Mayor Kirk Caldwell is in Washington until Sunday to meet with federal officials to discuss rail and homelessness issues.

While there, the mayor will deliver a speech at the American Resort Development Association Fall Conference.

He is scheduled to meet with Federal Transit Administration Acting Administrator Therese McMillan and Undersecretary of Transportation for Policy Peter Rogoff to discuss Honolulu’s rail project and full funding grant agreement.

He is also meeting with officials from the U.S. Department of Housing and Urban Development to discuss Honolulu’s efforts to end veteran homelessness by the end of 2015.

High surf predicted for eastern shores

The National Weather Service has issued a high surf advisory until 6 p.m. Friday for the east shores of most of the Hawaiian Islands.

An east swell combined with strong tradewinds will keep elevated rough surf at the eastern shores of Kauai, Oahu, Molokai, Maui and Hawaii island. Weather officials estimate that surf will be 7– to 10-feet high.

They said beachgoers should expect strong breaking waves and strong longshore and rip currents that will make swimming difficult and dangerous.

Kupuna health workshops begin Dec. 8 in Kilauea

Better Choices, Better Health workshops will be offered in a six-week series by the Kauai County Agency on Elderly Affairs, starting in December.

Agency officials said in a news release Tuesday that during the past seven years, Kauai kupuna with chronic health conditions have benefited from the workshops.

The workshops will be at the Kilauea Neighborhood Center on Tuesdays from 10 a.m. to 12:30 p.m., starting Dec. 8 and ending Jan. 12.

The program covers a new topic each week, including better ways of dealing with pain and fatigue; easy exercises to help improve or maintain strength and energy; new treatment options; appropriate use of medications; improved nutrition; and effective communication with family, friends and health care professionals.

For more information or to sign up for the workshops, call Johnny Yago at 241- 4898 or send an email to jyago@kauai.gov.

‘Aquathon’ set at Kihei pool

The Maui County Department of Parks and Recreation, Aquatics Division, is sponsoring a free “Aquathon” from 9 a.m. to noon Saturday at the Kihei Aquatic Center in observance of Worldwide Aquathon Day, being held in 73 countries.

The three-hour water fitness and exercise session includes lap swimming, group aqua fitness and parent and baby activities.

Registration runs from 7-8:30 a.m. at the center, 303 E. Lipoa St.