Posted on: Friday, May 27, 2005
HAWAI'I BRIEFS
Brushfire heads toward dairy
Advertiser Staff
Firefighters battled another brushfire on the Leeward Coast yesterday, but there were no reports of property damage or injuries.
The fire broke out about 11:15 a.m. at the end of Pahe'ehe'e Road in Wai'anae. The fire jumped over the ridge from the east to the west and headed to ward Pacific Dairy on Wai'anae Valley Road, said Fire Department spokesman Capt. Kenison Tejada.
But Tejada said neither the dairy nor nearby homes was threatened by the fire.
About 40 firefighters were joined by two military helicopters in battling the blaze. By late yesterday afternoon, the fire had scorched about 50 acres, Tejada said. The cause of the blaze was under investigation.
The state is looking for volunteers tomorrow and again on June 4 to help maintain a two-acre forest area in Makiki Valley that has been replanted with native Hawaiian plants.
The Department of Land and Natural Resources has been working with the Hawai'i Nature Center on a project called the Makiki Watershed Awareness Initiative. The project includes interactive watershed displays and signs on the trail that cover the history of Makiki Valley and the watershed.
Aaron Lowe, DLNR trails and access specialist, said the volunteers are needed to make trail improvements, remove weeds and put in native plants along the trail.
The DLNR will provide water, gloves and tools. Volunteers should wear long pants and a long sleeve shirt, have good traction shoes or boots and bring insect repellent and a bag lunch.
Work crews will meet at the Makiki Forestry Baseyard at 9 a.m. Go up Makiki Street and take a left at the fork on to Makiki Heights Drive. Before the first hairpin turn, go straight into the Makiki Forest Recreation area.
For information, call 973-9782, or check www.hawaiitrails.org/trail.asp?TrailID=OA+19+004&island=Oahu.
HILO, Hawai'i — A nude sunbather at Kehena Beach in Puna earlier this month was shot by a BB gun, and Big Island police are warning residents and visitors to the area to be on guard.
Police were called to the isolated black sand beach at 1:30 p.m. on May 7 and learned a 44-year-old man was apparently shot by someone standing on the cliff above the beach. Police said the projectile from the BB gun or air rifle penetrated the man's skin, but caused only minor injuries.
Police said they have received other reports of people being shot at with a BB gun in the same area.
Anyone with information about the shooting is asked to call officer Scott Amaral at 966-5835, or the police non-emergency number at 935-3311.
The Waialua Public Library will be closed for renovations for three weeks beginning Tuesday, according to Hawai'i State Library System spokesperson Paul H. Mark. Mark said the library will reopen June 22, barring unforeseen delays.
The renovation of the North Shore library will include the installation of new carpet and book shelves, he said. The library, which opened Feb. 7, 1952, is in the Waialua Shopping Center and across from the Waialua Band Stand.
The 32nd annual King Kamehameha Hula Competition, O'ahu's longest-running international hula competition, will be conducted June 24 and 25 at Blaisdell Arena. It is a project of the State Council on Hawaiian Heritage.
Halau from O'ahu, as well as Los Angeles and Tokyo round out the field of entrants, with a total of 17 dance schools participating in 48 performances during the two-day competition.
The event will begin at 6 p.m. June 24 and run for about four hours. It will continue from 1 p.m. June 25. Awards will be presented at the close of Saturday's competition.
The Council's Award of distinction will be presented at the close of the final day's competition. This year's winner will be announced just prior to the hula awards and a presentation will be made by Mr. and Mrs. David Baum of California, sponsors of this award.
Tickets will go on sale at the Blaisdell box office beginning June 20. They will range from $8.50 to $20 per person per day. For further information call 536-6540.
Teachers will have an opportunity to learn about Hawaiian fishponds and how to instruct students about the subject at workshops planned for June 14 and 18 on O'ahu and Kaua'i.
"Kahea Loko: The Call of the Pond" is an instructional guide for fourth- to 12th-grade teachers. The workshops will give teachers hands-on training at fishponds.
A $20 fee covers lunch and all material. Interested teachers should call Bob Kahihikolo at the Pacific American Foundation, 533-2836.
WAILUKU, Maui — Maui County has scheduled an "Appliance Recycling Day" from 8 a.m. to 3 p.m. Saturday at the War Memorial Stadium parking lot. Stoves, refrigerators, freezers, dishwashers, air conditioners, washers/dryers and water heaters will be accepted at no charge.
For more information, call the Solid Waste Division at (808) 270-7875. Businesses with more than two appliances needing recycling are asked to contact environmental coordinator Rob Parsons at (808) 270-7960.
To volunteer at the recycling event, call (808) 270-7855.
With a new control panel installed, the fire-alarm system in Hamilton Library at the University of Hawai'i-Manoa is once again operational after a series of deliberately set fires in early April led to temporary security measures.
Aerosol horns were installed and extra security guards assigned to the library after a series of small, deliberately set fires damaged books, newspapers and furniture in the newly repaired library in early April. The horns will be removed in the next few days.
With the fire-alarm system back in operation, administrators are also looking at reducing the number of extra security officers, said UH spokesman Jim Manke.
Makiki forest volunteers sought
Puna sunbather shot with BB gun
Library to close for renovation
Hula competition at Blaisdell Arena
Workshops set on fishponds
County to help with recycling
Hamilton Library fire alarm ready
