Ka Wai Ola - Office of Hawaiian Affairs, Volume 9, Number 3, 1 March 1992 — Van dates [ARTICLE]

Van dates

The Holomua resource van staff will continue the series of quilt pattern tracing workshops on March 10 held in cooperation with the Bishop Museum with workshops at the Kapa'a Public Library and on March 16 at the Kekaha Neighborhood Center from 6-8 p.m. The Kapa'a Library workshop is tentative. Call the library to confirm the date and time. Copies of the 55 quilt patterns donated to Bishop Museum by the family of Hannah Baker will be available for tracing. Interested quilters should bring their own tracing velium for the 72 X 42 ineh patterns. NHLP will provide pencils. Books on quilting will be available with a Hawai'i State Library card. The Holomua resource van will be at the Anahola Homework Center at 2 p.m. on March 9 (eall the Kaua'i Island Center to eonfirm dates and times); the Kekaha Homework Center at 2 p.m. on March 16; Kekaha Elementary School at 8 a.m. on March 17 and the Waimea Canyon School at 8 a.m. on March 18. The resource van will participate in the Prince Kuhio Celebration on Kaua'i at the Prince Kuhio Park in Kukui'ula. Call the Kaua'i Island Center for date and times.

At these programs, the van will feature petroglyph rubbing and bookmark stamping; a tiger shark's jaw on loan from the Waikiki Aquarium; shark teeth weapons borrowed from the Bishop Museum; and books available for borrowing with a Hawai'i library card. The Kaho'olawe Traveling Library Exhibit will be moved to the Joseph F. Smith Library at BYU-Hawai'i for the month of March. The Judiciary History Center Traveling Library Exhibit will be on display at the Kaimuki Public Library from March to May. Parent-Child Reading Workshops are tentatively scheduled for Kaua'i at the Puhi Head Start on March 10; the Kapa'a Head Start on March 11; and the Anuenue Head Start on March 12. Contact the appropriate pre-school site beforehand to confirm dates and times. At these workshops, outreach librarian Pat Louis will encourage parents to read to their children as well as display a collection of favorite books to parents and children. The Remote Regions project (formerly Book-By-Mail) also schedules monthly visits with the kupuna at the Alu Like Ke Ola Pono No Na Kupuna Program (KOPP) in Waimanalo. This program involves taking books and videos to share with the kupuna and setting up special programs.