HAWAI'I BRIEFS
YMCA begins pool construction
Advertiser Staff
The YMCA of Kaua'i has broken ground on an Olympic-size swimming pool and associated building complex, to be funded with a $3.3 million grant from the state.
Lt. Gov. James "Duke" Aiona presented a check yesterday to Mayor Bryan Baptiste and local YMCA officials. It will be the island's only 50-meter pool, and will allow the island for the first time to host state high school swim meets.
The pool complex is part of a larger athletic project that is to include a gym, batting cages and other facilities on a parcel of land between Kuhio Highway and Chiefess Kamakahelei Middle School in Puhi.
Other funding for the project includes about $1 million in federal funds and $5.6 million to be raised from grants, private donations and other sources, said YMCA of Kaua'i president Patrick Childs.
ELECTION
BUILDERS' GROUP FUNDS AKAKA AD
The United Brotherhood of Carpenters and Joiners of America has spent $25,000 on a new television advertisement on behalf of U.S. Sen. Daniel Akaka in the Democratic primary for Senate.
The ad is an independent expenditure that is required to be disclosed to the Federal Election Commission. Akaka has received previous independent help from the American Federation of State, County and Municipal Employees, which has spent $100,000 on television advertising for the senator.
U.S. Rep. Ed Case, Akaka's opponent in Saturday's primary, has gotten independent help from the National Association of Realtors, which has spent more than $600,000 on direct mail and television advertising for the congressman.
VOTERS' GUIDE OMITS 2 WEB SITES
U.S. Senate candidate Steve Tataii, a Republican from Honolulu, has a Web site, www.tataiiforcongress.com. His Web address was not included in The Advertiser Voters' Guide published Sunday.
State House candidate and Waikiki Neighborhood Board member Louis Erteschik, a Democrat running for the 23rd District (Waikiki, Ala Moana, Kaka'ako), also has a Web site, www.voteforlou.org. It, too, was omitted from the Voters' Guide.
'AINA HAINA
DIGITAL-CAMERA WORKSHOP TODAY
The 'Aina Haina Public Library will host a digital camera workshop at 6:30 p.m. today in the library meeting room.
Mary Conklin, a former computer instructor in Montana, will conduct the session. Participants can bring their digital cameras to the class, but cameras are not required.
The event is sponsored by the Friends of the 'Aina Haina Public Library. For more information, call 377-2456.
KAILUA
PROJECT GRAD HOSTS HI 5¢ DRIVE
Kailua High School's Project Graduation 2008 committee is holding a HI 5¢ can and bottle drive from 9 a.m. to 3 p.m. Saturday in the school's parking lot. The group will accept donations of redeemable aluminum cans, plastic bottles and glass bottles.
Project Graduation is a post-commencement event that is alcohol- and substance-free. For information, call 261-1361.
