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HONOLULU

Kalihi brushfire under control

Honolulu firefighters yesterday contained a brushfire on the ridges above Kalihi Valley that had been burning since 3:30 p.m. Saturday.

HFD Capt. Kenison Tejada said that the fire behind Kalihi Elementary School had burned about 50 acres. "We dropped water on it until about 5:30 p.m.," Tejada said. "The only places it is still burning are in inaccessible areas that we just can't get to."

He said a watch would be maintained throughout the night and firefighters would check on the fire again this morning. No homes were threatened.

FHB employee represents state

Seventy-seven-year-old James S.L. "Jimmy" Yee, a First Hawaiian Bank employee for more than 60 years, has been named Hawai'i's 2002 outstanding older worker.

Starting as a mailroom clerk at age 16, Yee is now an assistant vice president in the Audit Division. He represented Hawai'i at Experience Works Prime Time Awards program Sept. 21 in Washington, D.C.

LEEWARD

Missing hiker found uninjured

A hiker who had been missing overnight was found yesterday morning at Kaena Point.

The man had been missing since about 4:30 p.m. Saturday and the HFD Air One helicopter searched for him with a spotlight until about

11 p.m., said HFD Capt. Kenison Tejada. Rescue workers found the man at about 10:45 a.m. yesterday. "He spent the night out there," Tejada said, but was not injured.