Newswatch
By Star-Bulletin Staff
Wednesday, September 11, 1996
"Our community will be affected on a daily basis by the proposed school," resident Carrie Mukaida told the Board of Education's Committee on Support Services yesterday.
The Department of Education is proposing a school for up to 1,000 students on Kukula Street, which is 28 feet wide.
"We believe that primary access to the school should be via a roadway, such as Lumiaina or Pakela streets, which (are) wide enough to handle the traffic," Mukaida said.
About 60 children of elementary school age or younger live in the neighborhood, she said.
"Our concerns relate to safety of children, their families and our residents, traffic, school access, liability and parking," Mukaida said.
State Rep. Nestor Garcia (D, Waipahu-Crestview), who represents the district, said more access routes may be provided to the school other than just Kukula Street.
Buses would drop off students on the school grounds, not on the street, said Lester Chuck of the Department of Education facilities division.
Parking bans on Kukula Street will help, said Ralph Morita, a planner with the state Department of Accounting and General Services.
Garcia spoke of a makai-side access to the school from Lumiaina Street that might go through the planned park.
He also raised the possibility of a mauka-side access off Pakela Street that might go through church property.
Temporary two-inch water lines were installed the past two days to supply water to homes on Kahaloa Place, Kahaloa Drive and Lono Place.
Board of Water Supply officials identified the source of bacteria that tainted the water as debris caught in fittings that connect pipes .
Because it's a slide area, special flex and telescoping joints were used that would move with the ground shift, said Wanda Yamane, Board of Water Supply spokeswoman.
A 57-year-old man was booked yesterday for suspicion of kidnapping, terroristic threatening and assault in the Aug. 20 incident.
The victim, believing he was going to a drug deal, was taken by two men to a remote cane field where he was assaulted and threatened with a .45-caliber handgun for several hours.
He called police after he was released several hours later and identified one of his captors. Police arrested a 38-year-old man at the time but released him pending further investigation.
The Lunalilo Street man was booked for second-degree robbery.
The SIDA cab driver picked up his fare in Waikiki just after midnight and was forced to drive to the Ala Wai Clubhouse, police said.
His passenger fled on foot after robbing him of cash.
Officers responding to a call from the driver's dispatcher located the suspect nearby.
The driver was not injured, and his money was recovered, police said.
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- Kohala man injured in cliffside plunge