Hawai'i briefs
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2 more in race to succeed Mink
State Rep. Barbara Marumoto has joined a growing field of candidates for the Jan. 4 special election to replace the late Patsy Mink in the 108th Congress.
Marumoto, a Republican who has served in the state House since 1978, filed nomination papers yesterday. The 2nd Congressional District seat represents rural O'ahu and the Neighbor Islands.
Nick Nikhilanada, a Maui resident and Green Party member, also filed yesterday.
Other Republicans in the winner-take-all race include former state Rep. Bob McDermott, who was Mink's Republican opponent in the general election; John Carroll, who ran against Gov.-elect Linda Lingle in the primary election; and former Honolulu Mayor Frank Fasi.
Prominent Democrats in the race include former state Rep. Ed Case and former Honolulu City Council member Kekoa Kaapu.
A total of 22 candidates have filed for the special election so far. The deadline for filing is Nov. 20.
A Nov. 30 election will determine who will serve the final five weeks of Mink's current term; 38 candidates are vying for that position.
Mink served in Congress for more than 20 years. She died Sept. 28, two days after the deadline to have her name removed from the general election ballot.
Storytellers bring tales to Kapolei
The state Public Library System will present the 2002 Talespinner's Festival of the Pacific from 10:30 a.m. to 12:30 p.m. today at the new Kapolei Public Library at Haumea and Manawai streets in Kapolei.
Four storytellers will be featured this year: Nyla Ching-Fujii, Woody Fern, Sandra MacLees and Karen Yamamoto-Hackler.
The event is free. For more information, call 831-6878.
Foundation honors Waialua librarian
The Hawai'i Library Foundation has selected Waialua librarian Tim Littlejohn as the 2002 Public Librarian of the Year.
Littlejohn will be honored at an awards ceremony at 6 p.m. Tuesday at the courtyards of the Hawai'i State Library, according to foundation executive director Holly Richards. The public is invited to attend.
Littlejohn has been the branch librarian at Waialua since 1998. Before that he was a bookmobile librarian for the Lihu'e Public Library and a young adult librarian at Mililani Public Library.
UH to showcase physics research
The physics department at the University of Hawai'i will open its doors to the public after 11 a.m. today to offer demonstrations and presentations on some of the latest research.
Visitors will be shown free electron lasers, cosmic ray physics, physics and toys, and electron microscopy.
The event is free and the exhibits and demonstrations will take place in various classrooms of Watanabe Hall. Parking is available on the upper campus near the building or in the parking structure for $3.
High school students and teachers will take part in group sessions earlier in the morning.
For more information, visit www.phys.hawaii.edu or call 956-2932.
