Posted on: Thursday, August 26, 2004
HAWAI'I BRIEFS
Akaka to undergo skin-graft surgery
Advertiser Staff
U.S. Sen. Daniel Akaka is scheduled to undergo skin-graft surgery at a Honolulu hospital today to help an ankle injury heal.
Paul Cardus, spokesman for Hawai'i's junior senator, said Akaka was injured at a charity golf tournament last month in Virginia.
The plan today is to remove skin from Akaka's thigh and place it on the ankle injury. Akaka, 79, expects to stay in the hospital overnight.
The senator asked that the name of the hospital not be released because the last time Akaka was hospitalized, the facility was inundated with calls from well-wishers.
Honolulu police are looking for a man who sexually assaulted a 15-year-old girl Aug. 21.
The girl told police she met friends of the suspect in Waikiki and they went back to her home. She said she fell asleep, but when she woke up the man was assaulting her.
Before fleeing, the suspect also stole a computer, cellular phone, video game and DVDs, police said.
He is described as in his late teens to early 20s, 6 feet, 170 pounds with dark hair and a slight mustache. Police said the man wore earrings on both ears, a gold marijuana pendant, had an "Outlaw" tattoo on his stomach and tattoos on his left forearm.
Call CrimeStoppers at 955-8300, or *CRIME on a cellular phone.
A suspect has been charged in Tuesday's robbery at First Hawaiian Bank's Waikiki branch.
According to an affidavit by a deputy U.S. Marshal, Kolen Kalani Kaimana handed a teller a note demanding cash and got $200 in $10 bait bills, which are bills from which the serial numbers have been previously recorded.
When Kaimana was stopped by police about three blocks away, police recovered the $200, the affidavit said. Kaimana admitted robbing the rank and said he only asked for $200, according to the affidavit.
"I should have asked for more," the affidavit quoted him as saying.
Muscular Dystrophy Association is looking for volunteers to help collect money during Labor Day weekend.
The event is called Catch-A-Cure and is associated with the annual Jerry Lewis/MDA Telethon.
Volunteers are needed from 9:45 a.m. to 2 p.m. Sept. 4-6 to stand along Ala Moana and Pi'ikoi Street with fishnets to catch money from people who walk or drive by. Volunteers under 18 cannot collect money, but can wave signs.
MDA will supply all a T-shirt, lunch, and water. Volunteers should bring a hat, sunscreen, lip balm and sunglasses.
To volunteer, call Paula at 548-0588.
The fourth annual "The Joy of Sake," a fund-raiser offering tastes of more than 140 kinds of sake, is set for 6 to 9 p.m. tomorrow at the Japanese Cultural Center of Hawai'i.
The event will benefit educational programs presented by the center at 2454 S. Beretania St.
"The Joy of Sake" is the largest sake-tasting outside of Japan.
A portion of the proceeds will be dedicated to the Takao Nihei Memorial Fund.
Tickets are $65, with $15 of every ticket purchased through the center supporting future programs. For more information or to purchase tickets, call 945-7633.
A national organization of government finance professionals has honored the city for the presentation of its annual budget.
The Government Finance Officers Association of the United States and Canada rated the city's budget "proficient" as a policy document, a financial plan, an operations guide and a communications device.
Honolulu was honored with the group's "Distinguished Budget Presentation Award."
The nonprofit association serves 14,000 government finance professionals throughout North America, and includes the only national award program in governmental budgeting.
A 71-year-old 'Aiea man was killed yesterday morning when his van struck a car and then a concrete pillar on Nimitz Highway.
Police said the man was driving a 1993 Chevy van west on Nimitz Highway at 5:25 a.m. when his vehicle sideswiped a Honda that was waiting to turn onto Lagoon Drive.
The van continued through the Pu'uloa intersection and hit the pillar on the makai side of Nimitz.
The man died at the scene. His name was not available last night.
A 49-year-old woman who was in the Honda was taken to The Queen's Medical Center in good condition, police said.
Police said the driver of the van was not wearing a seat belt. The cause of the crash is under investigation.
Yesterday's fatality brings the traffic toll on O'ahu to 46 this year compared with 52 during the same period last year.
NAWILIWILI, Kaua'i — The final race of the Hawaiian sailing canoe interisland series will take 18 six-seat and four-seat sailing canoes from Nawiliwili to Waimea Saturday.
The Kendall Pacific Challenge is the last event of a 10-race season that starts on the Big Island and ends on West Kaua'i. The Hawaiian Sailing Canoe Association's event starts at Kalapaki Beach at 10 a.m. The first canoes should arrive on the beach fronting Waimea Plantation Cottages about 3 p.m.
For more information on the Web check www.hsca.biz or call Terry Galpin at (808) 247-3559.
Northern Christian College in the Philippines plans a homecoming celebration for Feb. 11-13, 2005, and is compiling a list of graduates from its college high school and elementary levels who can attend.
The school is in Laoag City in the Ilocos Norte district.
Hawai'i residents should contact Melchor C. Agag Jr., of the class of 1954, by mail at 293-A Liko Lehua St., Hilo, HI 96720-0927; by telephone at (808) 935-0204; or by e-mail at bayani@gte.net.
Suspect sought in sex assault
Man charged in Waikiki robbery
Catch-A-Cure benefits MDA
Sake fund-raiser set for tomorrow
City budget work wins recognition
'Aiea man dies in crash on Nimitz
Sailing-canoe final Saturday
Homecoming set in Philippines
