O'ahu briefs
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LEEWARD
Anti-DUI effort starts Saturday
The Wai'anae Coast's 17th annual "Live and Let Live" Don't Drink and Drive Traffic Safety Campaign will kick off at 9 a.m. Saturday at the Wai'anae Police Station.
Sponsored by the Honolulu Police Department's District 8 and the Wai'anae Coast community, the program is designed to inform area motorists about traffic safety during the holiday season.
To drive home the point that drinking and stepping behind the wheel of a car are a potentially lethal combination, motor vehicles involved in collisions will be displayed at Nanakuli Beach Park, Ma'ili Beach Park and the Wai'anae Boat Harbor. Throughout the month — from 3:30 to 5:30 p.m. Dec. 13, 20 and 27, and again 10 a.m. to noon Dec. 31 — HPD officers and members of the community will hold signs at the various display sites.
WINDWARD
Kane'ohe ready for parade
More than 100 units will march in the Kane'ohe Christmas Parade along Kamehameha Highway beginning at 9 a.m. Saturday at Windward Mall and ending at Castle High School.
Roads will be closed, but signs will direct motorists to alternate routes to get around town during the event.
Kamehameha Highway from Haiku Road to Likelike Highway will be closed at 8:45 a.m. except for a section of northbound highway from Pua Inia Street to Waikalua Road that will take traffic mauka bound on Kane'ohe Bay Drive to Puohala and route it through town.
HONOLULU
HPU offering poet scholarship
Hawai'i Pacific University will offer two four-year, 50 percent tuition waiver scholarships as top honors in its first HPU High School Poetry Contest for seniors.
Poems must be no longer than 20 lines and be entirely the original work of the student submitting them. Poems may be submitted online at www.hpu.edu/poetry.
There is no entry fee, but students may enter the contest only once. The deadline to enter is midnight Jan. 10.
Entry form are available at the HPU Web site and can be e-mailed, faxed or mailed to Catherine Sustana, Hawai'i Pacific University, 1060 Bishop St., Suite 402, Honolulu, HI 96813; fax, 544-0862; e-mail, poetry@hpu.edu.
CENTRAL
Two teens held for counterfeit bills
Police arrested two 17-year-old boys Tuesday on suspicion of printing counterfeit $20 bills with a computer color printer.
Police made the arrest in Mililani following a tip to CrimeStoppers.
Police believe the boys are the ones caught on surveillance video passing counterfeit $20 bills at the Mililani Fun Factory arcade on Aug. 1.
The first boy approached the counter and asked for change for several counterfeit $20 bills.
A couple minutes later, the second boy gave one of the bills in exchange for four $5 bills.
Both boys left the area together.
