Posted on: Friday, November 8, 2002
Hawai'i briefs
O'ahu boards honored
Fifteen of O'ahu's 32 neighborhood boards were honored during a ceremony yesterday for 25 years of service.
The neighborhood board system began under former Mayor Frank Fasi in 1972 with the adoption of a City Charter amendment designed to increase community participation in city government.
The first 15 boards began meeting monthly in 1977: Hawai'i Kai, Manoa, Liliha /'Alewa/Pu'unui/Kamehameha Heights; Makiki/Lower Punchbowl/Tantalus; Ala Moana/Kaka'ako; Waikiki; 'Aiea; Palolo; Pearl City; Kaimuki; Nu'uanu/Punchbowl; 'Ewa; Downtown; Diamond Head/Kapahulu/St. Louis Heights; and North Shore.
Neighborhood boards are run by area residents who are elected to two-year terms.
Candidates for the next term and have until Jan. 21 to file.
Voters in the 2002 state elections will automatically be mailed a ballot.
Anyone else wishing to vote should file a neighborhood board voter registration form with the Neighborhood Commission Office at City Hall by Jan. 21.
Kuhio Park joins health effort
The Kuhio Community Starts Living Healthy Celebration will be held from 2 to 5 p.m. today at the baseball field at Kuhio Park Terrace in Kalihi.
Residents can learn how to start living a healthier life by visiting informational booths and exercise demonstrations.
The event will feature prizes, food sampling, a cigarette dunking booth, yoga demonstrations, children's activities, entertainment and more.
Park plan advances
An environmental assessment has determined that the construction of Kawai Nui Gateway Park will have no significant effect on the environment, allowing the project to proceed.
The Vision Team project, across the street from Kalaheo High School, will include a comfort station, parking lot, education pavilion, outrigger canoe access to Oneawa Canal, a pedestrian bridge across the canal, a nature walk and water bird habitat enhancement.
Lunalilo Home official resigns
After 13 years of leading the Lunalilo Home in Hawai'i Kai, Gregg Meyer has resigned.
Meyer led the adult care home for elderly Hawaiians through its lengthy and extensive remodeling, which took five years.
The board of trustees for the home, operated by the King William Charles Lunalilo Trust, has selected John Alamodin to be the new executive director.
Alamodin has worked at the state's Department of Human Services in the community long-term care branch, the Queen Lili'uokalani Children's Center and most recently was program director for the Marine Corps base in Kane'ohe.
