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The Honolulu Advertiser
Posted on: Wednesday, August 1, 2007

HAWAII BRIEFS
Ordnance probe delayed a day

Advertiser Staff

An investigation into ordnance found at the Moloka'i landfill has been delayed a day because of the amount of equipment to be transported by the military team responding, a news release said.

The O'ahu team is expected to arrive on Moloka'i today, according to a Maui County news release.

Workers of Schnitzer Steel Hawaii, which handles recycling for the dump, found more than 100 items of what appeared to be explosive ordnance. The items were found Monday near the recycling area.

The landfill will remain closed until further notice. Maui Police Department officials are securing the location.



DOMESTIC ABUSE SUSPECT GIVES UP

A man wanted for investigation of domestic abuse surrendered to police shortly after noon yesterday, ending a two-hour barricade situation in Aliamanu.

No injuries were reported but the incident forced the closure of Salt Lake Boulevard between Likini and Wanaka streets to traffic from 10:10 a.m. to 12:15 p.m.

The man, 27, was barricaded in a residence on the 3400 block of Salt Lake Boulevard.

Police were looking for the man on abuse-of-a-household-member complaints filed Thursday and again Monday. Police tracked the man to the Salt Lake Boulevard residence yesterday.

After surrendering, the man was arrested on suspicion of two counts each of abuse of a household member and second-degree terroristic threatening.



HANAUMA VICTIM TOP JAPAN LAWYER

The 71-year-old Tokyo woman who died Sunday at Straub Clinic & Hospital after being brought to shore by lifeguards at Hanauma Bay was among Japan's top feminist labor lawyers, Consul General Makoto Hinei of the Honolulu Japanese Consulate said yesterday.

Michiko Nakajima had led a group of lawyers who support working women and specialize in labor law. She also served as chairwoman of a women's rights committee, Hinei said.

Lifeguards performed CPR on Nakajima, who had been snorkeling at Hanauma Bay, officials said. Police classified the case as an unattended death pending an autopsy.



LAID-OFF WORKERS CAN GET U.S. AID

Workers laid off from Maui Pineapple Co.'s Kahului cannery are eligible for federal assistance, U.S. Sen. Daniel Inouye announced yesterday.

The workers are eligible for the U.S. Department of Labor's worker adjustment assistance and alternative trade adjustment assistance programs.

The certification came after the department determined that in recent years Maui Pineapple's major customers were buying less of the company's canned pineapple while purchasing more imported pineapples that were less expensive, Inouye said in a written statement.

The department launched its investigation when Local 142 of the International Longshore and Warehouse Union filed a petition on behalf of the cannery workers.



BYSTANDERS FOIL HALE'IWA BURGLARY

Bystanders foiled a burglary of a Hale'iwa home yesterday by reporting suspicious behavior to police.

Officers arrived at the home at 5:10 p.m. just as a boy was leaving the property, police said.

The boy was carrying articles of clothing under his shirt, later identified as belonging to a 35-year-old man who lives at the home.

The boy was arrested as a juvenile for investigation of first-degree burglary.



AQUARIUM NEEDS VOLUNTEER DOCENTS

The Waikiki Aquarium is looking for volunteer docents who can commit to one three-hour shift per week for a minimum of eight months, from October to May.

Docents take class tours through the aquarium and stress conservation and marine life protection with kids.

The next docent training class starts Sept. 4 and lasts four weeks. Sessions are held Tuesday and Thursday evenings and Saturday mornings at the aquarium.

Volunteer shifts are available on Tuesdays, Thursdays and Fridays, from 8:45 to 11:45 a.m. Volunteers must be at least 18 years old. For more information, call 440-9020.



TORCH LIGHTING RETURNS TO BEACH

Starting today, the daily Kuhio Beach Torch Lighting and Hula Show will return to the hula mound at the beach.

In May, the free show moved to Kapi'olani Park's bandstand during renovations to its site.

The project, which cost the city $120,000, was originally scheduled to be completed by the end of August.

The project included replacing the natural turf, which was difficult to maintain, with artificial turf and installing a wear-resistant surface on the hula mound and a concrete pad at the back of the stage area.

Show time remains from 6:30 to 7:30 p.m. daily. Torches are lit along Kalakaua Avenue nightly.



HELP SOUGHT IN FINDING MAN, 40

The Kaua'i Police Department is asking for the public's help in finding a missing man.

According to police, Eugene Smit, 40, from Washington state, last made contact with his family in April. Family members are hoping that he will contact them at 509-588-8052 or 509-547-5457.

Anyone with information about Smit may call Kaua'i police dispatch at 808-241-1711, the department's Investigative Services Bureau at 808-241-1696 or CrimeStoppers at 808-241-1887.