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Posted on: Friday, January 24, 2003

Hawai'i briefs

Windward

Water break finally repaired

Repair work on a ruptured 30-inch water main near Punalu'u Beach Park was completed yesterday afternoon and water was restored to 24 residents who had been without service for more than two days.

The work was completed at about 4 p.m. yesterday and allowed police to reopen both lanes of Kamehameha Highway. The Kahuku-bound lane had been used for contra-flow traffic during most of the repair period.

The water main ruptured at about 2:45 p.m. Tuesday and the repair work was complicated by a large tree that overlooked the break area, and by the size of the break.

Crews, working continuously, were able to seal the main and backfill the 60-by- 20-foot hole around the broken main yesterday.

Meanwhile, an 8-inch main that broke at 11 p.m. Wednesday on North Kalaheo Avenue between Mokapu Boulevard and Kainui Place in Kailua was repaired at 6:30 yesterday morning. The road was reopened by noon.

The cause of both breaks was under investigation.

Honolulu

Mo'ili'ili safety work finished

A new stoplight and crosswalk on South King Street in Mo'ili'ili, installed primarily for senior citizens walking to and from the market, was dedicated and used for the first time yesterday.

Rep. Scott Saiki, D-22nd (McCully, Pawa'a), and City Councilwoman Ann Kobayashi, who had worked to get the light installed, were on hand to walk across the street with a group of seniors for the first green light.

"It will provide them with safety," Saiki said. "It is a congested street and there have been several near-accidents in the past."

The traffic signal is pedestrian-activated and synchronized with traffic lights on either side, so cars won't be greatly affected, Saiki said.

Mo'ili'ili has a large elderly community, and many were forced to cross the five-lane, one-way street at a midblock crosswalk at Hausten Street to get to Star Market or to the bus stop on South Beretania.

The city began work on the $77,000 project in September.

Navy League speaker unique

Gov. Linda Lingle and Sheila McNeill, president-elect of the Navy League of the United States, will be guest speakers at the league's Honolulu Council annual meeting on Monday.

McNeill, of Brunswick, Ga., is the first woman to be elected president of the Navy League in its 100-year history. She will speak about the importance of community support for the sea services.

"We are honored to host president-elect McNeill as our keynote speaker at our annual meeting," said Richard Fahrenwald, Honolulu Council president-elect.

The Navy League is a 76,000-member civilian organization that supports the Navy, Marine Corps, Coast Guard and U.S.-flag merchant marine.

The event will be from 6:30 p.m. to 9 p.m. in the Coral Ballroom of the Hilton Hawaiian Village. Tickets are $55 per person. For more information, call Robert Flores at 422-9404.