Principal Lorraine Henderson announced that the school will implement a uniform dress code, the first Oahu school to take the option approved by the state Board of Education. Kamalii Elementary School on Maui inaugurated uniform dress this school year.
The school colors of royal blue and gold and its Junior Surfriders logo figure in the design. A mix-and-match variety of aloha, polo and T-shirts, shorts and skirts will be offered, said a school announcement.
The school's Parent-Teacher-Student Association has launched a fund-raising campaign among community businesses and organizations to underwrite the cost of uniforms for students who can't afford them. The cost of a two-piece set is $35.
The PTSA will also start a thrift shop for trading sizes as youngsters grow out of their uniforms.
"The program is needed because most inmates are going to be released back into the community," Kaneshiro said yesterday. "They need to make a gradual transition, prior to parole. At Laumaka, they find a job and can save some money to help them get started with their lives again."
Kaneshiro blamed overcrowding for recent escapes. "This is why we need a major new secure prison," he said.
Kaneshiro also reported Laumaka escapee Gerardo Vallejos turned himself in at 9 a.m. yesterday. Vallejos and inmate Gary Apana were not in their bunks at a 1:25 a.m. headcount. Apana and inmates Nuu Tagaolo, 21, and Lawrence Rodrigues, 36, are still at large, since weekend escapes.
It will be the 10th in a series held since March 24.
"Citizens who have attended have appreciated our efforts to make the sewer fee more equitable and a number of good ideas have been offered," said Kenneth Sprague, Wastewater Management director.
Sewer fees are based on water use. Some citizens feel their fees are unfairly inflated because they use a large amount of water for plants and yards and this water does not go into the sewer system.
She was pronounced dead at 1:23 p.m. following the 1 p.m. crash.
She was driving west on Leilehua Golf Course Road in a 1987 Subaru station wagon and made a left turn to head south on Kamehameha Highway.
North-bound on Kamehameha, a 1992 Mazda Navaho two-door sports utility vehicle, driven by a Mililani man, 33, struck the driver's side of the station wagon.
The Mazda driver was taken to Schofield Urgent Care Clinic, where he was treated and released.
Police said speed and alcohol do not appear to be factors, and both drivers were using seat belts.
The death was the 22nd traffic fatality of the year on Oahu, compared with 18 at the same time last year.
The man, discovered about 6:30 p.m., had suffered a broken right femur, injuries to his ribs, back, right arm and head, police said.
The cause of his injuries is not known at this time.
He was taken to Queen's Hospital, where he is listed in critical condition.
At about 8:30 last night, a man walked up to a female cashier in the men's beachwear department and asked her twice if she remembered him, police said.
Although no weapon was seen, he had his hand under his shirt as though he may have been hiding one and demanded money, police said.
He walked out with a plastic bag containing an undisclosed amount of cash.
Police said the cashier apparently is a cousin of the clerk who was held up in similar manner in January.
The suspect was described as in his 30s, about 5-foot-7, 140 pounds, dark complexioned, with short, curly black hair. He wore a blue T-shirt with a Hawaiian print on the back and shorts.
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