Posted on: Sunday, September 5, 2004
HAWAI'I BRIEFS
Ma'ili blaze displaces family
Advertiser staff and news services
Firefighters battled a fire late yesterday at a home in Ma'ili that displaced a family of four, said fire Capt. Emmit Kane.
No one was home at the time of the blaze, and no one was injured.
Red Cross workers were called to help find lodging for two adults and two children at 86-550 Ma'ili'ili Road.
Smoke and flames were visible when firefighters responded to a 9:17 p.m. call, but they were able to bring the blaze under control within minutes.
About 20 firefighters worked to extinguish the blaze, which caused about $200,000 in damages, Kane said.
The gates to six O'ahu state parks will close one hour earlier starting Tuesday as the winter schedule goes into effect, according to the state Department of Land and Natural Resources Division of State Parks.
The new park hours will be 7 a.m. to 6:45 p.m.
The parks include: Keaiwa Heiau State Recreation Area; Malaekahana State Recreation Area; Pu'u 'Ualaka'a State Wayside; Sand Island State Recreation Area; Wa'ahila Ridge State Recreation Area; and Wahiawa Freshwater State Recreation Area.
The summer schedule for parks will resume in April.
For details, call 587-0300.
The governor's office has released $1 million to build a new marine research laboratory building at the University of Hawai'i's Hawai'i Institute of Marine Biology at Coconut Island.
The money is part of a $2 million capital improvement project appropriation made by the 2002 Legislature to build a new wet lab facility at Coconut Island.
The Plaza at Punchbowl will hold an open house from 10 a.m. to 4 p.m. Sept. 12 in conjunction with National Assisted Living Week Sept. 12i18.
Assisted living week celebrates the involvement of families, staff, volunteers and the community in the lives of more than 900,000 assisted living residents nationwide.
The open house will include a tour of The Plaza, an assisted living community at 918 Lunalilo St. Details: call 792-8800.
"Narcotics, Vice and the Pursuit of Security" will be the topic of discussion at the Hawai'i Council of Associations of Apartment Owners annual meeting at noon Thursday in the Hale Koa Hotel Banyan room.
Speakers include Detective Shannon Kawakami, police officer Paul Wood, Terry Pennington of Goodenow Associates and Deputy Prosecuting Attorney Douglas Chen, who will discuss how condominium owners and tenants can make their homes safe and secure from crime.
The lunch is $20. Call Nancy Tomcazk by Tuesday for reservations at 533-2528.
HILO, Hawai'i — A 33-year-old man apparently drowned yesterday in waters off Pohoiki Bay in Puna, Big Island police said.
The man was identified as Justin Brown of Leilani Estates, Officer Dayne Bolos said.
Surfers found Brown's body at about 9:30 a.m., about three hours after his surfboard was discovered, Bolos said.
LIHU'E, Kaua'i — Three Kapa'a Pop Warner Football Association teams have received new game uniforms to replace those destroyed in a fire four weeks ago.
The uniforms were donated by a Pop Warner Association in California, and they arrived in time for Saturday's Pop Warner Jamboree at Vidinha Stadium, the traditional opening of the Pop Warner season on Kaua'i. The players are ages 8 to 15.
The three teams lost everything from helmets to coaches whistles in a pre-dawn fire on Aug. 6. The loss was estimated at $34,500, and the equipment was not insured.
The fire, which was deliberately set, also destroyed a storage building owned by Kaua'i County and an adjoining lanai where the players did their homework before practice.
Since the fire, the Kapa'a Pop Warner Association has received $27,000 in cash donations. They also have received used equipment from a youth athletic association in West O'ahu.
Five public schools have received grants totaling more than $131,000 from Hawai'i 3R's for repairs and maintenance.
During the fall and winter breaks, volunteers will help the state tackle the repair and maintenance backlog at Lahaina Intermediate School, Lahainaluna High School, Maui High School, Mauka Lani Elementary and Pearl City Highlands Elementary.
The projects include interior and exterior painting, installation of a sprinkler system and sidewalks.
Parks change hours Tuesday
$1M goes toward Coconut Island
Take a tour of The Plaza
Crime, safety on meeting agenda
Big Island man drowns off Puna
Uniforms given to football teams
Schools receive repair money
