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Sunday Chippendales show cancelled

The Sunday Chippendales performance has been cancelled. No reason was given for the cancellation. Call the Chippendales hot line at 921-5523 for more information.

Cigarette lighter ban is due soon at airports

All cigarette lighters will be prohibited beyond security checkpoints and aboard aircraft beginning April 14, the state Department of Transportation and federal Transportation Security Administration has announced.

The ban is in response to a provision in the Intelligence Reform and Terrorism Prevention Act of 2004 signed into law by President Bush in December. TSA regulations already prohibit lighters and matches in checked-in baggage. The law requires that butane lighters be added to the list of prohibited items.

The ban, which includes electric or battery-powered, novelty and Zippo-type lighters, was established so that security screeners would not have to distinguish between types of lighters during the screening process.

Passengers can carry up to four books of matches on their person or on carry-on luggage.

For more information about the lighter policy, visit the TSA Web site at www.tsa.gov.

Waianae school to get electrical system fixed

Waianae Intermediate School's outdated, substandard electrical system will be replaced with a new electrical distribution system scheduled for completion this fall, according to the state.

Gov. Linda Lingle released $600,000 for the project. The old system posed a safety hazard for the school. The total cost of the upgrade is expected to be $1,120,000. The initial $520,000 was released last November.

Seized property is set for auction next week

A 1991 Acura Integra, 1987 BMW 325i and 1999 Honda Civic are among property seized by law enforcement that will be auctioned off next Saturday at the Neal S. Blaisdell Center.

Stereo equipment, tools and jewelry are among other items that will also be sold beginning at noon by Rosen Auctions. The vehicles may be inspected at 10 a.m. All other property may be viewed at 11 a.m. A list of the property can be found at www.rosenauctions.com.

Under the state's asset forfeiture law, assets used or obtained through criminal activity can be seized or forfeited. The proceeds will be used by state and county law enforcement agencies to help fight crime.

Employees of the county police departments, county prosecuting attorney's offices and the Department of the Attorney General are not eligible to purchase forfeited property.

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FULL STEAM AHEAD FOR
FORMER HAWAII TRAIN

ASSOCIATED PRESS Workers unloaded Steam Engine No. 12 onto tracks at the Georgetown Loop Historical Mining and Railroad Park in Silver Plume, Colo., on Thursday. Engine No. 12, built by the Baldwin Locomotive Works in 1929 and used most recently hauling pineapples and sugar cane in Hawaii in the 1960s, marks the first train on the tracks for new operator Railstar Corp.

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» Raymond Burghardt, recently retired U.S. ambassador to Vietnam, has been named director of East-West Seminars at the East-West Center.

» Dr. Roger Ede, president of the Hawaii Kai Lions Club from 2003 to 2004, has been recognized with the Excellence Award by the Lions Clubs International for his outstanding leadership.

Lions members Chong Fook Leu and Toshio Nishioka also were honored for years of outstanding service to the blind and visually impaired with Special Service Recognition Awards. Leu has been with the club for 42 years, and Nishioka, 31.

» The Hawaiian Humane Society has given its Chairperson's Award to Nutro Products Inc. for donating more than $400,000 in meals to the shelter's animals the past seven years, and its Arthur P. McCormack Award to Barbara "Bobbie" Tilley for her lifelong commitment to animals.

Five Helen Kinau Wilder Friendship Awards were presented to volunteer Colleen Ari for her long-term specialized foster care; sixth-grader Megan McGill for her award-winning study on cats and donation of her cash prize to the society; dog beach researcher Alvin Sasaki; professional pet photographer Stan Wright; and longtime supporter Grace Yoshioka.

» Five grants totaling $116,000 have been awarded to University of Hawaii students using the Maui High Performance Computing Center to engage in research. They are Aren Ewing of the Molecular Biosciences and Bioengineering Department; Seung Ha Lee, Civil and Environmental Engineering; Eva-Marie Nosal, Geology and Geophysics; Michael Paulding, Information and Computer Sciences; and Yang Yang, Meteorology.

» The Alexander and Baldwin Foundation has awarded $1,000 to Hawaii Youth Services Network for its mentoring program for children of prisoners. More than 5,000 children in Hawaii have a parent in prison. The funds will bring a trainer from the Child Welfare League of America to Hawaii to start the volunteer mentoring program.

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Police, Fire, Courts



By Star-Bulletin staff

HONOLULU
Man is charged in alleged sex assault

Police charged a 21-year-old downtown Honolulu man yesterday with first-degree burglary and third-degree sexual assault of a 34-year-old Liliha woman.

Frank Chosa was identified as a suspect in a photo lineup as the male who awoke the victim on Aug. 8 and sexually assaulted her in her home, police said. The suspect fled.

Police said the suspect allegedly returned on another night to the woman's home, and she called police.

Bail was set at $20,000.

Fatal fire in Kaimuki had electrical origins

Fire investigators determined the Kaimuki house fire that killed two elderly sisters Thursday was electrical in origin, said fire Capt. Kenison Tejada. The fire originated in the living room, and the burn patterns indicate it was accidental, Tejada said.

The 3:45 a.m. blaze at 3273-A Lincoln Ave. killed sisters Eleanor Miyake, 89, and Evelyn Miyake, 82. They were the fourth and fifth fire victims on Oahu this year.

Tejada said there was no evidence of a smoke detector in the home.

Damage was $190,000 to the home and contents.

Mo-ped driver injured critically in accident

A 67-year-old Honolulu mo-ped driver was in critical condition after he was struck by a car about 7 p.m. Thursday at Piikoi Street and Kapiolani Boulevard.

Police said a 43-year-old Honolulu woman was driving north on Piikoi in the second lane from the center median when she "suddenly decided to turn left" onto Kapiolani and struck the mo-ped.

The man operating the mo-ped was turning left on Kapiolani from the left-turn lane of Piikoi, police said.

The man, who was not wearing a helmet, hit his head on the roadway and was in critical condition, police said. The woman was not injured.

Witnesses to the accident are asked to call officer Jason Hussey with the Traffic Division at 529-3499.

Woman allegedly uses phony IDs in 2 cases

A 36-year-old woman has been charged with several counts of forgery and ID theft and is being held on $100,000 bail.

Shannamarie Leimomi Achay was arrested March 3 in connection with two forgery cases, one on Sept. 16 and one on Jan. 4.

Police say in one of the cases, Achay cashed a State of Hawaii check. In the other, she tried to cash a U.S. Treasury check.

In both incidents she allegedly used stolen or fake IDs.

Achay was charged Thursday with two counts of first-degree forgery, three counts of second-degree forgery, two counts of second-degree ID theft and one count of second-degree theft.

Achay has been convicted seven times for second-degree forgery, according to the Hawaii Criminal Justice Data Center. Six of the convictions were in 2000, and one was in 2001.

NEIGHBOR ISLANDS
Charges filed against escapee in shooting

A 23-year-old Big Island escapee who was arrested Sunday has been charged with 11 counts, including first-degree attempted murder, stemming from a Feb. 5 incident in which he allegedly fired four to eight rounds at a car with three people on board.

Kalani Kaohimaunu also was charged with three counts of second-degree attempted murder, three counts of terroristic threatening and firearm violations in relation to the incident. He is being held in the Kona police cellblock in lieu of $288,000 bail.

Kaohimaunu was arrested Sunday in Puna. He was charged with escaping on foot from adult correction officers on Oct. 27 as he was being taken to the South Kohala District Court for a scheduled appearance on contempt-of-court and failure-to-appear warrants.

The Feb. 5 incident happened at a Waimea home that belongs to Kaohimaunu's mother. The suspect allegedly took out a .22-caliber rifle and confronted three men who were looking for his brother.

As the men fled the area in their vehicle, Kaohimaunu allegedly fired four to eight rounds at them, Big Island police said. Several rounds hit the car's rear bumper and grazed the right passenger door.

Missing snorkeler's body washes ashore

The body of a 47-year-old Sitka, Alaska, man, who was snorkeling, washed ashore yesterday in Makena on Maui.

Police said the man was snorkeling with his children in the Ahihi Kinau Bay reserve in the Makena area.

The man swam back in to get a boogie board, said fire Battalion Chief Frank Tam. When he did not return, his son, 12, and daughter, 15, swam back to shore and looked for him.

Another visitor spotted the body washed up on the rocks, Tam said.

The man was pronounced dead at the scene.

LEEWARD OAHU
Gambling bust nets 6 at Waipahu pool hall

Undercover officers busted a gambling den at a Waipahu pool hall Wednesday night.

Police seized 11 "turbo" gambling devices and arrested six adults -- four men and two women -- at Waipahu Family Cue, 94-216 Farrington Highway, at 7 p.m. The investigation started several months ago and was prompted by complaints from the community about gambling and narcotics at the pool hall.

Police described the "turbo" gambling machines as pinball machines without the flippers. They also seized surveillance equipment, $800 and an undisclosed amount of illegal drugs.