Space station to appear in isle skies Wednesday
The International Space Station will make another spectacular appearance in Hawaii skies on Wednesday evening.Weather permitting, sky-gazers in the Lahaina area should enjoy the most dramatic show, with the space station passing right in front of the half moon near the top of the sky.
On Oahu the space station will pass between Jupiter and the moon, which will have the bright planet Saturn as a close companion.
The space station will rise in the northwest at around 7:34 p.m. and will approach the moon, just past its first quarter phase, about three minutes later. The station will blink out of sight in the southeast around 7:39 p.m. when it enters the earth's shadow.
The space station, traveling more than 17,000 mph in orbit about 240 miles high, is visible at night when it passes overhead and is illuminated by the sun. The crew of three includes a Russian commander and two Americans, Navy Capt. Daniel Bursch and Air Force Col. Carl Walz.
University of Phoenix to tout nursing program
The University of Phoenix, Hawaii Campus, will hold a free talk on its Master of Science in Nursing program at 6 p.m. tomorrow at 827 Fort Street Mall.The program is for registered nurses interested in exploring educational opportunities. A new group for the graduate nursing program will start Feb. 27. Free parking is available. Those interested should call 536-2686.
ESL teaching conference planned for next month
A conference for teaching English as a second language will be held March 2 at Windward Community College.Featuring professionals from Hawaii and abroad, the 2002 Hawaii Teachers of English to Speakers of Other Languages will address practical teaching techniques, theory, materials, research, curriculum, sociopolitical action, community relations and other issues.
The ESL community, friends, supporters and educators of all grade levels are invited to attend.
The conference will be held from 8 a.m. to 3:30 p.m. Sessions, including lunch, are $18 for members, $20 for nonmembers and $15 for full-time students. Sessions without lunch are $15. For more information, call 377-5402.
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Police, Fire, Courts
By Star-Bulletin staffHonolulu Police Department Crimestoppers
WINDWARD OAHU
Man allegedly breaks into estranged wife's home
Police arrested a man early yesterday morning after he allegedly broke into his estranged wife's Kailua home and threatened to set it on fire.Police said the man, 35, called his wife on her cellular phone and told her to come home or he would burn her house down. The woman, 34, notified police.
When police arrived, the man broke out through the back window and was arrested, police said.
3 male suspects sought in Kaneohe robbery
Police are looking for three men who allegedly threatened another man with a knife, robbed him and slashed his tires shortly before 2 a.m. yesterday.According to police, a 21-year-old male had been parked in front of his girlfriend's house on Haiku Road in Kaneohe when three men drove up in a silver Honda station wagon.
One man, armed with a knife with a 4-inch blade, opened the driver's side door and accused the driver of cutting his brother off on the H-3 freeway. He also demanded the victim's money and slashed the driver's-side tires, police said.
The other two men kicked and damaged the victim's vehicle before all three re-entered their car and sped off, police said.
Mom has teen daughter arrested for using her car
A Kailua woman had her 15-year-old daughter arrested Saturday morning when she discovered her daughter had driven her car, police said.The mother, 55, got into her car Saturday morning and discovered some things were out of place and the mirrors had been moved, police said. When she confronted her daughter, she found she had taken the car out.
The woman called the police and her daughter was arrested.
HONOLULU
Drunken man hits bus while driving stolen car
A 55-year-old man was arrested and released Saturday after he allegedly collided with a bus while driving a stolen vehicle while intoxicated, police said.After the man hit the bus at 3:42 a.m. at the intersection of Beretania and Aala streets, it was discovered that he did not have a driver's license and the car was stolen but had not yet been reported, police said.
The man was taken to Queen's Medical Center and released pending further investigation when it was learned that he would have to be confined to the hospital because of his injuries, police said.
EAST OAHU
Man charged for threats and impersonating officer
A 42-year-old Kaimuki man made his initial appearance in court Friday on charges of terroristic threatening and impersonating a police officer after allegedly trying to run a woman off the road Thursday in Hawaii Kai and flashing a badge at her.The man, a security guard, flashed a security badge at her, police said. It will be left up to city prosecutors to determine whether he did indeed present himself as a police officer, police said.
Police said the incident occurred at Kalanianaole Highway and Hawaii Kai Drive around 9:30 p.m. The woman, 20, said the man was driving a red truck and allegedly threatened her verbally several times.
She called police on her cell phone, and the suspect was located around 11:30 p.m. at Sierra Drive and Waialae Avenue in Kaimuki, where he was arrested without incident, police said.
CENTRAL OAHU
Motorcyclist dies after collision in Wahiawa
A motorcyclist was killed yesterday in a head-on collision with a sedan at the S-turn along Kaukonahua Road outside Wahiawa about 2:33 p.m., according to fire officials. The cyclist was pronounced dead at the scene.The occupants of the sedan, a 27-year-old man and a woman in her early 20s, were treated and released at Wahiawa General Hospital, said Capt. Richard Ochoa of the Wahiawa Fire Station.
WAIKIKI
9-year-old is arrested for assault on A+ worker
Police on Friday arrested and released a 9-year-old boy who allegedly hit an A+ After School Program worker during a soccer game at Waikiki Elementary School.The boy allegedly punched and kicked the 20-year-old worker in the legs after being taken out of the game for pushing another player, police said.
Police said the boy was arrested on suspicion of second-degree assault after his mom called police to report the incident.
NEIGHBOR ISLANDS
Big Island car accident leaves 1 dead, 2 injured
A 20-year-old North Hilo man died and two passengers were injured Saturday night in a single-car accident in Papaikou, police said. The driver was identified as Bobby Ishikawa of Ookala.Around 11:40 p.m., Ishikawa was traveling toward Hilo near Kalanianaole School in a 1997 Acura Integra when he lost control of the vehicle, crossed the center line, ran off the left shoulder and hit a dirt embankment, police said. The car then struck two traffic signs and the side of a pedestrian overpass before it overturned, pinning Ishikawa between the vehicle's roof and the pavement, police said.
Police said Ishikawa was not wearing his seat belt and suffered head injuries. He was taken to Hilo Medical Center where he was pronounced dead at 12:10 a.m.
Two passengers, 22-year-old Louie Taasan and 21-year-old Lawrence Cacabelos, were also taken to the Hilo hospital where they were treated for abrasions.
Speed and alcohol are believed to be factors in the accident, police said.
