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"The cottages will be 24 hours supervised," said Capt. Eric Pontzler, Salvation Army divisional financial secretary. "There will be no down time."
The agency proposes to house up to 40 recovering men and women, along with some infants and young children, in three cottages at the old Waioli Tea Room dorm site at 2950 Manoa Road. A fourth cottage would be used for administration.
About 35 residents attended last night's Manoa Neighborhood Board meeting at Noelani School, where the matter was aired.
The measures were among 15 Hirono signed yesterday. Gov. Ben Cayetano is in the Philippines representing President Clinton at ceremonies commemorating 50 years of U.S.-Philippine friendship.
The welfare law requires able-bodied applicants for cash assistance to work or be in job training programs. As an incentive, the measure changes the welfare law so that recipients can keep $5,000 of their earned income - the previous threshold was $1,000 - and have one car without losing their eligibility.
Lt. Gov. Hirono also signed a bill prohibiting lunch wagons from selling cigarettes within 1,000 feet of a school.
Other measures signed into law will:
- Allow child-care businesses with six or fewer children to operate in residential areas.
- Impose tougher mandatory prison sentences for selling the drug crystal methamphetamine, known as "ice," which has been linked to isle crime.
The independent, international group - made up of indigenous nations and peoples, non-self-governing or occupied states and minorities - is in Honolulu at the invitation of the sovereignty group Ka Lahui Hawaii to review the political, social and economic status of Hawaiians.
What it found yesterday, after 21/2 days of testimony from Hawaiian groups, government officials and others, is that there is much confusion surrounding the vote, said Dr. Michael van Walt, general secretary of the Unrepresented Nations and Peoples Organization.
William Rocha DuartePolice are seeking the public's assistance in locating a 71-year-old Salt Lake man with heart and liver problems who has been missing for three days.
William Rocha Duarte left his residence at about noon Monday in his brown 1984 Buick two-door sedan, license number EVV 987. Duarte is dependent on medication and, without it, he could lapse into a coma.
He is 5-foot-3 and 130 pounds. Duarte was last seen wearing a white shirt with black stripes, jeans and brown boots.
Anyone with information is asked to call the Missing Persons Detail at 529-3064 or CrimeStoppers at 955-8300.
Christine K.H. Kauai, of Kahuku, who turned 18 on April 2, was last seen November 22 and has not contacted her family since.
Detective Joe Self of the Missing Persons Detail said it's suspicious that she hasn't been seen by family or friends or attempted to make contact with them since last year.
Police have been investigating her disappearance as a missing person's case since Tuesday. Juveniles can be charged for being runaways - a status offense.
Family members reported Kauai as a runaway for the first time more than seven months ago. They told police they do not know why she left.
Kauai is 5-foot-8, 135 pounds with brown eyes and short brown hair.
Anyone with information on her whereabouts is asked to call Self at 529-3064 or 529-3115. Calls can also be made to CrimeStoppers at 955-8300 or to 911.
- Ex-boyfriend accused of threats
- Man charged with robbing dry cleaners
- Pizza tickets stolen from Hilo church