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PULLING TRADITION TO
THE NEXT GENERATION
Laie waterman Moot Ah Quinn, with deep family roots in Laie, passed on the hukilau tradition to young men Saturday during the annual Laie Day community beach party at Hukilau Beach, Laie.
8,000 letter carriers hold convention here
More than 8,000 union postal workers nationwide are expected to attend the 64th Biennial National Convention of the National Association of Letter Carriers at the Hawai'i Convention Center today through Friday.Delegates who represent more than 300,000 postal workers throughout the United States, Puerto Rico, Virgin Islands and Guam are slated to discuss the future of the U.S. Postal Service, including postal reform legislation.
Union President William Young is scheduled to deliver the keynote address today. Congressmen Neil Abercrombie (D-Hawaii) and Danny Davis (D-Ilinois) are also expected to address attendees.
The National Association of Letter Carriers represents active and retired postal workers employed by the U.S. Postal Service.
Oceanic Institute taps former health director
Former state Health Director Bruce Anderson was selected yesterday as president of the Oceanic Institute.Chatt Wright, chairman of the institute's board of trustees, described Anderson as the "ideal person to lead the institute forward" because of his leadership and managerial abilities combined with his expertise in aquaculture and marine sciences.
The institute, based at Makapuu Point, is a nonprofit research organization dedicated to marine aquaculture, biotechnology and coastal resource management.
Anderson is currently the Environmental Health Program director at the University of Hawaii's John A. Burn's School of Medicine. He served as director for the state Health Department from 1999 to 2002 and deputy director from 1987 to 1999.
Dr. Gary Pruder served as interim president after Thomas Farewell resigned earlier this year. Anderson will start his new position on Aug. 2.
The Oceanic Institute partnered with Hawaii Pacific University last year. Through the partnership, the university provides $1 million to the institute annually for its programs.
Cargo ship Maunawili to join Matson's fleet
PHILADELPHIA » The Kvaerner Philadelphia Shipyard christened its second ship on Saturday, a cargo vessel expected to spend the next 30 years plying the waters between Hawaii and Los Angeles.The ship, named Maunawili, was built for Matson Navigation Co. The shipping company bought the 712-foot Maunawili and the Manukai, which was completed last summer, from Kvaerner to use on a Los Angeles-to-Hawaii route.
The shipyard is operating part of the site of the Philadelphia Naval Shipyard, where the Navy built and maintained ships for 195 years until the yard was closed in 1996.
Police, Fire, Courts
By Star-Bulletin staffNEIGHBOR ISLANDS
A 22-year-old man died late Saturday after the vehicle he was driving crossed a median on Honoapiilani Highway near Maalae and collided head-on with another car.
Driver killed in crash near Maalae on MauiPolice identified the man as Jayson K. Domingo.
Domingo was traveling northbound on the highway at about 10:07 p.m. Saturday in a 1995 white Honda, police said. When the vehicle crossed the median, it collided into a 1998 silver Hyundai traveling southbound.
Domingo was pronounced dead at the scene, said Assistant Fire Chief Frank Tam. The woman driving the Hyundai suffered minor injuries and was treated and released at Maui Memorial Medical Center.
Both drivers were wearing seat belts. Police are investigating whether speed or alcohol were factors in the crash.
WEST OAHU
The Honolulu Medical Examiner's office identified the 19-year-old man who died Friday in a motorcycle accident in Aiea as Randy K. Nagaishi, of Salt Lake.
Medical examiner IDs motorcycle crash victimNagaishi suffered multiple internal injuries after he lost control of his 2002 blue Yamaha motorcycle at about 12:57 a.m. Friday. Police said he was traveling eastbound on Moanalua Road when he lost control and struck a power pole near Kaonohi Street.
Nagaishi was thrown from his motorcycle and pronounced dead at the scene. Speed was a factor, police said.
CENTRAL OAHU
About 20 firefighters worked to put out a Kunia brush fire yesterday and are expected to return for a seventh consecutive day this morning to extinguish hot spots.
Kunia fire still getting attention to hot spotsThe Honolulu Fire Department's Air One helicopter continued to drop buckets of water. The helicopter also airlifted a portable water tank to the mountain to provide firefighters a water source to douse hot spots.
The state Department of Land and Natural Resources' Forestry and Wildlife Division's helicopter was assisting firefighters.
"It's really challenging up there," said HFD spokesman Kenison Tejada.
The blaze has burned about 220 acres since it started Wednesday beyond the pineapple fields across from the Hawaii Country Club on Kunia Road. The cause is unknown, Tejada said.
Another brush fire occurred in Waianae near Ala Hema Street at 1:46 p.m. yesterday. About a dozen firefighters responded to the fire, which burned about eight acres.
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