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By Star-Bulletin Staff

Schools raise $52,000 for Aloha United Way

Thirty-nine public and private schools raised more than $52,000 during the 2001-02 school year as part of Aloha United Way's Student Aloha Program.

Among the schools that participated in the program's islandwide fund-raising competition, Sacred Hearts Academy won for the elementary school level for raising $2,000, and St. Francis School won at the middle- and high school levels for raising $314 and $1,046, respectively. Those schools raised the most money per student.

Prizes were donated by Hawaii Medical Service Association, Zippy's, Pizza Hut, Blockbuster Video, Consolidated Amusement, Hawaiian Sun Products, Windward Mall and Meadow Gold Dairies.

The Student Aloha Program started in 1994 to encourage students to participate in community service through fun and educational projects.

Contestants sought for Narcissus Pageant

The Chinese Chamber of Commerce is now accepting contestants' applications for the 54th annual Narcissus Festival Pageant.

Contestants must be female, at least 50 percent Chinese, have a Chinese surname, be single, between 18 and 25 years old and a Hawaii resident for at least six months.

The deadline to enter the pageant is July 31. The pageant will be held Jan. 11.

Contestants take classes in Chinese history, calligraphy, narcissus bulb carving, paper cutting and knotting before the festival to learn more about their roots.

The 2003 Narcissus queen can receive more than $12,000 in scholarships, depending on sponsor donations. For more information, call 533-3181.

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Kalihi man charged with murder attempt

Police charged a 41-year-old Kalihi man with attempted murder yesterday for a stabbing Monday afternoon.

Uitisone Tago was arrested Thursday after he turned himself in to Kalihi police.

Tago allegedly got into a fight with a 37-year-old man over a debt. Police said Tago stabbed him several times with two knives.

The man was taken to Queen's Medical Center in guarded condition.

Another 38-year-old man, who allegedly aided Tago, was released pending further investigation.

EAST OAHUHPD seeks suspect in Waialae Beach theft

Police are searching for a man in his early 20s who robbed two men at gunpoint at Waialae Beach Park.

The suspect is described as 5 feet 6 inches tall, slim build, wearing a red bandana on his head and a blue T-shirt and blue pants, police said.

The men, ages 22 and 23, were sitting at tables near the restroom at the park at about 3 a.m. yesterday when a suspect with a gun demanded their watches and a cell phone.

The suspect fled on foot toward Kahala Avenue.

Firefighters save man from Portlock sea cliff

Firefighters rescued a 35-year-old man yesterday off a ledge of a cliff in Portlock at about 4 p.m. yesterday.

The man told fire officials he had jumped off the cliff into the water at a spot at the end of Lumahai Street known as "Acapulcos."

The Honolulu Fire Department received a call at 3:46 p.m., but when rescuers arrived, the man had already managed to make it back onto a ledge 10 to 12 feet above the water, fire Capt. Kenison Tejada said.

Tejada speculates a surge of water came in lifting him up and he managed to grab onto the rocky shelf.

The man suffered head, rib and hand injuries, Tejada said.

Fire rescuers and a paramedic hiked around the narrow ledge with a basket that was used to airlift the man out by helicopter. He was taken by helicopter to the Queen's Medical Center.

CENTRAL OAHU

12-year-old boy finds explosive in Wahiawa

A 12-year-old boy found an improvised explosive device Friday morning in front of a mailbox in Wahiawa.

Police said the boy found the device, described as a "pineapple grenade" with an attached pipe, at 1954 Uluwale St. and took it to his friend's house at 1021 Uluwale St.

The friend's mother called police. A Specialized Services Division bomb technician responded and removed the device.