Waha Nui
Ian Chames
Kalaheo High is staging a mock car crash in front of the school on Mokapu Boulevard Friday to dramatize how drunk driving and texting can shatter dreams. Student activities adviser Richard Lau wants area motorists to know that lanes closures and contraflows are planned from 10:30 a.m. to 12:30 p.m. between Oneawa Street and Kapaa Quarry Road (254-7909) …
Koolauloa’s Sunny Greer will be the final “Expert at the Palace,” a lecture series in the Old Archives Building on the ‘Iolani Palace grounds. She’ll discuss “The Native American Graves Protection and Repatriation Act and its Impact on Native Hawaiians” at noon March 1 (522-0841) … Castle High counselor Sam Kakazu sure could use 220 feet of galvanized pipe not for counseling but to build a batting cage for the girls softball program (2335600, ext. 2208) …
HPR’s taping of Aloha Shorts at 6:45 p.m. Sunday is full of Windward talent. Kaneohe writer Donald Carreira Ching‘s piece is being featured, along with Kailua writer Mary Lombard‘s work, and Krisha Fairchild of Laie will perform one of Lee Cataluna‘s Folks You Meet in Longs stories (955-8821) …
Louie Clyde Parks Jr. of Kaneohe has earned his master of arts from the University of Oklahoma in Norman, collecting it in fall semester ceremonies … On the right is the real Ian Chames, a Kailua musician mistaken last week for Dobbs the drummer. Both men are in the Trailer Park Romeos band …
While I’m at it, the correct name for Kaneohe’s Polynesia travel expert is John Fleckles, not Freckles, as mentioned in this column last week … The Republicans for Environmental Protection have recognized state Rep. Cynthia Thielen (Kailua, Kaneohe Bay) in its national publication, The Green Elephant Update, saying that she’s “at the leading edge of environmental and conservation public policy” for her tireless work for the environment, education and especially alternate energy …
Speaking of energy, a handbell choir from Japan’s Tochigi prefecture is capable of ringing seven octaves. See for yourself at 7 p.m. Feb. 15 at Paliku Theatre and it’s free (235-7433) … Forget to donor your used eyeglasses? Bob Putes says the Lions have arranged for a drop-off box by Longs pharmacy at Kaneohe Bay Shopping Center.
