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NEIGHBOR ISLANDS
Maui student makes final cut
Maui High School student Matthew Jachowski, 17, of Pukalani is one of 40 finalists selected to go to Washington, D.C., in March to attend the Intel Science Talent Institute and compete for college scholarships.
The former state spelling bee champion was the only finalist from Hawai'i.
As one of 300 semifinalists in the science competition, he won $1,000, plus $1,000 for Maui High's math and science programs.
Students were judged on research ability, scientific originality and creative thinking. Their projects cover fields including biology, chemistry, physics, engineering, mathematics and social science.
Jachowski, the son of Doug and Maile Jachowski, did a project on asteroids called "On Initial Orbit Determination Accuracy."
Owner gives up dog that bit boy
KIHEI, Maui — A dog that attacked a 5-year-old Kihei boy was killed yesterday after its owner surrendered the animal to the Maui Humane Society.
The male pitbull-Shar-Pei jumped a fence at the Kihei Villages residential complex and bit the boy, who was walking with family members, said Aimee Anderson, animal control supervisor with the Maui Humane Society. The boy was treated at Maui Memorial Medical Center for bite wounds.
Anderson said the Humane Society had never before received complaints about the dog. She said the owner faces a county fine of $50 to $500.
WINDWARD O'AHU
Tour to focus on Kailua plants
The evolution of native plants that once existed in the Kailua ahupua'a will be the topic of a Kawai Nui Marsh plant tour, from 8:30 a.m. to 12:30 p.m. Saturday beginning at Ulupo Heiau.
John Culliney, professor of biology at Hawai'i Pacific University, will also explain the impact humans have had on vegetation.
The tour sponsored by the Kawai Nui Heritage Foundation and 'Ahahui Malama I Ka Lokahi is limited to 20 people. A donation request of $5 — $3 for members — will go toward restoration and education projects at Na Pohaku O Hauwahine and Ulupo Heiau.
Call Chuck "Doc" Burrows to register at 595-3922 or ahahui@hawaii.rr.com.
HONOLULU
Veteran voyager to give free talk
Polynesian Voyaging Society navigator Nainoa Thompson will give a free lecture on traditional voyaging and wayfinding methods at 11 a.m. tomorrow at Honolulu Community College's Native Hawaiian Center.
The talk in the college's 'Imi Na'auao lecture series will take place in Halau 'Ike, Building 7, Room 432.
Thompson, a Kamehameha Schools trustee, is best known for reviving traditional voyaging, a system being taught in schools throughout Hawai'i and the Pacific.
He also serves as senior adviser to the University of Hawai'i president on Hawaiian affairs.
