Arizona Memorial closes for repairs
The USS Arizona Memorial is closed for two weeks for repairs, including replacement of the floating dock and construction of a public entry ramp.The Memorial also will undergo thorough cleaning and Navy shuttle boats will be overhauled during the closure, which began yesterday and continues through March 15.
No public access will be permitted to the Arizona during the two-week period but the visitor center, bookstore and museum will remain open. The 23-minute documentary film will be provided to the public from 8 a.m. to 3 p.m. on a free, first come, first served basis.
About 1.5 million visitors are ferried to the Memorial annually by the shuttle. The 22-year-old ramp will be strengthened with a structure capable of handling future visitors.
The new floating dock will be engineered with structural grade galvanized stainless steel components to provide greater durability.
A ramp also will be built for wheelchair visitors to enter the Memorial, eliminating the electric lift.
The new floating dock will be engineered with structural grade galvanized stainless steel components to provide greater durability.
More information is available on the National Park Service's Web site: www.nps.gov/usar or via an automated information line, 422-0561.
Marines to discuss Waikane Valley plans
The Marines will hold an informational meeting tomorrow to discuss its proposal to conduct jungle training on an 865-acre portion of Waikane Valley.The meeting will begin 7 p.m. at Windward Community College, Hale Akoakoa rooms 101, 102 and 105.
The land under consideration is owned by the Marine Corps and was used as a live-fire training area before it was closed.
Under the new proposal, no live ammunition would be used in Waikane Valley.
Summit to focus on state perinatal issues
Statewide perinatal issues will be highlighted at the Hawaii 2003 Perinatal Health Summit from 8 a.m. to 4 p.m. tomorrow at the Hawaii Prince Hotel Waikiki, 100 Holomoana St.Healthy Mothers, Healthy Babies of Hawaii is sponsoring the gathering of public and private perinatal providers, organizations, policymakers and community advocates to increase awareness of the issues, discuss concerns and enhance collaborative opportunities.
The cost is $25.
For more information or to register, visit www.hmhb-hawaii.org/2003perinatalsummit.htm.
>> Supreme Court Chief Justice Ronald T.Y. Moon has received the National Center for State Courts' Distinguished Service Award. [ TAKING NOTICE ]
>> David McClain has been appointed interim vice president for research at the University of Hawaii. His duties include overseeing the development and implementation of long-range planning studies and new research initiatives.
>> Kelly Kanayama, a Punahou School senior, is one of more than 2,600 finalists in the 2003 presidential Scholars Program.
>> The U.S. Department of Health and Human Services will provide $900,000 over the next three years to help prevent and treat the abuse of methamphetamine, or "ice," on the Big Island.
>> The Cades Foundation has awarded Goodwill Industries of Hawaii $5,000 for job training programs to prepare people to become computer technicians, certified nursing assistants and other professions.
>> Parents and Children Together has received $15,000 from the Bank of Hawaii Charitable Foundation to support its Economic Development Center.
>> Goodwill Industries of Hawaii's 12th annual Fundraising Auction has raised nearly $59,102.
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>> Linda Giles is Hawaii's Weight Watchers general manager. A story on Page D1 yesterday misidentified her as Laura Giles. Corrections and clarifications
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Police, Fire, Courts
By Star-Bulletin staffHonolulu Police Department Crimestoppers
Police chase stolen
van and arrest 2 menPolice arrested two men they say led them on a 30-minute chase in a stolen van from central Oahu through Waipahu, Pearl City and Aiea early today.
Police said a patrol officer spotted the speeding van on Ka Uka Boulevard about 2:13 a.m., checked the license plates and discovered the van was stolen.
The pursuit began when the officer tried to stop the van but the driver refused to stop, police said.
Officers pursued the van onto the H-2 freeway, then to the H-1 freeway, then to Farrington Highway into Waipahu, Sgt. David Hernandez said. The van then headed back toward Waipahu High School, turned onto Farrington Highway and got on the H-1 freeway, where one of its tires blew, police said.
"We decided that the actions of the driver constituted a hazard to the motoring public and so we continued the pursuit to ensure that no one got injured getting off the highway," Hernandez said this morning.
Sparks flew from the van's right front passenger hub as the van continued toward Pearl City on the freeway.
Officers were able to force the vehicle onto a side street in Aiea, where the driver lost control of the van, Hernandez said.
The 22-year-old driver and a passenger fled on foot but were later caught. There were no injuries.
WINDWARD OAHU
Witnesses sought in Waimanalo crash
Police traffic investigators are seeking witnesses to a fatal traffic accident Feb. 23 near the Olomana Golf Links in Waimanalo.Ramus Seabury, 62, died when his pickup truck was hit by an oncoming pickup that, police said, crossed the center line on Kalanianaole Highway. The second driver and his passenger were injured in the 4:30 a.m. crash.
Officer Tyrone Bush, of the vehicle homicide section, asks that witnesses call him at 529-3776.
NEIGHBOR ISLANDS
Big Isle man, 55, goes missing for 10 days
Big Island police are investigating a report about a Puna man who has been missing for 10 days.Gerald Santiago, 55, of Nanawale Estates subdivision, was last seen Feb. 22 in Pahoa. He is described as 6 feet 2, slim, with black hair and green eyes.
He drives a 1986 blue Toyota pickup truck with the license number HZU 574.
Anyone with information is asked to call Officer Jesse Kerr at 966-5835 or the police nonemergency number at 935-3311.
