Puna 4-H now recruiting ADVERTISING Puna 4-H now recruiting The 4-H group in Puna is recruiting new members from Pahoa, Keaau and Kalapana who are in grades K-12. The new year is already underway. Those interested in being a part
Puna 4-H now recruiting
The 4-H group in Puna is recruiting new members from Pahoa, Keaau and Kalapana who are in grades K-12.
The new year is already underway. Those interested in being a part of 4-H and not miss out on any of the organization’s upcoming events should sign up now.
For more information or to get involved, contact Becky Settlange at 969-8213 or email her at settlage@hawaii.edu.
Free Reiki demo, meditation slated
Reiki is a powerful healing modality that arrived in the West from Japan right here in Hilo.
Join Susan Gregg at 7 p.m. Wednesday (Nov. 9) at Aloha Wellness Center, 239 Haili St., Hilo, and experience the healing of reiki, a Japanese technique for stress reduction and relaxation, and take part in a group meditation.
There will be lots of time for questions and you will have a direct experience of love, healing and joy.
There is no cost to attend this demonstration.
For more information, contact Gregg at 255-3098 or email her at susan@susangregg.com.
Hawaiian Shores Community Center hosts new yoga program
The Hawaiian Shores Community Center on Kahakai Boulevard recently started a weekly yoga program.
Mother and daughter instructors, Marcia and Crystal Galleher, join with long-time resident and founder of the Kupukupu Yoga program, Connie Cappos. Classes are 10:15-11:15 a.m. Monday, Wednesday and Friday mornings and are geared toward new students and those seeking a more gentle experience of yoga.
Gentle/chair yoga is hosted Mondays and level 1 classes are Wednesdays and Fridays.
The practice of yoga enhances the mind/body relationship, increases flexibility, strength, balance and provides a greater sense of well-being.
Bring your yoga mat to class. Suggested donation of $5. Contact Georgette 965-6631 for more information.
HPA Book Club to meet Thursday
The Hawaii Preparatory Academy Community Book Club will meet at 7 p.m. Thursday (Nov. 10) in the Ko Kakou Student Union on the Upper Campus. Club meetings are free and open to the public.
Light refreshments will be served and participants are invited to bring a snack to share.
Lois Inman, Dyer Memorial librarian, and Jaime Johnson, Upper School English teacher, will lead the group. The current book selection is “Things Fall Apart by Chinua Achebe.” Time Magazine included the novel in its TIME 100 Best English-language Novels from 1923-2005.
Set in pre-colonial Nigeria in the 1890s, the novel tells two intertwining stories, both centering on Okonkwo, a “strong man” of an Ibo village. The first, a powerful fable of the conflict between the individual and society, traces Okonkwo’s fall from grace with the tribal world. The second, as modern as the first is ancient, concerns the clash of cultures and the destruction of Okonkwo’s world with the arrival of European missionaries.
For more information, contact Jaime Johnson at jjohnson@hpa.edu.
Visiting Indonesian scholar to talk about Biogas
Have you ever wondered about alternative energy sources beyond solar?
Tjokorda Gde Tirta Nindhia, a professor in the engineering faculty at Uduyana Univesity in Bali, Indonesia, is on a Fulbright Fellowship at Michigan State University and working at the anaerobic digestion research and education research center. He will present “Small Scale Biogas for Electricity (Indonesia Case Study)” from 5-7 p.m. Thursday (Nov. 10) in the Kaneikeao (Building 379) on the Manono campus of Hawaii Community College in Hilo.
There is no charge to attend and the event is open to the public. Parking is free. Questions and answers and the opportunity to meet the speaker will follow the talk.
Contact Pamela Scheffler at 934-2622 or email her at pamela.scheffler@hawaii.edu for more information.
CCECS announces night photography classes
The College of Continuing Education and Community Service at the University of Hawaii at Hilo announces classes in night photography with award-winning landscape photographer Michelle Shuey.
Sessions are slated for 5:30-9 p.m. Friday and Saturday (Nov. 11-12) on the main campus at a location to be announced and will include a field trip. Tuition is $75 and includes transportation.
Shuey, a member of the UH-Hilo geography and environmental science faculty, will teach participants how to manipulate a digital single lens reflex (DSLR) camera to take captivating night photos. The classes will focus on basic camera techniques and settings used for long exposure photos and taking photographs at various locations, with possible venues including Hilo town, Hilo Bay, Coconut Island, Mauna Kea and the nighttime glow from Halema‘uma‘u Crater, weather permitting.
Students are responsible for providing their own DSLR or mirrorless camera, a remote shutter release and tripod.
To register or for more information, contact CCECS at 932-7830 or email to ccecs@hawaii.edu.
