O'ahu briefs
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WINDWARD
Marine base limits access
The Mokapu gate to Marine Corps Base Hawai'i will be closed Fridays at 10 p.m. through Mondays at 5:30 a.m. until further notice.
Access to the Kane'ohe base will be available through the H-3 gate during the weekend hours.
The restricted access went into effect Friday night.
Town meetings scheduled
Legislators from Windward O'ahu will hold two town meetings to discuss the Oct. 22 special session and issues affecting Hawai'i since the Sept. 11 terrorist attacks on the United States.
In Waimanalo, Sen. Fred Hemmings, R-25th (Kailua, Waimanalo), and Rep. Joe Gomes, R-51st (Waimanalo, Keolu Hills, Lanikai), will hold a meeting from 7 to 8 p.m. Tuesday at the Pope Elementary School cafeteria.
For Kailua and Kane'ohe, Hemmings, Gomes, Sen. Bob Hogue, R-24th (Kailua, Kane'ohe), and Rep. Cynthia Thielen, R-49th (Kailua, Aikahi, Kane'ohe Bay Drive), will hold a discussion from 7 to 8 p.m. Thursday at Kailua District Park.
EAST HONOLULU
Improvement ideas sought
The Hawai'i Kai Neighborhood Board will hold a special meeting at 7 p.m. Tuesday at the Koko Head District Park lounge to discuss proposals to be submitted to the city for capital improvements.
The public is invited to attend and advise the board on projects that need attention.
For details call 527-5578.
CENTRAL
A little change goes long way
Students at Aliamanu Intermediate School raised $2,374 to benefit needy Hawai'i residents this month during an event called the Penny War.
From Oct. 3 to 5, seven student teams put nickels, dimes and quarters into
5-gallon water bottles, earning points for the most money collected. Students placed pennies into other teams' bottles, which counted as negative points.
The money will be presented Wednesday to the Student Aloha program, which is coordinated by Aloha United Way Fund.
Event to recall plantation era
The North Shore will celebrate Heritage Day from 10 a.m. to 1 p.m. Saturday at the Waialua library at 67-068 Kealohanui St.
The annual event is held in commemoration of plantation days and the closing of the plantation in 1997, librarian Tim Littlejohn said.
The Friends of Waialua Public Library will also conduct its semi-annual book sale that day from 9 a.m. to 3 p.m.
LEEWARD
Meeting details child services
Patti Bates, vice president of programs for Child and Family Service in 'Ewa, will detail the group's programs available to the public during a meeting at 7 p.m. Tuesday at Holomua Elementary School.
Rep. Willie Espero, D-41st ('Ewa Beach), is sponsoring the event.
Barbara Luksch of Hawai'i Covering Kids will also give a presentation about her program, which advocates health insurance for children.
For details, call Child and Family Service at 681-3500 or Espero at 586-6360.
Panels to meet in Wai'anae
Two Wai'anae Coast Neighborhood Board committees will meet tomorrow in the Wai'anae Neighborhood Community Center.
The Education Committee will meet at 6 p.m. to discuss school financing and initiatives, and a book drive set for Nov. 17.
The Parks and Recreation Committee will meet at 7:30 p.m. to discuss issues relating to Makua/
Ka'ena Beach Park, such as an emergency phone, abandoned vehicles, identification signs and graffiti removal in Kaneana cave.
HONOLULU
Plea deal reached on murder charge
A Kalihi man pleaded guilty Friday to one count of second-degree murder for the March 2000 stabbing of his wife.
Saturnino Millon was scheduled to go on trial tomorrow, but he reached a plea agreement with prosecutors.
Under its terms, prosecutors will ask that Millon serve 25 years to life in prison when he is sentenced Feb. 6.
Had he been convicted of the murder charge, Millon would have faced a mandatory life term in prison with the possibility of parole.
Prosecutors said they would have sought a longer prison term if Millon were found guilty at trial.
The Hawai'i Paroling Authority will determine the number of years Millon must spend behind bars before he is eligible for parole.
Millon pleaded guilty to stabbing his wife, Erlinda, 35, in their Kalihi apartment on March 18, 2000.
Erlinda Millon suffered several stab wounds and died later at the Queen's Medical Center.
Saturnino Millon has had a history of abuse and in 1998 admitted threatening his wife with a knife and a stick.
He pleaded no contest to two counts of first-degree terroristic threatening and was sentenced to five years' probation.
