Christmas tree recycling program is mulch work
It's time again to recycle those unflocked Christmas trees.For the seventh year in a row, members of the Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints will provide volunteers for the first weekend of the TreeCycling project, mustering some 700 people to work at 12 recycling sites, said church coordinator Amanda Dupont.
Dupont said the effort is the biggest annual service project for the 50,000 Hawaii members and is a great way to kick off the new year.
"We believe in doing community service, and being a positive influence in the community," she said.
"It's one that members really enjoy," Dupont said.
Recycling will be held between 9 a.m. and 3 p.m. Saturday and Jan. 10 at the following sites islandwide.
Honolulu: Kapiolani Community College, Lincoln Elementary School, University of Hawaii law school and Kaiser High School
Body of hiker missing on Maui since Christmas is found
PIIHOLO, Maui -- The body of missing hiker Adam Tsur was found in a gulch here yesterday afternoon.An autopsy is scheduled, although initial reports indicated no sign of foul play, Maui police Lt. Greg Peros said.
Tsur, 36, an Israeli national who worked as a gardener and welder, was returning to a friend's home in Piiholo after visiting a waterfall. But he decided to find a second waterfall in the mountains southeast of Makawao town, said his friend Hadar Baruch.
"I asked him if he wanted water and I gave him my bottle," Baruch said.
Baruch, also from Israel, last saw Tsur about 3 p.m. Thursday, police said.
Tsur's body was found on a ledge of the first waterfall, where he had apparently fallen at least 100 feet, his friend Sandy Borcom said.
Officials seek source of mysterious odor
The state Health Department was trying to find the source of a mysterious odor at Campbell Industrial Park yesterday.Wilfred Nagamine, chief of the clean air branch, said the Health Department began receiving reports of a "rotten-egg" smell in the park Sunday night.
The Chevron, BHP and Gas Co. facilities reported no unusual incidents.
Health Department Communications Director Patrick Johnston said workers found hydrogen sulfide in the air but not at levels that would be a violation.
The Fire Department's hazardous materials team was called out to the park, but there were no reports of injuries from people
Bogus cashier's checks passed at isle stores
Counterfeit cashier's checks are in circulation, Honolulu police say.Several retail outlets and banks have been victimized.
Counterfeit checks indicate Central Pacific Bank as the issuing institution, with all checks drawn from the Royal Kunia branch, made payable to "cash."
Central Pacific Bank does not issue cashier's checks payable to "cash."
The counterfeit checks have been blue, purple and turquoise with black printing. They were printed on paper resembling authentic Central Pacific Bank cashier's checks.
Anyone with information related to these counterfeit checks is asked to call police.
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Police/Fire
By Star-Bulletin staffInmate booked for hitting guard
Police arrested an inmate yesterday for allegedly beating a prison guard.The Oahu Community Correctional Center guard was allegedly punched several times in the head by the suspect, 38, when he attempted to break up a fight at 7:10 p.m., police said.
The suspect was booked on second-degree assault charges.
Infant treated for fracture
Police are investigating the apparent beating of a 1-month-old baby girl.The infant was brought to a hospital with a swollen face on Dec. 8, police said. The girl had a fracture to the right eye area.
The girl's guardians told police the baby fell off couch on to the floor.
No arrests have been made.
Man charged with threatening
Police yesterday charged a Waianae man for allegedly threatening to kill his wife and putting a gun to her mouth.Clyde I. Manwarren, 37, was charged on eight counts of first-degree threatening, six counts of a felon in possession of firearms and six counts of being a felon in possession of ammunition.
Police said Manwarren punched his 34-year-old wife, placed a gun to her mouth and threatened to kill her at about 11 p.m. Saturday.
Manwarren is being held in lieu of $305,000 bail.
Man booked for ramming vehicle
Police yesterday arrested a Waimanalo man for allegedly ramming his Jeep into a car where his wife and another woman were talking. The two victims were talking in the parking lot of Makapuu Beach Park at 8:15 p.m. when the suspect, 46, allegedly rammed his vehicle into their car, police said.The man then took a bat and shattered a window of the car.
He was booked for three counts of criminal property damage and count count of unlawful entry into a motor vehicle.
In other news:
Lyman is described as 240 pounds, 5 feet, 9 inches tall, with black hair which is short and wavy in the front and long in the back. He has a tattoo of the name Bobbi on his right forearm. Anyone with information on him should call Det. Glenn Uehana at 961-2386 or Crime Stoppers at 961-8300.
The woman is described as 5 feet, 7 inches tall with a heavy build, having a fair complexion with freckles, brownish hair in a bun, and a tooth missing from the top, front of her mouth.
Anyone with information on her is asked to call police at 935-3311 or Crime Stoppers at 961-8300.
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