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A Save America's Treasures $300,000 grant will help restore a new visitation area aboard the USS Missouri, the battleship aboard which surrender documents were signed in Tokyo Bay to end World War II. $300,000 grant to aid
'Mighty Mo' restorationSpaces being restored include the crew's library, chief petty officer's quarters, barbershop, laundry room, crew berthing and brig.
The grant goes to the nonprofit USS Missouri Memorial Association for its work in preserving the museum ship in Pearl Harbor.
At a White House ceremony yesterday, Save America's Treasures was honored for awarding grants this year to the "Mighty Mo" and 46 other historically significant projects nationwide.
Save America's Treasures is a public-private partnership formed in 1998 by the White House Millennium Council and the National Trust for Historic Preservation.
"This award represents the vision of the Association's board of directors and the dedication of the staff and the more than 20,000 volunteers who have restored this historic battleship into a treasure for the nation to celebrate and enjoy," said Don Hess, executive vice president and chief operating officer for the USS Missouri Memorial Association.
Justices honor Kamehameha V
Cayetano leaves state for unknown location
Gov. Ben Cayetano will be home for Christmas, but where he is now is officially a mystery.Cayetano left the state Saturday and is expected to return tomorrow.
Asked where he went, his press secretary, Kim Murakawa, said she didn't know.
"I'm told only that the Governor is out of town," she said.
While Cayetano is gone, Lt. Gov. Mazie Hirono is acting governor. Her spokeswoman, Wendy Coen, also didn't know where Cayetano went..
Dennis Lee named head of Big Isle public works
HILO -- Big Island Mayor Harry Kim has selected Dennis Lee, a career county employee, as chief engineer to head the Department of Public Works.After graduating from the University of Hawaii in 1970, Lee joined Public Works in 1971, rising through the ranks to program manager level, where he remained until 1990. Since then, he has worked for the county Department of Water Supply, being promoted to chief of operations at the beginning of this year.
He is active in athletic and professional associations.
Liver patient, 3, comes home for birthday
Three-year-old Sesilia Tatofi will be coming home tomorrow after receiving a third of her mother's liver in a transplant at Stanford University.Sesilia will return with her parents, Feliuaki and Leilani Tatofi, in time to celebrate her fourth birthday Friday.
Their Hawaiian Airlines Flight No. 15 is scheduled to arrive in Honolulu from San Francisco at 1:40 p.m.
Sesilia underwent the transplant at Stanford's Lucile Packard Children's Hospital in Palo Alto on Aug. 9. She was born with biliary atresia -- blocking of the ducts that carry bile from the liver into the intestine.
Water service in Ewa to be disrupted 3 days
Water service to Ewa residents from Hanakahi Street to Ewa Beach will be affected by work on a water system project.RCI Construction Group will do a valve check on a 16-inch water main along Fort Weaver Road from 11 p.m. to midnight tonight. From 11 p.m. tomorrow to 5 a.m. Thursday, a 16-inch and a 36-inch water main will be closed to remove the interconnection between thelines.
Residents may experience little or no water pressure. The Board of Water Supply is asking residents to store water for use during these hours.
Sewage spill is blamed on corroded valve
About 300 gallons of sewage spilled into Honolulu Harbor yesterday afternoon, said city wastewater officials.The spill may have been caused by a corroded air relief valve at the Hart Street sewer line, officials said.
The Hart Street pump station was scheduled to shut down at 2 a.m. today to permit repairs. The state Department of Health conducted bacterial sampling to check for contamination.
Tomorrow
Some events of interest
7 p.m., Palolo Elementary School Cafeteria: Palolo No. 6 Neighborhood Board meeting, 2106 10th Ave.
Police, Fire, Courts
By Star-Bulletin staffHonolulu Police Department Crimestoppers
Knife-wielder threatens American Air flight
LOS ANGELES -- The pilot of an American Airlines jetliner en route from Honolulu to Dallas made an emergency landing this morning in Los Angeles after a passenger allegedly threatened others with a knife.FBI agents took the man off the plane and to a hospital for a mental evaluation.
He reportedly became unruly shortly after Flight 08 left Honolulu. The plane landed in L.A. about 1:30 a.m. and resumed its journey to Texas an hour later.
HFD can't find cause of First Interstate fire
The Honolulu Fire Department is unable to pinpoint what caused the April 1 fire that caused millions of dollars in damage to the 16-story First Interstate building on South King Street. The fire took nearly 10 hours to extinguish.In their report, fire investigators Capt. Paul Stankiewicz and Inspector Warren Iseke note they could not determine the cause of the seven-alarm blaze from lab tests, witness statements or evidence recovered from the scene.
The long-burning fire destroyed much of the evidence.
Insurance companies representing damaged businesses can hire their own investigators to try and determine the cause, as in the case of the Waikiki Woolworth fire a few years ago. The private findings can be submitted to the Fire Department for review.
Youth charged as adult in security guard death
A Mililani teen-ager was charged today as an adult for killing a security guard while driving a car that was fleeing the scene of an early morning robbery in August.Seventeen-year-old Travis Limoz, charged with second-degree murder, is being held in lieu of $100,000 bail. Family Court yesterday waived its jurisdiction over Limoz.
Police say Limoz was driving a car that struck security guard Cecil Mosley, 23, at about 4 a.m. on Aug. 13 at Kalauokalani Way and Kapiolani Boulevard near the Hawaii Convention Center.
Limoz allegedly continued driving with Mosley on the hood of the car for about 500 feet before slamming on the brakes.
The sudden stop caused Mosley to be thrown off the vehicle, resulting in his fatal head injuries, police said.
Mosley died at Queen's Medical Center on Aug. 17.
Police hunt suspect who injured woman critically
Police were looking for a 47-year-old man suspected of trying to kill his girlfriend during a heated argument last night at Ala Moana Beach Park.The woman, 60, was run over by a Chevy Blazer at 10:19 p.m. and is in "very critical" condition at Queen's Medical Center, police said.
Witnesses told police the couple, who have no permanent local address, were arguing over ownership of the Blazer, which is registered in both their names.
The woman was injured while trying to stop the man from leaving the park in the Blazer.
The suspect allegedly reversed the vehicle, striking the woman. She was dragged a short distance as the Blazer moved forward, police said
But the woman was unable to hang on and fell into the path of the Blazer.
She suffered head and body injuries and is on life support, police said.
The identity of the suspect, who fled the scene, is known to police.
California asks isle help to catch child molester
The California Department of Corrections has requested assistance from Honolulu police in apprehending a 53-year-old man convicted of child molestation.David K. Thompson, wanted for parole violation in California, is believed to be in Hawaii, where he has three prior arrests for child molestation.
