Posted on: Tuesday, November 30, 2004
HAWAI'I BRIEFS
Piano students playing library
Advertiser Staff
Students from the Kim Kiyabu piano studio will perform in the children's area of the Waikiki-Kapahulu Public Library at 1:30 p.m. Saturday.
For more information, contact the library at 733-8488. The library is at 400 Kapahulu Ave.
Board to address building projects
Hale Ali'i's plans for a park, a new self-storage center at Hawai'i Kai Towne Center and more discussion on a proposed townhome development in Kalama Valley will be discussed at 7 p.m. tonight at Haha'ione Elementary School cafeteria during the Hawai'i Kai Neighborhood Board monthly meeting.
The elected board will not meet in December. The next meeting will be Jan. 25. The meetings are broadcast on Olelo Channel 54 Sundays at 1 p.m. or Mondays at 3 p.m.
WINDWARD O'AHU
Biologist offers wetlands tour
Wildlife biologist Ron Walker will conduct a wetlands bird tour covering locations in Kailua including the Hamakua Marsh, Ka'elepulu wetlands, Kawai Nui Marsh and Na Pohaku O Hauwahine from 8:30 a.m. to 12:30 p.m. Saturday.
Reservations are necessary for the tour that is limited to 25 people. Call Chuck Burrows at 595-3922 or e-mail him at chuckb@hawaii.rr.com. A $5 donation is requested. BIG ISLAND
Waste amnesty period begins
Hawai'i County's twice-yearly amnesty program to dispose of household hazardous waste products will occur from 7:30 a.m. to 2:30 p.m. Saturday at the Hilo Transfer Station and Dec. 11 at the Kealakehe Transfer Station.
Materials being accepted include automotive fluids, all types of batteries, corrosives, mercury thermometers, oil-based paints and stains, solvents and thinners, garden supplies, poisons, and miscellaneous hazardous household chemicals. In addition, clean or contaminated used motor oil will be accepted.
Materials that will not be accepted include waste from a business, explosives, pyrophoric, water-reactive, biological, infectious, radioactive, and shock-sensitive materials, as well as latex paint and base, compressed gas cylinders, flares, fire extinguishers, detergents, non-hazardous items, and non-household generated waste.
Call the county's Recycling Coordinator at (808) 961-8942.
KAUA'I
County seeks spending advice
LIHU'E, Kaua'i — Two years ago, Kaua'i voters authorized the county to set aside a portion of tax revenues to buy land for public access and open space. Now the county is asking for details on how to spend the money.
The Public Access, Open Space and Natural Resources Preservation Fund Commission, in association with the county Planning Department, has set a series of meetings at which residents can suggest sites that should be acquired or protected.
The meetings, all from 6 to 7:30 p.m., are scheduled tomorrow at the Kilauea Neighborhood Center, Dec. 9 at the Hanapepe Neighborhood Center and Dec. 10 at the county civic center's Pi'ikoi Conference Rooms A and B.
Call Leanora Kaiaokamalie at (808) 241-6677. The commission has set a Dec. 13 deadline for suggestions.
$1.4 million park work improves access
WAILUA, Kaua'i — The Division of State Parks has launched three projects costing more than $1.4 million at the Wailua River State Park, most of the work aimed at making facilities at the Wailua Marine and Fern Grotto more accessible to those with disabilities.
Construction by Kaua'i Builders started this week and will continue through August 2005.
The facilities will remain open to the public during the work, which includes restroom improvements, parking area accessibility work, new signs, removal of barriers and reconstruction of pathways.
MAUI
Event boosts AIDS awareness
KAHULUI, Maui — Maui Community College will host a World AIDS Day event from 11 a.m. to 1 p.m. Thursday at the campus' Pa'ina Food Court.
Miss Hawai'i 2004 Olena Rubin will discuss her work with HIV education. Other speakers include Dean Wong of the Maui AIDS Foundation and MCC's Christopher Raymond, who will talk about the HIV epidemic on a global scale. There will be entertainment, and community organizations will staff information tables.
The event is free and open to the public.
HONOLULU
Paper-shredding firm hit by blaze
Firefighters worked throughout the pre-dawn hours yesterday to extinguish a fire at a paper shredding company.
Honolulu Fire Department Battalion Chief Tommy Perkins said firefighters were called to the Shredex company, 922 Austin Lane at about 1:45 a.m., after someone in the area reported smelling smoke.
The firefighters followed the smoke to Shredex, and discovered the fire. A second alarm was called.
Bails of shredded paper were stored at the business, Perkins said. Because the bails had to be pulled apart to get to the fire, firefighters worked until after 7 a.m. to make sure the blaze was extinguished. "It was labor intensive," Perkins said.
A hazardous materials truck was called to the scene after firefighters noticed a green liquid on the ground, but Perkins said that turned out to be a dye used in the shredding process.
No damage estimate was available yesterday.
