A job fair Friday at the Kaneohe Marine base will be open to the public. U.S. citizens at least 18 years old and who don't have any military affiliation are invited to attend the job fair from 2 to 4 p.m. in the Kahuna's Community Ballroom. Military members, retirees and their family members may participate in the fair starting from noon. Job seekers without Defense Department identification will need to provide proof of citizenship and work status to attend the fair. The fair will feature employers from Marine Corps Base Hawaii and about 40 off-base companies and government agencies. Children will not be permitted at the venue and professional dress code is required. For more information, call 257-7787 or 257-7790

Members of the 140th Medical Group of the Colorado Air National Guard will provide a free eye clinic on March 17, 18 and 19 in the Weinberg Conference Room at Kahuku Medical Center from 9 a.m. to 2 p.m. The clinic includes vision screenings, prescription for glasses and referrals if needed. Call 206-1468 for an appointment.

Season 14 of "America's Next Top Model" premiered last night and 21 year-old Tatianna Kern from Ewa Beach is one of the 13 finalists. She said she was just sitting at a mall with friends when she was approached by someone saying she should audition for Top Model so she did a year ago. Now she joins the list of five other women with Hawaii ties to make it as a finalist; 2 were from Maui, 2 from Honolulu & 1 from Waipahu. Tatianna went to school in England & came here to attend U.H. studying microbiology. She wants to be a mortician but...she says she may have found another calling. "If I can make it from doing nothing and being a surprise going into the audition than anybody can do it." Good luck to Tatianna!

Girl Scouts of Hawaii is recalling all boxes of Lemon Chalet Creme cookies because of complaints about the discolored creme filling. In a Girl Scouts news release they stressed the importance of delivering high quality cookies to their customers and have apologized for the situation. If you who bought Lemon Chalet Creme cookies, contact Little Brownie Baker @ littlebrowniebakers.com or call 800-962-1718 for a refund. On Oahu, Lemon Chalet Creme cookie tickets can be redeemed for any of their other flavors. List of redemption locations: girlscouts-hawaii.org.

The State Farm Youth Advisory Board awarded Wilcox Elementary School with a $77,945 service-learning grant for a financial education/gardening project. Wilcox Elementary School is one of 82 community organizations, and the only one in Hawaii, to receive a service-learning, student-led grant across the United States and Canada. More than 1,100 grant requests were received by the Board. Wilcox Elementary School's program will provide an opportunity for all its students to grow food in a hydroponic garden established ten years ago by volunteer Yoshi Nakao. The students will share some of the food grown with their families, a food bank and a soup kitchen. The students will also sell some to neighbors. Curriculum at each grade level will be developed to study economics and food production.

AT&T has launched their "Txtng & Drivng...It Can Wait" campaign in hopes of convincing young people they are putting their lives in danger every time that they do. The campaign features an online resource center where educators, parents and teens can download information about texting while driving and sign a pledge not to do it. AT&T also has launched a Facebook application, at facebook.com/att

The Honolulu Police Department has suspended its weekly online posting of drunken driving suspects. Police officials announced the department was reviewing the pilot program, which attempted to use public embarrassment as a deterrent to driving under the influence. An HPD spokesperson said police are reviewing the effectiveness of the program and that no new postings will be made during the evaluation period. She said suspension of the program was not the result of complaints from DUI suspects or others.

In just a couple of months, Master Sgt. William Chang and other Hawaii Air National Guard members have collected and distributed more than 450 soccer balls to Iraqi children on the streets. Chang, who is part of the 297th Air Traffic Control Squadron at Kalaeloa, asked the Star-Bulletin in January to help publicize "Operation Soccer Ball." The project was recently started by the Kirkuk Regional Air Base's Rising Four foundation, which hopes to make a positive impact on kids through soccer. Chang said their Army brothers are currently distributing the balls for them. They usually take a bunch of soccer balls with them when they go 'outside the wire' on their missions. No specific street, just basically in the surroundings of Kirkuk City. He can be reached at maika@hawaii.rr.com

We can add Barbers Point Bowling Center as another newly renovated bowling alley to enjoy, thanks to owner Linda Painter. She said there's a huge bowling community in the area & with other civilian centers on the island pretty much packed they felt there's enough business to go around, and especially on that side of the island. Besides bowling, there's a Prop Stop Snack bar. Hours are 10a-11p Monday through Thursday & 10a-12m on Fridays and Saturdays.