Posted on: Friday, March 25, 2005
HAWAI'I BRIEFS
Escape suspect faces new charges
Advertiser Staff
HILO, Hawai'i — Big Island police have charged a 23-year-old man with 11 separate offenses stemming from a shooting last month in Waimea.
Kalani Kaohimaunu was charged with first-degree attempted murder, three counts of second-degree attempted murder, three counts of terroristic threatening, three counts of use of a firearm in commission of a felony and one count of felony possession of a firearm, police said.
Kaohimaunu also faces an escape charge for allegedly fleeing from corrections officers on Oct. 27 as he was being transported to South Kohala District Court on arrest warrants for contempt of court and failure to appear.
The attempted murder and other charges stem from a Feb. 5 incident at a Waimea home. Police said Kaohimaunu allegedly brandished what appeared to be a .22-caliber rifle and confronted three men looking for his brother. As the three victims fled the area in their vehicle, Kaohimaunu fired four to eight rounds at them, with rounds striking the rear bumper and right rear passenger door, police said.
Kaohimaunu was arrested Sunday near Pohoiki in Puna. He was being held yesterday in Kona police cellblock in lieu of a total bail of $288,000.
Students in Kapolei Elementary School's Dream Quest program and Library Club have raised more than $1,000 to donate to the American Red Cross to make a difference in the lives of tsunami survivors.
State lawmakers will host a Pearl City-'Aiea community meeting on Wednesday to discuss early education.
Invited guests include the Department of Education, the Good Beginnings Alliance and the Hawai'i Association for the Education of Young Children.
The meeting will be held from 7 to 8:30 p.m. at the Pearl Ridge Elementary School cafeteria.
Seven public school principals will be honored tomorrow as nominees for the Masayuki Tokioka Excellence in School Leadership Award, sponsored by Island Insurance Foundation.
They are: Lisa DeLong, Kahuku High and Intermediate School; Randall Miura, Leihoku Elementary School; Bruce Naguwa, Kipapa Elementary School; Fred Rose, Kilauea School, Kaua'i; Alvin Shima, Kihei Elementary School, Maui; Christina Small, Liholiho Elementary School; and Nancy Soderberg, Konawaena Middle School, Big Island. Each of the nominees will receive $500 and a commemorative plaque.
Three semifinalists will be named in May, with the winner of the award receiving $25,000 and the other finalists receiving $2,000 each.
Tokioka is the late founder of Island Insurance Co. Ltd.
Bruce Pfirrmann, an eighth-grader at Our Savior Lutheran School in Honolulu, has won the state championship in the third annual Reader's Digest National Word Power Challenge.
The state champions and their teacher-escorts will travel to Walt Disney World Resort in Orlando, Fla., April 17- 19 to compete for $50,000 in college scholarships.
The Lani-Kailua Outdoor Circle will dedicate two large 'ohai (monkeypod) trees in memory of long-time member Muriel Flanders at 10:15 a.m. April 7 at Lanikai Elementary School.
Flanders was a member of the group for 50 years and supported tree planting and maintenance programs throughout O'ahu, said Margaret Brezel of the Lani-Kailua Outdoor Circle. Flanders died in January 2003.
Her favorite tree was the 'ohai, and two 30-foot specimens will be planted in her honor. The event is sponsored in part by Kaulunani, a state Urban Forestry Program, and the U.S. Forest Service.
The event will include a performance by Lanikai schoolchildren and refreshments. The public is invited.
For more information call 263-4040.
The 67-member Leilehua High School Symphonic Band, under the direction of Keith Fukumoto, placed second in Division 4-A of the All-American Music Festivals in Orlando, Fla., while Morris Anderson, an oboe player, took top solo honors.
The competition was held at the Hard Rock Cafe live stage at Universal Studios. Award presentations were Sunday.
Kapolei students raise tsunami aid
Early education topic of meeting
Principals vie for leadership award
8th-grade student wins competition
Outdoor Circle to dedicate trees
Leilehua band wins honors
