Hawai'i briefs
Advertiser Staff and News Services
LEEWARD O'AHU
Girl missing for five months found
An 11-year-old girl who was reported missing in August was found Friday in Wai'anae.
Elena Carvalho was last seen Aug. 26 when she left a foster home. Police said they believed she was with her biological mother.
Police arrested the 28-year-old mother Saturday on an outstanding family court warrant.
NEIGHBOR ISLANDS
Man hit by car still critical
A pedestrian remained in critical condition yesterday at Maui Memorial Medical Center after being struck by a van Sunday night in Kahului.
The pedestrian, a 50-year-old man from Kahului, was in a crosswalk on Pu'unene Avenue, north of Kamehameha Avenue, police said, and was struck by a van traveling southeast on Pu'unene at 7:29 p.m.
Neither the driver of the van, a 58-year-old Kula man, nor his 11-year-old passenger was injured, police said.
Fallen poles cause blackout
Two utility poles fell across Mamalahoa Highway near Waikoloa Road on the Big Island yesterday, knocking out power to 2,600 customers and closing the highway.
The poles fell at about 1:30 p.m. Residents in the area from the Kona Heavens subdivision to the Big Island Country Club in Pu'uanahulu were without power.
Power was restored at about 2:40 p.m., but the road remained closed while crews replaced the poles.
The repair work was expected to continue into last night, an official from the Hawai'i Electric Light Co. said. The cause of the poles' fall was under investigation.
WINDWARD O'AHU
Imu to benefit student project
Students from Project Ho'olokahi, a five-school effort to teach voyaging and survival skills, will build an imu to raise money for trips and projects.
The public is welcome to reserve a space for the Feb. 21 imu. Cost is $10 for a 13-inch-by-21-inch aluminum pan of food. Food must be thawed, seasoned and wrapped well in foil. Drop off pans of food from 3:30 to 5 p.m. at Kailua High School, across from the ROTC building.
Approximately 100 spaces are available. Reservations must be made by Feb. 14.
Send a check to Kailua High School, Attn: Todd Hendricks, 451 Ulumanu Drive, Kailua, HI 96734. Include a phone number, so you can be reached in the event no space is available. No tickets will be issued.
Project Ho'olokahi participants learn, among other things, about celestial navigation, boating safety, food preparation, taro farming and hula.
Students just returned from a two-week trip to Aotearoa (New Zealand) and are planning a trip the the Big Island in March.
For more information, contact Hendricks by pager at 299-5347.
HONOLULU
Traffic-calming on Palolo agenda
Several proposed traffic-calming "mini circles" on Ninth and 10th avenues, and bicycle lanes in the mauka-bound direction of 10th and Palolo avenues will be discussed at the Palolo Neighborhood Board meeting at 7 p.m. tomorrow in the Jarrett Middle School cafeteria.
Mike Oshiro with the city Department of Transportation Services will make a presentation on the plans.
The board will also hear a presentation by Valerie Percil on a proposed dog park and will try to fill two vacancies.
