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HONOLULU

Teachers win $25,000 prizes

Three Hawai'i teachers received $25,000 awards for excellence in education at a conference some call the Oscars of teaching.

They were among 120 educators from 44 states honored Sunday at the Milken Family Foundation National Educa-tion Conference in Los An-geles.

The Hawai'i recipients of the Milken Educator Award:

• Georgia Goeas from Konawaena Middle.
• Robin Kitsu from Nanakuli High & Interme-diate.
• Herman S.H. Leong from Radford High.
  
  
  

EAST HONOLULU

Another goof on Hawai'i Kai sign

If the misplacement of the Hawai'i Kai gateway sign wasn't problem enough, the maker of the sign has owned up to another mistake: the okina, the pronunciation mark in "Hawai'i," is facing the wrong way.

Instead of a diacritical mark, it's an apostrophe. Residents noticed the problem during the brief time the sign was not under the gray cover. The sign maker will fix the error at no cost to taxpayers, said Carol Costa, city spokeswoman.

The community alerted the city last week that the sign faced the intersection instead of the highway.

The architect has agreed to pay to re-orient the sign so it faces incoming and outgoing traffic.

LEEWARD

Man found critically injured

A man was found critically injured along Farrington Highway in Wai'anae last night.

The man was found near Ma'ili'ili Road about 8:15 p.m.

He was taken to Wai'anae Coast Comprehensive Health Center where officials would not comment on his condition. Police traffic investigators were at the scene and more details were not available at press time last night.