Posted on: Friday, September 3, 2004
HAWAI'I BRIEFS
Man charged in North Shore auto theft
Advertiser Staff
A 23-year-old man, who was arrested Tuesday after a police officer was nearly run over by a car on Aug. 17, has been charged with auto theft.
Edward W. Marshall was charged Wednesday night with unauthorized control of a propelled vehicle. His bail was set at $100,000.
Marshall was arrested Tuesday on suspicion of first-degree attempted murder and auto theft. Marshall is accused of being in a stolen Plymouth that almost struck a police officer as the car fled from a traffic stop near the Turtle Bay resort on the North Shore.
Moani Thomas, 20, was charged with auto theft in that same case, and he told police that another man was driving the fleeing car. Although Marshall was booked for attempted murder, he was not charged, police said.
Big Island police were investigating the apparent drowning of a middle-age man whose body was found at about 7:15 a.m. yesterday washed up on a Hilo Bay beach.
Hawai'i County firefighters who helped recover the body said the man's belongings were found nearby.
The body was discovered near the bay front lighthouse, firefighters said.
LIHU'E, Kaua'i — Planning has begun for a regional park to be built around the existing beach park at Salt Pond, and the Hanapepe Stadium complex, according to Mayor Bryan Baptiste.
Baptiste said he is in contact with the state to lease 133 acres from the state Airports Division and a 17.5-acre parcel from the Department of Land and Natural Resources. The proximity of the Burns Field airport will require some limits on uses, but the county has received a proposed lease for the property, he said.
The administration plans to hold community meetings on what specific uses should be included in the park. Many of the area's parks are congested, and community members have complained about a lack of facilities for sports competitions.
"This project takes the first steps toward fulfilling the vision of the community," he said.
Valerie Delos Santos-Duarte, a teacher at Saint Anthony Grade School in Wailuku, Maui, has been awarded $2,000 in the 2004 ING Unsung Heroes awards program.
The award recognizes kindergarten through 12th-grade educators nationwide for innovative teaching methods, creative educational projects and their positive influence on the children they teach.
Delos Santos-Duarte partnered with fellow teacher Teri Tavares to create "Telling Our Stories," a program for kindergartners through second-graders that allows students to write stories incorporating the local and cultural experiences of their day-to-day lives.
As one of 100 winners, Delos Santos-Duarte will compete with other winners for the top three prizes of $5,000, $10,000 and $25,000.
HILO, Hawai'i — Separate candidate forums will be held this month in North Kohala and Hilo.
In Hilo, the League of Women Voters and the American Association of University Women will host a two-part candidate forum from 5:30 to 9 p.m. Sept. 22 at the Palace Theater. Candidates running for county office will appear from 5:30 to 7 p.m., and state and federal candidates will be presented from 7:30 to 9 p.m.
Voter registration will be available at the event.
For more information, contact Lois Cecil at loiscecil@hawaii.rr.com or (808) 969-9408. A Kohala Senior Citizens Club forum will be held at 9 a.m. Sept. 13 at the Senior Citizens Center in the old Kohala Courthouse.
Candidates from races affecting North Kohala have been invited, including the U.S. House, mayor, state Legislature, county council and Big Island candidates for the state Board of Education.
One of four buoys that are essential in tracking weather conditions has been repaired by the Coast Guard and National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration.
The buoy, known as "surf buoy," is about 200 miles northwest of Kaua'i. The Coast Guard said the buoy was not transmitting information properly.
Surf buoy is one of four buoys throughout Hawaiian waters that record information, such as wave and sea heights, air and sea temperatures, barometric pressure and wind speed. The information is transmitted to the Stennis Space Center in Mississippi and is used for public marine information and early hurricane warnings.
The Honolulu-based Coast Guard cutter Kukui assisted with the buoy repairs.
Foodland Super Market's annual Give Aloha matching donation campaign will take place this month, with as much as $500,000 being used as matching funds and donated to charity.
The statewide program collects donations of up to $249 from individual shoppers at any Foodland or Sack N Save checkout and Foodland and Western Union Foundation will make a matching donation.
Donations are tax-deductible, and the amount donated will appear on the receipt.
Since the program was started in 1999 in honor of Foodland founder Maurice J. "Sully" Sullivan, nearly $4.8 million has been raised for charity.
The third in a series of 30 Board of Education community town hall meetings will be held Wednesday at Honowai Elementary School in Waipahu. The school is at 94-600 Honowai St. The two-hour meeting begins at 6:30 p.m.
The meeting will include an overview on what the Department of Education and BOE are doing to implement education reform provisions of the Reinventing Education Act and discussion of community-generated issues.
The town hall meetings began Aug. 26.
Body found on Hilo Bay beach
Planning begun for Kaua'i park
Maui teacher an 'Unsung Hero'
Political forums on Big Island
NOAA repairs weather buoy
Foodland charity month begins
BOE community meeting set
