O'ahu briefs
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CENTRAL
Student film earns Japan trip
Four student filmmakers from Pearl Ridge Elementary School left yesterday on a one-week trip to Japan to meet and interview the subject of their award-winning documentary "Voices from the Past, Hope for the Future."
The students were so moved by the tragic events of Sept. 11 and the history of Pearl Harbor that they made a film based on the lives of Marine bugler Richard Fiske and Zenji Abe, a former Japanese pilot who took part in the attack on Pearl Harbor.
Fiske and Abe became friends after World War II.
The film recently won the top award at the New York Museum of Television & Radio. Panasonic decided to sponsor the students' trip to Japan.
The fourth- and fifth-grade students are Jordie Oceanar, Adrianna De Mello, Lauren Ige and Kelli Miyahira. They will be accompanied by teacher Kathy Nagaji as they visit Abe at his Tokyo home.
HONOLULU
AIDS lectures scheduled
Dr. Jack Chow, the U.S. Department of State's special representative for HIV/AIDS, will give a free public talk on the "New Era of AIDS Diplomacy" and America's response from 8:30 to 10:30 a.m. July 19 at the Hawai'i Prince Hotel's Mauna Kea Ballroom.
A panel of Hawai'i HIV/AIDS experts will be part of the presentation and will talk about the status of the epidemic in the 50th state, the personal perspective of living with HIV and the state/community partnership in dealing with public health issues.
To register for the program, call 956-4132 by tomorrow.
A continental breakfast begins at 7:30 a.m.
Free seminar on divorce laws
A free hourlong seminar, "Divorce Law in Hawai'i," will take place at noon July 18 in the Supreme Court conference room, on the second floor of Ali'iolani Hale, 417 S. King St.
Attorney William C. Darrah, who has practiced divorce law in Hawai'i for more than 25 years, will give an overview of custody and visitation, division of property, child support and alimony, among other issues.
For more information, call 539-4448.
STATEWIDE
Managing medication
HMSA is offering "Managing Your Medication," a free month-long program that allows customers to have private consultations with local pharmacists throughout the state.
The program takes place July 21 on O'ahu, July 22 on Maui, July 23 in Hilo and July 24 on Kaua'i.
People can make an appointment and bring their medications to Longs Drugs, Times Super Markets, Good Neighbor Pharmacies and other independent pharmacies. Consumers can learn how their medications work, and pharmacists will counsel each person about the potential effects of mixing medications.
