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SHINING STARS
Central Pacific Bank makes donations to Catholic Charities, Kokua Kalihi Valley
Central Pacific Bank donated $5,000 to
Catholic Charities Hawaii and
Kokua Kalihi Valley for the C.A.T.C.H. (Citizens Against Troublemakers and Criminals in Hawaii) Fund Award. The bank has thus far contributed more than $74,000 to the program in honor of the KSSK "Posse" radio program, donating $1,000 to the fund each time a criminal incident is resolved, based on what residents report seeing or hearing.
Catholic Charities will build a community playground for Ka Hale O Kawaihae, a transitional housing program and homeless shelter in West Hawaii. Kokua Kalihi Valley will transform 10 acres of a former dumping ground into its community Gardening Pavilion, a nature park with native plants, natural springs and loi (taro patches) for local families.
Junior Achievement of Hawaii received a $2,000 grant from the Atherton Family Foundation. JA was founded in 1957 to educate and inspire young people to value free enterprise, business and economics.
» Community Links Hawaii was given $5,000 by the First Hawaiian Bank Foundation to expand its office administrative support services to other nonprofit organizations in Hawaii.
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WINDWARD OAHU
Bellows Beach Park swimmer dies
A man in his late 40s or early 50s who ran into trouble while swimming near the military side of Bellows Beach Park died yesterday at Castle Medical Center.
The Honolulu Fire Department responded to the call at 800 Tinker Road at about 5:30 p.m., but upon arrival found the man under the care of city Emergency Medical Services personnel, a spokesman for the Fire Department said.
The EMS crews took the man to Castle in critical condition where he was later pronounced dead after 6 p.m., said EMS spokesman Bryan Cheplic.
Further details were not available.
NEIGHBOR ISLANDS
Big Isle brush fire burns 600 acres
Big Island firefighters were battling a brush fire near Mauna Kea Access Road that burned at least 600 acres since Friday night, officials said.
The fire, on a grassy property owned by the state Department of Hawaiian Home Lands, started because of a campfire at about 7 p.m. Friday. No homes were threatened.
Seven fire units, two helicopters and workers with the Division of Forestry and Wildlife were trying to control the fire, officials said. Original reports said the fire had scorched 1,500 acres, but that estimate was brought down to 600 acres yesterday.
HONOLULU
Man, 56, dies during dive at Kewalo Basin
A 56-year-old man died Saturday while diving near Kewalo Basin.
The Department of the Medical Examiner identified him as Yuichi Sato of Sendai City in Miyagi, Japan.
Further details were not available.
