O'ahu briefs
Advertiser Staff
EAST HONOLULU
School stages Spirit Week
This week is Spirit Week at Kamiloiki Elementary School. Monday was Crazy Sock-and-Shoe Day where students wore their silliest socks and shoes.
Today is Recycling and Inside-Out Day, when students wear something inside out and bring in newspapers, cardboard and aluminum cans to place in the school's recycling bin.
Tomorrow is Crazy Hat and Bad Hair Day. Thursday is Canned Food Drive and Sports Day. Friday is School Colors Day.
The weeklong events will culminate with a Back to School Night Entertainment Under the Stars from 6 to 8 p.m. Friday. Parents and children can bring a picnic dinner and listen to student entertainment.
LEEWARD
Kapolei project group to meet
The 'Ewa/Kapolei/Makakilo Vision Team will meet at 7 tonight at Kapolei Hale, 1100 Ulu'ohia St., in the first-floor conference room.
The team will discuss its project list for fiscal year 2003. For fiscal year 2002, the team selected 11 area projects including park improvements, sidewalk repairs and shoreline beautification.
CENTRAL
Center gets Weinberg grant
The Harry & Jeanette Weinberg Foundation will present a check for $1.5 million to Filipino Community Center Inc. during a ceremony today to benefit the Hawai'i Filipino Community Center in Waipahu.
The money is the first half of a $3 million grant that will be used to complete construction of the center.
The second check will be presented early next year.
Called the "FilCom Center," the three-story, 50,000-square-foot center near the Waipahu Sugar Mill smokestack is scheduled for completion in March 2002 and will be the largest Filipino community center outside the Philippines.
The nonprofit Filipino Community Center Inc. is overseeing construction of the $8.5 million center at Waipahu and Mokuola streets near Hans L'Orange Park.
Boards to vote on antenna
AT&T Wireless Services Inc. is expected ask the city Planning Commission for a 60-day deferral on its special-use permit application for a cellular antenna in Mililani Mauka at a hearing tomorrow , but for the first time with the approval of area residents.
Mililani Mauka residents have been trying for 10 months to have the application denied and have the antenna moved away from homes, saying it was put up illegally because permits were improperly issued. They worry that the antenna could pose possible health risks from radio frequency and electromagnetic fields.
A conditional agreement was reached this month between residents and AT&T to move the antenna away from homes within the next few months, but approval from the two area neighborhood boards is required.
The compromise would move the antenna about 1,000 feet from homes.
The Mililani Mauka/Launani board will hear a presentation and vote on a preferred site at its meeting tonight.
The Mililani/Waipi'o /Melemanu board will discuss the issue tomorrow night.
The commission hearing is set for 1:30 p.m. tomorrow in the City Hall Annex.
HONOLULU
Police program to hold graduation
Graduation ceremonies will be held for the Honolulu Police Department's Citizens Police Academy and Youth Citizens Police Academy Thursday in the second floor courtyard at the main police station.
The Citizens Police Academy is an 11-week program that teaches participants about the criminal justice system, HPD policies and operational procedures, and ways to reduce crime. Participants receive hands-on training in several areas of police work, including firearm use and driving instructions.
The youth program provides high school students with an introduction to the police department and what it takes to become a police officer. Twenty-eight adults and 27 teenagers will take part in the graduation ceremonies.
Sierra Club plans events
Sierra Club O'ahu Chapter announced the following outings for September:
• Sept. 1: Volunteers will ride to the top of Mount Ka'ala for a service project.
• Sept. 8: Participants will pull miconia weeds.
• Sept. 15: Various shorelines will be cleaned for the national Get the Drift and Bag It campaign.
• Sept. 16: Volunteers will work on a Pahole service project.
For more information or to register, call 538-6616.
Arbitration act to be discussed
The Center for Alternative Dispute Resolution will hold a public forum to discuss the revised Uniform Arbitration Act (Act 265) from noon to 1 p.m. Thursday at the Supreme Court Conference Room at 417 South King St.
Participants are welcome to bring a brown bag lunch.
Participation via telephone conferencing is also available for a limited number of people. Call 539-4237 for information.
Union organization plans family picnic
More than 10,000 union members and their families are expected to attend the Unity House annual Labor Day picnic Sept. 2 at Ala Moana Park.
Members of the Hawai'i Hotel Employees and Restaurant Employees Local 5, Teamsters Local 996, quarry workers and truck drivers Local 681 and Hawai'i members of Local 399 have been invited to the AFL-CIO picnic. Members from other unions also have been invited.
The picnic will feature food, prizes, and a concert. Participants are encouraged to bring canned food donations for the Hawai'i Food Bank.
Registration begins at 8:30 a.m.
Junior Achievement receives grants
Junior Achievement of Hawai'i, a business and economic not-for-profit education organization, recently received grants from the Hawaiian Electric Industries Charitable Foundation and the Verizon Foundation.
Hawaiian Electric's donation of $7,500 will support educational programs. Verizon's donation of $10,000 will be used for training, computers, software and an expanded Web site.
Clinic seeks donations
The Waikiki Health Center is holding a coin drive to help cover the expenses of physicals and immunizations for needy children at its clinics in Waikiki, Hale'iwa, Kahalu'u and Punalu'u. Services will be provided at low or no cost for those who meet income qualifications.
Coin donation canisters will be in stores and restaurants around O'ahu, including Times supermarkets, Fastop convenience stores and Hawaii National Bank branches, until Oct. 1.
Donations also can be mailed to Waikiki Health Center at 277 Ohua Ave., Honolulu, HI 96815.
For information, call Mary Spadaro at 922-4787, Ext. 230.
Eye doctors will offer treatments
The Hawai'i Ophthalmological Society in conjunction with the American Academy of Ophthalmology has created a group of volunteer eye doctors who will treat senior patients who cannot pay for eye exams and treatment.
The service is for patients 65 years and older, who are U.S. citizens, and who have not been examined by an ophthalmologist for the past three years. The physician will provide a comprehensive medical eye exam and treatment.
The service, called Volunteer Eye MD's, is free if the patient has no insurance. All other insurance and Medicare are accepted as a full payment.
Patients in a prepaid HMO health plan or who are in the military are not eligible for this service. Hospital services, eyeglasses and the services of non-eyecare specialists are also not covered.
To obtain these volunteer services, contact 1-800-222-EYES (3937).
