Posted on: Friday, February 18, 2005
HAWAI'I BRIEFS
Big Island man arrested after shots fired
Advertiser Staff
HILO, Hawai'i — Big Island police arrested a 25-year-old Hilo man suspected of firing shots at three state highway workers Wednesday.
The suspect was arrested at 10 p.m. Wednesday as he was walking along Hawai'i Belt Road, about three miles from the scene of the shooting earlier in the day. When officers confronted the man, he allegedly tried to pull a 9 mm semiautomatic handgun from his waistband, but police were able to subdue him.
In addition to the loaded gun, which had a laser sight, police said they also recovered a pipe used for smoking crystal methamphetamine.
The suspect was being held at the Kona police station.
The three highway workers were inspecting their base yard off the Hawai'i Belt Road in North Kona at about 9 a.m. when they encountered a man trying to remove a backhoe from the gated facility. When they chased him, he fired several shots at them, police said.
'Ewa schedules drug-free events
EWAlution will be hosting a "movie on the wall" at the Boys & Girls Club of Hawai'i clubhouse in 'Ewa Beach, 91-884 Fort Weaver Road. The club also will hold a sign-waving campaign Feb. 25 to cap drug-free awareness month in Hawai'i.
The sign-waving will begin at 5 p.m. along Fort Weaver Road between Papipi Road and the Boys & Girls clubhouse. There also will be a 6 p.m. drug-free walk for adults from the clubhouse to Hanakahi Street and back.
Parking is available at Pohakea Elementary School.
EWAlution also is accepting entries for its drug-free awareness poster contest from Feb. 22 to 25 between 8:30 a.m. and 4:30 p.m. at the Boys & Girls Club. The contest is open to youths 17 and under.
Separate workshops related to proposed hub-and-spoke bus service in Salt Lake and 'Aiea will be held Feb. 23 and 24 at Aliamanu Middle School cafeteria, 3271 Salt Lake Blvd., and 'Aiea High School cafeteria, 98-1276 Ulune St., respectively. Both are from 6:30 to 8 p.m.
Improved service to Foster Village and Moanalua communities will be part of the Salt Lake discussion, while service routes to the heights will be among the subjects at the 'Aiea workshop. Call 591-0988.
Show dedicated to Filipino center
A weekly hourlong show taking calls about the Filipino Community Center airs at 7 a.m. Mondays on KNDI, 1270 AM.
Geminiano "Toy" Arre, the center's president, will field call-in questions and will discuss the center's economic and educational activities. These include job fairs, nurse licensing classes, home ownership workshops, an expo for caregivers and forums on community drug problems and other public concerns.
Those with questions should call 946-2844, 7 to 8 a.m. Mondays.
Chaminade University plans a daylong fast next month to raise money for tsunami victims and to increase awareness of world hunger.
Students, faculty and staff have been invited by the Campus Ministry to participate in the eight-hour fast March 14 from 8 a.m. to 4 p.m. During their fast, participants will collect pledges from different sponsors. All money collected from pledges will be donated to Catholic Relief Services to help send direct relief aid to the affected regions.
The event will open and close with a prayer service and blessing in the Mystical Rose Oratory. Participants then will share an evening meal at 5 p.m. in the Silversword Cafe on campus.
The public is welcome to participate. Contact Brandon Alana at Chaminade University by e-mail: balana@chaminade.edu or by calling 735-4704. More information can be found on Chaminade's Web site. Pillow quilting workshop Feb. 22
Quilter Bonnie Naluai will conduct a "quillow" workshop at 6 p.m. Tuesday at Kahuku Public & School Library, teaching students how to make a quilt pillow. The two-hour free class, sponsored by the Friends of the Library Kahuku, is suitable for ages 12 to adult and limited to 10 participants.
Participants will receive a supply list and can bring their sewing machines to complete their quillow in class. Register at the circulation desk or call the library at 293-8935. The library is on the Kahuku High & Intermediate School campus, 56i490 Kamehameha Highway.
Bike exchange shop opening
The Kalihi Valley Instructional Bike Exchange, known as K-VIBE, will hold a grand opening at 10 a.m. Sunday at its warehouse at 1638 Kamehameha IV Road.
After a ceremonial bicycle tire tube cutting, the shop will be open and a fire truck will lead a community bike ride through Kalihi's streets and back where door prizes and a free bike will be given away.
"We want to see more Kalihi residents on two wheels," said Active Living Program Coordinator Gary Gill. "People of all ages can benefit from human-powered transportation."
The public may donate unwanted bikes to K-VIBE any Saturday from 10 a.m. to 2 p.m. at the warehouse.
K-VIBE is a program of Kokua Kalihi Valley Comprehensive Family Services, a nonprofit community health clinic on School Street. Call Gill at 227-9218.
Three utility poles knocked down
Three utility poles were down after a car crash about midnight Wednesday on Kane-'ohe Bay Drive in front of Windward City Shopping Center.
Verizon spokeswoman Ann Nishida couldn't say how many customers were affected by the accident. Both directions of Kane'ohe Bay Drive were closed until about 2 a.m. yesterday, and the Kailua-bound lanes remained closed during the repairs.
An 18-year-old man was driving on Kane'ohe Bay Drive toward Honolulu in a 1985 Toyota when he lost control of the car, crossed the grass median and hit a pole, breaking it in half, police said. The broken pole dragged two other poles down with it.
Police said that the man failed a field sobriety test and they found marijuana in the car. He was arrested on drunken-driving and drug charges.
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