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HONOLULU
Punahou grad to fly 50th flag
Pilot Maria Lippi Schwartz has been selected to represent Hawai'i in "Flags Across America," an organization formed to commemorate the terrorist attacks of Sept. 11.
Schwartz will join an entourage of 49 other private pilots representing the state capitols who will journey from airports across the United States and convene in New York City for the first anniversary of that tragic day.
The pilots, flying their own airplanes, will bring a commemorative flag from each of the states and present them to family members of victims in ceremonies near the site of the World Trade Center in lower Manhattan.
Schwartz was raised in Kane'ohe and is a Punahou School graduate. She taught for several years at ASSETS School, working with dyslexic and gifted children. Schwartz temporarily lives in Durham, N.C., with her husband and four children.
CENTRAL O'AHU
Play equipment to be dedicated
New play equipment at Momilani Elementary School in Pearl City will be dedicated at 9 a.m. today.
Students have been without play equipment for four years because their old equipment was aging and not compliant with the American with Disabilities Act.
Kupuna Minerva Pang and Elizabeth Kauahipaula will dedicate the play equipment, and guests who planned, designed and installed the equipment will be honored.
WINDWARD O'AHU
Nalo Plantation Reunion Sunday
Waimanalo will host the Fifth Nalo Plantation Reunion, bringing together friends, family and any interested people willing to share their memories of the sugar plantation life that ended in 1947 when the mill and plantation closed.
People from across the Mainland and the Islands are expected at the pot luck.
Entertainment, paper goods and punch will be provided at the event from 10 a.m. to 5 p.m. Sunday at Waimanalo District Park, 41-415 Hihimanu St.
For more information call 372-1068.
EAST HONOLULU
Board taking August recess
The Wai'alae-Kahala Neighborhood Board will take its annual August recess and will meet next at 7 p.m. Sept. 26.
The board meets monthly at Wesley United Methodist Church, 1350 Hunakai St.
NEIGHBOR ISLANDS
Lahaina school gets face-lift
LAHAINA, Maui — King Kamehameha III Elementary School in Lahaina last week used $26,500 in grant money from the Hawaii 3Rs Project for painting, recarpeting and renovation work on the school.
The mission of Hawaii 3Rs (Repair, Remodel and Restore Hawai'i's public schools) is to get the community to help tackle the $640 million repair and maintenance backlog.
Grants are used along with sweat equity from volunteers.
