Hawai'i briefs
Advertiser Staff
NEIGHBOR ISLANDS
More crews join Maui fire battle
WAIKAPU, Maui — A stubborn brush fire continued to burn out of control yesterday as state air and ground forces joined Maui County crews high in the West Maui Mountains. Honoapi'ilani Highway remained open, but officials were urging motorists to use caution.
The fire is estimated to have burned 1,000 acres on the rain-parched slopes between Waikapu and Ma'alaea, reaching elevations exceeding 2,000 feet.
An O'ahu-based Army National Guard helicopter joined the battle yesterday afternoon, as did a state Division of Forestry and Wildlife crew.
The blaze started Tuesday when wind whipped a Hawaiian Commercial & Sugar Co. cane fire, sending it into the mountainous terrain above the Sandalwood and Grand Waikapu golf courses.
Public invited to park meetings
Four public meetings have been scheduled to help the National Park Service plan for the management of Kahuku, the recent 116,000-acre addition to Hawai'i Volcanoes National Park.
The first meeting will be held from 6 to 9 tonight at the Ocean View Community Center in Ka'u. The center is on Leilani Street, about one mile mauka of Highway 11.
Additional public meetings are slated Oct. 21 at the Na'alehu Community Center; Oct. 22 at Pu'uhonua o Honaunau National Historical Park in Honaunau; and Oct. 23 at Nani Mau Gardens in Hilo. All meetings will be from 6 to 9 p.m.
Comments also may be sent by mail to Superintendent, Hawai'i Volcanoes National Park, P.O. Box 52, Hawai'i National Park, HI, 96718; by fax to (808) 967-8186; or by e-mail to HAVO_Superintendent@nps.gov.
WINDWARD O'AHU
Drug awareness meeting slated
A drug awareness meeting is scheduled from 7 to 9 tonight in Waimanalo.
Residents can get information from experts about treatment, laws, prevention and education at the meeting at the Waimanalo Gym in Azevedo Park, part of Waimanalo District Park.
EAST HONOLULU
Board to discuss store, golf plans
Kamehameha Schools will make a presentation to the Wai'alae-Kahala Neighborhood Board at 7 tonight about its plans for a Safeway store at the YMCA site on Kilauea Avenue. The board, which meets at 1350 Hunakai St., also will discuss Waialae Country Club's plans for its golf driving range.
Cleanup set at Hanauma Bay
The Friends of Hanauma Bay is organizing an area cleanup from 8:30 a.m. to 11 a.m. Saturday.
Volunteers should meet at the upper picnic area near the Hanauma Bay visitors center, where they will get work assignments and garbage bags. Residents are reminded to bring a photo ID to avoid paying the beach access fee.
