Posted on: Thursday, June 10, 2004
O'ahu briefs
Advertiser Staff
HONOLULU
Crews search for injured hiker
Honolulu firefighters last night were trying to reach a hiker who was injured in a fall on the Jackass Ginger Trail in Nu'uanu.
Firefighters from the Nu'uanu substation were walking through a downpour to reach the middle-age man on the trail, said Fire Capt. Emmit Kane.
Kane said firefighters got a call at about 7 p.m. from the man's daughter, who had been hiking with him.
She told firefighters that her father fell, hurt one of his legs and was unable to move, Kane said. The girl said her father instructed her to go on without him and get help.
As of 10:30 p.m. last night, about 18 firefighters were involved in the search.
Vaccination rate for keiki rises
The number of Hawai'i children who are up to date with their immunizations rose more than 8 percent over the previous year, according to a recent National Immunization Survey.
Hawai'i is still about 9 percent below the Healthy People 2010 goal of having 90 percent of the state's youngsters up to date on their immunizations at age 2.
The state health project "Protect Hawaii's Keiki, Make a Date to Vaccinate," is raising awareness of the need for timely immunization.
Enola Gay pilot to sign book
Retired U.S. Air Force Brig. Gen. Paul W. Tibbets Jr., who piloted the Enola Gay on its flight to drop the atomic bomb on Hiroshima in 1945, will participate in a book signing from 10 a.m. to noon today at the Battleship Missouri Memorial.
Tibbets will sign his book "Return of the Enola Gay."
A limited supply of books and photos will be available for purchase, and memorial admission rates do apply.
After his stopover in Hawai'i, Tibbets will continue on to Saipan, where he and the remaining crewmen of the Enola Gay — navigator Theodore Van Kirk and weaponeer Morris Jeppson — will participate in ceremonies commemorating the 60th anniversary of the liberation of Saipan and Tinian from Japan.
Free workshop at taiko center
The Taiko Center of the Pacific, a contemporary and traditional Japanese drumming school, will offer a free demonstration and workshop from 10 a.m. to noon tomorrow at Kapi'olani Community College's Annex Building.
Participants will learn the basics of taiko, an art form that involves mind, body and spirit.
Space is limited for the workshop and reservations are required. For information and reservations, call 737-7236.
NORTH SHORE
Slaying victim is identified
A 61-year-old man whose body was discovered June 2 in his Sunset Beach home was identified yesterday by the medical examiner's office as Percy Baker. An autopsy determined that Baker was murdered and died of stab wounds to the chest. LEEWARD
Two hospitalized in head-on crash
A man and woman were injured early yesterday in a head-on collision on Farrington Highway near Honokai Hale when their pickup truck was struck by a sport utility vehicle operated by a 34-year-old man, who was arrested on suspicion of drunken driving.
The 1:24 a.m. collision occurred between La'aloa and Waiomea streets.
Investigators said a westbound 1988 Chevy pickup truck driven by a Wai'anae man, 49, was struck by a 1993 Nissan Pathfinder that was in the wrong lane. Patrol officers were in the Kahe Point area to investigate complaints of a speeding Pathfinder headed east on the wrong side of Farrington Highway when the collision occurred.
The pickup truck driver and a woman passenger were taken to The Queen's Medical Center, where they were in guarded and stable condition, respectively.
