Club hosting salsa nights
Dance Hawaii Ballroom Dance Club’s $5 Hot Summer Salsa Nights are held from 9 to 11 p.m. every Thursday starting with a Salsa Festival kick-off party this Thursday. Tom Langenstein will play salsa, cha-cha, cumbia, merengeue and bachata.
For more information, call 334-0224.
West Hawaii County Band to perform
The county Department of Parks &Recreation and West Hawaii County Band will offer a free concert from 6:30 to 7:30 p.m. Friday at Hale Halawai where Hualalai Road meets Alii Drive. Seating will be available.
Conductor Lisa Archuletta, who received a music degree from the University of Hawaii and a master’s degree from Yale University School of Music, will conduct the concert. Drugs, tobacco, alcohol and litter are not permitted.
For more information, call Marshall Tohara at 327-3565.
Low vision group hosts assistive technology demonstration
Assistive technology can change lives for those losing their vision. Devices and software help them continue daily activities and maintain independence. The National Federation of the Blind, West Hawaii Chapter will host Jo-Ann Rodrigues at 11 a.m. Friday at Hale Halawai. She will demonstrate these products and answer questions about using technology to deal with daily living challenges. This demonstration is part of a series of presentations on “Living with Vision Loss.”
The meetings are free and open to the public. Anyone interested in learning how to continue an active and independent life with vision loss is welcome.
For more information, call Sally at 345-7065 or visit nfb-westhi.org.
Korean War Veterans meeting Saturday
Korean War Veterans Association of West Hawaii Chapter 279 meets at 10 a.m. Saturday at the Veterans of Foreign Wars meeting hall, 74-5543 Kaiwi St., Suite 185a, (behind Kona Locksmith) at the corner of Kaiwi Street and Pawai Place in Kailua Kona.
Membership is open to any person who has seen honorable service in any of the Army, Navy, Marines, Air Force and Coast Guard if said service was within Korea including territorial waters and airspace at any time from Sept. 3, 1945 to the present, or said service was outside of Korea from June 25, 1950 to Jan. 31, 1955. Associate members are also welcome.
For more information, call Joe Nimori at 329-3058 or David Simon at 769-4427.
Press club to hear about transparency
The Big Island Press Club invites the public to a luncheon talk from noon at to 1:30 p.m. June 18 at Restaurant Kenichi to hear about The Grassroot Institute’s Transparency Initiative.
The Grassroot Institute’s Transparency Initiative has broken new ground in shedding a light on holding government in Hawaii accountable. Through a series of open records requests, and with the help of the Civil Beat Law Center for the Public Interest, and the Office of Information Practices, Grassroot President Kelii Akina and policy analyst Joe Kent will review the work that Grassroot Institute has done for a better government, economy and society in Hawaii.
The Grassroot Institute also will share the struggles with attempting to advance transparency in Hawaii, especially with regard to Hawaii County, which has been one of the least transparent counties in terms of salary and overtime pay. In addition, the speakers will review their transparency work with the Office of Hawaiian Affairs, and the Employee Retirement System, among other agencies.
Reservations are required. The cost of the buffet lunch is $20. Register with a credit card at bipcgrassrootinstitute.eventbrite.com or contact Robert Duerr at surf77@mac.com or 937-9104. Those interested may also send a check to BIPC, P.O. Box 1920, Hilo, HI 96721 to arrive no later than June 16. Parking is available at Aupuni Center, across the street, for 25 cents per hour.
Tisalona-Watson completes training
U.S. Air National Guard Airman 1st Class Naehu W. Tisalona-Watson graduated from basic military training at Joint Base San Antonio-Lackland, San Antonio.
The airman completed an intensive, eight-week program that included training in military discipline and studies, Air Force core values, physical fitness, and basic warfare principles and skills.
Airmen who complete basic training earn four credits toward an associate in applied science degree through the Community College of the Air Force.
Tisalona-Watson is the son of Heather K. Cahill and Paul F. Tisalona of Mountain View.
He is a 2014 graduate of Kamehameha High School, Keaau.