HAWAI'I BRIEFS
Pipe break closes Ala Moana lanes
Advertiser Staff
Honolulu Board of Water Supply crews last night were repairing a broken 6-inch water pipeline by Ward Warehouse.
The right and middle westbound lanes of Ala Moana were closed between Kamake'e Street and Ward Avenue. The left lane was open.
The agency hoped to have repairs completed before today's morning rush hour, board spokeswoman Tracy Burgo said.
The break was reported at 10:34 a.m. yesterday. The pipe feeds a fire hydrant, and no customers were affected.
MANOA
UH GETS $100,000 FOR EGYPT STUDY
The University of Hawai'i-Manoa has received a $100,000 grant from the National Endowment for the Humanities to translate, edit and publish the writings of an Egyptian author who chronicled the life and thought of Christians in 4th- and 5th-century Egypt.
Associate religion professor Andrew Crislip will lead a team of scholars of Coptic language and literature to create a comprehensive edition of the works of Shenoute of Atripe, who headed a federation of Christian monasteries in Egypt.
The grant is among the largest awards this year from NEH.
STATE
HAWAIIAN HEALTH PROGRAM FUNDED
Papa Ola Lokahi and a network of Hawaiian health organizations have been awarded a $100,000 planning grant by the Office of Hawaiian Affairs to come up with strategies to improve the health of Native Hawaiians.
The one-year planning process is expected to lay the foundation for OHA to commit its resources to programs that improve the health status of Native Hawaiians.
Taking part will be the Native Hawaiian Board of Health, Papa Ola Lokahi, the five Native Hawaiian Health Care Systems and the Native Hawaiian Scholarship Program.
HAWAI'I 35TH IN IRAQ CASUALTIES
Hawai'i is far down the list in terms of the rate of residents from here who have been killed in the fighting in Iraq, according to a study released by The Associated Press.
Hawai'i was 35th on the list — tied with Washington, Maryland and South Carolina — each with five residents killed in Iraq per 500,000 residents.
At the top of the list was Vermont, with 14 fatalities per 500,000 residents.
At the bottom of the list was New Jersey, with a fatality rate of three per 500,000 residents.
MAUI
FISH DIDN'T EAT CLASS RING AFTER ALL
If you lose your class ring swimming in the Pacific Ocean, the odds of finding it aren't exactly high — especially more than 20 years later.
Apparently, suburban Philadelphia resident James Costantini has some kind of luck.
His parents recently presented him with his long-lost 1984 class ring from William Tenant High School. He had lost it swimming off the coast of Hawai'i while on vacation with his family when he was 18 — 23 years ago.
A California man found it a year later while snorkeling off Maui and kept it as a souvenir. The finder, Phil Winter, said the topaz ring sat in his wife's jewelry box until recently.
Winter decided that he should try to track down the owner and did so with the help of one of his daughter's teachers. The ring was returned in a box from a Maui jeweler, arriving at the Upper Southampton Township home of Costantini's parents on Saturday.
"I thought a fish ate it," said Costantini, now 41.
HONOLULU
KOREAN CULTURAL CELEBRATION SET
Korean cultural organizations will hold a traditional celebration of the first full moon in the new lunar year in the Ke'eaumoku Shopping District from 10 a.m. to 1 p.m. Saturday with Jishin Balpki 2007, a procession of about 30 drummers and dancers from four different cultural groups.
The procession will make its way to about 25 businesses and organizations in the district to celebrate the Year of the Boar.
The event is sponsored by the Korean American Foundation of Hawai'i and the United Korean Association of Hawai'i.
Participating organizations will be the Tu-Ool-Lim (the University of Hawai'i-Manoa Korean drumming group), BuhSumSae (the Brigham Young University-Hawai'i Korean drumming group), the Korean Traditional Dance Institute and the Hawai'i Korean Farmers Music Association.
O'AHU
2 WOMEN HIT BY DIFFERENT CARS
Two women were injured yesterday morning in separate incidents.
At 8:21 a.m., a 48-year-old woman was clipped by a car near the merge of H-1 and H-2 freeways, according to police and the city Emergency Services Department. She was taken to The Queen's Medical Center in serious condition.
The woman had pulled over to the side of the road and was outside of her car reaching into its trunk when she was hit.
At 8:49 a.m., a 61-year-old woman was hit while crossing Ward Avenue near Lunalilo. It is not clear if the woman was in a crosswalk. She was taken to Queen's in serious condition.
WAIPAHU
7-YEAR-OLD BITTEN IN FACE BY DOG
A 7-year-old Waipahu boy was taken to Hawaii Medical Center West yesterday after being bitten in the face by a dog.
Bryan Cheplic, spokesman for the city Emergency Services Department, said the boy was listed in stable condition.
The incident occurred on 'Anoiki Street near Kamiki Street about 2:25 p.m., Cheplic said.
WAIALUA
ROBOTICS TEAM GRANTED $5,000
Castle & Cooke Properties' Dole Plantation has donated $5,000 to help the Waialua High School robotics team attend the sixth annual FIRST — For Inspiration and Recognition of Science and Technology — competition in Trenton, N.J., in March.
Waialua High is trying to raise $45,000 to $65,000 to make the trip.
