Big Isle man allegedly sold bogus laulau, pork
HILO -- Police are holding a Big Island man who allegedly sold fish heads and old newspapers in packages he claimed to contain laulau and kalua pig.Floyd Amay, 33, of Fern Acres was charged Saturday with two counts of theft for selling the phony products. He is being held in lieu of $500 bail.
In one case, Amay allegedly went to a Hilo home and sold the resident a bag of laulau for $20. After Amay left, the resident found a fish head and bait inside.
In another case in Hilo, Amay allegedly sold a resident a bag of kalua pig for $10. When the victim looked inside, he found only old newspapers.
Police are asking other possible victims to call 961-2211.
Free program spotlights solar-powered aircraft
Slides and a video of Pathfinder and Pathfinder-Plus flight operations, and achievements at the Pacific Missile Range Facility on Kauai, will be featured at a free public meeting Wednesday.The Electric Vehicle Association of Hawaii will hold the program in the second-floor conference room at 531 Cooke St.
A lightweight, solar-powered, remotely piloted, flying wing aircraft, Pathfinder is demonstrating the technology of applying solar power for long-duration, high-altitude flight. It set an altitude record when tested on Kauai.
For information, call 524-1954.
Cancer Society to have Matsuura endowment
An endowment in memory of the late state Sen. Richard M. Matsuura will be dedicated Oct. 19 by the American Cancer Society.Friends and family of the Big Island legislator, who died of cancer last year, established the endowment to fund patient service and cancer control programs.
Also at the dedication, the Cancer Society will name the lanai of its state headquarters at 2370 Nuuanu Ave. in honor of Matsuura. The event will be from 5 to 7 p.m.
Survey to gauge health of Molokini's coral reef
State biologists and University of Hawaii students this weekend conducted a quarterly underwater survey at Molokini Island to gauge the health of the area's coral reef and examine the effects of high traffic at the tourist attraction.Skippy Hau, a state Department of Land and Natural Resources aquatic biologist, said Molokini is a magnet for the growing ocean recreation industry, drawing an average of 500 to 1,000 snorkelers per day, depending on the season.
Hau is concerned about the usage because of the significant anchor damage boaters have done to the reef system.
Corrections
Sen. Marshall Ige is a member of the Senate Ways and Means Committee. He is not the committee vice chairman, as was reported in some editions of Friday's Star-Bulletin.
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By Star-Bulletin staffMaui man critical after jumping from vehicle
WAILUKU -- A 21-year-old Maui man was in critical condition this morning at Maui Memorial Hospital after jumping out of a moving vehicle.Randy Juan of Kahului suffered a fractured skull and bruise to the brain, Police Sgt. David Silva.
Juan was seated in the front seat of the vehicle and had been arguing with a 21-year-old woman in a rear seat when he leaped out of the vehicle at 7:28 last night while traveling north on South Kihei Road near Kilohana Drive, Silva said.
Fire at producer's home deemed deliberately set
Investigators say Saturday's rooftop fire at the Black Point home of local record producer Jon de Mello was deliberately set.The fire, reported at 1:33 a.m., caused an estimated $10,000 in damage to de Mello's thatched-roofed home at 4302 Kaikoo Place, police said.
Bogus bomb at Zippy's closes area for 3 hours
Several hundred people were evacuated yesterday from a two-block radius after a Makiki Zippy's restaurant employee discovered what turned out to be a bogus bomb.Police sealed off the area between King, Young, Palm and Piikoi streets for approximately three hours.
An anonymous person telephoned Zippy's at 12:15 p.m. and directed an employee to open a briefcase, which contained the bogus bomb, said restaurant manager Wayne Deguchi.
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