Posted on: Tuesday, July 13, 2004
Hawai'i briefs
Advertiser Staff
BIG ISLAND
Probe launched into girl's death
HILO, Hawai'i — Big Island police are investigating the death of a 14-year-old Ka'u girl who may have suffered a drug overdose.
On July 4, Ka'u patrol officers responded to a report that a girl was choking at a residence in Hawaiian Ocean View Estates. The girl was taken to Hilo Medical Center, where she died Saturday.
Police believe the girl ingested methadone, a heroin substitute, but have scheduled an autopsy for today.
WINDWARD O'AHU
Help sought for Sunset on Beach
The Waimanalo community and the city are planning a Sunset on the Beach event for Sept. 11 and 12 and are seeking volunteers to help out.
Planning meetings are set for 6:30 p.m. every Thursday starting this week, until Sept. 2, with a final meeting Sept. 7 at the Waimanalo District Park multipurpose building.
Organizers include the Waimanalo Construction Coalition and the Waimanalo Chamber of Commerce. For more information call Patty Teruya at 527-5815 or Andrew Jamila Jr. at 259-7342.
Bellows may get bigger store
The military wants to expand a convenience store at Bellows Air Force Station and is seeking comments on a plan to build an 8,000 square-foot facility at the same location as the existing store on approximately one acre of land.
The Army and Air Force Exchange Service expects to begin the project, estimated to cost $1 million to $3 million, in October.
The current 3,450-square-foot Bellows Air Force Station Shoppette was built in 1959 and is too small, according to The Environmental Notice of the Office of Environmental Quality Control.
No significant adverse impacts are anticipated from the project, the notice said.
Send comments to: FPM Group, 909 Marconi Ave., Ronkonkoma, NY 11779 or contact Kevin Loyst at 631-737-6200, Ext. 208.
HONOLULU
Free cactus-care class tomorrow
A free class on how to care for cactus is at 10 a.m. tomorrow at the Waikiki Community Center at 310 Paoakalani Ave.
Kikue Akiyama and guest speakers from the Cactus & Succulent Society of Hawai'i will lead the class which will include instruction on how to create a cactus mini-garden for homes and condo dwellers. How to plant and care for cactus will also be discussed.
For reservations, call Ellen Katoda at 923-1802.
LEEWARD O'AHU
Church fire no accident, police say
Police have classified a fire set at a Roman Catholic church in 'Ewa Beach as first-degree criminal property damage.
Sunday night's blaze was contained to the entrance to a chapel next to Our Lady of Perpetual Help, and damage was estimated at $8,000, fire Capt. Emmit Kane said.
The front door was ajar when firefighters arrived, Kane said.
A man in his 20s who was outside the building was taken to the hospital for treatment of smoke inhalation and minor injuries, he said.
