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Two people are suing the Office of Elections for allegedly denying them the right to file nomination papers to run for office because they missed the deadline. Two sue elections office
after missing deadlineSteve Tataii and Ligaya Dela Cruz said they arrived at the Office of Elections at 4:29 p.m. on July 25, one minute before deadline to file. But Dwayne Yoshina, chief election officer, claimed the time was 4:30 p.m. and the office was closed, Tataii said.
Yoshina, who is off island, said he wouldn't comment until he saw the suit.
Tataii said he wanted to run as a candidate for the state House District 17 seat. Dela Cruz said she also wanted to run for a political office in the 2000 elections but hadn't decided which one yet.
Community partnerships to address aging, health and long-term care issues in Hawaii will be discussed at a conference, "Harmonizing Community Voices," Sept. 28-29 at the East-West Center. Conference will focus on
community's role in aging issuesAll interested parties are invited to attend.
Dr. Stephen B. Fawcett, University of Kansas Distinguished Professor of Community Leadership, will be keynote speaker the first day.
Robert Agres Jr., director of the Hawaii Alliance for Community Based Economic Development, will describe new approaches to community development the second day.
The Executive Office on Aging, Hawaii Community Foundation and HMSA Foundation are funding the conference. Registration is at 8:30 a.m. Sept. 28 and 8 a.m. Sept. 29.
For more information or to obtain a registration form, call Shirley Kidani of the Executive Office on Aging, 586-0100, or call your local area agency on aging: On Kauai, 241-6400; Honolulu, 523-4361; Maui, 270-7755; Big Island, 961-8600.
Public forums will be held statewide during the next two months to discuss developments and services related to traumatic brain injuries. The first will be from 4 to 6 p.m. Sept. 11 at Ala Moana Park's McCoy Pavilion. Public forums to focus
on brain injury servicesThe state Department of Health's Developmental Disabilities Division is working with the State Traumatic Brain Injury Advisory Board and other organizations to:
To reserve a seat, call Tony Hunstiger, 592-5903, or email, htbiinfo@lava.net.Describe a planning grant funded by the Maternal and Child Health Bureau, a division of the federal Department of Health and Human Services.
A normal school day was to begin at 8 a.m. today at Kalihi-Uka Elementary School after a broken water main interrupted the routine yesterday. Water main fixed; Kalihi-Uka
classes to resume todayAlthough it was decided to close the school immediately after the noon flooding of Kalihi Street, the Board of Water Supply restored water to the school shortly, and a number of students stayed on for afternoon classes. About 12 remained for the after-school A+ time. Normally A+ includes some 55 students.
Diane Suzuki, school principal, said parents arrived starting at noon to sign out their children in accordance with security procedures for early departure.
Of the 330 students, about 80 percent left before the 2:15 p.m. school-out time, she said.
"All is well at Kalihi-Uka," she added. "We will resume school as usual (today)."
The school was out of water a little more than an hour, said Wanda Yamane, a Board of Water Supply information specialist.
Water use is being restricted at Waiawa Correctional Facility while officials try to find a leak. Waiawa prison can't find
leak; water restrictedWarden Phil Tulminello said yesterday the water reserve fell below acceptable levels Saturday. "Recreational activities and showers were canceled for the day."
Inmate showers and recreational activities have resumed, he said, but water use is still restricted.
The National Guard and the Board of Water Supply have provided water wagons for drinking water and set up portable toilets.
Legislators, government officials and agricultural experts will attend a celebration of Hawaii Industrial Hemp Field Day at 11 a.m. Tuesday in Wahiawa. Hemp festival Tuesday
in WahiawaDavid P. West, lead scientist for the Hawaii Industrial Hemp Research Project, will present research findings and show different varieties of hemp grown in other parts of the world where hemp is a legal agricultural crop.
West planted the first hemp seed in U.S. soil in nearly 50 years last December as part of a the research project, which was authorized by the governor through Act 305.
"Two months from planting to harvest means Hawaii is an attractive breeding and production site for industrial hemp," West said.
Chinese warships visit Pearl Harbor Monday
Two Chinese warships will dock here on Labor Day in their first stop on a goodwill cruise to the United States --- the first since China suspended relations after the accidental bombing of its embassy in Belgrade in May 1999.The destroyer Quingdao and the oiler Taicang will arrive at Pearl Harbor at 8:30 a.m. Monday for a four-day visit. Chinese and American sailors will tour each other's ships, with the destroyer USS O'Kane serving as the host ship.
This is the third time Chinese warships have visited Pearl. The first visit was in April 1989, followed by a three-ship port call in 1997.
USS Missouri hosts Asian-American vets
Asian-American veterans will be honored tomorrow on the 55th anniversary of the end of World War II in special ceremonies on the fantail of the battleship USS Missouri at Ford Island.The Navy will open the Ford Island bridge to private vehicles from 7:45 to 8:30 a.m. The ceremony will begin at 8:45 a.m.
A special tribute will be paid to members of the 100th Battalion, 442nd Regimental Combat Team, Military Intelligence Service and 1399th Engineer Construction Battalion.
The keynote address will be delivered by U.S. District Judge Susan Mollway, whose father, Eichi Oki, served with the 442nd.
It was on the deck of the Missouri that Gen. Douglas MacArthur presided over the ceremony in which the Japanese signed the treaty ending World War II on Sept. 2, 1945, in Tokyo Bay.
First Circuit judge gets Family Court post
Judge Frances Q.F. Wong was promoted as senior judge of Family Court of the First Judicial Circuit on Oahu.Wong currently presides over criminal cases and serves as a drug court judge at First Circuit Court. She will begin her new position Sept. 25.
Wong will assume the responsibilities currently handled by Dan T. Kochi, who has been the First Circuit's senior family court judge since October 1997.
Kochi will remain a presiding judge of the First Circuit Court criminal division.
Big Isle group seeks nominees for award
WAIKOLOA, Hawaii -- The Waikoloa Foundation is seeking nominees for its new Naupaka Award, which is intended to perpetuate Hawaiian culture and environment in modern society.The $3,000 annual award is open to any person or group on the Big Island having a significant and positive Hawaiian cultural impact on residents and visitors with the Waikoloa ahupuaa in West Hawaii.
For information, call (808) 886-1000.
Tomorrow
Some events of interest
Police, Fire, Courts
By Star-Bulletin staffHonolulu Police Department Crimestoppers
Police seek help finding missing Kaiser doctor
Police are seeking the public's assistance in locating Dr. Eugene Ambard, a Hawaii Kai resident who has not been seen since Aug. 24.
Ambard, a physician at Kaiser Moanalua Medical Center, left his Niumalu Loop home at about 6:30 a.m. Witnesses told police he was at the Hawaii Kai Foodland market at 4:10 p.m.
His Boston Whaler boat was later found drifting with the anchor dragging in waters off Diamond Head.
Anyone with information about Ambard is asked to call CrimeStoppers at 955-8300 or the police Missing Persons Detail at 529-3064.
Woman reports sex assault while in police custody
Police are investigating a woman's report that she was sexually assaulted while in custody at the Kaneohe Police Station.The woman reported she was sexually assaulted by a male prisoner on Tuesday, police said.
10-year-old boy arrested after pellet-gun threat
A 10-year-old boy with a pellet gun was arrested yesterday at Nanakuli Elementary School for allegedly threatening to shoot a student.The boy told another 10-year-old boy he was going to shoot him, police said. The suspect was later found with an unloaded pellet gun in his possession and was arrested at the school.
