Hilo native named NAVFAC Hawaii 2021 Engineer of the Year
In early October, Naval Facilities Engineering Command Hawaii selected two of its most outstanding engineers for special recognition, awarding Red Hill Program Management Officer Cmdr. Darrel Frame as the 2021 Military Engineer of the Year and Supervisory Structural Engineer Guar Johnson as the 2021 Civilian Engineer of the Year at Joint Base Pearl Harbor-Hickam.
HVNP unveils new wayfinding signs
Visitors who explore the summit of Kilauea in Hawaii Volcanoes National Park can now learn about the dramatic 2018 eruption and navigate their way between destinations on the volcano with the help of new informative wayfinding signs.
County wins coveted award for financial reporting
The county Finance Department won a national award for financial reporting for the fiscal year ending June 30, 2019.
Apply now for Wayne ‘Big Dog’ Joseph scholarship
There is $6,000 available for 2021 through the Wayne “Big Dog” Joseph scholarship.
Free college credit available for high school students with new sustainability course
The Pacific & Asian Affairs Council, Ka Haka ‘Ula O Ke‘elikolanithe College of Hawaiian Language and ‘Imiloa Astronomy Center at the University of Hawaii at Hilo are collaborating to offer an opportunity for up to 30 Hawaii public high school students to earn college credit for free through an online course focusing on sustainability.
Donate a lap blanket to a hospice patient this November
In an effort to spread a little joy and love to those who are coming to the end of their lives, Discount Fabric Warehouse in partnership with Hawaii Care Choices is collecting lap blankets for distribution to new hospice patients.
VAC offers beading workshops
Volcano Art Center is offering two beading workshops with Phyllis Cullen.
Ku‘ikahi, county Bar Association host virtual recognition event
Ku‘ikahi Mediation Center together with the Hawaii County Bar Association invites the public to support its 15th Annual Recognition Dinner & Auction.
A Veterans Day remembrance
The Aloha Exchange Club of East Hawaii with the help of HELCO’s cranes will display their patriotism as proud Americans on Veterans Day, Wednesday, Nov. 11, by displaying a huge 38-by-20-foot American flag over Kamehameha Avenue from 8 a.m.-2 p.m. Club members, led by president Dale Tokuuke, will also wave flags at passing motorists. “We are celebrating Veterans Day in gratitude for those who serve and in sorrow for those who have lost their lives for us to enjoy American freedom,” said Tokuuke. The Aloha Exchange Club, chartered in 1982, promotes unity for service through Americanism, youth projects, prevention of child abuse and their police officer and firefighter recognition awards.
Education briefs for November 10
• Alana Grossman of Holualoa and Jade Lindsey of Honokaa joined the class of 2024 at the University of Utah.
Let’s Talk Food: Meals in bowls
Can you help identify this photo?
The Tribune-Herald each Monday is publishing a photo from the Lyman Museum’s John Howard Pierce Photography Collection. The Kona Historical Society generously donated the collection in 2007. The museum is seeking help identifying the people and places in the pictures, most of which are from the 1960s and ’70s. Those with information about the subjects in the photos can contact the museum at 935-5021 or archives@lymanmuseum.org. See identified photographs on Facebook at tinyurl.com/piercephotoid. THIS PHOTO (NO. 4941) was captured Nov. 13, 1959.
Volcano Watch: Innovative monitoring of Kilauea’s summit water lake
Tropical Gardening: Bumper avocado crop good food source in times like these
Fat has a bad reputation in today’s health-oriented society. But fats are essential to our well-being, it’s just that some fats are better than others.
Veterans parade goes virtual
The 13th annual Hawaii Island Veterans Day Parade, which is virtual this year, will kick off Veterans Day week.
‘The core of our ohana’: Kuikahi volunteer mediators help prevent, resolve conflicts
Let’s Talk Food: Updates on MSG, Manago Hotel and more
Taimane performs in free concert celebrating family caregivers
Ukulele virtuoso Taimane will perform in a free AARP Hawaii online concert celebrating family caregivers of older adults in recognition of National Family Caregivers Month in November. The concert can be seen on a Zoom link and will be simulcast on the AARP Hawaii Facebook page at 6 p.m. Friday.
AARP Hawaii launches free caregiver webinars
AARP Hawaii is offering free weekly Caregiver Wednesday webinars to provide valuable information and resources for caregivers on Zoom and the AARP Hawaii Facebook page every Wednesday at 4 p.m. starting Nov. 4.
Hawaii Concert Society to present online concerts for 2020-21 season
The Hawaii Concert Society’s 2020-21 season of fine music has been on hold due to the COVID pandemic , but is now beginning to take shape. It promises to be unlike any of the Society’s 58 previous seasons. Instead of live performances in Hilo, it will consist of personalized recorded concerts by world-renowned artists, many of whom have taken part in recent Concert Society seasons.
