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Estate seeks nominations
The Campbell Estate is seeking nominations for the 2001 Kapolei Outstanding Achievement Awards.
The KOA Awards recognize individuals and organizations working to improve the community and business in the Kapolei area.
Categories for the awards are community service, education, entrepreneurship, environment and lifetime service. Nominees need not be residents of Kapolei.
Entries are reviewed by a panel of independent judges representing diverse sectors of the community. Winners will be announced at an awards ceremony in May.
The nomination deadline is March 30.
For nomination forms or more information, call Nadine Lagaso of the Campbell Estate’s community affairs office at 674-3138.
Coast access to be discussed
A general community meeting to discuss the city’s Wai‘anae Coast emergency access road will be held at 7 p.m. on March 7 in the Nanakuli High School cafeteria.
The city has separated the coastline into five subdistricts and held meetings to discuss possible routes and impacts of an access road through each neighborhood. This meeting will go over plans for the entire coast.
The access route would allow residents to bypass closures on Farrington Highway, the only road along the coast, during emergency situations such as accidents, water main breaks or police standoffs.
The most recent minutes from meetings and area maps are available on the Internet at www.wcear.org.
For more information, call 536-6999.
Youth facility move discussed
Plans to move the Juvenile Sex Offender Treatment Facility from Pearl City will be discussed at the Makakilo/Kapolei/Honokai Hale Neighborhood Board meeting at 7:30 p.m. Wednesday.
The state opened the treatment center at the Waimano Training School and Hospital in Pearl City in December to treat boys ages 12 to 17 who have had sexual relations with family members.
They are not classified as sexual predators or violent sexual offenders.
Pearl City residents said that the center was too close to Pearl City High and Momilani Elementary schools, and Gov. Ben Cayetano said the state would move the center if a suitable location were found.
State consultant Kimura International has suggested three possible locations for the treatment facility — in Wahiawa near Kemo‘o Farm, at Kalaeloa and at the private Kahi Mohala psychiatric hospital in ‘Ewa.
Herb Lee of Lee Communications, Glenn Kimura of Kimura International and a state Department of Health representative will give presentations at the board meeting.
NORTH SHORE
HRI names three officials
Hawai‘i Reserves Inc., which manages La‘ie lands, held by the Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints, has named a new director to its board, as well as two managers.
Fred Tanaka, a partner in the Honolulu accounting firm Lemke, Chinen and Tanaka, was appointed to the board.
Tanaka has more than three decades of certified public accounting experience.
Former HRI property management and development director Albert Kanahele is the new director of property development. Richard Vierra, former assistant property manager, is property management director.
Kanahele will be responsible for HRI's development plans, while Vierra will manage residential and commercial properties.
EAST HONOLULU
School to hold annual Fun Day
‘üina Haina Elementary School will hold its annual Fun Day from 10 a.m. to 3 p.m. today on school grounds.
Events will include pony rides, a petting zoo, train rides, a climbing wall, inflatable jumpers and children’s games, as well as food, entertainment and a country store.
The school’s annual fund-raiser is sponsored by the school’s PTA and benefits school programs.
For more information, call the school at 377-2423.
Jellyfish cause bay to close
Hanauma Bay was shut down to the public yesterday because of a box jellyfish invasion.
Hanauma Bay park manager Alan Hong said lifeguards were asked to assess the situation this morning.
If the bay, operated by the city, is closed, signs will be placed at the park entrance.
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