West Oahu Highlights

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

August

* THE DOG Duane “Dog” Chapman signs copies of his new autobiography at 7 p.m. Aug. 30 at the Waikele Borders. Call 676-6699.

* PEARL REOPENS The Pearl, LCC’s student-run restaurant, opens Aug. 30 for fall semester lunch service from 11:30 a.m. to 1:30 p.m. Wednesday, Thursday and Friday through Nov. 30. (Enter on the diamondhead side of Campus Center.) For reservations, call 455-0475 or 455-0298.

* OKINAWA FEST The Hawaii Okinawa Center kicks off the annual Okinawan festival with a musical at 7 p.m Aug. 30 at the Waipio center (94-587 Ukee St.).

* BLOOD DRIVES Hawaii Blood Bank conducts donor drives from 9 a.m. to 1:30 p.m. Aug. 31 in the Kakuhihewa Building in Kapolei and from 8 a.m. to 1 p.m. Sept. 1 at Pearlridge Center. Call 845-9966.

September

* KEIKI FESTIVAL Hawaii’s Plantation Village presents a keiki festival from 10 a.m. to 3 p.m. Sept. 1, with free admission to the park for entertainment, stories, ethnic food, plantation games and prizes. Call 677-0110.

* HOLIDAY CLOSURES Public schools and libraries are closed Sept. 1-3 for Labor Day weekend.

* ROYAL MUSIC The Royal Hawaiian Band performs a free concert at noon Sept. 1 at Pearlridge Center Uptown. Call 922-5331.

* MILITARY GOLF Ko Olina Golf Club will donate $1 of every round played on Sept. 1, the PGA and USGA Patriot Golf Day, to Wounded Warriors. The club also offers military personnel $20 off 18-hole green fees and $10 off 9-hole green fees throughout the month. Call 676-5300.

* DANCE PARTY Music from the 1980s to current hits will play at the Sugar Hill dance party at Lily Koi Lounge from 10 p.m. to 2 a.m. Sept. 2 for ages 21 and over. The $10 entrance donation benefits Musical Youth of Hawaii. Call 479-3008.

* WAIAU HIKE The Hawaiian Trail & Mountain Club leads a 12-mile advanced hike to Waiau Ridge at 8 a.m. Sept. 2. Go to www.htmclub.org

* OKINAWAN STUDIES University of Illinois professor Koji Taira presents a guest lecture on “Okinawan Identity and Independence” at 12:30 p.m. Sept. 4 in UH-West Oahu room E-103. Call 454-4720.

* KAMEHAMEHA ENTRY The Kamehameha Schools staff conducts an information session for next year’s prospective applicants at 6:30 p.m. Sept. 5 at the KS Community Learning Center at Nanakuli, 89-101 Farrington Hwy. Call 842-8800.

* PALISADES MEETING The Pacific Palisades Community Association meets at 7 p.m. Sept. 5 at the community center, 2106 Aamanu St. Call 455-5182.

* WWII STORIES Aiea Library hosts “The Japanese Zero Pilot Who Terrorized the Secluded Island of Niihau: December 1941,” at 6:30 p.m. Sept. 6. Patricia Beekman presents the story her late father, author Allan Beekman, detailed in his book The Niihau Incident about a Japanese Zero fighter pilot who crash-landed on Niihau. Call 483-7333.

* SQUARE DANCE Free square dance lessons are offered for ages 9 through adult Thursday nights at Ewa Beach Community Park, across from Campbell High School. New 10-week sessions begins Sept. 6 for a $30 fee (beginners at 7 p.m., advanced at 8:30). Call 358-9131 or 689-0370.

* FREEWAY TALK State Rep. Rida Cabanilla hosts a community meeting at 6:30 p.m. Sept. 6 at Asing Park (91-1450 Renton Road) to discuss public-private partnerships for freeway-lane construction. A presentation and slide show will follow on the new Tampa tollway by Panos Prevedouros, a UHManoa civil engineering professor. Call 586-6080.

* ART FOR PEACE Two-dimensional art work will be accepted through Sept. 7 for the “Expressions of Peace” display at the state Capitol, set for Sept. 21, Hawaii’s first Peace Day. Deliver entries to state Rep. Jon Riki Karamatsu, or mail them to Dr. Jeannie Lum, Matsunaga Institute for Peace, Saunders Hall 723, University of Hawaii, 2424 Maile Way, Honolulu HI 96822. Call 586-8490.

* WAIAU COMMENTS Public comments are due Sept. 7 on Castle & Cooke’s master-planned, 1,500 unit Waiau subdivision plan now before the state Land Use Commission. Call consultant Alan Suwa at 946-2277.

* TASTE OF KAPOLEI The Kapolei Rotary Club presents “Taste of Kapolei"at 5:30 p.m. Sept. 8 at Ko Olina Resort and Marina 4 Lagoon. Ticket are $75 and $35. Call 674-3167.

* NEIGHBORS The Aiea Neighborhood Board meets at 7:30 p.m. Sept. 10 at Aiea Library. Call 527-5749.

* KAPOLEI MELE Aloha Week Festivals presents Kapolei Mele at 5 p.m. Sept. 15 at Kapolei Regional Park, featuring five stages of entertainment and the U.S. Air Force “Tops in Blue” band, along with food, crafts and fun. Call Charlian Wright at 589-1771.

* TENNIS CLINIC State Sen. Mike Gabbard conducts tennis lessons for children ages 7 to 12 at the Kalaeloa tennis courts on Saratoga and Franklin Avenues from 4:30 to 6 p.m. Sept. 15, 22 and 29. Call 682-0676.

* AVIATION LECTURE The Pacific Aviation Museum presents a lecture by aviation historian and author Peter Forman at 5 p.m. Sept. 19. Admission is $14, $7 for children. Kamaaina and military are $10, $5 for children. Call 441-1000.

* KEIKI HO’OLAULE’A Aloha Week Festivals presents Keiki Ho’olaule’a from 10 a.m. to 3 p.m. Sept. 22 at Pearlridge Center’s Uptown and Downtown courts, featuring keiki hula performances, along with games, keiki activities and more. Call 488-0981.

* VOLLEYBALL TRYOUTS West Oahu Athletic Club holds tryouts for its U.S. Volleyball Association team from 9 a.m. to noon Sept. 29 and Oct. 6 at Waianae District Park gym. One-time registration fee is $25. Call 723-9752 or 723-5253.

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Ongoing

* YOGA Yoga4Ewa studio in Ewa Beach offers a variety of yoga classes Monday through Saturday.Visit www.yoga4ewa.com or call 689-1020.

* BOOKS Borders Waikele hosts three monthly reading groups: Bestsellers at 7 p.m. on the second Wednesday; Romance Readers Anonymous at 6:30 p.m. on the second Thursday; and International Women’s Writing Guild at 7 p.m. on the first and third Wednesday. Call 676-6699.

* FOOD PANTRY Our Lady of Perpetual Help Church on North Road has a food pantry for anyone in need. Bags of non-perishable food are distributed from 10 a.m. to noon on the last Friday of each month by the Social Outreach Ministry. Call 689-8681.

* WAIPAHU REUNION The Waipahu High Class of 1967 will hold its 40-year reunion Nov. 9-11. Call Charlene at 988-7191.