Roberts, 36, died Sept. 14 when she was struck by a boulder while attempting to remove rocks on the road in Haleakala's Kipahulu District.

Family and park staff members attended a private service at Hamoa Beach Park near Hana Saturday.

Roberts worked for at least seven years as a seasonal ranger at Rocky Mountain National Park before coming to Maui in April. Flags that were lowered to half staff in her memory at national parks across the country were returned to full staff yesterday.

Pa'ia fire jumps to cane field

PA'IA, Maui — Authorities yesterday were investigating the cause of a structure fire that jumped to a neighboring field Tuesday and destroyed 125 acres of sugar cane.

Baldwin Avenue, a main artery connecting Upcountry Maui to the island's North Shore, was closed for five hours as fire crews from as far away as Wailea battled the flames.

The 11 a.m. blaze started in the garage of a residential structure off Baldwin Avenue in the Skill Village neighborhood of Pa'ia. The 1,038-square-foot garage had $95,000 in damage, said Assistant Fire Chief Alan Cordeiro of the Maui Department of Fire Control.

The garage contained landscaping tools and other equipment belonging to Teens on Call, a youth program that was victimized by fire July 30, when a nearby house was destroyed.

Tuesday's cane fire was brought under control shortly after 5 p.m., Cordeiro said.

Sewage spills into dry streambed

About 5,400 gallons of raw sewage overflowed into a dry streambed in Wai'anae Valley yesterday, the city reported.

An accumulation of grease blocked a 12-inch-diameter sewer line, causing sewage to spill from a wastewater manhole near 85-1083 Kane'aki St., the city said.

City crews were called at 11:19 a.m. and cleared the blockage at 3:30 p.m.

The spill was confined to the dry bed of Kaupuni Stream, which was cleaned and disinfected by the crews. No surface waters were affected.

Chinese Home ceremony set

The public is invited to attend a 2 p.m. ceremony Saturday marking the completion of the first of four phases of the $20 million renovation and redevelopment of Palolo Chinese Home.

The first phase added a 15-bed intermediate care/skilled nursing facility to Lani Ward Booth Hall. It represents the Palolo Chinese Home's first entry into skilled nursing since 1910, at which time the facility was known as the Chinese Hospital.

Hawai'i Neighborhood Outreach to the Aged and a seven-day adult daycare center for 24 people continue to have headquarters in the Lani Ward Booth Hall building.

Kama'aina Kids signup Monday

Kama'aina Kids will begin registering students Monday for its new preschool at 'Alewa Heights.

The preschool accepts children ages 2 to 5. The school is at St. Mark's Coptic Orthodox Church at 1052 'Ilima Drive. Call 262-4538 or visit kamaainakids.com.

Artist exhibiting at culture center

The paintings of artist Harry Tsuchidana will be showcased in an exhibition to run tomorrow through Oct. 22 at the Japanese Cultural Center of Hawai'i.

The free opening reception for "Harry Tsuchidana: Gemini, Monkey, Kumamoto Ken" is set for 5-7:30 p.m., featuring a performance by jazz artist Sandy Tsukiyama de Oliveiras.

Tsuchidana trained at the Honolulu Academy of Arts and at the Corcoran School of Art in Washington, D.C., and moved to New York in 1956. Call 945-7633.

Lecture to cover Hawai'i growth

Local writer Paul "Doc" Berry will speak on "Challenges and the Limits of Growth" at the University of Hawai'i School of Social Work's fall forum today.

Berry, a book and film writer, will explore how global forces impact Hawai'i's people and environment. He is expected to address such issues as global warming and sea-level rise.

Berry will speak at 5 p.m. in the UH-Manoa Korean Studies Auditorium. The talk is free.

Cub Scouts clear marine debris

Cub Scouts Pack 197, from Aliamanu Military Reservation and Hickam AFB, collected more than 150 pound of marine debris at Kualoa Regional Park last week during the University of Hawai'i Sea Grant Extension Service's annual Get the Drift & Bag It campaign.

The Cubs camped at the beach park for their annual overnighter and took the opportunity to perform a public service by collecting trash and documenting their findings.

Kale Kaui tops in song contest

LIHU'E, Kaua'i — Songwriter Kale Kaui, 19, won the top judges' score and the Na Po'e People's Choice Award in the Kaua'i Mokihana Festival's annual composers contest and concert Monday night.

Kaui's composition "Lei Papahi Henoheno" topped the Hawaiian category and won the Gabriel I Hawaiian Language Award. His "Koke'e Ika La'i" won the youth category.

Joe Adric's "Where Are You" won the contemporary Hawaiian category and Sylvia Partridge's "Beautiful Child" won the open category. Richard Beach won the professional award with his song, "Pihea Lani."

The 20th annual Mokihana Festival continues through Saturday.

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