The Honolulu National College Fair will be held Thursday to give college-bound students and their families a head start on planning for college. National college fair at Blaisdell on Thursday
It will be held from 9 a.m. to 12:30 p.m. and 5 to 8:30 p.m. at the Neal Blaisdell Center.
The free event, sponsored by the National Association for College Admission Counseling, will offer one-on-one meetings with admission representatives from a wide range of national and international, public and private, and two- and four-year colleges and universities. Admission materials will be available. Students and parents can meet with counselors to discuss financial aid, major fields of study, course preparation and other issues based on individual needs.
For more information about the fair, including directions and a list of exhibitors, visit the NACAC Web site at www.nacac.com/fairs.html.
Last year, the fair program assisted more than 400,000 students and their families nationwide. The NACAC, an Alexandria, Va.-based association, has operated the program since 1972 and currently sponsors fairs in 36 locations.
Waianae library closes for air-conditioning work
The Waianae public library will be closed for renovations beginning today. The work is expected to take six to eight weeks and involves the installation of a new air-conditioning unit.While the library is closed, a bookmobile will be in the parking lot at 85-625 Farrington Hwy., to provide some services.
Bookmobile hours will be Mondays through Saturdays, 10 a.m. to 5 p.m.
The library book drop will remain open for returns.
Illegal immigrants face midnight INS deadline
Today is the last day for illegal immigrants to apply for visas under the Legal Immigration and Family Equity Act. The act allows illegal immigrants to apply for visas without first returning to their home country to apply from there.Most illegal immigrants who leave the country are not allowed back.
A visa allows the immigrant to stay in the country and makes it easier for the immigrant to apply for a green card or permanent residency.
The immigration office at the airport will be open until midnight tonight, according to Immigration and Naturalization Services regional director Donald Radcliffe.
The INS main office will be open for regular business hours. Radcliffe said last week that his office had been getting 10 visa applications per day, about double the normal amount. Visa applicants must be sponsored and have a close relative who is a U.S. citizen or permanent resident.
There is a $225 application and fingerprinting fee and a $1,000 fine for entering the country.
State aquatics division opens new Kona office
The Department of Land and Natural Resources Division of Aquatic Resources has opened a new office at the Honokohau Harbor fuel dock, 74-381 Kealakehe Pkwy., Suite L, in Kailua-Kona.Office hours are 8 a.m. to 4:30 p.m. Mondays through Fridays except for state holidays.
The office issues various fishing licenses and permits. Its phone number is 327-6226.
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By Star-Bulletin staffHonolulu Police Department Crimestoppers
Swimmer rescued off Lanai Lookout
Rescue personnel aboard the Honolulu Fire Department helicopter picked up a man in the ocean 300 yards off the Lanai Lookout about 8 a.m. today. They were notified of a swimmer in distress off the Blow Hole about 7:30. When they arrived the man had drifted toward the Lanai Lookout. They dropped the man off at the Maunalua Bay boat ramp. An ambulance took him to Queen's Medical Center, where he is in serious condition.
Ewa Beach man arrested for attempted murder
Police said they arrested a 34-year-old Ewa Beach man after he rammed his vehicle into his ex-girlfriend's car. The man was arrested when he later went to Honolulu Police Department headquarters to report that he had been in a traffic collision.Police said after the man rammed his vehicle into the rear of the other car, he chased his ex-girlfriend and cut her off near the corner of Kinau and Piikoi streets. He fled when he saw her calling police on her cell phone. The man was arrested for attempted murder.
Police looking for men who stole hotel room safe
Police are looking for two men who tied up occupants of a room in the Waikiki Joy Hotel last night and stole the room safe.Hotel management said they became suspicious of activity in the room and discovered blood in the room and the safe missing. The room occupants didn't report the incident and refuse to pursue prosecution, police said.
Man arrested for waving knife at hotel security
Police arrested an 18-year-old man brandishing a knife yesterday morning after a confrontation involving a group of youths and a security guard at a Waikiki hotel.A security guard at the Outrigger Ohana West Hotel, 2330 Kuhio Ave., responded to a fight on the 18th floor at 2:30 a.m., police said. He took the stairway, the only way up from the 17th floor, and was met by a large group of young men.
The suspect began yelling profanities and swinging a knife at the guard. Another man with a small sword, and two others also came after the guard, police said. The security guard escaped and notified police. Police arrested the suspect for first-degree terroristic threatening.
Woman sought in purse snatching at Kapiolani bar
Police are searching for a woman suspected of robbing another woman of her purse at a bar at 1689 Kapiolani Blvd. The suspect allegedly grabbed a purse from a table, then tried to leave with it. The 35-year-old victim confronted the suspect, who pulled out a handgun and pointed it at her and others in the bar. The suspect left in a gray 1985 Mazda two-door sedan, license number JGF-375.The suspect is described as 5 feet 10 inches tall, weighing 140 pounds with long, wavy blond hair and fair complexion. She was wearing a yellow shirt, black leather jacket and boots.
3 rescued near Maui stream swollen by rain
WAILUKU >> Three Maui residents were rescued yesterday after a rising stream left them stranded in east Maui.Assistant Chief Alan Cordeiro said the three women had gone hiking with a male companion at Kuiwa Stream about a mile mauka of the Hana Highway. Rain caused the stream to rise, and the man managed to cross the stream to get help.
One of the women was pulled to safety by a helicopter before darkness prevented further air rescue. The two others were rescued with rope and pulleys at 6:42 p.m., Cordeiro said. No one was hurt.
Suspects in white van sought in kidnap-robbery
Police are looking for two men who kidnapped and robbed another man leaving a nightclub on Kapiolani Boulevard early yesterday morning. The 27-year-old victim told police he was leaving Venus Nite Club at 4 a.m. when he was approached by a man driving a white van.The man allegedly pointed a shotgun at the victim and ordered him to get into the van. The driver then picked up another man, and the two took the victim's money and keys.
Both suspects are described as 5 feet 6 inches tall, weighing 180 pounds. The victim escaped from the van and called police.
Man arrested in threat to set fire to vacant home
A man was arrested after he allegedly squirted flammable liquid in his former home at 1112 2nd Ave. in Kaimuki and threatened to set it on fire.Officers of the Special Services Division and the Honolulu Fire Department responded after a neighbor reported that a person broke into the vacant home before 1:30 p.m. yesterday.
Detective Gary Lahens of the Criminal Investigation Division said the suspect was evicted from the house a week ago. Police arrested the 30-year-old man for burglary.
Man arrested for theft, impersonating officer
Police arrested a 43-year-old Mililani man for extortion, impersonating a police officer and theft at Mililani Shopping Center Saturday. Police say the man, dressed as a police officer, was involved in a scam to receive money for stolen items.The suspect told a 22-year-old Mililani resident he could retrieve his stolen property and return it for $100. The victim called police, who arranged for him to meet the suspect at Starbucks on Kipapa Drive to exchange the money.
Dressed in a black jacket with an HPD logo, the suspect represented himself as a police officer and returned the items to the victim, police said.
Plainclothes officers observed the exchange and arrested the suspect shortly before 3 p.m. The suspect was released pending investigation.
Boy arrested in burglary at Ewa Beach residence
A 14-year-old boy was arrested for burglary yesterday after he was seen climbing out a window of an Okaa Street residence in Ewa Beach. Police were called to the residence and located the boy about an hour later. Witnesses identified the boy.
