Posted on: Thursday, November 11, 2004
HAWAI'I BRIEFS
Kailua Bay OK'd for swimming
Advertiser Staff
City officials removed signs warning of polluted water at Kailua Beach yesterday afternoon based on water-quality samples analyzed by the state Health Department.
The signs went up Sunday after heavy rain caused about 5,000 gallons of rain-diluted raw sewage to overflow from a manhole along Wana'ao Road in Kailua and into Ka'elepulu Stream, which empties into the bay at the popular beach park.
Signs had been posted along Kailua Beach, the stream and most of Kailua Bay.
With bacteria now at acceptable levels, the near-shore waters of Kailua Bay are again safe for swimming and other activities.
NEIGHBOR ISLANDS
Memorial will celebrate surfer
KU'AU, Maui — A memorial service and "Last Blast Celebration" for surfer Steve Cooney will be held Saturday at Ho'okipa Beach Park.
Cooney, 30, died when his pickup truck hit an embankment and overturned on Kaupakalua Road in Ha'iku. He was a well-known surfer in Hawai'i, California and elsewhere.
The service will begin at 3 p.m., with surfers, bodyboarders, swimmers and others entering the water for scattering of ashes at 4:30 p.m. and a helicopter flower drop at 5 p.m. A pot luck will follow. Donations may be sent to his mother, Betsy Cooney, at 784 Poho Place, Pa'ia, HI 96779.
Kaua'i seeking fishing teachers
LIHU'E, Kaua'i — The county is looking for volunteers to teach fishing to Kaua'i youths.
Wal-Mart donated 78 fishing poles to the Kaua'i Rural Health Association and has promised to donate 25 more next month. The association is working with the county to implement the program to provide youths with recreational alternatives to drugs. The Department of Land and Natural Resources' Division of Aquatic Resources also will be involved.
Call Roy Nishida at (808) 241-6312 or Cindy Duterte at (808) 241-4460.
Benefit Nov. 19 for UHH library HILO, Hawai'i — The second annual "Night in the Stacks" fund-raiser for the University of Hawai'i at Hilo's Edwin H. Mookini Library will be held from 5 to 8 p.m. Nov. 19. The goal of the event is to raise $10,000 to create an endowed book account in honor of the late UH-Hilo chancellor Edwin H. Mookini. University librarian Linda Marie Golian-Lui said Mookini was a driving force in the establishment of the second largest academic library in the UH system. Local author William Bergin will discuss and sign copies of his book "Loyal to the Land," with a portion of the proceeds from book sales donated to the Friends of the Edwin H. Mookini Library Foundation. There will be hula and country line dancing, music by student Lani Anderson, student art exhibits, library tours, heavy pupu and nonalcoholic refreshments by students in the Hawai'i Community College food services program. The Hilo Borders bookstore will set up a table where other Big Island authors will sign books from 5 to 6:30 p.m., with the company donating 15 percent of those sales to the Friends foundation. A tax-deductible donation of $25 per person is suggested; UH students may attend for free. Friday is the deadline for reservations; contact Myrtle Hara at (808) 974-7568 or mhara@hawaii.edu. EAST HONOLULU
Help sought for Peace Garden
Volunteers are needed to help high school students from the Ahupua'a Action Alliance do maintenance work and plant native Hawaiian plants from 9 a.m. to noon Saturday at the Millennium Peace Garden, at the corner of 18th Avenue and Diamond Head Road across from the Bark Park.
Students from Roosevelt and La Pietra-Hawai'i School for Girls are continuing the work started by 750 students from 103 countries in 1999 as one of the activities of the Millennium Young People's Congress.
Volunteers should wear clothes that can get dirty, and closed-toed shoes. Call Sean Casey at 780-7326.
HONOLULU
Shopping center plans celebration
Salt Lake Shopping Center merchants will celebrate the completion of their new landscaped courtyard at 6 p.m. Nov. 19 with live entertainment and free pupus. This new addition includes outdoor seating with umbrella covered tables and palm trees in a garden setting.
A $3 donation is requested to help to raise money for the Hawai'i State Foodbank. The center is at 848 Ala Lilikoi St.
UH open house set for Saturday
High school students and other members of the public are invited to the University of Hawai'i-Manoa's Department of Physics and Astronomy open house on Saturday.
Various locations throughout Watanabe Hall will be open to high school students and teachers from 8:30 to 11 a.m., then the public is invited to visit the various sites from 11 a.m. to 12:30 p.m. The event is free, but parking on campus is $3.
Visit www.phys.hawaii.edu or call 956-2932. Lung Doo group electing officers
The Lung Doo Benevolent Society will hold its annual election meeting to elect new directors Sunday. The meeting will be at 11 a.m. at the United Chinese Society Hall, 42 North King St.
