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Newswatch
Star-Bulletin staff and wire service
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State taking bids on work in Kapolei lot
The state Department of Hawaiian Home Lands is taking bids to grade a 96.8-acre parcel in Kapolei for a project that will include a 403-lot subdivision and future DHHL offices.
The project will also feature an extension of Kapolei Parkway to connect with the future North-South Road, according to state officials.
The subdivision will be the DHHL's largest housing project to date, they said.
The property is bounded by the proposed University of Hawaii-West Oahu campus, Kapolei Golf Course and North-South Road.
Bid forms are available at DHHL's Land Management Division at 1099 Alakea St., Suite 1230.
2 new DLNR posters feature native birds
Two new posters depicting native Hawaiian birds are available to the public for $3 each and free to teachers for use in their classrooms.
The posters -- one of forest birds and one of wetland and open-country birds -- feature artwork by wildlife artist Ram Papish, who has worked in Hawaii as a biological field technician, according to the state Department of Land and Natural Resources.
The DLNR produced the posters as part of its education and outreach mission, officials said this week.
Accompanying the posters is a guide that shows teachers how to use the posters to meet benchmarks of the 2005 state Content Standards for Science for grades 3-7.
The color posters are available at DLNR Division of Forestry and Wildlife offices. Each poster shows native Hawaiian birds in their habitat and natural-history information about each species.
DLNR Division of Forestry and Wildlife offices:
» Oahu: 1151 Punchbowl St., Room 325; 587-0166
» Kauai: 3060 Eiwa St., Room 306, Lihue; 274-3433
» Maui: 54 S. High St., Wailuku; 984-8100
» Big Island: 19 E. Kawili St., Hilo; 974-4221
For more information or classroom copies, contact Michelle Gorham at 587-4169 or Jolie Wanger at 587-4188.
Taking Notice
The
Hawaii Council for the Humanities has awarded 14 grants to nonprofit groups and individuals:
» $10,000 to Children's Literature Hawaii for a three-day conference.
» $6,000 to the Japanese Cultural Center of Hawaii for a traveling display, programs and educational materials on the internment of Hawaii Japanese and Japanese Americans during World War II.
» $18,000 to the League of Women Voters of Hawaii for a documentary on the life, times and significance of the late U.S. Rep. Patsy Takemoto Mink.
» $18,000 to the Biographical Research Center for a one-hour documentary on the life, times and significance of Joseph Nawahi, a 19th-century Hawaiian leader.
» $8,000 to Kumu Kahua Theatre for a series of public presentations about the historical events and cultural issues related to two plays: "The Songmaker's Chair," by Albert Wendt, and "Another Heaven," by Eric Anderson.
» $18,000 to the Honolulu Academy of Arts for an exhibition of 18th-century artifacts from Hawaii and the Pacific.
» $2,498 to the Hawaii Chinese Association for a film showing and after-film discussion on art, particularly examples of Chinese social realist art and artistic freedom during the communist revolution.
» $2,500 to Chaminade University of Honolulu for a panel discussion about various forms of writing about the Vietnam War.
» $2,500 to Hawaii International Film Festival for a film showing and after-film discussion on how filmmakers from indigenous cultures depict social change.
» $2,485 to the Matsunaga Charitable Foundation to develop a script for a documentary film on the 200-year history of African Americans in Hawaii.
» $2,250 to Planned Parenthood of Hawaii for a documentary film script on the history of the 1970 legislative session, in which Hawaii became the first state to decriminalize abortion.
» $1,500 to Noriko Asato for research on attempts in the 1920s to suppress language schools run by the Japanese community.
» $2,250 to Rona T. Halualani to support publication activities for a book on mainland native Hawaiian identity and experience.
» $2,250 to Lorraine Minatoishi Palumbo to support publication activities, mainly interisland travel to photograph and document local shrines and temples.
The Rev. Joel Hulu Mahoe Resource Center received an $85,616 grant from the Office of Hawaiian Affairs to support the education of native Hawaiians to access and retrieve land and genealogical information from governmental repositories.
The Annie Sinclair Knudsen Memorial Fund has donated $6,000 to the American Cancer Society for the production and distribution of ipu key chains on Kauai as part of the Friend to Friend program. The key chains are made of beads and shaped like the Hawaiian ipu, or bottle gourd. A tag describes the size of the beads respective to the size of lumps found in a woman's breast through mammography exams. The grant was made to support the importance of breast self-examination and mammography.
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Police, Fire, Courts
Star-Bulletin staff
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NEIGHBOR ISLANDS
Man who died while snorkeling identified
HILO » Big Island police identified the man who died while snorkeling Thursday in West Hawaii as Richard G. Moulton, 58, of Firth, Idaho.
Fire Department rescue personnel said yesterday that Moulton was snorkeling with friends at remote Makalawena Beach when he encountered difficulty in the water.
His body was recovered 150 yards offshore. The cause of death was not immediately determined.
CENTRAL OAHU
Police seek suspect in Wahiawa robbery
Police are looking for a man who allegedly robbed a woman at gunpoint early yesterday morning in Wahiawa.
The woman, in her early 20s, had been walking alone when a man in his 20s tried to take her backpack, police said.
The man pulled out a dark semiautomatic handgun and threatened her, saying, "I'm going to kill you," according to police.
The woman screamed for help and the man fled, police said.
The suspect is described as 5 feet 8 inches tall, weighing 120 pounds, with a crewcut. He was wearing a long-sleeved white T-shirt and dark shorts.
LEEWARD OAHU
Wife is charged in Ewa Beach fight
Police charged a 45-year-old Ewa Beach woman with assault after she allegedly pushed her husband down during a fight early Thursday.
Anna K. Kealohi was charged with second-degree assault.
Police said the incident happened at the couple's home on Makule Road at 12:51 a.m.
During the fight, the suspect pushed the victim, 46, and he fell against a dresser and cut his face, police said.
Police arrested both parties for investigation of abuse. They said charges were filed against the wife because her husband's injuries were greater.
Bail was set at $2,000.
WEST OAHU
Orange-haired robber of dessert shop sought
Robbery suspect: He is about 5-foot-10, 150 pounds, with green eyes and hair dyed orange.
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Police are looking for a man with orange hair and green eyes who allegedly robbed the Aiea Dave's Ice Cream parlor on Dec. 30.
The suspect entered the store at 6:35 p.m., brandished a handgun and demanded money, police said. After receiving an undisclosed amount of cash, he fled on foot along Kaahele Street toward the Newtown driving range, they said.
The suspect is described as 18 to 35 years old, 5 foot 10 inches tall, about 150 pounds, with short hair dyed orange-blond and green eyes that witnesses said were not colored contacts, according to police.
Anyone with information on this case is asked to call CrimeStoppers at 955-8300 or by dialing *CRIME on a cellular phone.
HONOLULU
CompUSA cashier reports holdup
CRIMESTOPPERS
Store video shows a man in his 30s who is suspected of robbing the CompUSA on Ala Moana Boulevard on Thursday. He is described as being about 5-foot-10 and 140 pounds.
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Police are looking for an armed man in his 30s who allegedly robbed CompUSA on Ala Moana Boulevard.
The robbery happened Thursday at around 4:30 p.m. Police said the man walked up to a cash register at the store, showed the cashier a handgun tucked in his pants and demanded money, then fled on foot.
"He made like he was going to pay for something, and in the middle of the transaction, he lifted up his shirt and showed his gun," said Detective Kim Cappllonch, CrimeStoppers coordinator. "He said place the money in a soft-drink cup, then he left."
Police declined to say how much money he took.
The suspect is described as about 5 feet 10 inches tall and 140 pounds. He was wearing bluejeans, a blue jersey and a black baseball hat, police said.
Anyone with information on this case is asked to call CrimeStoppers at 955-8300 or by dialing *CRIME on a cellular phone.
WINDWARD OAHU
53-year-old missing from Ala Moana area
Francis Yamamoto: He is Japanese and Hawaiian, 5-foot-10, 185 pounds, with gray hair.
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Police are asking for the public's help in finding a 53-year-old man last seen Wednesday afternoon in Kaneohe.
Francis Yamamoto was last seen at 3:45 p.m. at the Koolau Clubhouse on Alaloa Street, police said. They said he frequents the Ala Moana Center bus depot area.
Police described Yamamoto as Japanese Hawaiian, 5 feet 10 inches tall, 185 pounds, with gray hair and brown eyes. He was wearing a white T-shirt with a "Dickies" logo, white walking shorts and black slippers. Anyone with information is asked to call CrimeStoppers at 955-8300 or *CRIME on a cell phone.