Posted on: Wednesday, June 2, 2004
O'ahu briefs
Advertiser Staff
CENTRAL
USS Chung-Hoon bound for Pearl
A guided-missile destroyer named for a Honolulu man and World War II hero, The USS Chung-Hoon, will be commissioned Sept. 18 at Pearl Harbor, where it will be home-ported.
Rear Adm. Gordon Paiea Chung-Hoon, who was born in Honolulu in 1910 and died in 1979, received the Navy Cross and Silver Star "for conspicuous gallantry and extraordinary heroism" as commanding officer of the destroyer Sigsbee.
Chung-Hoon, who attended the U.S. Naval Academy and graduated in May 1934, received the awards for his courage and leadership following a kamikaze attack on the Sigsbee in 1945. Chung-Hoon was a commander at the time.
The Chung-Hoon, christened in 2003 in Pascagoula, Miss., is expected to bring 22 officers, 293 enlisted people, and $17 million in salaries to Hawai'i.
HONOLULU
Who's your pick for top librarian?
Nomination forms for public librarian of the year are available at Borders Books and Music and at the state's public libraries.
The winning librarian will receive an engraved Tiffany plate and gift certificates; the winner's library will get a $1,500 gift for library materials. Four finalists will each receive $125 gifts for materials at their libraries.
The Hawai'i Library Foundation will have a public reception to honor the winner and finalists. The nomination deadline is July 10.
EAST HONOLULU
Pancake benefit set for June 20
The Hawai'i Kai Lions Club annual pancake breakfast will be 6:30 to 10:30 a.m. June 20, Father's Day, at the Kaiser High School Cafeteria.
The annual breakfast is a fund-raiser for the club, which performs service projects that benefit the community. Take-out is available. Cost is $5. Contact 395-9021.
NORTH SHORE
Summer reading program starts
A puppet show at the Waialua Public Library will launch the library's Summer Reading Program at 10 a.m. Saturday.
The reading program will run each day through July 17, with special programs on Saturdays at 10 a.m. (except for July 3, when the library will be closed).
For information call 637-8286.
