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WEDNESDAY, MARCH 23
THURSDAY, MARCH 24
• COMPETITION The Na Mele Ko‘olaupoko Song Composers Competition will be held from 1 to 4 p.m. at center court in Windward Mall. Established in 1937, the nonprofit Ko‘olaupoko Hawaiian Civic Club is coor- dinating the event to encour- age the creation of original songsaboutKo‘olaupoko— its people, places, spirit and anything in the area from Waimānalo to Kualoa. The primary requirements are that the song must not have been prerecorded or sold commercially, and that the song be about something that comes from Ko‘olaupoko
• FLORALS As part of the virtual National Endow- ment for the Arts Big Read program, Windward Com- munity College will hold “Uncovering Hawai‘i’s Na- tive Florals Through Stories and Journaling.” It will be
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Send Windward O‘ahu calendar items for Kāne‘ohe and Kailua to drobbins@ midweek.com or call 808- 529-4858. Submissions must be sent in at least two weeks prior to the event date. Note: Contact the organizer or venue beforehand for the most up-to-date information.
• SALE The Kāne‘ohe Li- brary Bookstore is holding a special sale of children’s, youthandyoungadultbooks, and merchandise during the entire month of March. Ev- erything in the children’s area of the store will be 50% off the marked price. If there is no marked price, books are 25 cents each. The bookstore is on the lower level of the library, behind the Kāne‘ohe
Police Station. Hours are 11 a.m.-3:30 p.m. Sun- days, 2-6:30 p.m. Mondays, noon-3:30 p.m. Tuesdays, Wednesdays and Thursdays, and 1-3:30 p.m. Fridays. Call 808-233-5674 or email kaneohebooks@gmail.com.
• SELF-CARE Compas- sionate Ko‘olaupoko will host a free online event from 3 to 4:30 p.m. titled “Self Care, A Force For Good.” Visit compassionatekoolau- poko.org to register.
held from 3 to 4 p.m. with Emily States. As a mom, wife and fabric artist-entre- preneur, States will share her artistry, stories and pas- sion for Hawaiian culture through creativity, commu- nity and education. Register for the Zoom link. For more information, contact Wind- ward CC librarian Cindy Texeira at 808-235-7340 or ctex@hawaii.edu.
• IMAGINARIUM A presentation called “Per- fect Little Planet” will be held at 1 p.m. at Hōkūlani Imaginarium at Windward Community College. Mean- while a new wild ride called “Earth, Moon and Sun” will be introduced at 2:15 p.m. Tickets are $8 for general
admission, $7 for military/ senior/student, and $6 for children age 4 and up. Visit aerospace.wcc.hawaii.edu. html.
— places, people, events, etc. For more information, visit koolaupoko-hcc.org or windwardmall.com.
UPCOMING
• GENEALOGY An in- troduction to genetic gene- alogy about enhancing your family history research us- ing DNA will be held from 4 to 5 p.m. April 6. The online event will feature genetic ge- nealogist Jane Kamaka‘eha Culp. Registration is via a Zoomlink.Usingexamples from her own Hawaiian ge- nealogy research, Culp will explain what ancestral DNA is, how it is passed from one generation to the next, and why you might want to test your own DNA. For more information, contact Wind- ward CC librarian Cindy
Texeira at 808-235-7340 or ctex@hawaii.edu.
• REUNION The Castle High School Class of 1973 reunion committee is plan- ning its 50th graduation an- niversary event. The group is in the beginning stages of trying to reach out to as many classmates as it can. The event is tentatively scheduled for 3-10 p.m. Feb. 25, 2023, at He‘eia State Park (Ulu Mau Village) in Kāne‘ohe. Classmates may email their RSVP and/or response to castlehs1973@ gmail.com or they may call any of these contacts: Janet Yamashiro-Primiano at 808- 349-5800, Marilyn Kane at 808-779-5840, Kate Mc- Cravey-Arizo at 808-368- 9459, or Terry Cole-Valente at 808-597-4061.
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