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By Star-Bulletin Staff

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Libraries offer free seminars on senior care

Oahu public libraries are hosting free one-hour seminars on senior care options for the next few weeks.

"Growing Older, Aging Akamai @ your library" will be conducted by Donna Whalen, of Health Care Solutions, a home care organization.

Topics will include home care, foster and care home placement, retirement and assisted-living facilities, family care and adult day care.

The seminar schedule:

>> Hawaii Kai Public Library, 6:30 p.m. tomorrow
>> Kahuku Public & School Library, 6:30 p.m. Tuesday
>> Wahiawa Public Library, 6 p.m. April 22

For more information, call the hosting library five to seven days in advance.

Kapolei learning center solicits design entries

The Nature Conservancy of Hawaii and Kapolei High School are offering prizes totaling $40,000 for the best designs for a multi-purpose learning center in Kapolei.

Winning designs should make the Malama Learning Center ("malama" means to take care or to preserve) a symbolic landmark for the city of Kapolei.

The facility will house a laboratory for conservation and resource management, and serve as a performing and visual arts center for the state's diverse cultural heritage. It will be built on a three-acre parcel at the entry to the high school.

The deadline for entries is July 1. The competition has no entry fees and is open to everyone.

Entries should be submitted on CDs. More information and applications are available online at www.malamalearningcenter.org. Or call The Nature Conservancy, 621-2208, for more information.

The contest is supported by a $75,000 grant from the National Endowment for the Arts and matching funds from local foundations, businesses and individuals.

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Corrections and clarifications >> Army soldiers in Iraq mourned Cpl. Henry Brown, 22, in a memorial service in Baghdad on Friday. A Page A1 photo caption in some Friday editions incorrectly said the soldiers were Marines. The Honolulu Star-Bulletin strives to make its news report fair and accurate. If you have a question or comment about news coverage, call Editor Frank Bridgewater at 529-4791 or email him at fbridgewater@starbulletin.com.

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Police, Fire, Courts



By Star-Bulletin staff

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NEIGHBOR ISLANDS

Weather delays search after plunge over falls

Poor weather conditions prevented Maui fire rescue divers from searching yesterday for a Kentucky man and his daughter who were swept over the Makahiku Falls on Thursday.

The divers had been searching in deep pools along a stream in Kipahulu for Kevin Brown, a 39-year-old high school teacher from Louisville, and his 8-year-old daughter, Elizabeth.

Both are presumed dead after they were swept over the 184-foot waterfall.

Sharon Ringsven, spokeswoman for Haleakala National Park, said that water in the pools returned to flood level, making it unsafe to continue the search.

"Divers can't go into the pools until waters recede to safe levels," she said. "The waters are muddy, with a lot of debris."

Ringsven said park rangers continued to search along Oheo Stream, and a Maui Fire Department helicopter spent an hour searching but found nothing.

LEEWARD OAHU

Driver and passenger die in single-car crash

Honolulu police are investigating a one-car accident on Kamehameha Highway in Aiea that killed two men early yesterday morning.

Police said that a gray 2001 Honda Civic traveling westbound collided with two traffic signal posts near McGrew Point at about 1:25 a.m.

The 20-year-old driver and 21-year-old passenger died at the scene.

Police said speed and alcohol appeared to be factors and that neither wore seat belts.

The fatalities are the 26th and 27th this year on Oahu, compared with 20 at the same time last year.

HONOLULU

Electrical problem blamed for Kalihi fire

An electrical problem is blamed for a two-alarm house fire in Kalihi Friday night.

A 72-year-old man and his daughter escaped from their burning house at 1132 Laniuma Drive when a neighbor noticed flames and warned them to leave.

The fire was reported at 8:43 p.m. and brought under control at 8:58 p.m.

Fire Department spokesman Kenison Tejada said a family of seven and two tenants lived in the two-story wood and masonry home.

Most of the fire damage was to an addition on the ground floor of the home, Tejada said.

No damage estimate was available.

The Red Cross is assisting the residents of the home.