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Sharon Narimatsu, who left the post as Leeward Community College provost abruptly in June after two years, has taken the job as deputy director of the Department of Business, Economic Development and Tourism. Ex-provost moving
to DBEDTHer appointment will become effective Monday. She will succeed Philip Bossert, who will become the vice president of the Ohana Foundation.
Narimatsu had been a University of Hawaii faculty member and administrator for 20 years. Her departure June 18 from Leeward surprised the campus, and Chancellor Joyce Tsunoda, who oversees Hawaii's community college system, had asked Narimatsu to reconsider her decision.
Gov. Ben. Cayetano said "the talent and ability she showed in establishing workforce development programs at Leeward will be invaluable as we continue to pursue our strategy of building a highly skilled new economy workforce in Hawaii."
Book company to pay the state $98,000
Hawaii will receive $98,000 for allegedly being overcharged for library and school books since 1980, according to the attorney general's office.Hawaii, along with 17 other states and the U.S. government, settled a lawsuit against Baker & Taylor, a wholesale book distributor, and W.R. Grace & Co., which sold the company in 1992.
W.R. Grace & Co. and Baker & Taylor agreed yesterday to pay $15.5 million to settle allegations they overcharged schools, libraries and the government for books for more than a decade beginning in the early 1980s.
Hawaii on Britain's pet passport program
Fifteen rabies-free islands --including Hawaii -- will be added to the pet passport program that lets cats and dogs enter Britain without being quarantined for six months.The program , implemented in February, began with 22 rabies-free European countries. Each passport certifies the pet has a microchip implant verifying its identity and that it has been vaccinated against rabies and tested by a government-approved laboratory.
Tomorrow
Events of interest10 a.m., Office of Hawaiian Affairs Board of Trustees Conference Room: OHA Committee on Land meeting.
Corrections
Also, sentencing is set for Sept. 28.; an incorrect date was given. In addition, Kahapea was convicted yesterday, not indicted as stated in a graphic.
Police, Fire, Courts
By Star-Bulletin staffHonolulu Police Department Crimestoppers
Man arrested in fellow care home patient's death
A 37-year-old man was arrested yesterday in connection with the death of an 81-year-old man living at a Kalihi Valley care home.The older man was found unresponsive on Tuesday at the Gilo Care Home at 2921 Laelae Way, police said. He was taken to a nearby hospital, where he died.
The death was initially listed as an unattended death.
Upon further investigation by homicide detectives, they found the man was beaten by the suspect, which caused his death, police said. The victim died of "blunt head trauma and intercranial hemorrhage," according to medical examiners. He apparently was assaulted during an argument with the suspect, police said.
The suspect, who lives in the care home, was arrested there yesterday at 11:30 a.m.
Man shoots at male prostitute in Wahiawa
Police are searching for a man who fired a handgun at a male prostitute in Wahiawa on two different occasions.The prostitute, 20, was soliciting near 95 Kamehameha Highway on Saturday when a tan Ford Taurus passed and the driver fired at least one round at him at 2 a.m., police said.
Yesterday, while the prostitute was near California Avenue and Mango Street at 2 a.m., the same car passed again and fired at him, police said. The bullet struck a pillar about three feet from where he was standing.
The victim reported he is a witness in a robbery and burglary case and believes he is being retaliated against, police said.
Men arrested for stealing canoe from club
Police arrested two men yesterday after they were caught in a stolen canoe in the Ala Wai Canal.An 18-year-old McCully man and a 24-year-old Tantalus man were spotted early yesterday in the canoe with no paddles, police said. They were using a stick and bucket. They were arrested after stopping near Ala Wai Boulevard and Kalaimoku Street. A canoe club representative said the canoe was theirs and that the men were not members, police said.
The suspects were booked for felony theft.
Standoff at Maui hotel ends after 11 hours
WAILUKU -- A Maui man ended an 11-hour standoff with police that led to the evacuation of about 60 rooms at the Maui Lu Resort in Kihei.The man gave up shortly after 6 a.m. yesterday, a couple of minutes after pepper spray was fired into the third-floor room where he had barricaded himself and told police he had a bomb, Maui Police Sgt. Clarence Kenui said.
Charged with violation of his parole was Paul Campos, 46, of Kihei. He was being held without bail at Maui Community Correctional Center.
Liquor-law compliance improves on Big Island
HILO -- Compliance with laws forbidding sale of liquor to minors has substantially improved at Big Island stores since last year, according to the police department.A check of 48 east Hawaii stores using decoy minors from June 20 to July 29 found seven willing to sell to minors, a rate of 15 percent. During the same period last year, the numbers were 32 out of 69 stores, a rate of 46 percent.
Police attributed the improvement to mandatory education classes for liquor sellers following last year's checks.
Police conducted the checks using a grant from the Cancer Research Center of Hawaii to pay for overtime for police and incentives and meals for volunteer minors.
