Hawai'i briefs
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CENTRAL O'ahu
Man hit by car in Pearlridge
A man was critically injured last night when a car hit him as he attempted to cross Kamehameha Highway near Pearlridge Center.
The man, in his 40s, was hit at about 9:30 near the watercress farm. Details of the accident were not available, but the man was taken to The Queen's Medical Center in critical condition.
Police were on the scene late last night to determine the cause of the accident.
HONOLULU
Search ends for missing man
The Coast Guard yesterday suspended its search for a crew member of a cruise ship who was reported missing Sunday after it arrived at Fanning Island at the end of a voyage from Hawai'i.
Jeffrey Dela Rosa, 24, was last seen on the Crystal Harmony's video surveillance at 1 a.m. Sunday. The cruise ship crew reported Dela Rosa missing when he failed to show up for work at 9 a.m. Monday, the Coast Guard said.
Coast Guard aircraft from the Barbers Point air station and a Navy airplane from Kane'ohe searched for the man. More than 4,000 square miles were covered over a three-day period, the Coast Guard said.
Fanning Island is about 1,200 miles southwest of Hawai'i.
Probation revoked again
A state judge has revoked the probation of a 32-year-old Honolulu woman and sentenced her to five years in prison for welfare fraud.
Monica Leilani Nixon had been placed on five years' probation in 1997 after being convicted of second-degree theft. She was convicted of fraudulently obtaining more than $11,000 in public assistance benefits.
In 2000, Nixon violated terms of her probation and she was sentenced by Circuit Judge Richard Perkins to five years in prison, according to the state attorney general's office. After serving a year of her sentence, she was again placed on probation.
Despite numerous opportunities, the attorney general said, Nixon again violated probation and Perkins last week sentenced her to another five-year term.
NEIGHBOR ISLANDS
Authors to talk about art of lei
Marie McDonald and Paul Weissich, authors of "Na Lei Makamae: The Treasured Lei," will give presentations on Maui next week.
McDonald is an ethnologist, educator and master lei maker; Weissich is former director of the Honolulu Botanical Gardens.
They will present a slide show on the lei art form 7 to 9 p.m. Feb. 20 at Kamehameha Schools' middle school dining hall, 275 'A'apueo Parkway in Pukalani.
McDonald will weave traditional lei from native Hawaiian plants 10 a.m. to noon Feb. 21 at Maui Nui Botanical Gardens, 150 Kanaloa Ave. in Wailuku.
Both events are free. Sponsors are the Native Hawaiian Plant Society and Maui Nui Botanical Gardens. For more information, call Tina Barnes at (808) 249-2798.
