Academy honors community leaders

The Pacific Buddhist Academy will honor leaders in health and human services at its annual awards banquet Friday at the Sheraton-Waikiki Hotel.

“;Lighting the Way”; is the theme of the fundraising event. Tickets at $100 per person may be reserved by calling 532-2649, and tables may be sponsored for $1,500, $3,000 or $5,000.

Honorees will be:

» Earl Bakken, who invented the pacemaker, co-founded Medtronic and helped establish the North Hawaii Community Hospital.

» Daniel W. Fullmer, who established the doctorate program in counseling psychology at the University of Hawaii and retired as chairman of the department.

» Jasmine Mau-Mukai, who founded the state Department of Human Services child sexual abuse unit and is statewide director of the Children's Justice Center.

» Parents and Children Together, private family service agency with educational and social programs for families at risk on five islands.

» Waikiki Health Center, Youth Outreach Program, which provides primary care and counseling for 400 homeless youth on Oahu.

Franciscans hold pageant and Mass

Fort Street Mall will be the stage for a costumed pageant next Saturday depicting the 1883 arrival of the first Franciscan sisters in Hawaii.

Mass and a luau will follow as the final events in a yearlong celebration of the Franciscans' 125th anniversary of service in Hawaii.

The 11 a.m. costumed show will begin at 11 a.m. at King Street and Fort Street Mall. Members of Halau Hula O Maiki will take the parts of Mother Marianne Cope and the six nuns who came with her in answer to King Kalakaua's call for nurses to care for Hansen's disease patients.

Members of the Hawaiian royal societies will accompany the horse-drawn carriage carrying the sisters in a procession to Our Lady of Peace Cathedral near Beretania Street. Halau Hula O Maiki will dance a hula tribute to the sisters and the Royal Hawaiian Band will perform a concert on the mall.

Catholic Bishop Larry Silva will bless the sisters on their arrival at the cathedral and will preside at a noon Mass.

Tickets for the 1 p.m. luau are $15 and may be purchased at the door. It will be served in the parish hall next to the cathedral.

Churches hosting fundraising sales

Church fundraising sales are a tradition in November.

» Tomorrow: Temple Emanu-El, 2550 Pali Highway, 9 a.m. to 4 p.m. The Hanukkah and Holiday Craft Fair will offer handmade gifts, clothing and jewelry by local artisans including Royal Hawaiian Heritage Jewelry, Topic Moon aloha attire, Mahina Pearls, Tropical Cotton and Rubber Stamp Plantation. The preschool will sponsor a bake sale.

» Next Saturday: First Presbyterian Church of Honolulu at Koolau Golf Course, 9 a.m. to 2 p.m. Homemade jams, chutney and baked goods, handicrafts, books and auctions—both silent and live—of gifts and gift certificates are planned for the Annual Bazaar to support missions.

» Nov. 15: The sixth annual Chocolate Extravaganza will be open from 6:30 to 9 p.m. at Emmanuel Episcopal Church, 780 Keolu Drive. Tickets are $20 in advance and $25 at the door. Call 262-4548 for information or visit emmanuelkailua.com.

Nonprofits sought for City Lights

Oahu churches and religious organizations have the opportunity to create public displays for the December Honolulu City Lights exhibit at the City Hall grounds.

The Christmas nativity scene, a Hanukkah menorah and a depiction of Buddha under a Bo Tree have been shown in the five spaces reserved each year for nonprofit organizations.

Nov. 14 is the deadline to submit applications to the Neighborhood Commission office at City Hall. Applicants must comply with state statutes or Internal Revenue Service qualifications as a nonprofit organization. For applications and information, call Joan Manke at 768-3710.

A lottery will be held at 10:30 a.m. Nov. 17 at the Mayor's Conference Room to determine which five applicants will get permits.

The tradition began in 1992 when a church group persuaded former Mayor Frank Fasi that his new Honolulu City Lights show should include the real Christmas story among the sectarian, bigger-than-life scenes of elves and toys and snowpeople. A challenge over religious displays on government property was resolved when the city set up a lottery open to all nonprofit groups.

Senior fair offers care information

Representatives from health care programs will distribute information at the Open House and Senior Fair at 11:30 a.m. tomorrow at Kilohana United Methodist Church, 5829 Mahimahi St.

Staff members of the Kilohana Senior Enrichment Center, which opened a year ago to provide day care for elderly people, will present information about the facility and provide tours of the center.

Hookele Personal Health Planners, OHE Transportation, SAGE Plus, Honolulu Gerontology Program, Mina Pharmacy, Alzheimer's Association, American Cancer Society and Hawaiian Islands Medical will have information booths.

Information about the center is available from Bonnie Ho, director, at 754-7171, or online at www.arcadia-hi.org.