Low-income energy assistance available
The Hawaii County Economic Opportunity Council is accepting applications for the Low Income Home Energy Assistance Program. Applications for the federally funded home energy subsidy are available between 8 a.m. and 3:30 p.m. weekdays in June at the following locations in West Hawaii:
c HCEOC Kona, 76-6804 Mamalahoa Highway in Holualoa
c HCEOC Naalehu, behind the community center
c The North Hawaii Education & Research Center in Honokaa
Applications are also available on Fridays at the Edmund Olson II Trust Building in Pahala.
Eligible families must bring originals and copies of their most recent Hawaii Electric Light Co. bill; verification of income for all adults: three months of pay stubs, Social Security 2013 benefits letter, pension, disability, unemployment or other regular payments; identification for all household members: driver’s license or passport and Social Security cards for adults, Social Security cards for children, birth certificates for infants younger than 1; proof of residence, such as a rental agreement, property tax or other bill; final utility termination notice from HELCO, if applicable.
Buddhist scholars
to share thoughts
Buddhist scholars, authors and educators Ugo Dessi and Elisabetta Porcu will present two talks on Hawaii Island. They will discuss how globalization and new media could pave different paths to peace, compassion and awareness of global interdependence.
Dessi will speak at 7 p.m. Monday at the Honokaa Hongwanji Buddhist Temple; Porcu will speak at 7 p.m. June 14 at the Puna Hongwanji. Both presentations are free and open to the public.
A time for questions and answers, as well as light refreshments, follows each presentation.
For information, call the Honokaa mission at 775-7232 or the Puna temple at 966-9981.
Registration open
for Okinawan
heritage day camp
The third annual Children’s Day Camp sponsored by the Kona Okinawa Kenjinkai will be held from 8 a.m. to 4 p.m. June 22 and 23 at Hualalai Academy.
Children between the ages of 8 and 13 may attend the camp which features traditional Okinawan culture, food and language activities, as well as games of a bygone era.
The cost, which includes supplies, is $45 per child; $35 per child for two or more siblings. A light lunch is provided.
Contact Sarah Hashimoto at 331-2740 by June 16 to register.
Hospital auxiliary board meeting Monday
The Kona Community Hospital Auxiliary board meets at 1 p.m. Monday in the hospital conference room. Visitors are welcome to attend.
The public is also invited to patronize the group’s bake sales held from 7 to 9 a.m. every Friday in the hospital cafeteria.
For more information, call the auxiliary office at 322-4577 or visit kchauxiliary.org.
Camp Tarawa presentation is Monday
Between December 1943 and August 1945, 55,000 U.S. Marines, Navy corpsmen and Seabees made the Big Island their home. The story of Camp Tarawa, the largest Marine Corps training facility in the Pacific, will be recounted at a presentation by Kathy Painton, historian and public affairs officer for the Camp Tarawa Detachment of the Marine Corps League, slated for 7 p.m. Monday at the Lyman Museum.
Camp Tarawa was a place of healing for the men of the Second Marine Division, and where they trained for missions on Saipan, Tinian and Okinawa. The Fifth Division prepared for the Iwo Jima Campaign and the occupation of Japan at the site. The facility, and those who trained there, also had a lasting effect on the people and town of Waimea, where the camp’s tent city was located.
Doors open at 6:30 p.m. Nonmembers pay $3; museum members are admitted at no charge.
Bon dance classes offered in Honalo
Daifukuji Soto Mission in Honalo is offering free bon dance classes Tuesday, June 18 and 25 and July 2, 4, 9 and 11.
Taught by Winifred Kimura, the sessions run from 7 to 8:30 p.m. in the temple’s social hall. The temple’s bon dance, planned from 6:30 to 10 p.m. July 13, will feature dancing, taiko drumming, food and a 6 p.m. opening service. For information, call 322-3524 or visit daifukuji.org.