the refuge typically closed to the public.
“Hakalau Forest protects some of the last, best Native Hawaiian forest in the islands. ‘Ohi‘a trees are the foundation of this rain forest habitat,” said refuge manager Jim Kraus. “It is vital to the future of the forest ecosystem, and the wildlife that depend on it, that we do our best to protect it from the spread of rapid ‘ohi‘a death.”
ROD is caused by a fungus called Ceratocystis fimbriata. As researchers and scientists work to find a way to treat the disease, the best defense is to minimize, or prevent, its spread.
The Friends of Hakalau Forest National Wildlife Refuge is hosting a special event Friday in Hilo to celebrate the 30th anniversary of the refuge’s establishment. This event will continue as planned. For more information, visit: http://www.friendsofhakalauforest.org/events.
For more information about ROD, visit www.rapidohiadeath.org.