SATURDAY, OCTOBER 3, 2015 | WEST HAWAII TODAY
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Senior ID cards
to be issued
The
Coordinated
Services for the Elderly
Program of the Elderly
Activities Division will
issue senior ID cards for
seniors 60 years and older
from 10 a.m. to 1 p.m.
Tuesday at the Kailua-
Kona Kmart.
Staff will also issue
the cards from 9 to 11
a.m. Oct. 12 at St. Jude’s
Church, Hawaiian Ocean
View Estates; 9 to 11
a.m. Oct. 12, Kohala CSE
building; 9 to 11 a.m. Oct.
13, L. Yoshimatsu Senior
Center, Waimea; 10 a.m.
to 1 p.m. Oct. 13, Kailua-
KonaWalmart; 3 to 4 p.m.
Oct. 27, Honokaa Hale
Hauoli Senior Center; and
10 a.m. to 1 p.m. Oct. 28,
West Hawaii Civic Center,
Building B.
For more information,
call 961-8777 between
7:45 a.m. and 4:30 p.m.
Monday through Friday.
Words and Wine
scheduled Tuesday
The monthly Words
and Wine event host-
ed by Kona Stories Book
Shop at 6 p.m. Tuesday
will feature authors
Clear Englebert, Richard
Diedrichs and Alice Ray.
The event is free to the
public and offers a chance
to meet and greet some
of Kona’s favorite authors
while enjoying compli-
mentary pupu and wine.
The feng shui guide,
“Feng Shui for Love &
Money” by Englebert
offers
easy-to-follow
advice for promoting
prosperity and attracting
and enhancing relation-
ships. Real life examples
and simple illustrations
throughout the book aid
in visualizing potential
feng shui problem situ-
ations and understand-
ing how to place objects
for maximum effect.
Englebert is the author of
six books on feng shui.
They are available in five
languages. He lives and
teaches in Hawaii.
Diedrichs’ “Spirit of
Tabasco” is a collection of
nine stories on the brief
experiences of people
young and old.
Ray is a longtime child
advocate who has devel-
oped videos, films, televi-
sion shows, public service
announcements, training
software, and curricula to
prevent child injury and
promote child health,
safety, and school success.
She is the chief executive
officer of Ripple Effects
and author of “Born for
Greatness: me, you and
the Dalai Lama.”
Kona Stories is locat-
ed in Keauhou Shopping
Center. For more informa-
tion, call Brenda or Joy at
324-0350.
Preschool Open
Doors applications
available
The Department of
Human Services encour-
ages families to apply for
its Preschool Open Doors
program throughout the
month of October. This
program, which is cur-
rently serving more than
1,000 children statewide,
provides subsidies to eligi-
ble low- and moderate-in-
come families to pay pre-
school tuition. POD aims
to provide children whose
families might otherwise
not be able to afford pre-
school the opportunity to
gain essential skills to be
successful in school and
in life.
To qualify for the pro-
gram, children must be
eligible to enter kinder-
garten in the 2016-17
school year. Families may
choose any one of the 434
state-licensed preschools.
Underserved or at-risk
children receive priority
consideration for the POD
program.
Interested families may
request an application
from the department’s
POD contractor, PATCH,
by visiting patchhawaii.
org or calling 800-746-
5620. PATCH can also
help families locate a
preschool convenient for
them.
Applications must be
received by Oct. 31 to be
considered for the Jan.
1 to June 30, 2016, pro-
gram period. Applications
should be dropped off,
mailed or faxed to the fol-
lowing: PATCH – POD,
560 N. Nimitz Highway,
Suite 218, Honolulu, HI
96817; fax: 694-3066.
Eligibility and priorities
forPODprogramselection
are detailed online, which
is available at humanser-
vices.hawaii.gov/admin-
rules-2/admin-rules-
for-programs. For more
information about other
DHS programs and ser-
vices, visit humanservices.
hawaii.gov.
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Hula dancers and their kumu perform at Hulihee Palace.
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