O'ahu briefs
Advertiser Staff
NORTH SHORE
Seminar to aid businesses
North O'ahu business people will have a chance to network and learn how to build a business at a seminar from 6 to 8 p.m. May 9 at the Polynesian Cultural Center.
The Ko'olauloa Educational Alliance Corp. is sponsoring the event, which will include speakers Manny Menendez, executive director of the city Office of Economic Development; Lea Albert, Windward District superintendent of schools; Jack Morgan, e-commerce entrepreneur; and Elaine Hogue, community development officer for American Savings Bank.
The cost, $25 per person or $100 for five people from an organization, includes dinner. Seating is limited.
To make reservations or for more information, call MaryAnne Long at 293-7554 or e-mail her at malong@lava.net
WINDWARD
Walkers invited to A Joint Walk
In honor of National Arthritis Month, the Hawai'i Branch of the Arthritis Foundation will be host for the annual A Joint Walk from 8 a.m. to noon Sunday at Windward Mall.
Walkers will receive a T-shirt, free continental breakfast donated by Castle Medical Center, goody bags and prizes.
Entertainment will be provided by Countryside Band, and Sen. Bob Hogue, R-24th (Kane'ohe, Kailua), will emcee. People of all ages can participate for $15. Participants are encouraged to collect additional donations.
For more information call the Arthritis Foundation at 942-3636.
Ceremony set for new home
Honolulu Habitat for Humanity will hold a groundbreaking ceremony from 10 a.m. to noon tomorrow, near Waimanalo Beach Park for the Debra Keola family.
Friends, family, well-wishers and many of the volunteers who will build the house at 41-688 Bell St. will attend and share light pupus and refreshments.
During the next four months, a three-bedroom, one-bath home will be constructed for this family on a no-interest, no-profit basis.
Since 1976, Habitat for Humanity has built more than 100,000 homes in 69 countries. Honolulu Habitat for Humanity, established in 1988, has built 34 homes on O'ahu.
Low-income families that partner with Habitat must demonstrate need, meet income requirements and demonstrate a willingness to help build the home.
For opportunities to volunteer, or for more information on how to qualify for Habitat housing, call 988-9339.
Time changed for heiau event
The time has been changed for the Chants and Legends of Kawai Nui and Kailua event tomorrow at Ulupo Heiau, adjacent to Kailua United Methodist Church, 1110 Kailua Road, where parking will be available.
The event will now begin at 9 a.m.
Kumu John Lake and his halau will share the chants and dances of Kailua and Kawai Nui, and he will also explain the proper protocol when visiting a heiau.
For more information, call Chuck Burrows at 595-3922 or e-mail him at cburrow@aloha.net
EAST HONOLULU
In-line rink on board's agenda
The Hawai'i Kai Neighborhood Board Parks and Recreation Committee will discuss the location of an in-line hockey rink and solutions for parking at a special meeting at 7 p.m. May 11 at the Kamiloiki Community Park, 7750 Hawai'i Kai Drive.
For more information, call 527-5578.
Fun Run/Walk to aid school
Kamiloiki Elementary School will hold its second annual 5k Fun Run/Walk to help pay for playground equipment.
The run will begin at 7:45 a.m. May 26 at the Hawai'i Kai Towne Center. Entries postmarked before May 11 are guaranteed a T-shirt. The cost is $20 or adults, and $10 for youth 17 and younger.
Information packets can be picked up from noon to 3 p.m. at the school May 25 and from 4 to 7 p.m. at Hawai'i Kai Towne Center.
For more information call 397-5800 or 396-9682.
State auditor main speaker
State Auditor Marion Higa will be the speaker at the Republican Party of Hawai'i's 15th and 16th representative district meeting at 8 a.m. tomorrow at the Kuapa Isle Clubhouse.
Higa will discuss where taxpayers' money goes.
Call Fran Hardy at 373-2766 or Peggy Melim at 395-3765 for more information.
HONOLULU
East-West Center receives largest single grant
The East-West Center has received its largest-ever single foundation grant.
The $4.5 million grant was awarded by the Freeman Foundation to establish a program to meet new educational needs of the Asia Pacific region.
The program will bring as many as 100 graduate students and mid-professionals for an intensive yearlong program focusing on the Asia Pacific region and leadership development, center officials said.
The program will dramatically increase the center's student population, which currently stands at around 150.
"The Asia Pacific Leadership Program is intended to create a network of leaders with solid grounding in a knowledge of regional trends, challenges and issues," EWC President Charles Morrison said this week.
"With increased Asia Pacific interdependence, businesses, governments, non-governmental organizations and universities are increasingly looking for individuals who can operate effectively in the region as a whole," he said.
