Sewage spill seeps into Nuuanu Stream
Cracks in a 10-inch sewer line caused raw waste water to leak into Nuuanu Stream yesterday, according to city officials.The Department of Environmental Services was notified about the spill at 7 a.m. The state Health Department was also notified.
City officials said last night the spill was located near Kukui Street and College Walk and "is still ongoing," though warning signs have been posted along the stream.
H-1 and H-2 freeways get name change
Gov. Ben Cayetano renamed two of the state's busiest freeways yesterday.Cayetano announced that from now on a portion of the H-1 freeway, from Middle Street to Waianae, will be the "Queen Lili'uokalani Freeway" and the H-2 freeway the "Veteran's Memorial Freeway."
"As the main lifeline of transportation on Oahu, it is a fitting tribute that the H-1 freeway be named in honor of Hawaii's queen," said Cayetano.
In regards to the H-2 freeway, the governor added, "America became a great nation because every time our beliefs and ideals have been threatened, our soldiers have stepped forward to defend them ... we will be eternally grateful."
Mortuary family will be arraigned Dec. 3
HILO >> Members of the Robert Diego mortuary family will be arraigned Dec. 3 on charges that they stole about $100,000 from a pre-need funeral trust fund, said their attorney, Brenda Carreira.Memorial Mortuary manager Robert Diego, his wife, mortuary owner Momi Diego, and their daughter, employee Bobbie Jean Diego, yesterday turned themselves in to police, who arrested them and then released them after they posted $2,000 bail each. A Big Island grand jury returned a 40-count indictment against them last week.
The Diegos have said in the past that they did no wrong. Carreira declined to make additional comments yesterday.
Red Cross big givers get special gift pin
The Hawaii State Chapter of the American Red Cross began a gift club to recognize donors who annually contribute $1,000 or more. Members of the Red Cross Shield Society will receive a specially designed Tiffany & Company pin for their monetary donations.
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The Oahu Urban Garden Center's 4-H Children's Theme Gardens -- with pizza, animal, alphabet and another themes -- has won a 2002 Kaulunani Urban Forestry Award for outstanding achievement. Kaulunani Forestry Council
hands out achievement awardsOther winners of the annual award include:
>> Good Shepherd Episcopal Church in Wailuku, achievement award, for its landscape beautification project that creates a place for spiritual and personal renewal.
>> Aloha Arborists Association, outstanding organization award, for dedication to arboriculture awareness and improving the maintenance and health of trees throughout the state.
>> Shad Kane, of Kapolei, Riccio Award of Excellence, for his leadership in creating a "living lei" of native trees and plants at Pu'uokapolei.
>> Abner Undan, president of Trees of Hawaii in Kapolei, Kaulunani Kauila Award for kupuna of modern Hawaiian arboriculture, for his leadership and dedication to improving the arborist profession.
>> Gregory Severino, president of Aloha Arborists, Christine Snyder Leadership Award, for his leadership in urban forestry.
The Kaulunani Urban Forestry Council also announced grants to the following organizations:
>> Nature Talks, backyards garden book project, $22,850;The next grant application deadlines are Nov. 15 and Feb. 15. For further information about applications, call Jackie Lee Ralya at 672-5167 or Teresa Trueman-Madriaga at 672-3383. Or visit the Web site at www.state.hi.us/dlnr/dofaw/kaulunani.>> University of Hawaii Urban Garden Center, Arbor Day tree giveaway, $5,663;
>> Island School, campus expansion landscape project, $3,893;
>> Ho'oulu Lahui, Hana'Aloha community education and native plant program to propagate and distribute native plants on Arbor Day, $2,800;
>> Outrigger Waikiki Hotel, "Kumula'au -- Arbor Day Hawaiian Style" tree giveaway program, $1,200;
>> Holualoa Foundation for Arts and Culture, fiber arts programs, $10,000;
>> Hawaiian Electric Co., Inc., to expand its "Right Tree, Right Place" booklet for free distribution, $10,000;
>> Maui Nui Botanical Gardens, plants for Arbor Day giveaway, $3,500;
>> Kona Historical Society, repair and maintain, and replant Kona Heritage Ranch, $7,814.
OFFICERS
>> Winners at Work has elected new officers to the board of trustees, including honorary chairman Sen. Daniel K. Inouye; chairman Samuel Powell; past chair Charlotte Townsend; vice chair Curtis Pruder; treasurer Harvey Rackmil; and directors Carol Galdeira and Donald Bowman III.New trustees are Juliette Galuteria, Peter S. Ohr, Esq., Dean Okamoto, Carol Pregill and Allicyn Tasaka.
Newly elected to the board of advisors are Sue Anderson, Kathy Fujihara Chong, Brickwood Galuteria, William L. Haig, Steve Johnson, Carleen Kawamoto, Maxine Nagamine, Kevin Sypniewski, Roy Tjioe, Esq., and Daniel W. Wong.
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Police, Fire, Courts
By Star-Bulletin staffHonolulu Police Department Crimestoppers
LEEWARD OAHU
Man critically injured in assault at Makaha
A 53-year-old man is in critical condition at Queen's Medical Center following an apparent assault at Makaha about midnight.Police were called to Makaha Beach at 12:24 a.m. today by a witness who said he found the man unconscious at the beach just off Farrington Highway.
The witness told police he was sitting in his car earlier in the evening and had seen three men standing around a pickup truck. He said he later saw the truck leave and found the man.
NEIGHBOR ISLANDS
Police look for woman on probation warrant
Big Island police are looking for a 20-year-old woman wanted on an outstanding warrant for a probation violation. Police said Jaclyn Kanani Kama was last seen on Oahu in September, but may have returned to the Big Island. Kama is described as 5-feet-7, 135 pounds, with a medium build and tan complexion.Anyone with information can call Detective Greg Esteban at 961-2384, the police non-emergency number at 935-3311 or CrimeStoppers at 961-8300 in Hilo or 329-8181 in Kona.
