VFW hosts memorial ceremony
VFW Post 12122, behind Kona Locksmith off Kaiwi Street, will host several events this week.
A memorial ceremony will be conducted at 11 a.m. Monday at the West Hawaii State Veterans Cemetery. The main speakers will be Sen. Mazie Hirono, State Reps. Cindy Evans and Nicole Lowen. The scattering garden will be initiated with the spreading of ashes of John O’Connor, a Navy Pearl Harbor survivor. A potluck follows, provided by the Kona VFW Auxiliary and the Kona American Legion Ladies Auxiliary.
Pat Pastor, newly elected commander, will speak at the Rotary Club of Kona Sunrise breakfast meeting Wednesday at Humpy’s.
Onion burgers with salad and desert will be served Friday for $5. The public is invited.
The post will serve the community by transporting recycleables from the Fairmont Orchid, Hawaii during the Honu race Saturday.
Info: Don Zero, (509) 879-1040.
Freemasons meet Wednesday
The monthly Stated Meeting of Kona Lodge of Free and Accepted Masons will be held Wednesday, June 1 at the Kona Masonic Center, 73-5577 Kauhola St., Suite 7, Kailua-Kona. Dinner will be at 6 p.m. and the meeting begins at 7.
All members of the craft are invited to the dinner and meeting.
Info: Lee Meyerson at 326-5661.
Input sought on Hawaii’s education future
The Hawaii State Department of Education is accepting public input on its joint Strategic Plan for the next three years.
Feedback is being sought until May 31 through a survey posted at hiqualityed.tumblr.com.
HIDOE is taking into account the passage of the new federal education law, the Every Student Succeeds Act, which provides more flexibility to states to direct their own education strategies to support state goals, while keeping several federal requirements tied to funding in place.
Info: hawaiipublicschools.org.
Moi season closes Wednesday
A fish with a lot of fingers will be hands-off starting June 1. The season for moi, or Pacific threadfin, will be closed from June through August in Hawaii waters.
Moi is the only fish in Hawaii belonging to the genus Polydactylus, which is Greek for many fingers. The “fingers” are actually six filaments extending from the base of each pectoral fin. It is also one of the relatively few Hawaiian fishes to undergo sex reversal, changing from male to female by the time it reaches about 10 inches in length.
Early Hawaiians also placed a kapu on certain fish during their spawning season as a conservation measure.
During the open season – September through May – the minimum size for moi is 11 inches, and the bag limit for possession and/or sale is 15. However, a commercial marine dealer may possess and sell more than 15 moi during the open season with receipts issued for the purchase.
Info: dlnr.hawaii.gov/dar/fishing/fishing-regulations. To report fishing violations, call 643-DLNR.