Windward Mall weekend fair looks at health
A health and wellness fair will be held from 11 a.m. to 2 p.m. Saturday at Windward Mall.
The event will feature "fun for all ages," free food samples, entertainment, information booths, health screening, student displays and a blood drive.
Other activities will include taking pictures with the Hawaii Medical Service Association's 5-A-Day Friends and meeting the host of the "Cookin' with Cutty" TV show.
The fair is sponsored by the Castle Complex of schools, agencies and health services.
UH scientist discovers asteroids battered Earth
TUCSON, Ariz. >> It was asteroids, not comets, that crashed into the Earth almost 4 billion years ago, according to scientists at the University of Arizona and University of Hawaii.UA planetary sciences assistant professor David Kring said since the attack came from asteroids, the Earth is not likely to see a repeat performance.
"If asteroids were the source of the bombardment, it's likely we won't see another," Kring said. "If comets were the source, it's likely we could see another bombardment of that magnitude."
About 3.9 billion years ago, according to research by Kring and colleague Barbara Cohen of the University of Hawaii at Manoa, asteroids battered the Earth, the moon and all planets in the solar system.
Asteroids are rocky objects with orbits between Mars and Jupiter, while comets are composed of rock and ice and generally orbit beyond Pluto.
Aloha jet's manufacturer to look at faulty valve
WAILUKU >> Federal Aviation Administration officials are sending to the manufacturer the broken valve that fluctuated cabin pressure aboard an Aloha Airlines flight Sunday, causing severe head and ear aches to a number of passengers en route to Maui."We were unable to determine what caused it by looking at it," said Pete Beckner, the manager of the Administration's Flight Standards District Office.
Aloha Airlines spokesman Stu Glauberman said the Boeing 737-200 was fixed and returned to the air Monday.
Aloha flight 66 was en route from Honolulu to Maui with 123 passengers and crew members on board when cabin pressure began fluctuating as it flew over Lanai at 6:25 a.m., forcing the pilot to drastically reduce altitude.
The airplane landed safely at Kahului Airport, but some 24 to 26 people, including stewardesses, were examined before being released from Maui Memorial Medical Center.
Felix files court appeal over wedding business
City Councilman John Henry Felix appealed to Circuit Court yesterday a decision by the city Zoning Board of Appeals forbidding the use of his Aina Haina property for commercial weddings.The zoning board issued its denial of Felix's appeal in a Feb. 7 decision and order.
Felix had gone to the board to appeal the action of the director of planning and permitting for issuing him violation notices on Oct. 20, 1999, Nov. 24, 1999 and March 6, 2000, for conducting commercial wedding services on property zoned residential.
Felix contends his business is a legal home occupation because employees live on the property.
The board, however, stated in its order that housing his employees in one house on the property, while providing services in another house and on the lawn violates a land use ordinance.
"Home occupations shall be incidental and subordinate to the principal use of the site as a residence," the order further stated.
The property is located at 5253 Kalanianaole Highway, next to the Transpacific College, formerly known as Kansai Gaidai Hawaii College.
Trial delayed for owner of Samoa garment factory
U.S. Magistrate Leslie Kobayashi has continued a trial until October for the owner and two managers of an American Samoa garment factory, where Vietnamese and Chinese workers worked under alleged sweatshop conditions.Kil Soo Lee, 48, president of Daewoosa Samoa Ltd., which manufactured "Made in USA" clothing for large retailers, was indicted by a federal grand jury in April and trial was originally scheduled for next month.
Workers imported from Vietnam and China were allegedly held prisoner and forced to work under inhumane conditions.
Managers Virginia Soliai and Robert Atimalala, who operated the factory in Pago Pago, will also be on trial. The three were indicted for using force, threats and legal coercion to keep the workers compliant.
The plant was closed in January 2001 after workers filed a lawsuit contending Lee withheld pay and complained of working conditions.
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Police, Fire, Courts
By Star-Bulletin staffNORTH SHORE Honolulu Police Department Crimestoppers
Broken water main shuts Haleiwa Elementary
Haleiwa Elementary was closed this morning because a break to the school's main water line cut off water to the entire campus.School principal Jan Yoneda said police called her about midnight to inform her that water from the school was flooding Haleiwa Road.
The Honolulu Board of Water Supply turned off the water to the school but because the break was on school property, the repair will have to be done by the state. The cafeteria and all the rest rooms and fountains are without water.
"We decided to close about 6 this morning because we couldn't get it repaired in time for school," Yoneda said.
The school has about 320 students, while 35 other children attend Headstart and a Kamehameha Schools preschool, Yoneda said.
HONOLULU
Reward offered for info on missing woman
The parents of a missing Kapahulu woman are offering a $2,500 reward for any information about her.Tracey Mieko Tominaga was last seen on Jan. 20. Callers are asked to phone CrimeStoppers at 955-8300.
Kapalama man charged in assault on girlfriend
Police charged a 36-year-old Kapalama man with second-degree assault Monday in connection with an attack on his girlfriend last month.Police said Renny Kalai attacked the 34-year-old victim in their Alokele Street apartment on Feb. 25, knocking her unconscious, and continued to assault her.
The woman received substantial injuries to her face, police said. Kalai is being held in lieu of $50,000 bail.
CENTRAL OAHU
2 men sought in attempt to rob store in Wahiawa
Police are looking for two men who tried to steal two 12-packs of beer from a Wahiawa convenience store Monday night but left empty-handed after fighting with the store owner.Police said the suspects, possibly in their late teens, entered Kilani Market at 935 Kilani Ave. about 10:30 p.m., walked to the beer cooler and left with two 12-packs of Heineken.
The store owner, a 56-year-old man, confronted the suspects outside the store and was punched by one of the suspects, police said. The suspects left the beer and were last seen running down Kilani Avenue.
Man allegedly punches and slashes girlfriend
Honolulu police arrested a 27-year-old man yesterday after his girlfriend said he punched her in the face, cut her with a knife and threatened her with a screwdriver.The incident happened as the suspect was driving with the 24-year-old victim near California Avenue and Rose Street in Wahiawa, police said.
According to police the suspect threatened her with a screwdriver by pushing it against her chest.
Police said the suspect then injured the victim with a knife and later punched her in the head several times.
Police said the suspect repeatedly threatened the victim's life if she ever left him.
WAIKIKI
2 teens arrested in attack on woman, 32, in Waikiki
Two teenagers were arrested in Waikiki early this morning for allegedly striking a woman in the face with a weapon, slashing her face with a knife and robbing her of her purse and necklace.Police said the 32-year-old Mililani woman was dropped off by friends to meet her boyfriend when an 18-year-old man and 14-year-old boy approached her and asked for her telephone number about 12:44 a.m. near the corner of Kuhio Avenue and Paoakalani Avenue.
When she refused, the 18-year-old struck her in the face with a baton-type weapon, police said. The woman dropped her purse which was picked up by the younger suspect. Police said the older suspect then grabbed a necklace from the woman's neck. The woman struggled with the man who took out a knife and slashed her across the face, police said. The younger boy kicked the woman twice in the back, police said. The suspects, who live in Mililani, were arrested several blocks away.
The woman suffered a black eye and a cut to her chin that required several stitches.
NEIGHBOR ISLANDS
Big Island fire injures teen and destroys home
KAILUA-KONA >> A teenager was injured when fire destroyed a house just off Queen Kaahumanu Highway in Kailua-Kona yesterday, according to fire officials.Five families lived in the house, fire officials said.
A 14-year-old girl suffered smoke inhalation and moderate burns in the 3:39 a.m. fire.
Damage to the house was put at $120,000. The cause was an electrical fault, the department said.
Raid nets 5 arrests and 31 dead, dying fighting cocks
KAILUA-KONA >> Police arrested five people and recovered 31 dead or dying fighting chickens at a cockfight near South Point on the Big Island Saturday.Police say those arrested, who were among 200 people attending the cockfight at a Hawaiian Homes farm lot at Kamaoa, were released pending further investigation.
After documenting injuries to the dying birds, police had to kill them by hitting them on the head, Vice Lt. Robert Hickox said. After previous raids, Humane Society representatives killed the birds with injections, but it was too late to call them Saturday night when police finished their work.
The dead animals were turned over to the society on Monday, Hickox said.
Police also seized gaffs tied to the birds' legs, a revolver, a small amount of crystal methamphetamine, a glass smoking pipe, and $3,128 in cash.
Fire destroys trailer used to store and sell fresh fish
HILO >> A fire of unknown origin destroyed a 24-foot trailer used to store and sell fresh fish at 11 p.m. Monday night, the Fire Department said.The loss was put at $75,000.
April Romero, owner with her husband John of Sea Chest Seafood Sales near the old Hilo airport terminal, said the trailer was equipped with refrigerated display cases.
Following the fire, several hundred customers came by, Romero said.
She vowed to find a new trailer and display cases and to resume sales soon.
Information sought in burglary of ATM in Hilo
Big Island police are asking for the public's help in solving the burglary of an automated teller machine. Police said that about 1:15 a.m. Sunday, a thief or thieves broke into the McDonald's Restaurant on Ululani Street in Hilo, broke open an ATM and made off with an undisclosed amount of cash.Anyone with information can call Officer Steve Bugado at 961-2311, 935-3311 or CrimeStoppers at 961-8300 in Hilo or 329-8181 in Kona.
