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HONOLULU
Boy critical after accident
A 14-year-old boy was taken to The Queen's Medical Center yesterday in critical condition after a moped and a car were involved in an accident on the 3300 block of Roundtop Drive, officials said.
Emergency Medical Services personnel said the call came in at 3:30 p.m. and an EMS crew was at the scene at 3:37. The boy was on life support in critical condition when he was taken to Queen's, they said.
The hospital last night would not release information on the boy because he is a minor.
Two injured avoiding crash
A man and woman were critically injured early yesterday when the man laid his motorcycle down in a Kapahulu intersection to avoid colliding with a tourist van.
The accident happened about 7:50 a.m. at Campbell Avenue and Herbert Street. Both injured people were from the Honolulu area.
Police said a 35-year-old man driving a white 1989 Dodge van carrying 15 Japanese visitors made a left turn off Herbert onto Campbell, entering the intersection at the same time as the motorcycle.
The 34-year-old motorcyclist, who had been westbound on Campbell, put the bike down to avoid hitting the van.
He and his passenger, a 39-year-old woman, were taken to The Queen's Medical Center by ambulance. Both were listed in critical condition last night.
HBA work on meeting agenda
Hawai'i Baptist Academy's environmental assessment for its proposed expansion will be discussed at the Nu'uanu/Punchbowl Neighborhood Board meeting at 7:15 p.m. tomorrow at Booth District Park, 2331 Kaneali'i Ave.
Hawai'i Baptist Academy is proposing improvements to its Stan Sagert Campus, including a new middle school building, a new maintenance building, a new caretaker's residence and additional parking.
The main portion of the Stan Sagert Campus is on a 14-acre property at 2429 Pali Highway.
The board will also try to fill one vacancy.
EAST HONOLULU
Haha'ione opens school store
Haha'ione Elementary School opened a mini-store last week, the school's first such facility.
Students can stop by between 2:15 and 2:45 p.m. every Monday and Thursday in room H-2 Makai to purchase school logo items such as pens, pencils, portfolios, seat cushions, pencil pouches, erasers, lanyards and book covers.
All proceeds will benefit the school.
Call the school at 397-5822.
NEIGHBOR ISLANDS
Homestead plan to be discussed
HILO, Hawai'i — A gathering tonight in mauka Hilo will discuss new homestead plans for former sugar cane land on the upper slopes of Hilo known as Pi'ihonua.
The pubic discussion involves 1,800 acres of land involving hundreds of lots.
The discussion will be held at 7 p.m. at the Pi'ihonua Community Center and will include Big Island councilwoman Bobby Jean Leithead-Todd, state Rep. Jerry Chang and state Sen. Lorraine Inouye, plus district Hawaiian Home Lands supervisor Edward Andrade and state planning administrator Darrell Yagodich.
The 2020 Hawaiian Home Lands plan proposes 115 residential lots, subsistence farming on 533 lots and 1,000 acres of general agricultural leases to be determined by competitive bidding.
