What’s Up in Windward Oahu
Wednesday May 8 Wastewater tunnel The city Department of Planning and Permitting conducts a public hearing at 10:30 a.m. at Kaneohe Community and Senior Center on the permit required to build part of...
View ArticleWindward High School Grad Dates For Seniors
The state Department of Education has announced the May graduation dates for its public high schools, including six from Windward Oahu. For details on the ceremonies, call the specific school. * Kahuku...
View ArticleHPU Classes Stage Plays In Kaneohe
Hawaii Pacific University students will stage several plays and staged readings this weekend, free to the public, at Paul and Vi Loo Theatre on the Hawaii Loa campus. Showtime is 7 p.m. Friday and...
View ArticleHanauma Bay Lectures See ‘Changing World’
Hanauma Bay Nature Preserve’s free public lectures for May are under way and focus on research of “A Changing World.” The remaining programs begin at 6:30 p.m. Thursdays in the park’s Cynthia M. Bond...
View ArticleMay Is Chamber Music Month: Come On Down
Chamber Music Hawaii is joining hundreds of programs across the country in May to observe National Chamber Music Month. For Windward Oahu fans, the best place to be is Paliku Theatre, 7:30 p.m. May 13...
View ArticleClock Ticking On Neighbor Votes
The Neighborhood Commission has mailed passcodes to 180,000 eligible voters who may cast ballots from their own computers or at city venues for contested seats on the 2013-2015 neighborhood boards....
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Elite athlete Rachel Ross (center, in lei) visited Le Jardin Academy and the Kailua group of Girls on the Run, putting them through their paces to prepare for the May 4 Jamba Banana Man 5K Chase....
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New Project For State History Winner: Paying To Get To Nationals
Kalaheo High School freshman Tatiana Zamora placed third in the state for this project on the fall of the Berlin Wall, qualifying for the National History Day competition next month in Washington, D.C....
View ArticleJuly 4 Fireworks Has $50,000 More To Go
The latest report on the Kailua Fireworks fund is that it still has a huge chunk of money left to raise before fireworks can explode July 4 at the beach park. “We are desperately looking to Kailua...
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Graffam To Conduct ‘Intensive’ Atelier Art Course At WCC
Windward Community College’s noted Atelier Hawaii course is seeking serious art students as it begins its 12th year of intensive study of the painting techniques honed by the European masters. The...
View ArticleMayor Hosts Town Hall May 20
Mayor Kirk Caldwell has scheduled a two-hour meeting with area residents next Monday in Kaneohe. The town hall meeting is one of six across the island in May to update the public on the mayor’s...
View ArticleMajor College Coaches To Lead Kailua Youth Volleyball Clinics
Just as Ed Chun never lets up when on the volleyball court, he never stops promoting the sport he loves when off of the court. “My summer is busy, busy, busy,” said Chun, Lanikai Athletic Club director...
View ArticleKailua, HPU Baseball Standout Hopeful For Major League Draft
Baseball always has been akin to a lifestyle for Kailua’s Kale Sumner. The Hawaii Pacific University standout’s next challenge is to keep living his dream at the next level. With next month’s Major...
View ArticleKeiki Rodeo Sunday At Waimanalo Field
Therapeutic Horsemanship of Hawaii has its Special Keiki Rodeo from 10 a.m. to 2 p.m. Saturday at Waimanalo Polo Field. The 10th annual rodeo includes classic horsemanship competitions, such as barrel...
View ArticleWhat’s Up in Windward Oahu
Wednesday May 15 Broadway at mall Castle Performing Arts Center students sing and dance to Broadway hits from 6 to 7 p.m. at Windward Mall center court. Call 235-1143. Alzheimer’s talk Steve Balke,...
View ArticleHabilitat Luau, Auction June 1
Habilitat is preparing for its 13th annual Luau, Auction and Benefit Concert, set for 10 a.m.-4 p.m. June 1 at King Intermediate School with Henry Kapono headlining the entertainment. Organizers expect...
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Focus on Windward Oahu
Participants in the Kawainui native plant tour May 4 cross the stream at Papahana Kualoa's lo'i kalo in Haiku Valley. The site visit came at the end of a six-hour tour, led by Rick Barboza and...
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Trinity Christian’s First Graduates: Thinking Hard About Life
Trinity Christian School in Maunawili will graduate its first senior class this month, but first of all, each must defend his or her senior thesis May 22-24. The public is invited to hear from (front,...
View ArticleA Book A Week Will Win A Prize
If you can read just one book a week for five weeks, the library near you has a prize waiting. The state’s annual Summer Reading Program aims to get everyone in Windward Oahu to put their nose in books...
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Kaneohe Girl Scouts Stage Flower Drive Saturday For Veterans’ Graves
Kaneohe Girl Scout Troop No. 1018 decorating graves at Hawaii State Veterans Cemetery in 2011. To make this year’s ‘Lei of Aloha’ Memorial Day project a success, members will collect blossoms and...
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