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By Star-Bulletin Staff

Park caretaker wins employee of the year

Frank Borden, a park caretaker at Molokai's Palaau State Park, has been named the Board of Land & Natural Resources' employee of the year.

Borden took over the park in 1994, when only frequently visited areas were maintained. Since then, four additional acres of park land have been opened for camping, department officials said.

"Frank (Borden) has saved the state thousands of dollars due to his carpentry, auto mechanic, plumbing and mechanical skills," said Dan Quinn, administrator for Division of State Parks.

The department also named Dean Nakano, planning branch chief for the commission on water resource management, manager of the year.

Nakano is credited with getting $210,000 from the U.S. Bureau of Reclamation for drought relief.

Waikiki Sunday brunch to be postponed 1 week

The city's next Brunch on the Beach event will be held on June 23, not tomorrow, as previously scheduled.

The Waikiki event is usually held on the second Sunday of each month, but is moving to accommodate another scheduled event.

The event is held from 9 a.m. to 1 p.m. on Kalakaua Avenue fronting Kuhio Beach Park.

For more information, contact 523-CITY or the Waikiki Improvement Association at 923-1094.

Musical stories to launch summer reading program

Pearl City Public Library's Summer Reading Program for children and teens will kick off Monday with a musical storytelling program, "Making Tracks Across America," with Nyla Fujii-Ching and Jeff Babb.

The free program starts at 3 p.m. in the children's room. The library is located at 1138 Waimano Home Road.

The library's summer program runs through July and includes "Appropriate Pets" by the Hawaiian Humane Society, June 26 at 3 p.m., and a talk by Stan Sakai, an international graphic novelist, June 28 at 1 p.m. in the Adult Reading Room.

Ongoing programs starting June 17 are "Puzzletime," Mondays at 10 a.m., and "Storytime for Young Children," Wednesdays at 10 a.m.

For more information, call the library at 453-6566.

UH-Manoa director gets grant to study in Japan

Linda Duckworth, director of International Student Services at the University of Hawaii-Manoa, has received a Fulbright grant to study for three weeks in Japan later this month.

Duckworth was one of six individuals nationwide selected to take part in a special program for international education administrators which will introduce the participants to the higher-education system and culture of Japan. She leaves for Japan in mid-June.

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Police, Fire, Courts



By Star-Bulletin staff

Honolulu Police Department Crimestoppers

HONOLULU

3 men in van allegedly running car repair scam

CrimeStoppers and Honolulu police issued a warning yesterday about a possible car repair scam.

On Monday at about 5:30 p.m., a woman driving on the freeway reported that three men in a light-colored van drove up next to her and offered to fix her car at a "reasonable" cost. When the woman declined, the men tried to convince her to pull over to the side of the road, but the woman feared for her safety and took the next freeway exit, police said.

The men were described as being in their mid- to late 20s, clean cut, with a medium build.

Police said this appears to be the latest in a series of scams in which people offer to do reasonably priced body work at unorthodox locations such as malls, parking lots or on the streets.

However, "reasonable cost" often means inferior quality and workmanship and a complaint that can only be solved in civil court, police warned.

Police advise that people lock their doors while in their vehicles and not stop or speak to strangers. If confronted, get the license numbers of any vehicles involved, police said.

LEEWARD OAHU

Police arrest pair found sitting in stolen vehicle

Two men sitting in a stolen vehicle were arrested yesterday morning, police said.

Officers using the police helicopter to check for abandoned vehicles on Waiawa Road in Pearl City noticed a vehicle parked in an isolated area. Upon closer look, they noticed the suspects in the vehicle, police said.

When they checked the license plate, they determined that the vehicle had been reported stolen on Thursday.