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The Honolulu Advertiser
Posted on: Wednesday, April 10, 2002

O'ahu briefs

Advertiser Staff and News Services

HONOLULU

Last hearing on HECO project

The state Board of Land and Natural Resources will hear final arguments tomorrow on Hawaiian Electric Co.'s conservation district use application for its proposed power-line expansion on Wa'ahila Ridge.

HECO and project opponents Life of the Land, Malama O Manoa and the Outdoor Circle will be given about 30 minutes each to present arguments.

The 4 p.m. hearing tomorrow at the State Capitol auditorium is open to the public. The Land Board will make a final decision by July 15.

HECO wants to install a 138,000-volt transmission line linking the Pukele substation at the back of Palolo Valley to the Kamoku substation. Environmental and historic preservation groups argue the project is not needed and construction would be an unsightly intrusion upon the conservation district and Native Hawaiian use of the area.


Event to focus on drug policy

The Drug Policy Forum of Hawai'i will hold its annual meeting and dinner Saturday at Che Pasta Restaurant, 1001 Bishop St.

The speaker is Ira Glasser, former executive director of the American Civil Liberties Union. He will speak on "Drug Prohibition and the Erosion of Civil Rights: Prospects for Reform."

Glasser, who retired from the ACLU last year, serves as president of the Drug Policy Alliance, which promotes alternatives to the government's war on drugs.

It begins at 5:30 p.m. and costs $25 for Drug Policy Forum members and $35 for nonmembers. Call 384-7794.


WINDWARD

Waimanalo urged to read

The Waimanalo Library will open on a Saturday to promote reading for the entire family.

Explore Waimanalo Day, 9 a.m. to 2 p.m. April 20, will include entertainment, games and prizes.

The Friends of Waimanalo Library will hold its semi-annual book sale the same day, from 1:30 to 3:30 p.m.

Richard Burns, Waimanalo Library branch manager, said community use of the facility improves its chances of survival as the state House proposes a 13.5 percent cut in the state library budget.