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TUESDAY, SEPTEMBER 15, 2015 | WEST HAWAII TODAY
COMMUNITY
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Honokaa gears up for peace day events
The colorful celebra-
tion of United Nations
International Day of
Peace will take place
from Sept. 20 to 27 in
Honokaa. Youth-themed
events throughout include
a mural project with
Hamakua Youth Center,
contemporary peace film,
a student poster contest,
music and Read for Peace,
featuring “I Am Malala”
by the world’s youngest
Nobel Peace Prize winner.
At the Peace Day Parade
& Festival on Saturday,
guest entertainers for the
young and young at heart
include the lively acrobat-
ics of Hiccup Circus, feats
of magic by award-win-
ning workers Bruce and
Jennifer Meyers, upbeat
music by the Honokaa
High School Jazz Band,
DJ Nubaui spinning the
latest dance tunes and
more.
Schedule of events:
— Student Peace Poster
Contest. “The Golden
Chain of Love” is the
2015 theme. Open to
all students, K-12. Cash
and prizes awarded by
age group. Deadline to
enter is Friday. Details
and forms are available at
peacedayparade.org. For
more information, con-
tact Jeanne Clement, 936-
8253,
mjclement55@
gmail.com.
— Ongoing, student
“Read for Peace” project.
Copies of the book, “If
Kids Ran the World” by
Leo and Diane Dillon will
be read to students and
given to area preschools
by Friends of Honokaa
Library.
— Sunday, 9 a.m.,
Fall Equinox and Peace
Day service, Honokaa
Hongwanji
Buddhist
Temple.
— Monday, 3:30 p.m.,
“The Golden Chain of
Love” mural painting at
Hamakua Youth Center.
— Monday, “Read for
Peace” activity sponsored
by Friends of the Honokaa
Library, 5:30-6:30 p.m.
Selected book, “I Am
Malala,” tells the story
of Malala Yousafzai, the
18-year-old woman who
was wounded in school by
the Taliban, and became
the youngest-ever Nobel
Peace Prize winner.
— Sept. 23, Peace
Films Double Feature
at Honokaa Peoples
Theater, 7 p.m. Free,
with donations welcome.
“Traditions & Family
Values: A Blueprint For
Our Community” is a
43-minute documenta-
ry about long time resi-
dents of Hamakua, pro-
duced by people from the
Paauilo, Kalopa Mauka
Community Association.
DVDs of this film will be
available in the theater
lobby. “Peaceful Warrior”
is a feature film based on a
true story about a college
gymnast, Dan Millman,
at University of California
at Berkeley. He had a life
changing motorcycle acci-
dent and then a spiritual
awakening via a late night
guru /auto mechanic
named Socrates. Millman
was not supposed to walk
but went on to full recov-
ery and a championship
gymnastics career. The
guru, Socrates, is played
by Nick Nolte.
— Peace Weekend
Kickoff and Poster Gallery
Reception, Sept. 25, 5 to
7 p.m. at C&J Concepts.
Display of peace posters
from previous contests,
with music by Honokaa’s
own Red Eye Vibes, and
the New Dharma Band
and light refreshments.
— Peace Day Parade.
Sept. 26, 4 p.m., Mamane
Street
in
Honokaa.
Mamane Street will close
for the “moving stage” of
marching bands, taiko
drummers, hula, bon
dancers, cirque perform-
ers and multicultural
music and entertainment.
— Peace Day Festival in
the Street. Sept. 26 5 to
7:30 p.m. along Mamane
Street. A large and enter-
taining festival for all ages,
with food booths, silent
auction, taiko drummers,
magic, community bon
dancing and live music.
Admission is free and all
are welcome.
— “Mindfulness: The
Everyday Path of Peace,
Health and Wellbeing” led
by Gavin Harrison, Sept,
27, 9 a.m. to 3:30 p.m.
at Honokaa Hongwanji
Buddhist Temple Social
Hall. The fee of $30
includes vegetarian lunch.
Advance registration is
required. For more infor-
mation and to register by
phone, call 775-1064.
— “199,000 Cranes
Project.”
The
Peace
Committee has received
approximately 130,000
cranes to date, from
numerous contributors
around the island and
beyond. In an ongoing
project to collect origami
cranes in memory of the
casualties of the nuclear
bombings in Hiroshima
and Nagasaki, the com-
mittee plans an in-person
trip to Japan to deliver
the cranes in 2016. To
participate, make cranes
no larger than 7-inch-
es square and string in
groups of 100. Cranes
may be dropped off at
the Honokaa Hongwanji
Buddhist Temple or
mailed to P.O. Box 1667,
Honokaa, HI 96727.
Groups or individuals
with 1,000 cranes are
invited to be in the Peace
Day Parade; info@peace-
dayparade.org.
For more information,
to participate or make a
donation, visit peaceday-
parade.org.
SPECIAL TOWEST HAWAII TODAY
Parade participants on stilts walk through
Honokaa during an earlier Peace Day Parade.
Taiko drummers participate in an earlier Peace Day Parade in Honokaa.
PHOTOS SPECIAL TO WEST HAWAII TODAY
Rotary clubs
announce speakers
The Rotary Club of
KonaMauka’s speaker will
be Maile Melrose shar-
ing “The History of the
Kona District.” Meetings
are held from noon to 1
p.m. each Tuesday at
Teshima’s Restaurant.
For more information,
contact Gary Rovelstad
at RGRKonaMauka@
gmail.com or 324-0318.
Rotary Club of Kona
Sunrise will hear from
Tanya Hardin, preven-
tion education manag-
er for the Hawaii Meth
Project. Weekly meet-
ings are held at Humpy’s,
second floor, Coconut
Grove
Marketplace,
from 6:45 to 7:45 a.m.
For more information,
contact Bev Fraser at
936-9965 or rotary-
.
In Waimea, the Rotary
Club of North Hawaii
will be taking a guid-
ed tour of Anna Ranch
with Maka Wiggens,
programs
manager.
Meetings are held at
Anna Ranch from noon
1 p.m. For more infor-
mation, contact Erik
Jacobson at 345-9033 or
On Thursday, the
Rotary Club of Kona
will hear from Judge
Ron Ibarra, who will be
talking about the criminal
justice process. Thursday
meetings are held at King
Kamehameha’s
Kona
Beach Hotel from noon to
1 p.m. For more informa-
tion, contact James Resor
at
.
Free origami class
offered Saturday
The Japanese mission-
aries with theKona Family
Church will hold a free
origami class at 11 a.m.
Saturday at the Hawaiian
Queen Coffee Garden.
Origami is the Japanese
art of paper folding. No
experience is necessary.
All materials are provid-
ed. All ages, 5 years and
older, are welcome.
The Hawaiian Queen
Coffee Garden is located
at 75-1048 Henry St. in
Kona. For more informa-
tion, call Chuck Frumin at
987-4219.
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