HAWAI'I BRIEFS
Man charged in assault of girl, 4
Advertiser Staff
A 42-year-old Kaka'ako man was charged yesterday with assaulting a 4-year-old girl after she showed up at her school with injuries to her arm and hand Monday.
Jackie T. Torres was charged with one count of second-degree assault and abuse of a household member. His bail was set at $40,000.
Torres is accused of burning the girl's hand on a stove and striking her with a belt as a form of punishment. Police were notified by officials at the girl's school after they noticed she had a large blister on one hand and a welt on her arm.
Police said Torres is the legal guardian of the girl and her younger sister. Both girls have been placed in foster care, police said.
Torres is scheduled to appear at a preliminary hearing Monday.
HONOLULU
ART EVENT WILL FOCUS ON BEASTS
The Honolulu Academy of Arts Free Sunday program resumes Oct. 16 with "Where the Wild Things Are" — a look at artwork incorporating dragons, demons and mythical beasts.
The Free Sunday program, sponsored by Bank of Hawaii with support from The Honolulu Advertiser, is held on the third Sunday of every month from 11 a.m. to 5 p.m. Entertainment, art projects, gallery tours and other activities will be held between 11 a.m. and 4 p.m. Academy docents will give guided mini-tours and share stories, legends and puppets.
Call the academy at 532-8700.
HPU IS LOOKING FOR ISLAND POETS
Hawai'i Pacific University seeks entries for the James M. Vaughan Poetry Award, which recognizes a Hawai'i writer for an outstanding poem or group of poems.
The winner will receive a $500 award and have his or her work featured in Hawai'i Pacific Review, the annual literary magazine published by HPU.
Send three poems with a 100-line limit each, with name, address, phone number, e-mail, names of poems on a cover page, and a five-line biography to James M. Vaughan Award for Poetry, 1060 Bishop St., Suite 402, Honolulu, HI 96813. Submissions must be postmarked by Dec. 15.
KANE'OHE
GUARDIAN ANGELS CHIEF WILL SPEAK
Ricardo Garcia, director for the Guardian Angels Hawai'i Chapter, will discuss what the organization has to offer to help deter crime in a neighborhood at a dinner meeting from 6:15 to 8 p.m. Oct. 13 at Flamingo Restaurant in the Windward City Shopping Center, 45-480 Kane'ohe Bay Drive.
The public is welcome. The no-host dinner is optional. For more information, call Janis Lindley at 247-6796.
KAIMUKI
AIONA TO HELP IN HEADMASTER HUNT
Lt. Gov. James "Duke" Aiona will be part of a committee launching a yearlong search for a new headmaster for his alma mater, Saint Louis School. The Rev. Allen DeLong retired June 30 when his term ended, but will remain with the school through the search period, the school said.
Along with Aiona, who graduated from the 160-year-old school in 1973, the search committee includes Walter Dods, Herman Aizawa, Joan Bickson, the Rev. Tim Eden, P. Gregory Frey, Gregory Gomes, Dr. Reginald C.S. Ho, the Rev. Tim Kenney, Raymond J. Tam, Dr. Lawrence K.W. Tseu and Kent K. Tsukamoto.
The committee is chaired by Ernest H. Fukuda, Saint Louis Education Foundation chairman and vice chairman of the school's board of trustees.
MANOA
UH WINS GRANT TO HELP REMOTE ISLES
The U.S. Department of the Interior's Office of Insular Affairs awarded $250,000 to the University of Hawai'i's Pacific Business Center Program to improve the level of private-sector-led economic development in U.S. island areas such as American Samoa, the Northern Marianas and others.
The program will develop and manage market research, outreach and business development activities over the next year. The activities are aimed at increasing the number of private-sector partners for U.S. island area-based economic development projects.
WAIPAHU
MINISTRY WILL HOLD CELEBRATION
Lighthouse Outreach Center is hosting a celebration of its Waipahu-based ministry at Waipahu High School football stadium on Sunday, Oct. 16, from 5 to 9 p.m. The celebration will include a special Sunday service and features free food, soft drinks, children's activities and game booths.
The Rev. Joe Hunkin is pastor of the Lighthouse Outreach Center at 94-230 Leokane St., which has been in Waipahu for more than seven years.
For information about the event, call Headrick Hunkin at 542-1001 or see www.light houseoutreachcenter.org.
'EWA BEACH
BIG BROTHERS, SISTERS GET GRANT
Big Brothers Big Sisters of Honolulu recently received $10,000 from the Hawaiian Electric Industries Charitable Foundation, charitable arm of the Hawaiian Electric Co. The grant will be used to support and expand Big Brothers Big Sisters' site-based program in the 'Ewa Beach area.
Big Brothers Big Sisters of Honolulu is a preventive, non-profit organization focused on helping children grow into responsible adults by matching them one-to-one with volunteer mentors. Since 1963, thousands of "Big Brothers" and "Big Sisters" have created a positive, lasting impact on Hawai'i's children by sharing their friendship and offering guidance and support. For more information about volunteering, call 521-3811, ext. 228, or see www.bigsho nolulu.org.
MAUI
PARADE TODAY WILL OPEN COUNTY FAIR
WAILUKU — The 83rd Maui County Fair opens today with a parade starting at 4:30 p.m.
It is the largest annual event in the county, attracting nearly 100,000 people during its four-day run.
The parade route starts at Maui Community College and runs along Ka'ahumanu Avenue to Kanaloa Avenue, ending at the War Memorial Complex fairgrounds.
The parade, expected to last at least two hours, includes high school marching bands, floats and vehicle entries from business and nonprofits, and dozens of youth groups.
Hours are 5 to 11 p.m. today, 5 p.m. to midnight tomorrow, 10 a.m. to midnight Saturday, and 10 a.m. to 11 p.m. Sunday.
