VICTIM SPEAKS OUT
Governor honors Hawaii volunteers
Gov. Ben Cayetano honored 24 individuals, businesses and organizations at the Kilohana Awards Program for Outstanding Volunteerism yesterday.There were 182 nominations in five categories. The winners were:
Youth: Edmar Ramos of Oahu, Shealen Uaiwa of Maui, Ben Miller of Kauai and Candace S.W.M. Seu of Hawaii
Adult: Karen Sumida of Oahu, Rachel Porter of Maui, Brian Yamase of Kauai, and Nashtene McShane of Hawaii
Senior: Albert Minn of Oahu, Beverly Peck of Maui, Edward Kawamura of Kauai, and Edwin Bonsey of Hawaii
Business: Hilton Hawaiian Village, Maui Scrap Metal Co., Hyatt Regency Kauai Resort & Spa and The Princeville Hotel on Kauai, and Fair Wind Inc. on the Big Island
Project: New Life Body of Christ Christian Church Community Activities on Oahu, Kula Hospital Auxiliary Blanch Johnson Memorial Garden on Maui, Lanai City Lions Club, Ke Ola Pono No Na Ka Kupuna of Alu Like, Inc. on Molokai, Adopt-A-Cop Project on Kauai, and Lehua Jaycees and the Waiakea Lions on the Big Island.
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Parents: Moms and dads of public school children breathe a sigh of relief to see classes restart Thursday after three weeks of a teachers strike.Felix kids: Judge David Ezra makes sure the state comes up with the funds to provide education and health services for Hawaii's special-needs students, as dictated by the Felix consent decree.
Matt Delaney: The 30-year-old CEO of Marc Resorts Hawaii has overcome testicular cancer and speaks candidly of an illness that needs more public awareness.
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Marshall Ige: The former state senator receives one year of probation and 400 hours of community service for campaign funding violations.Feral fowl: Roosters from Waipahu to Mililani are getting a bad rap for doing what roosters do best: crow.
Vandals: The return to school at Kaelepulu Elementary School in Kailua is marred by joy-riding vandals who use a golf cart to run over plants in the school courtyard and the sprinkler system, causing $1,500 damage.
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Police, Fire, Courts
By Star-Bulletin staffHonolulu Police Department Crimestoppers
Law enforcement reins in marijuana on Big Island
HILO >> Law enforcement officers confiscated 3,736 marijuana plants ranging in height from seedlings to five feet tall during a five-day operation that ended Friday on the Big Island.Big Island police were joined by personnel from the Honolulu Police Department, State Department of Land and Natural Resources, Hawaii Army National Guard and U.S. Drug Enforcement Agency.
The sweep -- part of the continuing "Counter-Cannabis Field Operation" -- covered areas of the Hamakua, North Hilo, South Hilo, Puna and Kona Districts,
No unusual incidents were reported, no arrests were made and no booby traps were found, police said.
Assault, burglary charges filed in Hawi case
HILO >> Sexual assault, burglary and terroristic threatening charges were filed against a 19-year-old man in connection with a burglary November 28 in Hawi, North Kohala.Ezra Bob Kamauokalani Mahu, formerly of Hawi, is being held on $140,000 bail after charges were filed Friday. He had been on supervised release after being charged in an earlier burglary that took place on November 11, in Kapaau, North Kohala.
Farm worker arrested in blaze at Aloun Farms
A farm worker was arrested for setting fire to a trailer on Aloun Farms in Kapolei where a coworker lived, police said.Other workers who live on the farm said they smelled smoke and said found the suspect attempting to set the trailer on fire at about 3:30 a.m. Friday. Police say the suspect told co-workers that voices told him to burn the trailer.
Damage was estimated at $2,000. No one was injured.
Boy robbed after hiding money in underwear
Three teenagers robbed a 13-year-old boy who tried to hide his money in his underwear, police said.Police say three suspects demanded money from the victim near Paliuli Street and Kapahulu Avenue at 6 p.m. Friday. The victim gave them 50 cents and hid $25 in his shorts because he thought the suspects were still in the area, he told police.
Police said the three suspects confronted the boy again and one suspect grabbed him and removed the hidden money. Another boy pulled out a knife and told the boy to leave, police said.
The suspects had not been arrested as of yesterday afternoon.
