Campaign Calendar
This week's major public events with candidates for governor, lieutenant governor and the 1st Congressional District.
GOVERNOR
BEN CAYETANO: 6 p.m. Thursday, Waialua Elementary School; noon Saturday, rally at his Maui headquarters.
LINDA LINGLE: 5:30-8 p.m. Wednesday, Lahaina Civic Center.
DEBATE: TV gubernatorial debate, 8 p.m. Tuesday, KHON-TV2.
LIEUTENANT GOVERNOR
MAZIE HIRONO: 2 p.m. Tomorrow, Lieutenant governor's conference room, fifth floor, state Capitol.
STAN KOKI: 5:30-8 p.m. Wednesday, Lahaina Civic Center.
Asia-pacific Forum
"Forum" lists special events and guest speakers. Send items to City Editor, Honolulu Star-Bulletin, P.O. Box 3080, Honolulu 96802, or call 525-8640.
JAPAN-AMERICA SOCIETY OF HAWAII: Roundtable, Part one, "Japanese Swords: From Tachi to Katana," and part two, "The Samurai: Japan-Hawaii Connection." 5:15 p.m. registration, 5:30-6:30 p.m. program, tomorrow, Tokai University. Cost is $5 for JASH members; $7 for non-members. Call 524-4450.
Luncheon seminar, "Japan Update" with Gotaro Ogawa, consul general of Japan. 11:30 a.m. Wednesday, Sheraton-Waikiki Hotel, Oahu Room. Cost is $22 for members, $24 for nonmembers. Parking is $3 with validation. Registration deadline is today. Call 524-4450.
Program, Twelfth "Japan Day" with students from Castle High School and Honolulu Waldorf School participating. 9-11:45 a.m. Nov. 5, Tokai University. Call 524-4450.
PACIFIC AND ASIAN AFFAIRS COUNCIL: Lecture, "An Assessment of the One Hundred Years of Philippine-U.S. Relations," by Grace Mateo, UH Lecturer of Filipino and Philippine Literature. 1:30-2:45 p.m. tomorrow, Leeward Community College, DA 203. Free. Call 944-7784. Lecture, "Dia De Los Muertos" (The Day of the Dead) by Mary Lou Brown, Founder and Secretary for the Hispanic Center of Hawaii. 9:30-10:30 a.m. Friday, Kapiolani Community College, Olapa 205, 4303 Diamond Head Road. Free. Call 944-7784.
UNIVERSITY OF HAWAII-MANOA: Lectures, "Desperately Seeking a Media-age Language Text: Deconstructing Video Clips of China for Instructional Use" by Prof. Cynthia Ning, Asian Studies. Noon-1:30 p.m. Wednesday, Tokioka Room, Moore Hall 319. "Political Reform is Vietnam" by Eric Harwit, Asian Studies Faculty. 11:30 a.m.-1 p.m. Friday, Tokioka Room, Moore Hall 319. "The Romazi Kyoiku Experiment of 1948-1950" by Dr. James Unger, Ohio State University. 3-5 p.m. Friday, Tokioka Room, Moore Hall 319. "The Undead: Photography, Mourning, and U.S. Expansion into the Asia-Pacific, 1899-1920s" by Vicente Rafael, Andrews Chair Holder. 4:30-6 p.m. Friday, Center for Korean Studies Auditorium. Call 956-8818.
Public Hearings
HEALTH
DEPARTMENT OF HEALTH: 3 p.m. Nov. 5, 919 Ala Moana Blvd., fifth-floor conference room. Hearing to consider proposed revisions to Hawaii Administrative Rules, Chapter 11-54, Water Quality Standards.
LIQUOR
LIQUOR COMMISSION: 4 p.m. Thursday, Pacific Park Plaza, 711 Kapiolani Blvd., Suite 600. Applications by: Vince W. Lee & Associates; Caffe Ciao LLC; Lapu-Lapu Inc.; and Chez Monique Inc.
PLANNING
DEPARTMENT OF PLANNING AND PERMITTING: 1:30 p.m. Wednesday, Human Resources conference room, City Hall Annex, South King Street. Special district permit application by Tesoro Hawaii Corp., for a new gas fueling canopy and new 250-square-foot accessory convenience store.
1:30 p.m. Thursday, same room. Zoning variance applications by: Association of Apartment Owners Yacht Harbor Towers, to allow expansion of an accessory structure (guard station) which exceeds the maximum density and increases nonconformity of a multifamily dwelling; and the Estate of James Campbell, to retain an outdoor motorized amusement facility which is not a permitted principal use, to allow parking areas, loading spaces, and driveways which lack the required gravel or all-weather surface, and parking areas which do not meet the required parking arrangement, or which lack landscaping and screening, and 2 control towers, and several light and speaker poles which exceed maximum height and/or encroach into the yard and height setback, and three signs which exceed the maximum number, size and height and encroach into the setback.
UTILITIES
Public Utilities Commission: 8:30 a.m. evidentiary hearing for Maui Electric Co., tomorrow through Friday, PUC Hearing Room No. 103.
VOCATION
DEPARTMENT OF COMMERCE AND CONSUMER AFFAIRS: All hearings will be at the Kamamalu Building, 1010 Richards St.
Massage Therapy: 10 a.m. board meeting, Wednesday, Kuhina Nui Room.
Pest Control: 1:30 p.m. board meeting, today, Kuhina Nui Room.
Meetings
BUSINESS
American Marketing Association and the Honolulu Advertising Federation present "Political Marketing '98." 11 a.m.-1:30 p.m. Nov. 4, Ala Moana Hotel. Call 262-6719 or 532-0555.
Better Business Bureau briefing, "Employers' Guideline to Protect You from Sexual Harassment Liability." 7:30-8:30 a.m. Wednesday, 1132 Bishop St., third-floor conference room. Cost for members is $10, and $5 for each additional participant from the same company. Cost for nonmembers is $20. Registration deadline is today. Call 536-6956, ext. 317.
Drug Policy Forum of Hawaii public forum, "The Drug War: How Do We Get Out of the Mess We're In?" with author Mike Gray. 7 p.m. Thursday, UH-Manoa law school, Classroom 2. Call 988-4386.
The Hawaii Occupational Safety and Health Division of the Department of Labor and Industrial Relations, Hawaii Ergonomics Conference 1998. 8 a.m.-4 p.m. Nov. 6, Hilton Hawaiian Village Coral Ballroom. Call 956-8204.
Hawaii Public Broadcasting Authority board of directors meeting. 9 a.m. Wednesday, Hawaii Public Television, Studio A, 2350 Dole St. Call 973-1070.
Hawaii Society of Enrolled Agents 14th annual tax seminar. Wednesday-Friday, Sheraton-Waikiki Hotel. Call 592-3002.
Hawaii Space Lecture Series. "Searching For Icy Bodies in the Outer Solar System," with astronomer Chad Trujillo. 7:30 p.m. tomorrow, NASA Pacific Regional Planetary Data Center, Sinclair Library basement, UH-Manoa. Call 956-3132.
Honolulu Japanese Chamber of Commerce: "Harness the Power and Profit of the Internet." 8:30-11:30 a.m. tomorrow, Japanese Cultural Center of Hawaii. Cost is $8. Parking is $2 with validation. Call 949-5531.
Small Business Development Center Network workshop on SBA loans. 10 a.m.-noon Wednesday, Business Information and Counseling Center, 1111 Bishop St., Suite 204. Call 522-8131.
UH-Manoa Elder Law Program's "Night of the Living Will." 6 p.m. Wednesday, School of Law, Classroom 5. Call 956-6544.
COMMUNITY
Hawaii Island Space Exploration Society hosts California space tourism professional John Spencer and Hawaii Forest and Trail founder Rob Pacheco in two business luncheons. 11:30 a.m.-1 p.m. Nov. 5 at the Royal Kona Resort; and 11:30 a.m.-1 p.m. Nov. 6 at the Naniloa Hotel, Hilo. Call 808-326-1910.
Leeward Community College courses: "Commercial Sales & Leasing Law," 6-9:30 p.m. Wednesday, $50; "Protect Your Business From Employee Lawsuits," 8:30-11:30 a.m. Saturday, $30. Call 455-0477.
EDUCATION
University of Hawaii Department of Food Science and Human Nutrition lecture. Dr. Warren M. Washington of the National Center for Atmospheric Research speaks on "Can Climate Change be Predicted?" 3:30-5 p.m. Nov. 9, Architecture Auditorium, UH-Manoa. Call 956-7021.
University of Hawaii School of Architecture lecture. "Hawaii's Changing Economy: An Architect's View." 7 p.m. Nov. 4, Architecture Auditorium. Call 956-8856.
Neighborhood Boards
TUESDAY
Hawaii Kai: 7 p.m. Hahaione Elementary School, 595 Pepeekeo St.
Ala Moana/Kakaako: 7 p.m. Makiki Christian Church, 829 Pensacola St.
North Shore: 7 p.m. Haleiwa Alii Beach Park, 66-167 Haleiwa Road.
WEDNESDAY
Palolo: 7 p.m. Palolo Elementary School Cafeteria, 2106 10th Ave.
Mililani/Waipio/Melemanu: 7:30 p.m. Mililani Recreation Center III, 95-281 Kaloapau St.
THURSDAY
Pearl City: 7 p.m. Pearl City Library, 1138 Waimano Home Road.
