O'ahu briefs
Advertiser Staff
CENTRAL
Input sought on oil pipeline
Hawaiian Electric Co. has filed an environmental assessment/environmental impact statement preparation notice with the state detailing its plans to build a $27 million, 13-mile-long underground pipeline to carry oil from Campbell Industrial Park to its Waiau Power Plant in Pearl City.
The pipeline would be mostly in the State Energy Corridor, and HECO is seeking a lease from the state Department of Transportation for the pipeline.
A discussion of the potential impacts of the project and alternatives are included in the report, and a full environmental impact statement will be published later.
Comments and requests to be a consulted party in the preparation of the draft EIS are due Nov. 7.
Write to: Hawaiian Electric Co., 820 Ward Ave., Honolulu, HI 96813, attention Ken Fong. Include three copies for the state, the consultant and Office of Environmental Quality Control.
Waipahu team to discuss plan
The Waipahu/Village Park/Waipio Gentry vision team will discuss proposed projects for fiscal year 2003 at 6:30 p.m. tomorrow at the Waipahu Cultural Garden Park.
Vision proposals include a passive waterfront park, a walkway along Kapakahi Stream and welcome signs at entries to Waipahu.
Capital improvement projects include work on Waipahu Street and Waipahu Depot Road, new playground equipment for Waikele Park, Crestview Community Park and Central O'ahu Regional Park, new bus shelters and developing a wish list for Waipahu Cultural Garden Park.
The city allocates $2 million a year to each of its 19 community vision teams and asks them to decide how to spend the money in their areas.
The status of current projects will also be discussed at the meeting.
'Ewa meeting on Weed-Seed
A presentation on the Weed & Seed crime-fighting program will be given during the 'Ewa Neighborhood Board meeting at 7 p.m. tomorrow at the 'Ewa Beach Community and School Library on North Road.
Sponsored by the U.S. Justice Department, Weed & Seed is a law enforcement effort among federal, state and city authorities to reclaim dangerous neighborhoods by working to prevent crime.
Residents have held several meetings in an effort to get the program started in 'Ewa. According to police, the two primary areas of concern are the old section of town between the 'Ewa Beach Community Park and Hanakahi Street and the Fernandez Village area near Renton Road.
WINDWARD
Clinic to check for depression
The Waimanalo Health Clinic will conduct free depression screening for anyone living in Ko'olaupoko and Ko'olauloa from 8 a.m. to 5 p.m. tomorrow at the center, 41-1347 Kalaniana'ole Highway.
The screening will take place under the direction of Dr. Cathy Bell and her Family Counseling Services staff.
Depression is a serious medical condition that affects thousands of people each year, Bell said.
But with the right therapy combined with the right medication, people with depression can live normal lives.
The screening is part of National Depression Screening Day across the United States.
For more information, call Pi'ilani Kai at 259-7948, Ext. 139.
LEEWARD
'Ewa Beach rite for children
A candlelight service to honor the children whose lives were affected by the Sept. 11 terrorist attack will be held at 6:30 p.m. tomorrow at Holomua Elementary School in 'Ewa Beach.
The event, sponsored by the school's Parents Teachers Association, will be conducted around the flagpole.
Candles will be lit in honor of children of firefighters, police officers and emergency workers as well as children who were victims of the attack. A collection will be taken for the World Trade Center School Relief Fund.
