Mililani board hosts candidates for office
With primary elections looming in September, gubernatorial candidates will participate Tuesday in a forum sponsored by the Mililani Mauka/Launani Valley Neighborhood Board.The event is at 7:15 p.m. at the Mililani Mauka Elementary School cafeteria, 95-111 Makaikai St.
Gubernatorial candidates Lt. Gov. Mazie Hirono, George Nitta, John Carroll, Jonathan Adler, Jim Brewer, Ken Mesker, Richard Sumiye and Van Tanabe are appearing at the forum. Also attending are lieutenant governor candidates Marvin Franklin, former state Sen. Donna Ikeda, Sen. Matt Matsunaga, James "Duke" Aiona, Cam Cavasso, Ken Vaughan and Tom Stone.
Other participants include candidates vying for the District 2 City Council seat, Donovan Dela Cruz, Gerald Hagino and Ernie Martin; Alex Mogilewicz, a candidate for the District 17 state Senate seat; and Sen. Robert Bunda, the incumbent candidate for District 22.
Nominations due today for police valor medal
Today is the deadline to submit nominations for the Public Safety Officer Medal of Valor, the U.S. Department of Justice announced.The medal is the highest national award for a public safety officer. It is awarded to public safety officers annually by the president for extraordinary valor above and beyond the call of duty.
Candidates must be nominated by chiefs or directors of their employing agencies for exceptional acts of valor that occurred between May 31, 2001, and May 31, 2002.
An 11-member review board made up of representatives of the public safety community and the public will make the recommendations, and can make up to five recommendations annually. Board members are appointed by the president and congressional leaders.
For more information and the nomination form, go to www.ojp.usdoj.gov or call 800-421-6770.
Hanauma Bay center opens after ceremony
The educational center and other new facilities at Hanauma Bay Nature Preserve will open to the public with a short ceremony at noon tomorrow.The facility will shut down from 3 p.m. today so the city can prepare for the opening and so that an invitation-only, preview "dry run" can take place from 8 a.m. to noon tomorrow.
City spokeswoman Carol Costa said 30,000 invitations were sent randomly to homes across the island.
The $13 million project initially was to cost $10.6 million, but was beset by cost overruns which also pushed back its completion date from fall 2001.
Breast, pelvic exams available on all isles
Free breast screenings and pelvic exams are offered on all islands by the Breast and Cervical Cancer Control Programs administered by the state Health Department.Filipino and native Hawaiian women particularly are urged to take advantage of the free tests to protect their health. Women in these ethnic groups have the highest death rates from breast and cervical cancer in Hawaii.
To qualify for free screenings, women must be 50 to 64 years old, have little or no medical insurance and meet income guidelines.
Financial assistance will be provided for treatment of women found to have cancer through the program.
Call the Cancer Screening and Education Program at St. Francis Healthcare System, 547-6798, for detailed information on clinics and health centers where free services are available.
Hepatitis vaccinations are available for free
Free hepatitis A and B vaccinations are available through the state Department of Health for people chronically infected with hepatitis C.The U.S. Centers for Disease Control and Prevention recommends that people infected with hepatitis C become vaccinated for hepatitis A and B, pneumococcal and influenza infections because they can become very ill if they get those diseases, the Health Department said.
Referrals and more information can be obtained by calling: >> Oahu: Diamond Head Clinic, 733-9281, contact Barbara Brouillet.
>> Kauai: Lihue, Department of Health, 9 a.m. to 4 p.m. Tuesdays, 241-8837 and 241-3563, contact Sally Jo Manea; Kapaa, 2 to 6 p.m. Thursdays, 823-0787, contact Jim McNulty.>> Maui: Department of Health, 984-2129, contact Takako Nakaaki or Maile Hardwick.
>> Big Island: Department of Health, 974-4247, contact Lynn Leifeste.
Cancer research will be discussed
Dr. Carl-Wilhelm Vogel, Cancer Research Center of Hawaii director, will discuss the latest developments in cancer research at a Rotary Club of Kaneohe meeting from noon to 1:30 p.m. Aug. 27.The meeting will be at Pohai Nani Good Samaritan Retirement Community, 45-090 Namoku St., with registration beginning at 11:45 a.m.
Vogel also will discuss the Cancer Research Center's proposed relocation to the new John A. Burns Medical School and Health and Wellness Center planned at Kakaako.
The luncheon cost is $10 for Rotary members and guests. For more information, call 262-2330.
BACK TO TOP |
[ TAKING NOTICE ]
COURTESY SACRED HEARTS ACADEMY
Linda Weyman, a Sacred Hearts Academy music teacher, and her music students recently showed a check from Oscar Mayer for $10,000, which they won with their rendition of the classic Oscar Mayer Wiener Jingle and Bologna Song.
Sacred Hearts Academy's elementary students won $10,000 for their music program by singing the Oscar Mayer Wiener Jingle and Bologna Song in English and Hawaiian. Sacred Hearts wins $10,000
The 24 students were named the Hawaii state winners of the Oscar Mayer Talent Search Schools House Jam contest, which was held throughout the nation.
Sacred Hearts was one of nearly 2,500 schools to enter.
Music teacher Linda Weyman organized the students' three-minute musical video, during which some students played the ukulele or danced the hula.
"The students were so excited" when they heard they won, according to Weyman. "They jumped for joy, went through the roof. It was great!"
Some of the award money will fund Weyman's trip to the Aloha Music Camp with music artist Keola Beamer this month. Part of the money also will go toward renovating Weyman's classroom and bringing in a composer to help the students write a Hawaiian opera.
The contest, which began in January, was sponsored by a partnership between the National Association for Music Education and Oscar Mayer Foods, a division of Kraft Foods, the nation's largest packaged-foods company.
|
>> John Wilhelm is general president of the Hotel Employees and Restaurant Employees International Union. A story on Page C1 of Tuesday's business section incorrectly spelled his name as Jon. Corrections and clarifications
>> Sanoe Aina finished fourth in the softball throw at the Hershey Track and Field Meet on Aug. 8. She was misidentified as the seventh-place finisher in a Page A1 article 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.
Police, Fire, Courts
By Star-Bulletin staffHonolulu Police Department Crimestoppers
CENTRAL OAHU
Public asked to help spot Waiawa escapees
Law enforcement authorities want help finding three inmates who escaped from the Waiawa Correctional Facility.
Kristopher Kealoha, 26, left the facility about 6:15 p.m. Saturday after he failed to report to the watch commander's office as ordered, officials said.
Kristopher Kealoha
Kealoha was serving time for terroristic threatening, auto theft and robbery. He is known to frequent Middle Street and Kalihi. He is 5-feet-8, 185 pounds, black hair with a ponytail, and brown eyes, a mustache and a goatee. He also has teardrop tattoos under both eyes, tattoo writing next to his left eye and a tattoo on the left side of his neck.
Milton Kapule and Jack Masaniai were last seen in the facility about 7:15 p.m. Tuesday. Authorities discovered they were missing after a head count was taken later and believe they escaped together.
Kapule, 25, has 15 felony convictions and was serving time for robberies, burglaries, auto theft and kidnappings. He is known to frequent Salt Lake, Aiea and Mililani.
Milton Kapule
Kapule is 5-feet-7, 180 pounds, with a muscular build, black hair with a ponytail, brown eyes and a mustache. He also has tattoos; "Kapule" on his right triceps, "(expletive) The Police" on his lower back, "Thug Life" on his stomach, "Christina" on his right leg, a dragon on his left thigh, "Erica" on his left hand, and a cross on his left forearm.
Masaniai, 22, was serving a sentence for felony assault and violating a protective order. He is known to frequent Pearl City and Kalihi.
Jack Masaniai
Masaniai is 5-feet-8, 230 pounds, with black hair, brown eyes, a mustache and a goatee. He also has numerous tattoos: "Masaniai" on his back, a tribal tattoo on his left forearm, a Samoan band on his right forearm, Japanese characters on his neck, "January" on his right leg and "G" on his right ankle.
Anyone with information on the fugitives is asked to call CrimeStoppers at 955-8300.
Man arguing with wife drives into utility pole
A 43-year-old man arguing with his wife about their pending divorce apparently drove his car intentionally into a utility pole in Wahiawa yesterday.Police said the man and his 40-year-old wife were traveling on Kamehameha Highway when the crash occurred near Whitmore Avenue about 10:20 p.m.
The wife received minor injuries and was treated at Queen's Medical Center. Her husband also received minor injuries and was arrested for an attempted murder investigation. He was being held at Queen's for mental health evaluation.
HONOLULU
Drinking suspected in bad moped crash
Police believe a 30-year-old Honolulu man may have been drunk when he crashed his moped this morning on Kinau Street, critically injuring himself. The man was traveling east on Kinau Street just past the Alapai Street intersection about 3:20 a.m. when he lost control of his moped and struck a curb. He fell and received head injuries in additional to minor injuries to his elbows and left knee. Police said he was not wearing a helmet. He was taken to Queen's Medical Center where he improved to guarded condition by mid morning.
LEEWARD OAHU
Homeowner arrested in West Loch shooting
An Ewa man shot another man trying to steal stereo equipment from his garage last night, according to police.The accused thief, 35, suffered a gunshot wound to the neck and was taken by ambulance to Queen's Medical Center where he was listed in critical condition.
Police arrested the homeowner, 39, for an attempted murder investigation.
Police were called to a house on Hamana Street in West Loch Fairways about 7:06 p.m. on a burglary report. Before officers arrived, they received another report of a shooting at the same address. Police found both man at the address and arrested the home owner.
BACK TO TOP |
[ THE COURTS ]
Grand jury indicts man in sex assault on girl
A Waimanalo man accused of sexually assaulting and molesting his girlfriend's 12-year-old daughter was indicted yesterday by an Oahu grand jury.Albert K. Kalima III was charged with two counts of first-degree sexual assault and four counts of third-degree sexual assault involving incidents that allegedly occurred July 24. Bail for Kalima was confirmed at $100,000.
Kalima, prosecutors say, has 47 prior arrests and convictions for contempt of court, theft and auto theft.
Tutor accused in theft of Moanalua ukuleles
A former part-time tutor at Moanalua Elementary School was indicted yesterday for allegedly stealing two ukuleles worth more than $400 each and selling them at a pawnshop.Cullen Yee was charged with second-degree theft.
Yee served as a casual employee or as needed to tutor and occasionally work in the A+ after-school program, said Department of Education spokesman Greg Knudsen.
According to DOE records, Yee worked at the school on and off during a period from March to November 2001 and as recently as May 2002.
Moanalua Elementary Principal Ron Hirai said Yee no longer works there.
