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HONOLULU
Box jellyfish warning issued
The Ocean Safety Division has issued a box jellyfish warning for today and tomorrow.
The influx of jellyfish is expected to peak today and tomorrow. Most of the jellyfish are expected to depart the affected areas by Thursday.
The areas expecting the most jellyfish are Ala Moana Beach Park swim channel, Waikiki, Hanauma Bay, Poka'i Bay and Makaha Surfing Beach.
Warning signs will be posted when appropriate.
For information call 922-3888.
Zoo starts work on rainforest
The Honolulu Zoo breaks ground today for the Asian Tropical Rainforest at 10 a.m.
Zoo director Ken Redman and Mayor Jeremy Harris will lead the ceremony at the site, which is between the primate islands and the African savanna.
It will be the home of the zoo's Indian elephants Mari and Vaigai. City officials, architects and engineers will be on hand.
WINDWARD
Kailua beach cleanup set
Volunteers using cat-litter scoops will sift the sands of Kailua Beach Park to rid the shores of small pieces of glass and plastic trash during a massive cleanup at 9:30 a.m. April 22 beginning at the beach park pavilion.
"Thanks to the hard work of the Kailua Rotary Club and the Women's Community Correctional Center, Kailua Beach is cleaned on a regular basis," said Rep. David Pendleton, whose office is coordinating the event. "However, for this beach cleanup, it is the small nail-size pieces of glass and plastic debris that we will be focusing upon."
Kokua @ Kailua 2001 has enlisted the help of businesses, seniors, the Kailua Chamber of Commerce, Girl Scouts and the Marines to sweep the beach clean, Pendleton said. Hardware Hawai'i and Dr. Clyde Smith are donating the scoops, and Castle Medical Center will provide latex gloves, water and juice.
Papa John's Pizza will bring 60 pizzas, and Starbucks will supply coffee. Other businesses are donating gift certificates, including Round Table Pizza, Honda Windward, Mike McKenna's Ford and Cinnamon's Restaurant.
The city will provide trash bags and has scheduled a special trash pickup.
Skin cancer screenings free
The American Cancer Society will provide free skin cancer screenings from 10 a.m. to noon May 9 at Kailua Longs Drug Stores, 591 Kailua Road.
Hawaii Dermatologic Society and Hawaii Skin Cancer Coalition are teaming up with Longs to provide the free tests.
Approximately 1.3 million cases of curable skin cancer will be diagnosed this year in the United States, said Rachael Smith, program director of ACS Windward Unit. Early detection is the key to curing the disease.
For more information about the screenings, call the Windward Unit at 262-5124. Information about cancer is also available at the society's Web site.
LEEWARD
Group offering scholarship
The group Women of Wai'anae is offering a $700 scholarship to a nontraditional college student.
Applicants must be at least 18 years old, have a high school diploma or GED and be a Wai'anae Coast resident.
According to the group, a nontraditional student is one who did not go directly from high school into an institute of higher learning and is determined to reach a goal.
Applications are available at the Wai'anae campus of Leeward Community College and must be postmarked by May 12 to be eligible.
