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Justin to headline Brunch on the Beach
Singer and composer Justin will be the headline performer at tomorrow's Brunch on the Beach, on Kalakaua Avenue fronting the Hyatt Regency Hotel.The Royal Hawaiian Band Glee Club will start the entertainment. The Joan Lindsey Hula Studio and Maila Gibson also will perform.
The brunch runs from 9 a.m. to 1:30 p.m., with food offerings including waffles with sugared strawberries, whipped cream, Tahitian banana butter and maple syrup from Tiki's Grill & Bar, and a tropical macadamia napoleon from Renaissance Ilikai Waikiki.
Special parking rates are available: $1 for all-day parking at Waikiki Trade Center and $1 for five hours of parking at Ohana Reef Towers, Ohana Maile Sky Court, Ohana Waikiki Village, Ohana East, King Kalakaua Plaza, Royal Hawaiian Shopping Center and Radisson Waikiki Prince Kuhio.
Plan offered to protect rare freshwater snail
LIHUE » The U.S. Fish & Wildlife Service has proposed a plan to protect the habitat of the endangered Newcomb's snail, a freshwater species found at only 10 small sites along six streams in the rugged interior of Kauai.The 60-day public-comment period on the plan began Wednesday. Written comments may be mailed to the Field Supervisor, Pacific Islands Fish and Wildlife Office, 300 Ala Moana, Room 3-122, Box 50088, Honolulu, HI 96850.
The plan calls for protecting water flows, conducting a study of animals that prey on the snails, and working with government and private groups to protect the habitat. The snail is only a quarter-inch long and its total population is believed to be between 6,000 and 7,000.
Gerontological society to hold lunch meeting
The Hawaii Pan Pacific Gerontological Society will hold its quarterly program meeting from 11:30 a.m. to 1 p.m. Tuesday at the Waioli Tea room, 2950 Manoa Road.Ana Zir of the University of Hawaii Center on Aging will speak on "No One Should Die Alone: Partnering the Journey at the End of Life."
The luncheon meeting is open to the public. The cost is $15.95. Reservations may be made by calling Kathy Miyamoto, 543-8468.
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» The Hawaii Medical Service Association has named three Legislators of the Year in honor of their impact on providing quality medical care: Sen. Colleen Hanabusa (D, Nanakuli-Makua), majority leader; Rep. Calvin K.Y. Say (D, St. Louis Heights-Wilhelmina Rise), speaker of the house; and Rep. Galen Fox (R, Waikiki-Ala Moana), minority leader.
» The Hawaii Alliance for Arts Education has received $20,000 from the John F. Kennedy Center for Performing Arts for general operations.
» The Americans for Democratic Action of Hawaii has elected founding member George Simson its president; John Mink, a hydrologist, vice president and chapter representative to the national ADA; Nancy Bey Little, a Bay Area political activist, secretary; and Fritz Fritshel, a Lutheran pastor and former director of Hospice Hawaii, treasurer. Directors are Chuck Armitage, a former union official; Juliet Begley, ADA TV producer and former researcher for the governor's office; John Bickel, American history and speech teacher; Chuck Huxel, former executive director of the state Democratic Party; Herb Ikazaki, an attorney; and Jim Olson, former ADA treasurer.
» Lowell Kalapa, Parents and Children Together board member, has been elected to the board of the National Child Welfare League of America.
Kalapa, head of the Tax Foundation of Hawaii, has served on the PACT board since 1988, heading many of its annual fund-raising events.
The Washington, D.C.-based Child Welfare League is the nation's oldest and largest membership-based child welfare organization, according to PACT.
» The Aloha United Way has named First Hawaiian Bank and the Bank of Hawaii as co-winners of its 2003 Company of the Year award in its annual Spirit of Community Awards.
Both banks donated advertising time and executives to work for the United Way during its fund-raising campaign.
Pat Teho and Yolette Nishimoto, branch managers of American Savings Bank, were given Coordinator of the Year awards. American Savings employees raised more than $158,000 in 2003.
Other award winners include the state Department of Hawaiian Home Lands as Public Sector Organization of the Year; Catholic Charities Hawaii as Nonprofit Organization; and Tiki's Grill & Bar as Best First-Time Campaign.
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By Star-Bulletin staffNORTH SHORE
A 17-year-old boy who was pronounced dead after being pulled from Waimea Bay was identified yesterday by the city Medical Examiner's Office as Scott L. Sims of Homewood, Ill.
Teen who drowned was from IllinoisYesterday was a state holiday, and an autopsy was scheduled to be performed Monday. There were no signs of foul play, police said.
Sims apparently got into trouble while trying to surf Thursday, police told television station KGMB.
Sims, one of 32 Homewood-Flossmoor High School students who came to Hawaii during spring break, was brought to shore by friends after he was found floating face down in the water. Ambulance personnel were unable to revive Sims, and he was pronounced dead at Wahiawa General Hospital.
"He was a good student, very well liked and very popular, and we are deeply saddened by this," Homewood-Flossmoor spokesman David Thieman said. "We are fully preparing for a student body that will be very saddened by this tragedy."
Sims was an honor student who lettered in water polo, swimming and soccer.
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