Posted on: Tuesday, May 31, 2005
HAWAI'I BRIEFS
La'ie woman dies after truck crash
Advertiser Staff
Honolulu police said a 38-year-old La'ie woman died Sunday night from injuries she suffered when a Dodge pickup truck she was driving crashed near Punalu'u.
Investigators said the woman was speeding southbound on Kamehameha Highway when the truck hit a tile wall and a utility pole about 8:25 p.m. fronting Ching's Punalu'u Store.
Police said she died at Kahuku Hospital from internal injuries.
She was wearing a seat belt. The truck's side airbag deployed, but the front airbag did not, police said.
Investigators said it was the 34th O'ahu traffic fatality of the year, compared with 30 at this time last year.
A mid-afternoon brushfire in Lualualei yesterday kept six fire companies busy and burned about 3 acres of land.
The fire was reported about 12:26 p.m. on Hakimo Road, said Honolulu Fire Capt. Kenison Tejada.
Firefighters worked about two hours to put out the fire and crews continued mop-up work to make sure there were no hot spots left that could flare up overnight, he said.
No homes were in danger and one person was injured in the blaze, he said.
Design work on a new eight-classroom building at Mauka Lani Elementary School in Makakilo is about to begin as Gov. Linda Lingle yesterday released $577,000 for the project.
The new classroom building will replace some of the portable classrooms at the school and provide general classrooms, a computer resource center and a self-contained special education classroom.
Mauka Lani Elementary operates with 16 permanent and 13 portable classrooms. The school's enrollment of 586 students is expected to increase because of new housing development projects in the Makakilo area.
The total project will cost $5.1 million and is expected to be completed by late 2007.
The city has reopened the municipal parking lot at Kai'olu Street and Kuhio Avenue. Parking meters have been reinstalled and parking regulations are being enforced.
The lot was closed last year to serve as a storage area for materials and equipment used for the Kuhio Avenue beautification project.
The Intertribal Council of Hawaii will host its 13th annual Pow Wow from 10 a.m. to 6 p.m. Saturday and Sunday at Kapi'olani Park.
The free public event will feature Native American dancing, drumming, singing, food and arts and crafts.
Among the special guests at this year's event is the Salt River Pima-Maricopa Bushmasters, American Legion Post 114 from Arizona. These veterans will serve as a color guard and include gourd dancers and traditional dancers.
Each traditional dance has its own history and communicates its own story. Spectators will be invited to join the Pow Wow circle in a Friendship Dance.
For information on the event and on how to join the volunteer crew, call the Intertribal Council of Hawaii at 545-2119 or 371-7159.
The annual "Juneteenth" celebration, an African American observance of the emancipation of slaves 140 years ago, is set for 11 a.m. to 5 p.m. June 18 at Kapi'olani Park.
The free event will feature cultural displays, business exhibits, keiki activities, health booths, dancing and a musical program of R&B, gospel and blues performances.
Juneteenth — June 19, 1865 — is considered the date when the last slaves in America were freed. Although the rumors of freedom were widespread before that date, actual emancipation did not come until Gen. Gordon Granger rode into Galveston, Texas, and issued General Order No. 3, on June 19, almost 2› years after President Abraham Lincoln signed the Emancipation Proclamation.
Kailua High School's Project Graduation 2007 will have a HI 5˘ can and bottle fundraising drive Saturday from 9 a.m. to 3 p.m. in the school's parking lot.
Additional HI 5¢ drives are scheduled at the school June 25 and July 9. For information, e-mail kailua2007@hotmail.com or call 261-1361. Project Graduation is a post-commencement all-nighter in which graduating seniors can enjoy their last day together as a class in a safe, alcohol- and substance-free setting.
Hawai'i County's Department of Environmental Management will have collection days in Hilo and Kona as part of its biannual amnesty program to dispose of household hazardous waste.
The collections will take place from 7:30 a.m. to 2:30 p.m. Saturday at the Hilo Transfer Station and June 11 at the Kealakehe Transfer Station. Materials from businesses will not be accepted.
Acceptable items include automotive fluids, batteries, corrosives, mercury thermometers, oil-based paints and stains, solvents and thinners, garden supplies, poisons, miscellaneous household chemicals and motor oil. The sites will not accept explosives, biological, infectious, radioactive and shock-sensitive materials, latex paint and base, compressed gas cylinders, flares, fire extinguishers, detergents or nonhazardous items.
For information, call the county recycling coordinator at (808) 961-8942.
KIHEI, Maui — Hale Kau Kau, a nonprofit organization that provides meals to Maui's needy, was awarded the 2005 Mike Lyons Maui Community Award.
The $5,000 award is presented by Bank of Hawai'i in honor of the late Michael H. Lyons II, retired senior vice president and Maui district manager who was active in community affairs.
Hale Kau Kau has been operating since 1991 from the grounds of St. Theresa's Church in Kihei. Volunteers serve hot meals every day, and also feed the homebound elderly and disabled, and provide emergency food boxes to families in crisis.
Six units battle 3-acre brushfire
Work on school building to start
Parking lot open at Kai'olu-Kuhio
Special guests at free Pow Wow
Event to mark freeing of slaves
Graduates raise all-nighter funds
Hazardous waste to be collected
Hale Kau Kau awarded $5,000
