HPU seeks alumni
awards nominees
Hawaii Pacific University is seeking outstanding alumni as nominees for its third annual Paul C.T. Loo Distinguished Alumni Awards.The university will award graduates in the following categories:
>> Alumni Volunteer of the Year, for exemplary volunteer service contributions in their community.Nomination forms are available online at www.hpu.edu/ looawards. Nominations must be received by Feb. 28.>> Alumni Service Award, for outstanding service to the school.
>> Young Alumni Award, for a graduate from classes of 1997 to 2003 who is an outstanding role model for future alumni.
Awards will be presented at the annual spring banquet May 2 at the Waialae Country Club.
For more information, call the Office of Alumni Relations at 544-0840, or e-mail alumni@hpu.edu.
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Governor terminates state information chief
State Office of Information Practices Director Moya Davenport Gray was notified by letter yesterday that she had been terminated by the governor.Gray, a Gov. Ben Cayetano appointee, said the termination was unexpected. While she acknowledged the governor's right to appoint someone of her choosing, Gray said she was not given the courtesy of a phone call.
She had wanted an opportunity to discuss the matter with Gov. Linda Lingle.
"I would have liked the opportunity to find out whether or not she supports open records," Gray said. "She talked a lot about procurement but never said anything about open records."
She currently chairs the Honolulu Community-Media Council, whose mission is, among other things, to support the public's right to know. Gray also teaches a freedom of information class at the William S. Richardson School of Law at the University of Hawaii.
Sunset on the Beach to be at Queen's Surf
Sunset on the Beach will feature the movie "Charlie's Angels" today and "About a Boy" tomorrow, at 6:30 p.m. both days.The event at Queen's Surf Beach will also feature the music of Kristian Lei and Fine Players from 4:15 to 6 p.m. tomorrow and SugAHdaddy on Sunday.
There will also be a craft fair and food from several restaurants.
Maui students petition county to buy pool
WAILUKU >> Wailuku Elementary School students are conducting a petition campaign to get Maui County to buy the Old Wailuku Pool.Eva Kaneshina, a teacher, said the students are also writing letters to County Council members.
Kaneshina said the property is up for sale, and without the pool, children from Wailuku Elementary and Iao Intermediate would not have a place within walking distance to have swimming lessons.
Since 1984 the county has been paying a $1-a-month lease for the pool to a group of investors.
Clifford Beppu, manager of Market Wells Hui II LLC, said he has notified the county that it has until June 31 to buy the property for $1 million, including about $700,000 in cash and $300,000 in tax credits.
Beppu said a bank has expressed an interest in establishing a branch office on the 27,000-square-foot property.
The pool, about 75 feet by 42 feet, was built before World War II. At one point it was used by military servicemen when it was the Alexander House recreation center.
>> The American Civil Liberties Union has elected Pamela Lichty, president; Patrick Taomae, vice president; Rick Schneider, secretary; Pat Hammers, treasurer; Heather Conahan, at-large; and Mary Steiner, national board member representative. [ Taking Notice ]
Elected members include Carl Ackerman, George Atkins, Roger Fonseca, Jeffrey Hong, Sheryl Nicholson and A. Joris Watland.
>> Peggy Leung, of Honolulu, graduate of Maryknoll High School, has received the Jonathan Baldwin Turner Scholarship at the Urbana campus of the University of Illinois. She is majoring in food science and human nutrition.
>> Sheela Jane Menon, of Sacred Hearts Academy, has won the 2002-2003 Voice of Democracy Scholarship from the Veterans of Foreign Wars and its Ladies Auxiliary. She will receive a paid trip to Washington, D.C., to compete for the national prize in March. The other winners are Katherine DePonte, also of Sacred Hearts, second place; Nicholas Jachowski, of Maui High School, third; and Ashton Alverez, of Kahuku High, fourth.
The first-place winner for the group's Patriot's Pen Essay contest is Taryn Tsukayama. Her essay will be forwarded to national headquarters to compete for the top prize. Kathleen Kardos, Darcus Goslin and Masako Furutani placed second, third and fourth, respectively. All students are from Sacred Hearts.
>> The Arthritis Foundation, Hawaii Branch, has appointed Cynthia Haranda as chair of the board of the directors. Others on the board include immediate past chair Karen J. Lee; incoming chair Rowen Young; secretary Richard Paskalik; treasurer Kim Huber; and board directors Fran Azeka, Sally Blanchard, Kathryn Chung, Wesley Fong, Lisa Halvorsen, Sharon Hicks, Patti Hoffman, Marcia and Leonard Klompus, Pudding Lassiter, Brian Macnish, Dr. James McKoy, Suzzana Neufeldt, Dr. Donald Person, John Sutton and Dr. Kara Yamamoto.
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>> The Japanese feature film "Mana" is finishing 14 days of filming on the Big Island. An item on Page D5 on Wednesday said incorrectly that it was 14 weeks. Corrections and clarifications
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Police, Fire, Courts
By Star-Bulletin staffHonolulu Police Department Crimestoppers
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Pedestrian killed was not using crosswalk
A 41-year-old woman was struck and killed while crossing Farrington Highway near Leeward Community College yesterday afternoon.Police said the victim had just gotten off a city bus and was running across the highway when she was hit by a car driven by a 22-year-old woman at 1:10 p.m. She was later pronounced dead at Kapiolani Medical Center at Pali Momi.
Police closed down the highway during the investigation and rerouted traffic onto Waiawa Road for several hours. Investigators said the victim had not attempted to use the crosswalk, which was located 155 feet away from where the accident occurred.
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Visitor from Arizona drowns off Molokai
WAILUKU >> A 32-year-old visitor from Tucson, Ariz., on vacation with his family, drowned yesterday while swimming in the ocean at Papohaku Beach in West Molokai.Assistant Fire Chief Gordon Cordeiro said the man was staying at a condominium at the Kaluakoi resort.
Cordeiro said fire officials received the call at 1:38 p.m., and the man was on the beach with people attempting to resuscitate him when fire rescue workers arrived at 2:01 p.m.
The man's name was being withheld, pending notification of other family members.
Fugitive nabbed while burglarizing a home
Big Island police have captured an inmate who escaped from the Hale Nani Correctional Facility earlier this week.According to witnesses, the inmate, identified as 25-year-old Raylad Hauole Brown, was seen running through neighborhood yards at 3:38 p.m. yesterday. Responding to calls from residents, South Hilo patrol officers investigated and noticed that a screen and several louvers had been removed at a house on East Puainako Street.
Officers located Brown inside the home and arrested him for escape and burglary.
Brown was being held in the Hilo police cellblock yesterday.
Hale Nani authorities said Brown escaped from the facility about 2 p.m. Thursday.
