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Posted on: Thursday, October 23, 2008

Marrow drive Nov. 6 at UH

 •  Tournaments to lose teams

Students at the University of Hawai'i will host a bone marrow donor drive from 10 a.m. to 3 p.m. Nov. 6 at Campus Center to help find a match for Krissy Kobata, who was diagnosed with myelodysplastic syndrome.

MDS is a blood disorder that affects the body's production of bone marrow.

Asians, Pacific Islanders and mixed races are in need of donors as well as anyone else interested in registering in the Hawaii Bone Marrow Donor Registry.

Anyone who cannot attend may contact the registry at the Hawaii Medical Center, 547-6154.

For more information, contact Chrystin at 741-1521, Marichris at 630-7686 or via e-mail at uhprssa@gmail.com.

HAUNTED HOUSE TO BENEFIT BAND

The Leilehua High School band will present its second annual Haunted House Saturday and Sunday at the Leilehua High gym.

Hours are 6 to 11 p.m. Saturday and 6 to 10 p.m. Sunday. Prices are $3 for children ages 5-11, and $4 for ages 12-adult.

Leilehua High School is at 1515 California Ave., Wahiawa.

For more information, call the band room at 622-6572.

VOLUNTEER BUILDS FENCES FOR HO'ALA

WAHIAWA — Volunteer Del Dela Cruz recently built two fence enclosures for Ho'ala School's new Pre-Kindergarten program.

Dela Cruz worked on the fencing projects every weekend for four months to complete the required fences in time for the Pre-K opening. Dela Cruz also had assistance from his 14-year-old son, Kawana, wife, Darlene, and from teacher Jef Fern and his son Casey.

Del Dela Cruz is an employee of Bank of Hawaii and has assisted the private Ho'ala School in Wahiawa through the years with various projects.

This was the biggest project he has been involved in. Dela Cruz designed the fences to complement the plantation-style buildings as well as create a safe and secure play area for Pre-K students.

Ho'ala's Head of School, Nancy Barry, said, "Small schools like Ho'ala rely heavily on volunteer support in order to accomplish our goals while keeping the costs down. Del offered to take this project on from the design, purchase of materials, and the timely construction of the playground and Pre-K structure fencing. We couldn't be happier with the results in keeping with the 'elegant plantation' style of our campus buildings."

Pre-K opened recently at the school's Lehua Campus at 311 Lehua St. For more information, call 621-1898 or go to the Web site, www.hoala.org.

WAILUPE VALLEY'S FALL FEST SUNDAY

The WVS Ohana will hold its second annual Autumn Fun Day Fest from 10 a.m. to 2 p.m. Sunday at Wailupe Valley School, 939 Hind Iuka Drive.

The public is invited.

The fest will feature games, entertainment and food. There will be children's game booths, inflatables, a rock wall, face painting, raku pottery, balloon art and a craft/rummage sale. Entertainment includes Kenny Endo Taiko Drumming Ensemble, Rainbow Pigeons by Doug Beter, Taimane Gardner and The Phoenix Experience and Tavanna. There will be a range of food and refreshments.

There will also be a pumpkin patch with corn and pumpkin from Aloun Farms.