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CENTRAL
Lions benefit tickets on sale
Tickets are on sale for the Mililani Lions Club's annual benefit breakfast March 10 at the Mililani High School cafeteria.
The event will be from 6 to 11:30 a.m. Tickets are $5.
Proceeds from previous breakfast fund-raisers have included recent improvements to Mililani High and Kipapa Elementary.
The money also has provided scholarships for Mililani High School seniors and helped support the school's Project Graduation events.
For more information, contact Mililani Lions Club president Alan Chinen at 626-2686, or club member Vic Gustafson at 623-7999.
LEEWARD
Anderson at Kapolei Rotary
Gubernatorial candidate D.G. "Andy" Anderson will speak at the next Kapolei Rotary Club breakfast Thursday.
The 7:30 a.m. breakfast will be in the Kapolei High School faculty/staff lounge.
Anderson will talk about his vision for the state.
Anderson, who announced his candidacy in November, served in the state House and Senate from 1962 to 1982 and as city managing director from 1983 to 1984. He owns and manages John Dominis Restaurant & Michel's Restaurant.
The $7 fee includes a buffet breakfast. Contact Keola Lloyd at 497-2963 for more details.
WINDWARD
Pali Highway lanes to close
Two Honolulu-bound lanes of Pali Highway between Ahipu'u Street and Ahi Place will be closed Wednesday and Thursday for underground maintenance work.
The Gas Co. will be working on a utility pipeline and will close the right and middle lanes from 8:30 a.m. to 3 p.m. each day. During this time, the Kailua-bound left lane will be used as a contra-flow lane.
Motorists traveling toward town will not be allowed to make left turns onto Ahi Place or Ahipu'u Street. In the Kailua direction, left turns will be prohibited onto Laimi Road.
Fire damages Kane'ohe home
A fire caused when oil-soaked paper towels spontaneously began burning destroyed a two-story house at 45-218 Kokokahi Place in Kane'ohe early yesterday morning.
The two residents were awakened by the barking of one of their dogs just before 1:30 a.m., said fire Capt. Kenison Tejada.
Damage to the home and contents was estimated at $250,000, Tejada said.
"The female resident opened the sliding door to see what the dog was barking at," Tejada said. "She couldn't see anything, but she smelled some smoke. Then she saw a glow coming from the downstairs carport."
Tejada said the couple and their dogs escaped the house unharmed.
Tejada said firefighters determined that the blaze began when paper towels saturated with linseed oil and left in a plastic bucket in the carport ignited spontaneously. The couple had earlier used the towels for woodwork.
HONOLULU
Air-race teams to raise money
Nearly 50 air racing teams from 19 states and five countries are participating in this weekend's Great Hawaiian Air Race, a 650-mile handicapped race from Honolulu International Airport to Hana and back to O'ahu's Dillingham Field.
The event for civilian aircraft is a benefit for Make-A-Wish Hawaii.
In one event, aircraft compete in a handicapped speed race. In another event, pilots see how close they can come to their estimated time and fuel consumption for the race route, and are also scored on the quality of their landings.
For more information, visit the event's Web site.
