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Waikiki Beach dubbed No. 2 urban beach
Waikiki Beach has been named the No. 2 urban beach in America by the Surfrider Foundation.Miami's South Beach beat out Honolulu for the top spot.
The top 10 beaches represent places where cities and desirable beaches coincide.
They are: 1. Miami; 2. Honolulu; 3. Panama City Beach, Fla.; 4. East Beach, Santa Barbara, Calif.; 5. Newport Beach, Calif.; 6. Myrtle Beach, S.C.; 7. South Padre Island, Texas; 8. Cape May, N.J.; 9. Main Beach, Santa Cruz, Calif.; and 10. Seaside Beach, Ore.
The study was important to highlight successful urban beaches, as the nation's coastlines become increasingly urban, according to Dr. Stephen Leatherman, known as Dr. Beach.
Visitor industry walk to benefit charities
A visitor industry charity walk will take place May 20, and bona fide Oahu charities are encouraged to apply for funds.The Hawaii Hotel Association Visitor Industry Charity Walk produced more than $780,000 last year.
Nearly $12 million has been raised since the walk began in 1978.
To request a charity application, write or fax Hawaii Hotel Association, ATTN: Tina Yamaki, 2250 Kalakaua Ave., Suite 404-4, Honolulu 96815. Fax: 924-3843.
Charities requesting applications by mail or fax should include names of their organization, contact person and address.
Deadline for completed forms is 4 p.m. May 31.
State arts foundation dedicates school art
The State Foundation on Culture and the Arts has been hosting several dedication ceremonies during May for commissioned works of art for schools.The foundation will dedicate painted murals by Philip Sabado at Kaunakakai Elementary School on Molokai on Tuesday at 9:30 a.m.
A dedication ceremony will also be held on May 18 at 10:15 a.m. for a painted mural by Maile Yawata at Castle High School Gymnasium.
A ceramic mural by Kim Duffett was dedicated at Heeia Elementary School on May 5. Murals by Brendt Berger, Allyn Bromley and Doug Young were dedicated May 7 at the Hawaii Convention Center.
The foundation, through its Art in Public Places program commissions works of art for schools as part of its Artists in Residence Program, a collaborative effort between it and the Department of Education.
Lanakila School holds 75th anniversary luau
Lanakila School on Kuakini Street will celebrate its 75th anniversary with a luau May 26.Former principals, teachers, alumni and parents of alumni are encouraged to participate in this event.
For additional information, call Roy Shigemura at 737-0991.
Kahuku students win national competition
Students from Kahuku High and Intermediate School won the best nonfinalist team award from the Western States Region as part of the "We the People ... The Citizen and the Constitution" national competition in Washington, D.C.The students competed against 50 classes from throughout the country in Washington. They had to apply the constitutional principles and historical facts to contemporary situations.
Aikahi school gives $566 to mental health
The Mental Health Association in Hawaii has received $566 from the student council at Aikahi Elementary School in Kailua.
Students sold candy and candygrams for Valentine's Day to raise money for mental health education activities.
The Courts
Change in plea sought in care-home neglect case
A care-home operator who pleaded no contest in March to manslaughter by omission in the death of a patient is seeking to withdraw her plea, contending she did not cause the patient's death.William Harrison, attorney for Raquel Bermisa, yesterday said outside the courtroom that a heart attack, not pressure sores, caused the death of 79-year-old Chiyeko Tanouye.
Judge Richard Perkins has set an evidentiary hearing for May 24.
Tanouye died last August after she was brought to the hospital with pressure sores that were at their worst stage. The case is believed to be the first prosecution of a care-home operator for neglect in the United States.
Bermisa had faced one year in jail under a plea agreement.
The state contends Tanouye's death could have been prevented had Bermisa provided the proper medical attention recommended by her doctor.
But Harrison said Bermisa was ambivalent about pleading no contest, didn't have copies of evidence items when she made her plea and has since changed her mind and retained him as new counsel.
Based on the medical evidence, Harrison said he retained two experts to review the discovery materials and determine the cause of death.
Cruise-ship worker faces July trial for fatal crash
WAILUKU -- The trial of a man charged in the traffic deaths of four people is scheduled for July 21.Davut Duman, 30, was being held in lieu of $50,000 bail.
Duman, who pleaded not guilty at his arraignment Tuesday, has been indicted on four counts of second-degree negligent homicide, one count of negligent injury, and speeding.
Duman was driving the sports utility vehicle that failed to negotiate a curve, went off the road and struck a coconut tree before flipping over and striking the building housing GTE Wireless in Kahului on April 29.
Four rear-seat passengers were killed.
All four as well as Duman worked for the cruise ship Rhapsody of the Seas that was anchored off Lahaina Harbor.
Police, Fire, Courts
By Star-Bulletin staffHonolulu Police Department Crimestoppers
Police charged a Makakilo man today for the death of his 4-month-old son, whom investigators believe was a victim of shaken-baby syndrome. Makakilo man charged
in death of sonRobert Coy II, 28, was charged with second-degree murder, said homicide Lt. William Kato. He was being held in a police cellblock.
The infant, who had been on life support since Monday, died at 2:38 p.m. yesterday at Tripler Army Medical Center, a spokeswoman said.
He was hospitalized after Coy, a student at Hawaii Pacific University, reported that he fell from a bed at their Nohopaa Street home. Coy said he was in the bathroom when he heard a "thud" in the bedroom and found his son unresponsive.
Coy turned himself in and was arrested Tuesday at police headquarters after doctors determined the baby's injuries were consistent with shaken-baby syndrome. He has no previous arrests.
Mother of once-missing 2-year-old charged
The mother of a 2-year-old girl who was found by police earlier this week has been charged with abandonment.Kimberly Mines was charged with "persistent nonsupport," a misdemeanor, and was being held on $100 bail, police said. She was scheduled to appear in court today.
Mines turned her daughter, Krystal, over to Leroy Kemp of Kalihi more than two weeks ago, police said. Kemp reported Krystal missing Sunday, the day after he left her with Lodaynia Barros, a woman he had known for four days.
Police found Barros and Krystal uninjured on Monday. Krystal was turned over to Child Protective Services.
Woman charged for using sister's identity
A 27-year-old woman was arrested yesterday for allegedly assuming her sister's identity when she was stopped by police for a traffic violation last year.The woman was stopped in July near Kahekili Highway and Ahuimanu Road where she told police she was her 25-year-old sister, police said. The woman also signed the traffic citation in her sister's name.
The woman was booked for second-degree forgery, a felony.
Grandpa arrested for threat with butter knife
A 72-year-old man was arrested yesterday for reportedly threatening his teen-age grandson with a butter knife.The grandfather was intoxicated and got into argument with his grandson, 16, at an Ala Wai Boulevard home at 2:50 p.m., police said.
Police said the argument escalated and the grandfather chased the boy with the knife. The boy was able to disarm him without any injury.
