Tree planting tomorrow will honor organ donors
A "Tree of Life II" will be planted in a ceremony at 1 p.m. tomorrow at St. Joseph Church, 94-675 Farrington Hwy. in Waipahu.The event is sponsored by the Minority Organ Tissue Transplant Education Program and the Organ Donor Center of Hawaii.
The tree will be dedicated to those whose lives have been touched by the "gift of life" through organ, tissue and eye donations. Mass will be from noon to 1 p.m.
For more information or to RSVP, call the Organ Donor Center, 599-7630 or 877-855-0603.
Maui Pine sues Del Monte over rights to hybrids
WAILUKU >> A lawsuit against Del Monte has been filed in Maui Circuit Court, alleging the firm is trying to unfairly gain exclusive rights to varieties of hybrid pineapples.Maui Pineapple Co. charges that the hybrid varieties were developed through the Pineapple Research Institute in the 1970s.
Maui Pine, seeking more than $1 million in restitution, said it and Del Monte jointly developed the hybrid pineapples through the Institute, according to the lawsuit filed Thursday.
Heart Institute sponsors racewalking workshop
Want to lose some weight and improve your heart?A top racewalker will tell you how you can do that at a workshop tomorrow from 8 to 9:30 a.m. at Kahala Park.
Barbara Steffens, distance runner, fitness instructor and founder of Great Strides Honolulu, will conduct the class, providing information on shoes, safety, proper technique and how to stay motivated.
It is free for Queen's Heart Institute Coupon Book holders. The fee for others is $7.
The institute is offering the class as part of its ongoing Healing Heart program, which notes that walking strengthens the heart, lungs and legs.
Steffens has many racewalking records, including finishing first in the Honolulu Marathon in 1990 and 1991. She is certified by the North American Racewalking Foundation as a racewalking instructor and is certified as a faculty member for the National YMCA Walk Reebok Instructor Program.
For more information or to register, call 547-4466 or visit www.healingheartonline.org.
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Police, Fire, Courts
By Star-Bulletin staffHonolulu Police Department Crimestoppers
Police continue hunt for robbery suspect
Windward police are looking for a second suspect involved in Thursday's home-invasion robbery in Kahuku.Police said the two men tied up a husband and wife, ransacked their home, then fled in the couple's vehicles.
Police caught one of the men Thursday evening after he got into a collision while driving one of the stolen vehicles and tried to escape by jumping into the ocean near the mouth of the Kahaluu stream. Police, with the help of a canoe club, paddled into the water and arrested the suspect.
The first suspect was arrested for robbery, two counts of kidnapping and sexual assault for allegedly fondling the female victim while she was tied up.
The second suspect is still at large. He is described as a slim male in his teens or early 20s.
Armed pair threaten Nanakuli woman
A 26-year-old Nanakuli woman told police that two men threatened her at gunpoint yesterday morning.According to police, the victim was at her home at 7 a.m. when two male acquaintances arrived at her door, asking for drugs.
Police said that when the woman said she had no drugs, one of the suspects, a 26-year-old male, pulled out a gun and started threatening her. At some point, police said, the victim said was able to shut the door and call police.
