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By Star-Bulletin Staff

Collections to be dedicated at Wahiawa Public Library

State Senate President Robert Bunda is expected to deliver the keynote address tomorrow at the dedication ceremony for the new Filipiniana and Hawaiiana Book Collections of the Wahiawa Public Library.

More than 90 Filipiniana and Hawaiiana books will be added to the library's collection. The books were purchased through a special matching grant from the Friends of the Library of Hawaii and the Friends of the Wahiawa Public Library.

Along with Bunda (D, Wahiawa-North Shore), state Rep. Marcus Oshiro (D, Wahiawa-Whitmore Village) will participate in the 7 p.m. ceremony.

The library is located at 820 California Ave.

For more information, call the Wahiawa Public Library at 622-6345.

Conference to discuss issues in adoption field

"Truth and Identity in Adoption" will be the subject of a conference Thursday from 8 a.m. to 4 p.m. at the Ala Moana Hotel.

Child and Family Service and the Hawaii Adoption and Permanency Planning Alliance are co-sponsoring the conference.

Sharon Kaplan-Roszia, program director of Kinship Alliance in Tustin, Calif., will be the featured speaker.

For more information, contact Marie Elliot-Tausch at 543-8402. Child and Family Service is celebrating its 100th year. Its primary purpose is strengthening families and fostering children's healthy development.

Punchbowl flower disposal system returns to normal

Now that state health officials have announced an end to the dengue fever epidemic, the National Cemetery of the Pacific will revert to its traditional system of disposing of flowers only when they become unsightly, wilted or faded.

Throughout the epidemic, Director Gene E. Castagnetti said the cemetery was disposing of all flowers every Wednesday.

"We would like to take this opportunity to thank the veterans, their families and friends for their understanding and cooperation in handling the situation as we attempted to do our part in eradicating this mosquito-borne virus."

Search proceeds after Kauai man's power boat found

The Coast Guard was expected to continue searching today for a 47-year-old Kauai man whose power boat was found drifting 70 miles south of Oahu about 2:47 yesterday afternoon.

Mark Brewer left Nawiliwili, Kauai, about 1 p.m. Friday and was scheduled to arrive at Ko Olina about 8 p.m. that night.

Coast Guard Chief Petty Officer Lauren Smith said it is believed Brewer may have fallen or was knocked overboard by high seas.

Smith said Brewer's son called the Honolulu Fire Department on Saturday to report his father missing. HFD notified the Coast Guard.

A crew aboard a C-130 search plane spotted the 22-foot power boat, but there was no sign of Brewer. Smith said Brewer did not have a radio aboard the vessel.

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Grants

>> Seagull Schools has been awarded a $50,000 grant from First Hawaiian Foundation, the charitable arm of First Hawaiian Bank, for the construction of an intergenerational facility at Kapolei.

Honors

>> William Powell, president of Asset Realty Corp., has been named the Catholic Charities Hawaii 2002 Ulu Award winner for being an outstanding volunteer. He has been a member of the board of directors since 1988. Under his leadership, the Kawaihae Transitional Shelter on the Big Island and the Waianae Weinberg Village opened. In 1999 he became the first president of the charities' Housing Development Corp., to develop affordable housing for low-income families. Star of the Sea Parish received the Partners in Mission Award, and a certificate of special recognition was awarded to Maryknoll School.

>> Carrie Yap, a seventh-grader at Iao Intermediate School, has been named one of Hawaii's top two youth volunteers in the 2002 Prudential Spirit of Community Awards. She volunteers regularly at the Maui Ocean Center, where she assists visitors with questions. Yap received $1,000, a silver medallion and an all-expenses-paid trip to Washington, D.C., this month to compete against other national winners. Michelle Mitchell, a senior at Maui High, was honored as a distinguished finalist and received an engraved bronze medallion. She founded and presides over a 4-H Dog Club that assists with training, grooming and other dog ownership responsibilities.

>> Vickie Essner has been honored as the 2002 Outstanding Blind Person of the Year by the Lions Club of Honolulu. She is a self-employed teacher of the blind and visually impaired assistive technology.

>> George Ellis, outgoing Honolulu Academy of Arts director and president, has been given the 2002 Alfred Preis Award by the Hawaii Alliance for Art Education. The award, named after the renowned architect and former director of the Hawaii State Foundation on Culture and the Arts, is presented to an outstanding individual for lifetime commitment to the arts.

>> Out of the Sea Media Arts has received a finalist Telly award for the production of an eight-minute video made for the University of Hawaii-Hilo Conference Center's Hawaiian EDventure program.

>> Lindsay Ball, principal of King Kamehameha III Elementary School in Lahaina, was named Educator of the Month for January by Hula Grill restaurant.

For the past 22 years, Ball has also been a teacher, vice principal and coach. Ball will receive a commemorative plaque and gift certificate to Hula Grill.

Academic honors

>> Karyn Murphy, a third-grade teacher at Princess Nahi'ena'ena Elementary School, has been given an Outstanding Educator award by TS Restaurants, owner of Kimo's and 10 other restaurants in Hawaii and California. Murphy coaches youth soccer, basketball and Little League baseball, volunteers as a Girl Scout leader and teaches catechism at her church. She was nominated by fellow educators at her school.

Corrections and clarifications >> Former President Bill Clinton left Honolulu Saturday for East Timor. A story on page A1 in Saturday's paper said he was going to leave yesterday. The Honolulu Star-Bulletin strives to make its news report fair and accurate. If you have a question or comment about news coverage, call Managing Editor Frank Bridgewater at 529-4791 or email him at fbridgewater@starbulletin.com.

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Police, Fire, Courts



By Star-Bulletin staff

Honolulu Police Department Crimestoppers

HONOLULU

Stolen car set afire; son of owner suffers burns

A car was stolen and set afire on Tantalus Drive early this morning, and the car owner's son sought treatment at a hospital for burns to his face, arms and feet.

Police said they have not determined if the two incidents are related. The fire was extinguished about 4 a.m.

WINDWARD OAHU

Search on for 2 women lost hiking in Hauula

Honolulu firefighters this morning resumed the search for two women who failed to return yesterday from their hike in Hauula.

Police said one of the missing women used her cellular phone to call a co-worker about 7:20 last night.

She said she was on the Hauula Loop Trial and thought she would be late for work this morning.

But their conversation was cut short when the cellular phone went dead, police said. The co-worker then called police, and officers found a car belonging to one of the missing hikers at Hauula Beach Park.

Firefighters searched the area for nearly four hours late yesterday but could not find the women.

LEEWARD OAHU

4 left homeless after fire burns house in Makaha

Four people are homeless after a fire gutted the kitchen and living room of their two-bedroom Makaha home yesterday morning.

The fire at 84-296 Ikuone Place originated from a pot left on a stove, said Fire Capt. Richard Soo. The fire caused $100,000 in damage to the house and $30,000 to the contents.

A 43-year-old woman and her visiting 21-year-old daughter and 3-year-old granddaughter escaped without injury, but a pet parrot kept in the kitchen perished in the blaze, Soo said.

Fire crews rescue boaters off Yokohama Bay

Fire crews rescued two men on a sailboat off Yokohama Bay near Kaena Point yesterday morning.

The men had launched the Hobie Cat sailboat in Haleiwa, and as they rounded Kaena Point at about 10 a.m., they encountered problems with their sails and called for help, said fire Capt. Richard Soo.

Burned body identified as Makaha 23-year-old

Police have identified the burned body of a man found near Keaau Beach Park as 23-year-old John Reverio, who was known to frequent the Makaha area.

Homicide Lt. Bill Kato said about 60 percent to 70 percent of Reverio's body was burned.

Police classified the case as a suspicious unattended death. Anyone with information about Reverio is asked to call CrimeStoppers at 955-8300.

WAIKIKI

Man arrested in sexual assault on Waikiki beach

Police arrested at 21-year-old man at about 1:25 a.m. yesterday after he allegedly sexually assaulted a 25-year-old woman on a Waikiki beach.

Witnesses noticed the victim and suspect on the beach but thought the woman appeared to be unconscious, police said.

When the witnesses approached, the man fled but the witnesses caught him and held him for police.

The woman was taken to Kapiolani Medical Center for treatment.