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[ TAKING NOTICE ]

>> Students April Due and Aimi La Tore of Kapolei High School are the 2005 Hawaii winners of the Stockholm Junior Water Prize for their project "The Viability of Processing Cruise Ship Waste at a Land-based Wastewater Facility."

The teens and their teacher, Naidah Gamurot, will attend the national competition in Portland, Ore., June 16-18 to compete for $2,500 and the chance to represent the United States at the international competition in Stockholm, Sweden.

The Hawaii Water Environment Association will award the students $125 each and sponsor the team's air fare to Portland.

>> Eleanore Akins, a retired doctor, recently received the Judy Winner Outstanding Volunteer of the Year award from Hospice Hawaii.

She has performed bereavement calls to families for Hospice Hawaii since 2000, said Caroline Odo, the organization's volunteer coordinator. "Her empathy, her conscientiousness, her accountability, her responsiveness have all been appreciated by myself and have been a real blessing to Hospice Hawaii."

Yoshiko Rabe was honored as Patient Care Volunteer of the Year, and Violet Kusatani as Office Volunteer of the year.

>> Casey Proud of Punahou has been awarded a $10,000 scholarship from the Horatio Alger Association of Distinguished Americans Inc. He was one of 107 to be named a national scholar, selected for his ability to overcome personal adversities with educational accomplishment. Proud also received an all-expenses-paid trip to Washington, D.C., to attend the awards conference.

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Case campaign settles complaint for $1,500

U.S. Rep. Ed Case's campaign has agreed to pay $1,500 to settle a Federal Elections Commission complaint filed against his 2004 congressional campaign.

The complaint alleged the campaign failed to include proper disclaimers on its Web site and on other material including signs, banners and literature, according to the settlement agreement. The law requires disclaimers to identify campaign material.

After being notified, campaign officials added disclaimer stickers and decals to some items but were unable to locate all of the material that was previously distributed, the settlement said.

As part of the settlement, signed in March, campaign officials also agreed to ask supporters to discard all old campaign material and will have an official attend an FEC seminar on campaign reporting requirements.

Officials forecast end of box jellyfish wave

Ocean safety officials expect a dramatic decrease of box jellyfish washing up on the north, south and west shores today.

Today is the last day of the warning issued Tuesday.

Officials received reports of 18 people being stung and more than 250 jellyfish coming ashore at Kuhio Beach and Ala Moana Beach Park yesterday morning. They also received reports of about 10 people being stung and 50 jellyfish at Pokai Bay and Makaha yesterday.

Warning signs are posted at the sites, and lifeguards are equipped to treat stings with vinegar. Officials advise people allergic to jellyfish stings and those who do not wish to be stung to avoid the water.

For more information, contact the Ocean Safety Division at 922-3888.

Court panel scolds attorney for abuse

The Disciplinary Board of the Hawaii Supreme Court has publicly reprimanded Honolulu attorney Keith Peck for sending a threatening and abusive letter containing false statements to a local high school principal two years ago.

The letter was sent by fax on Oct. 27, 2003. At the time, Peck was representing a girl whom he falsely claimed was his niece.

The reprimand does not prevent Peck from continuing to practice law. However, he faces higher sanctions if he commits future violations.

Peck, 42, said, "It was a letter I wrote in an attempt to avoid injury to a client. I was overzealous and imprudent."

Peck said he failed to disclose the girl was his client and should have identified her as his hanai niece.

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Police, Fire, Courts



By Star-Bulletin staff

LEEWARD OAHU

2 men sought in Waipahu carjacking

Honolulu police are looking for two men who allegedly carjacked another man in Waipahu yesterday morning.

The victim, 30, told police that a female friend asked him for a ride and that he drove to Honowai and Kipou streets to pick her up at about 1:30 a.m. When he got to the area, he saw the woman in the middle of the street, but two men got into the back seat of his car instead.

One of the suspects pulled out a silver revolver and told the victim to drive further down Honowai, leaving the female behind. The victim did so, and the suspects ordered him to stop, forced him out of his vehicle, searched him for money, punched him and fled. Police were called but could not locate the suspects. They were described only as a man in his 20s and another in his 30s.

NEIGHBOR ISLANDS

59-year-old held after drug investigation

Kauai police arrested and charged a 59-year-old Wailua Homesteads man last week for second-degree promotion of dangerous drugs and third-degree promotion of harmful drugs.

After a month-long investigation on his alleged illegal drug activities, police arrested Anthony Prem Sr. Police also seized 20 wrapped packets of cocaine totaling 6.5 grams, 34 tablets of various prescription drugs and $625 in cash.

Tips from Wailua Homesteads residents led to Prem's arrest.