Isle programs receive $180,000 in grants
The National Endowment for the Humanities has awarded three grants totaling more than $180,000 to Hawaii programs.The bulk of the funding went to the East-West Center, which received $170,238 for a five-week educational program titled "Re-Imaging Indigenous Cultures: The Pacific Islands." The program will teach 25 college and university teachers about the portrayal of indigenous Pacific peoples in literature, art and film.
The Lyman House Memorial Museum in Hilo received $5,000 to be used for consultation and to redesign the storage space for collections documenting the ethnographic, natural, social, cultural and religious history of Hawaii.
The Lahaina Restoration Foundation received $5,000 to develop a storage facility for collections documenting the Hawaiian monarchy, the missionary era and plantation life.
Kauai opens area for rainbow-trout fishing
Rainbow trout fishing season began yesterday at Koke'e Public Fishing Area on Kauai.With a valid state of Hawaii freshwater game-fishing license, the public may fish between 5:30 a.m. and 6:45 p.m. until Aug. 18; and then on Saturdays, Sundays and state holidays from Aug. 24 to Sept. 29.
Each licensed angler may bag a maximum of seven trout a day.
Anglers are required to check in and out at the Pu'ulua Reservoir for reservoir fishing, and at the Koke'e Park Headquarters for the Koke'e Ditch system and access through Camp Ten and Halemanu roads.
Fishing licenses are available at the Division of Aquatic Resources offices in Honolulu, Lihue, Wailuku, Hilo and Kona. Licenses are $3 for children 9 to 15 years old, $5 for residents, $25 for nonresidents, $10 for seven-day adult tourists and $20 for 30-day adult tourists. Senior citizens are free.
For more information, call the Division of Aquatic Resources on Oahu at 832-5009 or the Lihue office at 274-3344.
Patient to discuss experience with lupus
Heidi Muller, a lupus patient, will discuss the disease and ways to live with it successfully in a program from 9:30 to 11:30 a.m. Aug. 17 at Paki Hale, 3840 Paki Ave., mauka of Kapiolani Park.The Hawaii Lupus Foundation is sponsoring the event. Those who plan to attend are asked to call the foundation at 1-800-201-1522.
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Police, Fire, Courts
By Star-Bulletin staffHonolulu Police Department Crimestoppers
LEEWARD OAHU
Fire hits empty houses in Aiea neighborhood
Fire destroyed a two-story house in Aiea and damaged another one nearby. No one was at home at either house at the time.The house, at 99-124A Lilikoi Place, "was consumed and it was a total loss," Honolulu Fire Department spokesman Capt. Kenison Tejada said.
The second house, at 99-104A Lilikoi Place, had two bedrooms damaged, but the remainder of the house was left intact, Tejada said.
He said the second house was a four- or five-bedroom home, but firefighters could not tell the size of the other home, which collapsed.
The fire was brought under control by 8:04 p.m., Tejada said.
No estimate of damages was available last night. The cause is still under investigation.
HONOLULU
Police arrest Aiea man after Auahi hit-and-run
Police arrested a 31-year-old Aiea man Friday night in connection with a hit-and-run accident that injured three Japanese nationals who were in a crosswalk on Auahi Street.The suspect was arrested for drunken driving and failure to render aid at the accident scene at 9:25 p.m. Friday.
One of the victims, a 42-year-old woman who was taken to Queen's Medical Center in guarded condition, was upgraded to fair condition yesterday. The woman appeared to have suffered head injuries, according to emergency personnel. The other two, her husband, 47, and daughter, 13, were also taken to the hospital, where they were treated and released.
The suspect was released yesterday pending further investigation.
CENTRAL OAHU
6 hurt on Kunia Road as car and SUV collide
Six people were injured when a sport utility vehicle crashed head-on with a four-door sedan on Kunia Road near Schofield Barracks yesterday morning.The 37-year-old driver of the sport utility vehicle was seen passing cars as he drove south on Kunia Road, police said.
The 20-year old driver of the car heading northbound tried to avoid the oncoming vehicle by turning left of center, police said.
The sport utility vehicle moved back in the southbound lane, where the two vehicles collided head-on.
The sport utility vehicle rotated off the roadway onto the grassy shoulder. The driver's 7-year-old son was thrown from the vehicle, which landed on its side.
The car remained on the roadway. All the car's occupants, the driver, his wife, 27, and nephews, 12 and 3, were taken in critical condition to Queen's Medical Center.
The 12-year-old remained in critical condition last night, while the other occupants of the car were upgraded to fair condition, according to Queen's personnel.
The driver of the sport utility vehicle was taken to the hospital in critical condition, but was upgraded to fair condition, according to hospital personnel.
The 7-year-old boy was taken to the hospital, but was treated and released, police said.
Homeless man held after Wahiawa assaults
A 25-year-old man with no address is in police custody after allegedly robbing two men Friday night in separate incidents in Wahiawa, police said.The suspect allegedly threatened and punched a 22-year-old Wahiawa pedestrian at a traffic signal at 95 S. Kamehameha Highway. Police said the suspect then stole the man's money and fled in east on Kamehameha Highway.
The suspect then traveled to the Jack in the Box restaurant at 111 S. Kamehameha Highway, where he allegedly attacked a 24-year-old Wahiawa man in the parking lot. After fighting with the man, the suspect took the victim's cell phone, police said. The suspect, who is apparently homeless, was arrested on two counts of second-degree robbery.
NEIGHBOR ISLANDS
Sailboat runs aground outside Lanai harbor
A 34 1/2-foot sailing sloop ran aground at the entrance of Manele Boat Harbor on Lanai on Friday night, but no one was injured, a fire official said.The sailboat's owner, formerly of Kauai, said he set sail for Lahaina from the harbor about 7:30 p.m. Friday when the boat was swamped by an unexpected swell. The Rhumbline's motor died and the boat was washed up on the rocks near the entrance to the harbor.
The four men, one woman and a small dog got to shore on their own, but the boat remained at the harbor entrance as of yesterday afternoon.
