Newswatch

By Star-Bulletin Staff

Wednesday, April 10, 1996

Bishop Estate on 'PrimeTime'

"PrimeTime Live," ABC's news magazine, will feature a segment on the Bishop Estate in its program today, 9 p.m. on KITV.

Sam Donaldson interviewed estate trustees Gerard Jervis and Henry Peters, and Haunani-Kay Trask and state Rep. Cynthia Thielen for the segment.

Downtown bus rides to lunch start Tuesday

Downtowners can get free bus rides to lunch beginning Tuesday when the city and businesses begin a trial noon-time shuttle.

Two electric buses will meander through downtown and Kakaako at 20-minute intervals from 11 a.m. to 2 p.m. weekdays.

It will take about 40 minutes to run the length of the 16-stop, 3.75-mile route, said Howard Takara, acting executive director of the Honolulu Public Transit Authority.

If the six-month trial proves successful, the shuttle could become permanent through either city or private sponsorship, Takara said.

Lanikai follows trail to education reform

Lanikai Elementary School will become the second public school to break away from state Department of Education control.

As a "student centered" campus, the Windward school will set its own budget, curriculum, schedule and staff as long as it follows union guidelines and state laws.

The department will still take care of some school functions.

Lanikai Elementary follows Waialae Elementary School, which became the first "student centered" school last year.

Snorkeling find by boy creates ring of happiness

In January, Renee Quesenberry of Indianapolis lost her 2.5-carat diamond ring while walking along Kaanapali Beach on Maui.

Her husband, Walter, gave her the ring 20 years ago to celebrate their silver wedding anniversary.

Last week, Renee Quesenberry was told the ring had been found in coral in the ocean.

Nine-year-old Michael Therrien of Boise, Idaho, was snorkeling in waters about 10 to 20 feet deep off the Hyatt Regency. He thought it might be a fake ring and threw it back to see if he could find it again.

He did.

The boy turned the ring over to hotel security, and it was able to locate the Quesenberrys.

For expanded versions of these and other stories,
see today's Honolulu Star-Bulletin.

Police/Fire

By Star-Bulletin staff

Matson worker critically hurt after machine flips, pins him

A 60-year-old Matson employee is in critical condition at Queen's Hospital after machinery he was driving yesterday tipped over, pinning him in the cab against a shipping container at the Sand Island shipyard. Rescue workers used a ladder to reach the injured man and used care to extricate him from the cab because he appeared to have broken his legs, said Kalihi Kai Fire Capt. Sidney Tsugawa. He was placed onto a forklift and lowered to the ground.

The man was driving atop a machine that straddles the shipping container when the 9:45 a.m. accident happened.

Moiliili burglary suspect nabbed by couple who awoke

Police charged a 32-year-old man who allegedly broke into a Moiliili apartment early yesterday as the residents slept.

Darius Tyau was to appear in District Court today on a burglary charge. His bail is $20,000.

A woman, 23, awoke around 3:05 a.m. to go to the bathroom, turned on the lights and saw a man trying to hide. She screamed, rousing her boyfriend, who held the suspect until police arrived.

Tyau apparently entered the Algaroba Street apartment by removing glass louvers in a bathroom window, police said.

Other headlines:

- Investigators probe Kalihi Valley blaze
- German tourist apparently drowns

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