O'ahu briefs
Advertiser Staff
EAST HONOLULU
Benefit to aid Lunalilo Home
The 10th annual Monarchy Challenge, a benefit for the 118-year-old Lunalilo Home, will start at 11 a.m. Friday at the Hawai'i Kai Championship Golf Course.
The event is a fund-raiser for the home, a residential care facility for Native Hawaiians run by the King William Charles Lunalilo Trust Estate and the Friends of Lunalilo Home.
This year's challenge is dedicated to Errol Anakalea, who organized the first tournament. Anakalea died last year.
Fees range from $130 per player to $390 per team; minimum team handicap is a 36.
For more information, call the home at 395-1000.
HONOLULU
Pet First Aid course offered
The Hawai'i Chapter of the American Red Cross will offer a Pet First Aid course from 10 a.m. to 2:30 p.m. July 22 at its facility at 4155 Diamond Head Road.
Participants will learn how to identify and care for a variety of medical emergencies, including severe bleeding, shock, broken bones, poisoning and pet-specific illnesses such as car sickness. The course was developed by the Red Cross and the Humane Society of the United States.
Cost of the course is $26, which includes a copy of "Pet First Aid," a book that explains how to care for your cat or dog during an emergency.
For more information or to sign up for the course, call 734-2101.
Palama center plans event
The Leland Blackfield Youth Activity Center at Palama Settlement will mark its 12th anniversary with a celebration from 10 to 11 a.m. tomorrow.
The center is named in honor of Leland Blackfield, son of William and Cecilia Blackfield. Leland died in 1989.
Cecilia Blackfield and her family will play host at tomorrow's celebration, which will feature entertainment and remarks by a Blackfield Scholarship recipient. There also will be a special tribute to Cecilia Blackfield for her years of service.
The Blackfield Youth Activity Center is set up with billiard tables, table tennis, televisions, video games and more. It serves more than 25,000 youths annually from the Kalihi-Palama-Liliha areas.
Palama Settlement is at 810 N. Vineyard Blvd.
Tossed weight breaks ankle
A man had his ankle broken after he was struck by a dumbbell weight hurled from an 18-floor apartment lanai on Sunday.
Police said the man was visiting a friend in a third-floor apartment at 2333 Kap'iolani Blvd. at 1:30 p.m. when he stepped outside to investigate a noise.
He looked up but was unable to avoid a dumbbell that hit his leg and fractured his ankle.
Police said they found a woman throwing objects off her 18th-floor lanai. She was given a mental evaluation and not immediately arrested.
The man was treated and released from the Queen's Medical Center.
WINDWARD
Work to require water cutback
The Board of Water Supply reminds residents from Kahalu'u to Waimanalo to use water sparingly from 8:30 a.m. to late afternoon today during work on the Waihe'e Line Booster Station.
The station will be out of service temporarily to allow a contractor to replace two leaking valves within the facility, said Tracy Burgo, a Board of Water Supply representative. The booster station on Waihe'e Road connects communities to major water sources in Punalu'u.
Reservoirs will be filled to ensure maximum storage capacity during the valve replacement work.
Smaller sources also are available to provide a limited supply of water to customers.
