Posted on: Tuesday, August 5, 2003
Hawai'i briefs
Thieves steal computers
About $20,000 worth of computer equipment was stolen from an O'ahu charter school over the weekend, just before the first day of classes. About eight laptop computers were stolen in a burglary at Myron B. Thompson Academy in Kaka'ako. The students were puzzled by the police presence on their first day. "When the kids came in, I had to explain to them everything as well, because the police were here dusting the doors. They were very upset about it as well," vice principal Elizabeth Blake said. "It's a personal attack on the school." The burglars broke in sometime between Sunday afternoon and yesterday morning. "This is a huge setback for us because it's $20,000 worth of equipment gone," Blake said. She said the school was scheduled to have a security system installed in the new building very soon.
Wrecking ball to bring down bell
A wrecking ball will knock down the Koko Marina bell tower at 9 a.m. Aug. 12 to make room for a community meeting area for entertainment, eating or meeting.
The renovation is part of University Capital Management's efforts to upgrade the center, which was built in the 1970s. New signs have been placed around the center, and it has been repainted and repaved in the past three months. The owner wants to make the center more like a village and plans to kick off its new look with a celebration Oct. 29.
O'ahu-to-Kaua'i race date re-set
LIHU'E, Kaua'i — The Na Holo Kai O'ahu to Kaua'i sailing canoe race, rescheduled due to thunderstorms in the Ka'ie'iewaho Channel, is slated to sail Aug. 16 from Hale'iwa to Kalapaki Beach fronting the Kaua'i Marriott Hotel.
Canoes are expected to begin arriving at the beach on Kaua'i about 3:30 p.m. Aug. 16 in the final channel race of this year's Aston Hotel and Resort Hawaiian Sailing Canoe Race Series.
Canoes and crews will be on hand fronting Duke's restaurant from 10 a.m. to 2 p.m. Aug. 17, for a sailing canoe festival, which will give the public an opportunity to see sailing canoes, talk to the crews and to take sailing and paddling trips around Nawiliwili Harbor.
Driver course for instructors
Driver Education Instructor Training Courses will be offered on O'ahu and the Big Island next month as part of the state Department of Transportation's Driver Education Program.
The courses will be on O'ahu through Sept. 14, and in Hilo, Hawai'i, through September. The course will include classroom and behind-the-wheel instruction. Cost is $735.
Contact Gerri Kabei at 235-7428 or log on to the DOT Web site www.hawaii.gov/dot/publicaffairs/drivered for more information.
'Generations Vol. 1' delivered
Malama Na Keiki Foundation recently delivered 284 copies of "Generations Volume I" to the Department of Education for distribution to Hawai'i's public schools.
The book features childhood stories, values and dreams of 24 local businessmen and community leaders.
Copies are available for purchase at www.malamanakeiki.org, at Diamond Head Market and Grill or by calling 585-0315.
Scholarship forms at Sunset
Scholarship applications for the Ko Olina Training Fund will be available Saturday and Sunday at Ma'ili Beach Park in Wai'anae during Sunset on the Beach festivities, which begin at 10 a.m.
The fund provides $2.5 million in vocational training and educational opportunities for Leeward O'ahu residents.
