O'ahu briefs
Advertiser Staff
HONOLULU
Man charged in wife’s killing
A 52-year-old Kalihi man was charged yesterday with one count of second-degree murder in connection with the stabbing death of his wife on Saturday.
Florencio Garperio was being held by police last night, unable to post $75,000 bail.
Garperio is accused of stabbing his 47-year-old wife to death following an argument in their home at 724 Bannister St.
The woman suffered stab wounds to her chest and neck. She was pronounced dead at Queen’s Medical Center.
LEEWARD
Update slated on pipe work
The city Board of Water Supply will update is its $47.5 million, four-year project to replace 45,000 feet of deteriorating water pipes along the Leeward Coast at the Wai'anae Coast Neighborhood Board meeting at 7 p.m. tonight in the Wai'anae Neighborhood Community Center.
Clifford Jamile, the Board of Water Supply's manager and chief engineer, last year said the project will be completed in six phases with work expected to be completed in 2005.
The neighborhood board also will discuss reapportionment maps for elected officials and hear a presentation on the Ulehawa Beach Park improvements.
More time for comments
For a third time, the city has extended the deadline to submit public comment on the proposed expansion of the Waimanalo Gulch Sanitary Landfill. Residents now have until Oct. 18 to submit written comments on the project.
The city released a revised draft supplemental environmental impact statement on the project in July and wants to expand the Kahe Valley landfill by 60.5 acres to provide space for O'ahu's rubbish though 2017. The landfill uses 86.5 acres at the 200-acre site and is expected to reach capacity next year.
Residents and area neighborhood boards have opposed the expansion, but the city says it needs the space for rubbish and no other sites are available. A final impact statement will be published later.
Send comments to City and County of Honolulu, Department of Environmental Services, 650 S. King St., Honolulu, HI 96813. Include two extra copies of the comments, which will be forwarded for the consultant and the state Office of Environmental Quality Control.
For more information, call Herb Lee, a consultant representing the city at 262-3261, or go to www.opala.org to view the environmental impact statement.
CENTRAL
Accident victim identified
The medical examiner has identified Arthur Armington as the man who died Saturday after his truck crashed into the H-1 Freeway median near Pearl City.
Armington, a 47-year-old 'Ewa Beach resident, was heading west along H-1 near the Ka'ahumanu Street overpass at 10:50 a.m. when his 1989 Toyota pickup veered sharply to the left and struck the zipper lane median.
An autopsy will determine whether he died from the crash or a medical condition.
Correction: A previous version of this story gave an incorrect age for Armington.
Students help fight crime
Mililani High School and 'Aiea Intermediate School were honored with Student CrimeStoppers awards for their crime-fighting efforts during the 2000-2001 school year, according to CrimeStoppers coordinator Detective Letha DeCaires.
Mililani High School students gave information that helped solve a Pearl City home-invasion shooting and helped recovered cases of stolen yearbooks. The students also provided tips on criminal property damage to Waena Elementary school, thefts and contraband.
Of all the rewards that were eligible for payment at Mililani, only one was picked up.
'Aiea Intermediate School students called in 92 tips from school years 1999-2001. Thirty-seven tips led to solved cases related to drugs, weapons, sexual assaults, gambling, criminal property damage, theft and other school contraband. Twenty-four rewards were not claimed.
The Student CrimeStoppers program will offer students as much as $100 for a tip if it leads to an arrest. As is the case with CrimeStoppers, all callers remain anonymous.
The Student CrimeStoppers program was started in March 1997 with a handful of participating schools. Today, more than 30 schools participate in the Student CrimeStoppers program.
EAST HONOLULU
Holy Trinity plans concert
Holy Trinity School's second annual fund-raising concert will be at 6:30 p.m. Saturday at Sea Life Park. Called "Hawaiian Stars Under the Stars," the concert features entertainment from Dita Holifield and Detour South, Maunalua, Gordon Freitas & Local Folk and Bruddah Kuz.
Tickets are $15 adults, $10 for children. Proceeds go to the school's scholarship fund.
For more information, call 396-8466. Tickets are available at the door.
