Public comments helping agency revise pier plans
KAILUA-KONA >> Comments from the public are helping the state Department of Land and Natural Resources revise its plan for renovation of the Kailua-Kona pier.The revised plan includes three dock landings, a pump-out system for waste water and wheelchair ramps. The state hopes to put the plan out to bid by January.
The state announced last year that 70 feet of the pier at the seaward end had become structurally unsafe.
Brothers get prison time for federal tax evasion
Two brothers were sentenced in U.S. District Court yesterday for not paying thousands of dollars in federal income taxes.David and Alan Chang pleaded guilty last November to conspiracy to defraud the Internal Revenue Service for the tax years of 1991, 1992 and 1993.
U.S. District Judge Helen Gillmor sentenced David Chang to a year and a day of prison. Alan Chang was sentenced to six months' home detention.
'Celebration of Canoes' starts tomorrow on Maui
The fourth annual "In Celebration of Canoes" is scheduled to begin tomorrow in Lahaina and run through May 27.The event will feature master canoe carvers from around the Pacific. It will start with an awa ceremony at Kamehameha Iki Park at noon tomorrow, to welcome people from different Pacific islands, and be followed by the rough shaping of logs into canoes in the afternoon.
The work on the logs will continue Wednesday and Thursday under the Lahaina Banyan Tree.
A "Celebration of Canoes" benefit concert featuring Kalapana, Henry Kapono and the Brothers Cazimero will be May 19 at the Lahaina Special Events Arena at 6:30 p.m.
Public's help sought with DNA project
Public participation in a "molecular genealogy" project is being sought by the Kahului stake of the Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints.People willing to prepare family trees and give blood samples may join the project, which will use individuals' DNA to determine genetic connections in families, tribal groups and larger populations.
The project will start from 9 a.m. to 1 p.m. May 19 at the Lono Avenue chapel in Kahului.
Star-Bulletin staff
Public participation in a "molecular genealogy" project is being sought by the Kahului stake of the Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints.
People willing to prepare family trees and give blood samples may join the project, which will use individuals' DNA to determine genetic connections in families, tribal groups and larger populations.
The project will start from 9 a.m. to 1 p.m. May 19 at the Lono Avenue chapel in Kahului.
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About 2,000 evacuated at Blaisdell concert hall
About 2,000 concert-goers were evacuated from the Neal Blaisdell concert hall after a bomb threat forced the cancellation of a performance last night.Broadway performer Craig Schulman and the Honolulu Symphony Orchestra were scheduled to take the stage at 7:30 p.m.
Fire officials said the threat was called in to the Honolulu Club across the street from the Blaisdell at about 7:15. They said that the caller was female and that she threatened the concert hall.
Concert-goers were evacuated at about 7:55. The performance has been rescheduled for 2 p.m. today.
Police seeking suspect in Kalihi home robbery
Honolulu police are looking for a man who robbed a Kalihi man and his daughter yesterday morning.Police said the suspect sneaked into the house on the first floor, then threatened the 57-year-old male resident upstairs.
They said the suspect, who was armed with a semiautomatic pistol, woke up the victim and demanded money. Police said the suspect was unsuccessful in getting money from the man and instead grabbed the purse of his 22-year-old daughter before fleeing on foot.
