Hawai'i briefs
Advertiser Staff
EAST HONOLULU
Board chairman steps down
After 11 years as chairman, Charlie Rodgers resigned Tuesday night from the Hawai'i Kai Neighborhood Board mainly because of his wife's illness.
Rodgers, a 15-year veteran of the neighborhood board system, leaves an at-large vacancy on the 15-member board. The board voted 9-2 to appoint Brett White chairman.
Councilman Charles Djou presented a resolution honoring Rodgers' work on the board signed by all nine members of the City Council.
"I am deeply honored by this board and we accomplished more than any other board and our neighborhood shows it," Rodgers said.
Condominium work begins
Stanford Carr Development has begun work on its latest project on the peninsula in Hawai'i Kai. When completed, The Colony will be a four-story condominium on the corner of Lunalilo Home Road and Wailua Street. Work on the 96-unit building starts at 7 a.m. and ends between 3:30 p.m. and 6 p.m. There may be some Saturday work from 9 a.m. to 6 p.m.
The project is expected to be completed by this time next year.
Residents with concerns about noise or dust should call the construction company's on-site office at 394-6401 or 395-4875.
NEIGHBOR ISLANDS
Fire destroys Moloka'i home
A home at Kamehameha V Highway in Puko'o, Moloka'i, was destroyed by fire Tuesday night. Maui Assistant Fire Chief Alan Cordeiro said the 6:05 p.m. fire appears to be accidental. Damage was estimated at $200,000 to the building and $50,000 to its contents.
The fire was reported under control at 6:55 p.m.
The Hawai'i Chapter of the American Red Cross was helping a man, woman and 2-year-old child left homeless by the fire.
HONOLULU
State Hospital escapee sought
Police were looking for a 36-year-old man who walked away from the Hawai'i State Hospital on Monday. Nathan Kaleoleo Keaulii is considered an escapee. Keaulii has been convicted of drug, traffic and family-abuse offenses.
In November 1998, he was acquitted of petty misdemeanor harassment on grounds of insanity, according to the Hawai'i Criminal Justice Data Center.
WINDWARD O'AHU
Beach proposal to be discussed
A proposal to close Kalama Beach Park at night will be considered at the Kailua Neighborhood Board meeting at 7 tonight at the Kailua District Park Multipurpose Room. Other items on the agenda are the Le Jardin Windward Oahu Academy application for a zoning variance and an after-the-fact variance for a seawall in Lanikai. The board will also hear reports on the homeless, landfill sites and Maunawili Valley.
