HPU offers $1,000 transfer scholarships
Hawaii Pacific University is offering $1,000 per year tuition scholarships to students transferring from any Hawaii community college, renewable for up to two years.The Hoomau Scholarship recognizes those who excel academically, are involved in school and community and who show leadership.
Requirements are:
>> Completion of an associate's degree or 54 credits;
>> Currently enrolled full time at a two-year Hawaii college;
>> Maintain full-time status fall and spring semesters at HPU;
>> Have a minimum cumulative college 3.0 grade point average.
Deadline for spring semester 2002 is Nov. 15. Call 544-0238, or visit http://www.hpu.edu and click on HPU News and Events.
Rural isle recycle program boosted by federal money
A program to promote recycling projects in rural Hawaii is among those financed by $9 million in economic development loans and grants announced by the U.S. Department of Agriculture.The only award for a Hawaii project was $23,000 given to the California-based Rural Community Assistance Corp.
Its plan is to provide technical assistance to increase awareness of recycling as an economic development tool in rural areas, according to an announcement.
HECO reports disruption to power across Oahu
Hawaiian Electric Company officials said there were 3 major power outages on Oahu within a 24-hour period this week.The outages occurred between 10 p.m. Monday and 7:45 last night and affected an estimated 8,800 customers.
At 7:45 last night an outaged affected 6,000 customers from Waialua to Kahuku.
HECO crews restored power to the area within an hour but as of last night were unsure what caused the outage.
Another outage at 10:03 Monday night affected 1,900 customers in the Salt Lake, Foster Village and Aliamanu area.
HECO restored power in 58 minutes and traced the problem back to a substation malfunction, spokesman Fred Kobashikawa said.
The other outage yesterday near Kualoa Ranch occurred when a vehicle struck a utility pole along Kamehameha Highway at 1:20 p.m.
That outage affected 900 customers. Power to all but five customers was not restored until 5:44 p.m. because repair crews got caught in the traffic created by the accident, Kobashikawa said.
The crash left the pole leaning across the highway and police closed both lanes of Kamehameha Highway fronting Kualoa Ranch.
Police routeed both directions of traffic through Kualoa Ranch.
They opened one lane of the highway at 6:00 p.m. and the second one at 10 p.m. when Hawaiian Electric Company workers completed repairs to the utility pole.
The driver of the car, a 60-year-old Ewa Beach man, told police he fell asleep behind the wheel.
He suffered minor injuries and was taken to Castle Medical Center in stable condition.
Corrections and clarifications
>> Yuko Hara, a St. Andrew's Priory eighth grader, is one of six students selected as 2001 semifinalists for the third annual Discovery Young Scientist Challenge. She was misidentified in a story on page A20 Sunday.
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
NEIGHBOR ISLANDS
Victim identified in Big Isle beach drowning
KAILUA-KONA >> A 35-year-old man who drowned while snorkeling at Hapuna Beach Monday has been identified as Jose Luis Jimenez-Boroquez of Colorado.At about 5:37 p.m., fire rescuers took the victim to North Hawaii Community Hospital where he was pronounced dead an hour later.
An autopsy will be performed to determine the cause of death. The case tentatively has been classified as a public accident drowning.
Man found dead on site of Hilo Hotel identified
HILO >> The body that was found at the site of the former Hilo Hotel on Kinoole Street on August 24 has been identified as 46-year-old Craig Okamoto.The cause of death is still under investigation pending completion of toxicology tests.
WINDWARD OAHU
Hot pot steam burns 10-day-old baby girl
A 10-day-old baby girl suffered second degree burns when her father was trying to prepare a bottle for his child at their home on Hui Iwa Street Monday night, police said.Police said a 22-year-old man was holding his baby while cooking dinner and making a bottle for his child.
The baby kicked a hot pot burning her right heel, police said. Steam from the pot caused burns to her left calf. She was taken to the burn unit at Tripler Army Medical Center.
Maintenance accident kills woman sailor
A sailor died yesterday while conducting a maintenance operation at the base fuel pier at Marine Corps Base Hawaii, Kaneohe. The name of the sailor is being withheld until family members are notified.Base officials said a mishap occurred during maintenance on a floating fuel spill containment boom at the pier.
The sailor was transported to Castle Medical Center where she was pronounced dead at approximately 12:47 p.m. The incident is under investigation.
CENTRAL OAHU
Snake, sea creatures seized in Wahiawa
Officers from the state Attorney General's Office and Honolulu police last night recovered a 7-foot-long boa constrictor and illegal sea creatures at a home in Wahiawa.The officers went to the home at 165 Circle Dr. at 8:10 p.m. to execute a search warrant. They arrested a 29-year-old man at the home. The illegal sea creatures include exotic coral, sea anemones, clams and other gastropods not found in Hawaiian waters. They were in a 100 gallon tank. All of the illegal creatures were turned over to the state Department of Agriculture Plant Quarantine Branch.
NORTH SHORE
Brothers arrested in Waialua beating
Two brothers were arrested last night for assault for allegedly beating a 31-year-old man with a baseball bat and a chain.The brothers, 26 and 21, told police the man, a former neighbor, had thrown rocks at their home at 66-873 Paahini St. in Waialua.
The victim suffered minor injuries and refused treatment.
