West Oahu Highlights

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Below are highlights of what’s coming up in West Oahu.

July

* SAVE WATER Winning posters and poems from the Board of Water Supply’s Water Conservation Week contest are on view July 27-Aug. 7 at Kapolei Hale.

* NEIGHBORS Pearl City Neighborhood Board meets at 6:30 p.m. July 28 at Waiau District Park. Call 768-3710.

* STORAGE HEARING The city Department of Planning and Permitting conducts a pubic hearing at 10:30 a.m. July 29 at Kapolei Hale on a special management permit for Sause Brothers Inc. to build a cargo storage yard and wastewater treatment plant near Kalaeloa Harbor. Call James Morisato at 768-8026.

* YACHT TOURS The yacht Lynx - “America’s Privateer” - is expected to arrive by 3 p.m. July 31 at Ko Olina marina from the Transpac race, and tours will be conducted Aug. 1-2 and 6-9. Call 1-866-446-5969.

* BON DANCE Waipahu Soto Zen Temple Taiyoji has its bon dance at 7 p.m. July 31-Aug. 1 at 94-413 Waipahu St. (671-3103).

August

* XERISCAPE DOINGS Halawa Xeriscape Garden conducts its 21st annual open house and unthirsty plant sale from 9 a.m. to 3 p.m. Aug. 1 at 99-1268 Iwaena St. Park on Iwaiwa and Iwaena streets and take the free shuttle.Call 748-5041.

* COLLEGE DEADLINE UH-West Oahu accepts applications for its fall 2009 semester up to Aug. 1. Classes begin Aug. 24, and financial aid/scholarships are still available. Call 454-4700, visit http://www.uhwo.hawaii.edu or e-mail .(JavaScript must be enabled to view this email address) u.

* REUNION DEADLINE Aiea High Class of 1979 members should make reservations by Aug. 1 for the 30-year reunion, set for Aug. 22 at Sheraton Waikiki. Call 342-0080.

* CHILDREN’S MUSIC Keiki Kani Music Studio, winner of Nickelodeon‘s Parents Picks Award, conducts a children’s class in music development and appreciation at 3 p.m. Aug. 1 and 8 at its studio in Aiea, behind Dixie Grill. Call 487-2275.

* BLOOD DRIVES Hawaii Blood Bank conducts donor drives from 7:30 a.m. to 1 p.m. Aug. 1 at Pearlridge Center, 3:15 to 7 p.m. Aug. 4 at Waikele Center, noon to 3 p.m. Aug. 7 at Home Depot Kapolei, 7 to 10 a.m. Aug. 7 at Kapolei Hale and 8 a.m. to 1 p.m. Aug. 8 at Resurrection of the Lord Church on Lumikula Street in Waipahu. Call 845-9966.

* ON STAGE Hema Pa’a entertains at 1 p.m. followed by Halau Hula mai ka Pu’uwai a ka Mana’o at 2:30 on Aug. 2 at Pearlridge Downtown. Call 488-9081.

* BUG SHOW The Giant Insect Safari exhibit runs through Aug. 2 at Pearlridge Center Uptown and Downtown. Call 488-9081.

* TRANSIT WORKSHOP The city’s High-Capacity Transit Corridor Project conducts its third and final community workshop from 6:30 to 9 p.m. Aug. 5 at Kapolei High School cafeteria on the three proposed rail transit stations for West Oahu, featuring new sketches and renderings for the lobby and ground-level entry buildings. Call 566-2299.

* BON DANCES Pearl City Hongwanji Buddhist Temple has its bon dance at 7:30 p.m. Aug. 7-8 at 858 Second St. (455-1680); Soto Mission of Aiea-Taiheiji stages its bon dance at the same time and dates at 99-045 Kauhale St. (488-6794).

* NEIGHBORS Aiea Neighborhood Board meets at 7:30 p.m. Aug. 10 at Aiea Library. Call 768-3710.

* BALLROOM DANCE The Hawaii Ballroom Dance Association in Kapolei holds classes in waltz, samba and Cuban rumba during class from 7 to 9 p.m. every Monday through Aug. 24. Call 781-2076 or visit http://www.kapoleihbda.word-press.com.

Ongoing

* FIT CLUB Fit Club Hawaii holds adult exercise classes from 4:30 to 5:30 p.m. every Monday at Iroquois Point Elementary School, Room P14. Cost is $1 per class. Call 561-3837 or visit http://www.fitclubhawaii.com.

* WAIANAE MARKET The Waianae Farmers’Market has relocated to Waianae Coast Comprehensive Health Center and is open from 8:30 a.m. to noon every Saturday in the mid-campus parking lot. Call 848-2074.