Posted on: Friday, July 23, 2004
Hawai'i Briefs
Advertiser Staff
HONOLULU Public to get view of Strykers
The public will get to kick the tires of the Army's 20-ton Stryker vehicle and ask soldiers about the troop carriers on the Big Island and O'ahu beginning tomorrow.
The Army is bringing in two of the armored vehicles from Alaska and Fort Lewis in Washington state as it moves forward with creating one of the $1.5 billion brigades here.
The 2nd Brigade of the 25th Infantry Division (Light) will be transformed to a Stryker unit. About 800 additional soldiers will be added to round out the 3,500-soldier brigade.
A total of 291 Stryker vehicles, which ride on eight wheels instead of tank treads, will be based on O'ahu. Training will take place on O'ahu and the Big Island. The Stryker brigade is expected to be operational in 2007.
The Strykers will be at the following locations:
• Tomorrow, Waimea-Kohala Airport, 10 a.m. to 1 p.m. • Sunday, National Guard Center at Hilo, 10 a.m. to 1 p.m. • Tuesday, North Shore, Ali'i Beach Park, 5 p.m. to 7:30 p.m. • Wednesday, Wahiawa District Park, 5 p.m. to 7:30 p.m. • Thursday, Wai'anae Intermediate School, 5 p.m. to 7:30 p.m.
EAST HONOLULU Volunteer for board sought
The Wai'alae/Kahala Neighborhood Board is looking for a volunteer to represent residents in the area along Kahala Avenue from Waialae Country Club to Blackpoint Road.
The applicant must be 18 years of age and live in the area. The position became vacant after Stephen Bischoff resigned. The board meets at 7 p.m. on the third Thursday of every month at Wesley United Methodist Church, 1350 Hunakai St. There will not be a meeting in August. The next meeting will be Sept. 16.
Volunteers are urged to call the Neighborhood Commission at 527-5578.
Fellows set to start 7th year The Fellows program — Fellowship Education and Lifelong Learning Opportunities with Seniors — is launching its seventh year with an annual kick-off session seeking volunteers. The session will be from 8 to 10:30 a.m. Aug. 18 at Wai'alae Elementary School in Kaimuki. Pat Hamamoto, state Department of Education superintendent of schools, will be the keynote speaker. Now in 28 schools, the program seeks to link senior citizens with students and train the seniors to be volunteer mentors.
The program needs volunteers for all the schools. For more information, call Ed Krentzman at 226-6992.
WINDWARD Author to share long life secrets
Local author and health enthusiast Carolyn Choy, 91, will share her secrets for a long, healthy life through diet and exercise at 1 p.m. Aug. 1 at Kane'ohe Public Library, 45-829 Kamehameha Hwy.
Choy will discuss simple exercises to do before getting out of bed and healthful benefits derived from Chinese herbs used in recipes found in her book "Health Through Chinese Food."
To request a sign language interpreter, call the library five to seven days before the program at 233-5676.
