O'ahu briefs
Advertiser Staff
EAST HONOLULU
Kuli'ou'ou plans proposed
Parks, bus stops, traffic calming and undergrounding utility lines are on the list the Kuli'ou'ou/Kalani Iki Neighborhood Board will send to the city for capital improvement projects.
The board has voted, with one abstention, to forward these projects to the city for the 2002-2003 budget to be covered by its $1 million allocated for community projects.
The board wants the city to:
• Resurface the tennis and basketball courts and softball field and improve the restrooms at Kuli'ou'ou Valley Park.
• Resurface the basketball courts and improve the playground equipment at Kuli'ou'ou Oceanside Park.
• Install traffic-calming measures on West and East Hind drives, Hind Uka Drive and Hao and Waiele streets in the Wai'alae Golf Course subdivision.
• Build a bus stop near Kalaniana'ole Highway on East Hind Drive.
• Place utilities underground on Hao Street, Kalaniana'ole Highway and in 'Aina Haina and Kuli'ou'ou valleys.
• Synchronize traffic lights.
NORTH SHORE
Group revives book fair
By popular demand, the North Shore Christmas Book Fair has become an annual event.
"We did it in 1999," said Alice Stanley, board member of Friends of Waialua Library, which is sponsoring the event. "Then we skipped a year. But people have been asking about it because they enjoyed getting books at such a discount."
The fair will return from 9 a.m. to 4 p.m. Friday and 9 a.m. to 2 p.m. Saturday at the Waialua Library.
Stanley said the Christmas fair will feature new books from Booklines about hiking, cooking, fishing and Hawai'i beaches — all at 20 percent off.
The fair will also include discount CDs and Christmas gifts.
Money from the fair will buy new library books, said Stanley.
CENTRAL
Canned goods requested
The Wahiawa Democrats, a community-based, grass-roots organization, is asking people to honor America's veterans by bringing canned goods to the Wahiawa Lions' Veterans Day parade at 10 a.m. Monday. Members of the organization will march in the parade, picking up the cans along the way.
The donations will be used for Thanksgiving baskets distributed to needy residents.
The parade starts at Ka'ala Elementary and ends at Wahiawa District Park.
WINDWARD
Man dies after motorcycle crash
A 41-year-old Kailua man who was critically injured in an Oct. 31 motorcycle accident near Punchbowl has died of his injuries.
The man was riding his motorcycle when he was hit by a car at 12:26 p.m. Police said the car was turning left from Magellan Avenue to 'Iolani Avenue.
The man, identified by a friend as Marvin Woolsey, was taken to the Queen's Medical Center in critical condition. A hospital spokesman said Woolsey died of his injuries.
Workshop to cover disorder
A free workshop about attention deficit hyperactive-disorder will be held for parents in the Castle Complex this month, including one for elementary school parents from 6:30 to 8 p.m. today at Ahuimanu Elementary School, 47-470 Hui Aeko Place in Kahalu'u.
A workshop for parents of intermediate and high school parents will be held from 6:30 to 8 p.m. Nov. 28 at Castle High School's cafeteria, 45-386 Kane'ohe Bay Drive, Kane'ohe.
Call Sandra at 233-5755 to register. Free childcare for children older than 3 years old will be provided with registration.
Kane'ohe girl wins poster contest
Elizabeth Napua Elburn, a fifth-grader at Kane'ohe Elementary School, won the grand prize in the Kane'ohe Christmas Parade poster contest. She will receive an award at a luncheon Saturday, a parade T-shirt and will ride in the parade Dec. 1.
The contest, held for the first time, was open to Castle Complex school students in kindergarten through sixth grade.
Other winners are:
• First place, grade K-3 division: second-grader Jordan Kaiwi, Benjamin Parker Elementary.
• First place, grade 4-6 division: sixth-grader Francine Ramos, Kapunahala Elementary School.
• Second place, K-3 division: second-grader Alexandria Nelson, Benjamin Parker school.
• Second place, grade 4-6 division: sixth-grader Andrew Jake Risteter, Kapunahala.
The parade is set for 9 a.m. Dec. 1 beginning at Windward Mall, running along Kamehameha Highway and ending at Castle High School.
The theme this year is "Christmas in Kane'ohe."
HONOLULU
Retired colonel to speak at tribute
Retired U.S. Army Col. Young Oak Kim, one of the most decorated Asian American soldiers of World War II, will be the featured speaker at a tribute to Korean War veterans tonight at Washington Place.
The ceremonies honor the Centennial Committee of Korean Immigration to the United States and the Korean American Coalition.
About 200 people are expected to attend the tribute, which is by invitation only.
Kim, who lives in Las Vegas, served on the battlefield in both World War II and the Korean Conflict, earning 19 medals during his military career. He became the first Asian American officer to command an American infantry battalion in action.
The Centennial Committee of Korean Immigration to the United States is organizing a national celebration of the 100th anniversary of Korean presence in the U.S. with a series of events leading up to the 2003 Centennial.
The celebration is intended to honor the approximately 7,000 Korean immigrants who arrived between1903 and 1905.
Ehime Maru dives will continue
The Navy yesterday said it has no immediate plans to end the search for the ninth Ehime Maru crew member. The Navy said it will evaluate the diving operation at midweek. Diving operations started on Oct. 15 and originally were scheduled to last 33 days, but delays have changed schedules.
"There is no deadline," said Navy spokeswoman Lt. Anne Cossitt. "The Navy is not going to search indefinitely, but we'll continue to search until we've searched the entire vessel."
The divers have recovered the remains of eight of the nine crewmen, teachers and students killed when the fisheries training vessel was rammed and sunk by the Navy submarine USS Greeneville on Feb. 9.
Reminders
Public meetings today include:
• Wai'anae Neighbor Board, 7 p.m., Wai'anae Neighborhood Community Center, 85-670 Farrington Highway.
