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ILWU endorses Iwase, citing education and housing
Democratic gubernatorial candidate Randy Iwase has picked up the endorsement of the 22,000-member International Longshore and Warehouse Union Local 142.
Iwase was formally endorsed on March 28, with an announcement by the union this week.
"Hawaii needs a governor like Randy Iwase who truly supports investing more money in public education, who would release the funds to build affordable housing for our elderly and who takes a stand for workers' rights at places like the Naniloa Hotel and Del Monte Pineapple," ILWU President Fred Galdones said in a news release.
Iwase is the only Democrat who has declared his candidacy to challenge Republican Gov. Linda Lingle.
The ILWU represents workers in sugar, pineapple, supermarkets, harbors, hotels, hospitals and other industries.
Gill collection set to open
The public is invited to the ceremony opening of the Thomas P. Gill Papers portion of the Hawaii Congressional Papers Collection of the University of Hawaii at Manoa library.
It will be held Monday from 5 to 6:30 p.m. in the Center for Korean Studies auditorium on the UH-Manoa campus. A reception featuring remarks by Marsha Joyner, Tom Coffman, Dan Boylan and Ellen Chapman, curator of the Gill collection.
GOP plans Easter fest
Hawaii's Republicans won't be chasing elephants, they will be hunting Easter eggs Saturday at Kapiolani Park.
The annual GOP Easter egg hunt is sponsored by the community services committee of the Hawaii GOP and is open to all, according to Mel Felipe, community services liaison.
Egg coloring and egg decorating to start at 11 a.m. to noon, followed by an Easter egg hunt from noon to 1 p.m.
Interested families should gather before 11 a.m. in front of the tennis courts facing Paki Avenue.
