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WINDWARD
Club seeking new paddlers
Waimanalo Canoe Club will kick off its season this month and is taking registration for new paddlers from 4 to 7 p.m. tomorrow through Friday at Kaiona Beach Park.
Males and females from 8 years old and up can join for the regatta season, which runs from March until August. In addition adults can participate in the long-distance program, which is from August to October.
The canoe club has operated for about 25 years. It practices from 4 to 7 p.m. weekdays and from 8 to 10 a.m. on Saturday.
New members will receive information about rules, fees and fund-raisers at the sign up.
City to discuss sewer project
A planned 2 1/2-year sewer project along Kainehe Street and Hamakua and Keolu drives will be discussed at an informational meeting at 7 p.m. tomorrow at Enchanted Lake Elementary School cafetorium, 770 Keolu Drive.
The city Department of Design and Construction and its consultants will discuss the project’s scope, objectives, schedule and potential impacts.
The city also will solicit comments and concerns regarding a noise variance request to perform night work such as bypass pumping and emergency micro-tunneling.
The system is aging and needs to be repaired, the city has said. The city will rehabilitate some of the line and replace other sections.
Construction will run along Kainehe Street to Hamakua Drive and along Hamakua to Keolu Drive. The work will continue on Keolu past Akipohe Street.
LEEWARD
Kapolei update to be offered
Larry Caster, leasing coordinator at Campbell Estate, will update the new projects planned for Kapo-
lei at the next Kapolei Rotary Club meeting, 7:30 a.m. Thursday at the Kapolei High School faculty/staff lounge.
The meeting costs $7 and includes a buffet breakfast.
For more information, call Keola Lloyd at 674-3167.
Meeting set on Wai‘anae route
A general community meeting to discuss the city’s plans for an emergency access road along the Wai‘anae Coast will be held at 7 p.m. Wednesday at the Nanakuli High School cafeteria, 89-980 Nanakuli Ave.
The city will present information gathered from all sub-district meetings between November and January and will allow residents to review the access road alternatives for the entire Wai‘anae Coast.
Plans for the implementing emergency access routes also will be discussed.
Group receives schools grant
The James and Abigail Campbell Foundation has awarded $40,000 to Junior Achievement of Hawai‘i for economic education programs in the Campbell/Kapolei school complex.
Students learn the basics of business, finance, personal money management and the free enterprise system from trained community volunteers who become role models in the classroom.
During the past school year, Junior Achievement volunteers conducted 50 classes for more than 1,300 students in Grades K-6 in the Leeward District.
Barbers Point Elementary School will hold Junior Achievement Day in two third-grade classes beginning at 8 a.m. Wednesday. Students will participate in two hands-on projects: building a city and planning a restaurant.
"The generous funding from the James and Abigail Campbell Foundation has ignited the spark of understanding and inspiration for thousands of students in the Campbell/Kapolei complex," said Carolann Biederman, president of Junior Achievement.
"Junior Achievement looks forward to a successful school year reaching additional students in Leeward O‘ahu."
For more information about Junior Achievement, call 486-8806.
CENTRAL
Draft plan to be examined
A meeting to discuss the Central O‘ahu Sustainable Communities Plan will be held at 7 p.m. Wednesday at Kanoelani Elementary School on Oli Loop in Waipi‘o Gentry.
The draft plan includes land use, transportation and public services in the communities of Waipahu, Mililani, Wahiawa and
Waiawa. A question-and- answer period will follow presentation of the draft plan.
City Council member Rene Mansho is sponsoring the meeting. Mansho said the Planning Commission will research the plan and hold public hearings before forwarding it to the City Council.
The council also will hold meetings before making a decision whether to adopt the plan.
For more information, call 547-7001.
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