Community Calendar
Advertiser Staff
SUNDAY
• MEMORIAL DAY weekend events: Mayor Jeremy Harris' address at a memorial service by Friends of the Natatorium, 10 a.m., on grounds of Waikiki's Natatorium; Gov. Ben Cayetano's memorial address at the 18th annual Sunset Memorial Service, 6 p.m., at Armed Forces Eternal Flame, mauka of the Capitol.
MONDAY
• MEMORIAL DAY EVENTS: Public ceremony, 7:30 to 9 a.m., Arizona Memorial Visitor Center and Museum; Mayor's Memorial Day Service, 8:30 a.m., National Memorial Cemetery of the Pacific at Punchbowl; governor's annual Memorial Day ceremony, 1 p.m., Hawai'i State Veterans Cemetery in Kane'ohe.
• Lantern floating ceremony by Shinnyo-En, 6 p.m., Magic Island, Ala Moana Beach Park; 16 canoe clubs participating; 1,000 Shinnyo-En members and 4,000 guests from Japan attending; public invited; music and taiko drumming; no food or beverages to be provided; consolatory prayer requests may be made 3-5:30 p.m. at booth on Magic Island; free. 947-2814.
• 12-step program for men and women recovering from drug/alcohol addiction, from 5:30 Monday-Friday; 12-step program for recovering male addicts only, 7-9 p.m.; care group for adult children of dysfunctional families, 7-9 p.m.; support group for those healing from divorce, 7-9 p.m., 45-815 Po'okela Road, Kane'ohe Bay area. 235-5814.
TUESDAY
• "ARTHRITIS/OSTEOPOROSIS," talk by Susan Milton, program director, the Arthritis Foundation, 10 a.m., Central Union Church women's building, 1660 S. Beretania St.; come early for exercises, bring a sack lunch, stay after for board games. 941-0957.
WEDNESDAY
• AARP DRIVER SAFETY CLASSES, double sessions for the older driver, 8 a.m.-noon (also Friday), Lanakila Senior Center, 1649 Lanakila Ave., Kalihi . 847-1322. (Also 8:30 a.m.-12:30 p.m. Thursday and Friday at St. Francis Hospital-West, 91-2141 Fort Weaver Road, 'Ewa Beach, phone 547-6410; and 8:30 a.m.-12:30 p.m. Saturday and June 8, St. Francis Hospital, Liliha, phone 547-6410).) $10 fee.
• FIRST HAWAIIAN BANK TROY BARBOZA LAW ENFORCEMENT TORCH RUN to promote Special Olympics Hawaii, 9:30 a.m.-2 p.m., Turtle Bay Resort, Kahuku to Wahiawa via Hale'iwa and to Windward City Mall via La'ie. (Continuing Thursday, 8:30 a.m. from First Hawaiian Bank in Kailua and 7 a.m. from Pearl City First Hawaiian Bank, meeting noon at Tamarind Park, downtown; 6 p.m. Friday, Fort DeRussy Park, along Kalakaua and Kapahulu Avenue to Rainbow Stadium to light the cauldron for the Summer Games.) Public encouraged to attend. 943-1783.
• COMMUNITY MEETING: YOUTH SUBSTANCE ABUSE PREVENTION, 2-4 p.m., Komohana Agricultural Complex, 875 Komohana St., Hilo, Hawai'i; regarding qualifying for community prevention partnership grants; sponsored by the Department of Health. (808) 692-7531.
SATURDAY
• "HEALTH INFORMATION ON THE WEB," workshop by The Consumer Health Information Service, 9-11 a.m., Hawaii Medical Library, 1221 Punchbowl St., downtown; free; space limited, call to reserve. 536-9302, Ext. 127.
• LYON ARBORETUM EVENTS: "Basic Botany for Gardeners," 9-11 a.m., $20 fee (members $18); bird walk. 8:30-10 a.m., $10 fee (members $8), wear comfortable clothing and sturdy footwear, bring a copy of Audubon Society's "Hawai'i's Birds" available in the arboretum gift shop, meet at parking lot; lesson in making Vietnamese soups, noon, $22 fee, members $18. 3860 Manoa Road. 988-0456.
• SIERRA CLUB's Waimano Ridge hike, moderate and strenuous routes; nonmembers $3. (Also, family hike, Wiliwilinui Trail, Wai'alae Iki, 9 a.m. next Sunday; call for details. 538-6616 or 732-4489.
UPCOMING
• AMERICAN BUSINESS WOMEN'S ASSOCIATION, IMUA CHAPTER, free waterless car wash 9 a.m. next Sunday, Mike McKenna Ford, Kailua Road; pledges already collected but more cars welcome; proceeds go to the chapter's educational fund. 733-4301, Ext. 555.
• HONOLULU BOY CHOIR SHRINERS CHILDREN BENEFIT CONCERT, 7-8 p.m. June 5, Monarch Room of the Royal Hawaiian Hotel; no-host cocktail reception from 6 p.m.; $20 general admission, $25 golden circle seating; to benefit Aloha Temple Shriners Patient Transportation Fund; make checks payable to Patient Transportation Fund; call for tickets. 536-9333.
• JAPANESE AMERICAN CITIZENS LEAGUE Honolulu Chapter annual membership meeting, 10:30 a.m.-1 p.m. June 8, Treetops Restaurant, Paradise Park, 3737 Manoa Road; keynote speech by state Rep. Barbara Marumoto; performance by singer/songwriter Chris Iijima; $25 admission includes buffet lunch; public welcome; call for tickets. 737-8073.
• Free summer program for ages 9-15, sponsored by American Box Car Racing International at its Pearl City track, 10 a.m.-4 p.m. weekdays starting June 10; tennis shoes, long pants, prompt drop-off and pickup, and daily bag lunch required; refrigerator available; learn to build, drive and repair box cars, care for track; build self-esteem and make friends; space limited; application available at Web site or call. 947-3393; www.boxcarracing.org.
ONGOING
• Free exercise class, 9-10:30 a.m. Monday to Saturday, Fort DeRussy lawn, next to Army Museum.
• BOX CAR OPEN RACING sponsored by American Box Car Racing International at its Pearl City track, 1-5 p.m. Saturdays and Sundays, 3-9 p.m. Wednesdays and Fridays; tennis shoes required; children under 18 must wear long pants and be accompanied by an adult; $6 per person, $4 with track pass, group rates and student sessions available. 947-3393.
