HAWAI'I BRIEFS
Keiki Resources Fair this weekend
Advertiser Staff
It's Keiki Resources Fair time again.
The annual event, which includes games, entertainment and more than 150 exhibitions of interest to parents and children, will be from 10 a.m. to 6 p.m. Saturday and Sunday at the Neal S. Blaisdell Center Exhibition Hall.
Admission is $3; children younger than 2 are admitted free.
The event provides an informative and enjoyable means of exploring services, programs and products available for children. Academic, health, sports and music are among the children's programs featured. More than 30 entertainers, including clowns, magicians, storytellers, musicians and mad scientists, will perform.
The first fair was held in August 2002 and attracted 15,000 parents and children.
STATEWIDE
Film on Alaska oil to be shown
The documentary "Oil on Ice," a film that examines the controversy over oil development in Alaska's Arctic National Wildlife Refuge, will be shown in a free public screening at 2 p.m. today at Kuykendall Auditorium, University of Hawai'i-Manoa.
The film features the dramatic wildlife that have adapted to this environment, and the cultures of the Gwich'in Athabascan Indians and Inupiat Eskimos, who rely on this wildlife for their subsistence.
A reception will follow at the Center for Hawaiian Studies with producer-directors Dale Djerassi and Bo Boudart, Gwich'in Indian Adeline Peter Raboff, and Inupiat Eskimo George Edwardson.
The screening is one of a series co-sponsored by the center and the Conservation Council for Hawai'i.
Others scheduled:
• 7 p.m. Friday at the State Capitol Auditorium.
• 6:30 p.m. Sunday, Palace Theatre, Hilo, Hawai'i.
• 7 p.m. Monday, Aloha Theatre, Kainaliu, Hawai'i.
Call the conservation council at 593-0255; or, on the Big Island, call Jack Kelly, (808) 328-8442.
Educators invited to conference
The president of the national Association for Supervision and Curriculum Development will speak about creating professional learning communities at the state chapter's conference on Jan. 29.
Martha Bruckner, who also is superintendent of schools in Nebraska, and local educators will discuss how teachers can share their experiences and learn from one another.
"Building Learning Communities: Our Success Stories" will be from 8 a.m. to 3 p.m. at Moanalua High School.
The cost, which includes lunch, is $45 for members and $55 for nonmembers. Annual membership is $25.
Call Harriet McFarlane at 550-2510.
Group offers 2 scholarships
The Puerto Rican Heritage Society of Hawai'i will offer two scholarships to university students of Puerto Rican ancestry during 2005-06.
Applicants must be Hawai'i residents, graduating seniors or university students with a cumulative grade point average of 3.5 or higher.
Academic achievement, scholastic ability, character, motivation and financial need will be considered.
Applications are due Feb. 15. Application forms can be obtained from any high-school guidance counselor or university financial aid and scholarship offices.
Call Austin Dias, Languages and Literature of Europe and the Americas, University of Hawai'i-Manoa, Moore 483, Honolulu, HI 96822.
MAUI
Grenade found at scrap yard
PU'UNENE, Maui — An Army explosive ordnance disposal team was called to Maui yesterday to dispose of an old grenade discovered in a scrap yard at the Central Maui Baseyard off Mokulele Highway.
Workers discovered the grenade in an abandoned vehicle at about 11 a.m., officials said. Maui police secured the area until the disposal team arrived from O'ahu.
KAPOLEI
Library hours cut this week
The Kapolei Public Library will cut back its evening hours and offer reduced services this week because of an electrical problem. The library will resume its regular service and hours once parts arrive from the Mainland.
Limited service will be provided, including manual checkout of books and some reference service. No overdue fines or DVD/video-rental fees will be accepted. Normal bookdrop service continues.
The library's temporary public service hours will be: Monday, Thursday and Friday, 11 a.m. to 5 p.m.; Tuesday and Wednesday, 1 to 5 p.m.; and Saturday, 10 a.m. to 5 p.m.
The Kapolei Public Library will host a special musical program Saturday at 10:30 a.m. Louis Hayes and the Cannonball Legacy Band will perform a jazz program with the use of power generators.
An announcement will be made when repairs are made. For more information call the Public Libraries Branch at 831-6881.
