Private service set for soldier
A private memorial service will be held tomorrow for the 22-year-old 25th Infantry Division soldier who was killed when a hand grenade exploded earlier this week at Schofield Barracks.The service for Spc. David Rubic of San Diego will be held at 1 p.m. at the post chapel.
Yesterday, the last of three soldiers injured in the blast Sunday at a Schofield Barracks training range was released from Tripler Army Medical Center. All of the injured soldiers suffered shrapnel wounds to their legs.
The Army said two investigations are now under way. One is being conducted by investigators from the Army Safety Center in Alabama, and a second one by Col. Raymond Mason, commander of the 25th Division Support Command, to determine administrative or disciplinary actions because a death was involved.
Sunday's explosion brought the eighth training death in the past two years.
No decision made yet on Maui shark warnings
WAILUKU >> State Land Board Chairman Gilbert Coloma-Agaran said no decision has been made on whether to post shark-warning signs at Olowalu.He said he still needs to consult with various state officials, including members of the state Shark Task Force, legal advisers and enforcement officers.
Coloma-Agaran was responding to a published news report saying the state had decided against posting shark-warning signs there.
State officials have been looking at the popular swimming site, in view of three shark attacks within a mile stretch of coastline within an 11-year period -- the latest occurring on New Year's Day to Los Angeles recording artist Tommy Holmes.
Holmes, 35, who suffered cuts to his right buttock and both thighs from the shark attack, has said he supports posting signs notifying the public about previous shark attacks.
Lost ship with dog aboard still has not been located
A fishing vessel has covered more than 700 square miles since Saturday with no sign of the crippled tanker Insiko 1907 with a 2-year-old dog named Forgea aboard.The American Marine Corp. coordinated the latest phase of the search.
Officials from the 14th U.S. Coast Guard District also assisted the company and the Hawaiian Humane Society with drift information.
"The Coast Guard provided us with the 'most probable' search area, but the missing tanker was not picked up by the fishing boat's radar, nor was there any visual sighting. We expanded the search area, but with each day that passes, that search area is getting larger and larger, and the chances of finding the Insiko are diminishing," said Rusty Nall, spokesman for the American Marine Corp.
On April 5 the Humane Society embarked on a $50,000 air-and-sea search for Forgea that spanned 14,800 square miles. Rescue efforts ended two days later after the search team determined the ship had sunk.
The Humane Society resumed the search after a Japanese vessel, Victoria City, received an unconfirmed radar contact of an object that was believed to be the Insiko 1907.
In a written statement, Humane Society President Pamela Burns said she was grateful for the efforts of crew members aboard the fishing vessel "and understands their need to return to their regular duties now. We had strong reasons to be hopeful earlier in the rescue attempt, and the best equipment and most professional expertise was brought to the effort.
"We will continue to look for opportunities to find the tanker and Forgea with any boats that may come into the area," Burns said.
Artists to assist cancer society
More than 60 Hawaii artists will showcase and sell their work at a benefit Saturday to support health and education programs of the American Cancer Society's Windward Unit.The evening event will feature a gallery of miniatures and a silent auction offering travel packages and hotel stays. There will also be a drawing for a dollhouse adapted from a design by Hawaii architect Peter Vincent and assembled by model builder Kevin Daley of Scale Architecture International Inc.
The Hawaii Artists Responding to Cancer art fest takes place 6:30 to 10 p.m. at Luana Hills Country Club. Tickets are $50.
A pupu buffet and a collection of wines and beers for tasting will be available. Musical entertainment will be provided by Lee Eisenstein, Coconut Joe and the Skylarks barbershop quartet.
Proceeds will support programs such as Reach to Recovery, which offers visits to breast cancer patients, and Angels on Wheels, which provides patient transportation assistance.
For information and reservations, call the Windward Unit at 262-5124.
Dance to promote organ donation
Filipino organizations will host a dinner dance tomorrow at the Ala Moana Hotel Hibiscus Ballroom to celebrate April as Organ Donor Awareness Month and highlight the need for minority donors, especially among Filipinos."Dance for Life" is sponsored by the Filipino Nurses Organization of Hawaii and the Philippine Nurses Association of America-Hawaii Chapter with other Filipino community organizations to support the Minority Organ Tissue Transplant Education Program (MOTTEP).
The minority organ transplant program is a public education program of the Organ Donor Center of Hawaii that tries to encourage organ and tissue donations among Hawaii's diverse ethnic groups.
The dance, with no-host cocktails at 6 p.m. and dinner at 7:30 p.m., will commemorate those whose lives have been touched by the "gift of life" through organ, tissue and eye donations.
For ticket information, call Bea Ramos-Razon, event coordinator, 778-6291; Mario Palma, president of the Filipino Nurses Organization, 455-8782; Tina Salvador, president of the Hawaii Chapter, Philippine Nurses Association, 839-7527; or MOTTEP, 599-7630.
March of Dimes hosts benefit walk
The March of Dimes, Hawaii chapter, will participate Saturday in WalkAmerica to raise money to improve health of women and children in the islands.The chapter has awarded more than $70,000 this year in grants to local organizations working to advance maternal and infant health.
The walks will begin at 7 a.m. at all locations except Lihue, where it will be at 6 p.m.
The other events will be at the Kapiolani Park Bandstand, Honolulu; Hale Halewai, Kailua-Kona; Hilo High School; and War Memorial Gym, Kahului.
A national event, WalkAmerica raises money primarily for research to understand and prevent birth defects and for education programs to promote healthier pregnancy.
Last year, March of Dimes nationally awarded 483 research grants totaling more than $466 million.
Hawaii's WalkAmerica planners hope to raise at least $50,000 this year to distribute in community grants.
Fitness walking workshop offered
Barbara Steffens of Great Strides Honolulu will help people learn to walk for fitness Saturday at a workshop from 7:30 to 10 a.m. at Ala Moana Beach Park.The event, sponsored by the Queen's Heart Institute, is free to people with the Healing Heart Program Card. It costs $7 for the general public.
A beginners' class will be at 7:30 a.m., and advanced at 8:30. A Running Room Shoe Clinic will be held at 9:30 a.m.
Steffens will present strengthening exercises and suggestions to improve walking techniques, lose weight and stay fit and healthy.
Information also will be provided on shoes, safety and how to stay motivated and burn 50 percent more calories during a workout.
A drawing will be held for gift certificates from the Running Room and the Walking Co.
Steffens has been a distance runner for 20 years, a fitness instructor since 1979 and is founder of Great Strides, a walking wellness consulting firm.
The Queen's Heart Institute's Healing Heart (Ka Na'au Ho'ola) Program Card is free for Queen's heart patients and costs $10 per year for others. It offers discounts on various health services, products and classes.
Walking workshop participants are asked to register by tomorrow. Call 547-4466.
Navigator and volcanologist to speak at UH open house
Master navigator Nainoa Thompson and Christina Heliker of the Hawaii Volcano Observatory will be guest speakers at an open house tomorrow and Saturday at the School of Ocean & Earth Sciences & Technology, University of Hawaii-Manoa.Thompson will discuss "Journeys of Learning" at noon tomorrow. Heliker will speak on "Still Flowing After All These Years: An Update on the Pu'u O'o Eruption of Kilauea" at noon Saturday.
Both events will be in the Hawaii Institute of Geophysics and Planetology, Room 110.
The talks are part of SOEST's sixth biennial celebration, which will feature activities for grade-school students from 9 a.m. to 2 p.m. tomorrow and for the general public from 10 a.m. to 2 p.m. on Saturday.
SOEST faculty, students and staff will present interactive demonstrations, poster presentations, tours and other activities to give the public a look at the discoveries and research coming out of the school.
The event will feature exhi- bits on coastal, continental, volcanic, marine, sea floor, atmospheric and planetary exploration.
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Police, Fire, Courts
By Star-Bulletin staffHONOLULU Honolulu Police Department Crimestoppers
Motorcycle crash leaves man, 31, critically injured
A 31-year-old man is in critical condition at Queen's Medical Center after crashing his motorcycle on the H-1 Freeway this morning. Police said the man was traveling west past the Lunalilo Street offramp about 2 a.m. when he lost control of his motorcycle. The man skidded into the back of one vehicle and hit the back of a second vehicle, police said. Police said speed was a factor in the crash.
Parking-stall fight leads to arrest of Kalihi man, 57
A fight over a parking stall sent one man to the hospital and led to the arrest of a 57-year-old Kalihi man, police said.The suspect and a 22-year-old man got into a fight after the younger man tried to push the Kalihi man's van out of a parking stall on Ahe Street in Palolo at about 11 a.m., police said.
Police said the suspect struck the victim on the forehead with a metal object. The victim was taken to the hospital for treatment. Police said the suspect sustained a bruised right eye but refused treatment.
Halawa man, 83, arrested in threats to neighbor
An 83-year-old Halawa man was arrested for terroristic threatening yesterday following an argument over leaves and branches from his tree falling onto his neighbor's car and property.Police said the argument with the 40-year-old neighbor at Halawa Housing on Kohomua Street started about 1:45 p.m. and escalated when the man waved a firearm and threatened to shoot the neighbor. Two other people also reported being threatened.
LEEWARD OAHU
Police arrest Maili boy, 17, in beating of teen
Police arrested a 17-year-old Maili boy Monday for second-degree assault in connection with the beating of another teenage boy last month.Police said the victim suffered a concussion after being beaten on March 28 in Waianae while using a pay telephone.
Boy arrested in assault on Waianae classmate
A 13-year-old boy was arrested for second-degree assault yesterday for allegedly cutting a Waianae Intermediate School classmate on the arm with a knife.Police said the victim, also 13, was approached by the suspect showing off a knife about 9:20 a.m. The suspect cut the victim on the arm to demonstrate that the knife was real, police said. The victim's injury did not require stitches.
CENTRAL OAHU
Ammonia spill in Waipio forces building evacuation
About 20 people were evacuated yesterday from an office building at Waipio Gentry after fire officials discovered an ammonia leak in the building.Capt. J.B. Rabago Jr. of the Mililani Fire Station said the leak originated from a photocopy machine at HK Builders Inc. at 94-1024 Waipio Uka St. About one-third of a gallon of ammonia was contained in the area, Rabago said.
Firefighters from the Mililani Fire Station and the Hazardous Materials Unit responded to the leak at 10:28 a.m. A private vendor was contacted to clean up the spill. Two employees from HK Builders Inc. were examined but refused treatment. Employees from Century 21 Homefinders of Hawaii, Copy Saver, C & M Financial Brokers and State Farm Insurance were evacuated as a precaution.
On Tuesday, fire officials responded to the same building for a spill from the same photocopy machine, Rabago said.
WINDWARD OAHU
Man killed in crash near Sea Life Park is identified
The Honolulu medical examiner has identified the man who died early Sunday after crashing his pickup truck into a tree near Sea Life Park as Lucian K. Keane IV, 24, of Waimanalo.Police said Keane was heading into Waimanalo on Kalanianaole Highway when his truck hit the tree. He was pronounced dead at the scene. Police have not determined the cause of the crash.
NEIGHBOR ISLANDS
Autopsy IDs Kauai victim as Las Vegas man, 41
LIHUE >> The man found dead Tuesday at Fuji Beach in Wailua was identified yesterday by the Kauai Fire Department as Charles Carson Jr., 41, of Las Vegas. An autopsy determined Carson drowned, and police classified the death as accidental. His death was the second drowning on Kauai this year.
