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NORTH SHORE
Kahuku class captures award
Twenty-seven Kahuku High School students studying the U.S. Constitution under teacher Sandra Cashman have won the state "We the People" competition.
They will travel to Washington, D.C., for the national competition from April 21-23.
Last year, Kahuku won the best nonfinalist team award from the Western States Region.
The entire class participated in the competition, which stresses knowledge of the Bill or Rights, the history and philosophy of government, teamwork and communication skills.
The competition was sponsored by the Hawai‘i Friends of Law Related and Civic Education and judged by state appellate judges Steven Levinson and Corinne Watanabe, and Lorenn Walker, an attorney and health educator. The trip is being paid for by the national Center for Civic Education, the state Department of Education and private donations.
City to vote on drive-throughs
The City Council will vote Wednesday on a resolution asking the city Department of Planning and Permitting to revise Hale‘iwa’s land-use laws to allow drive-through windows.
Drive-throughs are banned in Hale‘iwa, a historic district
The resolution was introduced by Councilwoman Rene Mansho (North Shore, Central O‘ahu). Many constituents are concerned about the drive-through at McDonald’s of Hale‘iwa.
The only drive-through in Hale‘iwa, it was opened in 1997 after owner Susan Smith won a variance. The variance was overturned last year in Circuit Court after the environmental group Life of the Land and several North Shore residents sued.
The drive-through remains open pending an appeal to state Supreme Court.
LEEWARD
Landfill project meeting topic
A meeting for Wai‘anae Coast residents to discuss plans to expand the Waimanalo Gulch Sanitary Landfill will be at 7 p.m. tomorrow at the Ihilani Resort, Lurline Room.
The city-sponsored discussion group is designed to address public concerns about the landfill expansion raised after the city filed its draft environmental impact statement with the state last fall.
Area neighborhood boards have opposed the project, saying the report did not include alternative technologies to handle rubbish or other locations.
The 60.5-acre expansion to the landfill in Kahe Valley would provide space for rubbish though 2017, according to the city.
WINDWARD
Retired colonel is recognized
Retired Air Force Lt. Gen. Michael Nelson, national president of The Retired Officers Association, has presented special recognition to Col. Frank Steer, 100, of Kailua.
Steer is the oldest Hawai‘i member of the organization.
Lt. Gen. Nelson visited Col. Steer at Steer’s home on O‘ahu recently.
Born Jan. 12, 1901, in Oklahoma, Steer entered the U.S. Military Academy at West Point at 16.
He left a year later for active duty in World War I. Steer is the only person in Hawai‘i who has been awarded the French Legion of Honor, the highest medal awarded by the government of France.
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