• Last chance to see Gore’s ‘Inconvenient Truth’ • Amber Alert test tomorrow • Surfrider Foundation opens Kauai chapter • Got a green thumb? Call NTBG • Waimea Pool closed tomorrow • Planning under way for Kapa‘a High 20-year reunion
• Last chance to see Gore’s ‘Inconvenient Truth’
• Amber Alert test tomorrow
• Surfrider Foundation opens Kauai chapter
• Got a green thumb? Call NTBG
• Waimea Pool closed tomorrow
• Planning under way for Kapa‘a High 20-year reunion
Last chance to see Gore’s ‘Inconvenient Truth’
Today is the last showing of former vice president Al Gore’s film, “An Inconvenient Truth,” at Kukui Grove Theater. The senator’s take on global warming has earned praise from respected critics and scientists from across the United States and the world.
The last showing is tonight at 7:45 p.m.
Amber Alert test tomorrow
cials announced a statewide Maile Amber Alert test tomorrow at 11:45 a.m., utilizing the state Civil Defense emergency alert siren system.
Maile Amber are acronyms for Minor Abducted in Life-threatening Emergency and America’s Missing Broadcast Emergency Response.
The bi-annual test is being conducted to ensure that equipment is working properly on each island and procedures are followed in case an actual alert is necessary, states a county press release.
The Maile Amber Alert program was established in Hawai‘i a year ago as a partnership between the four county police departments, Attorney General’s Missing Child Center — Hawai‘i, state Civil Defense, state Department of Transportation and the media.
The aim of the program is to notify the public when a child has been abducted and solicit help in locating the child and abductor.
According to Lt. Jon Takamura, head of KPD’s Investigative Services — Youth Services Section, a Maile Amber Alert would be issued if an abducted victim is 17-years-old or younger and is believed to be in a life-threatening situation.
“The program is designed to spread the word statewide and help us find children who have been abducted as quickly as possible,” said Takamura in the release.
The Maile Amber Alert program was named in memory of 6-year-old Maile Gilbert of Kailua, O‘ahu and nine-year-old Amber Hagerman of Arlington, Texas.
Maile was kidnapped from Kailua in 1985 and murdered shortly afterward. The man who killed her was located several hours after it happened and is serving a life term in prison.
For more information about the Maile Amber Alert program, contact the Missing Child Center — Hawai‘i toll free at 274-3141 (ext. 6-1449).
Surfrider Foundation opens Kaua‘i chapter
The Surfrider Foundation, a national coastal environmental group with 65 chapters in the United States, is opening a Kaua‘i chapter with its first general meeting tomorrow at the Lihu‘e Neighborhood Center from 4 p.m. to 6 p.m.
The first general meeting will focus on community involvement, a foundation press release states. Gordon LaBedz, principal organizer of the Surfrider Foundation chapter network, will explain community involvement and what it means to have a chapter on Kaua’i. LaBedz has been a leader in the environmental movement for the past 30 years.
The Surfrider Foundation has a national water quality program called the Blue Water Task Force, in which volunteers test local water quality and educate the public on the threats to beach water. Agricultural and golf course run off, leaky septic tanks and cesspools, paved industrial areas and parking lots are just some of the issues that affect water quality, the release states. The Surfrider Foundation also works for public beach access and against “hardening” of the seashores for they diminish beaches and destroy wetlands, the release states.
Got a green thumb? Call NTBG
KALAHEO — The National Tropical Botanical Garden is actively seeking volunteers to help with a wide-range of positions ranging from indoor to outdoor settings, and physically strenuous to non-strenuous activity.
According to new volunteer coordinator Lea Taddonio, it’s a great way to have fun, meet new people and be involved in rewarding work.
Anyone interested in conservation, research and education on rare tropical plants and ecosystems — or anyone just wanting to volunteer — should contact Taddonio at 332-7324 (ext. 228) or volunteer@ntbg.org for more information.
Waimea Pool closed tomorrow
The Waimea Swimming Pool will be closed Saturday, according to a release from the Offices of Community Assistance Recreation Agency. The pool will reopen for public use on Sunday.
Planning under way for Kapa‘a High 20-year reunion
KAPA‘A — A committee has been formed to plan the Kapa‘a High School Class of 1988 20th Reunion. All interested classmates, whether they graduated or not, are welcome to be a part of the planning process.
Currently the committee is seeking information on classmates near and far, including home telephone and cell phone numbers and mailing and e-mail addresses.
For more information, contact Shann Hashimoto at 828-0462 or shannahashimoto@hotmail.com.
