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By Star-Bulletin Staff
Sewer work will detour traffic on Kailua road
The city is advising motorists of lane closings and detours along Kalaheo Avenue beginning today as work to replace and upgrade an aging sewer line resumes.Kalaheo Avenue will be closed between Kainui Drive and Dune Circle from 8:30 a.m. to 6 p.m. Monday-Friday and from 9 a.m. to 6 p.m. on Saturdays.
Traffic will be rerouted to Kainalu Drive via Kainui Drive and Kuulei Road. After 6 p.m. Monday-Saturday and on Sundays, only the Kaneohe-bound lane of Kalaheo Avenue will be open.
This second increment of the first phase of the sewer project is estimated to cost $16.8 million, according to a news release.
The contractor is Westcon Microtunneling Inc. More information is available online at www.kalaheosewer.com.
Helicopters to help fix power lines in Palolo
Hawaiian Electric Co. will be using a helicopter this week to complete what it called "an emergency repair project" in Palolo Valley.A company news release says three utility poles went down Saturday morning, causing the loss of a 138-kilovolt transmission line that feeds its Pukele substation in the back of the valley.
The existence of a second line meant no customers lost power, but HECO said the downed line must be repaired to provide backup.
The chopper flights are scheduled from 8 a.m. to 7 p.m. through Thursday.
The Pukele substation carries 18 percent of Oahu's electrical load serving communities from Kahala to St. Louis Heights, Manoa, McCully and Waikiki, HECO said.
Isle association offers college scholarships
The Hawaii Car and Truck Renting and Leasing Association (CATRALA) will offer two new $2,000 scholarships to outstanding high school seniors interested in pursuing business-related careers during the 2003-2004 academic year.Applicants must be Hawaii residents, must have a minimum 2.5 cumulative grade-point average, must show financial need and plan to attend an accredited four-year college or university as a full-time undergraduate carrying a minimum 12 credits a semester. The deadline for applications is Friday.
Applications are available at the CATRALA-Hawaii office, Joellen Webb, executive director, 98-1704-C Kaahumanu St., Pearl City 96782, or by calling 455-9426.
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LEEWARD OAHU
Alcohol use probed in motorcycle crash
Police are investigating whether alcohol use was a factor in a motorcycle crash last night that left a man with critical injures and a woman with minor injures.Police said the man, 47, was riding east on Kamehameha Highway near the Waiawa Bridge about 9:50 p.m. when he lost control. Both he and his passenger, a 42-year-old woman, were thrown from the motorcycle after it slammed into the bridge's railing, police said.
Neither victim was wearing a helmet, police said.
The victims were taken to Queen's Medical Center where the man was reported in critical condition and the woman in good condition.
Assault suspects use crutches to beat victim
Police arrested two men who allegedly assaulted a man and a boy in separate attacks on Leeward Coast beaches Saturday.Police said a 25-year-old man was sleeping in his car at Maili Beach Park about 4:30 a.m., when a blue truck carrying five men parked nearby. Police said three men in the truck confronted him and kicked and punched him. When a woman on crutches tried to help, the men grabbed the crutches and used them to beat the victim on the head.
The victim was flown to the Queen's Medical Center in serious condition, police said. Police arrested three men on suspicion of second-degree attempted murder and auto theft.
Police said two of the suspects also are under investigation for an attack on a 16-year-old boy earlier Saturday at Makaha Surfing Beach.
The boy was struck in the face with a beer bottle and kicked in the face, police said.
CENTRAL OAHU
Soldier killed on H-2 when thrown from car
Speed and alcohol were possible reasons for a car crash that killed a 22-year-old Schofield Barracks man Saturday, police said.The victim was the passenger in a town-bound white Lincoln that went out of control on the H-2 Freeway near the Ka Uka Boulevard overpass about 11:20 p.m. The car climbed an embankment, overturned and landed on its roof.
The victim was ejected and taken in critical condition to Queen's Medical Center where he later died.
The driver, a 19-year-old Schofield Barracks man, also taken to Queen's, was reported in stable condition.
NEIGHBOR ISLANDS
Hilo mother, daughter are arrested together
Big Island police have charged a mother and daughter with second-degree robbery and first-degree burglary.Donna Marie Kelly, 40, and Desiree Kelly, 19, of Hilo, were charged in connection with the Tuesday robbery of a 39-year-old Hilo woman. The victim allegedly was knocked down and dragged out of her home before she was robbed of her purse that contained $600 in cash, police said.
WINDWARD OAHU
Kailua escapee, 16, caught hiding in forest
A 16-year-old boy, one of three boys who escaped Friday from the Hawaii Youth Correctional Facility in Kailua, is back in custody.The boys scaled a fence and ran into the woods Friday morning, police said. A correctional officer caught an escapee in the woods shortly after and returned him to the facility. The other two boys, ages 16 and 17, remained at large last night.
