HAWAI'I BRIEFS
Husband slashed, wife arrested
Advertiser Staff
Police arrested a 43-year-old Waikiki woman last night after she allegedly slashed her husband with a kitchen knife.
The husband told police he had been arguing with his wife about 9 p.m. when she picked up the knife and cut him.
Police were called to the couple's home on Aloha Drive and arrested the wife on suspicion of second-degree assault.
KALIHI
BAND DIRECTOR GOING TO DAMIEN
Former Pearl City High School band director Kent Sato will take over the Damien Memorial School band program this year.
Sato, 46, worked for 10 years as a band instructor at Pearl City, and for the past year and a half he was the director of the nationally recognized program.
Damien Memorial School has both a marching and concert band made up of about 90 students. While the Damien program is smaller than the Pearl City program, Sato said he is impressed that the band membership makes up about 20 percent of the student population.
"Damien has done a very good job of recruiting students to its (band) program," Sato said.
He replaces outgoing Damien band director Jennifer Canales.
WAIPAHU
MOTORCYCLE THEFT TIP LEADS TO ARREST
Police arrested a 52-year-old man in Waipahu Tuesday after an anonymous caller reported hearing the man and others talk about how he had stolen a motorcycle.
The caller provided police with an address and a description of the stolen motorcycle. Patrol officers arrived at the address given to them and found the motorcycle. A man who was there told the officers he had just purchased the motorcycle, police said.
He was arrested for suspicion of detaining stolen property after officers at the scene determined that a 22-year-old man had reported the motorcycle as being stolen.
STATEWIDE
DEADLINE FOR COIN THEME EXTENDED
The unveiling of the Hawai'i Commemorative Quarter Advisory Commission's top five themes for the state's commemorative 25-cent coin is being postponed to give the group more time to weigh options.
The U.S. Mint has extended the deadline to submit narratives of the five themes until Sept. 29, but the Hawai'i Quarter is still expected to be released in fall 2008.
"In our five (themes) we have what the majority (of the public) is asking for," said Jonathan Johnson, chairman of the commission. "Kamehameha, hula, surfing, Diamond Head, and the island chain are all reoccurring themes."
The commission will submit themes and narratives to the U.S. Mint, where two or three designs will be drafted for each theme. By the end of this year, the designs will be sent back to the commission for review. The commission and the U.S. Mint will then work together to refine the designs.
Hawai'i's governor will select one design, which will go to the U.S. Mint for final approval from the Secretary of Treasury.
