Sewage from broken pipe spills into Kaneohe Bay
An unknown amount of sewage spilled into Kaneohe Bay yesterday from a broken 18-inch sewer line, city officials said.The city Department of Environmental Services said it was notified of the spill about 11:30 a.m., and crews were able to bypass the spill and stop it by 4 p.m. The broken line runs from Aumoana Place to Kaneohe Bay Pump Station No. 2.
Warning signs have been posted along the affected area of the bay, and the state Department of Health was notified of the spill.
Apana is first to file for Maui mayoral election
WAILUKU >> Maui County Mayor James "Kimo" Apana filed nominations papers yesterday to seek a second term of office.Apana, 39, who won as a Democrat in 1998, is running under a new election format that requires mayoral candidates to run as nonpartisans.
Under the format approved by voters in 1998, the two candidates with the most votes in the primary election in September would advance to the general election in November.
If there are only one or two candidates for mayor, the county would only conduct an election in November.
As of yesterday, no other candidates had filed to run for mayor of Maui, said the county clerk's office.
Feds claim man caused death at sea 2 years ago
The U.S. government has charged Wilson Pearson Sullivan with causing a death on the high seas nearly two years ago.A complaint filed yesterday in U.S. District Court charged Sullivan with negligently killing Anthony Delponte, who was bound and gagged, while on board the vessel Kaloke Ana on Sept. 25, 2000.
No further details were available.
Public invited to register as bone marrow donors
Free bone marrow donor testing will be conducted during the next three days at Hope Chapel, 45-815 Pookela St., Kaneohe.The St. Francis Medical Center Hawaii Bone Marrow Donor Registry hopes to register as many potential donors as possible from 7:30 to 10:30 p.m. tomorrow, 5:30 to 8 p.m. Saturday and 8 a.m. to noon Sunday.
Donors must be between 18 and 60 years of age and in generally good health. A small blood sample is collected for tissue typing, and potential donors are placed on Hawaii and National Donor Registries.
For more information, call 547-6154.
Grant will fund proper treatment of ancient remains
The federal government has awarded about $363,000 to a native Hawaiian group dedicated to the proper treatment of ancient remains.Hui Malama I Na Kupuna O Hawaii Nei, or Group Caring for the Ancestors of Hawaii, will receive $175,412 in the first year and $187,412 in the second year of the program.
The grants were from the Administration for Native Americans, said U.S. Rep. Patsy Mink, D-Hawaii.
The money will be used to pay for the reburial of native Hawaiian remains and funerary objects that were inadvertently moved, and for the disposition of repatriated cultural items.
The grant also will fund workshops and create a data base for native Hawaiians from the Big Island, Kauai, Maui and Molokai.
Taking notice
Academic awards
>> Winners of the 2002 Posters for Peace Contest for elementary school students, sponsored by the Mediation Center of the Pacific and the Association of Conflict Resolution, are:Fifth- and sixth-grade category -- from first to third place, Jill Springer of Keolu; Ellen Leung and Riki Omokawa of Aina Haina.
Third- and fourth-grade category -- from first to third, Cathlyn Rosete of Kalihiwaena, Jerika Limos of Holomua and Kapulani Entendencia of Mililani Uka.
>> Esther You of Honolulu, a junior at American University in Washington, D.C., majoring in broadcast journalism, has been elected class president for the 2002-2003 academic year.
>> Sandy Uyekubo of Honolulu, a psychology major at Claremont McKenna College in California, has been named a 2002 Fulbright Fellow. She will travel to Japan this fall to enroll in language courses and do research at a university.
>> Hawaii Pacific University's team won first place at the Students in Free Enterprise Regional Competition in Honolulu and went to Missouri to compete in the nationals for the second time.
>> Debra Lindsey has been named principal of Hawaii Preparatory Academy's Middle School; and Hope Soo, principal of the Lower School.
>> Robert Toshio Nakasone of the East-West Center in Honolulu has completed a three-month college course at the Asia-Pacific Center for Security Studies. He was one of 72 senior military and civilian participants representing 32 countries in the course.
>> The University of Hawaii Community Colleges placed three Hawaii chapters within the top 10 chapters of the 84th annual conference for members of Phi Theta Kappa, the national honor society for students in two-year community and junior colleges.
Other honors included awards to John Morton of Kapiolani Community College, outstanding executive officer; Reed Ratliff of KCC, distinguished chapter president of Alpha Kappa Psi; and Dawn League-Pablo of KCC, distinguished chapter officer of Alpha Kappa Psi.
>> Marian Mossman of Kailua has been awarded a junior scholarship by the American Kennel Club.
>> Beata "Rachel" Gruszka of Honolulu has been named an outstanding student employee in the Theater and Dance Department at Bowdoin College in Maine.
>> Alicia Mieko Kaneshiro of Kaneohe, a senior at Hope College in Michigan, received the Tulip City Gem and Mineral Club Award, given annually to one or two outstanding geology majors.
>> St. Clement's School on Wilder Avenue was recently granted accreditation by the National Association for the Education of Young Children. >> Tiffany A. Hooper of Kailua, a sophomore at Northland College in Wisconsin, has received the 2002 Minority Office Recognition Award for being an alumni board officer, a member of the United Cultures at Northland Club, vice president of the Native American Student Association and a resident hall assistant.
>> Nicole Jun Kajiyama of Laie has received a graduate fellowship for the 2002-2003 academic year from Phi Kappa Phi honor society.
>> Erica Shinohara of Honolulu, a senior at Occidental College in California, has been awarded a Coro Fellowship to spend nine months in Los Angeles enrolled in the Fellows Program in Public Affairs. The Sacred Hearts Academy graduate is one of 64 fellows to learn how business in a big city gets done, from social, political and economic angles.
>> Hilo's Rinah Raguine won Best of Show for her entry in the 2002 Hawaii Junior Duck Stamp Design Contest and represented the state in the recent national contest in Washington, D.C. She attends St. Joseph's High School. Meggy Brandt-Kelly, a home-school student from Honolulu, was first runner-up in the state contest.
>> Jill Dana Raznov and R. Hokulei Lindsey, students at the University of Hawaii William S. Richardson School of Law, have received two environmental law fellowships from the American Bar Association and the Hawaii State Bar Association, among other sponsors. They will spend eight to 10 weeks working on legal matters for a government agency or a nonprofit environmental organization.
>> Mil Lan Ching, formerly of China, overcame language barriers to win the 2002 Big Wave Honolulu Scholarship from the University of Hawaii Foundation. The $2,000 scholarship will be used at the University of Hawaii-Manoa, where she is studying information computer sciences.
>> Grant Chang of Honolulu, a sophomore at Dartmouth College in New Hampshire, is studying French in Lyon, France, as part of the college's foreign study program.
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>> Bruce M. Koppel, who died June 4, is also survived by sister Fran Koppel. She was not included in a list of survivors in a Page C6 story on Saturday.
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Police, Fire, Courts
By Star-Bulletin staffHonolulu Police Department Crimestoppers
CENTRAL OAHU
Police seek help in ID of KITV generator thieves
Honolulu police are asking for the public's help in identifying the thieves who stole a $12,000 generator last month in Kunia.The generator is an Onan Model Number 11.5 GNAB belonging to KITV, and it was stolen between May 24 and Monday. The generator is bright green, weighs 800 pounds and uses propane as fuel.
Police said two 25-gallon propane tanks also were stolen.
Anyone with information is asked to call CrimeStoppers at 955-8300 or *CRIME on a cellular phone.
HONOLULU
Tow-truck driver arrested in refusal to release car
Police yesterday arrested a tow-truck driver who insisted on towing a car even after the owner had paid the $50 fee for the release of the car.Officers responding to a report of an argument in front of 1000 Bishop St. at about 3:35 p.m. discovered the tow-truck driver in the process of towing the car.
The driver was arguing with the car owner, who demanded that the driver release his car.
Police said officers told the driver to release the car but he refused, saying his employer's dispatcher instructed him to tow the car anyway. Police arrested him after numerous warnings about an impending arrest.
Man arrested in stabbing and choking of his wife
A man, angered by news that his wife was cheating on him, was accused of stabbing her in the stomach and choking her on Tuesday, police said.He was arrested on assault and terroristic threatening charges.
The couple was in a car heading east on the H-1 Freeway when the wife revealed her infidelity, and an argument followed, police said.
The husband pulled over near the airport offramp and stabbed his wife with the tip of the knife.
The couple then drove home where the argument continued and the husband alleged choked his wife.
LEEWARD OAHU
Helicopter Unit helps nab Waianae knife-wielder
The Honolulu Police Department's Helicopter Unit helped catch a 42-year-old man after he allegedly swung a knife at a Waianae man yesterday.The Waianae man, believing the suspect went to his home and harassed his wife, confronted the suspect about 3:20 p.m. on Farrington Highway. The Waianae man reported the suspect swung a knife at him but he was able to wrestle the knife away.
The suspect then fled in his vehicle, but a police helicopter happened to be nearby and tracked the vehicle. Police said the suspect abandoned his vehicle, but the helicopter continued to follow him until pursuing officers arrested him near Olive Avenue and Ohai Street.
NEIGHBOR ISLANDS
Police ID man found dead in his Kauai home
Police have identified the man whose body was found in his Wailua residence Monday as 60-year-old William Robert "Fig" Mitchell II.Mitchell was a former sports editor for the Kauai Times newspaper and an announcer on KUAI and KONG radio stations.
Police went to Mitchell's home after receiving a call from a neighbor.
They found injuries on his body but do not suspect foul play.
An autopsy to determine the cause of death, originally scheduled for yesterday, was expected to be completed today.
Kona police seek clues on deejay's stolen CDs
Kona police want information about the theft of five black canvas compact disc "books" containing about 800 CDs from a car at the upper parking level of the Kona Alii Condominiums off Kuakini Highway.Police said the CDs, belonging to a local disc jockey, were stolen from a red 1990 Honda four-door sedan between 2:30 a.m. on May 19 and 8:30 p.m. on May 24.
Police said the value of the CDs has not yet been estimated.
Other valuables in the car were not taken.
Anyone with information is asked to call the Kona police at 326-4646, the police nonemergency number at 935-3311 or CrimeStoppers at 329-8181 in Kona or 961-8300 in Hilo.
Public's help sought in theft of ranch's tools
Big Island police want help solving the April 20-21 theft of more than $11,000 worth of tools from the Yee-Hop Ranch in South Kona.Among the items stolen were chain saws, a compressor, a generator, a torch set, a wrench set, welding rods, electric and manual fuel pumps, a first-aid kit, a hand grinder, a hydraulic jack and two electric impact guns.
Anyone with information is asked to call Kona Detective John Leith at 326-4231, 935-3311, or CrimeStoppers at 329-8181 in Kona or 961-8300 in Hilo.
Investigation begins into Hilo vandalism spree
Hilo police want information about more than a dozen crimes at the Prince Kuhio Plaza off East Puainako Street.Police said between January and June, vandals damaged 16 vehicles by scratching the doors or hoods and spray-painting them.
Police said on two occasions, vandals damaged a plate-glass window at Macy's department store. Police also said that a man was shot with a BB or pellet gun while standing outside the department store.
Anyone with information is asked to call Officer Masa Pagay at 961-8892 or 961-2350.
Big Islanders warned of new telephone scam
Big Island police are warning residents, particularly seniors, about a new telephone scam.Police say a number of seniors recently reported receiving calls from a man representing himself as a bank investigator.
He claimed to be investigating illegal withdrawals from the victims' checking or savings accounts.
The "investigator" then asks for the victims' bank accounts numbers.
Police said the calls are fraudulent, and caution residents never to reveal their checking or savings account numbers over the telephone to anyone.
