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By Star-Bulletin Staff

Friday, August 18, 2000

Missing kayaker found
by fishing boat crew

A kayaker who left the northeast coast of Molokai Tuesday morning was found adrift 16 miles south of Kalaeloa (Barbers Point).

The crew of the recreational fishing boat Waimalu spotted Jayson Caree, 43, in his kayak at 2 p.m. yesterday, according to a Coast Guard release.

The Coast Guard launched search aircraft Wednesday evening after a friend reported Caree missing. Two HH-65 helicopters, a C-130 and a Coast Guard auxiliary aircraft resumed the search yesterday.

The friend said he and Caree set out in separate kayaks, heading for the Kaluakoi Resort on the west side of Molokai.

The Waimalu brought Caree to Pokai Bay. He was taken to Waianae Coast Comprehensive Health Center suffering from sunburn and dehydration.

Cancer society seeking walkers

The Leukemia and Lymphoma Society is accepting team signups for its Light the Night Walk at Ala Moana Beach Park on Sept. 23.

The walk is designed to increase awareness of blood-related cancers and to raise funds for research, patient and community services, advocacy and education. A bone marrow drive will be included in the event.

The Leukemia & Lymphoma Society is the world's largest private organization concerned solely with funding research toward cures for blood-related cancers such as leukemia, Hodgkin's and non-Hodgkin's lymphomas and myeloma.

Participants will carry lighted white balloons for cancer survivors and red balloons for friends and family along the two-mile course. The Society is asking for a $25 donation for each balloon.

Individual and corporate sponsors are being sought, as well as volunteers.

For more information, call Rachel Light at 534-1222. For information about leukemia, lymphoma, Hodgkin's disease and myeloma, visit www.leukemia-lymphoma.org or call 534-1222.

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Slide Check

By Ken Ige, Star-Bulletin
One lane of Round Top Drive is still closed just below Tantalus
lookout after a slide several weeks ago. Workers for the city and
the telephone company Verizon (formerly GTE), above,
checked the site Wednesday. Underground lines may
be put up on telephone poles next week.

Hilo to host to conference on
length and quality of lives

Rear Adm. Ronald Banks, Region IX administrator for the U.S. Public Health Service in San Francisco, will be key speaker at a Healthy People 2010 Conference Sept. 28-29 in Hilo.

The state Department of Health and the Hawaii District Health Office are sponsoring the conference at the Naniloa Hotel.

Healthy People 2010 is a national strategy designed to increase the quality and years of healthy life of Americans and to eliminate health disparities. It outlines a nationwide health promotion and disease prevention agenda.

Dr. Vincent Francisco, associate director of the Work Group on Health Promotion and Community Development and a professor at the University of Kansas Medical School, will join Banks in discussing the objectives.

Virginia Pressler, state Department of Health deputy director for health resources administration, and Betty Wood, preventive health and health services epidemiologist, will discuss the Healthy Hawaii Initiative and the impact of the tobacco settlement upon the health objectives.

Registration deadline is Sept. 21. Contact the Hawaii Community College, Office of Continuing Education and Training, (808) 974-7531, fax (808) 974-7487 or by email: deborahs@hawaii.edu.

Lihue firm gets $6.9 million contract for Kapolei library

A $6.9 million contract has been awarded to Unlimited Construction Services of Lihue to construct the public library planned for Kapolei.

John Penebacker, special assistant to the state librarian, said the award means that the funds for the project will not lapse as some had feared. The contractor must complete several preconstruction obligations, such as obtaining permits, before construction can begin.

Penebacker said construction of the 33,000-square-foot library could start within 90 days.

Expect parking crunch at Blaisdell, city warns

The city warns there will be a parking crunch at Blaisdell Center this weekend.

Among the events scheduled are the Made in Hawaii Festival, Return to Aloha and Nani Ke Ao Nei.

Patrons are advised to arrive early or seek alternate parking.

H-1 freeway ramps to be closed on Sunday

The Kinau Street off-ramp on H-1 freeway eastbound will be closed Sunday from 11 p.m. to 4 a.m., for overhead work on the Vineyard on-ramp. The McCully Street overpass will also be closed from 9 a.m. Sunday to 5 a.m. Monday for bridge work.

Tomorrow

Some events of interest

9 a.m., Damien Memorial High School: Kalihi/Palama town vision meeting, 1401 Houghtailing St. Call Keoki Miyamoto at 523-4641 for information.

10 a.m.-9 p.m., Neal Blaisdell Exhibition Hall: Fifth annual Made in Hawaii Festival, featuring more than 400 exhibitors.

Corrections A photograph of Kaimuki company Adtech Inc. in Hawaii Inc. yesterday was a Star-Bulletin file photo taken in December. A caption incorrectly said it was taken earlier this week. Former state legislator Gene Albano was convicted in 1985. A story Wednesday and another yesterday said incorrectly that he was convicted in 1993. Samson Guillermo's first name was misspelled in an item in Sports yesterday.

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Police, Fire, Courts



By Star-Bulletin staff

Honolulu Police Department Crimestoppers

Motorcyclist dies in Nimitz accident

Eastbound traffic on Nimitz Highway was temporarily diverted this morning following a motorcycle accident that claimed the life of a 21-year-old man.

The accident occurred at 2:21 this morning at 66 N. Nimitz Highway near Zippy's Restaurant.

The driver was taken to Queen's Medical Center, where he died at 3:09 a.m.

Traffic on Nimitz Highway eastbound was diverted onto Ala Kawa Street near the Dole Cannery to Dillingham Boulevard.

Big Island woman dies in two-car accident

HILO -- A Big Island woman died following a two-car crash on Mamalahoa Highway on the Hamakua Coast yesterday, police said. She was identified as Kyoko Fujitani, 55, of Honokaa.

Fujitani was a passenger in a Datsun sedan driven by Edward Fujitani, 58, who was attempting to make a left turn off the highway onto Kapuna Road at Ahualoa about 12:50 p.m., police said.

Their car was struck by an oncoming Ford sedan driven by Edward Aldridge, 17, of Waimea.

Fujitani died at North Hawaii Community Hospital at 4:10 p.m. Edward Fujitani, and Aldridge's four passengers, Saphyre Aldridge, 15, Lextor Gaddi, 17, Nicole Arai, 15, and Melenie McCoy, 4, all of Waimea, were treated at the hospital and released.