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‘Bookzilla’ Coming to Kaimuki
Aug 11th
“Bookzilla,” a gigantic sale for book lovers, will be held at Kaimuki Public Library on Saturday, September 5 from 9 a.m. to 2 p.m. The Friends of Kaimuki Library are hosting the sale which will be held in the downstairs parking lot.
Choose from an enormous selection of books priced at just $1.00 each. There will also be a large assortment of CDs, DVDs, LP records, videos and audiobooks on sale.
Come early for the best selection. Proceeds from the book sale will benefit the Library. As an added attraction, Fun Fun the Clown will offer free face paintings and balloon twists for children.
Kaimuki Public Library is located at 1041 Koko Head Avenue, corner of Koko Head and Harding Avenues. For more information, please call the library at 733-8422.
Mililani library to get more parking
Oct 28th
Governor Linda Lingle has released $500,000 to design and construct the expansion of Mililani Public Library‘s parking lot, improve the safety of its vehicle entrance and exit onto Makaimoimo Street and perform related site improvements.
In the nearly 25 years since the Mililani Public Library was built, the Mililani area has grown considerably, with a sizeable increase in housing and the addition of a major shopping center, theaters and a bus transit center. This has led to an increase in use of the library and made the current number of parking stalls inadequate.
“Public libraries are important learning centers within our state. They offer families access to valuable reading and multimedia resources and also enhance our sense of community,” said Governor Lingle. “This project will expand and improve the Mililani Public Library to accommodate the increase in use that has occurred over the past two decades.”
Design is scheduled to begin in October 2008 and be completed in April 2009. Construction is scheduled to begin in September 2009 and be completed in April 2010.
Waddle revisits sub accident, slams Navy
Jan 24th
The Navy bungled its handling of the sinking of the Ehime Maru, the February 2001 accident that killed nine Japanese citizens, said Scott Waddle, former commander of the Navy’s U.S.S. Greenville. The submarine sliced into and sank the Japanese training vessel while showboating in waters off Honolulu, and Waddle’s book about his experiences is set to debut next week. “The Navy screwed this up in every manner possible,” he said in an interview published today in the military newsmagazine Stars and Stripes.
