HAWAI'I BRIEFS
2 trustees elected to Le Jardin board
Advertiser Staff
Beth Bowlen Harbottle and Pamela S. Jones have been elected to the Le Jardin Academy board of trustees.
Harbottle is owner and president of Social Butterfly Events LLC Consultation. She is a volunteer with the Hawai'i Theater Gala/Auction and the Boys and Girls Club Auction.
Jones is the director and vice president of the Schuler Family Foundation and a member of the United States Equestrian Federation, United States Dressage Federation, Hawai'i Horse Show Association and Aloha State Dressage Society. She is a retired executive vice president, chief financial officer and member of the board of directors for Schuler Homes Inc.
STATEWIDE
ANTI-HUNGER CAMPAIGN BEGINS
The Hawai'i Foodbank has launched its annual "Check Out Hunger" campaign to raise money to feed less-fortunate families in Hawai'i during the holidays.
The campaign allows shoppers to purchase coupons for either $2.74 to feed a family of four for a day, or $19.74 to feed a family for a week at checkout counters of participating stores.
Last year, about $63,000 was raised in the statewide program. Kraft Foods Hawai'i kicked off this year's campaign with a $5,000 donation.
Participating stores include Times Supermarkets, Tamura Super Market, Tamura's Enterprises, Kokua Market Natural Foods Co-op and Safeway Stores.
KAUA'I
MEETING OPEN TO CO-OP MEMBERS
LIHU'E — The National Rural Electric Cooperative Association, of which Kaua'i's electric utility is a member, will hold a public meeting on Kaua'i Wednesday to which all members of the Kaua'i Island Utility Co-op are invited.
The association's general session meeting is at 1:30 p.m. Wednesday at the Kaua'i Marriott. Those attending are asked to come early to register. For more information call KIUC at 246-4300.
MONEY RELEASED FOR PARK PROJECTS
LIHU'E — State officials have released $300,000 for preparation of an environmental impact statement and other studies at Ha'ena State Park, and $600,000 for road improvements at Koke'e State Park.
The EIS at Ha'ena will assess the impacts of traffic, parking and improvements to the park's facilities and infrastructure. A master plan also will be drafted to develop recommendations for managing public use of the park, which gets 750,000 visitors annually.
A cultural assessment will develop ways to inform visitors of the area's history. Other studies include an archaeological inventory, a burial treatment plan and a taro restoration report. The documents are expected to be completed by September 2007.
At Koke'e, improvements will be made to approximately two miles of road that extend from the entrance to the camping area to the Kalalau Lookout parking area. Narrow and curved sections will be widened to improve visibility and safety and to accommodate two-way traffic. Construction is expected to start in December 2006.
The last road repairs were done there in the 1970s.
LIVE-FIRE TRAINING AT KEKAHA RANGE
KEKAHA — The Department of Land and Natural Resources will conduct live-fire exercises for its law enforcement officers at the Kekaha Firing Range on several dates this month.
The exercises will take place from 7 a.m. to 3:45 p.m on Wednesday, Thursday, and Nov. 16 and 18. The public should stay away from the area during the training.
The Kekaha Firing Range is a mile west of Akialoa and Kaumuali'i Highway in West Kaua'i. It is reserved for state law enforcement agencies and the Garden Island Pistol Club, and is maintained by the Hawai'i National Guard.
For more information, contact the DLNR enforcement office on Kaua'i at (808) 274-3521.
