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Question: If I wanted to try to get a skate park in Wahiawa, how would I go about it? I only want it so it can keep my fellow skaters and me out of trouble. Even though I am only a "grom," my brother and friends are really good. Now, since we can't get on base, we have to go to local skate parks or street spots. Local skate parks aren't that good, and at street spots we always get chased away. But when they bust us or chase us away, my friends and I think, "Oh, so what would you rather have us do -- smoke a joint around the corner?" I mean, at least we're keeping out of trouble! Contact city vision groups
for new skateboard parksAnswer: There are 15 municipal skateboard parks on Oahu in the planning, design or construction phases, in addition to the completed one at Makiki District Park.
The locations picked by the city were determined in many ways, including community "vision" groups, neighborhood boards, the Department of Parks and Recreation and City Council members, said Carol Costa, director of the Department of Customer Services.
The city's capital improvements budget for 2003 won't be finalized until next March, she said, so she advises you getting in contact with the Wahiawa district Council member (Rene Mansho) or calling Chris, secretary to the Wahiawa Vision Group, at 831-4382. The latter can give you information about the group's next meeting.
It costs around half a million dollars to build a standard skateboard park.
Here's a list of proposed skateboard parks in various stages of completion:
Under construction: Aala Park, Kamiloiki Community Park, Keolu Hills Neighborhood Park and Mililani District Park.
In the environmental permit process: Banzai Support Park and Haleiwa Regional Park.
In the bidding and award process: Kaneohe District Park and Manana Community Park.
In planning and design: Hauula Community Park, Kalihi Valley District Park and Waipahu District Park.
Costa said vision groups also are looking at skateboard parks for Asing Community Park, Kapolei Regional Park, one in the Aiea/Pearl City area and one in the Village Park subdivision. The sites in the latter two areas have not yet been determined.
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To Oceanic Cable for switching QVC to Channel 20. We are big QVC fans who live on Matlock Avenue and other nearby streets in Makiki. Since the switch, every so many seconds, the picture goes out and gets all fuzzy, etc., then it comes back on. We have friends who live on Pensacola Street and they have no problem. Why didn't Oceanic keep QVC at Channel 61, or better yet, why couldn't they move QVC to Channel 58, to be next to the other shopping channel? -- No Name(Your complaint does not sound like an area problem, "perhaps just a glitch in the cable box," said Oceanic spokesman Kit Beuret. He said to call the company's repair number, 625-8200, to schedule a free service appointment to check it out.
(When asked if there is any plan to move or chance of moving QVC to another channel, Beuret answered: "There is no 'plan' to move QVC from Channel 20 at this time. There is always a 'chance,' depending on future programming additions."
(Since channels are added at times, this sometimes means "careful rearrangement of services," he said. "These decisions are made carefully here at Oceanic by an implementation committee composed of representatives from various departments, including Programming, Marketing, Operations, Engineering, Customer Care, Information Services and Public Affairs."
(So you and your friends should lobby Oceanic if you want to relocate QVC to another channel.)
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