Drug abuse is subject at Aiea community meeting
Drugs and drug abuse will be the subject of a community town meeting hosted by area legislators from 7 to 8:30 tonight at Aiea Public Library.Guest speakers will be Elaine Wilson, chief of the state Alcohol and Drug Abuse Division in the Health Department, and Ed Howard, with the State Public Safety Department's Narcotics Enforcement Office. "By far, the most destructive element facing our community is drugs," said State Rep. K. Mark Takai (D, Waimalu-Waiau-Newton). Residents attending the meeting will be provided at with information about drugs and what to do if they are affected by drug abuse, he said.
For more information, call Takai at 586-8455.
City aims to push mayor to speed up roadwork
City Council members Duke Bainum and John Henry Felix have introduced a resolution calling on Mayor Harris and the city to "better coordinate and schedule road construction projects" with the state and the semiautonomous Honolulu Board of Water Supply.It also calls for acceleration of major roadway construction projects through longer work hours where possible.
The resolution also requires the Harris administration to provide a progress report within 90 days showing strategies that have been instituted to minimize traffic disruptions.
Traffic concerns on tap tonight at public meeting
State Transportation Director Brian Minaai will discuss traffic concerns tonight at August Ahrens Elementary School in Waipahu at 6:30 p.m.Topics include freeway widening from Kaonohi Street to the Pearl City offramp, revisions to Farrington and Kamehameha highways, and other traffic enhancements.
Hawaii has revamped disclosure rules
Proposed changes in the American Bar Association's ethics rules for lawyers may not have much of an effect on lawyers in Hawaii, some local attorneys said.Among the most controversial changes proposed is a measure that would limit the secrets lawyers must keep on behalf of clients.
The proposed change would permit more disclosure, allowing a lawyer to report information to prevent "reasonably certain" death or substantial injury.
Such a change would bring the ABA's model code more in line with standards adopted by Hawaii in 1994, said Carole Richelieu, chief disciplinary counsel for the disciplinary board of the state Supreme Court.
Changes that would allow, but not require, lawyers to report potentially harmful information are "just the wave of the future," said Honolulu attorney Michael Green.
State, U.S. set to survey recreational fishing
After a 20-year hiatus, the state is set to resume collecting information on recreational fishing.The Department of Land and Natural Resources said Thursday that the new Hawaii Marine Recreational Fisheries Survey will begin this week.
The effort is a partnership of the department's Division of Aquatic Resources and the National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration's National Marine Fisheries Service.
The Hawaii program will consist of three surveys.
Separate telephone surveys will gather information from households and charter boat operators. The third is an intercept survey of private and charter boat fishermen.
The surveys will be conducted in six bimonthly sampling periods during the year.
The collected data will be used to estimate recreational saltwater fishing participation and catches.
Hunting licenses on sale at state forestry offices
Licenses for the 2001-02 hunting season are now available from hunting license vendors and the Department of Land and Natural Resources' Division of Forestry and Wildlife.Prices remain the same as previous years: $10 for a resident license and $95 for a nonresident license, the DLNR said.
Additionally, hunters can purchase a wildlife conservation stamp for $5. Proceeds from the stamp will be used for local wildlife programs and management of game species, the DLNR said.
Licenses can be purchased online at www.ehawaiigov.org/DLNR/hunting.
For more information, contact the Division of Forestry and Wildlife offices at:
>> Kauai, 274-3433.
>> Oahu, 587-0166.
>> Maui, 984-8100.
>> Molokai, 553-1745.
>> Lanai, 565-7916.
>> Hilo, 974-4221.
>> Kamuela, 887-6063.
Poetry project on Maui observes A-bomb attacks
LAHAINA >> The International Peace Poem Project is sponsoring a Hiroshima-Nagasaki Day observance on Monday at the Peace Park on the south side of Kamaole Beach Park III in Kihei.The event, open to the public, takes place from 6:45 to 7:45 p.m.
"This observance is to mark the need for global peace," project coordinator Melinda Gohn said.
More than 195,000 people were killed, injured or missing after the United States dropped an atomic bomb on Hiroshima on Aug. 6, 1945, and another on Nagasaki on Aug. 9, after which Japan surrendered.
Gohn said the observance will include prayers and an invitation for people to write their two lines of the International Peace Poem.
For more information, contact the International Peace Poem Project at 661-0517, or visit the Web site http://peacepoem.com.
>> Kamakanaokealoha M. Fitchett, Mia E. Kawamura, Angelica Zabanal, Brian I. Klein, Stacey K.T.S. Wong and Heidi Choy have been awarded the first Rudolph W. and Ralph A. Sylva Scholarships by Maryknoll School. Fitchett is an student at Kailua Intermediate School. Zabanal attends St. Theresa's School. Kawamura, Klein, Wong and Choy attend Maryknoll. [TAKING NOTICE]
The renewable scholarships are awarded yearly to students who exhibit high scholastic achievement. Preference is given to children of Hawaiian and part-Hawaiian descent.
>> The State Foundation on Culture and the Arts has awarded $69,564 in grants to 19 folk arts master/apprentice teams.
The awards, which average in range from $2,000 to $4,000, were presented to the following individuals: Bonnie Miyashiro and Lisa Wakasugi, Okinawan koto; Masatoshi Shamoto and Darin T. Miyashiro, gagaku (Japanese court music); Harry S. Nakasone and Tsuyoshi Gima, Okinawan utasanshin (singing); Peter Soong and Yuen L. Chan, Cantonese opera; Jia A. Quan and Beatrix P.Y. Mow, Cantonese opera; Kalena Silva and Marvin L. Puha, Hawaiian chanting; Amphol Sisouphanthong and Michael Sisounthone, Laotian woodcarving; Alicia Smith and Kanoelehua deSilva, hula; Richard Hoopii Sr. and Mitchell A. "Bobo" Miles Jr., Hawaiian falsetto singing; Kingo Gushikuma and David Fuertes, Hawaiian noho lio saddle making; Esther Westmoreland and Marques Marzan, lau hala weaving; Nedward Kaapana and Edward Kaiama Jr., Hawaiian slack-key guitar; Wright Bowman Sr. and Kaili Chun, Hawaiian woodworking; Peter Park and Anna Akaka, Hawaiian lau hala hat weaving; Moana Eisele and Kathleen de Silva, Hawaiian kapa making; Nona D. Beamer and Maile Beamer Goo, hula kahiko; Mitsuko Toguchi and Toshiko Kaneshiro, ryubu (Okinawan dance); Dennis Kamakahi and Jon Yamasato, Hawaiian song composition/slack key; and Makia Malo and Diane H. Kahanu, storytelling.
>> Gentry Homes Ltd. recently awarded $500 scholarships to the following graduating seniors: Campbell High School's Lauren M. Aoki, Tysen M.V. Causey and Luela M. Ramos; Waipahu High's Kelly Bokin, Ernafe B. Caliboso and Cassandra D.L. Marzol; and Pearl City High's Jadelyn T. Baniqued, Margot C. Kimura and Vicki M. Odo.
More than 80 graduating seniors from local high schools have benefited from the Gentry scholarships since 1994.
>> Guest Informant, the Shops at Wailea and Tommy Bahama's recently announced winners of the sixth annual Aloha Spirit Awards for Maui Concierge.
Hyatt Regency Maui concierge Emily Arcangel was presented with the 2001 Most Aloha Spirit Award. Leolani Bailey, a concierge at the Kealani Hotel, was awarded the 2001 Most "5-Star" Service and the 2001 Most Unusual Story awards.
The award ceremonies were held June 7 at Tommy Bahama's.
>> Dexter V. Asuncion has been awarded the President's Award by Washington State University.
The award is given annually to the student who exemplifies exceptional leadership and service to the university and its surrounding community. Asuncion is a resident of Aiea.
>> U.S. Air Force Academy Cadet 1st Class Ryan W. Isokane has been named the Outstanding Cadet in Electrical Engineering for the academy's class of 2001. Isokane received a bachelor's degree and Air Force commission during ceremonies held May 30 in Colorado.
>> Papa John's Pizza Restaurants of Hawaii recently awarded the following individuals $1,000 scholarships as part of the 2001 Papa John's Scholars program: Brennan Howell, Radford High School; Cherilyn Izno, Kalaheo High; Clifford Kia-Cox, Waianae High; Yoon-jee Kim, Roosevelt High; Brandon Komatsu, Waipahu High; Tracey Kubota, Pearl City High; LiuLani Liu, McKinley High; Janilee Mariano, Farrington High; Jill Matsushima, Castle High; Sara Matsuura, Sacred Hearts Academy; and Charmaine Navalta, Leilehua High.
Papa John's gave away more than $1 million in scholarships nationwide this year.
Corrections and clarifications
>> The man found murdered at Waianae District Park July 14 was William Van Winkle. A Police/Fire item yesterday incorrectly identified him as E. Van Winkle.
The Honolulu Star-Bulletin strives to make its news report fair and accurate. If you have a question or comment about news coverage, call Publisher and Editor in Chief John Flanagan at 529-4748 or email him at jflanagan@starbulletin.com. Corrections and clarifications
Police, Fire, Courts
By Star-Bulletin staffHonolulu Police Department Crimestoppers
WINDWARD OAHU
Teen involved in crash of stolen car is arrested
Honolulu police arrested an 18-year-old man yesterday who allegedly stole a car last month and got into an accident in Kailua.Police said that between June 10 and June 11, the suspect and another 17-year-old male decided to go joy riding after finding a black Honda Civic parked along North King Street with both windows down and the ignition damaged.
Police said the suspect and the juvenile started the car with a screwdriver and took off. Police said at about 4 a.m. the teenagers got into a race with another vehicle in Kailua.
Police said that during the race both vehicles collided, and the Civic also struck a concrete barrier. The juvenile male driver of the Civic remains hospitalized.
LEEWARD OAHU
Ewa Beach boys pried from wrecked truck
Two 17-year-old Ewa Beach boys had to be pried out of a a pickup truck that slammed into a tree today on Renton Road.The boy, who was the front seat passenger, is in critical condition at Queen's Medical Center. The driver is in guarded condition. Police said the truck was speeding northeast on Renton Road through Ewa Villages about 3 a.m. when it veered to the right, went up the sidewalk, struck a light pole, then crossed to the left side of the road where it hit a tree on the truck's passenger side. Police said neither boy was wearing a seat belt.
Pearl City bank robber thought to be a repeater
The FBI and Honolulu police believe that the same person who robbed a Pearl City bank yesterday also robbed two other banks earlier this month. FBI officials said the latest robbery took place at the Pearl City branch of American Savings Bank, located at 850 Kamehameha Hwy.In yesterday's case, the FBI said the suspect presented a demand note to the teller and took an undisclosed amount of money, which he placed in a blue Wal-Mart-type plastic bag. According to the FBI, the same man is also believed to have robbed the Wahiawa branch of American Savings on July 19 and the Kaneohe branch of American Savings Bank last Saturday.
According to the FBI and Honolulu police, the suspect is described as a male in his late 20s to early 30s, 180 pounds, between 5 feet 10 inches and 6 feet. The suspect is also described as having short blond or brown hair, blue eyes, and was last seen wearing a baseball cap, a light-colored short-sleeve shirt and bluejeans.
Anyone with any information on the case is asked to call CrimeStoppers at 955-8300, star-CRIME on a cellular phone, or the FBI at 566-4300.
HONOLULU
Victim deters crime with suspect's own weapon
One of three suspects in a forced entry into a Kalihi apartment suffered a cut on the side of his head yesterday when the residents forced him out of the apartment and struck him with one of the suspect's weapons.Police said a 32-year-old man was one of three suspects who went to the apartment of a couple with whom one of the suspects had earlier confrontations.
Two of the suspects, armed with a golf club and machete, forced their way into the apartment, police said, but were later pushed out by the couple, a 30-year-old man and a woman, 44.
During the struggle, police said the man was able to gain possession of the machete and strike one of the suspects. All three suspects fled. Police found the 32-year-old suspect at a bus stop nearby, bleeding from his head. He was treated for his injury at Queen's Medical Center and released then arrested for burglary. Police are still looking for the two other suspects.
