Town to honor baseball champs
Advertiser Staff
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The World Champion West O'ahu Little League baseball players and their managers will be given a parade and celebration at 3 p.m. Sept. 24 in their hometown of 'Ewa Beach.
The parade will make its way down Fort Weaver Road, starting at the Child and Family Service and end at Hale Pono Ewa Beach Clubhouse.
After the parade there will be a family-style party at the Boys & Girls Club. The public is invited.
O'AHU
OFFICER INDICTED ON DRUG CHARGE
A Honolulu police officer arrested last month in a sting operation for allegedly providing protection for a 2-pound crystal methamphetamine deal was indicted on a drug charge by a federal grand jury yesterday.
James Corn Jr. was indicted on a charge of distributing ice.
Corn, who is on leave without pay, was arrested Aug. 25 after he allegedly accepted $1,000 to provide protection for the deal set up by undercover officers.
EAST HONOLULU
NONPROFIT PLANS SENSORY GARDEN
The ARC in Hawai'i and Home Depot stores will spend the weekend weeding, planting and landscaping the Diamond Head facility building a sensory garden. ARC is a nonprofit that ensures all individuals with mental retardation and related developmental disabilities have choices about where they live, learn, work and play. Sensory gardens are interactive landscapes designed to stimulate all five senses.
KALIHI
FARRINGTON STARTS RECYCLING PROJECT
Farrington High School is kicking off its Dollars for Scholars recycling program tomorrow to raise money to support the school's scholarship program and student organizations.
The public is invited to deposit empty beverage cans and plastic bottles into recycling bins on the 'ewa end of the Farrington campus at 1564 N. King St. The bins will be available daily from 6 a.m. to 6 p.m.
The kickoff event will begin at 9:30 a.m. Call Mary Ann Bachlott at 538-3785, ext. 251.
HONOLULU
PIECE OF SEPT. 11 IN HCC DISPLAY
Honolulu Community College will unveil a permanent display of a piece of the World Trade Center in a Sept. 11 memorial program from 9:30 a.m. to 10:30 a.m. today.
The World Trade Center display will be placed next to a display of a piece of the Berlin Wall. The program will include speeches by University of Hawai'i interim President David McClain and Lt. Gov. James "Duke" Aiona, a performance by the Royal Hawaiian Band and a fly-over by the Pacific Aerospace Training Center.
KAILUA
CORROSION FORCES BRIDGE TO CLOSE
Rusting support brackets on a pedestrian bridge at Kailua Beach Park have caused the city to close the mauka walkway and create a temporary crossing in the bicycle lane.
Metal brackets, which cantilever from the bridge and support the wooden planks of the pathway, are corroded and need to be replaced, said Larry Leopardi, chief of road division in the Facility Maintenance Department. The bridge itself is sound, Leopardi said.
Although signs had been erected warning against using the walkway, people continued to cross there.
Last week the city removed the wooden planks and created an asphalt transition path from the side of the road to the bike lane for pedestrians, Leopardi said.
The city must request money for the repairs, he said.
MAKAHA
BROKEN MAIN AFFECTS 150 HOMES
The Makaha-bound lane of Farrington Highway near Makaha Beach Park was closed yesterday afternoon while crews repaired a broken 8-inch-diameter water main.
About 150 households and other customers were temporarily without water. The Honolulu Board of Water Supply sent two water wagons to supply residents with water.
The break was on Farrington Highway between Kili Drive and Upena Street.
KAUA'I
GO ON PILGRIMAGE AT LAWA'I CENTER
The Lawa'i International Center will sponsor a pilgrimage through its 88 restored shrines from 2 to 4 p.m. Sunday at the site in Lawa'i Valley, to celebrate the restoration of the 101-year-old site.
Ray Nitta and Fred Zollinger have rebuilt the shrines, which replicate the 88 temples of Shikoku, Japan, the visiting of which is a traditional pilgrimage for the faithful. To reach the site from the Lihu'e side, cross the Lawa'i Bridge on Kaumu-ali'i Highway, immediately turn left on Wawae Road, drive through the gate and up the path. Balloons mark the way.
Visitors are urged to wear comfortable shoes, an umbrella and to carpool. For details, call 822-5942 or 639-4300. To learn more about the center, see www.lawaicenter.org.
MAUI
FOOD FESTIVAL HALTS OPERATION
"The 'Ulu-palakua Thing," a popular Maui food festival started in 1992 to promote local farm products, has ended its run.
Organizers announced this week that the spring event had "outgrown" its purpose of bringing together producers and buyers. "When we initiated this event 13 years ago, there were few places for local farmers to showcase their products, except a handful of small, family-owned stores," said Sumner Erdman of 'Ulupalakua Ranch, one of the festival sponsors. Now there are farmers markets and other agricultural events throughout the state, he said, and locally grown items are widely featured on restaurant menus.
"The 'Ulupalakua Thing" attracted a crowd of thousands annually and during the course of its history raised $125,000 for 4-H clubs, the Maui County Farm Bureau, and the agriculture and culinary arts programs at Maui Community College. Other sponsors were the Maui's Winery and the nonprofit Maui Agricultural Foundation.
DROWNING VICTIM WAS KAHULUI MAN
Maui police have identified a weekend drowning victim as Lance Patino, 40, of Kahului.
Patino was swimming Sunday at Ho'okipa Beach Park near Pa'ia when he died. His body was found at about 3:30 p.m. in the ocean 30 yards off the east end of the beach.
