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SEPTEMBER 29, 2021
The city Department of Customer Ser- vices has established a temporary call center to accommodate the increase in call volume for driver’s licensing and motor vehicle registration inquiries. For driver’s license and state ID information, call 808-768- 9100 and for motor vehicle registration, call 808-768- 4325. The lines are open 8 a.m.-4 p.m., Monday-Friday. For more information, vis- it honolulu.gov/csd ... The state Department of Trans- portation Highways Division announced full closures of Likelike Highway for light- ing repairs in Wilson Tunnel. Full closure in the Kāne‘ohe- bound direction between Na- lanieha Street and Kahekili Highway is scheduled for 9 p.m.-5 a.m. Sept. 28. The H-3 on-ramp and Kahekili on-ramp to Likelike High- way in that direction will also be closed. Full closure of Likelike Highway in the Honolulu-bound direction between Kahekili Highway and Wilson Tunnel is sched- uled for 8:30 p.m.-4:30 a.m. Sept. 29. During work hours, motorists will be detoured to Pali Highway and the H-3 freeway ... Aloha Petroleum launches its new fundraising program, Fueling Education in Hawai‘i, and Castle High School is the beneficiary.
Lianne Bidal Thompson
Editor 808-218-7614 lthompson@midweek.com
Throughout the month of October, the company’s gas stations in Windward O‘ahu (Aloha Island mart Wind- ward, Aloha Island Mart Windward Mall, Aloha Is- land Mart Likelike and Aloha Island Mart Kāne‘ohe) will donate 3 cents per gallon of any fuel purchase to Castle High School. “We are so ex- cited to partner with Castle High School for our first-ever Fueling Education fundrais- ing program. Education is really the key to success, and we want to do whatever we can to ensure that students in Hawai‘i receive the best education possible,” states Casie Bui, senior manager of sales operations and market- ing for Aloha Petroleum. “As the largest of the four high schools in the Windward Dis- trict, we are constantly work- ing to make sure that our students are building skills for success in life. The funds raised during the Fueling Ed- ucation campaign with Aloha Petroleum will surely help us in doing that,” states Re- nee Omori-Kudo, student activities coordinator at Cas- tle High School ... Let the grinding, ollies, kickflips and overall cruising commence. Following nearly $130,000 in donated improvements from the Association of Skate- boarders in Hawai‘i, Kailua Skate Park, located at Kailua
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District Park, is now open. It features a new quarter pipe, bike ramps, rails and a metal bench. Volunteer skateboard- ers helped along the way, placing the final touches on the skate park before it re- opened on Sept. 15 ... Wind- ward O‘ahu residents are eli- gible to participate in the Say Yes! COVID Test At-Home Testing Challenge. The fed- eral pilot program provides eight rapid antigen tests to 125,000 O‘ahu residents (each test package includes four kits; eight tests total). The self-administered tests will be available through Oct. 18 or until supplies last through covidtesthonolulu. org ... Windward Commu- nity College students are in- vited to take part in Leeward Community College’s inau- gural IM LeeSports Skills & Agility Competition. This fitness-focused competition is held at Moanalua Commu- nity Park 6:30-9:30 p.m. Oct. 5-26. Each week, students compete in a different activ- ity. To register and for more information, visit tinyurl. com/imleeleague.com ... Pali View Baptist Preschool director Elyssa Knight says the Kāne‘ohe facility is better able to feed its 72 keiki and keep tuition costs low as a member of the USDA Child and Adult Care Food Program ... lthompson@midweek.com
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Three-and-a-half-year-old Asher Cox of Kailua wheels around on his bicycle at Kailua District Park on Aug. 26.
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