The Kaiser High School Drama program presents The Pirates Of Penzance by Gilbert and Sullivan, with performances May 14-16 and May 22-23 at 7:30 PM in the refurbished Kaiser Black Box Theatre. Ticket prices are $7 for students, seniors, and military, and $8 for adults.

Pirates will be co-directed by Bill Ogilvie and Mea Moon, with musical direction by Mea Moon, scene design by Chesley Cannon, lighting design by Sandy Sandelin, and movement by Diana Hahn.

Miss Moon will lead a musical ensemble featuring Fred Oshiro on electric guitar and bass, Wild Willy Wiley on drums, and Fristin Ho'okano on flute. The cast includes Kaiser High School's Sarah Boyer, Beau and Thaddeus Brians, Travis Jones, and Kyla Hermann in an ensemble of 18 actor-singer-dancers.

This will be the fifth show at Kaiser for collaborators Ogilvie and Moon.

To make reservations, call (808) 394-1200, extension 2319.

If you live, work, or play in the Maunalua Bay area in southeastern Oahu, the upcoming training sessions for Maunalua Makai Watch may be an opportunity for you to learn more about and kokua this special place.

The goal of Maunalua Makai Watch is to enhance the management of nearshore marine resources by providing community members an opportunity to become directly involved in this management.

Maunalua Makai Watch is looking for volunteers ages 16 and above who can commit to giving at least four hours a month for one year. Training is free; sessions will be held June 6, 13 and 20 from 9 AM to 1 PM.

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ASIA/PACIFIC NEWS - China and its neighbors

More Chinese get a taste of what Americans have been suffering. They don't like it.

By Kathleen E. McLaughlin, GlobalPost.com.

BEIJING - Ten days before the summer Olympics, Zhang Yong took the
plunge and bought his first home.

Engaged to be married later this year, Zhang, a 29-year-old sales
manager in Beijing, chose a three-bedroom apartment in an up-and-coming
eastern suburb of the capital. His neighbors would be educated and
middle-class. The neatly planned compound of high rises - still under
construction - would include a pre-school, a gym and all the other
trappings of modern suburban life.

The $180,000 apartment seemed a great investment and the perfect way to
start off married life. Zhang jumped at the chance.

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The Friends of Waialae School is having an Earth Day event on Saturday, April 25 and the public is invited. "Earth Day 2009:  Many Peoples, One Earth" will be from 9 AM to 2 PM on the Waialae School campus at 1045 19th Avenue in Kaimuki. There will be games and activities, a plant sale, produce sale, worm bin sale, lettuce bin sale, free demonstrations to help keep your plants alive and your house clean, food booths, entertainment, informational displays and a keiki swap meet (the swap meet will run from 9 AM to 11 AM only). A portion of the proceeds will benefit Waialae School's "green" initiatives. For more information, email fwsfriends@gmail.com.

Kaiser High School's Class of 2012 leadership class is holding a donation drive for our trooops. In hopes of reaching their goal of making 150 care packages they are asking for the community's help, by donating items at one of the two community collection drives. The community collection is at:
 
Kaiser High School, Front Office
Saturday, April 25 and Sunday, May 3
9AM-Noon
 
Any and all item(s) will be welcomed. But the freshman leadership class has found that some of the soldiers would really love to have: plastic containers, lip balm, gummy bears, shoe laces, appreciation letters, jerky, gum, batteries, playing cards, phone cards, and baby wipes. Although our economy isn't in the best shape, even if you could just donate one item, we know the troops will greatly appreciate it.