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WINDWARD O'AHU
Marines want land for training
Marine Corps Base Hawai'i at Kane'ohe has formed a committee of community representatives to help decide how best to approach residents about a proposal to use land in Waikane Valley for training.
The base announced last year it would like to reopen land once used for live-fire practice to train for jungle warfare, but without live fire.
Before the military uses the land, which is fenced and off-limits to the public, an environmental assessment would have to be done, said Maj. Cathy Close of Marine Corps Base Hawai'i.
The Marines approached residents in Waiahole, Ka'a'awa and Kahalu'u, Close said. At a Kahalu'u Neighborhood Board meeting in January, board members Amy Luersen and John Reppun agreed to represent the board on the committee.
Kalaheo holding fund-raiser
Kalaheo High School students, faculty and special guests will raise money for the school's Project Graduation party from 10 a.m. to 5 p.m. Saturday at Windward Mall Center Stage.
Pledges and donations will be accepted for the drug-free, alcohol-free celebration for graduating seniors.
NEIGHBOR ISLANDS
AIDS researcher to speak in Hilo
HILO, Hawai'i — A medical researcher who helped discover the human immunodeficiency virus that causes AIDS will give a free public lecture at 3 p.m. Feb. 21 in University Classroom Building 100 on the University of Hawai'i-Hilo campus.
Dr. Jay Levy's talk, "The Social and Economic Impact of HIV/ AIDS: Can Science Find the Solution?" is part of the university's Distinguished Lecture Series.
Levy, an AIDS and cancer researcher and educator at the University of California's School of Medicine at San Francisco, helped identify the AIDS virus in 1983 and pioneered studies that showed how to inactivate HIV in clotting factor preparations. This approach has protected many hemophiliacs from HIV infection, according to a news release. He is currently working toward developing an AIDS vaccine.
His appearance is also sponsored by UH-Hilo Anthropology, Biology and Nursing departments, the Office of the Chancellor and Vice Chancellor for Academic Affairs.
O'AHU'S NORTH SHORE
Waialua Library to hold art show
The Friends of Waialua Library will host the library's first art show of the year on Thursday, featuring five North Shore artists, with an opening reception from 6:30 to 8 p.m.
Works in stained glass, watercolor, sculpted metal, mosaic tile and one-of-a-kind jewelry will be offered for sale, and the public can meet the artists. A portion of each sale will benefit the library.
For more information, call 637-7446.
