Posted on: Wednesday, July 14, 2004
O'ahu briefs
Advertiser Staff
LEEWARD
Fort Weaver Rd. work starting
Work is scheduled to begin today on a $6.3 million, 12-month project to widen Fort Weaver Road from four lanes to six, state transportation officials said.
The first signs of the work will be lane closures today through Friday needed to restripe the road and make room for temporary concrete barriers that will separate traffic from the construction zone, officials said.
When actual construction begins later this month, nearly all the work will be done behind the barriers from 7 a.m. to 3:30 p.m. on weekdays.
Ultimately, officials plan to widen Fort Weaver Road between Farrington Highway and West Loch Golf Course, easing rush-hour congestion in the still-growing area.
NORTH SHORE
Final storytelling on Saturday
The Waialua Library will end its summer reading program with a special presentation by storyteller Brenda Freitas-Obregon at the Waialua Bandstand at 10 a.m. Saturday. The new bandstand is located across from the library.
The Children of the North Shore Dance Project will also perform a rendition of Dr. Suess' "Green Eggs and Ham." Children and young adults who are registered in the program will be eligible to win prizes.
For more information call 637-8286.
CENTRAL
Jones, Frazier of UH to speak
University of Hawai'i football coach June Jones and athletic director Herman Frazier will talk about the true meaning of success at a community meeting July 21 hosted by lawmakers from 'Aiea and Pearl City. The meeting will be from 7 to 8:30 p.m. at the Pearl Ridge Elementary School cafeteria.
For more information, call Sen. Donna Mercado Kim at 587-7200.
EAST HONOLULU
Reading tutors for adults sought
Learn to teach an adult to read at a free orientation for the Hawai'i Literacy program from 6 to 8 p.m. July 27 at the Barnes & Noble bookstore at Kahala Mall. A training session will follow.
To sign up, call the program at 537-6706.
WINDWARD
Panel to discuss juvenile justice
The Hawai'i Juvenile Justice Project, intended to raise awareness statewide about what juveniles face when they break the law and to make improvements to the juvenile justice system, will host a free community meeting from 5:30 to 7:30 p.m. Tuesday at KEY Project, 47-200 Waihe'e Road.
The project was formed last fall in response to overcrowding and other system-wide problems at the Hawai'i Youth Correctional Facility.
The project expects to identify problems in the system by the end of the year and create legislation to deal with them. This is the third of seven meetings statewide.
Panelists include John Reppun, KEY Project; Jack Sullivan, citizens liaison committee member; and Paul Coronel and Rafael Enriquez, Hawai'i Foster Youth Coalition.
To attend, respond by Monday by calling 522-5906.
