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POSTED: Tuesday, December 09, 2008
                       

This story has been clarified. See below.

Board forms are available online

Candidate applications and voter registration forms for the 2009 neighborhood board elections are now available on the Internet.

The elections will be held in April and May for 445 seats for boards across the island.

The neighborhood board system was created in 1973 to increase and assure citizen participation in government. Board members hold monthly meetings and serve as advisers on community concerns.

Residents who voted in this year's state election are pre-registered to vote in the neighborhood board elections. Those who did not vote, changed residences or are noncitizen residents must file a voter registration form in order to vote in the neighborhood board elections.

Candidate applications and voter registration forms can be downloaded at http://www.honolulu.gov/nco. The deadline to submit completed forms is Feb. 20.

 

Parks to accept Web sign-ups

The city Department of Parks and Recreation is taking registration for the first time online for its spring recreation program.

Free classes begin Jan. 26 at all parks.

Applicants who use the Internet must first open an online account at http://www.honoluluparks.com and have a valid e-mail address.

Online registration for free classes offered through the city's spring recreation program will be accepted from Dec. 22 to Jan. 5. Walk-in registration for classes with a fee and free classes with available space will be held Jan. 12-14 for parks between Koko Head and Aiea, and Jan. 14-16 for parks between Pearl City and Waianae and from Waimanalo to Waialua.

 

Center offers Pearl Harbor info

Middle and high school teachers and home-schooling parents can apply to free East-West Center workshops about the history of Pearl Harbor.

The East-West Center's Asia PacificEd Program for Schools has received a $150,000 grant from the National Endowment for the Humanities to conduct the workshops.

Teachers who attend the weeklong sessions, scheduled for late July and early August, will discuss the events and meaning of Pearl Harbor in U.S. and world history.

They will also have a chance to meet with survivors of the Dec. 7, 1941, attack on Pearl Harbor and World War II-generation residents of Hawaii.

Application information is available by calling the East-West Center at 944-7378 or e-mailing .(JavaScript must be enabled to view this email address).

 

Liliha library closes for upgrade

Liliha Public Library has closed for renovations and is scheduled to reopen by the end of the month.

The library will get new circulation and reference desks, and energy-efficient lighting will be installed. Its book drop will remain open.

Meanwhile, Honokaa Public Library on the Big Island reopened yesterday after being closed since Oct. 1 for renovations.

               

     

 

 

CLARIFICATION         Online registration for free classes offered through the city's spring recreation program will be accepted from Dec. 22 to Jan. 5. Walk-in registration for classes with a fee and free classes with available space will be held Jan. 12-14 for parks between Koko Head and Aiea, and Jan. 14-16 for parks between Pearl City and Waianae and from Waimanalo to Waialua. The original version of this page did not make this clear.