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Aloha Tower view deck gets security limits
As a security measure, the Aloha Tower observation deck will be closed while passenger cruise ships are berthed at Honolulu Harbor's Piers 10 and 11.The closures will take place as long as the state's terror alert status remains at orange, or high.
The next cruise ship is scheduled to dock at the harbor today. The deck will also be closed on New Year's Day.
Student aid forms to be available Jan. 1
Students who plan to start college in the fall may obtain forms for the Free Application for Federal Student Aid beginning Jan. 1.The application form will determine eligibility for aid from federal programs. Students will need to submit family income statements for 2003 earnings. Colleges and universities use the applications, but may require students to fill out additional forms. The application is available from high school counselors or at www.fafsa.ed.gov.
Goodwill and Macy's join in blue jeans drive
Goodwill Industries of Hawaii and Macy's West stores are conducting a "Lose Your Blues Jeans" donation drive.Gently worn jeans may be donated at any Macy's gift wrap departments on Oahu and in Hilo through next Sunday. For each pair donated, customers will get an adult $10 coupon or a children's $5 coupon for a new pair of jeans.
The donated jeans will be collected by Goodwill and sold in its retail stores. Revenues from Goodwill's retail division fund over one-third of the agency's employment service programs.
Goodwill provides occupational skills training, job placement and support services to people with disabilities and other barriers to employment.
Police, Fire, Courts
By Star-Bulletin staffHONOLULU
Man allegedly assaults officer during arrest
A 24-year-old Salt Lake man allegedly hit a police officer with a drinking glass and tried to grab the officer's gun Friday.The officer suffered a cut on the head, which required stitches, police said.
The incident occurred as police tried to arrest the man at 1429 Ala Lonomea St. after a neighbor called about disorderly conduct about 5:30 p.m.
LEEWARD OAHU
Wild pig swims ashore and is killed by police
A police officer shot and killed a wild boar Saturday after it rampaged through an Ewa Beach neighborhood, chasing children and other residents.Pupu Street resident Joe Gaynor said he saw the animal swimming about 100 yards offshore about 9 a.m. and thought at first that it was a monk seal.
He said he and neighbors went into the water with their surfboards and rope to try to catch the pig.
"He was swimming fast," Gaynor said. "He was pretty aggressive. He did go after one of the surfers."
Gaynor said the boar came up on the rocks and ran through the neighborhood before running under a home on Papipi Street.
Two men who chased the boar under the house claimed the 200-pound animal, saying they planned to cook it for dinner.
A Hawaiian Humane Society official said at the scene that the boar was treated humanely because it didn't suffer.
WINDWARD OAHU
2 men held for alleged freeway racing rage
Police arrested two Windward men for allegedly threatening a driver who got in their way while they were racing on the H-3 freeway.Police said one of the men involved in the race drove on the freeway shoulder in an attempt to pass the victim.
Police said the two suspects, ages 20 and 23, used their cars to box in the 37-year-old man in his car at a stoplight.
The suspects got out of their cars and allegedly waved a machete at the victim.
The man managed to escape by driving his car around the vehicle stopped in front of him.
Police said the suspects stopped the man again at another intersection and threatened him before he was able to drive away and call authorities.
The suspects were arrested in Kaneohe for first-degree terroristic threatening.
Honolulu Police Department Crimestoppers
