Hawaii Tribune-Herald from Hilo, Hawaii • 3

Vietnam veterans planning conference The Kona members of the Veterans of the Vietnam War, Inc. Hi-1 Post will dedicate their West Hawaii -County of Hawaii Vietnam War Memorial during the Hilo National Conference Veterans Week, Nov. 9-12, according to spokesman Dale Adelsberger. Assisting in the fundraising project is Jim Francois. A West Hawaii walkathon to raise funds for the memorial will begin at noon April 24 starting at the recreational building site at the Old Kona Airport.

Everyone is welcome to participate in the three-mile walkathon. deceased Vietnam veteran will be honored and memorialized with a plaque. It will be attached by a Gold Star family member on the memorial monument during the ceremonies. A number of Hollywood celebrities, television and local entertainment figures will entertain during the Hilo National of the Veterans of the Vietnam War. The anticipated 10-hour entertainment also will include some local DJs and emcees who will serve as hosts for the show that will be free to the public.

Hilo residents are asked to host conferees in a "bed and breakfast" arrangement to provide the conferees and their families -housing, said spokesman Kawelo Makaneole. "This conference has generrated a great opportunity for any hosting city, to 'make some bucks." said Makaneole, the conference chairman. "Our experiences in Los Angeles city, which was hosted by Mayor Tom Bradley, and Washington, D.C., last year indicated to us that the economy was enhanced by the 'over 100,000 "Thus far, the national leaders have received more than 4,000 inquiries in only a single publici- ty. Numerous calls were received from interested conferees from our state. We look towards a banner business for Hawaii Makaneole said.

Mino Shintani, County Research and Development director, is serving mayor's leading representative to assist with logistical problems. "We thank the state leaders for allowing us and assigning specific areas for a tent city," Makaneole said. Because of Hilo's limited hotel rooms, only 660 rooms are now confirmed. Interested veterans are asked to correspond directly with John Nevelino, VVnW National, 269 PCP, Tobyhanna, Pa. 18466 or call toll free, 1-800 VIETNAM, for reservations.

For Neighbor Islanders, a special at $118 per person will offer a room per night, a breakfast, luau meal, and a cocktail party. The conference has received clearance from the state and county for certain camping "tent city" ground spaces. The Big Island Veterans Association has been contacted and members are asked to confirm participation by calling 965-7850. Also, ex-POWs (prisoners of war) from all wars are asked to call. The Consul General of the Philippines in Honolulu, Buddy Gomez, will assist in contacting the survivors of the Bataan Death March.

New Zealand and Australia Vietnam veterans also will participate. The concert sponsor, Budweiser, will, through its local Eagle Distributors, provide a special -beverage site during the event. Budweiser has been a longtime supporter of the National VVnW in all of its national activities, Makaneole said. Community file April 11 CULTURAL PROGRAM, Ancient Hawaiian Use of Plants for Medicine and Cordage, 7 p.m., Pahala Public And School Library. Presentation by Beatrice Krauss and Veronica Medeiros.

April 12 CHILDRENS' PROGRAM, Pre-School Story Hour, 9:30 a.m., Thelma Parker Memorial Public And School Library. Stories, songs, activities. April 12 CULTURAL PROGRAM, Ancient Hawaiian Use of Plants for Medicine and Cordage, 7 p.m. Pahoa Public And School Library. April 13 CULTURAL PROGRAM, Doctoring Your Plants, 7:30 p.m., Hilo Public Library.

Lecture demonstration by Horace Clay. April 13 ADULT FILM PROGRAM, 9:15 a.m., Lauaphoehoe Public And School Library. "Dollar A Day, 10-Cents A Dance," "Pamela Wong's Birthday For Grandma," and "Europe Europa: Pan Am's World." April 14 CHILDRENS' PROGRAM, Pre-School Story Hour, 10 a.m., Keaau Public And School Library. Stories, songs, activities. April 14 CULTURAL PROGRAM, Doctoring Your Plants, 7 p.m., Mountain View Public And School Library.

April 14 PROGRAM, Let's Talk About It, 7:30 p.m., Kailua-Kona Public Library. Reading discussion on book "The End of the Affair" by Graham Greene. April 14 PROGRAM, Planning for the Recovery of Hawaiian Sea Turtles, 7:30 p.m., East Hawaii Cultural center. Slide-lecture by George Balazs. No admission charge.

For information call Howard Takata, 959-9155. April 15 CHILDRENS' PROGRAM, Pre-School Story Hour, 10 a.m., Hilo Public Library. Stories, songs, activities. April 16 AMERICAN DANCE CONCERT by UHH Dance Ensemble with Hawaii County Band. Music of Gershwin, Copland and Bernstein.

UHH Theater. 7:30 p.m. Admission. School lunch The scheduled lunch menu tomorrow for public schools on the Big Island is: Tuna Noodle Tuna Sandwich Lettuce and Tomato Salad Hawaii Tribune Herald, Monday, April 11, 1988-3 Men in Service Belmont Navy Seaman Recruit Kuulei T. Belmont, daughter of Joseph P.

Belmont of Volcano, has completed recruit training at Recruit Training Command, Orlando, Fla. During Belmont's eight-week training cycle, she studied general military subjects designed to prepare her for further academic and on-the-job training in one of the Navy's 85 basic fields. Belmont's studies included seamanship, close order drill, naval history and first aid. Personnel who complete this course of instruction are eligible for three hours of college credit i in physical education and hygiene. A 1985 graduate of St.

Joseph High School, she joined the Navy in January. Diego Army 1st Sgt. Nemesio J. Diego, son of Margaret R. and Nemesio B.

Diego of 204 Panaewa has been decorated with the second award of the Meritorious Service Medal in South Korea. The Meritorious Service Medal is awarded specifically for outstanding non-combat meritorious achievement or service to the United States. Diego is assigned with the 20th KHULEI BELMONT Support Group. He is a 1963 graduate of Hilo High School. Yoshioka leadership course.

Students received training in supervisory skills, leadership principles and small unit training techniques essential to a firstline supervisor in a technical or administrative environment. He is a computer operator with the 8th Personnel Command in South Korea. Yoshioka is the son of Haemi and Yoshiko Yoshioka of 84 Ai- Spec. 4 Bruce M. foshioka has completed a U.S.

Army primary A FINNY FANTASY Dolphin and whales play in fantasy environments in the multimedia creations of Joan Ocean and Jean-Luc Buzzoli, to be presented at Richardson's Ocean Center at 7 p.m. Friday, and Kalani Honua at 7 p.m. Saturday. A workshop will be nako Hilo. The specialist is a 1984 graduate of Hilo High School.

Acierto Pvt. 1st Class Aldrin P. Acierto, son of Estrella P. and Ely R. Acierto of Keaau, has graduated from the wheeled vehicle repairer course at the U.s.

Army Ordnance Center and School, Aberdeen Proving Ground, Md. The course provides instruction for soldiers to maintain wheeled vehicles with emphasis on maintenance publications and tools, diagnostic equipment and shop safety. During the 10-week course, students also received technical training in troubleshooting, replacement, and adjustment of components and assemblies of wheeled vehicles. He is a 1987 graduate of Waiakea High School. Fung Airman Paul T.

Fung son of Mr. and Mrs. Paul Fung of 36 Omao Hilo, has graduated from the U.S. Air Force aircraft maintenance course at Sheppard Air Force Base, Tex. During the course, students were taught aircraft maintenance fundamentals to repair and service one- and two engine offered at Kalani Honua Sunday from 10 a.m.-1 p.m.

Call 965-7828 for registration or information. The creative partners are stopping on the Big Island enroute to Australia's International Conference on Whales and Dolphins. Donations sought for statue Donations from the community still are being sought by the steering committee coordinating the fundraising drive for the new statue of King David Kalakaua to be placed in Hilo's Kalakaua Park. More than half of the $40,000 needed for the statue has been raised, and donations still are actively being solicited by the committee. They may be sent to the King Kalakaua Statue Fund, P.O.

Box 1312, Hilo, HI 96721. The committee is headed by Councilwoman Merle Lai as chairman; Mayor Dante Carpenter, honorary chairman; Gordon Nobriga, first vice chairman; Kirk Soares, second vice chairman; Parks and Recreation Director Patricia Engelhard, secretary; and Frances Sherrard, treasurer. Kalakaua, Hawaii's last king, reigned from 1874 to 1891. Lai said Kalakaua had a "lot of aloha" for the Big Island and its people, and had strong ties to the island of Hawaii, the home of his ancestors. Banana Pineapple Mix Whole Wheat Roll -minute substitutions are sometimes necessary because of non-availability of individual items.

Vital Statistics The following certificates were filed with the State Department of Health in Hilo: Ginger U. Llanes, Kailua and Mark K. Horcher, Captain Cook, April 2 Shelley A. Cook and Mark L. Malmgren, California, April 3 MARRIAGES Cynthia L.

Peck and Robert G. Nespor, Kailua, April 2 Carole E. Griffith and Arthur H. Brzostowski, New Jersey, March 28 Kathy M. Seo and Patrick Paiva, Honokaa, April 3 Judy D.

Branson and Michael N. Conner, Waikoloa, March 27 1-Lynn B. Wood and Terence S. Yamasaki, Waimea, April 2 Vivian S. Bisel, Mountain View and Pedro Delos Santos Papaikou, March 26 Carol K.

Spalding and Jonathan B. James, March 26 BIRTHS Laurie A. Medeiros, 361 Aipuni and Charles M. Lewis, 1229 Komohana Mr. and Mrs.

Daniel P.K. Akeo, Kealakekua, daughter, March 23 March 26 Mr. and Mrs. Randolph Ibarra, Kealakekua, son, March 24 Desiree L. Yamasato and Fliction Okamoto, California, March 26 Mr.

and Mrs. Edward P. Kau Kailua, son, March 24 Liana L. Boyce, 100 Hoonanea Sind Carl R. Imade, 344 Anela March 18 Mr.

and Mrs. Alvin H. Paller, daughter, March 21 Britt A. McMahon, Kailua and Charles M. Withrow, California, March 26 Mr.

and Mrs. Vernon I.M. Pilor, Papaaloa, son, March 21 Nenita G. Gaspar and Bonifacio L. Castro, Honokaa, March 26 Mr.

and James P. Smith, Captain Cook, son, March 22 Joan E. Doolittle and John V. Beekman, Hawi, March 29 Mr. and Mrs.

Ted I. Toriano, son, March 27 Aimea M. Dorion and Reid A. Brecke, Nevada, March 21 Deborah H. Matthews and Stephen L.

Cardwell, Utah, March 30 DEATHS Karen Oliver and Marshall L. Schield, Colorado, March 30 Joseph K. Ha, 53, 21 Chong March 30 Patricia K. Walsh Trevor G. Collins, Hong Kong, April 4 Walter William T.

Ferreira 58, 401 Kulana March 30 Irene Y. Fink and Brian K. Adams, Kailua, April 2 Esperanza G. Gillard, 59, Kurtistown, March 29 Bonnie A. Magee and Michael G.

Haydin Georgia, March 31 Chiyoko Ida, 75, 82 Iwalani March 29 jet aircraft. Maintenance management and documentation was also taught to assess aircraft readiness capability. Graduates of the course earned credits toward an associate degree through the Community College of the Air Force. He is an 1937 graduate of Hilo High-School. Smith Air Force Senior Master Sgt.

William M. Smith, son of Helen L. Smith of Ohio, has been named noncommissioned officer of the year. Smith is a maintenance branch supervisor with the 401st Equipment Maintenance Squadron in Spain. The selection was based on the individual's exemplary duty performance, job knowledge, leadership qualities, significant selfimprovement and other accomplishments.

His wife, Donna, is the daughter of Martha G. Severn of Hilo. The sergeant is a 1968 graduate of Zanesville High School. He received an associate degree in 1988 from the University of Maryland, European Division. Training set for mediators The Waiakea Settlement YMCA Mediation Center will offer a 40-hour training for volunteer mediators on two weekends in June.

The training will be conducted by a skilled team of trainers from the Neighborhood Justice Center on Oahu. The training will take place at the UHH Campus Center. Completed applications must be received by April 29. Space is limited. The training dates are: 1st Section Generic Mediation Training June 3, from 6 to 9 p.m.

June 4, from 8:30 a.m. to 05 p.m. June 5, from 8:30 a.m. to 5 p.m. 2nd Section Family Mediation Training June 17, from 6 to 9 p.m.

June 18, from 8:30 a.m. to 5 p.m. June 19, from 8:30 a.m. to 5 p.m. For applications and further information, call 935-7844.

Mediation is a simple, yet powerful, technique used to resolve conflicts between people where lawyers and the formal legal system may be or undesirable. Kalakaua Park was converted from a square harboring the police station, court house and county seat. Originally, it is said, Kalakaua laid out this bygone downtown complex. Kalakaua is reputed to have planted the great banyan tree at Kinoole Street and Waianuenue Avenue which shades a good share of the park's mauka Hamakua corner. A sundial at the park was erected with an inscription reading: "This sundial was erected in the Fourth Year of the reign of King D.

1877, Hilo, Hawaii." Lai said she i is confident the fundraising effort will be successful and that the statue of the king will serve as a "visible reminder of this Merrie Monarch's valued contributions and in resurrecting the Hawaiian culture and arts movement." Sherrard noted that wellknown Henry Bianchini has been chosen to do the statue in bronze. Bianchini, a resident of Hawaii since 1969, has noteworthy crea statue of the king also has been incorporated as a goal of the Hawaii Redevelopment Agency's Downtown Hilo Redevelopment Plan. According to Nobriga, the HRA manager, "This present effort will serve to satisfy this objective and enhance Kalakaua Park as a true heritage Soares, the coordinator of the Hilo Downtown Improvement Association and the Main Street program, said the statue "will serve as a dynamic force for the visitor and local alike in appreciation of Hawaii's enriched history and diverse culture." "Anyone interested in making a contribution, which will enable the committee to proceed and accord King David Kalakaua the recognition he fittingly deserves, is asked to send in his or her donation, which will be much appreciated," Lai said. KING KALAKAUA to honor him dentials as a sculptor specializing in metal and wood, said Sherrard, chairman of the East Hawaii Cultural Council. The statue, now in the works, will be larger than life size, showing King Kalakaua attired in the military dress of that era.

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