Posted on: Tuesday, September 7, 2004
HAWAI'I BRIEFS
Kalihi library marks 55th year
Advertiser Staff
Kalihi-Palama Public Library will celebrate its 55th anniversary from 10 a.m. to 4 p.m. Thursday at 1325 Kalihi St.
Cake and ice cream will be available in the library's auditorium, which was built in the original courtyard garden. The event is free and open to the public
The library was designed by architect Vladimir Ossipoff and opened Sept. 9, 1949.
Scrapbooks that have been compiled since opening day will be available. Current and former library staff and customers are invited to have their photos and memories added to the 2004 scrapbook.
Center names dean of college
Lee H. Endress has been named dean of the College of Security Studies at the Asia-Pacific Center for Security Studies located at Fort DeRussy.
As dean, Endress oversees an academic program of executive education, conferences, research and international outreach oriented to Asia-Pacific security professionals. He previously served as director of the College of Security Studies from 1996 until January 2004, when he was named acting dean.
A native of Staten Island, N.Y., Endress served in the Navy and completed nuclear engineering training for qualification in submarines. He served as tactical analysis director for the submarine force commander, U.S. Pacific Fleet, and economic adviser to the commander, U.S. Pacific Command, before joining APCSS.
WINDWARD O'AHU
Farmers market to open in Kailua
Hawai'i-grown products will be sold at a new weekly open-air market from 5 p.m. -8 p.m. Thursdays beginning this week in the Kailua Town Center parking garage, behind Longs Drug Store.
The Kailua Thursday Night Farmers' Market is sponsored by the Hawai'i Farm Bureau Federation and Kane'ohe Ranch Co. Ltd.
All fruits, vegetables, flowers and beef products sold at the market come exclusively from island farms, most of them on O'ahu, said Alan Takemoto, the farm bureau's executive director. A similar market at Kapi'olani Community College has been successful and this new one will build on that, Takemoto said.
The market also will include prepared foods based on products grown in Hawai'i, including fruit preserves, taro chips, sauces, and goat cheese.
Plans also call for a different restaurant to occupy the "dinner booth" each week, offering hot plates for shoppers.
For more information call the farm bureau at 848-2074.
NEIGHBOR ISLANDS
Beach cleanup to be completed
HAWAIIAN BEACHES, Hawai'i — A second clean-up day has been scheduled this month to finish the job volunteers started Aug. 21 on a dirt road in Hawaiian Beaches that has become an eyesore and health hazard because of illegal dumping.
Appliances, furniture, dead animals, abandoned cars and other garbage have been dumped along "Beach Road," a dirt road at the end of Kahakai Boulevard. Recycle Hawai'i organized the cleanup as a part of a project funded by the federal Rural Utilities Service, the county Department of Environmental Management and Matson Navigation's Ka Ipu 'Aina program.
The second cleanup will be 9 a.m.-3 p.m. Sept. 18. Food and drinks will be provided. For more information and directions, call (808) 985-8725, or e-mail howard@recyclehawaii.org. Rehearsals set for 'Messiah'
HILO, Hawai'i — A community chorus is being organized to perform Part 1 of Handel's "Messiah" Dec. 4 and 5 at the University of Hawai'i at Hilo Theatre.
Professor Ken Staton will conduct the chorus and orchestra in both performances. Rehearsals will begin Sept. 26, from 2-4:30 p.m. in the Rehearsal Room of the music building on the UH-Hilo campus. Additional rehearsals will be held Oct. 3 and 31, Nov. 7 and 28, and on the afternoon of the Dec. 4 performance. Singers are asked to bring their own copy of the music.
For more information or a copy of the rehearsal schedule, e-mail Staton at kstaton@hawaii.edu.
