Kokua Line
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Question: Where can phone books be taken in for recycling? Phone books can be
recycled in school binsAnswer: You can take your old directories to any one of 80 community recycling bins provided by the city, most of them located at public schools.
Check www.opala.org for the locations. Click on "community recycling bins" under Quick Finds, then "drop off" for the item you want to recycle. Or, call the city recycling office at 527-5335.
If you're part of a company or group with 400 or more books to be recycled, call Island Recycling at 845-1188. Verizon says it has arranged for the free pickup of bulk collections from office buildings, hotels and condominiums.
Quantities of less than 400 books can be dropped off at Island Recycling at 50 Sand Island Access Road, between 8 a.m. and 4 p.m. daily.
More than 1 million Verizon "SuperPages" directories are being delivered to Oahu residents and businesses this month. Additional copies will be available at all Verizon PhoneMarts on Oahu in late July.
Neighbor island phone book deliveries are scheduled for the fall.
Q: Since Lt. Gov. Mazie Hirono was born in Japan, when did she become an American citizen?
A: In 1959, the year of statehood, according to her press secretary, Allicyn Hikida Tasaka.
Hirono, who is running for governor in the Democratic primary, was born in Fukushima, Japan, on Nov. 3, 1947, and came to Hawaii with her mother and a brother when she was 8.
To be governor, a person has to be a qualified voter, at least 30 years old and a resident of Hawaii for five years immediately preceding election to the office (under Article V of the state Constitution).
To be a qualified voter in Hawaii (under Article II of the state Constitution), you must be at least 18 years old, been a resident of the state for not less than one year preceding the election and be registered to vote.
Mahalo
To the movie crew filming on King Street and around the King Kamehameha statue during the July 4 weekend. They left the area cleaner than they found it. I saw them power-washing the cement around the statue. We will always welcome your return back to Hawaii. -- Mike(The filming by Revolution Studios was for an $80 million movie about a special operations team, led by Bruce Willis, to rescue a doctor in Nigeria. The nearby post office building was transformed into the Nigerian presidential palace.
Mahalo and Auwe
To the person who found my 82-year-old husband's walking cane, which was left in a shopping cart at the Pali Longs Drugs on July 8. We thought the precious cane was gone forever. But a very thoughtful young lady turned it in to the store. We are very grateful. Unfortunately, we lost the cane the next day after shopping at the Liliha Times. Auwe to whoever found it but did not turn it in. -- Mrs. Matsumoto(If you are the person who turned the cane in the first time, please call "Kokua Line" at 529-4773, and we will put you in touch with Mrs. Matsumoto, who wants to "thank her properly.")
Useful phone numbers
Got a question or complaint?
Call 529-4773, fax 529-4750, or write to Kokua Line,
Honolulu Star-Bulletin, 500 Ala Moana Blvd., No. 7-210,
Honolulu 96813. As many as possible will be answered.
E-mail to kokualine@starbulletin.com