Learn how to care for body and home

The Ko’olauloa Community Health and Wellness Center will host a health and preparedness fair from 10 a.m. to 5 p.m. Aug. 25 at Kokololio Beach Park in Hauula, with entertainment and food booths open until 9 p.m.

More than 20 booths will feature health-related services and information, including nutritionists who will be available to answer questions. Screenings for diabetes, blood pressure, eyes and BMI (body mass index) measurements will be conducted by community and state organizations. An additional 22 booths will feature information on disaster preparedness, including sustainability solutions such as hydroponics. Hurricane preparedness will be addressed and broken down into zones so people will know where to go in the event of a disaster.

Attendees can also learn how to create their own box garden, even in an apartment setting or on a small patio.

Food booths, jumping castles for keiki and live entertainment, including Tahitian dance, hula, Zumba and Hot Hula aerobics, will also be part of the event.

The Ko’olauloa Community Health and Wellness Center was founded in 2004 and operates two clinics, one next to the Kahuku Medical Center and one at Hauula Shopping Center. For more information, call 293-9216.

Groups must enter City Lights lottery

Aug. 31 is the deadline for nonprofit organizations to sign up for a lottery to determine display spots on Fasi Civic Center grounds for the annual Honolulu City Lights exhibition.

Applications should be submitted by 4:30 p.m. to the Department of Customer Services, 550 S. King St. Permits for five display sites will be issued by lottery Sept. 10.

The annual lottery was started several years ago in response to requests from private groups interested in erecting displays for the holiday event. Organizations that receive a permit will be responsible for the setup, maintenance and removal of its display.

Proof of state or federal registration as a bona fide charity must be submitted with the application. For rules and applications, call 768-4304.

5 finalists named in talent contest

Five finalists have been selected in this year’s Kani Ka Pila Grille Talent Search, with the winner to be picked during this weekend’s Made in Hawaii Festival at the Blaisdell Exhibition Hall.

Simply Sedd, Coyne Street, Halawa, Kamakakehau Fernandez and K.B. Riley will perform in the Pikake Room from 5 to 8 p.m. Saturday. The winner will receive a one-month paid contract to perform weekly at the restaurant, located poolside at Waikiki’s Outrigger Reef on the Beach, and free studio sessions at Honolulu Community College’s Mike Curb MELE Studios.

Simply Sedd is a contemporary Hawaiian group of three friends — Kalae Camarillo, Christian Taum and Olu Campbell — who met while performing in the University of Hawaii’s Hawaiian Ensemble.

Coyne Street comprises three members of the Hawaii Opera Theatre Chorus: Dr. Mel Chang, Les Loo and Dean Conching. The three members of the band Halawa — Eddie Kam, Derald Kam and John Baker — hail from the Kalawahine Streamside Hawaiian Homestead.

Fernandez, who already is one of Hawaii’s top traditional falsetto singers, was born in Arkansas but was adopted as a newborn and raised on Maui. K.B. Riley is a new band made up of Albert Makanani Jr., Bryson Lopez, Kainoa Delo and Greg Lopez, who bring years of diverse musical background.

The judges are slack-key master Cyril Pahinui; Honolulu Star-Advertiser entertainment editor/online Jason Genegabus; Keala Chock ot HCC’s MELE program; and Luana Maitland, music director at Kani Ka Pila Grille.

Nonprofit hosts waterway cleanup

Malama Maunalua’s Pulama Wai project is working with Niu Valley residents to host a stream and canal cleanup project at 9 a.m. Saturday.

Participants should meet at 8:30 a.m. on the mauka side of the Niu Valley Shopping Center, adjacent to Halemaumau Place, where dirt, sediment and pollution will be removed to prevent it from flowing into Maunalua Bay.

Event sponsors Graham Builders, RevoluSun and MW Group plan to have regularly scheduled community events. T-shirts will be provided to volunteers while supplies last.

Participants should bring sunscreen, hats, covered shoes, clothes that can get dirty and bottled water.

Malama Maunalua is a nonprofit organization that was founded in 2006 by local residents to help restore the health of the bay.