Hawai'i briefs
Advertiser Staff
O'AHU'S NORTH SHORE
16 rescued from high surf
City lifeguards rescued 16 people on the North Shore yesterday amid 6- to 8-foot surf, with occasional higher sets.
Lt. John Hoogsteden of the Ocean Safety Division said several members of a high school cross country team from Long Beach, Calif., got swept out near Ke Iki Beach. Two of the teens had to be brought ashore at Waimea Bay because of the shorebreak.
At Waimea Bay, a man visiting from Tennessee was tossed in the surf and was taken to Wahiawa General Hospital after experiencing difficulty breathing.
HONOLULU
Matson's new ship arrives
Matson Navigation Co.'s new $110 million container ship arrived yesterday for the first time at its homeport in Honolulu.
The Manukai has the capacity to carry 2,600 containers and is the first vessel to enter the Matson fleet since the R.J. Pfeiffer in 1992. The Manukai will be used on the route between Honolulu and Long Beach, Calif., the company said.
Nominations for military sought
U.S. Rep. Ed Case is seeking applications for nominations to the Air Force Academy, Military Academy at West Point, Naval Academy and Merchant Marine Academy.
Residents of the 2nd Congressional District, which includes the Neighbor Islands and areas of O'ahu outside central Honolulu, may apply.
Write Case at 5-104 PJKK Federal Building, Honolulu, HI 96850 (Attn: Yvonne Kearns); e-mail yvonne.kearns@mail.house.gov. Information is also available at www.house.gov/case. The application deadline is Dec. 1.
MAUI
Attack shuts Kihei beaches
Beaches in Kihei, Maui, were closed yesterday afternoon after a 41-year-old woman reported being bitten by what may have been a shark.
Fire officials said that as the investigation continued, experts were beginning to think the creature may have been an eel.
The woman said she was swimming off Cove Park near a fishing net when she was bitten. She suffered two deep, half-inch lacerations to her right knee, a 7-inch-long, inch-wide scrape to her left inner thigh and scrapes to her right index finger.
Rare birds' capture sought
A team of wildlife experts has scheduled a series of trips to Maui over the next few months to save a rare Hawaiian bird species from extinction.
Officials with the U.S. Fish and Wildlife Service want to capture what they believe to be the last three po'ouli in the world and breed them in captivity.
The last three birds live in separate home ranges within 1 1/2 miles of one another in the dense rain forest of the state's Hanawi Natural Area Reserve on the northeast slopes of Haleakala on Maui.
