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[ TAKING NOTICE ]

» Iolani won its 13th consecutive championship at the Oahu Math League competition. Final standings follow, starting with first-place winners: Varsity A Division -- Iolani, Kamehameha Schools, McKinley High School, Punahou School, Moanalua High School; Most Improved, Education Laboratory. Varsity B -- Hanalani School, Molokai High School and Sacred Hearts Academy (tied for second); Most Improved, Damien Memorial School. Junior Varsity -- Iolani, McKinley; Most Improved, Roosevelt High School.

Students with the highest averages -- Dean Ushijima, Iolani; Nolan Chung, Iolani; Bryce Lee, Iolani; Roydan Ongie, Iolani; Mikey Fujihara, Kamehameha; Mai Tsukikawa of Iolani and Eunji Park of Moanalua, tied for sixth; Melanie Gomke, Iolani; Derek Goto, Iolani; Joon Young Yoon, Roosevelt; Philip Mocz, Mililani High School; and Michele Kawate, Punahou.

Senior Merit Award winners -- Kevin Luu, Maryknoll School; Aaron Kondo, Hawaii Baptist Academy; Melanie Bomke, Iolani; Sherwin Gao, Kalani High School; Angela Li, McKinley.

» Beverly K. Sandobal of St. Joseph School in Waipahu was selected the Western Region winner of the National Catholic Educational Association's Distinguished Principal Award. She was one of 12 principals in the nation to win the award.

» Aja N.M. Reyes, a marine biology student at the University of Hawaii at Manoa, has won the Morris K. Udall Scholarship.

» Kristy Asato, a fiber artist and undergraduate student in the University of Hawaii at Manoa's art program, is the recipient of the 2005 Elsa Takesue Memorial Scholarship award of $750 from Fibers Hui of Hawaii.

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Police, Fire, Courts



By Star-Bulletin staff

HONOLULU

Pedestrian critically hurt in accident

A 28-year-old man was critically injured Thursday night when a minivan struck him as he crossed Kapiolani Boulevard near Mahiai Street.

Police said the man was not in a crosswalk as he crossed Kapiolani in a northbound direction.

A 55-year-old local woman was driving a green Caravan westbound on Kapiolani when the minivan struck the pedestrian at about 9:55 p.m. yesterday.

The man was taken to the Queen's Medical Center in critical condition. The driver was not injured.

Police said neither speed nor alcohol appear to be factors in the accident.

Missing hiker returns safely from trail

An avid hiker who was reported missing late Thursday walked out of the Makiki Heights area just fine yesterday morning.

Clifford Lau, who went for a hike with his two dogs near the Hawaii Nature Center, said he decided to stay on the trail due to darkness and then walk out at first light.

Fire and police personnel had planned on searching the area after family and friends were concerned because Lau had not returned home, and his vehicle was found at the entrance to the nature center.

LEEWARD OAHU

Man allegedly crashes with a stolen vehicle

Police arrested a 32-year-old man Thursday after he allegedly tried to leave the scene of a traffic crash with a stolen car in Maili.

An officer said that at 8:25 a.m. he saw the suspect trying to restart a vehicle that was involved in a single-car crash near Paakea and Mailiili roads. After checking the vehicle's license plates, the officer discovered the vehicle had been stolen.

Police arrested the suspect for investigation of auto theft.