'Olelo to air election forums

Advertiser Staff

Community leaders will discuss local issues, and urge viewers to vote, during a series of community forums on 'Olelo Community Television over the next few weeks.

Labor union leaders will appear on "What's Your Vote?" at 8 a.m. tomorrow on Oceanic Cable Channel 54, where all the programs will air. It repeats at 5 p.m. Saturday.

Youth leaders will appear at 8 p.m. Sunday. That show will repeat 6 p.m. Sept. 2.

Leaders in the senior community will appear at 8:30 p.m. Sept. 2.

Nonprofit officials will discuss their views at 5 p.m. Sept. 4.

The leaders of local political parties will appear at 8 p.m. Sept. 5. The program will repeat at 7 p.m. Sept. 6.

Business leaders will talk at 9:30 p.m. Sept. 7.

Two related 'Olelo series are expected to begin airing in September, also on Channel 54. "Candidates in Focus" provides candidates the chance to record their own unedited, uninterrupted seven-minute messages that will air at various times before the election.

A series of 40 live, hour-long "Candidates Debate" programs will also air next month.

For more information, visit 'Olelo's Web site at www.olelo.org.