Kapiolani moms receiving a rose

Hundreds of mothers at Kapiolani Medical Center for Women & Children will each receive a fresh rose in a salute from Watanabe Floral on Mother's Day.

The locally owned and operated florist provides ongoing support to the hospital through the Kapiolani Children's Miracle Network. It is donating a percentage of all floral sales on Saturday for Mother's Day as a part of the network's “;Miracle Month of May.”;

Watanabe Floral, as well as other businesses such as Costco, Walmart and Sam's Club, is selling Miracle Balloons throughout the month with all proceeds going directly to the Kapiolani Children's Miracle Network.

All money raised in Hawaii is used to provide medical care, research and preventative education for children at Kapiolani Medical Center for Women & Children.

Watanabe Florist has stores in Honolulu and Waipahu on Oahu, and in Kamuela on the Big Island.

For more information about Miracle Month of May events, visit http://www.KapiolaniGift.org or call 535-7121.

Services Friday for beauty Queen

Services for Sheryl Nicole Wolfe, an 18-year-old beauty queen and model who collapsed in class, have been scheduled for Friday at Mililani High School.

Wolfe died April 19 from a stroke suffered about a week earlier. Her organs have been donated.

She was the reigning Miss Hawaii Teen Princess and Miss Hawaii Teen United States.

Funeral services will be from 8:30 to 10 a.m. in the Mililani High School gymnasium, 95-1200 Meheula Parkway. Visitation will follow at 2 p.m. The family asks that casual attire be worn, and flowers are welcome.

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Hot-spot watch is on for Maui fires

Firefighters were monitoring for hot spots last night at the scene of two Maui brush fires that were both 90 percent contained.

Strong winds remained a factor in extinguishing a 1,100-acre brush fire that started Monday in Ukumehame and moved to Olowalu, forcing the evacuation of about 100 residents, a Maui County news release said.

In Spreckelsville a brush fire erupted at about 10 p.m. Thursday and burned about three acres. A fire helicopter made water drops yesterday morning as county and state firefighters struggled with thick hau plants and strong winds on the ground.

Some Spreckelsville residents briefly left their homes Thursday night because of the threat posed by the brush fire, but returned early yesterday morning.

No one was injured in either fire, but animal control personnel had to remove a cat in a cage at a homeless encampment in the Spreckelsville blaze, the release said. Firefighters built a break in that fire to protect homes about half a mile away.