Sewage spill reported at Pearl Harbor site
More than 150,000 gallons of sewage was dumped into the entrance of Pearl Harbor after a Navy sewer line broke last night.The spill occurred at Bishop Point, which is located on Navy property at Hickam Air Force Base, around 5 p.m. Navy Public Works Center and Air Force civil engineer crews responded to the emergency.
The break was in a 27-inch pressurized line linking a wastewater station at Pearl Harbor Naval Base and the Navy's Fort Kamehameha Wastewater Treatment Plant at Hickam.
The sewage is now being collected at the site of the break by vacuum and tanker trucks and transported to the Fort Kamehameha wastewater treatment facility.
Military families living near the break have been advised to stay out of the water.
Water board issues call for preservation
Oahu residents are being urged to conserve water because of declining well levels, the Board of Water Supply announced.Typically, winter rains and decreased water use from November through April help water levels replenish in time for the dry summer months.
This year, however, there was below-average rainfall.
And since there has been no decrease in water demand, officials fear water could be in short supply as the summer wears on.
Rainfall collection in February -- about 40 to 70 percent below average -- was particularly worrisome.
Among other things, water Manager Cliff Jamile urged residents to install water-saving fixtures and to check plumbing for leaks.
And he urged residents to limit lawn watering to late evening or early morning hours to reduce evaporation.
Freeway access made easier at Makakilo
Makakilo residents should find it easier now to get from Makakilo Drive onto the H-1 Freeway in the mornings, state Rep. Mark Moses said.The drive has been re-striped, warning signs installed and a new signal traffic added to enable drivers to get directly onto the Honolulu-bound onramp.
"After raising the issue with the Department of Transportation in September, the DOT agreed to correct the inefficient entrance," said Moses (R, Kapolei).
Because of rapid growth in his district, which includes Kapolei, he said there are "many emerging traffic concerns that are slowly being improved."
Moses called for the town meeting last week that addressed potential traffic and pedestrian problems with schools on or near Kamaaha Avenue.
Killer draws life term in friend's death
Circuit Judge Melvin Soong yesterday sentenced Lorence Angel Jove, 42, to life with parole.Jove was convicted of second-degree murder for stabbing his friend, 31-year-old Tino Fernandez, to death on Aug. 12, 1997.
Ex-military man gets 21 years in sex case
Retired Air Force Master Sgt. Clifton S. Corey was sentenced to 21 years imprisonment for sexual abuse of a girl while he was stationed in Japan and the Philippines.Senior U.S. District Judge Manuel Real sentenced Corey, 63, yesterday.
He was convicted by a jury in September.
Cosmetic surgery topic of Queen's lecture
"How to Look as Young as You Feel" will be the topic of a public lecture on cosmetic and laser surgery at 6:30 p.m. tomorrow in the Queen's Medical Center's Kamehameha Auditorium.For reservations call 537-7117.
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Police, Fire
By Star-Bulletin staffKailua woman, 65, dies in head-on traffic crash
A 65-year-old Kailua woman was killed yesterday when the 1995 Toyota Tercel she was driving was hit head on by a GMC pickup truck.The woman was driving on Sand Island Parkway when the man, headed in the opposite direction in a pickup truck, crossed the center lane near Makepono Street at 9 a.m., police said. The woman swerved, but was not able to avoid his truck.
Both drivers were taken to Queen's Hospital where the man remains in serious condition, police said.
The woman was pronounced dead about 5 p.m.
Woman locks herself inside police car
Police last night arrested a woman who had locked herself inside a police car at the Pearlridge Toys R Us store.An officer responded to a car accident call to the toy store's parking lot at 11:40 p.m., police said. The officer found a woman inside a car that had no damage.
When the officer went in the woman's car to secure it, she ran away and locked herself in the officer's squad car, police said.
After about a minute, she came out and was arrested for unlawful entry into a motor vehicle and auto theft because the car she was driving was reported stolen, police said.
Two students arrested for threats on campuses
Two students were arrested yesterday in two unrelated incidents for threatening a teacher and a school security guard.A 14-year-old boy was arrested for allegedly threatening a security guard at Kalakaua Intermediate School at 8:25 a.m., police said.
A 15-year-old boy was arrested at Castle High School at 1:50 p.m. after he reportedly punched the classroom's wall several times and told the teacher he would punch her face the same way, police said.
Both students were booked for first-degree terroristic threatening and released.
Neighbor saves home using a garden hose
A next-door neighbor saved a Nuuanu home at 3000 Polohilani Place from serious fire damage yesterday when he put out a carport fire with a garden hose.Ronald Chong, 60, of 3029 Polohilani Place, noticed smoke pouring from a carport, opened the door, found items stored there ablaze and hosed down the flames.
The fire was out by the time firefighters arrived at the scene.
The preliminary cause was determined to be electrical. The fire loss was estimated to be about $1,500.
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