About Town 8-17-12

Ballroom dancers plan Sunday event

Guest dance instructor Leon Harris will give a free lesson at Kona Ballroom Dance Club’s Sunday dance party. The event is planned from 6 to 9 p.m. at the Elks Club in Kailua-Kona.

The event is free, though a $5 donation is requested. No partner is required to attend.

For more information, contact Franz or Joanna at 326-9190 or Trisha Hansen at 325-2245.

Tropical fruit growers meeting Monday

The West Hawaii chapter of Hawaii Tropical Fruit Growers will meet from 7 to 9 p.m. Monday at the University of Hawaii Experiment Station in Kainaliu, across from Aloha Theatre. Nonmembers are welcome to attend.

Brian Lievens and Ken Love will discuss drought-tolerant fruit trees and a new project to test grapes in West Hawaii.

Attendees are encouraged to bring fruit for sampling and talk story with guest speakers.

For more information, contact Lievens at 895-8753 or greenwizard@hawaii.rr.com or Love at 323-2417 or kenlove@hawaiiantel.net.

Police department plans Ka‘u community meeting

The Hawaii Police Department will hold a community meeting from noon to 2 p.m. Tuesday at the Naalehu Community Center.

The purpose of the meeting is to allow the public to meet the department’s command staff and to discuss police-related concerns with the police chief and commanders who oversee police operations in the Kaʻu District.

The event in Naalehu continues district community meetings, which are rotated throughout the eight police districts on the Big Island. To aid police commanders in focusing on specific community concerns, they ask that participation in this meeting be limited to persons who live or work in the Kaʻu District.

Those interested in participating but unable to attend may email their concerns or comments to copsysop@hawaiipolice.com.

For more information, call Capt. Andrew Burian at 939-2520.