Auntie’s Angels seeks fresh food donations for seniors
Auntie’s Angels will hold its monthly “Soup Kitchen n Pantry” Saturday for the low-income seniors living at Hualalai Elderly Housing. Canned goods, paper goods and fresh fruits and vegetables are requested. Groups or individuals are also invited to share basic necessities and personal hygiene items with their kupuna.
Items can be dropped off by calling Jan at 329-7897.
VFW announces weekly schedule
Veterans of Foreign Wars Post 12112 behind Kona Locksmith off Kaiwi Street will host several events this week.
Free coffee will be served to veterans at 9:30 a.m. today. A taco dinner will be served starting at 4 p.m. Friday for $5. Marine Corps League will meet at 11:30 a.m. Saturday. Saturday’s dinner will be chili and rice for $10 and each meal includes a bingo card. Meal service is from 5 to 6 p.m. followed by bingo from 6:30 to 8.
For more information, call Don Zero at 509-879-1040.
Foxtrot lessons offered in Waimea
The Waimea Ballroom Dance Club, a Blue Zone organization, will hold Foxtrot lessons starting Monday for six weeks at the Kahilu Town Hall, 67-1182 Lindsey Road in Waimea. Registration starts at 6:30 p.m. and will be held before the first two meetings only. Lessons are from 7 to 8 p.m., followed by a half-hour practice mixer.
No partner is necessary. Cost is $20 for all six lessons, plus $25 annual dues for new members.
Lance Oliver is the instructor.
Call Peter In, president at 885-4776 for details.
Statewide coffee cupping results announced
Coffee industry leaders from across the state assembled for the Hawaii Coffee Association’s 20th annual conference and seventh annual statewide cupping competition last weekend at King Kamehameha’s Kona Beach Hotel.
In the cupping competition, 95 entries from across the state competed for top honors in two categories: Creative and Commercial. Qualifying for the Commercial division means at least 1,000 pounds of the coffee entered is available for sale.
The top-scoring coffee hailed from Hula Daddy Kona Coffee Farm with a score of 86.5, which competed in the Creative division. The top scoring coffee in the Commercial division was also produced in Kona by Moki’s Farm with a score of 84.8. The highest scoring coffees from other participating Hawaiian coffee origins include Ka‘u district’s A.C. Farm (85.5), the Hawaii district’s Accidental Coffee Farm (85.1), Maui’s Tambra Gardens/Kula Beans (84.8) and Hamakua’s Hawaiian Rainbow Farms with a score of 84.1. Coffees are evaluated and scored based on subtle characteristics including, flavor, aroma, mouth-feel, acidity, sweetness and aftertaste. Visit hawaiicoffeeassoc.org for a list of qualifying entries and scores.
At the annual meeting, association members gathered to elect a new board and officers. Hawaii Coffee Association’s new president is Steve Hicks of Greenwell Farms with Ralph Gaston of Isla Custom Coffees as vice president, Adrian Guillen of Hawaiian Queen Coffee as treasurer and Gloria Biven of Royal Kona Visitor Center Mill &Museum as secretary. The new board of directors features representation from across the state and a variety of business disciplines.
Other activities included a bus tour of area farms and processing facilities, workshops, vendor displays and presentations.
For more information about Hawaii Coffee Association, visit hawaiicoffeeassoc.org. Learn more about the Hawaii coffee industry at hawaiicoffeeindustry.com.