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West Oahu Highlights

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

September

* ELKS GOLF Deadline is Sept. 21 to sign up for the Pearl City Elks Invitational Benefit Golf Tournament, set for Oct. 11 at Ewa Beach Golf Club. Fee is $150 per player. Call 478-4528.

* 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. 21 and 28 and during the first three sessions 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.wordpress.com.

* NEIGHBORS Pearl City Neighborhood Board 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 FilCom Center. Call 768-3710.

* WALK WISE Kaiser Permanente’s Senior Summit lecture series features a free talk on the Walk Wise Hawaii program at 10 a.m. Sept. 23 at Waipio Clinic, 94-1480 Moaniani St. Call 432-2235.

* BLOOD DRIVES Hawaii Blood Bank has donor drives from 9 a.m. to 3 p.m. Sept. 24 at Leeward Community College, 7:30 a.m. to 1:30 p.m. Sept. 26 at Kapolei Shopping Center, 7 a.m. to 2:30 p.m. Sept. 27 at the Ewa Town Center Foodland, 10 a.m. to 4:30 p.m. Sept. 29 at Tony Group Autoplex in Waipio, 8 a.m. to 1:30 p.m. Oct. 2 at Campbell High School library and 7:30 a.m. to 1 p.m. Oct. 3 at Pearlridge Center. Call 845-9966.

* PHOTO HOW-TO The Friends of Aiea Library sponsors a free class at 6 p.m. Sep. 24 in the library meeting room with fine art portrait photographer Stan Cox II. Topic is how to create better digital photos. Bring your camera for hands-on advice. Call 483-7333.

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

* AIEA MUSIC Shining Star with Annette Oasay entertains Sept. 25 and H2O plays Sept. 26 at Ige’s Restaurant and 19th PUKA in Aiea. Call 486-3500.

* LISTEN STORY State Sen. Mike Gabbard hosts a community meeting at 9 a.m. Sept. 26 at the Kunia Starbucks (94-673 Kupuohi St). Call 586-6830 or e-mail .(JavaScript must be enabled to view this email address) v.

* RECYCLING An Aloha ‘Aina Recycling Day runs from 8 a.m. to 2 p.m. Sept. 26 at the old Aiea sugar mill site, with proceeds going to Aiea High Project Grad. 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, benefiting One Laptop Per Child and Hawaii Foodbank. Go to http://www.oahu-open.com.

* DOG ADOPTIONS Hawaii Dog Foundation holds 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.

* ON STAGE Po’okela entertains at 1 p.m. followed by Manutahi Tahitian Dance Co. at 2:30 Sept. 27 at Pearlridge Downtown. Call 488-9081.

* RECYCLING HEARING The city Department of Planning and Permitting has 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.

* AIEA STORIES Aiea Library begins its free pre-school storytime for fall at 10:30 a.m. Sept. 30, and every Wednesday through Nov. 4, as well as Nov. 18 and 25. Call 483-7333.

October

* TEST PREP SAT Test-Prep Hawaii offers fall break test preparation classes from 8:30 to 10:30 a.m. Oct. 5-9 at Pearl City High School. Call Raymond Karelitz at 261-6666.

* HOME BUSINESS The U.S. Small Business Administration’s Jim Haley speaks on starting a home business in Hawaii at 6:30 p.m. Oct. 7 at Kapolei Library. Call 693-7050.

* BALLROOM SIGNUPS The Aiea Chapter of Hawaii Ballroom Dance Association will begin registering students for its third-quarter classes in tango, mambo and waltz at 7 p.m. Mondays through Oct. 19 at Gus Webling Elementary School cafeteria. Lessons will run from 7 to 9:10 p.m. Oct. 5-Nov. 23. Foxtrot and jive signups also will be taken. Classes on Tuesdays, Oct. 6-Nov. 24. Call 220-9785.

Ongoing

* FAIR VENDORS Kapolei High School PCNC seeks vendors and crafters for its Community Fair fundraiser Nov. 13-14. For applications, call Lolita Takeda at 692-8200, ext. 2246 or e-mail .(JavaScript must be enabled to view this email address).

* BALLROOM DANCE The Pearlridge chapter of Hawaii Ballroom Dance Association enrolls students for its third-quarter classes in waltz, samba and rumba, meeting at 7 p.m. every Tuesday through Oct. 20 in Waimalu Elementary cafeteria. Lessons are from 7 to 9:10 p.m. Oct. 6-Nov. 24. Call 836-4579 or 488-3935.

* SOFTBALL SIGNUPS The Kulia 10U Fastpitch Softball team (Ewa-Kapolei) seeks girls ages 8-10 for its ASA 2009 winter softball season. Call 209-9813 or e-mail .(JavaScript must be enabled to view this email address).

* FOOTBALL The Oahu Youth Sports League registers players and cheerleaders from 10 a.m. to noon Saturdays at Waipahu District Park for the Waipahu Jackrabbits’ Termite and Pee Wee division (ages 9-13). Fee is $140 for football, $25 for cheerleaders. Call Denise at 271-7905.

* CRUSH FOOTBALL Nonprofit Ewa Beach Crush Youth Football League registers youth for its Mitymites (ages 5-7) and Termite (ages 8-10) flag football teams and cheerleaders (age 5-12) from 11 a.m. to 3 p.m. every Sunday at Ewa Beach Community Park. Call 256-3662.

* WAIANAE MARKET Waianae Farmers’ Market runs from 8:30 a.m. to noon Saturdays at Waianae Coast Comprehensive Health Center. Call 848-2074.