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Wastewater Plant spill contained at the site
A spill at the Sand Island Wastewater Treatment Plant Saturday was contained at the facility and all the affected area has been disinfected, according to a city spokesperson.A pipefitting to a storage tank disconnected about 2:20 p.m., causing about 65,000 gallons of sludge and waste water to leak out. The spill was brought under control in about an hour.
About 1,500 gallons of sludge and waste water entered a storm drain, but the effluent was removed before it reached Honolulu Harbor.
Project aims to reduce isle teen pregnancies
Puppets and teen parents are involved in a program to prevent unplanned teen pregnancies, starting with fifth- and sixth-graders.The Teen Intervention Program is funded with a $115,000 grant from the Victoria A. and Bradley L. Geist Foundation to Kapiolani Medical Center For Women & Children.
The demonstration project -- called Parent and Child Education -- encourages children to talk and learn about changes occurring during puberty in a nonthreatening classroom atmosphere. It will be conducted in 20 Oahu schools.
A puppet show is followed by a discussion and question-and-answer period presented by teen parents and an educator.
For information: 973-5973.
Waipahu health fair slated for Saturday
A Waipahu Community Health Fair will be held from 10 a.m. to 2 p.m. Saturday at St. Joseph Parish and School, 94-651 Farrington Hwy.Events will include a Hawaii Diet presentation by Dr. Terry Shintani; "Learn About Breast Health" sessions; free health screenings; health education exhibits; a farmer's market; Filipino desserts and cooking demonstrations and samples.
The Breast and Cervical Cancer Control Program will educate and sign up women who qualify for free mammograms, breast exams and pap tests.
The fair is sponsored by the American Cancer Society, Central/Leeward Unit.
For information: 486-8420.
Australian architects win $25,000 UH award
Three Australian architects have won $25,000 from the University of Hawaii-Manoa School of Architecture for their design that acted as a catalyst of social and cultural change.The 2000 Kenneth F. Brown Asia-Pacific Culture and Architecture Design Award went to Glenn Murcutt, Wendy Lewin and Reginald Lark for their design of an education center on the coast of New South Wales.
The award is presented every two years and went to Australian architects the last time as well. The award is the only one of its kind for culture and architecture in the Asia-Pacific region, according to a UH-Manoa spokeswoman.
Lunalilo students take 2 NASA science prizes
Lunalilo Elementary School third-graders have won first and second place in the national NASA Student Involvement Program competition for their space science news reports.Students in Keri Shimomoto's Enrichment Class who won first prize are Alyssa Buote, Lauren Chai, Jeannie Kinoshita and Rumana Yee-Poong. Second-prize winners from the same class are Alan Ho, Cody Maemori and Justin Watanabe.
The first-place team produced a report on "Galileo's Closest Flyby of Io, Jupiter's Volcanic Moon," while the second-place report was about "Six New Planets Discovered From Mauna Kea."
More than 3,600 students submitted more than 1,200 entries.
The award is a NASA program at Lunalilo, plaques for the first-place team and medals for the second-place team.
Corrections
The founder of Paradise Air Tours was misidentified in an obituary Saturday. His correct name is Gerald Weller.
Police, Fire, Courts
By Star-Bulletin staffHonolulu Police Department Crimestoppers
Man critically wounded; suspect may be relative
A 25-year-old man was critically wounded in a shooting early yesterday morning fronting 214 Sand Island Access Road.Queen's Hospital is not releasing any updated information on the victim's condition at the request of police.
The suspect, believed to be related to the victim, fled the scene in a sports utility vehicle and is still at large, police said.
Police responding to the scene at 1:05 a.m. yesterday said they found the victim lying on his back with wounds to his abdomen.
Man gives up after threat to blow up Sand Isle bridge
A 54-year-old man threatening to blow up the Sand Island bridge surrendered to police patrol officers yesterday after a brief standoff.The man allegedly rigged a flare to a 20-pound propane gas tank on the bridge. Special Services Division officers were called out but the man surrendered at 1:13 a.m. before they arrived, police said.
The man reportedly was upset at being harassed by a group at the park, police said.
Body of visiting hiker found at Mokuleia
The body of a 50-year-old hiker, missing since Saturday, was found at the base of a waterfall in Mokuleia by a fire rescue team shortly before 8 a.m. yesterday.The Iowa man and his 13-year-old son drove out to Dillingham Airfield. The man hiked up the Kealia Trail, while his son biked up to Peacock Flats. The 13-year-old waited for his father, who never showed up.
The Fire Department was notified at 5:11 p.m. Saturday and searched until dark with a ground crew and a rescue helicopter. The search resumed at 6:12 a.m. by air along the Kealia Trail. The body was spotted in Keekee Gulch and was airlifted to Dillingham Airfield.
The man's family -- his wife and two sons, 16 and 13, were present.
Rescuers noted severe trauma to the man's head and upper body, which may indicate he fell from the top of the waterfall 250 to 300 feet. Cause of death will be determined by the medical examiner.
"Keekee Gulch is well off the marked Kealia Trail," said Capt. Richard Soo, Honolulu Fire Department spokesman.
The victim's son told fire rescuers that they were not familiar with the islands.
Red Cross and Visitors Aloha Society of Hawaii were called to assist the family, which had been staying at Backpackers and Vacation Inns in Sunset Beach.
9 people hurt, 1 critically, in 5-car Nanakuli accident
An 8-year-old boy injured in a five-car collision Saturday night in Nanakuli remains in critical condition today at Queen's Hospital.The boy was the most seriously injured of the nine people hurt in the 7 p.m. collision on Farrington Highway near Saint Rita Catholic church.
Traffic investigators say the chain of collisions started when a van struck a pickup truck, which was negotiating a turn, from behind. The impact sent the van into on-coming lanes where it collided with a sedan carrying the boy.
The sedan then veered off the highway and was broadsided by another pickup truck. The first pickup truck also veered off the road and was broadsided by another vehicle.
Big Island man shot in Orchidland district
HILO -- Police are looking for a man who shot a rural Big Island resident while the victim was in a wooded area south of Hilo yesterday, they said.The 38-year-old Orchidland man, whose name was not released, said he was in Orchidland yesterday when he was shot. He arrived at the Keaau fire station for help at 11:20 a.m. and was taken to Hilo Hospital for surgery.
Police asked anyone with information to call 935-3311 or Crime Stoppers at 961-8300.
Man charged in stabbing death of his brother
KAILUA-KONA -- Police said they have charged Paul Somalinog, 37, of Holualoa, with murder in the stabbing death of his brother.Keevin Somalinog, 33, was stabbed in the chest with a kitchen carving knife early Saturday morning during a domestic dispute, police said.
The suspect is being held in lieu of $150,000 bail.
