November 18, 2005

Hawai`i County is an Equal Opportunity Provider and Employer

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As the United States celebrates "America Recycles Day" on November 15th, Hawai`i County has taken big steps to accommodate our islanders’ demand for more recycling options.

All residents of the County can benefit from recycling, whether by receiving deposit money back from empty beverage containers or getting that extra mulch needed to create a thriving garden.

And by recycling, we save space in our landfills, extending their lifespan for the benefit of everyone.

This year Hawai`i County residents recycled 55,148 tons of material, keeping 20% of the total tonnage of waste generated on the island from entering our two landfills.

This represents a 50% increase in our recycling efforts compared with three years ago when our diversion from landfill rate was under 13%.

Congratulations, Big Islanders, for a recycling job well done.

"In the past two years, the County has significantly expanded its recycling opportunities so that communities can divert even more valuable materials from our waste stream," according to Mike Dworsky, the County’s Solid Waste Division Chief.

The success of the HI5 bottle bill is particularly impressive on the Big Island, which leads the state of Hawai`i in container redemptions.

From January 1, 2005 until the end of September, Hawai`i County recycled and redeemed over 56 million containers for a 62.2% recovery rate, returning approximately $2.8 million to Big Island residents. The statewide recovery rate on HI5 beverage containers for the same period of time is 53.6%.

With the opening of nine redemption centers at our island’s 21 transfer stations and new recycling centers at Keaau, Kealakehe, Waimea and Hilo transfer stations, opportunities for recycling are becoming more convenient for everyone.

By early next year, the County will have recycling centers accepting paper fibers, glass, plastics #1 and #2, tin and aluminum cans at nine of its transfer stations. The County hopes to add more redemption and recycling centers at transfer stations in Hamakua, Puna, and Ka`u before the end of Fiscal Year 2005-2006.

Besides recycling cardboard, newspaper, glass, and plastic, significant quantities of green waste are also diverted from our landfills. Last year over 34,000 tons of yard clippings were converted into valuable shredded green waste and made available to the public for free.

The ‘free mulch’ program is very popular and an unlimited supply of shredded green waste is available at the Hilo and Kailua-Kona transfer stations seven days a week.

Over 10,000 tons of scrap metal, including vehicles, residential appliances such as refrigerators, washers, air conditioners, and propane tanks, roofing, and other types of metal was recycled last year contributing approximately 18.2% to the total tonnage recycled. The metal is baled and shipped to end markets on the mainland and in Asia.

The Kea’au Recycle and Reuse Center, operative since April 2003, diverts roughly 145 tons per month from the Hilo landfill.

The Kealakehe Recycling Center, which just celebrated its first birthday on Halloween, provides Kona residents with a convenient location to recycle a mix of paper fibers, glass, plastic, aluminum and tin cans using a "mixed recycables" collection method.

The project was so successful, this mixed recycling system or "two stream" method is now replicated at Waimea and will be expanded to Hawi, Puako, Keauhou, Pahoa and Waiohinu transfer stations as well.

The "two stream" method makes recycling easier for residents and fits within the County’s existing transfer stations where space is limited.

Although everyone was disappointed when the recycling center on Railroad Avenue closed in June, a new Hilo Community Recycling Center opened in October and is located next to the HI5 redemption center at the Hilo transfer station. The response has been overwhelmingly positive.

At this new Hilo location, residents can recycle newspapers and magazines, cardboard and brown paper bags, non-HI5 plastics #1 & #2, non-Hi5 glass, aluminum and tin cans, as well as office paper and junk mail.

The County conducts several other diversion programs including a Residential Used Motor Oil program with six permanent locations where do-it-yourselfers can drop-off used motor oil, gear oil, shock oil, hydraulic oil, transmission oil and diesel. Recycled automotive fluids are re-refined to produce new petroleum products.

Computer recycling collection events are now held annually in Hilo and in Kona. Last year 78 tons of computers, monitors, and peripherals were shipped off island to resource recovery vendors on the mainland.

The next scheduled CompuCycle event is set for Saturday, January 21, 2006 from 10 a.m. to 2 p.m. at the Old Kona Airport.

Four Household Hazardous Waste (HHW) collections are held each year to divert potentially toxic waste from landfills: the first and second Saturdays of June and December in Hilo and in Kona respectively.

Residents may drop off all types of batteries, automotive fluids, corrosives, latex and oil-based paints and stains, mercury thermometers, garden poisons, and miscellaneous household products at no charge.

The next scheduled Household Hazardous Waste collections are set for:

• December 3rd at the Hilo Transfer Station, 7:30 a.m.- 2:30 p.m.
• December 10th at the Kailua-Kona Transfer Station, 7:30 a.m.- 2:30 p.m.

With the holidays approaching, residents are reminded about the County’s Christmas tree recycling. Please remove all trimming and decorations before dropping off trees at the designated transfer stations.

This newsletter will provide details on the Christmas tree recycling in a later edition.

In order to make recycling easier, look for the attractive new signs where recycling is available.

For further information on recycling and solid waste, please call the Department of Environmental Management's new information phone line at 961-5044.

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State Highways would like to inform the public that it will hold a public information meeting on the Queen Ka`ahumanu Highway Widening project on Tuesday, November 22, 2005 from 5:00 pm to 8:00 pm at the Kealakehe Intermediate School cafeteria.

The purpose of this meeting will be to review proposed changes from previously -published plans for the Kaiwi Street and Palani Road intersection designs.

If there are any questions prior to the meeting, please call Sterling Chow, Hawaii District Construction Engineer, State Highways Division at 933-8866.

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WHEN: Wednesday, November 23, 2005, 9:00 a.m.

WHERE: Hilo County Council Room, 25 Aupuni Street, , Hilo

The Environmental Management Commission meeting agenda is as follows:

If you require an accommodation or auxiliary aid and/or services to participate in this meeting (i.e. sign language interpreter, large print), please call 961-8083 ten days prior to the meeting date. Comments may be sent to Department of Environmental Management, 25 Aupuni Street, Room 210, Hilo, HI 96720 or emailed to cohdem@co.hawaii.hi.us .

If you are a lobbyist, you must register with the Hawai‘i County Clerk within five days of becoming a lobbyist. {Article 15, Section 2-91.3(b), Hawai‘i County Code} A lobbyist means "any individual engaged for pay or other consideration who spends more than five hours in any month or $275 in any six-month period for the purpose of attempting to influence legislative or administrative action by communicating or urging others to communicate with public officials." {Article 15, Section 2-91.3(a)(6), Hawai‘i County Code} Registration forms and expenditure report documents are available at the Office of the County Clerk-Council, 25 Aupuni Street, Hilo, Hawai‘i 96720.

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The Department of Environmental Management wishes to inform the community that all County of Hawaii Solid Waste Transfer Stations and Landfills will be closed for the following Holidays:

• Thanksgiving Day – November 24th - Thursday

• Christmas Day – December 25th – Sunday

• New Years Day – January 1st – Sunday

Personnel will be available to answer questions at each transfer station. All locations will reopen the day after the holiday.

We respectfully ask your kokua. The Solid Waste Division Employees appreciate the opportunity to spend the holidays with their families and thank everyone for their cooperation.

For more information, please call Bobby Gonsalves, Solid Waste Operations Superintendent at 961-8514.

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The County of Hawaii`s Office of Housing & Community Development (OHCD) is currently planning for its 2006 Consolidated/Action Plan process for the aforementioned programs.

The County’s five-year 2005-2009 CP describes the County's housing and community development needs, funding plans, priorities and objectives, and includes the County's Annual Action plan for the use of CDBG and HOME Program funds.

The County of Hawai`i is, therefore, seeking eligible project proposals to include in its 2006 Annual Action Plan to HUD.

The County expects to receive approximately $2,500,000 for its CDBG Program and $1,000,000 for the HOME Program.

Project proposals submitted to the OHCD must comply with the program criteria, meet eligibility requirements, program objectives, and be consistent with the County’s priorities and objectives as contained in the County’s 2005-2009 CP.

All original project proposals and two (2) copies must be received by 4:30 p.m. on January 12, 2006, by the OHCD, 50 Wailuku Drive, Hilo, Hawai`i 96720-2456.

The proposal forms and federal guidelines covering the eligible activities will be available at the following locations beginning October 28, 2005, Monday through Friday, 7:45 a.m. to 4:30 p.m., except on holidays. Proposal forms will also be mailed, upon request, after October 28, 2005.

Hilo Armory, 50 Wailuku Drive, Hilo, Hawai`i 96720 Phone: 961-8379

Hanama Place, Suite 103, 75-5706 Kuakini Highway

Kailua-Kona, Hawai`i 96740 Phone: 329-5226

In addition, copies of the County’s current CP; Citizen Participation Plan and past performance of CDBG and HOME funds are also available at the Office of Housing and Community Development, 50 Wailuku Drive, Hilo, Hawai`i.

The County’s approved 2005-2009 CP is also available for public review at the Hawai`i State Public Libraries in Honoka`a, Kamuela, Kohala, Pahala, Pahoa, Kailua-Kona and Hilo.

A brief description of the CDBG and HOME Programs are as follows:

Title I of the Housing and Community Development Act of 1974 (Public Law 93-383) created the CDBG Program, which became effective January 1, 1974. Under the CDBG Program, a community is able to develop a flexible, locally designed comprehensive community development strategy in order to address the program's primary objective: "...development of viable urban communities, by providing decent housing and suitable living environments and expanding economic opportunities principally for persons of low and moderate income."

Under the CDBG program, grants or loan assistance may be used by eligible public agencies, private non-profit organizations, and Community Based Development Organizations (CBDO), (non-profit organization) for the following activities provided that these activities either 1) principally benefit low and moderate income families, 2) aid in the prevention or elimination of slums and blight, or 3) meet other community development needs having a particular urgency.

• Acquisition, disposition of real property, relocation payments, clearance
• Public facilities
• Public service
• Payment of non-federal share
• Homeownership (i.e. subsidize interest, mortgage guarantee, down payment, closing cost)
• Rehabilitation and preservation
• Economic development, micro-enterprises
• Planning and administration

The HOME Program was created under Title II (the HOME Investment Partnership Act) of the National Affordable Housing Act of 1990. The purpose of the HOME Program is to expand the supply of decent, safe, sanitary and affordable housing for very low and low-income persons.

Under the HOME Program, equity investments, interest-bearing and non-interest bearing loans or advances, deferred payment loans, grants, may be used by eligible public agencies, private non-profit organizations, developers, owners, community housing development organizations or other private organizations are eligible to utilize HOME funds for the following activities.

• Development hard costs defined as the actual cost of constructing or rehabilitating housing.
• Acquisition costs.
• Related soft costs defined as other reasonable and necessary costs incurred and associated with the financing or development (or both) of new construction, rehabilitation or acquisition of housing assisted with HOME funds.
• Relocation costs.
• Cost related to tenant-based rental assistance.

Applicants applying for HOME funding are required to match for every $1.00 of federal HOME funds expended for the project with at least $.25 of eligible matching funds.

For more information, please contact the Office of Housing and Community Development at 961-8379.

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Join with members of our Hawai`i Island community to help the families of servicemen and women deployed overseas.

In many cases, the families of our deployed servicemen and women need a hand with chores or homework -- needs that would normally be dealt with by the service member.

While the National Guard has a Family Assistance Coordinator in the County of Hawai`i who handles these needs for the more than 250 Hawai`i Island families of the Guard and Reservists, he and the families could use our help.

Mayor Harry Kim and Council Chair Stacy Higa have put out a call to County workers to volunteer time to help their neighbors whose loved ones are deployed.

We welcome anyone in our community who is willing to offer aloha and a small amount of time and to help the families of our deployed servicemen and women.

To offer your help, please contact the Guard's Family Assistance Coordinator David Ferreira at 933-0931 or 756-0370.

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Hawai`i County is currently recruiting citizen volunteers to serve as commissioners on the Cost of Government Commission.

This Commission was created by Charter amendment in 2000. The Commission serves for a period of 11 months only, and is empaneled one year after the Mayor is elected into office.

Their mission is to study and investigate present operations within the County of Hawai`i, and make recommendations to the Mayor and Hawai`i County Council on how improvements in County government may be made.

Amid rising demands placed on the County, limited resources and the need to provide our citizens the very best service, the importance of this Commission is evident. Please consider volunteering your time and life experience to help your County government to better serve you and your fellow citizens.

Completed applications can be dropped off at the above County offices.

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The following is a primer on the State of Hawai`i's beverage container redemption program works, and the location of the County of Hawai’i’s beverage container redemption sites:

Qualifying Beverage Containers:

What’s IN: Eligible (redeemable) beverage containers include: soft drinks, soda, water, juice, tea and coffee drinks, and low alcohol content drinks (beer, malt beverages, wine coolers, mixed spirits) in metal, glass or #1&#2 plastic, 64 oz. or less.

What’s OUT: Ineligible (unredeemable) containers include: milk, wine and liquor containers.

Qualified beverage containers may be redeemed for cash at the following locations:

**Transfer Station centers closed daily from 1:00-1:30pm for lunch.**

Please contact Atlas Recycling LLC at 935-9328 (Hilo) or 329-6868 (Kona) for further information about additional scrap value paid on aluminum cans and their mobile redemption sites in rural communities.

Certified redemption centers are now accepting flattened aluminum and plastic HI5¢ beverage containers.

Flattened containers are weighed at redemption sites to determine deposit payment. The public is reminded that reverse vending machines will not accept flattened or crushed containers.

DID YOU KNOW….that the Department of Environmental Management has a new information line? Call 961-5044 for HI5¢ redemption, recycling, and other solid waste information. Or visit:

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Construction work to widen Kuakini Highway, from Palani Road to Hualalai Road, commenced on November 8, 2004.

Kuakini Highway will be widened to four lanes for automobiles, including two through-lanes in each direction, and a pocket lane for left turns where appropriate. In addition, there will bicycle lanes on both sides throughout most of the project. The construction will last 18-24 months.

One lane will be open at all times from 8:30 a.m. to 3:00 p.m. while construction is in progress. Outside of these hours, one lane in each direction will be open.

The contractor, Hawaiian Dredging, will work with the adjacent businesses and residences to assure that a reasonable access to the businesses and residences will be maintained throughout the construction period. However, motorists traveling in the area should drive with caution.

We are most grateful for the public’s patience and apologize for any inconvenience caused.

The public is invited to a weekly update on the Kuakini Highway, Palani Road to Hualalai project every Tuesday at 7:30 a.m. at the Kona Mayor’s West Hawai`i Office conference room at Hanama Place. Light refreshments will be served.

Representatives from the contractor, Hawaiian Dredging, and the County, Public Works Department are available at the meetings. Everyone is welcome at these informal "talk story" sessions.

Information on projects is  available from the Mayor's West Hawaii Office, 329-5226. Information is also available via the County website at www.co.hawaii.hi.us.

A large project map and a complete set of plans are available for reference at the Kona Mayor's office.

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Or call our 24/7 Job Hotline: 961-8618

Click on employment opportunities to download all of the forms.

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The 2005 Carousel of Care-Caring for Family, Caring for Yourself conference, aimed at offering practical help to caregivers, will be held on November 30 at the Outrigger Keauhou Beach Resort from 7:30 am to 4:00 pm. Keynote speaker will be Dr. Kalani Brady.

This conference offers a wealth of information for caregivers, featuring expert speakers, resource exhibits of local agencies and organizations and volunteer coaching.

This conference aims to help caregivers get through their daily routines safely and easily. Moreover, the conference provides an opportunity to network with other caregivers.

Volunteers from the community coach the caregivers in a variety of leisure activities like art therapy, scrap-booking, tea ceremony and flower-arranging, and provide therapeutic services like massage, Healing Touch, and music therapy.

When it started back in 1999, the Hawaii Community Caregiver Network (HCCN), assisted by the Hawaii County Office of Aging (HCOA) and the Alzheimer’s Association had a pretty good idea that family caregivers needed as much help as they could get.

Caregivers are the true heroes of health care in our nation.

HCCN recognizes that caregivers need to preserve their own health and maintain a balanced lifestyle and designed this all-day caregiver conference to help caregivers do just that. According to the response that first year and every year for the past seven years, they were right.

Caregivers need to share experiences and learn what works and what doesn’t. They can take comfort from others who empathize with the emotional roller coaster ride they all experience.

Deadline to register: November 14. Space is limited and attendance will be on a first come, first served basis. No cancellation refunds after November 23rd.

• Eight sessions designed for family caregivers are offered in the morning. Caregivers may choose two sessions that will be most helpful to their situation.
• A Resource Fair will be open from 7:30 a.m. to noon. Exhibit staff will be available with information about local services and products as well as helpful tips and tools to assist the caregiver at home.
• Self-care stations will be available from 1:15 – 3:00 p.m. to treat caregivers therapeutically in an environment of emotional support and physical renewal. Self-care coaches will guide the caregivers through such activities as flower and tea therapy, art therapy, music therapy, massage therapy and healing touch. There is something for everyone.

Registration Fee (includes the day’s workshops, luncheon, refreshments and exhibits):

• $20.00 for unpaid caregivers who completes the Caregiver Registry form on the back page of the Conference Registration Form is required for this reduced price.
• $25.00 for all other. This includes service/home care providers, paid caregivers, and students.

Respite Care: The Hawaii County Office of Aging may be able to locate respite care for older family members so family caregivers can attend this conference. Be sure to indicate your need on the registration form. Conference staff will contact you to make necessary arrangements.

Scholarships: If you are a Native Hawaiian or an unpaid caregiver of a Native Hawaiian, scholarships may be available through ALU LIKE, INC. Complete the Scholarship Application form and mail to ALU LIKE, INC. directly.

Accommodations for People with Disabilities: Every effort will be made to provide reasonable accommodation for people with disabilities (i.e. special seating). If you need special help, indicate your need on registration form.

For more information and to obtain the conference registration form, please call the Hawaii County Office of Aging, Laverne Omori or Bernie Canda at 327-3597.

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The 21st annual Kailua-Kona Christmas Parade, whose theme this year is "Na Mele O Kalikimaka - Songs of Christmas", will be held Saturday, December 10, 2005 from 5:00 p.m.

Prizes will be awarded for the best parade participants in the categories of Commercial, Floats, Keiki, Marching, Best School, and the Spirit of Christmas.

The parade route starts at Kona's Kekuaokalani Gym and proceeds to Coconut Grove Marketplace via Kuakini Highway, Palani Road & Alii Drive.

The awards ceremony will follow the parade.

For parade entry applications, please call Renee H. Kraft at 345-2108 or Barbara Kossow at 329-5226.

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FREE MULCH is now available at both the Hilo and Kailua-Kona (Kealakehe) Transfer Stations. At the present time, no loading fees are being charged, although the public is advised to ask the operator for loading assistance. There may be a short wait time if the operator is busy.

The public may drop off green waste at either facility between 7:00 am and 5:00 pm seven days a week. Loading assistance is available at the Hilo and Kailua-Kona processing sites Monday through Saturday.

Residents are encouraged to contact any of the local trucking firms to arrange for delivery of large loads of mulch to their homes or places of business. Although there is no charge for the mulch and loading fees are waived, the public will need to pay their own delivery charges as negotiated with a local trucking firm.

EKO Composting Systems has assumed the operations of the County of Hawaii’s green waste drop-off and pick-up areas at the Hilo and Kailua-Kona (Kealakehe) Transfer Stations as of July 1, 2005.

The County is working on the development of a composting facility at the materials recovery area of the West Hawai`i Sanitary Landfill, which will also include receiving bays for used cooking oil and grease trap waste. When the new composting facility is completed, EKO will commence the production of high quality, U.S. Council certified, compost.

In addition, EKO Composting Systems along with partner company Pacific Biodiesel will be initiating the capture of waste oils for the production of biodiesel.

The public should be aware that there are size requirements that must be met in order to drop off residential and commercially hauled green waste at the processing facilities at Kailua-Kona and Hilo green waste yards.

These size requirements must also be followed for any green waste dropped at the Keaau Recycling and Reuse Center, as well as for any green waste disposed of at one of the County’s 21 residential solid waste transfer stations.

At this time, no pallets may be delivered to the green waste processing facilities although the County intends to begin receiving pallets for chipping starting next year.

If loads delivered to the green waste drop-off sites and/or County transfer stations do not meet these criteria, the other option will be to dispose of the load at either the County’s South Hilo or West Hawai’i Sanitary Landfills. Green waste loads that do not meet acceptable requirements will be charged a special handling fee of $85/load in addition to the tip fee of $65/ton IF taken to either County landfill.

For further information, please contact the County’s recycling coordinator at 961-8942.

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The Hilo-based Japanese Community Association of Hawaii is putting out a call for Hawaii residents to share their personal internment stories at the Japanese Culture Day in Hawaii celebration on November 19, 2005, 10-2 pm at the Honpa Hongwanji Hilo Betsuin Sangha Hall.

The story of Hawaii residents who were taken from their homes and relocated to internment camps on the U.S. Mainland during World War II is an important family story in the Japanese-American community. This occasion is an opportunity to share those experiences.

Anyone interested in sharing his or her personal story is invited to send in a written submission using the following questions:

• What is your most vivid memory of internment?
• How did internment affect your life afterwards?
• What lessons did you learn from the experience?
• What would you like to share with future generations?

The committee is planning for several relaxed settings in which the people who have stories to share can "talk story" prior to the Japanese Culture Day on November 19.

Later, several will participate onstage at Sangha Hall in a facilitated talk story session led by Randy Hirokawa, UHH dean of arts and science.

Those with a story to share should send their written submission by September 26, to Japanese Community Association, P. O. Box 1124, Hilo, HI 96721 or fax to 935-8314. Please Include your full name and contact information.

There will be a display of personal mementos during the Japanese Culture Day in Hawaii.

The event will also offer demos and displays including Tea Ceremony, bonsai, ikebana, traditional crafts such as oshibana, chigiri-e and shishu, as well as mochi-tsuki, kendo, and Japanese food. Entertainment includes taiko, koto, song and dance, as well as, Calligraphy and Shichi-go-san Kimono Dressing for children ages 7-5-3.

For more information, please contact Jan Higashi at 961-6848.

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The West Hawai`i campus of Hawaii Community College is now accepting applications for the Spring 2006 semester. The priority application deadline for new/transfer/returning students is December 9.

The Office of Student Services located in Kealakekua will be open daily (except Thanksgiving, Christmas and New Year’s Day) to accept applications from 7:45 a.m.–4:30 p.m.

The Spring semester begins January 9, 2006 and ends May 12, 2006. Interested individuals can call the Student Services Office at 322-4856 for additional information.

College representatives will also be at the annual Hawaii College and Career Fair on November l8th, 2006 at the Hapuna Beach Prince Hotel.

Continuing students who attend the College this fall semester may now pre-register for the spring semester on line based on their time ticket information. Check the web at http://www.hawaii.hawaii.edu/ucwh   for a listing of the spring schedule of classes.

Hawaii Community College offers the liberal arts Associate of Arts (AA) degree to prepare students to transfer to UH campuses of Manoa, Hilo, and West Oahu as well as to mainland colleges and universities.

Three certificates in special areas of study are also included as options within the AA degree:

• Environmental Studies
• Hawaiian Lifestyles
• Human Services.

Hawaii Community College presents options in Early Childhood Education, Food Services, Hotel Operations, Nursing, and a special Substance Abuse certificate.

Of special importance are the three teacher licensure programs in the Neighbor Islands offered in 2006 by UH-Manoa College of Education with an application deadline of January 13.

The Post Baccalaureate Certificate in Secondary Education, the Post Baccalaureate Certification in Special Education, and the Bachelors of Education in Elementary Education are all taking new applicants for the cohorts beginning 2006.

Check the web at http://www.hawaii.edu/coe/departments/outreach/programs.html   .

These programs require Internet access, computer access, and some weekend travel.

Please check the web address for the center for a complete list of degrees offered.

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(All project schedules based on weather permitting.)

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Motorists are advised of the following lane closures and work locations as contractors begin installing a fiber optic cable conduit system in the Hilo area. From Monday, November 21 through Wednesday, November 23, Willocks Construction will be boring and trenching in the following locations:

• Along Waianuenue Avenue between Ululani Street and Komohana Street. Parking in the areas of the schools may be affected. Two-way traffic will be maintained at all times.

The work will start at 8:30 am and continue until 4:00 pm Monday through Wednesday, weather permitting.

Motorists are advised to use caution while driving through the work area and to allow for extra travel time.

Contractors are in their 8th week of work and estimate the work to be completed at the end of February 2006.

For further information, please contact Chuck Eckman (Resident Engineer), Mid State Consultants, at 640-9509. Mahalo for your patience and cooperation.

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We encourage everyone to use web-based calendar links. Please add your own events to the respective calendars so others can get the word and not conflict with your plans.

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