Fairs held this month for independent schools
The Hawaii Association of Independent Schools will be hosting two admission fairs for families interested in learning more about the state's private schools.A middle and high school admission fair will be held Wednesday at the Ala Wai Golf Clubhouse from 6:30 to 8:30 p.m. Admission directors from more than 20 schools will be available and an overview of the admission process will be presented at 7 p.m.
A preschool admission fair will be held Oct. 24 from 6:30 to 8:30 p.m. at the Ala Wai Golf Clubhouse. Preschool directors from Montessori schools, community college children's centers, church schools and independent and community-based programs will be present to pass out admission materials.
For more information, contact Meg Miguel at 973-1543.
Plate-lunch fund-raiser nets $15,400
Outback Steakhouses statewide raised a total of $15,400 selling $5 plate lunches. All proceeds raised Sept. 29 went directly to the Red Cross Disaster Relief Fund to help families affected by the Sept. 11 attacks.Barry Cales, proprietor of Outback Steakhouse in the Piilani Village Shopping Center on Maui, said the establishment in Hawaii Kai raised the most money among the four restaurants.
"They raised a whopping $7,000," Cales said. "I heard it got so congested over there that police officers were called in to direct traffic."
At the Piilani Outback, motorists wrapped around the shopping center's parking lot, along with a line of people waiting for their Aussie-style plate lunches with grilled beef, chicken and two scoops of rice.
Other businesses, such as L&L Drive Inn, assisted Outback.
Lydee Ritchie, tenant manager at the shopping center, said, "I was further impressed when L&L Drive Inn donated a huge pot of rice when they heard that Outback's ran out."
Outback Steakhouse raised $3,700 in Kihei, $2,600 in Waipio Gentry and $2,100 in Kahana.
The establishment will also participate in the "Dine for America" program to be held Thursday. One hundred percent of their proceeds will go to the Relief Fund.
Outback Steakhouse in Kihei will continue its fund-raising efforts at Piilani Village Shopping Center's Aloha Festivals Hoolaulea on Oct. 14.
For more information, call Outback Steakhouse at 879-8400.
Benefit planned for slain Big Isle girl's family
A trust fund has been established and a benefit concert is planned for the family of Kauilani Tiarau Tadeo, the Big Island 6-year-old found murdered near her Puna home Sept. 27.French Polynesian singer Marula will headline the "Celebration of Life" benefit concert Oct. 19 at the Afook-Chinen Civic Auditorium, said family friend Pua Tokumoto. Other performers at the 6-10:30 p.m. event include Uncle Johnny Lum-Ho's Halau Ka Ua Kani Lehua, 2001 Miss Aloha Hula Tasha Oda, Hei Tiare Tahitian Dance Co., Bruddah Kuz and Na Leo Hookani.
Marula was Kauilani's idol, Tokumoto said. "She would sing her songs around the house and her dream was to one day meet the star." Hawaiian Airlines and the Naniloa Hotel are contributing to bring the singer over, she said.
Tadeo's body was found in a vacant house. The first-grader had last been seen playing in her yard. Her parents noticed she was missing about 4 p.m. and called police when she did not come home for dinner at 6 p.m.
An autopsy revealed the child died from a blow to the head with a blunt object, authorities said.
Contributions may be made at any First Hawaiian Bank branch or by mailing checks to Friends of Kauilani Tadeo, c/o PuaTahiti Productions, P.O. Box 10688, Hilo, HI 96720.
Tickets for the fund-raiser will be $15 for adults and $10 for children under 12. Tickets will be available in Hilo at Naniloa Hotel, Borders, The Most Irresistible Shop, MJS Music, and Basically Books or by sending a check to the above address.
For more information, contact Tokumoto at PuaTahiti@aol.com or 935-3002.
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Police, Fire, Courts
By Star-Bulletin staff
Honolulu Police Department Crimestoppers
HONOLULU
Suspect in custody after fatal kick to club bouncer
A 21-year-old Mililani man faces a second-degree murder charge after he fatally kicked a 47-year-old bouncer at an Ala Moana nightclub, police said.Police say the bouncer was trying to break up a fight near the entrance of Venus Nite Club and had a man in a headlock when the suspect kicked him in the chest.
The bouncer fell to the ground, where he laid unconscious and not breathing, police said. He was taken to Straub Hospital by ambulance, where he died.
The incident took place at 3:20 a.m. yesterday at 1349 Kapiolani Blvd., near Ala Moana Center.
CENTRAL OAHU
Teen allegedly threatens father with wooden club A 16-year-old Whitmore Village boy was arrested early yesterday morning for threatening his father with a 4-foot by 2-inch wooden club at their home.
The teenager brought home two friends and got into an argument with his 47-year-old father, police said.
The father told the son he would call the police and left the house, police said. When he returned, the teenager allegedly met him with the wooden club at the fence.
The father went to the Wahiawa Police Station and reported the incident. Police went to the home and arrested the teen at for first-degree terroristic threatening. Charges of domestic violence are pending.
LEEWARD OAHU
2 men allegedly shoot at car passing through park Police are looking for two men who allegedly shot at three men in a passing car at Maile Beach Park at about 2:15 a.m. yesterday.
The driver of the car told police he was driving through the park playing his stereo loudly. He said one of two men standing by the side of the road had his hand under his shirt as if holding a weapon.
The driver turned his car around and drove back toward the two men and, without warning, the two men pulled out handguns and began firing at the car. The men in the car sped off and later reported the incident to police.
NEIGHBOR ISLANDS
Storage container fire causes $10,000 damage A storage container caught fire at a Hilo storage facility last night, causing $10,000 damage, the Hawaii County Fire Department said.
Four fire units responded at 7:58 p.m. alarm to a fire at Stuff It Mini Storage at 69-A19 Railroad Ave.
The fire was contained to two units of the storage module, but smoke and heat spread to other units within the container, the fire department said.
Firefighters brought the fire under control by 8:20 p.m. and extinguished it by 8:35 p.m. The cause has not yet been determined.
