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HomeMy WebLinkAboutCOM 0177.012 1998-2000 F'. n 1 f9 FaR-BS-99 03:D3 PM FAX ~ ~ Date: ~ S" r+umber of pages Including cover shccU . _ ~roe~!~. To: ~ Frouc J~~"'hl~,C- S f} l~ fr' l~ I ~~~i~l K1 fl'r ~ ~ Dr. Ted Le9I _r,7 ~ ~ j P.O. Box 45 L I_.. G OCq /~/G / L l~'7 E i.`1 /i I Kailua-Kona, Hi ')6735 _ - ~~~'G'S I p EST W5 S7 l~f~-~rif~! / Ga l3A~U F lt~wOS Phone ~ Phone 3a~- ~ `fS,~ Faephonc- ~ raXPhonc: cc . ~;~a 1LEMARKS: ? Urgent ' E Or }our re~irs, ] Reply ASAP ? Please comment G~ - _ ~'t-~ ; I /7i I~ Comm. No. File No• ~ U D Ref. To: F ~ Ref. Date MAR 5 1999 PtgR-05-99 ©3:04 PM F. 03 ~~t ..9~'~f~-.;~;~ F ,.'mod .~~e~ad March 4,.1999 Dear Supporter. As you may aireaciy know, Ha~~ s3ii County is facing some drastic budget ~s„L cuts for the upcorrriny fiscal ye<u. As you rT1ay not know, one program .5~a~sass most likely to be cut is Westr l;;r;;,ii County Band, This means an end to live music at r,-~ore than two d~_~~ eu parades, festivals, and community ,~~j~' gatherings each ,c>ar. ay T~l~VLif As dedicated men-~bers of the ;~xnrnunity, band members are fighting to keep the group in existence °vc-n if rt means having their operating budget cut omoers We. the West Hawaii County `.a;nr.~ +=riends, are asking you to help make rap ~,e„~, Pre, the County aware± of the impori~~r~~~.e of this band t0 our community by Erk Jaeg"v-PfB6 Sendin In a written Statemer;~~., i=nc' ca~.e stone, s~~y 9 _ posed is a sample letter that you may Deg. rrenrk. Tress, transfer t0 your OLrJI'1 letterhead „n~.i send to the County Council and the ~b ~~em~ro Mayor. Honrever, it is preferred if.at you compose your own letter of wo~~bieee~~ endorsement for ,preserving tM= west Hawaii County Band. oe~b Temee Gary VenGmblw. ~°"dD1e"°`~ Finally, your a',tendance at the: ~ur';~et hearings would be greatly Alem~¢r Pw Tem appreciated 71 ie? will start rt m. at Kona Surf Resort on Thursday, March 18 Plear~ ~ `~>e! free to ~,>'I ~-~e at 326-1951 for more information Sincerely, i Dr. Ted Leaf. Pres~c9ent Enclosures _ii~ Ksib3 l'o~1. ~ is JAS P1 fiR-05-99 03:014 PM p_~ March 1999 Rwd Flickinger, Editor West Hawaii Today Dear Reed: With the upconung ceunh budget curs, ehc \'det I la,.ait County Band Friends ~>.ould like to dispel some nn~ths and elanfi solve. fact Thc West Flawaii County Band has 1 ~e_n hcrfo rnung under its current name for 10 ~~COCS Pnor to that, it was kno~~.m ac the Hamati u:r -'nnd It is part of the Parks and Recreation ~~6 Dupartmcm and pcrkrrrn, u~ more than mo doc_n parades and concerts each }-ear Thc current .~irmrvis counh~ badgct for the band, including sh~.a rn~s~c and transportation, is only $20,000. Band members h,ne asked their departm~aa supcr~ isor to keep the band intact, even if she .~st~aeHVt~ is unable to allocalc am ft,nds to them i 1~~•, h: hey c the band's value to the commumt; is more important than the ron~iinal rcm»ner~i~.~~, nc~r recowc from [he eountj as emplo}ecs Furthunnore, some band manbcrs arc ~o~:~n~._~_~ s and ha~c chosen not to receive any pa. Thc adult mcmbcrs fed ~e~t su~:~ngk about tr. ' ! ,hat their e~istcnee offers educational Orlkars. tea tam, Pran. opportunities [o student, to plan in n pro~~: r~r~r?! setting Erk ,laeger, VPr~ A Duna s~.,,,,. socy- Funding for any l.;n,, of arts is ah~a}:, Y ; `irct itch under attack whenever [here arc OM rrarr,4, ireos ~,a n,n,n~,ra budget cuts. Bul !hc 1n5s of the band s~ouli~ r dust mean a feu' people out of "pocket change"-it means au end ro almost all frTM I~ti br.nd music in West Hawaii and an Cnd to t-cry' bava ramaa Gal ~'enl m4~lln' iiJ ctUQCnI~ sanarnr~inr, lmporlwIl opportumtn:~ Th_~ lo~~ ~~i'L~e mwic at ranous social and crolc Mnmsa, rro ram funChons mould in it:.f be bad enough- br~.t band also performs for groups who cannot go out to concerts for rca=a ~ of age or heap;: Thc Friends wcounve c~eryone to c ~c; .heir' wlmtp council mcmbcrs to cypress the need for a band in Wc,t Hm+au Their su~l,fcfl nt the county budget hearings in Kona on Thursday, March I R is r.;ost ~acleomc Tr~ i clp. please call the Fncnds at 326-1951. TI><znk you (I request you pubLsh th=' ahrn;c in "Lem;r; , l,crnussion is herebp gi~~Cn ) f j Dr Ted Lcaf, President Wect TTawaii Counh R::nrl f,nnd~ F O cox 5f 51 V!p ~r..~, ill ~i45