West Oahu Highlights

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

* NEIGHBORS The Ewa board will not meet in August or September. Call 768-3710.

* HOUSE DEBATE Candidates for the 33rd District state House seat (Aiea-Halawa-Pearl City) Blake Oshiro and Gary Okino debate at 6:30 p.m. Aug. 23 on Hawaii Public Radio’s KIPO 89.3, taking questions from a live studio audience. Call 955-8821.

* BLOOD DRIVES Hawaii Blood Bank has donor drives from 7:30 a.m. to 2 p.m. Aug. 24 at Monsanto Co. in Kunia; 9:30 a.m. to 3 p.m. Aug. 25 at Tony Group Autoplex; 9 a.m. to 2 p.m. Aug. 26 at the Kakuhihewa Building in Kapolei; 7:30 a.m. to 1:30 p.m. Aug. 28 at Kapolei Shopping Center; 7:30 a.m. to 12:30 p.m. Aug. 31 at Kapolei High School; 8 a.m. to 3 p.m. Aug. 31 at Pearl City High School; 11:15 a.m. to 3 p.m. Sept. 3 at Home Depot Kapolei; and 7:30 a.m. to 1 p.m. Sept. 4 at Pearlridge Center. Call 845-9966.

* MAYORAL FORUM Makakilo-Kapolei-Honokai Hale Neighborhood Board hosts a mayoral forum with candidates Kirk Caldwell, Peter Carlisle, Philmund Lee, Panos Prevedouros and Rod Tam at its regular meeting, 6:30 p.m. Aug. 25 at Kapolei High cafeteria. Prior to the forum, residents can meet candidates for state House Districts 40 (Royal Kunia-Makakilo-KapoleiKalaeloa) and 44 (Honokai Hale-Nanakuli-Lualualei), as well as Senate District 19 (Waikele-Village Park-Royal Kunia-Makakilo-KapoleiKalaeloa-Honokai Hale, portions of Waipahu-Ko Olina). Call 349-5992.

* SENIOR SUMMIT Kaiser Permanente has a free Senior Summit lecture on plant-based nutrition at 10 a.m. Aug. 25 at its Waipio Clinic (94-1480 Moaniani St.). Call 432-2235.

* LIBRARY PROGRAMS Kapolei Library hosts a free talk by food writer Wanda Adams at 6 p.m. Aug. 25; teen crafts sessions on beaded bookmarks from 2 to 5 p.m.

Aug. 26 and 10 a.m. to 5 p.m. Aug. 28; and Balloon Monsoon sculptures at 10:30 a.m. Aug. 28. Call 693-7050.

* SCOUT SIGNUPS Waipahu Boy Scout Troop 76 has a recruitment night for boys ages 10-17 from 6:45 to 8 p.m. Aug. 26 at Waipahu Elementary cafeteria. Scouts meet from 7 to 9 p.m. Fridays at Waipahu United Church of Christ. Call Diane Nishijima at 294-8013.

* JOINT VENTURE U.S. Sen. Dan Inouye addresses the annual meeting of the Joint Venture Education Forum, set for 9 to 11 a.m. Aug. 26 at Hawaii Okinawa Center with 300 guests attending to celebrate the military’s involvement in the schools. Call 477-8073.

* AIEA OBON Aiea Hongwanji Buddhist Temple has its bon dance at 7 p.m Aug. 28 at 99-186 Puakala St. Call 487-2626.

September

* EWA TOWN HALL State Rep. Kymberly Pine hosts a town hall meeting at 7 p.m. Sept. 1 at Asing Park in lieu of the cancelled Ewa Neighborhood Board meetings. State DOT director Brennon Morioka will attend, and public issues will be discussed. Call 586-9730.

* IPU WORKSHOP Artist and conservationist Mahi LaPierre leads a workshop on making and playing traditional instruments from 9:30 a.m. to noon Sept. 4 at Malama Learning Center at Kapolei High School. Fee is $10 per person or $25 for a family of up to three people. Space is limited. RSVP to .(JavaScript must be enabled to view this email address) or 351-9465.