Posted on: Thursday, October 21, 2004
HAWAI'I BRIEFS
Police arrest car chase suspect
Advertiser Staff
An 18-year-old Village Park man who was shot by police last week after he allegedly rammed several vehicles and led police on a wild chase in Pearl City was arrested yesterday.
Thomas Greene was arrested soon after he was released from the hospital, where he had been recovering from a gunshot wound to the stomach. Greene was shot by police after he struck several vehicles with a stolen car and attempted to run over several police officers, police said.
Greene was being held last night in a police cellblock pending charges. He faces charges of first-degree attempted murder, driving a stolen vehicle, driving without a license, criminal property damage, theft and promotion of a dangerous drug.
Greene is accused of driving a stolen 1993 Honda Civic and fleeing from police as they attempted to stop his vehicle on Oct. 13 on Kamehameha Highway near Acacia Road. During the pursuit, police said, Greene rammed several vehicles and drove his vehicle at the police officers.
Randy Garcia, 24, who police said was a passenger in the stolen Honda, has been charged with second-degree theft, third-degree promotion of a dangerous drug and possession of drug paraphernalia.
The city is rehabilitating about 2,200 feet of sewer lines in Kane'ohe, causing traffic slowdown on Kamehameha Highway near Windward Mall.
The project extends from Kahuhipa Street to Ha'iku Road by way of Kawa Street, Mehana Street and Kamehameha, said Carol Costa, city spokeswoman.
The contractor is using cured-in-place pipe, a process that pushes a circular felt liner saturated with fiberglass resin, inside of an existing pipe, Costa said. Hot water is pumped into the pipe to cure the fiberglass, a 24-hour process.
The $1.15 million project by contractor Insituform Technologies began last month and should be completed by the end of November, she said.
The Honu Project will present a free informational talk by Frank Paladino from 7 to 8:30 p.m. Saturday at the Hanauma Bay Nature Preserve on the plight of the endangered leatherback turtle.
The Honu Project, also known as the World Turtle Trust, is a Hawai'i-based, non-profit organization committed to protecting sea turtles worldwide.
For more information, contact World Turtle Trust at www.world-turtle-trust.org or call 732-4668.
Honolulu's mayoral candidates tonight will discuss their plans for the city on the PBS Hawaii television program "Island Insights: Election 2004." The half-hour show was taped and airs at 7:30 p.m. on KHET Channel 11.
Candidates Duke Bainum and Mufi Hannemann will explain how they hope to improve transportation, and changes they want to make at City Hall, said Ed McNulty, vice president of programming and content for PBS Hawaii.
The candidates also will discuss their views on campaign financing.
Tonight's show features a hosted discussion, rather than a direct debate, moderated by KHON Channel 2 News reporter Tina Shelton.
Bainum and Hannemann will face off Tuesday in the only televised debate before the election. That event will be broadcast live on KITV Channel 4, at 7 p.m.
"Island Insights: Election 2004" is a partnership between PBS Hawaii and the Honolulu Star-Bulletin. U.S. Rep. Neil Abercrombie and challenger Dalton Tanonaka will appear on the show on Oct. 26 at 7:30 p.m., and U.S. Rep. Ed Case will appear at 7:30 p.m Oct. 28.
Members of the bipartisan Clean Campaigns Project will hold a forum from noon to 1 p.m. today to discuss "How to tell if you're getting the straight story" and their work monitoring political campaigns this election season.
The discussion will be at the University of Hawai'i's Saunders Hall, Room 704.
The four-member panel was put together last month by House Minority Leader Galen Fox, R-23rd (Waikiki, Ala Moana, Kaka'ako) and Sen. Les Ihara, D-9th (Kapahulu, Kaimuki, Palolo). It consists of two Democrats and two Republicans.
Mary E. Tiles, a professor of philosophy at UH-Manoa, has been re-elected president of the University of Hawai'i Professional Assembly. Other officers include: vice president, Sally Pestana, professor, Kapi'olani Community College; treasurer, Herbert Coyle, counselor, Maui Community College; secretary, Ruth Horie, librarian, UH-Manoa; executive committee members at large, Joseph Chernisky, assistant professor UH-Manoa, Richard Nettell, assistant professor UH-Manoa, and William Puette, director UH-West O'ahu.
University of Hawai'i researchers hope to interview 30 people in the first year of a three-year project to document the life stories of veterans of World War II who are Americans of Japanese Ancestry from Hawai'i.
The project is being undertaken by UH-Manoa and Kapi'olani Community College, with the Manoa Center for Oral History conducting interviews. These oral histories, plus documents, manuscripts and letters, will be made available to the public through an interactive Web site.
UH's Hamilton Library will serve as the repository of the material.
Oral histories will be done with members of military units, including the 100th Infantry Battalion, 442nd Regimental Combat Team, Military Intelligence Service, 1399th Engineering, as well as relatives of the veterans and the Varsity Victory Volunteers.
Tonight's live political debate on 'Olelo Community Television's Channel 54 at 6:30 p.m. features the two candidates, Republican challenger Karen Awana and Democratic incumbent Michael Kahikina, to represent House District 44, the North Shore.
Tomorrow's debate will feature House District 33 and the race between Republican challenger Jerry Coffee and Democratic incumbent Blake Oshiro.
Sewer-line work slows Kane'ohe
Turtle species to be discussed
Mayoral election forum tonight
Clean Campaigns Project meets
Tiles re-elected by UH assembly
Interviews set up for war project
'Olelo debate on House Dist. 44
