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The Honolulu Advertiser
Posted on: Thursday, April 24, 2003

THE LEFT LANE
Cinema Paradise fest seeking film entries

Advertiser Staff and News Services

Sergio Goes
A Hawai'i Filmmaker Award that brings with it a $5,000 cash prize will be made to a local movie maker as part of the 2003 Cinema Paradise Film Festival, set for Sept. 19-25 in Honolulu. Entries are being sought now for the event, which will feature "inventive, progressive and uncompromising films," said organizer Sergio Goes.

The Movie Museum is presenting the movie-maker prize, which will be determined by a jury of invited industry professionals. Online submissions are accepted at www.cinemaparadise.org, where an entry form may be downloaded. Queries may be e-mailed to info@cinemaparadise.org.


Mister Mosquito heads to Hawai'i

The GamePro Web site (gamepro.com) has the lowdown on Ka 2: Let's Go Hawaii, a new insect-themed action game from Sony that is a sequel to Mister Mosquito. Mister Mosquito was created by the now-defunct Fresh Games; Ka 2: Let's Go Hawaii, under development by Zoom, is scheduled for a summer release in Japan.

The first game takes place in the Yamada house. Playing a mosquito, you try to suck the family's blood without getting swatted. In Ka 2, the Yamadas come to Hawai'i — with the mosquito in tow. New features, according to GamePro: Any part of the body is game for biting, but each of the potential targets has pressure points and relaxation points. Hit a relaxation point and your target will stop attacking you for a little while.


Winner celebrates the recycle of life

Earth Day came and went this week, but Joe Correa is pushing for the ideas behind the day dedicated to the environment to be a year-round philosophy.

Correa was the parent who won the Kama'aina Kids' recycling contest this week, rounding up 2,500 pounds of aluminum and bottles in an Earth Day challenge. Every day, he would bring bags of recycling material to his son's Enchanted Lake Preschool, collected from bars, ranches and parties.

In all, Kama'aina Kids preschool sites collected more than 9,000 pounds of cans and bottles for the project.

Correa, 52, grew up farming in Waimanalo and working for the family plumbing business. That's where he learned the value of recycling — from reusing fencing for chicken coops to getting excited about hand-me-down toys. "That was the kind of lifestyle I was brought up in," he said. "In the farming community, recycling is a way of life. We need to see more of it."