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Kona Historical Society

PROFILE: Members Harry and Susan Frampton

Question Harry Susan Where were you raised? Hartsville, SC Beaufort, SC Where do you call home other than Hualalai? Vail, CO Vail, CO How long have you lived at Hualalai 8 years 8 years What’s your favorite book of all time? No Ordinary Time The Shipping News and Wild Swan What are you reading […]

Special Dinner On Island

Editorial about our taxes in West Hawaii Today...today

THE TAX INCREASE, CONSIDER THE UNSPOKEN IMPLICATIONS

By Reed Flickinger Monday, June 14, 2010 1:20 PM HST

Are you really surprised? Did you earnestly believe the county would find a way to trim the budget and nearly 40 proposed amendments would change its preordained fiscal course?

Of course not.

The budgetary charade was pulled off […]

Animal Sanctuary a Gem

Where do you think one of the most unusual individual animal in the world lives? Africa? The Amazon? Australia? Wrong! Kailua Kona is the answer.

The Three Ring Ranch Exotic Animal Sanctuary was founded in 1998 and recently Nick Szubiak took a couple of residents to the Sanctuary to check it out to see whether […]

Our taxes may be going up!

Yikes! Here is an article from West Hawaii Today about our property taxes going up. Let us know what you think.

Click here to read the article

Here is the Mayor’s email address: cohmayor@co.hawaii.hi.us

Naming Ke 'Olu golf holes (contd)

We are waiting for some more suggestions. The more merrier. Just click on comments and add your names! Here is where we stand so far…

Hole 18:

The Green Mile (Jim Mahoney)

Mount Sinai (Mike Sack)

Hole 3:

Pinball Alley […]

PROFILE-MEMBER: Jim and Robin Ullakko

Jim and Robin Ullakko

Question Robin Jim Where do you call home other than Hualalai? San Francisco Bay Area South Western WA State, Seattle & Yuba City, CA How long have you lived at Hualalai? Avout 5 years Same What is your favorite book of all time Too many to […]

14th Annual Tropical Paws A Success

The literati, the glitterati, the paparazzi, the puppy-ati and the kittylitterati were all there last Friday night. It was the night of a TROPICAL PAWS. Assembling in the Four Seasons Grand Ball Room were about 300 community supporters of the Hawaii Island Humane Society. And Hualalai Members were well represented. There were fabulous silent auction […]

Summer Reporters Needed for Blog

Soon we will be basking in the summer sun, here at Hualalai, but unfortunately some of us will be elsewhere, counting the days until we can return. We’ll wonder: What’s happening at Hualalai?

Well, we need some people to keep us informed. We need someone to let us know what’s going on, and what’s coming […]

Kona Village Hidden Treasure #4

Next to the Paniolo grounds is another party venue, The Luau Grounds. KV is known for their Luaus. Wander over to the area to see the large stage which is accessed by a bridge over another one of KV’s ponds. Check with our concierge if you would like to attend one of Kona […]

Kona Village Hidden Treasures #3

There are two party areas at KV. One is for a Paniolo barbecue. Hunt around the property and you will find it with the stage that looks like an old fashion western movie set. The area also has a beautiful two story water fall.

Western Style Movie Set

April 30th, 2010 | Tags: , | Category: Uncategorized | Leave a comment

Phone Books for Charity

I am collecting phone books here at the Club Concierge office for a fundraiser contest for Waimea Country School. Members are welcome to drop them off anytime until May 5th— Stacy Hasegawa

LavaMan

March 28, 2010 a few members and staff participated in the LavaMan triathlon. A few less athletic members met at Queen K at 8:30 AM to cheer them on. We caught Michael Bonahan on video.

Not the athletes, but the cheerleaders.

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Another Thank You Note

Thank you for the Xmas fund to members from the Nicklaus Golf Maintenance Team

A Thank You Note from an Employee

Erin Lee, head of landscaping for the resort received this thank you note and asked if we could put it in the blog. John Halpin, an employee of the landscape department thanks the residents for Holiday gifts via the Gift Fund.

Tsunami Evacuation

Yesterday the Hawaiian Islands activated the Tsunami evacuation plans. Hotel and Kona Village Guests along with residents in low lying homes were evacuated to Ke ‘Olu by 10 AM. At 11:00 AM the tsunami (a reaction from the earthquake in Chile) arrive in Hilo. All watched on TV. The staff at Hualalai and Kona Village […]