Utility work closes Waikiki intersection

The intersection of Kaiolu Street and Ala Wai Boulevard in Waikiki will be closed to traffic through at least Nov. 23 while Hawaiian Electric Co. crews install 46-kilovolt electrical cables under Ala Wai Canal.

Work is planned between 8 a.m. and 6 p.m., although the intersection will be closed around the clock. Access to Kaiolu Street will be from Kuhio Avenue.

HECO said parking on Kaiolu will be restricted to accommodate two-way traffic.

Pool to close for year due to repairs

Extensive repairs to the Pearl City District Park swimming pool will require its closure for nearly a year starting today, city officials said.

The repairs, which are estimated to cost $972,000, include fixing concrete spalling, re-plastering the swimming pool, re-tiling, replacing the pump room concrete deck and installing a new chain-link fence. The contract for the project was awarded to Global Specialty Contractors Inc.

Pools at Manana Neighborhood Park and Waikele Community Park will remain open.

The pool at Waipahu District Park, meanwhile, remains closed after the completion of a capital improvement project because the project uncovered an electrical problem.

Public invited to vet chancellor finalists

Windward Community College is inviting the public to help vet four finalists for the college’s chancellor position by participating in the final round of interviews during an open candidate forum that takes place 11 a.m. to 3:45 p.m. Friday at the campus’ Hale Akoakoa Room 105. The finalists are:

>> Evelyn Ellis recently served as regional chancellor at Western Kentucky University Elizabethtown-Fort Knox and has more than 20 years of experience in higher education as a faculty member and administrator.

>> Joseph Daisy is president of the College of Micronesia-­Federated States of Micronesia and has more than 35 years of experience in higher education as a faculty member and administrator.

>> Dennis Hart is associate vice president and dean of PAGE College and the Office of Global Engagement at the University of Texas Rio Grande Valley. He has more than 25 years of experience in higher education as a faculty member and administrator.

>> Ardis Eschenberg is vice chancellor for academic affairs at Windward Community College. She has more than 20 years of experience in higher education as an instructor and administrator.

For more information, call Deborah Nakagawa, executive assistant, vice president for community colleges, at 956-0321.