Cane navigation
demo at low vision
group meeting
The
National
Federation of the Blind,
West Hawaii Chapter and
Hoopono will host a pre-
sentation on cane naviga-
tion at the NFB meeting
at 10 a.m. Friday at Hale
Halawai. There will also
be an encore demonstra-
tion of Zoom Text and the
Zoom Text keyboard for
those interested in learn-
ing about tools to assist
the visually impaired
in continuing to use a
computer as vision fails.
Delegates have returned
and will give a report of
the activities at the NFB
75th national convention
in Orlando, Fla.
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.
Kona Vet Center
plans open house
Kona Vet Center will
host an open house from
11:30 a.m. to 2 p.m. Friday
at 73-4976 Kamanu St.,
Suite 207.
The center will partici-
pate in the National Day of
Service and Remembrance
by helping to ensure all
post-9/11 combat veterans
and their families living
on the west side of Hawaii
Island know about their
local vet center and the
services offered. Attendees
will have the opportunity
to tour the center, meet the
staff, learn about resources
for veterans and enroll in
Vet Center services.
Vet Center services are
earned through military
service in a combat zone
or area of hostility and
are provided at no cost to
veterans or their families.
They are staffed by teams
which may include social
workers, psychologists,
psychiatric nurses, mas-
ter’s-level counselors and
outreach specialists.
Vet Centers also con-
duct community outreach
and offer counseling on
employment, family issues
and education to com-
bat veterans and family
members. Staff also offer
bereavement counseling
for families and counseling
for veterans who experi-
enced sexual trauma while
on active duty.
The Kona Vet Center is
open from 7:30 a.m. to 7
p.m. Monday and Tuesday,
from 7:30 a.m. to 4:30
p.m. Wednesday through
Friday and from 8 a.m. to
noon Saturday. Veterans
and families are welcome
to walk-in during these
hours.
Appointments can be
made by calling 329-0574.
More information about
Vet Centers can be found
at vetcenter.va.gov.
Chevron raising
money for
school projects
Chevron U.S.A. Inc.
has launched its Fuel
Your School program, an
innovative collaboration
with donorschoose.org
in all counties in Hawaii.
Building on the 22,189
local students who bene-
fited last year, Fuel Your
School is now in its third
year in Hawaii, and will
generate up to $350,000
this fall, which will help
fund classroom supplies
and materials, including
those focused on science,
technology, engineering
and math and hands-on
activities to help connect
real world experiences to
classroom learning.
Public school teachers
are invited to post eligi-
ble classroom projects at
donorschoose.org. Then,
from Oct. 1 through 31,
the Fuel Your School pro-
gram will donate $1, up
to a total of $350,000, to
help fund eligible class-
room projects when con-
sumers purchase eight
or more gallons of fuel
at participating Chevron
stations.
Last year, Chevron’s
Fuel Your School program
helped fund 247 eligible
classroom projects for
public schools in Hawaii.
For a list of participat-
ing communities in the
2015 Fuel Your School
program and to track
local projects in need of
funding, visit fuelyour-
school.com. In addition to
funds generated through
the Fuel Your School pro-
gram, anyone, including
consumers and Chevron
employees, may also inde-
pendently browse and
fund inspiring classroom
projects on donorschoose.
org by making separate,
individual donations.
Kona Bridge Club
announces results
Results of the American
Contract Bridge League at
the Kona Bridge Club in
August:
Aug. 3: North/south
first placewent toRexanne
Ring and Dan Sabo; sec-
ond, Dean Jenkins and
Craig Ross. East/west
first place winners were
Butchie Hayward and
Jim Elstran; second, Lois
Griffiths and Virginia
Scott.
Aug. 5: North/south
first place winners were
Michael Folkert and
Marlene Sabo. Dean
Jenkins and Craig Ross
came in second. Tied for
first place east/west were
Pat Aldred and Beth Reid,
Dee Overton and Dorothy
Case. Coming in second
were Chuck Clark and Jim
Elstran.
Aug. 6: Marlene Sabo
and Lynn Puri came in
first. Beth Reid and Jim
Elstran took second.
Aug. 10 North/south
first place winners were
Takemi Totes and Virginia
Scott; second, Sally Bobb
and Walt Bobb. East/west
first place went to Craig
Ross and Dean Jenkins;
second, Eleanor Ramsey
and Polly Beynon.
Aug. 12 North/south
first place winners were
Richard Gittleman and
Shelly Hershberger; sec-
ond, Dee Overton and
Liz Holey. East/west first
place went to Chuck Clark
and Jim Elstran. Polly
Beynon and Sue Kaneta
took second.
Aug 13: First place went
to Gail Mullen and Shirley
Decker; second, Darel
Mooney and Roseann
Mooney.
Aug. 17: North/south
first went to Sally Bobb
and Walt Bobb. Alice
Goo and Beth Reid
won second. East/west
first place winners were
Chuck Clark and Dorothy
Case. Coming in second
were Bev Jefferson and
Rexanne Ring.
Aug. 19: Tied for north/
south first were Stuart
Vance and Peter Mitchell,
Fred Theurkauf and
Dorothy Case. Taking sec-
ond were Liz Holey and
Takemi Totes. East/west
first place winners were
Jim Elstran and Chuck
Clark; second, Beth Reid
and Pat Aldred.
Aug. 20: First place
winners were Adrienne
Lynch
and
Michael
Lynch; second, Shirley
Decker and Gail Mullen.
Aug. 24: First place
went to Dean Jenkins and
Lois Griffiths; second,
JoAn Hill and Richard
Robbins.
Aug. 26: North/south
first went to JoAn Hill
and Shirley Decker; sec-
ond, Sally Bobb and
Walt Bobb. East/west
first place winners were
Kathy Golitzen and Dee
Overton; second, Chuck
Clark and Jim Elstran.
Aug. 27: JoAn Hill and
Kathy Golitzen, Chuck
Clark and Takemi Totes
tied for first. Second place
winners were Gail Mullen
and Shirley Decker.
Aug. 31: North/south
first went to Dean Jenkins
and Lois Griffiths; sec-
ond, Sue Kaneta and Dan
Sabo. East/west first place
went to Peter Mitchell
and Kathy Golitzen.
Second place winners
were Sharon Weber and
Liz Holey.
For more information
about the Kona Bridge
Club and schedule of
games, visit konabridge.
org
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