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West Oahu Highlights

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

September

* NEIGHBORS Aiea Neighborhood Board meets at 7:30 p.m. Sept. 14 at Aiea Library, Pearl City meets at 6:30 p.m. Sept. 22 at Waiau District Park, Makakilo-Kapolei-Honokai Hale meets at 7 p.m. Sept. 23 at Kapolei High School cafeteria and Waipahu meets at 7 p.m. Sept. 24 at the FilCom Center. Call 768-3710.

* DANCE SIGNUPS Hawaii Ballroom Dance Association in Kapolei registers students for classes in tango, mambo and waltz from 7:30 to 8:30 p.m. Sept. 14, 21 and 28 and Oct. 5, 12 and 19 at Kapolei Elementary School. Classes are from 7 to 9 p.m. on Mondays Oct. 5-Nov. 23 at the school. Call 781-2076 or visit http://www.kapoleihbda.wordpre ss.com.

* HOMEBUYERS Prudential Locations hosts afree educational homebuying seminar at 5:30 p.m. Sept. 16 at Pearl Country Club. Call 735-5300.

* BASEBALL SIGNUPS Ewa Little League registers boys and girls age 5-12 for baseball play from 4:30 to 6:30 p.m. Tuesdays-Thursdays through Sept. 17 at Puuloa Park. Call 754-0880 or e-mail ewa_ll_president@hawaiia ntel.net.

*RETIREMENT Edward Jones Investments conducts free workshops on the basics of investing in mutual funds, stocks and bonds from 6 to 7:30 p.m. Sept. 17 and 24 at Aiea High School. Call 485-1567.

* AIEA MUSIC The Royal Kunia Street Band entertains Sept. 18 at Ige’s Restaurant and 19th Puka in Aiea. Call 486-3500.

* WAIPIO RECYCLING Kanoelani Elementary School stages an Aloha ‘Aina recycling drive from 8 a.m. to 2 p.m. Sept. 19 at the school, 94-1091 Oli Loop, welcoming all kinds of recyclables. Proceeds support Kanoelani. Call Rene Mansho at 306-1876.

* ROYAL MUSIC Royal Hawaiian Band performs at noon Sept. 19 at Pearlridge Center Uptown. Call 922-5331.

* MARSH CLEANUP Hawaii Nature Center leads cleanup and restoration work at Waipahu’s Pouhala Marsh from 8:30 to 11:30 a.m. Sept. 19. Call 955-0100, ext. 18.

* YARD SALE Waianae Intermediate seventh-graders sell donated items to raise funds for the ‘Ai Pohaku Workshop from 8 a.m. to 2 p.m. Sept. 19-20 at 86-024 Glenmonger St. (at the corner of Pokai Bay Street). Proceeds support program operations, as well as an after-school program and garden club. Call Vince Dodge at 478-6492.

* ON STAGE Harmony entertains at 1 p.m. followed by Ka Hula O Ululani at 2:30 on Sept. 20 at Pearlridge Downtown. Call 488-9081.

* BLOOD DRIVE Hawaii Blood Bank conducts a donor drive from 7:30 a.m. to 2 p.m. Sept. 20 at Waikele Center near the malassada wagon. Call 845-9966.

* AIEA HIKE Hawaiian Trail & Mountain Club leads a 12-mile advanced hike on and above the Aiea Loop Trail at 8 a.m. Sept. 20. For details, go to http://www.htmclub.org.

* GOLF DEADLINE Registration is Sept. 21 for the second annual Invitational Benefit Golf Tournament, scheduled for 10:30 a.m. Oct. 11 at Ewa Beach Golf Course. Cost is $150 per player, $450 per team of three, with proceeds going to several causes. Call 551-0308 or 478-4528.

* WALK WISE Kaiser Permanente’s Senior Summit Lecture series plans a free talk on the Walk Wise Hawaii program at 10 a.m. Sept. 23 at its Waipio Clinic, 941480 Moaniani St. Call 432-2235.

* JA GOLF The 10th annual Junior Achievement Golf Classic starts at 11 a.m. Sept. 24 with lunch at Kapolei Golf Course, a shotgun start at 12:30 p.m., and awards dinner at 5:30. Reservations welcome by Sept. 17. Call 545-1777.

* MDA GOLF The Bobby K. Construction Charity Golf Tournament is set for Sept. 25 at Waikele Golf Club. Call Emily Kyser at 593-4454.

* RECYCLING An Aloha ‘Aina Recycling Day is planned from 8 a.m. to 2 p.m. Sept. 26 at the old Aiea sugar mill site, with proceeds going to Aiea High Project Graduation. All kinds of recyclable products are welcome, from metal appliances to batteries to passenger tires. Call 306-1876.

* DOG HIKE Hawaiian Humane Society’s Paws on the Path conducts a hike of the Aiea Loop Trail at 8:30 a.m. Sept. 26. Meet in the first parking lot; bring leash, a poop bag and one dog (per person). Call 356-2217.

* PAINTBALL Wet ‘n’ Wild Hawaii hosts Oahu Open Paintball Festival events Sept. 26-27 at the Kapolei water park. The festival benefits One Laptop Per Child and Hawaii Foodbank. For tickets and more information, go to http://www.oahu-open.com.

* DOG ADOPTIONS Hawaii Dog Foundation offers a “meet and greet” to potential adopters of its orphan dogs from noon to 3 p.m. Sept. 26 and 27 at the PETCO store in Pearl City, 1234 Kuala St. Call 782-8387 or 456-5570.

* PUBLIC HEARING The city Department of Planning and Permitting conducts a public hearing at 10:30 a.m. Sept. 28 in Kapolei Hale conference room B on a proposed petroleum waste and tire recycling facility expansion at 91-125 Kaomi Loop in Ewa. Call 768-8006.