West Oahu Highlights

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

* AIEA DANCE Aiea’s Hawaii Ballroom Dance Association chapter offers American Social classes in two step, cha cha and bolero at 7 p.m. Mondays beginning April 5 at Webling Elementary cafeteria. Waltz and samba also will be taught at 7:15 p.m. Tuesdays beginning April 6. Call Roy at 220-9785.

* KAPOLEI DANCE Kapolei’s Hawaii Ballroom Dance Association registers students in nightclub two step, cha cha and bolero from 7 to 9 p.m. April 5, 12 and 19 at Kapolei Elementary. Classes meet Mondays starting April 5 through May 24. Call 781-2076.

* PEARLRIDGE DANCE Pearlridge’s Hawaii Ballroom Dance Association registers students at 7 p.m.April 6, 13 and 20 in Waimalu Elementary cafeteria for its first quarter American Social classes in bolero, West Coast swing and tango. Classes meet from 7 to 9:10 p.m. Tuesdays,April 6-May 25.Call Millie at 836-4579 or Les at 488-3935.

* PEARL CITY DANCE Pearl City’s Hawaii Ballroom Dance Association registers students for classes in bolero, West Coast swing and intermediate tango from 7 to 8 p.m.April 6 and 13 at Manana Elementary School. Classes meet from 7 to 9:10 p.m. Tuesdays,April 6-May 25.Call Shirley at 456-2129.

* BOOK TALK Author Lisa Linn Kanae discusses her book Islands Linked by Ocean at 6:30 p.m.April 6 at Kapolei Library. Call 693-7050.

* BEARYTALES Storyteller Nyla Fujii-Babb shares “Very Beary Tales and Tunes” at 10:30 a.m. April 6 at Aiea Library. Call 483-7333.

* NEIGHBORS Ewa Neighborhood Board meets at 7 p.m.April 8 at Ewa Beach Library. Call 768-3710.

* ROTARY CLUB TALK Chaminade president Brother Bernie Ploeger addresses the Kapolei Rotary Club at 7:30 a.m. April 8 at Kapolei High School faculty lounge. E-mail .(JavaScript must be enabled to view this email address).

* CELEBRITY LCC’s Theatre and Drama Program collaborates with Monkey Waterfall to present “Celebrity Project,“a unique program of entertainment, at 8 p.m. April 8-10 on campus. For tickets, call 483-7123.

* CHEER HELP Mililani Football Association seeks a cheer coordinator with plenty of energy. E-mail .(JavaScript must be enabled to view this email address) by April 10.

* WORM WORKSHOP Friends of Halawa Xeriscape Garden sponsors a Worm Workshop with Waikiki Worm Co. from 10 a.m. to noon April 10 at the garden at 99-1268 Iwaena St. Fee is $30 for non-members. Call 945-9676.

* GARDEN DAY Urban Garden Center’s Second Saturday offers talks with master gardeners and walks around its 30 acres from 9 a.m. to 2 p.m.April 10, all for free, at 955 Kamehameha Hwy. Call 453-6050.

* TOFU HAIKU Kapolei Library honors the winners of the Tofu Haiku contest at 11:15 a.m.April 10,with door prizes and storytelling beginning at 10:30. The ceremony had been postponed last month due to the tsunami watch. Call 693-7050.

* NATURE ART Alyce Dodge of Honolulu Academy of Arts leads a workshop on ways to make art out of natural, reusable materials from 9:30 a.m. to noon April 10 at Malama Learning Center at Kapolei High School. Fee is $7 per person or $15 for a family of up to three people. Registration is required. Call 542-9107.

* ON STAGE Ho’okahi Sunday at Pearlridge Center Downtown features Po’okela at 1 p.m. and Halau O Mokulehua Puu Ote Iti Ra at 2:30 p.m. April 11. Call 488-0981.

* CAR WASH Waipahu Project Grad has a car wash from 9 a.m. to 1 p.m. April 11 at Waipahu McDonald’s for $10 per vehicle. Call 228-1909.

* PUPPY SWAP Pet’s Discount Waikele has a Puppy Swap Meet from 1 to 5 p.m. April 11. Breeders are welcome. To check the health of your saleable pups, call 422-5763, ext. 205 for an appointment. For details on the swap meet, call 678-8808.

* PLAY TRYOUTS Hawaii Shakespeare Festival auditions actors for its summer plays from 2 to 5 p.m. April 12 at LCC Lab Theatre. Call 256-6657.

* BLOOD DRIVES Hawaii Blood Bank has donor drives from 8:30 a.m.to 3 p.m.April 12 in Aiea High School library, 7 a.m. to 1 p.m. April 15 at Bank of Hawaii Kapolei and 7:30 a.m. to 2 p.m. April 18 at Waikele Center. Call 845-9966.

* ROTARY CLUB Army Chief of Staff Col. Tom Guthrie addresses Kapolei Sunset Rotary Club at 6 p.m. April 12 at Roy’s Ko Olina.His topic is the 25th Infantry Division’s recent deployment to Iraq.E-mail Sharon Rolirad at .(JavaScript must be enabled to view this email address).

* ANTI-DRINKING Waipahu Community Coalition holds a town hall meeting from 5:30 to 8:30 p.m. April 13 at Waipahu Intermediate School cafeteria regarding the Hawaii Underage Drinking Prevention Campaign. Call 295-8592.

* COMMUNITY FORUM Aiea High School hosts retired HPD detective/computer and Internet crime investigator Chris Duque, who will discuss cyberbullying at 6 p.m. April 14 in the school library. Call Margie Sakaue at 483-7300, ext. 288.

* DEBRIS ART The group B.E.A.C.H.has student paintings and drawings on view now through April 30 at the Waipahu and Ewa Beach libraries on the impact of marine debris.