O'ahu briefs
Advertiser Staff and News Services
LEEWARD
New print plant to be discussed
Michael J. Fisch, president and publisher of The Honolulu Advertiser, will discuss the newspaper's $70 million printing and distribution plant to be built in Kapolei at the Kapolei Rotary Club meeting at 7:30 a.m. Thursday in the Kapolei High School faculty/staff lounge.
Fisch announced plans in March to build the facility, which will expand the newspaper's printing capabilities and give another boost to development in the area.
The Advertiser will purchase an 11.6-acre, fee-simple site from Campbell Estate and build a 160,000-square-foot facility, almost double the size of the newspaper's downtown printing plant, after permit approvals are received. Completion is scheduled for 2004.
The move to Kapolei will affect about 400 Advertiser employees who will move to the new facility, Fisch said. The Advertiser's business and editorial operations will remain at 605 Kapi'olani Blvd., site of the newspaper since 1929.
The cost of admission to the meeting is $7 and includes a buffet breakfast.
For more information, call Keola Lloyd at 674-3167.
Wai'anae board to elect officers
The Wai'anae Coast Neighborhood Board will elect its leader and other officers at its monthly meeting at 7 p.m. Tuesday at the Wai'anae Neighborhood Community Center, 85-670 Farrington Highway.
The new chairman or chairwoman will appoint committee leaders at the meeting.
Wai'anae man hurt in one-car accident
A 20-year-old Wai'anae man was in critical condition at the Queen's Medical Center yesterday after a one-car crash late Friday on Farrington Highway. Police said the man was believed to be drinking and speeding before the accident.
Police said the man was traveling west on Farrington Highway about 10:30 p.m. when he attempted to pass a car just east of the Ali'inui Drive overpass and lost control of his vehicle.
Witnesses said the man's 2000 Dodge Durango rolled at least once. The man, who was not wearing a seat belt, was ejected.
CENTRAL
Traffic-calming tops agenda
The city will hold a "traffic-calming" meeting at 6:30 p.m. June 14 at the 'Aiea High School cafetorium as part of a series of community discussions around O'ahu to improve traffic safety.
Traffic-calming measures are designed mainly for residential neighborhoods that drivers cut through to avoid traffic lights or congestion, usually at higher than posted speeds.
The city began the program in 1998 in more "suburban" neighborhoods outside urban Honolulu, but now wants to concentrate on higher-populated areas near schools, according to city transportation chief Cheryl Soon.
The city each year takes on one traffic-calming project in each of the nine O'ahu council districts.
NORTH SHORE
Fishing, diving limits proposed
The state plans to expand the Marine Life Conservation District on O'ahu's North Shore.
Extending the conservation area from Kualoa Point to Waimea Bay could put the popular diving spots Shark's Cove and Three Tables off limits.
The proposal from the Department of Land and Natural Resources not only extends the conservation district but imposes stricter rules.
A task force with representatives from diving, fishing, neighborhood, conservation and Hawaiian groups studied the issues for nine months.
The proposal would expand the district 100 yards seaward and extend it to Waimea Bay. All fishing would be banned at Shark's Cove and Three Tables and only pole-and-line fishing would be allowed at Waimea Bay.
Spear guns and spears would be banned everywhere in the conservation district.
The proposed rules also would put a cap on how many commercial dive shops can have clients diving at Shark's Cove at any given time.
Public hearings must be held before the proposed rules are adopted.
HONOLULU
Goodwill drive begins on O'ahu
Goodwill Industries of Hawai'i is kicking off its weekend donation drive, "Goodwill on Wheels," throughout the island.
A Goodwill employee will be present at all Goodwill on Wheel donation drives to assist donors and to provide receipts for tax purposes. All revenues received from the sale of the donated items will help pay for Goodwill's education, training and career development services.
Donations can be made:
• This weekend, next weekend, June 16-17, 23-24 and June 30-July 1 from 10 a.m. to 2 p.m. at Hawai'i Kai Towne Center (Keahole Street main entrance), Niu Valley Shopping Center (Kalaniana'ole Highway main entrance), Tesoro Mililani Mauka and Windward City Shopping Center (Kamehameha Highway near First Hawaiian Bank).
• Next weekend, June 16-17, 23-24 and June 30-July 1 from 11 a.m. to 3 p.m. at the Kam Super Swap Meet (main entrance).
$4 million grant will benefit environment
The Hawai'i Community Foundation has been awarded $4 million by the David and Lucile Packard Foundation.
The money will be used to increase grants the Hawai'i Community Foundation makes to support conservation organizations throughout the state.
The Hawai'i Community Foundation's Natural Resources Conservation grant-making program and endowment were founded in 1999 by the Packard Foundation and the William and Flora Hewlett Foundation. The private California-based foundations have programs that focus on environmental conservation.
Since the fall of 1999, the program has awarded 47 grants totaling $1.1 million to Hawai'i nonprofit conservation efforts.
Price new head of Stadium Authority
KSSK radio personality Larry Price was named chairman of the state Stadium Authority on Friday.
Price, a former University of Hawai'i football coach, succeeds attorney Michael Green, who held the post for four years.
Price supported a move by Consolidated Amusement to take over the vendor's contract for the Aloha Stadium Swap Meet in 1999. On Thursday, the Stadium Authority announced Consolidated's contract will be extended for two years.
Kalihi hit-and-run suspect surrenders
A 40-year old Kalihi man turned himself in to police Friday evening in connection with a hit-and-run incident that killed a 33-year-old mo-ped driver.
The Kalihi man was arrested for failure to render aid and negligent homicide, police said.
The mo-ped driver, Daniel Agcaoili, was hit from behind by a van about 10:30 p.m. May 24 while riding northeast on Keha Place toward Kam IV Road.
Agcaoili was taken to the Queen's Medical Center with severe head injuries. He died at the hospital on Memorial Day.
