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HONOLULU
Pacific Heights to lose power
Hawaiian Electric Co. says some Pacific Heights residents will be without power today to allow crews to upgrade equipment.
Customers on the following streets will be without power from 9 a.m. to 2 p.m.: Pacific Heights Road, Pacific Heights Place, Laniloa Road, Von Hamm Place, Laola Place, Laukoa Place and Wailani Road.
EAST HONOLULU
Christmas tree pickup offered
For a $5 donation, Kaiser High School's Cougar Band and Orchestra members will visit homes between Kuli'ou'ou and Kalama Valley and pick up Christmas trees for recycling as part of a fund-raising effort.
Trees must be tagged with a red ribbon, be cleared of flocking, tinsel or metal rods and be placed on the curb by 8 a.m. on Jan. 5. The date coincides with the city's Christmas tree recycling program at Kaiser, where the city will chip trees for free from 9 a.m. to 3 p.m. Trees should not be left at the school before that date.
Call the Cougar Band and Orchestra Boosters at 394-1218. Or mail a check with pickup information to the group, 511 Lunalilo Home Road, Honolulu, HI 96825. Orders will be confirmed by Jan. 3.
Marina to hold festival of light
Boats will parade up and down the Hawai'i Kai Marina as part of the fifth annual Festival of Lights Christmas Boat Parade at 5:30 p.m. Saturday.
Boats decorated in holiday lights will assemble in the marina at the Hawai'i Kai Towne Center to be judged, then make their way along the marina.
Judges will award prizes in three categories: under 20 feet in length, over 20 feet and barges.
Koko Marina Shopping Center will have live music and entertainment at the center's bell tower.
Santa to visit branch library
The Hawai'i Kai Public Library will celebrate the holiday season at 6:30 p.m. Dec. 20 at the library with Sen. Sam Slom reading a Christmas story, a visit from Santa Claus and cookies.
Children can make a spoon angel ornament to hang on a library Christmas tree.
For a language interpreter, call one week ahead at 397-5833.
WINDWARD
Parade will reroute traffic
The Waimanalo Christmas Parade will close a section of Kalaniana'ole Highway through the center of town from 10 a.m. to noon Saturday as participants travel from Humuniki Street to Waimanalo Beach Park.
Motorists will be able to pass through the area using an alternate route.
Tony Sang, an active member of the Waimanalo Hawaiian community, will be the grand marshal. He will be preceded by the Honolulu Police Department solo bikes, Kane'ohe Marine Corps Band and Royal Hawaiian Band.
Some 50 units will participate, including horseback riders, city lifeguards, canoe clubs and custom automobiles.
'Olelo will tape the event for broadcast later.
Candy and monetary donations are needed. Call Andrew Jamila Jr. at 259-7342 or Patty Teruya at 527-5749 or 271-1281.
Debris cleared from fishpond
More than 16 truckloads of debris and trash were hauled out of Waikalua Loko Fishpond in Kane'ohe, as students across the island plan to use the wetland as a learning resource.
The Kane'ohe and Windward O'ahu Rotary clubs, along with the Waikalua Loko Fishpond Preservation Society and the city, removed trash using a front-end loader and one-ton trucks. Tires, metal, auto body parts, mangrove and plastic bottles were among the material removed, said Chuck Eakes, president of the Kane'ohe Rotary Club and treasurer of the preservation society.
Waikalua Loko is using part of a statewide federal grant to the Pacific American Foundation to develop curricula in Hawai'i's public schools using the ancient Hawaiian fishpond for science, social studies and language arts courses.
"This cleanup effort will help to provide additional opportunities for students, teachers and the community to participate in this innovative education program," said Eakes.
CENTRAL
Palisades school reopens
Classes are scheduled to be operating as usual today at Palisades Elementary School in Pearl City.
The school was closed yesterday because of a water main break.
The Board of Water Supply worked on the problem throughout the afternoon yesterday.
