Aquarium fun!
The aquarium is auctioning its facility for a New Year's party. Minimum bid is $5,000; bids must be submitted by Nov. 24.
For that you get exclusive use of the grounds from 6 p.m. Dec. 31 to 1:30 a.m. Jan. 1, facility staff of six, family membership, a set up for 150 people with tents, lights, sound system and video/television sets -- and, of course, the fish. Hundreds of colorful aquarium inhabitants will be swimming and enjoying the sights from their underwater vantage from 7 p.m. until midnight.
Information: 923-9741.
Cayetano is shown explaining that the new lifeguard center was built to provide safety to visitors and Hawaii residents.
"It exceeds my expectations," Cayetano says before shaking hands with the lifeguards.
"Risk" may mark the first time a TV or film production receiving state and local business monies or services, in part to attract visitors, has a storyline detailing the beach dangers.
In the episode filmed at Sandy Beach, actor Jason Momoa describes the spot as "the most dangerous beach" in America to three visitors planning to body board. When he recommends the inexperienced trio go to another beach, one disregards the warning.
The message delivered by the program is that Sandy Beach is no place for beginners. Earlier this year, Ralph Goto, administrator of the city and county's Lifeguard Division, suggested to "Baywatch" producers and writers to include at least part of an episode about the dangers of Sandy Beach.
Goto said for all its beauty, Sandy Beach is dangerous for the uninitiated. Lifeguards at the sharply sloping beach have specially designed cervical carriers to carry victims suffering spinal injuries to waiting amubulances.
Host Dan Boylan talks to Major Jeff Owens of the Honolulu Police Department and Dr. Robert Hyman of the Stress Management Clinic about the reasons behind this growing national problem.
