March 18, 2005

Hawai`i County is an Equal Opportunity Provider and Employer

Here is the list of all the hardworking employees who prepped Coconut Island (Moku Ola) for the Rotary Club’s recent fundraiser to construct the new Kuhio Kalaniana’ole Park in Keaukaha.

Thanks to good communication and coordination among the various Parks Maintenance crews, Coconut Island was spruced up not just for the occasion, but beyond as well.

The following employees are the park caretakers who prepped the landscaping and painted the buildings on Coconut Island:

The following folks are the tree trimmers who de-fronded and de-nutted the coconut trees:

The park caretaker who assisted with traffic control:
Paul Bello

The carpenter who repaired Coconut Island’s restroom wall:
Joel Tanabe

The plumber who installed a new urinal in the men’s restroom:
Merlin Costa

The electrician who responded to the Police Department’s request to check and correct the lighting on Coconut Island:
Chad Marote

The welders who fabricated anti-vandalism gates to the restrooms:
Bill Kaono
Rudy Valentino

Mahalo nui loa to these folks, who go the extra mile to do a good job for our community.

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Don’t miss out on a County recruitment ever again! The Department of Civil Service has a mailing list service for persons interested in open-competitive County of Hawai`i recruitments which are not yet open for applications.

Interested persons can either telephone Civil Service or come into the office to complete a mailing list card.

Persons need to know which County job titles they are interested in being placed on the mailing list for.

Applications will be automatically mailed to these persons for the particular job title when the recruitment opens.

Placement on the mailing list is valid for one year. If no recruitment is conducted for a particular job during the one-year period, persons will need to complete a new mailing list card. A listing of the County’s job titles is available for review at the Department of Civil Service. please stop by or call Civil Service at 961-8361.

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The County of Hawaii Transit Agency launched a new daily Hele On bus service for West Hawaii on March 1, 2005.

The Pahala-to-Mauna Kea Beach Hotel bus is a wheelchair-accessible vehicle, and passengers ride in air-conditioned comfort leaving at 3:30 a.m. from the Pahala Shopping Center northbound, arriving at the Mauna Kea Beach Hotel at 6:55 a.m.

Note: The round trip from Ocean View to Mauna Kea Beach Hotel and back is FREE.

Bus then proceeds to the South Kohala resorts.

The Hele-On Bus departs Mauna Kea Beach Hotel daily at 2:30 p.m. southbound to return to Ocean View and Pahala.

Bus then proceeds to Kona, Ocean View and Pahala.

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The Office of Housing and Community Development announces that its Existing Housing Division, which administers the Section 8 Program, will be relocating to its new office at 1990 Kino`ole Street (formerly the Kino`ole Food Fair).

The division will be closed from March 16 to March 18, 2005 during the move, and will reopen for business at its Kino`ole location on Monday, March 21, 2005.

The new location will be a one-stop center for an array of social services. The Existing Housing Division will join State of Hawai`i Workforce Development Division, the Unemployment Insurance Division, and the Department of Human Services Central and South Units under one roof.

Please update your records to note the new mailing address and contact information:

1990 Kino`ole Street, Suite 105
Hilo, Hawai`i 96720
Phone: 959-4642
Fax: 959-9308

For further information, call 959-4642.

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The following is the agenda for the next meeting of the Environmental Management Commission.

WHEN: Wednesday, March 23, 2005, 9:00 a.m.

(Kealakehe Wastewater Treatment Plant visit following meeting.)

WHERE: Kona Council Office Conference Room

75-5706 Hanama Place, Room 109, Kailua Kona, HI 96740

AGENDA

1. CALL TO ORDER & ANNOUNCEMENTS
2. APPROVAL OF MINUTES – January 19, 2005
3. APPROVAL OF ADDENDUM AND/OR ITEMS SUPPLEMENTAL AGENDA
4. STATEMENTS FROM THE PUBLIC
5. REPORTS/CORRESPONDENCE

• Solid Waste Division Chief's Report
• Wastewater Division Chief's Report
• Director's Report

6. UNFINISHED BUSINESS

• Status Report: Request for Proposal No 2146 – Waste Reduction Technology
• Status Report: Hawaii Deposit Beverage Container Program ( Bottle Bill)
• Status Report: New Commission Members
• Review: 2005–2006 Department Budget
• Scheduling: County Site Visits by the Commission
• Update: EMC 2005–01 Resolution supporting Waikoloa Curbside Recycling

7. NEW BUSINESS

• EMC2005-02 Ordinance to change subdivision sewer connection distance (currently 300 lineal feet)
• EMC2005-03 Resolution requesting Police Department to designate officials to coordinate the enforcement of environmental crimes
• EMC2005-04 Resolution requesting the creation of a position of Investigator in the Department of Environmental Management
• Discussion and recommendation on Department Rules Revision
• EMC2005-05 Ordinance to waive county fuel tax for fuels containing 20% biodiesel or more

8. FUTURE AGENDA ITEMS
9. MEETING ANNOUNCEMENTS

• Wednesday, May 25, 2005, 9 a.m., Hawaii County Council Room, 25 Aupuni Street, Hilo
• Wednesday, July 27, 2005, 9 a.m. Waimea, HI, Place TBA

10. ADJOURNMENT

If you require an accommodation or auxiliary aid and/or services to participate in this meeting (i.e. sign language interpreter, large print), please call 961-8083 ten days prior to the meeting date. Comments may be sent to Department of Environmental Management, 25 Aupuni Street, Room 210, Hilo, HI 96720 or emailed to cohdem@interpac.net .

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The County’s Office of Housing and Community Development announces that the draft of the 2005 Action Plan for the CDBG and HOME program funds with the U.S. Department of Housing and Urban Development (HUD) is available for public review.

The Action's Plan is available for public review and comment from February 25 to March 28, 2005 at the Hawai`i State Public Libraries in Honoka`a, Waimea, Kohala, Pahala, Kailua-Kona, and Pahoa

It will also be available for review at the following locations Monday through Friday, 7:45 a.m. to 4:30 p.m., except on holidays:

• Office of Housing and Community Development (OHCD) at 50 Wailuku Drive, Hilo. Phone: 961-8379

• Hawai`i County Services (Hanama Place) at 75-5706 Kuakini Hwy., Ste 103, Kailua-Kona. Phone: 329-5226

Should you have any comments on the Action Plan, please submit them to the Office of Housing and Community Development by March 28, 2005.

OHCD will be submitting the Action Plan to the Hawai`i County Housing Agency for their approval on April 6, 2005 at the Hawai`i County Council Room. Upon approval, the Action Plan will be submitted to the Hawai`i County Council, and then to the Mayor for his execution.

The final Action Plan is required to be signed and made available to the public prior to its submittal to the federal Department of Housing and Urban Development on May 15, 2005.

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The Office of Housing and Community Development announces training sessions on Fair Housing practices. These training sessions are designed to increase knowledge of

• General Federal & State Fair Housing Law
• Advanced Fair Housing

Location: King Kamehameha Kona Beach Hotel
Kamakahonu Ballroom, Room ‘Elua (2)

General Training
8:30 a.m. – 11:30 a.m.
(8:00 a.m. – Registration)

Advanced Training
1:00 p.m. – 4:00 p.m.
(12:30 p.m. – Registration)

$2 for validated parking. Reservations required, as seating is limited. Registration form for Kona session due March 30, 2005.

Location: Hawai`i Naniloa Resort, Crown Room

General Training
8:30 a.m. – 11:30 a.m.
(8:00 a.m. – Registration)

Advanced Training
1:00 p.m. – 4:00 p.m.
(12:30 p.m. – Registration)

No Charge. Reservations required, as seating is limited. Registration form for Hilo session due March 30, 2005.

Training sponsored and provided by:

• U.S. Department of Housing and Urban Development
• Hawai`i Civil Rights Commission
• State's Housing and Community Development Corporation of Hawai`i
• County of Hawai`i Office of Housing and Community Development

To register, please contact Jeremy McComber at the Office of Housing and Community Development at 961-8379.

This workshop is accessible for persons with disabilities. To request an auxiliary aid or service (e.g. sign language interpreter), contact Jeremy McComber (County of Hawai`i Fair Housing Officer) at 961-8379 (V/TT) no later than March 24, 2005.

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Qualifying Beverage Containers

What’s IN:  Eligible (redeemable) beverage containers include:

Soft drinks, soda, water, juice, tea and coffee drinks, and certain alcoholic drinks (beer, malt beverages, wine coolers, mixed spirits) in metal, glass, or plastic, 64 oz. or less.

What’s OUT:  Ineligible (unredeemable) containers include:

Milk, wine, and hard liquor containers.

Reminder: ONLY eligible labeled containers can be redeemed

Qualified beverage containers may be redeemed for cash at the following locations:

** Transfer Station centers closed daily from 1-2pm for lunch.**

Atlas Recycling Center, LLC provides mobile redemption sites in certain rural communities. Please contact Atlas at 935-9328 or 329-6868 for specific locations and hours of operation.

• Containers must be empty to be redeemed. Do NOT crush the containers.

Please call the Recycling Specialists with the Department of Environmental Management, County of Hawai’i, at 961-8527 or 961-8549 for information about the HI 5¢ program or visit: www.hi5deposit.com or The Directory for the Department of Environmental Management.

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The County of Hawai’i Department of Environmental Management, Wastewater Division will be renovating the King Kamehameha Sewage Pump Station located at the corner of Ali’i Drive and the Kailua-Kona Harbor Access Road fronting the King Kamehameha’s Kona Beach Hotel.

This work is commenced during the 3^rd week in January of 2005 and will last approximately five (5) months. Work will take place between the hours of 8 am and 5:30 pm during week days and possibly Saturdays.

This renovation project will add capacity to the pump station resulting in better ability to accommodate the increasing number of future developments in Kailua-Kona. As an added benefit, renovation of the King Kamehameha Sewage Pump Station helps with preparing for future abandonment of the Queen Emma Sewage Pump Station located at Emma Square. This should enhance the area for nearby businesses as maintenance activities by Wastewater Division personnel will no longer be required in Emma Square.

During the construction period of the renovation project, businesses along Ali’i Drive can anticipate uninterrupted sewer service and conduct their business in a normal fashion.

Pedestrian traffic will be safely re-routed around the construction area at the King Kamehameha. There will be very little impact to vehicular traffic.

Some construction work will take place at the Emma Square location while giving consideration to pedestrian traffic. This work may include minor improvements to the rock wall and concrete walkways with the intent of making the area safer for pedestrians.

The public is welcome to direct any questions or concerns during construction to the Construction Manager, SSFM International, Inc. at 933-2727. General questions may be directed to the Wastewater Division at 961-8338.

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The Department of Water Supply is experiencing drought conditions around the island and is requesting our customers to conserve drinking water. Due to continuing dry weather conditions, water consumption in the affected areas has increased to a point where water sources and water distribution systems are strained. Drought conditions may last for some time, and the Department is requesting all our customers around the island to use water wisely.

This Water Conservation Notice is a request to reduce your daily water usage by 10%.

The following areas are under WATER CONSERVATION:

1. SOUTH KOHALA - Waimea Town.
2. HAMAKUA - Ahualoa, along Kahaua Drive, Kalopa State Park, Kapahu, Paauilo Mauka, and Pohakea.

Listed are some ways to conserve water to reach the 10% goal:

• Wash full loads of laundry only.
• Wash full loads of dishes only.
• Serve drinking water only when requested.
• Do not let the faucet run unnecessarily.
• When bathing, use water only to wet and rinse off.
• Do not fill up the bathtub.
• Use a glass to rinse when brushing your teeth.
• Do not flush toilets unnecessarily.
• Stop lawn sprinkling.
• Stop car and boat washing.
• Stop dust control watering.
• Use drinking water wisely.

Agricultural users shall irrigate only at night from 8:00 p.m. to 6:00 a.m. This measure will reduce water loss due to evaporation and minimize water system drain during peak demand.

For more information, please contact Daryl Ikeda at the Department of Water Supply at 961-8790.

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Due to ongoing dry weather conditions, exceptionally large water consumption, and repairs being done at the Hualalai and Kalaoa Wells, the Department of Water Supply would like to remind customer in North Kona that they are under Water Conservation.

The Water Conservation Notice is a request to reduce your daily water usage by 10%. Listed are some ways to conserve water to reach the 10% goal:

• Wash full loads of laundry only.
• Wash full loads of dishes only.
• Serve drinking water only when requested.
• Do not let the faucet run unnecessarily.
• When bathing, use water only to wet and rinse off.
• Do not fill up the bathtub.
• Use a glass to rinse when brushing your teeth.
• Do not flush toilets unnecessarily.
• Stop lawn sprinkling.
• Stop car and boat washing.
• Stop dust control watering.
• Use drinking water wisely.

Agricultural users should irrigate only at night from 8:00 p.m. to 6:00 a.m. This measure will reduce water loss due to evaporation and minimize water system drain during peak demand.

If this trend of large consumption continues, the next water conservation action will be mandatory reduction. Please conserve water.

For more information, please contact Daryl Ikeda of the Department of Water Supply at 961-8790.

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Construction work to widen Kuakini Highway, from Palani Road to Hualalai Road, commenced on November 8.

Kuakini Highway will be widened to four lanes for automobiles, including two through-lanes in each direction, and a pocket lane for left turns where appropriate. In addition, there will bicycle lanes on both sides throughout most of the project. The construction will last 18-24 months.

One lane will be open at all times from 8:30 a.m. to 3:00 p.m. while construction is in progress. Outside of these hours, one lane in each direction will be open.

The contractor, Hawaiian Dredging, will work with the adjacent businesses and residences to assure that a reasonable access to the businesses and residences will be maintained throughout the construction period. However, motorists traveling in the area should drive with caution.

We are most grateful for the public’s patience and apologize for any inconvenience caused.

The public is invited to a weekly update on the Kuakini Highway, Palani Road to Hualalai project every Tuesday at 7:30 a.m. at the Kona Mayor’s West Hawai`i Office conference room at Hanama Place. Light refreshments will be served.

Representatives from the contractor, Hawaiian Dredging, and the County, Public Works Department are available at the meetings. Everyone is welcome at these informal "talk story" sessions.

A large project map and a complete set of plans are available for reference at the Kona Mayor's office.

The Tuesday morning updates will continue, and information will also be available via the County website.

For more detailed information on the construction, please contact Hawaiian Dredging Contracting Co., Inc. at (808) 483-4270. You can also call Pete Hendricks, Deputy Managing Director at 329-5226.

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Or call our 24/7 Job Hotline: 961-8618

Click on employment opportunities to download all of the forms.

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COMMUNITIES IN ACTION

Transportation in Puna – Puna Regional Circulation Plan Meetings

The County Planning Department will be holding subregional meetings on the Puna Regional Circulation Plan.

The primary purpose of the meetings is to receive comments on the Draft Report. Topics of discussion will include community values, traffic congestion, Hele-On bus route expansion, implementation of bikeways and pedestrian paths, new roads, and connectivity and expansion of existing roads.

We welcome your participation in this process and look forward to working together to develop transportation solutions for the Puna area.

The Draft Report will be available for review after March 25th at the public libraries in Pahoa, Kea’au, Mountain View and Hilo. A limited number of hard copies will be available and may be reserved on a first-come-first served basis by contacting either Larry or Hilarie (see contact information below).

The report will also be posted on the County's website at: http://co.hawaii.hi.us/info/projects.htm .

The following subregional meetings will be held at a location near you:

Puna/Hilo Commuters
WHEN: Tuesday, April 5th, 2005 at 1 p.m.
WHERE: Aupuni Center (Old Firestone Tire Center on Pauahi Street, Hilo)

Pahoa/Nanawale/Hawaiian Beaches/Leilani Estates
WHEN: Tuesday, April 5th, 2005 at 6 p.m.
WHERE: Nanawale Longhouse, 14-855 Kehau Street

Volcano/Glenwood/Mountain View
WHEN: Wednesday, April 6th, 2005 at 6 p.m.
WHERE: Cooper Center, Wright Road, Volcano

Kea’au/Hawaiian Paradise Park/Kurtistown/Ainaloa
WHEN: Thursday, April 7th, 2005 at 6 p.m.
WHERE: Kea’au Community Center

For more information, contact Hilarie Keehne, Project Manager at Townscape, Inc., the County’s consultant for this project. Phone: (808) 536-6999, ext. 103, email: mail@townscapeinc.com

For special accommodation (sign language, foreign language translation, or accessible parking) contact with at least 3 days notice: Larry Brown, Project Coordinator at County Planning Department at 961-8288 or email lbrown@co.hawaii.hi.us .

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The Hawai`i County Resource Center is administering funds appropriated by the State Legislature for community anti-drug initiatives. These funds were established to address the drug and substance abuse problems affecting our youth, our families and our neighborhoods.

The funds are to be made available to non-501(c)(3) organizations and community-based initiatives that traditionally do not have access to other sources of funding.

Application forms are available at www.healingourisland.com and the County’s Research and Development Office in the County Building at 25 Aupuni Street, Room 109.

For further information, please call Debbie Chang of the Hawai`i County Resource Center at 961-8085. Deadlines for submitting applications are March 15, April 15 and May 15.

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Back by popular demand! High-quality free mulch is now available at the new public pick-up area adjacent to the Kealakehe Transfer Station. The access to the new mulch pick-up area is directly across the street from the transfer station chutes. Residents may self-load mulch at the site from 6:30 a.m. to 6:30 p.m., seven days a week. Bring a pitchfork and help yourself.

Plenty of free mulch is also available at the Hilo Transfer Station which is open 7 days a week, 7:00am-5:00pm. The green waste pick-up and drop-off area is just past the entrance to the transfer station chutes on the right-hand side of the road.

The County of Hawai`i’s Department of Environmental Management sponsors the free mulch program. At this time, loading assistance for small vehicles is available only at the Hilo location and fees range from $10-$40 depending on vehicle size.

If you want to arrange for a large truckload to be delivered to your residence, business, or farm, from either the Hilo or Kona green waste processing sites, please call the Big Island Recycling representative at (808) 306-1876 to make those arrangements.

For more information about this program, please contact the County’s Recycling Coordinator at 961-8942.

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A workshop on Interpretive signage is being offered on March 21 at Lyman House Museum, by Dave Bucy, Interpretive Planning and Signage Specialist.

Learn to design successful, attractive signage that will communicate an effective message. Signs compete for visitors’ most precious commodity --- time.

WHERE: The Lyman Museum Classroom AT 276 Haili St., Hilo
WHEN: Monday, March 21, 2005, 8:30am – 12:30 pm
Fee: $15.00, payable at the door by cash or check ONLY.

Please RSVP at Hawaii Island Chamber of Commerce at 935-7178 by Friday, March 18, 2005.

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Throughout the month of March and until mid-April, the Friends of Downtown Hilo will be conducting a "Road Show" with multiple opportunities for the community to provide feedback.

The Road Show will consist of group presentations and displays set up in public areas with a questionnaire listing the vision ideas that have received the most support to date.

The questionnaire will be inserted in the April 7, 2005 edition of the Hawaii Tribune-Herald and will be an opportunity for the public to pick their favorite vision ideas. The website www.hilo2025.org features these documents and more information.

The public is encouraged to attend presentations and to look for, fill out and return the questionnaire.

An implementation team will be developed to assure that the vision ideas selected by the community are put into action. The goal is to begin the implementation process by early fall this year.

For more information contact Susan Gagorik at 961-8288 or Alice Moon at 933-9772.

EnVision Downtown Hilo 2025 – `Ike ia Hilo is the theme for this visioning project. Started about a year ago, the Friends of Downtown Hilo’s visioning project aims to facilitate the building of a community-based vision and living plan for Downtown Hilo, whose boundaries are defined as Hilo Bay, Ponahawai Street, Kapiolani/Kaiulani Street and the Wailuku River.

The Friends of Downtown Hilo is an all-volunteer steering committee that believes that collaboration, building leadership capacity, and providing numerous creative opportunities for community participation and stakeholder involvement are at the heart of building a vision and living plan for Downtown Hilo.

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When: April 8 from 8:00 a.m. to 4:00 p.m.

Have you ever wished that you could pass on just one special lesson to Hawaii’s youth? Or, maybe you already are doing just that, and now you can share your mana’o with others who work with youth in Hawaii.

Mayor Harry Kim will convene a new workshop, "Facilitating Extraordinary Accomplishments in Hawaii’s Youth," on Friday, April 8, 2005, at the Hapuna Beach Prince Hotel.

The character and values education workshop is organized by Positive Coaching Alliance (PCA) Big Island and the Volunteer Resource Center of Hawaii with support from Shinnyo-En Foundation, Na Lei Aloha Foundation, and the County of Hawaii.

The purpose of the workshop is to create and facilitate a broad and excellent opportunity for leaders who make funding, personnel, and program decisions in education and youth activities to come together to hear success stories and to design their own enhancing plans to facilitate extraordinary accomplishments in Hawaii’s youth.

A number of outstanding individuals will offer excellent examples from which we can build our own models for strong community citizenship. They include Jim Thompson, founder and executive director of Positive Coaching Alliance, along with Dr. Earl Bakken, co-founder and chairman emeritus of Medtronic, Inc. and president of Five Mountains Hawaii; Dr. Harumitsu Inouye, executive director of Shinnyo-En Foundation; Dr. Art-Ong Jumsai, director of the Institute for Sathya Sai Education; and Dr. Rose Tseng, chancellor of the University of Hawaii at Hilo. They will be sharing their life stories.

Please mail your reservation form to:

County Recreation Division
799 Piilani Street
Hilo, Hawaii 96720

PCA Big Island offers research-based training workshops for youth sports organization leaders, coaches, officials, parents and families. The workshops educate adults about positive coaching tools that help them coach for wins and for positive life lessons at the same time.

The PCA Big Island believes that all children on the Big Island of Hawaii deserve to play in an environment where they look forward to practices and game as times when they will have fun, and where the joy they find in playing will last a lifetime.

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The Kona Outdoor Circle, a local non-profit organization dedicated to the preservation of our natural resources and active in Kona since1948, is offering a $1,000 scholarship for the 2005–2006 academic year.

Applicants must be residents of West Hawaii (North Kohala to Ka`u) who are full-time students attending an accredited two- or four-year college or university anywhere in the United States.

Applicants must be able to demonstrate academic achievement (with at least 2.7 GPA) and financial need.

Applicants must plan to enroll or be enrolled in a program in horticulture, landscaping, environmental studies, forestry, agriculture or other fields directly related to the goals of the Kona Outdoor Circle, to keep Kona clean, green and beautiful.

Kona Outdoor Circle accomplishes these goals through public area plantings, education programs and public advocacy.

The application deadline is April 30, 2005. Applicants must complete a written application, submit their most recent high school or college transcript, the Free Application for Federal Student Aid (FAFSA) Student Aid Report, and two letters of recommendation.

Applications are available at all high schools in West Hawaii; University of Hawaii Financial Aid Offices; the Educational Talent Search Program at the University of Hawaii Center, West Hawaii; the Kona Outdoor Circle office at the intersection of Kuakini and Queen Ka`ahumanu Highways. Applications are also available on-line at the KOC website, www.konaoutdoorcircle.org , click on Education.

For more information, call the Kona Outdoor Circle at 329-7286 or Maiden Temple at 325-6775.

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Kona Outdoor Circle is offering a full scholarship for its Master Gardener Certification Program, in cooperation with the University of Hawaii.

The scholarship is for $225, which enables the recipient to complete the three series of classes offered annually. Participation in the three series of classes and passing the tests at the end of each series is required, along with volunteer hours, to complete the requirements for certification as a Master Gardener.

The application deadline is April 8, 2005.

The scholarship commemorates the late Julie Ellison, whose great love was landscape design which she taught herself while working at nurseries and on grounds crews.

She owned and operated her own landscape design business, The Art of Gardens, and was a two-time winner of Kona Outdoor Circle’s Beautification Awards. Sunset Magazine also featured her design work.

Following her death in 2002, donations were made in Julie’s memory to the Kona Outdoor Circle and the Julie M. Ellison Fund was established. This Fund is used to provide scholarships for individuals participating in the Master Gardener Certification Program.

To be eligible for the scholarship, the applicant must be accepted into the Master Gardener Certification Program and state his or her intention to complete the certification process. Students who have already completed one or two series of classes are eligible, as well as new students in the program. The application form for the Spring 2005 scholarship is available online at konaoutdoorcircle.org.

For further information or to request an application form, call Kona Outdoor Circle at 329-7286.

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(All project schedules based on weather permitting.)

Except when necessary to avoid conflict with other traffic, or in compliance with the law or the directions of a police officer or official traffic-control device, no person shall stand or park a vehicle, whether occupied or not, except momentarily to pick up or discharge a passenger or passengers:

1. Within 20 feet of a driveway entrance to any fire station and on the side of the street opposite the entrance to any fire station within 75 feet of such entrance when properly marked;
2. Within 75 feet upon the approach to any traffic-control signal except where designated by a parking stall;
3. At any place where special signs prohibit standing;
4. Except where otherwise specifically provided for by ordinance applicable to driveways located upon the following streets, in front of or within 30 feet of any driveway located on Aupuni and Pauahi Streets in the City of Hilo; or
5. Within the turnaround area of a dead-end street, when special signs are erected.

The Department of Public Works shall indicate by signs or by markings painted upon the curbing the areas within which parking has been prohibited by this division.

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The County of Hawai’i Department of Public Works advises the public that on December 21, 2004 four temporary loading zones went into effect along Ali’i Drive as follows:

• 30-minute freight loading zone on mauka side of Ali’i Drive north of the Ocean View Restaurant
• 30-minute freight loading zone on the mauka side of Ali’i Drive south of the Ocean View Restaurant
• Three-minute passenger loading zone on mauka side of Ali’i Drive south of the Ocean View Restaurant
• 30-minute freight loading zone on the makai side of Ali’i Drive across from Uncle Billy’s Kona Bay Hotel

This change was to remain in effect for a 90-day trial period until 12 noon on March 18, 2005.

Field adjustments were made and it was determined that further evaluation was necessary. The Department of Public Works has extended this trial for an additional 90 days, to end at 12:00 Noon on June 15, 2005.

No parking will be allowed in these zones, and the no-parking rule will be enforced.

The Department of Public Works asks for your patience and cooperation during this trial period.

For further information, please contact the Department of Public Works, Traffic Division at 961-8341.

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We encourage everyone to use web-based calendar links. Please add your own events to the respective calendars so others can get the word and not conflict with your plans.

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