O'ahu briefs
Advertiser Staff
CENTRAL
17-year-old stabbed at party
A 17-year-old was in critical condition yesterday after he was stabbed while attempting to crash a post-prom party in Mililani, police said.
A little after midnight, a group of young people attempted to crash an after- prom party at a Mililani house. Police said a 20-year-old man, who was an invited guest at the party, stabbed the 17-year-old in the abdomen. The 17-year-old was taken to The Queen's Medical Center in critical condition.
The 20-year-old was being held on suspicion of attempted murder while detectives investigate.
HONOLULU
Free Waikiki tours to resume
The Native Hawaiian Hospitality Association will again offer its free guided walking tours of historic Waikiki beginning in May.
The Queen's Tour of the Waikiki Historic Trail ended in July when money ran out.
A $20,000 grant from Kamehameha Schools, which matched money from the Hawai'i Nature Center and the Hawai'i Tourism Authority/Mayor's Office of Economic Development, have guaranteed that the tours can run through the end of the year, said Dorien McClellan, association program director.
The tours were started by historian George Kanahele, who died in 2000. Six days a week, a Native Hawaiian historian would take as many as 25 people along a route that stopped at 23 significant sites, including the residence of Queen Lili'uokalani and a camp of Kamehameha I.
Some tours are already being given, but regular tours will begin May 27 from 9 a.m. to 11 a.m. on Tuesdays, Thursdays and Saturdays, starting at the Royal Hawaiian Shopping Center's fountain courtyard. For information, call 737-6442.
Aide to museum president hired
Timothy Choy has been named assistant to the president at Bishop Museum.
Choy will help museum President Bill Brown with organizational communications and event coordination.
In his previous job at the Honolulu Academy of Arts, Choy served as director of special events and special assistant to Chairman of the Board Samuel Cooke.
Before that, Choy held a number of positions at Moorhead State University, including communications officer for the president, and has worked as a communications consultant.
He is a graduate of Kaimuki High School and Pacific University, and has master's and doctoral degrees from Pennsylvania State University.
NORTH SHORE
Event features book signings
Five O'ahu writers will be speaking and signing copies of their books when the Waialua Public Library holds its 7th Annual Author's Night from 6 to 8 p.m. on April 29.
Featured authors are Sue Cowing, Kerry Germain, Margaret Goodheart, Elaine Masters and Gene Parola.
The free event is a fund-raiser and a portion of each book sold will go to the Waialua Public Library.
