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The holidays are rapidly approaching, and as we all know, the otherwise happy holiday time brings with it massively unhappy traffic conditions, especially going toward Pearlridge Shopping Center. Avoid traffic headaches by following weekly traffic updates from the Honolulu Authority for Rapid Transit’s website!

Once again, the ‘Aiea Community Association will be sponsoring and organizing a Christmas parade! This year’s parade will be held on December 13, 2014. Note that the route has changed from last year: It will start at the ‘Aiea Sugar Mill site on Halewiliko Street, continue along ‘Aiea Heights Drive and Ulune Street, then left onto Kaamilo Street, right onto Moanalua Road, ending at Toys R Us. Join us afterwards at the Pearlridge Farmer’s Market by Sears! If you’re interested in participating in the parade, you can fill out an application form and submit to the parade committee by November 30, 2014.

Thank you very much to Karen Higa and Claire Tamamoto for all of their hard work in organizing this parade!

Sorry for the late notice but the ACA is sponsoring an Friends of the ‘Aiea Public Library booksale today at the ‘Aiea Public Library (99-210 Halewiliko St) from 9am to 2:30pm.

Come check it out! We’ll have a ton of great books and other materials at amazing bargain prices!

Please see this video from our President, Claire Tamamoto, and one of our Board Members, Jane Sugimura, regarding Honolulu City Council Resolution 1490:

It has come to our attention that Council Member Carole Fukunaga has been unfairly criticized for the removal of an item from the Public Safety & Economic Development Committee hearing agenda on Tuesday, August 26th. The ‘Aiea Community Association asked Council Member Fukunaga to remove Resolution 1490 (Requesting the City Administration to Develop a Multi-Purpose Community Center) from the Agenda. It’s the Association’s wish that this matter be heard at a subsequent meeting of the PSED Committee. We regret that this simple request has become politicized by Council Member Fukunaga’s opponent in this election.

Courtesy of the Hawaii State Public Library System

The grand opening of the ‘Aiea Public Library was featured in the August “Holo I Mua,” the official newsletter for the Hawaii State Public Library System. You can download the newsletter here–there’s a great write-up and some awesome photos (as the one above!)!

As a reminder, the brand NEW ‘Aiea Public Library will be holding its grand opening this Saturday, July 19th at 10am! Come on down and see the library in action. Don’t forget to bring your library card! With it, you can take advantage of all the library has to offer: borrowing books, CDs, DVDs, and using electronic resources, including the Internet.

The new library is located at 99-374 Pohai Place, at the site of the former ‘Aiea Sugar Mill.

Children’s storytime will return to Aiea Public Library on Wednesday, July 30th at 10:30 AM. If you have children or grandchildren who have enjoyed our engaging stories and fun crafts, remember to bring them to Aiea’s brand new library on Wednesday mornings. Reading to children not only helps them develop an appreciation of the written word, but also results in stronger reading skills and a higher success rate in school, so bring them to the library for storytime.

Finally, computer classes will begin at the new ‘Aiea Public Library on August 5, 2014. If you know anyone who needs some help with basic computer and Internet skills, please tell them about these free classes! Classes are geared towards the individual student’s needs. The first August class is scheduled for August 5th at 11 AM. Visit or call the library at 483-7333 to sign up.

Please note that because of the pending move of the ‘Aiea Public Library, the ‘Aiea Neighborhood Board will recess in July 2014. The next neighborhood board meeting will be on August 11, 2014.

‘Aiea/Pearl City area legislators will be sponsoring a Town Hall Meeting this Thursday, June 19th on Aging in Place at Pearl Ridge Elementary School from 7:00-8:30 p.m.

Councilmember Breene Harimoto is sponsoring the ‘Aiea Bicycle Festival this Saturday from 10am to about 3pm at Neal Blaisdell Park. The event will feature a keiki bike rodeo, workshops on cycling skills, bike tune-ups, and more. Workshops and the bike rodeo may require you to sign up beforehand, so for more information, see this article on myPearlCity.com.

Ready2React Emergency Preparedness Day. Join the City Department of Emergency Management and our community’s first-responders for an emergency preparedness event to help ready the public for any emergency or disaster that may strike Hawaii. Meet emergency professionals from first-responder agencies from City, State, Federal and non-governmental partners to learn more about preparedness planning. While mom and dad are learning how to better keep the family safe, the kids will surely enjoy the wide variety of large-scale emergency-response equipment that will be on display! Saturday, July 26 from 10 a.m. to 2 p.m. Uptown and Downtown (aka “Phase I” and “Phase II”) Center Courts and the Toys ‘R’ Us parking lot.

Thank you to everyone who came down on June 7th, 2014 to help pack library materials to prepare for their move to the new ‘Aiea Library at the old sugar mill site! We appreciate your service to our community!

The old ‘Aiea Library, courtesy HSPLS