Holly was born in Rochester, Minnesota, and grew up in coastal Los Angeles. She and husband Steve have two grown daughters in Washington, D.C.: Olivia, an attorney, and Audrey, a
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Do you have appreciated stocks you don’t want to cash in because of the tax liability? If you bought stock more than a year ago for $5,000 and it’s now
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Helmut Newton Special Collection 24 Photo Lithos, Helmut Newton, $400 In 1979, Helmut Newton released this large-format special collection of rare, first-edition photos featuring 24 of his iconic, provocative black-and-white fashion
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Murakami, Museum of Contemporary Art LA, $90 The landmark Takashi Murakami retrospective at Museum of Contemporary Art in Los Angels 2007-2008, titled ©MURAKAMI, featured over 90 works, including painting, sculpture,
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If you’re a retiree aged 73 or older and have an IRA (Individual Retirement Account) subject to required minimum distributions (RMDs) or own appreciated stock, you may be able to
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If you aren’t already a part of Foodland or Sack N Save’s Maika’i rewards program, please consider becoming one. You will then be eligible to participate in their Give Aloha
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Aloha F.O.L.K. Friends, Below are highlights from the July 2026 Newsletter. Check out the July Newsletter for more F.O.L.K. and library events by using this link. 2026 Summer Reading Challenge: The statewide Summer Reading Challenge
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Aloha F.O.L.K. Friends, Below are highlights from the July 2026 Newsletter. Check out the July Newsletter for more F.O.L.K. and library events by using this link. 2026 Summer Reading Challenge: The statewide Summer Reading Challenge is underway and
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Joann D’Addio, a retired high school teacher from Chicago, relocated to Kailua-Kona in 2017. Drawing on her teaching experience, she soon began offering knitting classes in her new community. Having
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As another way of raising funds to support Kailua-Kona and Kealakekua libraries, Friends of the Libraries, Kona (F.O.L.K.) is pleased to announce the ability of selling high-end books online. Over
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Irene Citron Irene spent most of her life in the San Diego area and worked at GEICO for 35 years, retiring as Director of Human Resources for the West Coast
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Stacy Bisgard, Kealakekua Branch Manager, and Kyra Acasio, nurse at Kona Community Hospital Librarians Stacy Bisgard and Julia Riley, along with F.O.L.K. volunteers, regularly assemble Books For Babies bags for
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