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KAUA'I

Firm to provide bins at games

LIHU'E, Kaua'i — Garden Island Disposal will provide recycling bins at Lihu'e Baseball League games this year as part of an educational pilot project. The bins will take recyclable glass, aluminum and plastic. The mixed recyclables will be separated by the company. The firm is in discussions with other sports programs to provide the service for their games.

MAUI

Maui students build office

KAHULUI, Maui — Students in a building apprenticeship program at Maui Community College have designed and built an office that will give police a presence on campus.

MCC paid the $13,000 cost of the building, on the west end of the campus.

Maui Police Chief Tom Phillips said the office is not a full-fledged substation but will allow officers to come in and use the phone, write reports on a computer or take complaints instead of driving all the way back to headquarters.

It won't be staffed on a 24-hour basis, he said.

"The benefit to the college is they'll have officers coming off and on the campus. And maybe it will help us with recruiting."