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Instructor pilot Robert Tremmel was working with a student 1,400 feet above a Kunia sugar cane field when their single-engine private plane ran into problems yesterday.
With ease, Tremmel put the Cessna 172 down a strip generally used by crop dusters near the Royal Kunia subdivision off Kunia Road, south of Mililani between the H-1 and H-2 interchange.
A fire department helicopter picked up the two, who were not hurt in the 10:21 a.m. emergency landing, and flew them back to the airport.
"We're on top of it," said James Ikeda, chief of the Health Department's Environmental Health Services Division. "As long as we have open communication (with the Communicable Disease Division), I think we can do a good job of preventing it."
The Centers for Disease Control and Prevention said vacationers are taking cases of dengue fever home in record numbers from the tropics, according to a Reuters news report.
There were 86 cases of the mosquito-borne disease reported in the United States in 1995, a figure nearly double the average number of cases - 45 - reported annually, said the CDC.
Most cases were traced to people who had traveled to the Caribbean, Central America and Mexico.
Gary and Barbara Andersen, owners of the historic turn-of-the-century Victorian, are restoring the prime property and turning it into a bed and breakfast operation.
The mansion, commonly referred to as the "castle," is across a wooden bridge in an exclusive neighborhood known as Reed's Island, bordered by the Wailuku River and a stream.
Its grand ballroom, stately conservatory and splendid gardens once charmed royalty and will once more receive visitors when it opens for business on Thanksgiving.
The final permit needed for the project was granted by the county Planning Commission this month.
Embarking on what they call their "mid-life crisis adventure," Gary, 47, and Barbara, 46, have grand visions for the renovation.
Aided by historic architect Spencer Leineweber and contractor Cheryl Green of Green Construction, the husband and wife are working to restore the residence to its original charm.
E.H. DelaCruz, 45, of 84-113 Kimo St., posted $50 bail and was released after being booked at Pearl City police station.
He was the only one arrested in the series of altercations in the stands behind the UH bench.
Police used pepper spray to stop the fights.
It was unknown whether he jumped intentionally or fell, police said. The case is classified as an unattended death.
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