O'ahu briefs
Advertiser Staff
CENTRAL
Hanalani wins building permit
The city Department of Planning and Permitting approved a conditional-use permit and a zoning variance for Hanalani School on Tuesday to build a $4 million student activities center and gym at its Anania Drive campus in Mililani.
Hanalani School plans to construct a 28,500-square-foot student activities center and a 2,211-square-foot maintenance building and add 41 parking spaces to its six-acre facility. A variance is required to allow the student center, which would be 32 feet 9 inches high, exceeding the legal height limit.
At a public hearing in March, neighboring residents said the project would be too big, given its proximity to some homes, and would create traffic problems.
Mark Sugimoto, school superintendent for Hanalani, said the building will be used for school events and physical education classes and since there are no plans to increase enrollment, he does not anticipate any traffic problems.
Hanalani School is a Christian college preparatory day school for children in kindergarten through grade 12. The school has more than 600 students.
NORTH SHORE
Bike Fun Fest teaches safety
Kids can get their bikes checked for safety and learn riding skills at a free Bike Fun Fest from 10 a.m. to 2 p.m. Saturday at the Kahuku Hospital parking lot.
The Hawai'i Bicycling League will conduct seven clinics for children 4-14 years old, covering such things as riding on the road safely and proper use of a helmet at the event sponsored by HMSA, the state Department of Health Keiki Injury Prevention Coalition-Safe Kids Hawai'i and the North Shore Community Health Clinic.
The first 420 children will receive a free helmet and one lucky child who has registered will win a 21-speed bicycle.
Children do not need to have a bicycle to participate. The bicycling league will provide loaners for the day.
For more information, call Jason Paloma at HMSA at 948-6845.
HONOLULU
City needs help in recreation
The city Department of Parks and Recreation is seeking college students to work as recreation aides in 'Ewa, Waipahu, Wai'anae and Waialua under the 2001 College Student Employment Program.
Student aides will help during the city's annual Summer Fun Program by teaching classes in arts and crafts, music and dance, creative dramatics, sports and games, Hawaiiana and physical fitness.Ê
Applicants must have completed at least one year of college by June 2001 and intend to continue toward an associate, bachelor or graduate degree. They must be a legal resident of Hawai'i and a U.S. citizen or a permanent resident alien.
Pay is between $6.50 and $7.50 an hour.
For more information, call the Leeward/Central office of the Parks Department at 671-0561.
LEEWARD
Relay for Life held in Kapolei
The American Cancer Society will hold its annual Relay for Life overnight fund-raiser in Kapolei from 5 p.m. Saturday to 6 a.m. Sunday.
Relay for Life is a noncompetitive event in which teams of 10 pledge $100 each and keep one member running or walking on a track during the entire 13-hour event. This year's relay will be held at Kapolei Regional Park.
So far 26 teams have signed up for the event, which will include live entertainment, a silent auction and a country store, food booths and games for keiki.
Relay for Life proceeds help provide patients with free transportation to doctors' appointments and pay for medical equipment, anti-tobacco teaching kits for schools and research to find a cure for cancer.
For more information, call 486-8420.
WINDWARD
Kailua readers exceed goals
Members of the first-grade class at St. Anthony's School in Kailua have exceeded their teacher's challenge and read more than 3,400 pieces of material. Now they plan to celebrate.
Their teacher Kelly McDowell created the 100 Book Club and challenged the 6-year-olds at the beginning of the school year to read, or have their parents read to them, 100 items that could include Sunday comics, chapters in longer books and Bible excerpts. By November, six students had reached their goal.
McDowell said she created the program while teaching public school in South Carolina and decided to implement it here because it was so successful. The program provides motivation to read, she said.
