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West Oahu Highlights

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

* NEIGHBORS Pearl City Neighborhood Board meets at 6:30 p.m. Nov. 24 at Waiau District Park. Call 768-3710.

* AIEA STORIES Aiea Library’s free preschool storytime meets at 10:30 a.m. Nov. 25. Call 483-7333.

* SANTA AT PEARL-RIDGE Pearlridge Center welcomes Santa Claus with a parade at 9 a.m. Nov. 27 from Uptown to Downtown featuring the Aiea High School marching band. Call 488-0981.

* BLOOD DRIVES Hawaii Blood Bank conducts donor drives from 8 a.m. to 1 p.m. Nov. 28 at Resurrection of the Lord on Lumikula Street in Waipahu and from 7:30 a.m. to 1 p.m. Nov. 28 at Kapolei Shopping Center. Call 845-9966.

* HIGHLANDS SANTA Pearl City Highlands Center welcomes Santa Claus at 11 a.m. Nov. 28, followed by a train ride, photo sittings and entertainment until 2 p.m.

* WARRIOR BUS The UH Warrior bus shuttles fans between Kapolei and Aloha Stadium Nov. 28 for the Navy game and Dec. 5 for the Wisconsin game. Call VIP Trans at 836-0317.

* WREATH CRAFT Halawa Xeriscape Garden conducts wreath-making workshops from 10 a.m. to noon Nov. 28 and Dec. 5 at 99-1268 Iwaena St. Fee is $5 for non-members, and registration is required at 748-5363.

* COOKBOOKS Local author Jean Hee signs copies of her new book Hawaii’s Best Quick & Easy Recipes at 1 p.m. Nov. 29 at Borders Pearlridge and 2 p.m. Dec. 13 at Borders Waikele. Call 732-1709.

* PONY SIGNUPS The Makakilo-Kapolei Youth Baseball League registers new players for its 2010 season from 9 a.m. to 5 p.m. Nov. 29 at Kapolei Safeway. Visit http://www.MKYBL.com.

December

* KUNIA COLLECTIONS Kunia Shopping Center merchants collect canned goods for Hawaii Foodbank from Dec. 1 to 18 at 94-673 Kupuohi St.

* BLOOD DRIVES Hawaii Blood Bank conducts donor drives from 9 a.m. to 4 p.m. Dec. 1 at Pearl City High School, 8:30 a.m. to 3:30 p.m. Dec. 2 at Leeward Community College and 7:30 a.m. to 1:30 p.m. Dec. 2 at Kapolei High School.Call 845-9966.

* NEIGHBORS Makakilo-Kapolei-Honokai Hale Neighborhood Board meets at 7 p.m. Dec. 2 in the Kapolei High School cafeteria. Call 768-3710.

* EWA CONCERT Hawaii Ohana 4 Ewa Foundation and Ewa Beach Lions Club presents a benefit concert and fair from 11 a.m. to 9:30 p.m. Dec. 5 at Ewa Mahiko District Park on Renton Road, Tickets cost $10 pre-sale and $15 at the door; proceeds benefit youth programs in the community. Call 852-2982.

* KEIKI CARE FAIR The Keiki Care Center PTO conducts a craft fair, bake sale and Scholastic book sale from 8:30 a.m. to noon Dec. 5 at 99-079 Kauhale St. in Aiea. Proceeds support the school library. Call 486-3565.

* CRAFT FAIR Season’s Best Craft Fair sets up from 8 a.m. to 2 p.m. Dec. 12 at Aiea Elementary School with more than 100 vendor booths. Call 683-6064.

Ongoing

* SUPPLY DRIVE Kapolei Middle School teachers need board cleaner, construction paper or cardstock, Expo markers, file folders, glue (bottled and sticks), hand sanitizers, binder clips and old tennis balls for chair legs. Donations marked “Attention: PCNC” may be dropped off to the school at 91-5335 Kapolei Parkway. Call Terry Bunkley at 693-7025, ext. 236.

* SOFTBALL SIGNUPS The Kulia 10U softball league is registering girls age 8-10 for play in its spring 2010 season. Call 203-9813 or e-mail .(JavaScript must be enabled to view this email address).

* MAKUA SITES The U.S. Army’s final list of “high-pri-ority"Makua cultural sites is available at the Kapolei, Waianae and state libraries. Call 656-6821.

* RECYCLING CENTER Reynolds Recycling’s HI-5 redemption center is open from 9 a.m. to 5 p.m. Tuesday through Saturday at Nanakuli Village, 89-102 Farrington Hwy. Call 487-2802.

* WAIPAHU MARKET Waipahu Festival Marketplace is open from 8 a.m. to 7 p.m. weekdays, 8 a.m. to 5 p.m. Saturdays and 8 a.m. to 3 p.m. Sundays and holidays at 94-340 Waipahu Depot Road, offering fresh fish, produce, crafts, refreshments and Island-made products. Call 677-6939.

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

* NIGHT BOWLING Aiea Bowl on Aiea Heights Drive offers weekly nighttime themes for the public with entertainment, glow bowling, deejays, pupus and drink specials, and prizes from 9:30 p.m. to 2 a.m. on Moonlight Mondays, Her Way Thursdays, Funtastic Fridays and Super Duper Saturdays (9 p.m. to closing). There’s no cover on Friday and Saturday. Call 488-6854.

* TOASTMASTERS Pearl City Toastmasters meet at 7 p.m. every first and third Tuesday in the Mokihana Room of Pearlridge Gardens & Tower (98-1042 Moanalua Road). Call 780-2066.

* PARENT SUPPORT Leeward Community Children’s Council has free parent support meetings from 6:30 to 8:30 p.m. every third Wednesday at Kapolei Police Station. All parents or relatives of children with special needs are welcome. Call 672-6265.

* CHURCH SERVICES Kapolei Buddhist Sangha holds weekly church services at the American Renaissance Academy in Kapolei. Children’s classes also are offered once a month. Contact Rev. Bert Sumikawa at 221-9661 or .(JavaScript must be enabled to view this email address) for times.

* KAPOLEI CHORALE Kapolei Chorale invites singers to join rehearsals at 6:30 p.m. Sundays in Makakilo. Call 672-8888 for directions and interview.

* IKEBANA CLASSES Pearl City Foundation teaches the Japanese art of flower arrangement at 9 a.m. Mondays at Momilani Community Center. Class plus cost of flowers is $3. Bring flower clippers, vase and frog. Call 456-2073.

* GARDENING Urban Garden Center has a free public gardening program from 9 a.m. to noon on the second Saturday of each month at 955 Kamehameha Hwy. Call 453-6050.

* KEIKI PERFORMERS Sunshine Generation Hawaii has classes in song, dance and stage for ages 3 to 16 Thursdays at Kapolei Recreation Center. Fee is $35 per month. Call 489-1998.

* SUPPORT GROUPS A Hospice Hawaii grief support group meets at 6:30 p.m. on the second Wednesday of each month (924-9255), and a cancer support group, Hui Malama Kako’o, meets from 5:30 to 7 p.m. every Thursday (except holidays) in the first-floor physicians dining room at Pali Momi (485-4548).

* WAIMALU KARATE Japan International Karate Center Leeward has classes at Harbor Center in Waimalu. New beginner classes are available daily. Call 486-4800.