Briefs of News in Your Hawaii
By Star-Bulletin Staff
By Star-Bulletin Staff
Reverend Kaleo Patterson says the church still needs one. It turns out the donkey the church had is pregnant. Even if the church doesn't get a donkey, some 200 people will carry palm branches Sunday morning from Aala Park along Beretania and King streets.
The neighborhood tradition has faltered in the past few years, but Kalihi Palama folks want to re-establish the march as a sign that residents are pulling together during tough times.
Verna Keyes, president of the Kalihi-Palama Community Council, says the area is already inundated with hostess bars. She says it's time other communities take on their share of such enterprises.
Clair's Restaurant & Lounge is seeking a liquor license to operate a strip, entertainment and hostess bar. The liquor commission will hold a hearing on the application Tuesday.
Neighborhood boards in Kalihi/Palama and Aliamanu/Salt Lake/Foster Village are also opposing plans for the bar.
Dr. Young Pai, director of the Hawaii Bone Marrow Donor Registry, says it's harder to find matches for many Hawaii residents because few Asians and Pacific Islanders are registered as donors. He would like to see more people registered in the state.
Among those waiting for a matching bone marrow donor is Dina Nakooka of Wailuku, who learned five months ago that she has aplastic anemia. She was pregnant with her third child at the time.
The disease is fatal without a successful bone marrow transplant.
Police said they suspect foul play contributed to the death of the man, whose identity had not been released this morning.
He was discovered by a friend at about 7:30 a.m. yesterday in his Kamahana Landing apartment.
The man is in critical condition at an area hospital with stab wounds, police said.
This morning, blood remained splattered over a large section fronting the Imperial Plaza's makai entrance and the intercom system where the man may have been trying to call for help. Bloody footprints led from the entrance to the front of the building on Waimanu Boulevard where he apparently collapsed.
John Haynes, manager of the Imperial Plaza, said a security guard discovered the man and called for help. The man apparently had been attacked and stabbed within a 10- to 15-minute period while guards were patrolling other areas of the commercial and residential building that extends makai toward Kawaiahao Street.
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