Posted on: Friday, May 13, 2005
Mail carriers in food drive
Advertiser Staff
Mail carriers in Hawai'i will collect nonperishable food items tomorrow as part of the U.S. Postal Service's annual effort to "Stamp Out Hunger."
Hawai'i residents can place food items in or next to their mailboxes for pickup. Postal employees and their families will sort the food and deliver it to their nearest community food banks.
Items in greatest demand are canned items, including meats, pasta, soups, pork and beans and fruits and vegetables. Packaged dry beans, pasta, rice and cereal are also sought.
Last year, Hawai'i's mail carriers collected and delivered more than 336,000 pounds of food to community food banks statewide. The Pearl City Post Office led the way, collecting more than 32,000 pounds.
Honolulu Mayor Mufi Hannemann plans to travel to Washington, D.C., Sunday for a meeting of the U.S. Department of Labor Advisory Council on Apprenticeship and to New York City for the sale of city municipal bonds.
Hannemann was appointed to the federal panel recently by Labor Secretary Elaine Chao. He said the panel, which is paying for the trip, can help the city with job training to develop a more skilled workforce.
In New York, Hannemann will take part in the first Honolulu bond sale since he took office.
City Budget Director Mary Pat Waterhouse will serve as acting mayor Sunday and Monday because managing director Jeff Coelho will be out of town. Coelho becomes acting mayor May 17-20.
A 29-year-old man was charged with auto theft after he crashed a stolen car with a 17-year-old female passenger early Wednesday.
Kurt Morreira was being held last night in lieu of $30,000 bail.
At about 2 a.m. Wednesday, a patrol officer spotted a speeding car heading west on H-1 Freeway. After a check revealed that the car had been stolen, the officer attempted to pull over the car.
But police said the car took the Kapi'olani Boulevard off-ramp and struck another car. The driver, identified by police as Morreira, ran away.
The officer found the 17-year-old girl in the front seat of the stolen vehicle and police recovered an "ice" pipe in the car. The minor was arrested on suspicion of promoting a dangerous drug and possession of drug paraphernalia.
Other responding officers found Morreira nearby and arrested him without incident.
LIHU'E, Kaua'i — Nine people were injured in a two-car crash near the Hanapepe salt ponds Wednesday after the 71-year-old driver of a Dodge Caravan apparently suffered a stroke.
Lt. Mark Scribner of the Kaua'i Police Department said William McDade of San Diego was driving the van with seven passengers on Lokokai Road when the car crossed the center of the road at low speed and hit a Ford Expedition.
McDade and his wife, Carol, were being treated at Kaua'i Veterans Memorial Hospital. The other passengers and the driver of the Ford were treated and released.
Relatives of three Pennsylvania residents killed in a tour helicopter crash in Hawai'i Volcanoes National Park in 2003 filed a federal lawsuit yesterday against the tour company and others.
The suit seeks an unspecified amount on behalf of Jody Laughman; her 13-year-old daughter, Nicole; and James A. Thomas, Jody Laughman's husband. The three were passengers on the helicopter that crashed June 15, 2003.
The suit is against K&S Helicopters Inc., which does business as Tropical Helicopters, and others, including the estate of the pilot, Russell L. Holliday, who also was killed.
Jefferson Elementary School will be holding a Krispy Kreme Donut fundraiser at 7 a.m. May 23.
Money raised will help pay for a new phone system for the school, which is across the street from the Honolulu Zoo on Kapahulu Avenue.
Drive-through service will be available and is being sponsored by the school's parent organization, the Friends of Jefferson Elementary School. Cost is $10 a dozen.
For more information call the school at 971-6922.
Kailua High School's Project Graduation 2006 committee is holding a benefit golf tournament July 18 at Mid-Pacific Country Club.
The format is a two-person team scramble, best ball. Maximum handicaps are 24 for men and 36 for women. Check-in begins at 11 a.m. and there will be a shotgun start at noon.
The entry fee is $150 per person, and includes a bento lunch and banquet dinner. The registration deadline is May 31. For information, call David or Gale Nishida at 261-1286.
May is Celebrating Older Americans Month. Kupuna Connections, the weekly television show that airs issues of interest to elders, is marking the month with a free Senior Citizen Seminar for elders and their families. It will be from 10 a.m. to 3 p.m. May 21 at the Ala Moana Hotel, Plumeria Room. Among the featured speakers will be:
• Percy Ihara, reverse mortgage specialist and certified senior adviser, on reverse mortgages. • Ann Deschene of the Better Business Bureau, on scams and frauds against seniors. • Pam Cunningham of SAGE Plus. • David Arakaki, certified senior adviser, on long-term- care insurance. Call 368-6747 for reservations by May 17.
KAHULUI, Maui — Akaku: Maui Community Television will hold a community meeting from 6 to 8 p.m. Tuesday to discuss plans for the nonprofit organization. Akaku provides community access TV in Maui County and Department of Education and Maui Community College programming.
The meeting will take place at Akaku's studio at 333 Dairy Road, Suite 104, in Kahului.
Hannemann away on business
Car theft charged after chase, crash
Nine injured in crash near salt ponds
Crash victims' relatives file suit
School plans doughnut sale
Golf tournament to benefit class
Free seminar for elders, families
Community TV to be discussed
