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KEPT ON ICE
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David Axelson and his daughter Lindsay, 20, iced up their catch on the Viking at the Taku Smokeries ice house Thursday as a cruise ship tender passed by in Juneau, Alaska. The Axelsons, who live in Hawaii during the off-season, were waiting to unload 58,000 pounds of salmon caught by gill net.
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Grants to boost safety for battered women
The Office of Violence Against Women has awarded more than $1.2 million in grants, aimed at improving the safety of Hawaii's battered women and the prosecution of their abusive spouses, to the state Department of the Attorney General.The office, under the U.S. Department of Justice, awarded $750,000 to improve the long-term safety of battered women and their children and support the development of family visitation centers in all four Hawaii counties, U.S. Attorney Ed Kubo announced yesterday.
The grant will also go to increasing accessibility to services in rural communities.
A second grant for $497,877 was awarded to better the technology used to prosecute spouse abusers.
The grant will be used to hire two deputy prosecutors and buy digital cameras for domestic violence investigations.
Kubo said the grants will enhance victim safety and support families with a history of domestic violence.
Family event to mark Grandparents' Day
For the second year in a row, the Children's Discovery Center will celebrate Grandparents' Day Sept. 21 with activities for parents, children and grandparents.The event will be from 10 a.m. to 3 p.m. at 111 Ohe St. by Kakaako Waterfront Park.
Activities will include exercise sessions where children and grandparents will learn low-impact stretching exercises to do together.
Grandparents and children can work together on a picture book to capture their favorite times and activities.
Information also will be available about senior clubs and activities on Oahu, presented by the city Department of Parks & Recreation.
Grandparents will be admitted free with one child's paid admission. General admission is $8, and $6.75 for children ages 2 through 17. Children under 2 are admitted free.
For more information, call 948-6848 or 524-5437 on Oahu.
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Music students Morgan Pago, Mitchell Kuga and Allison Yoshida have been awarded scholarships.
Academic awards
>> Piano students Morgan Pago, 13, and Mitchell Kuga, 16, and clarinet student Allison Yoshida, 14, have been awarded the Rita Thompson Music Scholarship for 2003-2004. They recently performed at a music scholarship fund-raiser, "Jimmy Borges and Friends," at the Kilohana United Methodist Church in Niu Valley.>> Schools Superintendent Patricia Hamamoto has established a scholarship fund for a deserving student at each public high school. This spring, $8,000 in awards were presented to nine graduates of seven schools:
Jacquelyn Grace, of Castle High, $1,000; Kealaanuhe Lapera, of Kau High, $1,000; Alexis Javier, of Lanai High & Elementary, $1,000; Tram Ngo, of Roosevelt, $1,000; Lauren Hashimoto, of Roosevelt, $1,000; Ashley Mei-Ling Yoshizu, of Waialua High & Intermediate, $1,000; Duane Harrison, of Waianae, $1,000; Sharlene Carillo, of Kapaa High, $500; and Nely Villanueva, of Kapaa High, $500.
>> Kevin Jon Ako Yamada, of Mililani, a recent graduate of Punahou School, has been awarded membership to the Indiana University chapter of the National Society of Collegiate Scholars. A biology major, he is also a member of Phi Gamma Delta, Zeta Chapter Fraternity and participates in intramural sports and community activities.
>> Gary Liu, a graduate of Moanalua High School; Shirley Chan, of Iolani School; and Jennie Lee and Stacey Cheng, of McKinley, have been awarded $10,000 Regent's Scholarships to the University of the Pacific in Stockton, Calif.
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By Star-Bulletin staffLEEWARD OAHU
Waipahu home blaze leaves 3 homeless
A house fire left a family of three from Waipahu homeless yesterday afternoon.Fire crews were sent to 94-352-A Kahuapaa Place at 12:50 p.m. and found the blaze confined to one bedroom.
The family -- one adult and two children -- is being assisted by American Red Cross volunteers.
The cause of the blaze is still under investigation.
Brush fire burns 10 acres in Waianae
A 10-acre brush fire in Waianae presented some problems for firefighters yesterday evening.Fire officials said the fire started a little before 5 p.m. near Paheehee Road and was rapidly traveling up the mountainside.
Firefighters did manage to get the blaze under control within two hours but stayed after dark to extinguish hot spots that could have reignited later.
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Man is arrested trying to steal bikini
A 37-year-old Hawaii Kai man was arrested for robbery last night after he allegedly tried to make off with a thong bikini bottom from a Kakaako swimsuit store.Police said the man entered the store on Makaloa Street about 7:30 p.m. and asked one of the store's owners, a 48-year-old woman, to try on a thong bikini. When the woman refused, the man took a bikini bottom off a hanger, put it in his pocket and attempted to leave the store.
The store owner chased after the suspect. She told police that as she was attempting to grab the swimsuit hanging from the suspect's pocket, the man hit her in the chest with his elbow. Another of the store's owners caught the suspect and held him until police arrived.
The man was arrested under suspicion of second-degree robbery. He was released without charges this morning pending investigation.
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