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Kauai gets grants to clean polluted land

LIHUE » The U.S. Environmental Protection Agency handed out almost $500,000 in Brownfields grants last week, the first to be awarded on the Garden Island.

Deputy EPA Administrator Steve Johnson and Pacific Southwest Regional Administrator Wayne Nastri delivered the checks at a ceremony in Anahola.

The Brownfields Program provides funds to clean up and redevelop polluted property previously used by industry.

The Anahola Homesteaders Council received two grants totaling $296,334 to redevelop 20 acres of former sugar cane land in Anahola. A community center, charter school and senior housing are planned for the project. The soil contains arsenic and mercury from pesticides and herbicides used by the plantation. It also is littered with illegally disposed automobiles, tires, appliances and batteries.

A $200,000 grant went to Kauai County to begin an assessment of possible future Brownfields sites. Kauai Economic Development Director Beth Tokioka said a consultant will be hired to conduct the study, which will include up to six possible redevelopment sites.

Honolulu man charged over 50 grams of 'ice'

A federal grand jury has indicted a Honolulu man, alleging he intended to distribute more than 50 grams of crystal methamphetamine.

Brandon Lee Doran was arrested Tuesday, and charged in U.S. District Court Wednesday with an intent to distribute methamphetamine. He was also charged with marijuana possession.

Oahu BOE candidates to talk at public forum

A forum for Oahu candidates for the Board of Education will be held Wednesday at the American Association of University Women residence on Keeaumoku Street.

The meeting is sponsored by the AAUW, the League of Women Voters and the Hawaii State Parent Teacher Student Association. It will run from 7:30 to 9:30 p.m.

Candidates will be asked to respond to prepared questions, and audience members will then have a chance to direct their questions to candidates. The meeting will be held at 1802 Keeaumoku St., makai of Nehoa Street, and refreshments will be served.

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Police, Fire, Courts



By Star-Bulletin staff

LEEWARD OAHU
Early morning crash claims 24-year-old Aiea man

A 24-year-old Aiea man died yesterday in a single-car crash in Waiau.

Police said the victim was traveling mauka on Kaahumanu Street in a 1999 Mercedes Benz about 4:54 a.m. when he lost control of the car at a bend in the road near Komo Mai Drive.

Police said the car jumped the curb, struck a tree and then continued forward, striking a second tree.

Police said the driver did not appear to be wearing a seat belt and was pronounced dead at the scene.

Speed was a factor in the crash, police said.

HONOLULU
Body is found near Moanalua Gardens

The body of a fisherman was found yesterday at the edge of a stream near Moanalua Gardens.

He was found about 10 a.m. following an anonymous tip to police. There were no signs of foul play, police said.

Suspects sought over stabbing in Makiki

Police are looking for two male suspects who allegedly stabbed another man in Makiki.

Police said two men were drinking beer under the Keeaumoku Street overpass near Makiki District Park at about 11:20 p.m. Saturday when they were approached by the suspects.

Police said the suspects asked the men if they had any drugs and, when the men said no, attacked them with knives.

One man, 20, of Honolulu, was stabbed in the back, police said. The other man, 19, of Waimanalo, was chased by one of the suspects but not injured, police said.

The suspects fled before officers arrived. The stabbing victim was treated and released at the Queen's Medical Center.

Police described one of the suspects as a man in his 20s, 5 feet tall, weighing about 140 pounds with a tattoo in the middle of his back. The other suspect is described as 5-foot-8 and about 150 pounds.

Police arrest man for damages at repository

Police charged a 19-year-old Kalihi man after he allegedly broke plate glass windows and damaged an automated teller machine at City Bank Friday.

Police said Jack Guira was seen shattering two plate glass windows with a large rock at the bank at 2119 N. King St. at about 9:20 p.m.

Guira also damaged an ATM outside of the bank. Police said Guira was intoxicated at the time.

He was charged Saturday with second-degree criminal property damage and was being held in lieu of $15,000 bail.

CENTRAL OAHU
Authorities nab youth in wrong-way vehicle

Police arrested a 15-year-old boy in Wahiawa Saturday for allegedly driving a stolen vehicle in the wrong direction.

The suspect was pulled over by police at 9:25 p.m. after he was driving the wrong way on Kilani Avenue. Police then learned that the vehicle was stolen. Police arrested the boy on suspicion of auto theft.

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