Posted on: Thursday, February 10, 2005
HAWAI'I BRIEFS
Man gets life in Kahuku slaying
Advertiser Staff
A 54-year-old man was sentenced to a life term with parole yesterday for killing his friend and running a marijuana growing operation in a barn in the hills above Kahuku.
Colonel Robert Taylor was found guilty by a Circuit Court jury in October of fatally shooting his friend Jesus Camacho in the chest July 8, 2003. Camacho was shot at the barn where there were more than 3,000 marijuana plants.
Circuit Judge Michael Wilson sentenced Taylor to the life term for the slaying, and four terms of 10 and 20 years for firearm violations and running the marijuana operation. The sentences will run concurrently.
The Hawai'i Paroling Authority later will set the minimum term Taylor must serve before he is eligible for parole.
Free screenings of a new film about Hawaiian fishing and marine conservation will begin at 7 p.m. today in Classroom 2, University of Hawai'i School of Law.
The film, "Kau La'au and Ma'ama'a: Traditional Hawaiian Ulua Fishing," also will be shown at 7 p.m. tomorrow at the Wai'anae District Park Multipurpose Building; and at 7 p.m. Saturday in Room 105, Hale 'Akoakoa, Windward Community College.
A discussion about fishing and conservation will follow each screening.
The showings are supported by UH Student Equity, Excellence and Diversity.
A group called Youth Speaks Hawai'i is offering free slam-poetry workshops for teenagers at 4 p.m. Mondays and Thursdays at the ARTS at Mark's Garage, 1159 Nu'uanu Ave.
The workshops will build up to the Slam Poetry Tournament in March, which will select four teens to represent the state at the 2005 National Youth Poetry Slam in San Francisco this April.
The workshops are sponsored by the Hawai'i Peoples Fund, HawaiiSlam and The ARTS at Marks Garage.
The workshops will be run by members of the HawaiiSlam team including TravisT, Melvin, Kealoha, and Selah, and will be based on written and spoken word, fusing hip-hop, narrative, poetry, fiction and theater.
For more information, call 387-9664, write to info@YouthSpeaksHawaii.org or see www.YouthSpeaksHawaii.org.
The Windward Arts Council is seeking nominees for its Annual Teen Arts Achievement Awards in six categories. They are instrumental and vocal music, theatre, dance, creative writing, visual arts and Hawaiian music, dance and chant. Each award includes a $300 cash prize.
Nominees must be in high school, live in Windward O'ahu, and be nominated by his or her arts discipline teacher.
Award recipients will be presented in a public concert and exhibition April 24 at the Pohai Nani Retirement community.
Awards are made possible by the Harold K.L. Castle Foundation, Persis Corp., the Irmgard Aluli Fund of the Arts Council and others.
Application deadline is March 1. For information or to obtain an application, call Anne McKay at 254-1147 or e-mail her at annemckay@worldnet.att.net.
Kailua Public Library will present "Valentino for Valentine's Day," a classic film program featuring Rudolph Valentino, at 6:30 p.m. Tuesday at the Reading Tree in the library.
Seventy-nine years after his death, Valentino, a legendary screen idol of the Roaring Twenties, still conjures up images of a handsome desert sheik, riding a white horse across the sands in search of the woman of his desire.
Hosted by Steven Fredrick, a film historian and collector of rare movies, this 45-minute program is suitable for ages 12 and up. The library is at 239 Ku'ulei Road. Call 266-9911.
Kahuku Public & School Library will host a "Whales After School" program and weekly keiki story time for children.
"Whales After School" is a free interactive program for children in grades 3 to 6 and will be conducted by staff from the Hawaiian Islands Humpback Whale National Marine Sanctuary at 2:30 p.m. Tuesday at the library.
Children will receive informational materials and take home craft. Registration is required. Call the library at 293-8935 to register.
"Keiki Storytime @ Your Library" takes place every Wednesday at 10 a.m. in the library's conference room and runs through May 25. The free story time is for children ages 3 to 6 and their caregivers. To request a sign-language interpreter for either event, call the library five to seven days before the program.
The library is on the Kahuku High and Intermediate School campus, 56i490 Kamehameha Highway. Call 293-8935.
A 17-year-old Lahaina boy was critically injured in a traffic accident Tuesday evening.
Maui police traffic investigators said Chistopher Boskoff ran a red light at 6:08 p.m. while riding a moped south on Honoapi'ilani Highway at the Leiali'i Parkway intersection and ran into the passenger side of a Ford F-150 truck whose driver was making a left turn in front of the moped. The truck's driver was making the turn on a green arrow and had the right of way at the time of the crash, police said.
The truck driver, a 48-year-old Lahaina man, and his two passengers were not injured. Boskoff was taken to Maui Memorial Medical Center.
The state Department of Land and Natural Resources is planning to demolish the restrooms serving the Lahaina Small Boat Harbor and replace it with an expanded facility.
Built in 1983, the 375-square-foot comfort station has four men's stalls and two women's stalls, and is not compliant with federal Americans with Disabilities Act requirements for public facilities, according to the DLNR.
Since then, ocean recreation activities at the harbor have grown and Lahaina has become a popular port for cruise ships, placing greater public demand on the restrooms.
The new comfort station will be ADA-compliant and contain 1,200 square feet of space with six men's stalls and a dozen for women. Other improvements include a janitor's closet, landscaping and two handicapped-parking stalls along Wharf Street.
Hawaiian fishing film being shown
Workshops will teach art of slam
Teen arts awards nominees wanted
Library focuses on 'The Sheik'
A whale of a time at library for kids
Teen injured in traffic accident
Harbor toilets to be replaced
