O'ahu briefs
Advertiser Staff
EAST HONOLULU
School plans garage sale
'Aina Haina Elementary School is looking for your unwanted household items that are in good condition for a garage sale fund-raiser it plans to hold when school resumes in August.
Money raised from the garage sale will be used to help students of the Japanese Language Program go to Japan in July 2002. For more information, or to make a donation, call 377-2419.
'Aina Haina surveys sent
Surveys from the community board should be arriving in the mailboxes of residents this week in neighborhoods from Kuliou'ou to Kalani Iki .
The 'Aina Haina/Kalani Iki Neighborhood Board has put together a nine-question survey intended to gauge public sentiment on issues of traffic, the environment, the neighborhood board system and parks.
Drop-off boxes will be at the 'Aina Haina Public Library and the 'Aina Haina Foodland and the Times Supermarket at Niu Valley.
LEEWARD
'Ahi fishing event opens Saturday
Hundreds of fishermen will flock to Wai'anae Boat Harbor this weekend for the fifth annual Ahi Fever Fishing Tournament.
The tournament, held June 16-17, is offering $116,000 in prizes, and all 260 team spots are filled.
A ho'olaule'a, sponsored by Valley of Rainbows, will be staged in conjunction with the tournament and include entertainment, craft and food booths, fishing boat and marine exhibits, antique cars and home-improvement demonstrations.
A portion of the Ahi Fever proceeds and proceeds from the ho'olaule'a are used for scholarships for Leeward Coast youth.
For more information, call 696-3399, or see the tournament Web site at www.ahi-fever.com
'Ewa Beach seeks anti-drug program
A town meeting to discuss the Weed & Seed program will be held at 7 p.m. June 26 at Holomua Elementary School in 'Ewa Beach.
Weed & Seed coordinator Maile Kanemura will give a presentation at the meeting, which is sponsored by Sen. Brian Kanno and Rep. Willie Espero.
Weed & Seed is a collaborative law enforcement effort between federal, state and city authorities to reclaim dangerous neighborhoods by working to prevent crime.
The program targets violent crime, drug abuse and gang activity and depends on community efforts and tough legal penalties to "weed out" crime.
Crime prevention, intervention, treatment and neighborhood revitalization then "seed" a safer community.
"I hope 'Ewa Beach can be selected as the new Weed & Seed site," Kanno said. "In Hawai'i's first Weed & Seed site, crime was reduced by 74 percent."
Espero said the program needs the cooperation of residents to succeed.
"This is a tremendous opportunity and I hope that community members will come to learn more about it," said Espero.
For more information, call Kanno at 586-6830, or Espero at 586-6360.
HONOLULU
Pineapple items sought
A pineapple festival next month will feature the Hawai'i-grown fruit, and organizers are looking for recipes and crafters who use it in their creations for the event, which is scheduled from 10 a.m. to 3 p.m. July 29 at Ala Moana Beach Park's McCoy Pavilion.
The Pineapple Growers Association of Hawai'i is seeking the ultimate pineapple recipes for appetizers, desserts, main dishes and presentation of fresh pineapples.
Event organizers are also inviting crafters who have pineapple-themed products to sell their craft in booths that are available at no cost.
Recipes must be submitted by July 8 to Pineapple Growers Association of Hawai'i, Hawai'i Tower, Penthouse Two, 745 Fort St. Honolulu, HI 96813.
For more information, call Jackie Smythe at 543-3586.
Top principal in Isles named
Kamehameha Secondary School principal Anthony Ramos has been named the 2001 Hawai'i Principal of the Year.
It's the first time a private school principal has won a MetLife/National Association of Secondary School Principals award.
Ramos was chosen for the position by a panel of his fellow Hawai'i principals.
Ramos will attend a principal's institute in Washington, D.C., in October, where he will vie with other state winners for the 2002 national principal's award.
