O'ahu briefs
Advertiser Staff
HONOLULU
Group aims to lower suicides
Helping Hands Hawai'i, a nonprofit social service agency, will observe Suicide Prevention Week from May 6 through May 12 with presentations for community groups to increase the awareness of suicide intervention services in Hawai'i.
Suicide is the eighth-leading cause of death in the United States with one occurring on average every 17 minutes. Helping Hands says Hawai'i ranks 41st in suicide rates.
To reach Helping Hands' 24-hour crisis line, call 521-4555.
For more information about Helping Hands programs and services, call Leslye Sneider at 536-7234.
Network plans workshops
The Volunteer Stewardship Network is offering workshops for people who lead or plan to lead groups of volunteers in conservation and environmental stewardship projects.
The workshops are scheduled on four Saturdays, May 26, and June 9, 23, and 30 and will include both classroom instruction and hands-on training.
Classroom work will be conducted at Le Jardin Academy and field work at Kawai Nui Marsh.
Partners in the stewardship network include Kawai Nui Heritage Foundation, Ahahui Malama i ka Lokahi, The Nature Conservancy, Sierra Club High School Hikers and Hawai'i Service Trip Program and the state Department of Land and Natural Resources.
Through training, workshops and hands-on projects, volunteers can develop the skills and experience to become experts in leading conservation projects. Participants must attend the first workshop and at least one of the subsequent workshops.
Registration is $10 per workshop or $30 for the series. To apply by May 14 or for more information, call Nat Pak at 621-2008 or e-mail him at npak@tnc.org
NORTH SHORE
Hale'iwa Gym to get face lift
A $35,000 grant from the Atherton Family Foundation has made it possible to renovate the Old Hale'iwa Gym beginning May 16.
The renovation at the Waialua Community Association building will include new stairs and ramps to the parking area and field, said Marty Martin, office manager. Built in 1937, the building has served as home for the association. Renovation will continue inside the building, where the bathroom facilities will be upgraded, he said.
The work, to last about six weeks, will not interrupt any gym programs.
The association is also improving four units of the old Weinberg Village next door, which was given to the association by the state.
The spaces will be used for classrooms, offices and a meeting room, Martin said.
LEEWARD
New reservoir site sought
The Board of Water Supply is conducting a site selection study for a 4 million-gallon reservoir to serve the Wai'anae Water District Low Service Area, which extends from Nanakuli to Makaha.
The Board of Water Supply's policy is to provide 1.5 gallons of storage capacity for every gallon of water consumed per day.
Based on this policy and accounting for existing water reservoirs and those under construction or planned, the agency says that the area has a storage capacity shortage of 5 million gallons. Most of this shortage is in the Wai'anae/Lualualei area.
Three potential reservoir sites have been identified at the 242-foot elevation in Wai'anae and Lualualei valleys: at the end of Pilikua Place, adjacent to the state agricultural park; on the northeastern ridge of Pu'u Ma'ili'ili; and on the slope beyond the northern end of Kuwale Road.
A public meeting to discuss the sites will be at 7 p.m. May 3 at the Wai'anae Community Center conference room.
For more information, call Dean Minakami of Wilson Okamoto & Associates at 946-2277 or Iris Oda of the Board of Water Supply at 527-5245.
EAST HONOLULU
Kalani High shifts bus stop
Kalani High School has taken steps to deal with roadwork on Kalaniana'ole Highway that might make it difficult to enter the campus during afternoon pickups now that classes have resumed.
Maxine Nagamine, acting school principal, said bus stops in front of the school heading toward Kaimuki will be temporarily relocated because of the construction to the other side of Kalani Iki Street.
Students are asked to use the bus stops in front of Wai'alae Iki Park and the one near Laukahi Street. Police advise that students going east should cross the highway only at Kalani Iki Street, where an officer will direct traffic.
