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Today’s update: Kalaheo’s 61-21 playoff win and Friday’s semifinal on Maui, seabird fallout season and where to take downed birds, road work starting Monday, this week’s Kailua committee meetings, the last day for $11 pet adoptions, rough surf on east-facing shores, next weekend’s holiday shopping and Cole Brauer’s Dec. 2 talk.
Kalaheo routs PAC-5, heads to Maui for the state semifinals
Unbeaten Kalaheo beat PAC-5 61-21 Saturday in the first round of the HHSAA Division II football tournament. Playing without leading rusher Marquez Mellor, who was out sick, the Mustangs gained nearly 400 yards, led by junior John Campos with 182 rushing yards and four touchdowns (KHON2). Kalaheo (11-0) plays two-time defending champion Kamehameha-Maui in the semifinals on Friday, Nov. 20, at 6 PM at Kanaʻiaupuni Stadium on the KS Maui campus; the Division II final is Nov. 28 at 4 PM at Mililani (Maui Now).
Seabird fallout season peaks now; Kailua clinic takes downed birds around the clock
Mid-November to mid-December is the busiest time for seabird fallout on Oʻahu, when young seabirds such as wedge-tailed shearwaters leave their nests for the first time and can be confused by artificial lights and land on the ground (KHON2). Wildlife officials ask people not to try releasing a downed bird themselves. Instead, take it to Feather & Fur Animal Hospital, 25 Kaneohe Bay Dr #260, the Hawaiʻi Wildlife Center’s 24-hour public drop-off site, or call the center at (808) 884-5000 (Hawaiʻi Wildlife Center).
Community Watch
Road work starts Monday: State lane closures run Monday through Friday on eastbound Kailua Road between Ulukahiki Street and Hamakua Drive and on Kalanianaʻole Highway between Kailua Road and Old Kalanianaʻole Road (one lane each way), both 8:30 AM to 3 PM, plus a northbound right-lane closure on Kaneohe Bay Drive in Kāneʻohe. Schedules may change with weather (Hawaiʻi Department of Transportation).
This week’s Kailua meetings: The Planning, Zoning and Environment Committee meets Tuesday, Nov. 17, at 7 PM at the Boettcher Estate meeting room, 248 N Kalaheo Ave, after the Community and Government Engagement Committee at 6 PM. Its agenda lists discussion of the Kapaʻa Quarry landfill recommendation, the Kailua municipal parking lot and a proposed Chick-fil-A (committee agenda). The Bellows Restoration Advisory Board meets Wednesday at 7 PM in Waimānalo (Bellows AFS notice), and the Public Safety, Public Health and Civil Defense Committee meets Thursday at 7 PM at the District Park meeting room (committee agenda).
Around Town
Last day for $11 pet adoptions: The Hawaiian Humane Society’s Veterans Day special ends today, with $11 adoption fees for all animals at its Mōʻiliʻili and Hoʻopili campuses and select Oʻahu Petco stores, including Kāneʻohe (Hawaiian Humane Society).
Rough water on east-facing shores: A new swell is expected to bring surf near advisory levels to north-facing and some exposed east-facing shores from Sunday afternoon into Monday morning, easing late Monday through Wednesday (Hawaii News Now). Check with lifeguards before going in.
Holiday shopping starts Saturday: Kailua Town’s Holiday Gift with Purchase runs Nov. 21–29 (Kailua Town), and the Mayor’s Craft & Country Fair is Saturday from 9 AM to 1 PM at the Blaisdell Exhibition Hall (Department of Parks and Recreation).
Coming Dec. 2: Cole Brauer at Kaneohe Yacht Club. Kaneohe Yacht Club hosts An Evening with Cole Brauer, “Lessons from a Solo Journey Around the World,” on Wednesday, Dec. 2. Brauer, a former UH sailor, was the first American woman to race solo, nonstop and unassisted around the world, in the Global Solo Challenge, and wrote the memoir First Light. Check-in begins at 5:30 PM and the talk at 6:30 PM at the club, 44-503 Kaneohe Bay Dr. Tickets are limited and required: $30 for non-members (entry, a bento box dinner and one drink) and $15 for KYC members (entry and bento; member login required). Non-members, including hosted guests, may not buy drinks at the bar and must park outside the club. No books will be sold at the event; the club suggests buying ahead at local stores such as Book Ends Kailua. (Kaneohe Yacht Club tickets)
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