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HONOLULU
Firm running trolley service
Operation of the Kaimuki-Kapahulu-Waikiki Trolley has been taken over by E Noa Tours, Honolulu Mayor Jeremy Harris said in a statement Friday.
The trolleys will run at 30-minute intervals from 10 a.m. to 11 p.m. daily. They will follow existing routes in order to provide a means of travel to area shops and businesses.
Fares are $1 per trip, with special rates available to Waikiki ticket-holders and seniors.
For information, call 792-4490 or 523-4445.
CENTRAL
UH-LCC brunch to raise money
Tickets are on sale for the University of Hawai'i-Leeward Community College's annual Spring Scholarship "Local Style" Brunch fund-raiser.
The Sunday brunch is scheduled for 7:30 to 11:30 a.m. Feb. 17 at the LCC campus cafeteria.
Proceeds will pay for scholarships for students in the UH-LCC culinary arts program.
Students of the culinary program will prepare chicken stir-fry, scrambled eggs, corned beef hash, hot cakes and fried rice. Entertainment includes kumu hula Vicky Holt Takamine. A craft fair also is scheduled.
Pre-sale tickets are $10 for adults and $5 for children. Tickets at the door for adults are $12. For more information, or to purchase tickets, call 455-0687 or 455-0300.
NORTH SHORE
Art on display on North Shore
Three North Shore artists will have their works displayed from 6:30 to 8 p.m. Feb. 14 at a reception sponsored by the Friends of Waialua Library.
Guest artists are still life and landscape painter Mary Maas of Pupukea; scrap metal inventive sculptor Bernie Moriaz, also of Pupukea; and Linda Fritz of Waimea, who incorporates native shells into useful works of art.
Featured works will be available for purchase, with a portion of the sales given to the Waialua Library.
The free reception is open to the public.
Wahiawa park repairs done
Improvements were completed recently at the city's Wahiawa District Park.
Construction to rebuild the gymnasium floor and repair the park's swimming pool was completed last month. Contractor for the $938,000 project was Ralph Inouye Construction.
The city's Department of Facility Maintenance also installed white tennis court lighting to replace the yellow lights for better visibility at night.
WINDWARD
Keiki artwork featured
More than 125 students in the Windward District took part in this year's National PTA Reflections Program.
Through their local PTA or Parent Teacher Student Associations, students in grades one through six created original literary, visual or photographic works of art based on this year's theme, "I Hold in My Hand."
"We are extremely proud of our young artists," said Sharon Weathers, Windward Region director of the Hawai'i State PTSA. "Reflections provided them an opportunity for self-expression and to receive positive recognition for their artistic efforts. We commend the families, PTA leaders, administrators, and faculty of Aikahi, Ben Parker, and Ka'a'awa elementary schools for their support of Reflections this year."
For more than 30 years, the National PTA Reflections Program has encouraged millions of students across the nation and in American schools overseas to create works of art and explore and learn about various art forms.
NEIGHBOR ISLANDS
Kona alerted on meth labs
A community meeting in Kona to address the problem of clandestine drug laboratories within Big Island communities is set for 7 p.m. Feb. 11 at Kealakehe Intermediate School in Kailua.
The program, sponsored by the Hawai'i County Police Department and the state attorney general's office, will spotlight the manufacture of methamphetamine in such labs. It also will cover the hazards, health threats and environmental problems created by the use of toxic and flammable chemicals.
Instructors for the public meeting will be state law enforcement officers from Missouri who investigate the manufacture of methamphetamine throughout the Midwest.
For information, call police Lt. Robert Hickcox at (808) 326-4205.
