O'ahu briefs
Advertiser Staff
EAST HONOLULU
Man, 55, killed in Hawai'i Kai accident
A 55-year-old man was killed at about 1 p.m. yesterday when his 2001 Toyota Corolla flipped after hitting a tree.
The man was driving southbound on Haha'ione Road approaching Hawai'i Kai Drive when he hit a parked car, hopped the curb, hit a tree and flipped his vehicle, police said.
Speed may have been a factor in the collision, but alcohol was not involved, investigators said. The man, who was not identified, was wearing his seat belt.
The driver was dead on arrival at Queen's Medical Center.
NORTH SHORE
Kahuku access to be studied
The Ko'olauloa Neighborhood Board has included a feasibility study for an access way to the Kahuku subdivision behind Kahuku Hospital in its $1 million capital improvement projects list.
Board Chairwoman MaryAnn Long said safety concerns prompted the move. The study will examine placing a crosswalk in front of Kahuku Elementary School.
The board also requested 18 bus shelters and has asked the city to refurbish fields and backstops at Hau'ula Community and Kahuku District parks.
LEEWARD
Multi-purpose building sought
A proposal to construct a multi-purpose building at a church on Hakimo Road in Nanakuli will be discussed at the Wai'anae Neighborhood Board's Planning and Zoning Committee meeting at 6:30 p.m. Thursday at the Wai'anae Neighborhood Community Center.
The Rev. Elder Mila Sapolu of the First Samoan Congregational Christian Church of Hawai'i will discuss the plans.
The committee will also continue discussions on Sphere LLC's plans to open a landfill for construction material in Ma'ili at the old Kaiser quarry site on Pa'akea Road.
CENTRAL
Koa Ridge plan to be discussed
Harry Saunders III, president of Castle & Cooke Homes, is scheduled to make a presentation on the planned Koa Ridge project before the Waipahu Neighborhood Board meeting at 7 p.m. Thursday at the Waipahu Cultural Garden Park.
Koa Ridge — between Waiawa and Mililani — would consist of homes, including senior facilities, neighborhood shopping stores, jogging trails and a medical-care complex.
The project would be built in three segments — Koa Ridge Makai, Koa Ridge Mauka and Waiawa. The makai portion would be developed first and include the medical park, with the first medical facilities ready by 2003.
Castle & Cooke is in hearings before the state Land Use Commission to reclassify nearly 1,248 acres of former pineapple land from an agricultural district to an urban district on the state land-use map.
Historic trail group to meet
The Friends of Pearl Harbor Historic Trail will meet at 7 p.m. on Oct. 24 at Leeward Community College, Fine Arts building Room 102.
In June, the city completed the master plan for the 18.6-mile Pearl Harbor Historic Trail along the shoreline from 'Aiea to Nanakuli, and residents hope it will boost tourism and the economy and provide recreational activities.
Robyn Blanpied, a member of the 'Aiea-Pearl City vision team and the community project coordinator, said the nonprofit friends will coordinate activities, act as a liaison between agencies and raise money for the project.
The proposed trail, which would run from the USS Arizona Memorial and Battleship Missouri Memorial near 'Aiea to Lualualei Access Road in Nanakuli, would be implemented over 20 years and cost tens of millions of dollars, city officials said.
The trail would be a 40-foot-wide right-of-way that would be used as a jogging/biking trail parallel to an old-style locomotive route. Along the route would be bus/transit routes and stations, city parks and golf courses and interpretive cultural and environmental facilities.
The train portion of the route would include activities by the Hawaiian Railway Society, which operates train rides along a stretch of the old O'ahu Railway & Land Co. right of way on the Leeward Coast.
For more information, call 487-9160.
HONOLULU
Town meeting to air live today
A satellite town meeting called "Character Education: Teaching Respect, Responsibility and Citizenship" will air live from 2 p.m. to 3 p.m. today on Oceanic Channel 56.
This is the U.S. Department of Education's second town meeting on the topic. It will focus on how character education can reinforce American civic values, patriotism, tolerance and democratic traditions.
Schools with successful character education have fewer discipline problems, lower dropout rates, higher test scores and higher standardized test scores, the department says.
People viewing the program live can e-mail or call in comments or questions for Secretary of Education Ron Paige and other guest panelists.
The program will also be Webcast at www.connectlive.com/events/edtownmeetings.
WINDWARD
Kailua alumni seek donations
The Kailua High Alumni Association is seeking donations for a silent auction and wine-tasting event to raise money for scholarships and to help establish an endowment fund.
Items or monetary donations will be accepted by the nonprofit organization.
The event, to include pupu, will take place from 6 to 9 p.m. Oct. 26 at Mid-Pacific Country Club, 266 Ka'elepulu Drive.
Tickets are $25, and wines will be available for purchase through Kalapawai Market in Kailua.
To donate, call Harri at 254-3170. For tickets call Charlene at 262-8161, ext. 223, or fax 263-4369.
