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The Waikiki Beach Chaplaincy will bring back its former ministers to celebrate the 30th anniversary of the "church on the beach." Waikiki Beach Chaplaincy
to mark 30th anniversaryThe Rev. Bob Turnbull and the Rev. Gene Ozbun will join current pastor Alex McAngus for the event at 6 p.m. next Saturday at the Hilton Hawaiian Village Tropics Lounge. Tuesday is the deadline for reservations at $35. Call the office at 923-3137.
The anniversary festivities begin at the 10:30 a.m. service tomorrow on the Hilton Hawaiian Village beach with an appearance by the Kawaiahao Church choir. There will be an open house at 11 a.m. Tuesday at the chaplaincy office, 310 Paoakalani Ave.
The three ministers will participate at the Feb. 27 beach service.
A workshop exploring ways the arts play a meaningful role in worship will be presented next Saturday by Arthur Clyde of the United Church of Christ. Seminar set on role
of arts in worshipThe Windward Coalition of Churches Winter Choral Workshop will be from 9 a.m. to 3 p.m. at Windward United Church of Christ. The seminar is open to choir members, music ministers and other interested persons. For information, call Gene Eller, 254-3802.
Clyde is the minister for education in worship, music and liturgical arts at the United Church of Christ Board of Homeland Ministries in Cleveland.
He is the composer of choral and instrumental music, a one-act opera and two musical stage shows.
Workshop attendees and the combined choirs of the Windward coalition will perform at a concert and service worship at 7 p.m. Feb. 27.
Religion Calendar A $1,000 award will be given to the University of Hawaii student who writes the best short story about Hawaii's history, culture or traditions. UH students to compete for
$1,000 short-story awardThe Patsy Sumie Saiki Award is being offered through an endowment from Saiki, a UH alumna and prize-winning author of short stories and books.
Much of her writing illuminated Hawaii's multicultural environment and the state's Japanese immigrants.
The award is one of the largest offered in the nation to university student writers, according to a news release from "MANOA: A Pacific Journal of International Writing."
The journal is running the contest with the UH Creative Writing Program. Second and third prizes of $250 and $100 respectively will also be awarded.
Any student enrolled at a UH campus may enter up to three stories, each no more than 7,000 words. Manuscripts should be typed, double-spaced and have a cover page giving the writer's name, address, telephone number, student ID and story title.
The author's name should not appear on the manuscript itself.
Entries must be received by March 31. Mail stories or hand-deliver to Patsy Sumie Saiki Award, Director of Creative Writing, English Department, University of Hawaii, 1733 Donaghho Road, Honolulu HI 96822.
Air Force donates computers to schools
Headquarters Pacific Air Forces recently completed donating more than 300 excess computers to 12 Oahu public schools.The Air Force donated the $300,000 worth of Macintosh Power PCs to schools over two years because it switched from Macintosh operating systems to the Microsoft NT.
"The Macintosh computers were no longer compatible with many systems we use," said Sgt. Stephen Morrow.
The computers were donated under a 1996 "Computers in Education" presidential order, part of an ongoing program to support the donation of excess computers to schools.
Schools receiving computers were Aiea Intermediate, Castle High School, Nanakuli High and Intermediate School, Hickam Elementary School, Nimitz Elementary School, Roosevelt High School, Aikahi Elementary School, Linapuni Elementary School, Kailua High School, Kaala Elementary School Moanalua Middle School and Waipahu High School.
Hokule'a changes plan due to northerly winds
The crew of the sailing canoe Hokule'a is combatting unexpected northerly winds that have driven it more than 100 miles west of its intended course line.Master navigator Nainoa Thompson reported yesterday that he changed sailing strategy in response to prevailing winds. Instead of steering into the wind, "we decided to let the canoe run free," he told the Polynesian Voyaging Society.
"This morning, we are making good time, rocketing home, and the canoe feels so good, so smooth and confident," he said.
The vessel, on its way back from a journey to Rapa Nui, has crossed the equator and is expected to reach Hawaii in the first week of March. A welcoming celebration on Oahu is set for March 12 at Kualoa Park.
Ever since the first voyage in 1976, navigators have targeted a point 275 miles east of the Big Island, where they turn west to make landfall. The new strategy is expected to bring the craft directly to South Point instead, according to a voyaging society announcement.
Shortage of electricity may hit Kauai residents
LIHUE -- Electrical production on Kauai will be close to dropping below demand for the next 30 days, and voluntary cuts in electricity use could be requested as soon as next week, Kauai Electric officials said yesterday.General Manager Denny Polasky said the generator at Amfac/JMB's Lihue Plantation was seriously damaged Tuesday. The 14-megawatt unit, fired by bagasse from sugar cane crops, is a major supplier of electricity.
The cause of the damage was unknown. Repairs that the utility hoped would be quick now look like they will take more than a month, Polasky said.
The situation will delay plans for major maintenance of Kauai Electric's 22-megawatt plant in Port Allen, which was damaged last fall.
The unit, the utility's largest, is back on line, but its reliability is questionable until a major overhaul can be completed, Polasky said.
Kauai Electric recently received approval from the Kauai Planning Commission to build a 26-megawatt plant outside Hanamaulu, but local residents and environmentalists have appealed the decision in Circuit Court.
Kauai Electric, which is owned by Stamford, Conn.-based Citizens Utilities, was sold this week to a group of Kauai businessmen. The sale must be approved by the state Public Utilities Commission.
Mackey Feary's death to be commemorated
The first anniversary of the death of Mackey Feary, a founder of the musical group Kalapana, will be commemorated with a memorial service at noon tomorrow at Hawaiian Memorial Park, 45-425 Kamehameha Highway in Kaneohe.The service will be at Mackey's grave site.
Feary hanged himself in his Halawa prison cell Feb. 20, 1999, after losing a bid to return to a drug treatment program, rather than face a prison sentence.
50 vintage aircraft in isle fund-raiser
Fifty vintage aircraft are gracing Hawaii's skies in the Great Hawaiian Air Race, which began with their arrival Thursday and ends tomorrow when the last plane lands on the Ford Island runway.The picturesque planes include Cessnas, Russian Yaks and a DC-3.
The race is being held to secure donations to benefit the Make-A-Wish Foundation through sponsorships, entry fees and gifts from pilots.
Aircraft took off at 20-second intervals from the reef runway at Honolulu Airport yesterday morning, flew at an altitude of 600 feet off Waikiki to Diamond Head, and then headed for other islands.
A luau and air show was expected to take place today at Hana, Maui. An awards banquet will be held starting 5:30 p.m. Monday at the Hilton Hawaiian Village.
Police, Fire, Courts
By Star-Bulletin staffHonolulu Police Department Crimestoppers
Man booked in kidnap, assault on girlfriend
Police arrested an 18-year-old Waianae man last night for allegedly breaking his girlfriend's nose.The suspect would not allow his girlfriend to leave his house following an argument, police said. He allegedly held her for about an hour and butted her in the face with his head at about 9 p.m., causing a fractured nose.
The woman was able to escape, and the suspect was detained by a neighbor until police arrived. He was booked for kidnapping and second-degree assault.
Ammonia fumes send custodian to hospital
Ammonia gas sent a Kawananakoa Intermediate School custodian to Kuakini Hospital yesterday. He was treated and released.The victim, 37, who is asthmatic, was overcome after a pint container of ammonia accidentally spilled at about 3:50 p.m.
He and another custodian were removing a large photocopying machine from a second-floor home economics room. While taking it down a staircase, the machine fell and broke apart. The ammonia container inside spilled, releasing the toxic gas.
Fire crews gave him oxygen, and a hazardous-materials unit took steps to decontaminate the victim and his surroundings.
Ambulance attendants determined his condition was serious but stable, and took him to the hospital.
The other custodian was not injured.
Fishing vessel aground on reef off Kewalo Basin
An 80-foot fishing vessel ran aground on the reef just off Kewalo Basin last night.The Shaman II ran aground shortly before 8 p.m. while returning to its slip. Three commercial fishermen on board were not injured, but efforts by a private vessel to pull the boat off the reef were unsuccessful when a tow line broke.
The Coast Guard sought a private salvage vessel to remove the fishing boat.
S.Maui brush fire burns six or seven acres
WAILUKU -- Firefighters this morning were still putting out hot spots in a South Maui brush fire that began yesterday afternoon.Assistant Fire Chief Donald Moniz said the cause of the blaze, which started close to 4:23 p.m, was unknown, although many youths were seen in the area before the fire.
Moniz said about six to seven acres of brush burned about 100 yards away from Piilani Villages, but no homes were threatened and no injuries occurred.
Firefighters took about 1 hours to control the fire.
Complimentary robber hits convenience store
Police are searching for a man who complimented a store clerk before robbing him.The suspect walked into a convenience store on Kipapa Street in Waipio at 3:18 a.m. yesterday and told the clerk that he "looked like a nice guy" and, therefore, the robber would only take cigarettes, police said.
He brandished a revolver in his waistband, took some cigarettes and left.
He is described as in his 20s and weighing 120 pounds. He was wearing a gray baseball cap and a black jacket.
Man who stole cash from ATMs is sought
CrimeStoppers is asking for the public's assistance in identifying and locating a man who stole $700 from several automatic teller machines.The suspect was caught on video surveillance taking money from eight ATMs in November and December with a stolen bank card, police said.
He is described as a black man in his 30s, 6 feet tall with a heavy build. He was seen wearing a white baseball cap with a Seattle SuperSonics logo on the front, and carrying a fanny pack.
'Neil Armstrong' taken in for mental observation
A man who broke into a Diamond Head home on Wednesday to take a nap has been taken to Castle Hospital for mental observation.An employee of the homeowner discovered the man sleeping in an upstairs bedroom at 12:20 p.m., police said. The man had consumed food and several bottles of alcohol from the home.
When the officers arrived and arrested the man for burglary, he claimed he was the homeowner and astronaut Neil Armstrong.
Farrington Highway collision victim ID'd
The medical examiner's office has identified the man killed in Tuesday's head-on collision on Farrington Highway as Neo Marsollo, 30, of Aliamanu.
Man's death determined due to natural causes
There was no foul play in the death of an 85-year-old man who died Feb. 6 at Kapiolani Hospital at Pali Momi. An autopsy determined that Robert T. Pritchard died of natural causes.
FBI, cops seek man who tried to rob Kapahulu S&L
The FBI and police are looking for a man who tried to rob the Kapahulu branch of International Savings and Loan yesterday.The man entered the branch at 909 Kapahulu Ave. at about 1:55 p.m. yesterday. He passed a demand note which said he had a weapon, but none was seen. He left empty-handed.
The suspect is described as about 5 feet 8 inches tall, chubby, about 210 pounds, tan complexioned, with short black hair and brown eyes. He was wearing black shorts and a black T-shirt.
Anyone with information is asked to call the FBI at 521-1411 or CrimeStoppers at 955-8300.
