Tabernacle helps sponsor blood drive
The Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints will join the Blood Bank of Hawaii in sponsoring a "family friendly" blood drive on Saturday at the Honolulu Tabernacle, 1560 S. Beretania St.The event, open to the public, is one of several community service projects planned by the church. Donors are encouraged to attend with children.
Games and activities will be available for children while their parents donate blood.
Proposals sought for cleaner Ala Wai waters
The Ala Wai Watershed Association is seeking proposals for projects that will improve water quality in the Ala Wai Watershed, Ala Wai Canal and near-shore waters of Ala Moana and Waikiki.Proposals chosen for the Community Projects Program should enhance overall water quality, and/or improve community awareness, education and participation, while applying the principles of ahupuaa resource management.
Applications will be accepted through the end of the month. For more information, see www.alawaiwatershed.org/CPP/cpp2003index.htm or call 955-7882.
Women pilots to speak at free seminar
At the Hawaii State Library Saturday, Tweet Coleman, the Federal Aviation Administration's Pacific representative, and five other woman pilots will speak about flying."Up, Up and Away" is free to the public and sponsored by the Hawaii Chapter of Women in Aviation to commemorate the 100th anniversary of powered flight.
The program will begin at 9:30 a.m. in the lobby. The other speakers are Nicole Charnon, Motoota Fualautoalasi, Lyla Padiernos, Patricia Thompson and Suzanne Williams.
A children's storytime featuring an aviation theme also will be held at 10:30 a.m. in the library's Edna Allyn Room for keiki in preschool through third grade.
For more information, call the Hawaii State Library's Young Adult Section at 586-3490.
Kapolei center contest offers $40,000 in prizes
The Nature Conservancy of Hawaii and Kapolei High School are offering prizes totaling $40,000 for the best designs for a multi-purpose learning center in Kapolei.Winning designs should make the Malama Learning Center ("malama" means to take care or to preserve) a symbolic landmark for the city of Kapolei.
The facility will house a laboratory for conservation and resource management, and serve as a performing and visual arts center for the state's diverse cultural heritage. It will be built on a three-acre parcel at the entry to the high school.
The deadline for entries is July 1. The competition has no entry fees and is open to everyone.
Entries should be submitted on CDs. More information and applications are available online at www.malamalearningcenter.org. Or call The Nature Conservancy, 621-2208, for more information.
The contest is supported by a $75,000 grant from the National Endowment for the Arts and matching funds from local foundations, businesses and individuals.
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Marines go to the aid of boaters in distress
Kaneohe Marines rescued seven people from Kaneohe Bay yesterday after their motorboat sank about a half-mile north of Coconut Island.The Marines brought the boaters to safety after people aboard another boat reported seeing an emergency flare in the bay at about 7 p.m., a spokeswoman said. There were no apparent injuries.
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Car crash on Maui disrupts utility service
A man was arrested in a drunken driving investigation yesterday after he crashed his car into a utility pole on Lower Main Street in Wailuku about 2 a.m., police said.The man was not injured, but the accident caused traffic inconvenience and disrupted electrical, telephone and cable television services.
Police closed Lower Main Street, between Nakamura Mortuary at 1218 Lower Main St. and Alii Koa Apartments at 1322 Lower Main St., while repair crews worked to restore services.
A Maui Electric Co. spokesman said about 200 customers were without power for 12 minutes and another 25 customers were out 26 minutes.
Last night, Oceanic Time Warner Cable and Verizon Telephone workers, who could not start work until electric company repairs were completed in the afternoon, were still working to restore services, company representatives said. The number of customers affected was not available.
About 500 Verizon customers were affected and service was expected to be restored today, said spokeswoman Ann Nishida.
Nishida said one utility pole was knocked down and caught fire, and the fire did extensive damage to cables.
