HAWAI'I BRIEFS
Boat parade to honor founder
Advertiser Staff
The 9th Annual Festival of Lights Boat Parade will take to the water from 6:30 p.m. to 8:30 p.m. Dec. 10 through the Hawai'i Kai Marina.
A special feature will be a boat decorated in honor of the parade's founder, Bill Aspengren, a former marina association president, who is ill.
The parade, sponsored by the Hawai'i Kai Marina Community Association, will start with entertainment by Maunalua at 4:30 p.m. followed by hula from Ka Hale I O Kahala Halau Hula at the Hawai'i Kai Towne Center.
WINDWARD
GET MUDDY, HELP RESTORE MARSH
Volunteers are being sought to join the state Department of Forestry and Wildlife and the Kailua Urban Design Task Force to restore wetland habitat at Hamakua Marsh from 8 a.m. to noon Saturday off Hamakua Drive in Kailua.
The workday will include planting and clearing the waterway in the 22-acre wetland for the benefit of endangered or threatened species such as the gallinule ('alae 'ula), Hawaiian duck (koloa), Hawaiian stilts (ae'o) and coots ('alae ke 'oke 'o).
Volunteers should be prepared to work in muddy conditions and wear rubber boots, wet-suit booties or closed toe shoes. Bring gloves, sunblock, hat, rain gear, lunch/snacks and water.
The staging area is about a half-mile from the Hamakua Drive/Kailua Road intersection. Turn right after crossing the bridge and look for a gate and sign that says "Beware of Wild Cattle."
For more information contact Christina McGuire, at mcguire@hawaii.edu or at 542-1559.
'EWA BEACH
PRESCHOOL PLANS RECYCLING DRIVE
Iroquois Point Cooperative Preschool in 'Ewa Beach is conducting a HI 5¢ can and bottle recycling drive from 8:30 a.m. to 3:30 p.m. Saturday at the school bus shelter across from 5105 Iroquois Ave. The nonprofit school is raising money for new classrooms.
To get there, drive south on Fort Weaver Road, turn left onto North Road, turn right into the Iroquois Point Island Club community and follow the green signs to the Iroquois Point Rental Office. For more information, call 680-9649 or 499-1279.
STATEWIDE
3 MEN INDICTED IN SELLING OF ICE
Three men were indicted by a federal grand jury Tuesday for allegedly distributing crystal methamphetamine in Hawai'i for more than a year, according to the office of the U.S. attorney.
Carlos Martinez, also known as Carlos Martinez-Flores, Derek Tanaka and Rick Shigeo Takimoto were accused of selling crystal methamphetamine starting sometime in 2004 until November 2005.
The indictment was returned Nov. 22, but was sealed until Takimoto was arrested Monday and Tanaka was arrested Tuesday, according to the U.S. Attorney's office.
Also, Wayne Nobu Ishizaki, an unindicted co-conspirator, was arrested Tuesday.
Martinez has not been found, the office said.
Correction: The date for the 9th Annual Festival of Lights Boat parade was incorrect in a previous version of these briefs.
