VFW invites the community to pulled pork dinner
Veterans of Foreign Wars, VFW Post 12122 continues to serve its $5 Friday dinners. The Post is located behind Kona Locksmith off Kaiwi Street and is West Hawaii’s VSO welcoming all veterans and Veteran Service Organizations.
This week’s $5 Friday meal will be pulled pork sandwiches, salad and dessert with service from 5-7 p.m. The community is welcome.
Info: Don Zero, (509) 879-1040.
Boater safety class planned
The Coast Guard Auxiliary will offer an approved boater safety course at 8 a.m. Saturday at the Coast Guard Marine Safety office at Honokohau Harbor.
The course will cover state and federal regulations, information about alcohol use, required safety equipment and what to do in a boating emergency. The course is taught in a classroom with time to ask questions and offers hands-on experience with safety equipment.
The class takes eight hours and is taught by trained volunteer Coast Guard Auxiliary instructors. The fee is $40, which includes all class supplies and lunch.
The first 10 students who prepay will be accepted.
Info and registration: Bob Lathrop, 557-6577.
Roberg honored as officer of the month
The Kona Crime Prevention Committee will honor Officer Adam Roberg as the officer of the month at 12:30 p.m. July 5. The guest speaker will be Joseph Kamelamela, Hawaii Corporate Counsel.
The public is invited. The luncheons are normally held on the first Wednesday of each month. The cost is $20 all inclusive at the Huggo’s restaurant.
Make reservations by July 3: Liz Holey, lholey@hawaii.rr.com, 443-7708.
The officer of the year luncheon has be rescheduled to Sept. 27.
Erdelt-Reinert makes college dean’s list
Lynn Erdelt-Reinert, a health services admin major from Kailua-Kona, has been named to Upper Iowa University’s spring dean’s list. To be honored, the undergraduate must have earned a minimum 3.50 GPA for the semester and be enrolled as a full-time student.
Technology tracks sponsored trees
Each year, tens of thousands of Legacy Trees are planted for permanent reforestation in the Hawaiian Legacy Forest on the slopes of Mauna Kea. Now it is possible to track their growth online.
The nonprofit is launching TreeTracker at findmy.LegacyTrees.org. Legacy Tree sponsors can enter the radio-frequency identification number associated with their koa or sandalwood tree to follow its growth.
The database tracks the health, growth, and maintenance characteristics of each tree throughout its lifetime.
The organization is working to reforest 1.3 million trees across the state – one for each person in Hawaii. To track a tree or virtually tour the Legacy Forest, visit findmy.LegacyTrees.org.
Legacy Trees can be sponsored at LegacyTrees.org or in person through Hawaiian Legacy Tours, HawaiianLegacyTours.com.