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Hawaii to host next national disability meeting

The National Council on Disability will conduct its next quarterly board meeting March 9 to 11 from 9 a.m. to 5 p.m. at the Hilton Hawaiian Village.

The meeting is open to the public.

There will be panel discussions on emergency preparedness and outdoor activities for people with disabilities. Consumer-directed health care will also be discussed.

For more information, contact Mark Quigley at 202-272-2004 or 202-272-2074 TTY.

Guided walk covers Kawainui Marsh

A naturalist-guided nature walk of Kawainui Marsh will be held on Saturday, with an emphasis on aquatic animals.

Guides for the 8:30 a.m.-12:30 p.m. walk will be Bishop Museum entomologist Ron Englund, naturalist Steve Montgomery and aquatic specialist Ric Guinther. The tour will include Maunawili Valley streams, Na Pohaku o Hauwahine and the Kawai Nui Marsh Estuary.

The tour is co-sponsored by Ahahui Malama I Ka Lokahi and the Kawai Nui Heritage Foundation. Donations of $5 will be accepted. For reservations, contact Chuck Burrows at 595-3922 or chuckb@hawaii.rr.com.

Churchill's speech at UH to air on 'Olelo

The Feb. 22 speech at the University of Hawaii-Manoa by controversial University of Colorado professor Ward Churchill will be broadcast on 'Olelo.

The program, titled "Ward Churchill Speaks Truth to Power," will air on Saturday at 9 a.m., Sunday at 10 a.m., next Tuesday at 10 p.m. and March 12 at 9:30 p.m. on NATV Channel 53. The program can also be seen on the Web at www.olelo.org.

Realtors group gives $17,000 to food bank

The Realtors Association of Maui Inc. has donated $17,000 to the Maui Food Bank.

Joan Martin, who was chairwoman of 1,450-member group's effort this year, said the fund-raiser was a gesture of good will to the community on the Valley Isle.

The food bank drive's sponsors included Tommy Bahama, Outback Steakhouse, Manana Garage, Stella Blues Cafe, Mama's Fish House and Lloyd and Celia Canty.

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» Matthew Kasaoka, a 2004 Mililani High School graduate who attends the U.S. Naval Academy in Annapolis, Md., has received two scholarships. He is one of 14 national recipients of the 2004-2005 Federal Employee Education and Assistance Fund-Federal Managers Association scholarship of $1,000. He also received the 2004-2005 FEEA Regional $2,000 Scholarship Award for the Los Angeles Region.

» Awapuhi Dancil, a junior at Kamehameha Schools' Maui campus, has been appointed to the U.S. House of Representatives' congressional Page Program in Washington, D.C., from January to June. This was Hawaii Rep. Ed Case's first appointment to the program, which chooses 72 students in the nation to live, work and study in Congress.

» The Hawaii State Chapter of the American Red Cross has recognized former City Councilman John Henry Felix with its Tiffany Diamond Window Award. (The windows reflect the Red Cross principles of hope, mercy, faith, charity and healing.) Felix has been involved with the Red Cross for more than 60 years.

» The Hawaii Youth Symphony Association, which serves more than 600 elementary and secondary school students, has received $20,000 to support its concert programming from First Hawaiian Foundation.

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Police, Fire, Courts



By Star-Bulletin staff

WINDWARD OAHU

Police aid bondsmen to catch fugitive

Kaneohe police helped bail bondsmen last night in capturing a 41-year-old fugitive wanted on an $11,000 felony warrant.

Corey Kalalena Young was wanted for violating probation and had a prior auto theft conviction.

Bondsmen called police for assistance at about 6:30 p.m. when Young was spotted in Kahaluu, police said.

Police formed a perimeter around Young, who was hiding between two abandoned vehicles.

"It looked like he was going to run, but there were too many of us and he put his hands behind his back and gave up," said officer Gerald Bento.

NEIGHBOR ISLANDS

Hilo motorcyclist dies after crash with car

A 35-year-old Hilo man was fatally injured yesterday when the motorcycle he was riding crashed with a car in the Waiakea-Uka area of Hilo.

Police identified the victim as Aaron Sampaga.

Police said Sampaga was allegedly speeding on his 2003 Suzuki motorcycle while heading west on Ainaola Drive when he collided with a 2002 Volkswagen four-door sedan turning left from Kaulike Street onto Ainaola Drive.

The accident occurred sometime before 2:35 p.m.

Sampaga was taken to the Hilo Medical Center, where he was pronounced dead at 3:05 p.m.

The driver of the Volkswagen, a 43-year-old Hilo woman, was not injured.

Police said speed was a factor in the crash. Police have opened a standard negligent-homicide investigation into the crash. An autopsy will be performed to determine the exact cause of death.

This was the ninth Big Island traffic fatality so far this year, compared with seven at the same time last year.

LEEWARD OAHU

Waipahu man charged in alleged shooting

Police charged a 31-year-old Waipahu man with shooting another man last week.

Police said Daniel Lista shot the victim, 32, in the upper chest during a dispute at the suspect's Hianakiu Street home at about 4:20 p.m. Friday.

The victim was taken to the Queen's Medical Center in critical condition, police said.

Lista was initially arrested for investigation of second-degree attempted murder but was charged with second-degree assault and firearm offenses. He was being held in lieu of $75,000 bail.

Lista made the news in 2001 after he accidentally blew off his left hand while trying to make a homemade fireworks bomb out of sparklers.

WAIKIKI

Police break up alleged Waikiki fight

Police arrested a 35-year-old man for allegedly hitting another man in the knee with a wooden stick in Waikiki early yesterday.

Police said that at about 1:42 a.m. the suspect and the victim, 42, were arguing on the street when the suspect picked up the stick and hit the victim. Patrol units found both men struggling on the street. The victim had minor injuries to his knee and hand but refused treatment, police said. Police later arrested the suspect for investigation of second-degree assault.

Alleged mo-ped thief is arrested at Ala Wai

Police tracked down an alleged mo-ped thief Sunday evening at Ala Wai Yacht Harbor.

The suspect, 43, took the victim's mo-ped by force, then fled at about 5:45 p.m., police said. Police later located him at the harbor and arrested him for investigation of robbery and drug offenses.