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By Star-Bulletin Staff
Spill into Lake Wilson blamed on storms
Thursday's thunderstorms are being blamed for the spill of about 14,000 gallons of partially treated effluent into Lake Wilson, the city said in a press release yesterday.The storm caused a flicker in electrical power and took an ultra-violet disinfection system off line from 5:51 p.m. to 6:01 p.m.
The UV units re-set themselves and resumed normal functions once power was restored, according to the press release. The spilled waste water had undergone tertiary treatment, but not the final stage of ultraviolet disinfection.
Warning signs are being posted and the state Department of Health has been notified. The state and city workers involved in salvinia removal were also notified.
Soldier's funeral set for Mililani Mortuary
Funeral services for Sgt. Eugene Williams, who was killed by a suicide bomber in Iraq, will be held on Good Friday, April 18, at Mililani Mortuary.Visitation will be from 5:30 to 7 p.m., according to an Army spokeswoman.
Burial will be the following day at 10 a.m. at Mililani cemetery.
Williams, 24, and three other members of 1st Brigade, 3rd Infantry Division (Mechanized), from Fort Stewart, Ga., were killed March 29 when a suicide bomber, posing as a taxicab driver, pulled up to a roadblock north of Najaf and waved to the troops for help.
He served with the 25th Infantry Division from April 1998 to December 2001 as a member of 1st Battalion, 21st Infantry Regiment (Gimlets), at Schofield Barracks.
He is married to Brandy Dela Cruz Williams, a 1995 Sacred Hearts Academy graduate, of Waipio.
The couple have one daughter, Mya, and Brandy Williams is expecting a second daughter in June.
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>> The I Love Kailua Town Party will take place 11 a.m. to 4 p.m. tomorrow behind First Hawaiian Bank at 705 Kailua Road. An item on Page 26 of yesterday's Star Weekend section said the party would be today. Corrections and clarifications
>> The Japanese Cultural Center of Hawaii is showing a one-hour documentary film about a Japanese diplomat who saved thousands of Polish Jews during World War II at 1 p.m. Tuesdays through Saturdays until April 30. An article on Page A9 Thursday gave the wrong days.
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Police, Fire, Courts
By Star-Bulletin staffHonolulu Police Department Crimestoppers
HONOLULU
Firefighters extinguish house blaze in Kalihi
The Honolulu Fire Department extinguished a house fire near Coombs Lane and Kamehameha IV Road in Kalihi shortly before 9 last night.The fire was called in at 8:43 p.m.
The first units arrived five minutes later and called a second alarm. Firefighters from Kalihi, Moanalua, Kalhi Kai, Kuakini stations and a battalion chief from the Central Fire Station brought the fire under control by 8:58 p.m., according to fire dispatchers.
There were no injuries reported.
No damage estimate was available, and the cause was under investigation.
