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HPU student takes title of Miss Hawaii 2004
A 23-year-old Hawaii Pacific University student was crowned Miss Hawaii 2004 Friday night.Miss West Oahu Olena Rubin was selected from a field of 13 contestants in the annual pageant at the Hilton Hawaiian Village in Waikiki.
Rubin, an HPU sophomore and 1998 graduate of Kapaa High School, won both the swimsuit competition and the talent contest with her vocal rendition of "Do You Want To Dance?" Her platform was "The ABCs of HIV."
She will represent Hawaii is the Miss America pageant in Atlantic City, N.J., on Sept. 18.
Rubin was crowned by Miss Hawaii 2003 Kanoelani Gibson, of Kapolei. Gibson was the first runner-up in last year's Miss America pageant.
Miss Honolulu Amber Stone was named the first runner-up, followed by Miss Island Ilima Lyanna Tumaneng, Miss Oahu Liana Green and Miss Leeward Malika Dudley.
Grant to help redevelop contaminated isle sites
The federal government has awarded $796,000 to redevelop so-called Brownfields in Hawaii.Brownfields are sites that have actual or perceived contamination and an active potential for redevelopment or reuse.
The Environmental Protection Agency said last week that it has given a $400,000 grant to the state Department of Business, Economic Development and Tourism, as well as $196,000 to Kauai County.
Among other things, the money will be used to inventory potential Brownfield sites and to perform environmental site assessments.
In addition, the EPA has given $196,334 to the Anahola Homesteaders Council on Kauai. The grant will be used to clean up hazardous substances on 20 acres of former sugar cane land contaminated with arsenic and mercuric compounds contained in pesticides and herbicides.
The grants were part of the largest Brownfields funding announcement in the EPA's history, the agency said. In all, the EPA awarded $75.4 million to 265 recipients nationwide.
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By Star-Bulletin staffLEEWARD OAHU
Police say man used knife to threaten mom A 28-year-old Pearl City man was arrested last night after he allegedly demanded money from his mother and threatened her with a knife, police said.
The incident occurred at around 6:10 p.m. when the man came out of his bedroom and allegedly told his mother to give him money or he would hurt her, police said.
The woman fled the home and called police. The man was later arrested on suspicion of first-degree robbery.
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