‘Call Me Captain’ author to speak
Writer and marine biologist Susan Scott will share stories from her book, “Call Me Captain: A Memoir of a Woman at Sea,” at 7 p.m. Monday at the Lyman Museum.
The memoir is about Scott’s harrowing sail from Hawaii to Palmyra Atoll.
The cost is $3 or free to museum members.
For more information, call Gladys Suzuki at 935-5021 or email education@lymanmuseum.org.
Public invited
to hatsu bon
Hilo Higashi Hongwanji Mission will host its annual hatsu bon service at 6 p.m. Aug. 8. A celebratory bon dance will follow at 7 p.m.
Food and refreshments will be available for purchase.
The hatsu bon is a time to pay homage and remember those who passed away within the past 12 months; the obon is a time to reunite with family and friends.
An ura bon (day after obon) service will be performed at 10 a.m. Aug. 9. The services and festivities are free and open to everyone.
Bon dance practices will be offered from 7-9 p.m. Aug. 4 and 6 at the temple social hall and also are free to the public.
The mission is located at 216 Mohouli St.
For more information, call the Rev. Marcos Sawada at 935-8968.
Customer service course planned
The College of Continuing Education and Community Service at the University of Hawaii at Hilo will conduct a workshop titled “How to Deliver Exceptional Customer Service” from 9 a.m.-4 p.m. Aug. 13 at Kuakini Tower, 75-5722 Kuakini Highway, Suite No. 216, in Kailua-Kona.
This customer service workshop is an interactive and engaging course taught by Lani Weigert, who will show participants how to improve the quality, timeliness and effectiveness of customer service to ultimately improve the all-important bottom line.
The cost is $150.
For more information or to register, contact CCECS at 974-7664 or email ccecs@hawaii.edu.
Honokaa history talk scheduled
Wendy Tolleson with the Historic Honokaa Town Project will present a slide show and talk about land exchanges through time across ethnic groups in Honokaa town at noon Aug. 22 at the People’s Theatre.
The changes in land ownership produced culture change, which is reflected in the plantation-style buildings, Tolleson says.
For details, call Tolleson at 371-2499 or visit historichonokaatownproject.com.
