HAWAI'I BRIEFS
Boy, 11, arrested after knife threat
Advertiser Staff
An 11-year-old boy was arrested yesterday after he allegedly threatened a woman with a knife in 'Ewa Beach.
Police said the boy is a resident of a home for troubled youths and became angry at a counselor. The boy pulled a knife and threatened the 35-year-old woman, police said.
The knife was taken away from him, but police said he then began to break windows at the home. Police were called and the boy was arrested on suspicion of first-degree terroristic threatening.
The boy was released without charges at 3:15 p.m. yesterday.
KAPAHULU
Camera leads to arrest of boy, 13
A 13-year-old boy was arrested yesterday in connection with an April 28 purse-snatching near Market City Shopping Center in Kapahulu.
Police said a 78-year-old woman was walking on Kihei Place when someone ran up to her and grabbed her purse. A bystander chased the suspect, who dropped the purse and fled.
The suspect was photographed by a surveillance camera and his picture was the subject of a CrimeStoppers bulletin. Based on a tip to CrimeStoppers, police were able to track down the boy and arrest him on suspicion of second-degree theft.
The boy was released yesterday afternoon pending further investigation.
BIG ISLAND
Council endorses county pay hikes
HILO, Hawai'i — The Hawai'i County Council yesterday signed off on pay raises for more than 1,100 county workers.
A resolution approved by the council authorizes Mayor Harry Kim's administration to pay salary increases of about 10 percent over two years to 369 employees, mostly members of the United Public Workers union, at a cost to the county of $1.4 million.
A second resolution authorized pay raises averaging 10 percent over two years to 755 members of the Hawai'i Government Employees Association and union-exempt employees. Those raises are expected to cost the county almost $3.4 million.
WAIPAHU
Taiko ensemble due at festival
Master drummer Kenny Endo and his taiko ensemble will perform June 18 at Hawai'i Plantation Village's Rhythm of the Islands festival in Waipahu.
The festival, sponsored by the 53rd Cherry Blossom Festival court, also will feature performances by the Honbushin International Drummers, St. Louis School Philippine Heritage Club on kulintang gongs and other cultural groups.
Deanna Espinas is chairperson of the event, which runs from 10 a.m. to 2 p.m. There is no admission charge, and food will be sold. Hawai'i Plantation Village is at 94-965 Waipahu St.
Call 228-6345 for more information.
O'AHU and MAUI
Illustrations on exhibit at hotels
Twenty original illustrations, including seven each by Norman Rockwell and Joseph Csatari, will be on display June 13-14 from 10 a.m. to 3 p.m. at the Kahala Mandarin Oriental Hotel and at the Maui Prince Hotel on June 17 as part of the 2005 Boys Scouts of America National Endowment Tour celebrating the 95th anniversary of Boy Scouts and 75th anniversary of Cub Scouting.
The Hawai'i stop is the final leg of the 10-city U.S. tour.
Rockwell's association with Boy Scouts began in the fall of 1912. Csatari often assisted Rockwell, and by 1976, when Rockwell retired, Boy Scouts asked Csatari to continue the Rockwell tradition.
The Hawai'i exhibits are free.
KAPOLEI
Rotary awards 67 scholarships
The Rotary Club of Kapolei awarded scholarships totaling $100,000 to 67 high school seniors living in Leeward O'ahu from money raised at the 2004 Taste of Kapolei event.
Scholarships, ranging from $1,000 to $3,500, were awarded to seniors at nine high schools: 25 from Campbell, 16 from Kapolei, 12 from Wai'anae, seven from Nanakuli, four from Waipahu and one each from Kamehameha, Lanakila Baptist and Iolani.
The Rotary Club of Kapolei also presented $30,000 to various educational programs.
This year's Taste of Kapolei will be held Sept. 24 at Ko Olina Resort & Marina. For information call 275-3010.
Students interested in applying for 2006 scholarships should contact their school counselors or send a letter of request to the Rotary Club of Kapolei, attention vocational chair, P.O. Box 700913, Kapolei HI 96709.
MILILANI
Security Watch fundraiser Aug. 2
The Mililani Town Association Neighborhood Security Watch Program will celebrate "National Night Out" Aug. 2 from 6 to 8:30 p.m. at Mililani Recreation Center No. 5, 95-1101 'Ainamakua Drive. There will be music, games and food that includes 400 meals donated by Outback Steakhouse to raise money for the program. For information, call Andrea Kunukau or Pat Hurley at 440-2633.
MO'ILI'ILI
Karate exhibition at cultural center
A new exhibition on the history of karate in Hawai'i will open at 11 a.m. June 25 at the Japanese Cultural Center of Hawai'i Community Gallery.
The exhibition, titled "Hawai'i Karate Roots: 105 Years of Karate in Hawai'i," will run through Aug. 19. Admission is free.
The displays comprise more than 100 historic photographs, as well as weapons, numerous rare books and artifacts. The exhibit, created by the Hawaii Karate Museum, shows how the martial art originated in China and came to Hawai'i with the first group of immigrants from Okinawa, where it had been practiced for hundreds of years.
Gallery hours are 10 a.m. to 4 p.m. Tuesday-Saturday. For information, call 945-7633 or e-mail info@jcch.com.
STATEWIDE
Childcare agency gets $25,000
PATCH, the state's only childcare resource and referral agency, has received a $25,000 grant from the Samuel N. & Mary Castle Foundation to support development of a new Early Childhood Training Center.
PATCH offers more than 100 different training classes to the early childhood workforce, including courses in child development, literacy, social and emotional development and more.
For more information about PATCH, visit www.PatchHawaii.org.
