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CAR FOUND WITHOUT DRIVER
CRAIG T. KOJIMA / CKOJIMA@STARBULLETIN.COM
Bystanders watched yesterday as a tow truck removed a car found at the bottom of a gully on Round Top Drive near Maunalaha Road. No one was found in or near the vehicle.
UH Foundation leader to leave post in March
Just as the University of Hawaii is about to embark on a major fund-raising campaign to mark the university's 100th anniversary, the head of the UH Foundation is leaving to take a job at Harvard Divinity School.UH Foundation President Elizabeth "Betsy" Sloane will become associate dean for development and alumni relations.
Her last day at the UH Foundation is March 31.
Donna Vuchinich, vice president of development for the foundation, will become acting president, effective April 1.
"Betsy has done a tremendous job over the last two years building the kind of high-caliber team and infrastructure that will be needed for the upcoming centennial capital campaign," said foundation board of trustees Chairman Howard Karr.
Fiscal year 2003 fund-raising levels are up 22.6 percent from the previous year and the endowment has grown to $113.5 million as of January 2004.
Sloane is married to J.R. "Wick" Sloane, the UH vice president for administration. Wick Sloane's contract with the university will not be renewed.
The Sloanes were recruited by UH President Evan Dobelle to come to the university shortly after Dobelle was hired in 2001.
Search finds nothing after diver sighting
A search for a suspicious diver spotted after midnight Monday in Honolulu Harbor turned up nothing yesterday.A U.S. Coast Guardsman standing watch reported seeing a diver surface near the Coast Guard station's 47-foot motor lifeboat off Sand Island.
A multi-agency search, which included police, state sheriffs, the state Department of Land and Natural Resources and the federal Joint Terrorism Task Force was launched yesterday morning, a Coast Guard official said.
The Coast Guard used multiple boats and an HH-65 helicopter.
Army and Navy diverssearched under the piers in the immediate area.
The Coast Guard found nothing suspicious or unusual after a search of the area, which concluded at 9 a.m. yesterday.
Panel puts off decision on resort's expansion
WAILUKU >> The Maui Planning Commission has deferred a decision on whether to grant a coastal permit to Marriott Vacation Club International for its $92 million timeshare building expansion at the Kaanapali resort.Marriott requested the deferral while it negotiated with resort condominium owners at the nearby Kaanapali Alii.
The commission is scheduled to review Marriott's request for a special management area permit at 9 a.m. April 13 at the Maui planning conference room in Wailuku.
Police, Fire, Courts
By Star-Bulletin staffHONOLULU
Suspected affair leads to arrest for assault
Police arrested a 22-year-old Kalihi man for allegedly striking a 41-year-old man with a baseball bat after the suspect went to the bedroom he shares with his girlfriend and discovered her with the other man.Police said the suspect found the two together Monday afternoon and demanded the girlfriend leave the house at 1139 Hala Drive in Kamehameha Heights. He argued and fought with the victim, police said.
The suspect allegedly grabbed a baseball bat and hit the victim in the back of the head, causing swelling and a cut. The victim was treated at the Queen's Medical Center and released.
Police arrested the 22-year-old for suspicion of second-degree assault. Police said the suspect was also found with narcotics and drug paraphernalia, and arrested for drug offenses. He was released pending investigation.
NORTH SHORE
Help sought in finding driver in hit-and-run
Police need help finding the driver of a car that critically injured a bicyclist in a hit-and-run accident in Haleiwa.Police said a 48-year-old Waialua man was struck on Haleiwa Road near Kaiaka Street about 9:31 p.m. Monday. The vehicle fled and the victim was taken to the Queen's Medical Center in critical condition.
The victim has since been upgraded to serious condition but remains in the intensive care unit. Police ask anyone with information concerning the case to call 529-3499.
NEIGHBOR ISLANDS
Oregon man drowns in Kauai resort's pool
LIHUE >> A 70-year-old man apparently drowned in a resort swimming pool on Kauai on Monday evening, county officials said.Lloyd Denney of Dallas, Ore., was found unconscious in the swimming pool at the Pono Kai Resort in Kapaa where he had been swimming with his wife.
He was taken by ambulance to the Wilcox Memorial Hospital emergency room, where he was pronounced dead.
An autopsy has been scheduled.
LEEWARD OAHU
Man arrested after argument over car
Police arrested a 37-year-old Nanakuli man Monday for allegedly cutting a 37-year-old homeless man with a utility knife during an argument over a vehicle.Police said the suspect had been arrested a few days earlier and lent his vehicle to the victim. When he returned Monday for his car, the two got into an argument over the vehicle, police said.
The suspect, brandishing a utility knife, allegedly cut the other man, who sustained minor injuries, police said.
The incident occurred before 2:40 p.m. at the beach across 87-2230 Farrington Highway in Nanakuli.
The suspect was arrested for second-degree assault and released pending investigation.
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