Community Calendar
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TODAY
• POUHALA MARSH CLEANUP and restoration sponsored by Hawai'i Nature Center 8:30 to 11:30 a.m. at the Waipahu site; bring work gloves, water, towel, change of clothes and rubber slippers and wear a hat, sunscreen, old work clothes and covered shoes or rubber boots. 955-0100, Ext. 18.
• KUO MIN TANG SOCIETY general meeting 10 a.m., Cultural Plaza, Room 306, 100 N. Beretania St. 226-8365.
TOMORROW
• JOINT LEGISLATIVE TASK FORCE ON WASTE MANAGEMENT AND RECYCLING informational broadcast 1 p.m., Channel 53 on O'ahu and HITS on the Neighbor Islands; speaking will be waste management officials and members of the community and environmental groups; topics: illegal dumping, waste diversion and landfills. 550-8074.
• WAHIAWA NEIGHBORHOOD BOARD will not meet this month.
TUESDAY
• HAWAII PACIFIC GERONTOLOGICAL SOCIETY quarterly program meeting 11:30 a.m. to 1 p.m., Tree Tops Restaurant at Paradise Park, 3737 Manoa Road; featured speaker, Dr. Cullen Hayashida, on "The Next Frontiers for Long-term Care in Hawaii: Insights from Japan"; $10.50 luncheon buffet; public welcome; Reservations required: call Kathy Miyamoto 543-8468.
• KAMAPUA'A & LONO, panel discussion by cultural practitioners, Kahu Charles Maxwell Sr. and Rocky Jensen, 6:30 to 8:30 p.m., Atherton Halau, Bishop Museum; the connections between Lono and the pig-god Kamapua'a; members free, $5 general admission, students with ID $3. 848-4191.
• MILILANI MAUKA/LAUNANI VALLEY NEIGHBORHOOD BOARD will not meet this month.
• NU'UANU/PUNCHBOWL NEIGHBORHOOD BOARD will not meet this month.
WEDNESDAY
• A SEASON FOR GIVING. Workshop for Ko'olauloa residents with diabetes, their primary caregivers and family members; learn about 7th Heaven Diabetes Support Group, diabetes, foot care, blood-sugar monitoring, vision care, traditional healing, nutrition and exercise and more, 9 a.m. to 2 p.m., Queen Lili'uokalani Children's Center, 53-516 Kamehameha Highway, Punalu'u; lunch and entertainment; free. 232-2222.
• MESSIAH COMMUNITY SING, audience as chorus singing favorites from Handel's oratorio, 7:30 p.m., St. Andrew's Cathedral, South Beretania and Queen Emma streets; free; bring your own score or borrow one at the door. 524-2822.
• AL-ANON MEETING 7 to 8 p.m. Wednesdays, Saint Francis Hospital, Weinberg Building, fifth floor, 2226 Liliha St. 521-5900.
• KAIMUKI NEIGHBORHOOD BOARD meeting 7 p.m., Lili'uokalani Elementary School, 3633 Wai'alae Ave.
• KALIHI-PALAMA NEIGHBORHOOD BOARD meeting 7 p.m., Kapalama School cafeteria, 1601 N. School St.
THURSDAY
• DIVORCE LAW SEMINAR sponsored by Family Court of the First Judicial Circuit noon to 1 p.m., Supreme Court courtroom, second floor, Ali'iolani Hale, 417 S. King St.; overview of custody and visitation, division of property, child support, alimony and more; free. 539-4448.
• EXCHANGE CLUB OF DOWNTOWN HONOLULU luncheon meeting noon to 1:30 p.m., Oahu Country Club; featured speaker Panos Prevedouros, University of Hawai'i professor of engineering who will speak about his study on O'ahu traffic conditions and how to cure them economically; lunch $15. 524-0330.
• O'AHU METROPOLITAN PLANNING ORGANIZATION policy committee meeting 2 p.m., Hawai'i State Capitol, conference room 229; topic: consultant selection procedures. 587-2015.
• ALOHA MOTHERS OF MULTIPLES meeting 7 to 9 p.m., Moanalua High School, Room M105. 247-TWIN.
• WAI'ALAE-KAHALA NEIGHBORHOOD BOARD will not meet this month.
• WAIPAHU NEIGHBORHOOD BOARD will not meet this month.
• KANE'OHE NEIGHBORHOOD BOARD meeting 7 p.m., Windward Community College, 45-720 Kea'ahala Road, Hale Akoakoa 103-105.
• MAKIKI/LOWER PUNCHBOWL/TANTALUS NEIGHBORHOOD BOARD meeting 7:15 p.m., Makiki District Park, 1527 Ke'eaumoku St.
SATURDAY
• MA LALO O KA PO LANI (Under the Night Sky), Hawaiian cultural practitioners explain past and present uses of Mauna O Wakea (Mauna Kea), 6 p.m., Mauna Kea Visitor Information Station; Ehulani Stephany and her Halau Hula Kamakani Hali 'Ala O Puna to perform in honor of our ali'i; free, limited seating, star-gazing session to follow; station at 9,300-feet elevation of Mauna Kea, accessible from Hilo, Waimea and Kona, Hawai'i, via Saddle Road. www.ifa.hawaii.edu/info/vis.
UPCOMING
• ANNUAL BONSAI EXHIBIT, plant sale and craft fair 9 a.m. to 2 p.m. Dec. 21, Noelani Elementary School, 2655 Woodlawn Drive, Manoa; sponsored by the Rainbow Bonsai Club; free. 239-9681.
