Wisteria, Angel Network team up to feed homeless
The Wisteria restaurant is teaming up with Angel Network Charities to help feed Oahu's homeless and hungry on Wednesday.Angel Network representatives will be selling $5 "Angel" gift certificates from 10 a.m. to 2 p.m. and 5 to 9 p.m., valid from the time of purchase to Feb. 28 to buy food and beverages at the Wisteria.
All proceeds will go toward feeding the needy.
"With so many of our charitable dollars headed to help the victims of the Sept. 11th attacks on the East Coast, my wife and I felt it important not to forget the families here at home who have also been affected by the attacks," said Roy Asato, co-owner of the Wisteria.
"Whether you give Angel gift certificates to people who would like a meal out but can't afford one just now, use them yourselves or give them as gifts to friends or family, you'll still be helping people in need. Plus, they make great holiday office gifts or stocking stuffers," said Wisteria co-owner Jane Asato.
The Angel Network has sheltered more than 1,400 adults and children over the past 13 years and has helped homeless adults become self-sufficient and productive.
Senator hails departure of Maui hospital chief
WAILUKU >> State Sen. Jan Buen (D, West Maui-Molokai-Lanai) said she believes the morale at Maui Memorial Medical Center will improve with the departure of its chief executive, Boyd Kleefisch.Kleefisch, 57, who served nearly three years as chief executive, resigned for family reasons, leaving Lanai Community Hospital Administrator John Schaumburg as his temporary replacement.
Buen, co-founder of a group that volunteers at the hospital, said morale dipped to the lowest she has ever seen after the administration replaced Director of Nursing Elaine Slavinsky. Buen said the hospital also has faced more competition from a surgical center in Kahului, contributing to a reluctance to proceed with $38 million in improvements.
Kleefisch was unavailable for comment.
$15,000 awarded to Meals on Wheels for new delivery van
The Atherton Family Foundation recently awarded $15,000 to Lanakila Rehabilitation Center's Meals on Wheels Services to purchase a delivery vehicle to transport meals to needy seniors.Lanakila has served the community for more than 62 years. A nonprofit organization, it provides vocational rehabilitation services for people with physical and mental disabilities and services for seniors.
For more information about the Meals on Wheels program, call 531-0555.
4 reappointed as per diem judges to district courts
Four per diem judges have been reappointed by state Chief Justice Ronald Moon.Shawn Maile Nakoa and Elizabeth Ann Strance were reappointed for the District Family Court of the Third Circuit on the Big Island.
Max W.J. Graham Jr. and Walton D.Y. Hong were reappointed for the District Court of the Fifth Court on Kauai.
All will serve four-year terms.
Nakoa and Strance are partners in the Kailua-Kona law firm Strance & Nakoa. Nakoa focuses on general litigation, tax-exempt organizations and criminal law. Strance specializes in civil litigation, business law and real estate. Nakoa and Strance have been per diem judges since November 1999.
Graham is a partner in the Lihue law firm Belles Graham Proudfoot & Wilson. He specializes in real estate, land-use matters and administrative law. Graham has been a per diem judge since September 1987.
Hong is president and director of Walton D.Y. Hong, Attorney at Law, in Lihue. He specializes in real estate, land use and zoning issues. Hong has been a per diem judge since October 1995.
Federal grant to aid state data systems
The U.S. Department of Justice has awarded a $1 million grant to the state of Hawaii to help improve the data system for law enforcement officials.U.S. Rep. Patsy Mink said, "These funds will bring our law enforcement agencies' data retrieval closer to FBI standards."
The award will help fund a state project to connect data systems to assist police officers, court administrators, corrections officers and other law enforcement officials to share information efficiently.
Funds will be sent to the Big Island, Kauai County and the sheriff's offices in Honolulu.
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By Star-Bulletin staffHonolulu Police Department Crimestoppers
HONOLULU
Serviceman dies after crashing his motorcycle
A man was killed early yesterday after his motorcycle hit a concrete wall on Kamehameha Highway just east of Kakoi Street near the Mapunapuna industrial area.Witnesses told police the man and another motorcyclist were weaving in and out of traffic while headed in the Ewa direction on Nimitz Highway near Sand Island Access Road before the 4 a.m. accident occurred.
The man, whose identity and age were unknown except that he was in the military, lost control of his 2001 Kawasaki Ninja ZX6R, braked, hit a concrete retaining wall and flew off the bike, police said.
The victim was taken to Tripler Army Medical Center where he died a short time later, police said. He was wearing a helmet, police said.
3 youths flee after robbery; 1 boy arrested
A 16-year-old boy and two other juveniles allegedly robbed a 23-year-old man Saturday at Ala Moana Center.The youths threatened the man and his female companion, demanding money or they would hurt him, police said. The suspects saw Ala Moana Center security and fled the scene, police said.
The 16-year-old was caught and arrested for second-degree robbery, while the others fled, police said.
The suspect was released yesterday.
CENTRAL OAHU
Woman accuses man of threat with handgun
Police arrested a 21-year-old man at a Wahiawa dance club early yesterday for allegedly threatening a 23-year-old woman with a gun.The woman was sitting in her car when the man approached her and an argument ensued, police said. He then allegedly pulled out a handgun and threatened to shoot her and her friends in the parking lot. The incident occurred about 2:41 a.m. yesterday at 39 S. Kamehameha Hwy.
The woman called police, and an all-points bulletin was broadcast. Police spotted a man near a vehicle that fit the description. Officers found a loaded handgun in the suspect's pocket. He was arrested for terroristic threatening and a firearm offense.
Man faces charges for unregistered firearm
A 21-year-old man was arrested yesterday at the Jack in the Box restaurant in Wahiawa for having an unregistered firearm, police said.Police received an anonymous call that a man was offensively armed in front of the restaurant on Kilani Avenue at 2:35 a.m. The suspect faces various firearm charges.
WINDWARD OAHU
Couple's argument leads to knife attack in Kaneohe
A 45-year-old woman was arrested early yesterday morning for allegedly cutting her husband with a knife at their Kaneohe home, police said.Police said the man, 41, and woman had been drinking earlier and got into an argument, which escalated when the woman bit her husband twice. He then shoved her, police said.
The woman grabbed a knife and threw it at him, cutting him on the head, police said.
The man called police, and the woman was arrested for second-degree assault at 4:38 a.m.
2 suspects arrested in missing-jewelry case
A Kailua man found that several thousand dollars' worth of jewelry was missing from his house Saturday. The 49-year-old told police he confronted several people doing plumbing work outside his home, and they denied knowledge of the theft.One of the workers fled on a bicycle shortly afterward, police said. The homeowner caught up to him and convinced him to give back some of the jewelry, police said.
The man then called police and went with the suspect to a second suspect's home.
Police arrested both suspects, a man, 19, and a woman 26, about 1:30 p.m. Saturday.
LEEWARD OAHU
Pearl City business robbed by man with gun
Police say a man in his 20s robbed a Pearl City business at gunpoint Saturday evening.The suspect entered the business at 719 Kamehameha Hwy. around 8:20 p.m., pointed a handgun at the cashier and demanded money from the register, police said. The 58-year-old man complied and the suspect fled, police said.
Police officer shoots, kills loose aggressive dog
A police officer shot and killed a pit bull-type dog about 2:20 Saturday afternoon. Police were investigating a complaint of loose dogs wandering a Pearl City neighborhood when they found four pit bull-type dogs loose.While the officer was helping a Humane Society investigator collar a dog, the animal became very aggressive, police said. When the dog appeared ready to attack, the officer shot the dog, police said. Police said the dogs had earlier attacked another dog and a cat.
