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Nominations open for service award
AARP Hawaii is seeking nominations for its 2004 AARP Andrus Award for Community Service. The award honors people who share their experience, talent and skills with the community.Nominees will be screened by a panel of judges. Criteria include positive impact on the lives of individuals 50 and over, improvement of the community in which the work was performed, and inspiration of others to volunteer.
Last year, AARP recognized 53 individuals nationwide. Hawaii's winner will receive $500 to be donated to a charitable organization of the recipient's choice.
Award nominees must meet the following criteria:
» Nominees must be AARP volunteers or members, or must have been volunteers or members during 2003.For more information and a nomination form, contact Alicia Maluafiti at 545-6005. Nomination forms also can be downloaded from www.aarp.org/hi. The nomination deadline is June 30.» The accomplishments, achievements or service on which the nomination is based must have occurred during 2003.
» The accomplishments, achievements or service must have been performed on a volunteer basis.
Police, Fire, Courts
By Star-Bulletin staffHONOLULU
A man was arrested at Honolulu Airport yesterday after allegedly trying to pass through a security checkpoint with a small explosive in his luggage.
Blasting cap seized at airportState Transportation Department spokesman Scott Ishikawa said the man had a one-way ticket on ATA Flight 754, which took off for Los Angeles about 12:20 p.m. yesterday.
He was arrested at about 11:45 a.m., Ishikawa said, after allegedly trying to get through a security gate with a grenade blasting cap in his suitcase.
He was being held at a federal detention center yesterday, Ishikawa said.
Officials did not release additional information on the suspect last night, and an ATA representative did not return phone calls seeking comment.
No flights were canceled or gates closed because of the incident, Ishikawa said.
Officer hurt by gunfire leaves hospital
A Kalihi substation police officer seriously injured in a shootout at the Mayor Wright Homes complex in Palama Thursday afternoon has been released from the Queen's Medical Center.Ermie Barroga Jr., 45, was shot in the shoulder when fugitive Gordon Morse allegedly opened fire on a group of officers who were attempting to arrest him at the housing area.
Barroga's father, Ermie Barroga Sr., said the officer was released from the hospital about noon yesterday.
"He's fine," Barroga said. "He went home."
NEIGHBOR ISLANDS
A 26-year-old woman was killed yesterday morning and two others injured on the Big Island's Highway 190 when the sedan they were in ran off the road and into an embankment.
Single-car crash kills 1, injures 2 on Big IslandPolice said the accident occurred at about 9:38 a.m. in Waikoloa near the 21-mile marker when the vehicle they were in went off the road and overturned into an embankment.
The 26-year-old woman was found dead at the scene.
Emergency crews transported the vehicle's 28-year-old driver and another passenger to the North Hawaii Community Hospital. Police did not have any information on the surviving passenger.
Both were treated and released yesterday. It's not clear whether speed or alcohol were factors in the crash.
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