The waters off McCoy Pavilion will be the site of the 3rd annual Meadow Gold Milk Carton Regatta for intermediate and high school students. Participants that survived earlier school heats with their outrigger canoes, kayaks, barges and other boats constructed from Meadow Gold and VIVA milk cartons, will set their vessels afloat beginning at 10 a.m.

In addition to the milk cartons, students -- putting their math, science and industrial arts skills to work -- were allowed to use clear tape, up to six 8-foot 2-by-4 pieces of lumber and up to 50 wood screws.

But it's not enough to survive the water test. Student captains will paddle their boats in timed heats to win trophies, computer hardware and software certificates for their schools, Atlantis Submarine passes and Sea Life Park and Waimea Valley passes.

For more information, call Maude Tanaka at 543-3589.

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Lei-makers of all ages are invited to
enter the city May Day contest.

May Day brings
annual lei festival

It's time to prepare for the 72nd Lei Day Festival at Kapiolani Park May 1. Once again, there will be a contest for adult and children's lei, with cash prizes. The theme of the event this year is Na Lei O Na Loke (The Lei of the Rose).

There will be adult contests with novice and master divisions in four color categories, a hat lei category and a Mayor's Grand Prize for the most outstanding lei. There will also be a novice kupuna division for leimakers 51 and older. Entries will be received at the park between 7:30 and 9 a.m.

Youths 17 and under will compete in five age groups. Contestants can register at 8:30 a.m., and their contest begins at 9 a.m.

Lei will be exhibited to the public from 1 to 6 p.m., with entertainment provided by the Hawaii Steel Guitar Association from noon to 4 p.m.

For more information, call Sheila Wensel at 547-7393.

HLAC marks 25 years

Seventeen writers will read their own poetry and prose at the Hawai'i Literary Arts Council 25th anniversary celebration 4 p.m. Sunday in the University of Hawaii at Manoa Art Auditorium, Admission is $5.

The 17 readers include most of the past 25 presidents of the organization that are still in Hawaii. They are Morgan Blair, Eric Chock, Sue Cowing, Epi Enari, Marie Hara, Lorna Hershinow, Craig Howes, T.M. Lafferty, Loretta Petrie, Tony Quagliano, Joseph Stanton, Susan Schultz, Marjorie Sinclair, Frank Stewart, Jon Wat, Gabrielle Welford and Libby Young.

Works by the HLAC presidents and other writers will be featured at a book fair during the celebration, and a reception will follow the readings.

HLAC was founded in 1974 to support and promote writing and literary events in Hawaii and receives part of its funding from the State Foundation on Culture and the Arts.

For more information, call 235-7396 or 251-8212.

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