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‘Generations Hawaii: The Series’…in the works!

“Generations Hawaii: The Series” is currently in production, bringing the best of Generations Hawaii magazine to television.

According to Lawrence E. Pacheco, co-producer, the new series is best described as a cross between the historic “Pau Hana Years” and the “Hawaiian Moving Company.” “Generations Hawaii: The Series,” will feature personal stories of community leaders and local personalities as well as other stories from ordinary people in Hawaii living the good life after 50.

Lawrence Pacheco films on location, above and top right, during cover photo shoot for this issue of Generations Hawaii. Kini Popo, far right, talks to photographer, Raymond Wong.

The series, scheduled for 30-minute episodes, inspired by the contents of Generations Hawaii Magazine, will feature tips and advice for seniors, updates on new technology, and a community calendar called “Potpourri.”

Carl “Kini Popo” Hebenstreit, who was the first face and voice of Hawaii television and the host of “The Kini Popo Show” in the 1950s, will be the host for this new series. Kini is also the publisher and founder of Generations Hawaii Magazine, on which the show is based.

Lojstek Productions LLC, the production company owned and operated by Pacheco, Jason Fujimoto and Steven Kanzaki, is creating and filming the series.

Pacheco has written, produced, directed or edited a number of successful documentaries including “Checkers & Pogo: Remembered,” “Wrestling in Hawaii”, “KGMB 9: 60 Years in Hawaii,”, “Kapiolani Park,” “IZ: The Man Behind the Music,” “Honolulu: 100 Years in the Making,” “Duke Kahanamoku: Hawaii’s Soul” and “Eddie Aikau: Hawaiian Hero.”

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State Art Museum lists Second Saturday events

Second Saturday is a free monthly public program at the Hawaii State Art Museum, 250 S. Hotel St. Professional teaching artists share their skills and provide demonstrations and hands-on activities to visitors of all ages from 11 a.m. to 3 p.m.

The museum’s galleries also are open those days from 10 a.m. to 4 p.m.

Following are HiSAM’s upcoming events for Second Saturday:

Aug. 11: Bead-Making with Bead It and Portrait Drawing with Kloe Kang
Sept. 8: A Play-in-Clay with The Hawaii Potter’s Guild
Oct. 13: Paint the Rainbow with The Hawaii Watercolor Society
Nov. 10: Come Celebrate HiSAM’s Fifth Birthday with visual art, music, dance and more
Dec. 8: Lauhala Holiday with Caroline and The Weavers

Downtown streets aren’t crowded on the weekend, so walk, bike, take TheBus or drive to HiSAM for Second Saturday ($3 flat-rate parking available across the street at Alii Place; enter at 1099 Alakea St.) Free parking available at C&C underground lot at Beretania Street and Alapai. Meters at nearby Iolani Palace are $1 per hour — four-hour maximum.

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Expo promotes the Good Life for seniors

The 23rd annual Hawaii Seniors’ Fair – The Good Life Expo sponsored by the Honolulu Advertiser is scheduled Sept. 21-23 in the Blaisdell Exhibition Hall.

This is Hawaii’s longest running, largest event for people aged 50 and older, according to Barbara Garofano, event manager. The three-day expo usually draws 25,000 people.

Admission is free and expo hours are 8:30 a.m. to 4:30 p.m. each day.

Featured are more than 250 exhibit booths offering information on finances, mortgages, health, travel and new products among others with free seminars on a variety of topics suited to seniors.

There will be a Hawaiian Crafts Village and hand-crafted items will be sold by the Department of Parks and Recreation Seniors’ clubs.

Free hearing and other health tests will be available. In addition, flu and pneumonia vaccinations will be provided through HMSA, Kaiser Permanente and the VA Pacific Islands Health Care.

Continuous, live entertainment will be performed on two stages with such acts as Hula Halaus and The Step*taculars, plus music, singing and dancing from the 1930s, ‘40s, ‘50s and ‘60s. There also will be exercise and martial arts demonstrations as well as healthy cooking demos.
For more information, e-mail barbara@ productionhawaii.com.

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Lanakila Meals on Wheels gets financial aid through Challenge Grant, corporate donation

Lanakila Meals on Wheels program has received more than $50,000 to help close the funding gap the organization faces in providing meal services for homebound seniors. The Island Insurance Foundation awarded a $25,000 matching grant that has been met and Central Pacific Bank donated $25,000 to launch a fund-raising campaign at its branches.

Donations still can be made via mail (1809 Bachelot St.), by phone (531-0555) or through Lanakila’s Web site (www.lanakilahawaii.org) to help raise the $200,000 needed to keep 190 seniors in the home-delivered meal program. 

Lanakila Meals on Wheels (LMOW) is the largest meal delivery program in Hawaii and the only meal provider serving seniors island-wide on Oahu.  LMOW provides more than a nutritionally balanced meal.  It also provides nutrition education and counseling, referral services to other senior service providers, and friendly volunteers who deliver the meals.

LMOW is supported jointly by government, limited private grants, contributions from the community, and Lanakila’s social venture, Xpress Chefs — full service catering for business meetings, events and parties. 

In June LMOW was forced to announce a potential meal service reduction due to government funding shortfalls and rising expenses.  So far, nearly 100 of the seniors scheduled to lose meal service will continue in the program thanks to the Challenge Grant, Central Pacific’s corporate donation and the generosity of island residents who sponsored individual meals for a year.  At this time, another 269 seniors are wait-listed for meal services which require more than $450,000 to accommodate them. 

To qualify for the home delivery service, individuals must be 60 years or older with debilitating conditions that prevent them from cooking or shopping.  Priority is given to seniors with incomes below $1,000 per month, who live alone, and who have serious medical conditions.  For more information, contact Marlena Willette at 282-4727 or visit www.lanakilahawaii.org.

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‘Today’s Kupuna’ seeks to help seniors

“Today’s Kupuna,” a television show focusing on important issues facing seniors and their families, is broadcast Wednesdays at 7 p.m. on Channel 52. The 30-minute program, with Percy Ihara as host, is produced at Olelo’s Community Media Center in Palolo.

“The explosive growth of Hawaii’s senior population means that our seniors and their families will need more information to embrace the challenge of living longer,” Ihara said. “Today, more than ever, Hawaii’s retirees and their families are recognizing the importance of finding affordable resources to help them understand and navigate through the process of aging.

“To assist them with that challenge, Olelo has made a commitment to expand its programming to address the need of our retirees and their families for reliable information.”

The goal of “Today’s Kupuna,” according to Ihara, is to cover a wide range of topics, including assistive technologies to assure long-term independence, caregiving for seniors and their families, elder abuse and counseling services, identity theft, the value of volunteering for better health, veterans’ benefits for retirees and financial information for seniors.

“We foresee ‘Today’s Kupuna’ as being a valuable public service,” said Ihara. “The show is making its debut at a critical time, when seniors and their families have to research, learn and do more about home and community based long-term care for their loved ones. This can be achieved with the help of information from credible sources such as those featured on “Today’s Kupuna.” Percy Ihara is a Certified Senior Advisor who has more than 16 years of experience as a mortgage professional. For more information, call 946-3888.

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