Hawai'i briefs

Advertiser Staff

NEIGHBOR ISLANDS

New fire station to open on Maui

WAILEA, Maui — The new $4.6 million Wailea Fire Station opens June 13. The station, on Kilohana Drive, will be staffed by 33 firefighters and equipped with a truck capable of pumping 1,500 gallons per minute, a ladder truck and a 3,500-gallon water tanker. The cost of the equipment was $1.5 million. The fire station was built on land deeded to the county in 2001 by Wailea Resort Co.

Animal cruelty hotline set up

WAILUKU, Maui — An Animal CrimeStoppers chapter has been formed on Maui to take calls about animal cruelty and neglect. The program, a joint effort of Maui CrimeStoppers and the Maui Humane Society, is patterned after other Animal CrimeStoppers chapters nationwide. Cash rewards of up to $1,000 are offered for information leading to arrests or prosecutions involving crimes against animals. Tipsters do not have to give their names or testify in court.

Maui Humane Society Animal Control Supervisor Aimee Anderson is the Animal CrimeStoppers coordinator, and will work with Maui Police Department Crime-

Stoppers coordinator Larry Anderson. To report a crime against animals on Maui, call the Animal CrimeStoppers/Maui CrimeStoppers Hotline at (808) 242-6966.

Schools get Army computers

KAUNAKAKAI, Moloka'i — Schofield Barracks soldiers last month delivered donated surplus computer equipment to two Moloka'i schools. The Headquarters and Headquarter Detachment, 125th Finance Battalion, spearheaded the May 19 donation, procuring 20 computers for Moloka'i High & Intermediate School and 15 for Kaunakakai Elementary School. The donation was made possible by a U.S. Department of Defense program that allows the military to donate surplus computer equipment to schools.

HONOLULU

Taiwan donates $10K to Samoa

Consul general Raymond Wang of the Taipei Economic and Cultural Office in Honolulu has presented a $10,000 donation to the American Samoa government. The presentation on Wednesday was done via a live teleconference at the University of Hawai'i-Manoa between Wang and Gov. Togiola Tulafono.

Heavy rains May 17-19 in American Samoa caused flash floods and mud slides that killed four people, injured dozens and left many residents homeless. The donation will help support American Samoa's relief efforts. Tulafono estimated damages at more than $50 million.

CENTRAL

Mililani Mauka garage sale set

Twenty-five homes in Mililani Mauka will open up for their annual giant garage sale — one of the state's largest — from 8 a.m. to 1 p.m. tomorrow. The sale is organized by neighbors on Ho'oka'au, Ahikao, Kanae and Ho'okanahe streets. From H-2, take the Mililani Mauka exit and follow the signs.