Kona Choral Society open house tonight
Come and let your voice ring out.
Kona Choral Society (KCS) welcomes new and returning singers to its Season 29 Open House, set for 5:30 p.m. this evening.
Rehearsals are held each Wednesday from 6-8:15 p.m. at the Kealakehe Intermediate School Band room, located at 74-5062 Onipaa Street.
KCS is a non-auditioned, community-based SATB chorus of over 100 voices led by Susan McCreary Duprey, artistic director. Repertoire includes choral masterworks such as Handel’s Messiah along with a wide range of Hawaiian and international choral works, both sacred and secular.
For more information, please visit the KCS website at konachoralsociety.org or contact KCS at konachoralsociety@gmail.com.
Vehicle disposal deadline extended
The County of Hawaii Department of Environmental Management is extending the application intake deadline for its vehicle disposal assistance program from Aug. 31 to Sept. 30.
The program is aimed at helping registered vehicle owners dispose of vehicles legally and properly, while reducing the number of derelict and abandoned vehicles on public roadways.
A maximum of one vehicle per registered owner may be disposed of at no charge.
Each owner is responsible for the towing and removal costs from the vehicle’s location to the designated scrap metal recycler. The county will pay only the disposal costs directly to the county’s existing scrap metal contractors.
Please visit our website at http://www.hawaiizerowaste.org/recycle/automotive/ for the application, guidelines, and instructions.
For further information, please contact the Derelict and Abandoned Vehicle Division at (808) 961-8552 or VDAP@hawaiicounty.gov.
Hiatt sworn in as family judge
WAIMEA — Mahilani E.K. Hiatt was sworn in as judge of the District Family Court of the 3rd Circuit for the South Kohala District before family, friends, and colleagues on Friday.
She will serve a term of six years through August 2024.
Prior to her appointment, Judge Hiatt was a partner at Hiatt &Hiatt, where she concentrated on commercial litigation and employment law. She also served as a per diem judge in the District and District Family Courts of the 3rd Circuit. She previously served as human resources administrator at Hawaii Electric Light Co., and was an associate attorney at Bays Deaver Hiatt Lung &Rose in Honolulu.
Hiatt is a graduate of the William S. Richardson School of Law and was admitted to the Hawaii State Bar in 1993.
The oath of office was administered by Chief Justice Mark E. Recktenwald.
Remarks were made by Hawaii State Bar Association President Howard K.K. Luke; West Hawaii Bar Association President Donna V. Payesko; Hawaii County Bar Association President Sherilyn Tavares; Hawaii State Trial Judges Association Vice President Darien W.L. Ching Nagata; Vice-Speaker of the House of Representatives Mark M. Nakashima; and Sen. Lorraine R. Inouye on behalf of the Hawaii State Senate.