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Monday, February 19, 2001
By FL Morris, Star-Bulletin
The city has limited red-painted no-parking zones to
loading areas and bus stops to reduce expenses.
Red curbs fading away
Ralph Ambler of Honolulu, in the midst of getting a parking citation, pointed out to the police officer that the curb he was parked next to wasn't red. Nope, said the officer, we don't do that anymore. If you want to know if you're too close to the intersection or the driveway, bring along a tape measure.
You're not supposed to park within four feet of a driveway, for example.
It's true. Due to budget constraints, the city stopping painting red curbs several years ago. The only place you'll see official red curbs are at passenger-loading zones and bus stops. Gradually, the red curbs are disappearing, as the city strips them away.
If you see red curbs that aren't loading zones or bus stops, they're either leftovers or privately painted; in either case, not official any more. And they must also have some city signs warning you away.
Citizens just can't paint curbs red in front of their houses to keep people from parking there; in fact, there's an ordinance against that. Try instead setting the water sprinkler so it sprays into the driver's windows.
Burl Burlingame, Star-Bulletin
Talk about quilts
Cook Islands quilts, a symbol of wealth and status among women, are the subject of a lecture Thursday by Phyllis Herda of the University of Auckland in New Zealand.Although quilts, known as tivaevae, are not an indigenous craft in the Cook Islands, they have become established as part of a feminine aesthetic there.
Herda, a senior lecturer in women's studies, is working on a project on women's quilting in Polynesia.
She will speak at noon at the Social Sciences Building, Room 704F at the University of Hawaii at Manoa. Disability access: 956-2652. Information: 956-7700.
Cancer Society fund raiser
Free computer training will be offered to those who donate $50 to the American Cancer Society's Central-Leeward Unite.The course is being presented by the Manpower in Honolulu. The donations will go to the Cancer Society's "Relay for Life," an overnight, noncompetitive event in which teams of 10 people take turns walking or running around a track. It will take place May 12-13 in Kapolei.
Information: 486-8420.
Pulitzer columnist speech
Pulitzer Prize-winning columnist Ellen Goodman will speak on current topics at 8:30 p.m. March 10 at the Lodge at Koele resort on Lanai as part of the Lanai Visiting Artist program.Goodman, an associate editor at the Boston Globe, writes a twice-weekly syndicated column on national issues. Her books include "Turning Points" and "I Know Just What You Mean."
The talk is free. Information: 949-4131
Kapolei kudos
Nominations are being taken for the 2001 Kapolei Outstanding Achievement Awards, sponsored by the James Campbell Estate.The award recognizes people, business, nonprofit groups and other organizations that show a commitment to improvement in the Kapolei community.
Nominees need not reside or do business in Kapolei. Categories for awards are community service, education, environment, entrepreneurship and lifetime services.
Deadline for nominations is March 30. Information and forms: 674-3138.
Radio Log
KONG 570-AM / 93.5 FM: Adult contemporary rock with some Hawaiian music
KSSK 590-AM / 92.3-FM: Adult contemporary music
KHNR 650-AM: CNN news, sports
KQMQ 93.1-FM: The Q, '80s and '90s hits
KQMQ 690-AM: Radio Disney
KGU 760-AM: Talk, news, sports
KHVH 830-AM: News, talk, traffic, weather
KAIM 870-AM / 95.5-FM: Christian radio
KJPN 940-AM: Japanese-language shows
KHBZ 990-AM: Business talk radio
KIKI 990-AM / 93.9-FM: Contemporary country AM; contemporary hits FM
KLHT 1040-AM: Christian radio
KWAI 1080-AM: Talk radio
KZOO 1210-AM: Japanese-language shows
KNDI 1270-AM: Live news from the Philippines; programs in 10 languages
KIFO 1380-AM: News, public affairs
KCCN 1420-AM / 100.3-FM: All talk / UH sports AM; contemporary island hits, FM
KUMU 1500-AM / 94.7-FM: Adult standards, AM; light rock, FM
KHPR 88.1-FM: Classical, news, public affairs
KIPO 89.3-FM: Jazz, classical, news
KTUH 90.3-FM: Jazz, blues, Hawaiian, rock, country and alternative
KKUA 90.7-FM: Classical, news, public affairs
KKCR 90.9 / 91.9-FM: Hawaiian music, midnight-3 p.m.; and rock, reggae, classical and new age
KRTR 96.3-FM: Adult contemporary music and news
KPOI 97.5-FM: Modern rock
KDNN 98.5-FM: Contemporary Hawaiian
KORL 99.5-FM: Adult contemporary
STAR 101.9-FM: Modern hits
KKHN 102.7-FM: "Da Bomb" top 40 hits
KXME 104.3-FM: Top 40
KINE 105.1-FM: Hawaiian
LAVA ROCK 105.9-FM: Alternative rock
KGMZ 107.9-FM: Oldies
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