Pruning pointers
Dennis Makishima teaches a pruning workshop Tuesday at Liliuokalani Gardens in Hilo. The two-day workshop was shaped for park maintenance personnel and active landscapers. Makishima is the founder of the aesthetic tree pruning program at Merritt College in Oakland, Calif., and past president of the Golden State Bonsai Federation. He used to come to Hawaii annually to help with the bonsai show at the Okinawa Festival in Honolulu. Now retired, Makishima is working on clients trees during two weekends on Oahu and in between returned to Hilo to teach the workshop Monday and Tuesday.
Waiakea CTSO students apply skills at competition
Waiakea High School Career and Technical Education students excelled at the 2019 Hawaii State Career and Technical Student Organization Convention that took place Feb. 25-27 at the Hawaii Convention Center in Honolulu.
Discover how Maunakea and Mauna Loa alpine plants are responding to rapid climate change
A Maunakea Speaker Series presentation by Donald Thomas, director of the Center for The Study of Active Volcanoes at the University of Hawaii at Hilo, is slated for 7 p.m. today in Moanahoku Hall at ʻImiloa Astronomy Center.
Punana Leo o Hilo offers unique learning opportunities; Enrollment open for 2019-20 preschool year
Punana Leo o Hilo, part of the states only continuous Hawaiian Medium Education program available from preschool through college, is now accepting applications for its preschool program for the 2019-2020 school year. Ohana can enroll keiki ages 2 years and 8 months up to 6 years old.
Poetry reading at Volcano Art Center
Join authors Joseph Harrington and Susan M. Schultz for an evening of poetry at 6:30 p.m. Thursday, March 21, at Volcano Art Centers Niaulani Campus in Volcano Village.
Concert organist to perform in Hilo
Adam Pajan, instructor of organ at the University of Oklahomas American Organ Institute, will perform at 7 p.m. Thursday (March 21) at Christ Lutheran Church, 595 Kapiolani St., in Hilo.
Visitor center auditorium to temporarily close later this week
The auditorium at Kilauea Visitor Center in Hawaii Volcanoes National Park will close Thursday and Friday (March 21-22) for preliminary electrical work in advance of a planned upgrade slated for April 8-15.
Mass Transit brainstorming session slated
The county Mass Transit Agency is hosting a brainstorming session from 5:30-7:30 p.m. Monday (March 25) at the Pahoa Neighborhood Facility to discuss Puna District hub locations.
Kamehameha III feted
Photos by LAURA RUMINSKI/West Hawaii Today.
