HAWAI'I BRIEFS
Police setting up DUI checkpoints
Advertiser Staff
Police are reminding drivers that there will be sobriety checkpoints all over O'ahu this Veterans Day weekend.
The checkpoints will be set up today through Monday. Neither the times nor the locations will be announced.
As of Nov. 7, 65 people have died on O'ahu as the result of 62 traffic accidents, compared with 55 at this time last year, police said. Thirty-one percent, or 19 of the 62 fatal accidents, were alcohol- or drug-related.
LANA'I
LICENSING STAFF TO BE ON VACATION
LANA'I CITY The Division of Motor Vehicles & Licensing on Lana'i will be closed Nov. 16 though 18 and Nov. 23 through 25 to accommodate staff vacations. The office will be open Nov. 21 from 11 a.m. to 1 p.m. and 2 to 5:30 p.m., and Nov. 22 from 8 a.m. to noon and 1 to 2:30 p.m.
KAUA'I
GAS STATION IN LIHU'E ROBBED
LIHU'E Police are investigating a robbery Wednesday night at the Lihu'e Chevron station on Rice Street.
A man reportedly assaulted the station attendant at about 9 p.m. and left with an undisclosed amount of cash. The attendant suffered minor injuries and was treated at the scene. Anyone with information may call Crime Stoppers at (808) 241-1887.
MAUI
NEW POSTMASTER NAMED IN HA'IKU
HA'IKU The Ha'iku post office has a new postmaster, Thomas E. "Tom" Cooley, who worked as a supervisor at the Makawao post office for the past three years.
He replaced Alan Silao, who retired from the Postal Service.
Cooley, a Massachusetts native, moved to Hawai'i in 1981 and began his postal career as a window clerk in 1992.
AIDS FOUNDATION GETS NEW LEADER
WAILUKU Keith Wolter has been named executive director of the Maui AIDS Foundation, effective Monday.
Wolter formerly headed the North Idaho AIDS Coalition and was involved in HIV/AIDS work in rural towns of eastern Washington, northern Idaho and central Montana.
The Maui AIDS Foundation, with offices in Wailuku and on Moloka'i, has been providing case management and outreach services for people with HIV/AIDS since 1986.
HONOLULU
BOOKS SOUGHT FOR HURRICANE AID
A fundraiser and children's book drive will be held Sunday at the Japanese Cultural Center of Hawai'i to benefit children affected by recent hurricanes on the Mainland.
Donations of new and used children's books, as well as monetary contributions, will be accepted at a drive-through, 10 a.m. to 3 p.m., in front of the JCCH building, 2454 S. Beretania St. Contributions also will be accepted at a free mini-festival, featuring food and entertainment with a focus on Japanese culture, which will take place on the JCCH's grounds while the drive-through collection is under way.
Contributions will go to the Friends of Libraries U.S.A. and the American Library Association, which are rebuilding libraries in areas devastated by hurricanes Katrina, Rita and Wilma. The JCCH event is being sponsored by the center, Marian's Island Wide Catering and the Manoa Grand Ballroom. For additional information, call the center at 945-7633, ext. 33, or go to www.jcch.com.
AUTHOR WILL DISCUSS NEW BOOK
Author Jane Ely will speak about her new book tomorrow at Native Winds Gift Gallery and Craft Supply in Kaimuki.
Ely will discuss and sign copies of her new book, "Remembering the Ancestral Soul: Soul Loss and Recovery," from 1 to 3 p.m. The event is free.
Ely is an enrolled member of the Eastern Band of Cherokee and also has Mi'kmaq ancestry. A Kaua'i resident, she is dean of the Peacemaker School of Spiritual Healing, a nonprofit, ecumenical and educational organization.
The event is one of several marking Native American Heritage Month at Native Winds. Among the others is a family story hour from 11 a.m. to noon on Nov. 26. The event is free, but Native Winds asks participants to phone 734-8018 at least 24 hours in advance so that materials can be prepared. Additional information is available at the gallery's Web site, www.nativewinds1152.com.
SCHOOL HOLDING RECYCLING DRIVE
The Hongwanji Mission School's eighth-grade class will hold a recycling drive from 9 a.m. to 2 p.m. Nov. 26 in the parking lot of the Honpa Hongwanji Betsuin Temple, 1727 Pali Highway (entrance on Lusitana Street).
Donations will be used to help pay for the students' study tour to Japan in May, where they will visit sister schools in Kitakyshu (Fukuoka) and Kyoto and stay with Japanese families in both cities.
Glass, plastic and aluminum containers that have "HI-5" printed on them will be accepted along with crushed plastic and aluminum containers, but not crushed glass containers.
The students will hold the recycling drive monthly.
KAILUA
LIBRARY MARKS 45TH ANNIVERSARY
Kailua Public Library will celebrate its 45th anniversary with free music, hula performances and other programs sponsored by the Friends of the Library of Hawai'i and Friends of Kailua Library. The events to be held in the library's courtyard include:
Uncle Mel & the Keiki Palaka Band, 6:30 p.m. Dec. 1; Puamana Ohana, 6:30 p.m. Dec. 6; Royal Hawaiian Band Glee Club, 6:30 p.m. Dec. 8; Traveling Storytellers, 10:30 a.m. Dec. 10; Christ Church Uniting Disciples & Presbyterian's Bell Choir, 6:30 p.m. Dec. 15; Hlau Ka Lei Hula Hiwa, 6:30 p.m. Dec. 22; Library 45th anniversary celebration, 2 p.m. Dec. 28.
The library is at 239 Ku'ulei Road. For more information, Call 266-9911.
WAIKIKI
FREE TALK OFFERED ON LONG-TERM CARE
A free seminar on long-term care will be held at 11:30 a.m. Nov. 18 at the Waikiki Community Center, 310 Paoakalani Ave.
Michael Yee, a certified financial planner with Ameri-prise Financial, will discuss the insurance, self-insurance, government and family aspects of long-term care.
A free lunch will be served to the first 50 people to sign up. Reservations are due by Monday. Call 923-1802.
