O'ahu briefs
Advertiser Staff
LEEWARD
Food drive set for 'Ewa Beach
The 'Ewa Beach Lions will hold a food drive on Saturday to collect nonperishable items for the needy this Thanksgiving.
The drive is scheduled from 9 a.m. to 2 p.m. at Foodland at the 'Ewa Town Center, 91-1401 Fort Weaver Road.
Food collected will go to pantries at three area churches. For more information, call 'Ewa Beach Lions president Dick Beamer at 689-0651.
EAST HONOLULU
Doris Duke art topic of talk
Deborah Pope, the executive director of the Doris Duke Foundation, will talk about the use of the Black Point estate as an Islamic art museum at 7 p.m. today at the Wai'alae-Kahala Neighborhood Board meeting at Wesley United Methodist Church, 1350 Hunakai St.
Also on the agenda is establishing a Neighborhood Watch program on Wai'alae Ridge. For more information call 527-5578.
CENTRAL
Seminar covers Alzheimer's
In observance of National Alzheimer's Awareness Month, the Pearl City Public Library will hold a free, hourlong seminar on the disease at 10:30 a.m. Saturday.
The seminar will be conducted in the library meeting room by Susan Van Gorder, education coordinator of the Alzheimer's Association Aloha chapter. Alzheimer's is a progressive brain disease that impairs memory, changes a person's behavior and alters the ability to function and live independently.
Van Gorder will discuss warning signs of the disease, how it is diagnosed, who gets it and what treatments are available. An estimated 19,700 people in Hawai'i suffer from Alzheimer's.
WINDWARD
Watershed to be assessed
The Kailua Bay Advisory Council, which is addressing pollution prevention in streams and coastal waters, will distribute its assessment for the Ko'olaupoko watershed at its meeting at 9 a.m. Saturday at the YWCA Camp Kokokahi, 45-035 Kane'ohe Bay Drive. The meeting is open to the public.
The assessment identifies the natural resources of the area, compiles information about studies and research conducted in Ko'olaupoko and recommends actions to address specific problems that affect the water quality for the region. The document also is available at the KBAC Web site: kbac-hi.org under reports. The public is welcome to comment on the document.
At 10:30 a.m., KBAC will hold three, half-hour workshops about methods homeowners can use to reduce pollution, water sampling methods and anthrax.
For more information, call 225-9210.
Project would ease flooding
The state Department of Transportation is seeking comment on a project to prevent flooding in front of Kahuku Hospital on Kamehameha Highway.
The state wants to construct box culverts in the area known as Hospital Ditch, in front of the hospital, and a replacement Ki'i Bridge, which includes drainage improvements.
The box culverts are intended to reduce the incidence of ponding and improve accessibility and safety within Kahuku during heavy rain.
Construction is forecast to take place late next year or early the following year. City, state and federal money will pay for the project.
Comments are due Dec. 8. Address comments and copies to the State Department of Transportation, Highways Division, 601 Kamokila Blvd., Kapolei, HI 96707; R.M. Towill Corp., 420 Waiakamilo Road, Suite 411, Honolulu, HI 96817; and OEQC, 235 S. Beretania St., Leiopapa A Kamehameha Suite 702, Honolulu, HI 96813.
HONOLULU
Downtown projects OK'd
The Downtown Neighborhood Board approved five community projects for the city's 2003 Capital Improvement Program at its meeting this month, including a proposal to include a "tot lot" as part of the Smith/Beretania Park now under construction.
The projects will be financed by $1 million that Mayor Jeremy Harris said each neighborhood board could allocate to community projects.
Board members also will ask for money to repave Pele and Lusitana streets, provide a video monitoring camera at the Smith/Beretania Park, make electrical improvements at the Chinatown Gateway Plaza and place landscaping in the median on Queen Emma Street near Royal School.
Reminders
Public meetings today include:
• Waipahu Neighborhood Board, 7 p.m., Waipahu Cultural Garden Park, 94-695 Waipahu St.
• Kane'ohe Neighborhood Board, 7 p.m., Kane'ohe Senior/ Community Center, 45-613 Puohala Road.
