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Newswatch
Star-Bulletin staff and wire service
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Jaycees seek marathon helpers
The Ala Moana Jaycees are looking for volunteers to help get the Honolulu Marathon off and running next month.
The group is asking for people to staff the starting line near Ala Moana Center early on the morning of Dec. 10. Volunteers will perform various tasks, including setting up staging, directing traffic, assisting runners and helping clean up. Anyone interested is asked to e-mail volunteer coordinator Faye Nakashima at faye@gojaycees.com.
THE GOOD NEIGHBOR FUND
Monetary gifts may be sent to:
Honolulu Star-Bulletin's
Good Neighbor Fund
c/o Helping Hands Hawaii
P.O. Box 17780
Honolulu, Hawaii 96817-0780
Clothing, household items and gifts can be donated at the Community Clearinghouse, 2100 Nimitz Highway.
You may also participate in the Adopt-A-Family program, in which businesses, employee groups, social clubs, families or individuals can help a specific family.
Call 440-3804 for information about the program or to arrange for pickup of large items.
SHINING STARS
UH honors 10 with Stars of Oceania Award
The
University of Hawaii honored 10 individuals of Pacific Island ancestry Nov. 14 with its inaugural Stars of Oceania awards for their contributions and service to the community.
Shining Stars awards were given to Kalo Mataele Soukop, producer and director of the Kalo South Seas Village Revue for 35 years; Tihati "Jack" and Cha Thompson, owners of Tihati Productions; the Rising Star award went to Lubuw Falanruw, a Micronesian native and CEO and president of Digital Mediums; Guiding Stars were awarded to Mau Piailug, a Micronesian who resurrected traditional navigation skills for Hawaiian people; Tuione Pulotu, a master traditional canoe carver from Tonga; Pulefano Galea'i, an American Samoan and powerful advocate for traditional values in community development; and Kupuna Auntie Malia Craver, a "Living Treasure of Hawaii" honoree and cultural consultant.
The Stellar Navigator awards were given to Mayor Mufi Hannemann and Nainoa Thompson, the Polynesian Voyaging Society president and navigator of Hokule'a canoe fame.
Pacific Buddhist Academy honored four community leaders who demonstrated compassion and an awareness of interdependence at its Lighting Our Way celebration in October. Honorees include Haunani Apoliona, Brother Noland Conjugacion, the Rev. David Coon and Rose Nakamura.
"Shining Stars" runs Monday through Thursday.
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Police, Fire, Courts
Star-Bulletin staff
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CENTRAL OAHU
Argument leads to drug, gun charges
A 34-year-old man was arrested in Wahiawa early yesterday morning for alleged firearm and drug offenses, police said.
Officers responded to reports that a man involved in an argument on Waikalani Drive had a gun, but the man had left the area in a Mercedes-Benz before police arrived at 12:48 a.m.
The car was soon spotted on Wilikina Drive in Wahiawa and was pulled over.
Officers searched the vehicle and found a .357-caliber handgun, a glass pipe and other drug paraphernalia, police said. The man was arrested for investigation of a firearm offense and possession of drug paraphernalia and dangerous drugs.
WEST OAHU
Rape reported after night of drinking
A woman reported being sexually assaulted in Waipahu after she passed out while drinking with a man, police said.
The woman, 26, told police that she and the man, whom she described as in his 20s or 30s, were drinking at a Waipahu residence early Saturday morning. She told police that she passed out and woke up to find her clothing removed.
Police are investigating the case as a first-degree sexual assault.
Woman arrested in theft from Sears
Police arrested a 43-year-old woman after she allegedly stole cash from Sears at Ala Moana Center.
Police said store security personnel were investigating a theft problem and had set up a surveillance operation using marked bills.
At about 10:30 p.m. Saturday, police said, security personnel saw the woman take cash from a register and put it in her purse.
The marked bills were recovered from the woman when she was stopped outside the store, police said. At that time, she confessed to five additional thefts totaling more than $300, police said.
The woman was arrested on suspicion of second-degree theft.