HAWAI'I BRIEFS
Man, 25, arrested in stabbing death
Advertiser Staff
A 25-year-old Makiki man was arrested for questioning yesterday in a homicide investigation on a fatal stabbing. The man in custody lives at a Dole Street address, where the stabbing occurred at 4:24 p.m.
The injured man, 26, was taken to The Queen's Medical Center, where he was pronounced dead at 5:36 p.m.
ALA MOANA
WATER MAIN BREAK CLOSES LANE
The right-turn lane of Pensacola Street at Waimanu Street was closed to traffic yesterday at 3:30 p.m. due to a broken 8-inch water main.
A Board of Water Supply crew was working overnight to make repairs. The break did not affect water service to residential customers.
O'AHU
LIBRARIES HOST KIDS' FILM, CONTEST
Public libraries in Wahiawa and Kapolei have scheduled special public presentations.
Wahiawa Library at 820 California Ave. will host a free 90-minute mystery action movie suitable for all ages tomorrow at 6 p.m. The movie is based on the "Shark Boy & Lava Girl Adventures" book series. For information, call 622-6345.
Kapolei Library will present its first spring reading program from today through April 1. Children sixth grade and younger can win prizes and bonus awards for reading. The program is free.
Kapolei Library is at 1020 Manawai St. For information, call 693-7050.
WEINBERG GROUP GIVES IHS $200K
The Harry and Jeanette Weinberg Foundation has donated $200,000 to the Institute of Human Services to support its programs for homeless people.
The Weinberg Foundation also gave $5,000 to the American Lung Association of Hawai'i to support services provided to Moanalua High School Peer Education Program.
PEARL CITY
GIRL'S VOLUNTEER WORK EARNS HONOR
Natasha Garcia, 11, of Pearl City has been named one of 99 semifinalists from the United States and Canada in the Build-A-Bear Workshop's Huggable Heroes program that honors youth volunteerism. Natasha was cited for her work with the Juvenile Diabetes Research Foundation.
WAIPAHU
RICE PRESENTATION BY NAMKOONG
Author Joan Namkoong will be hosting a free rice presentation and tasting April 1 as Hawaii's Plantation Village in Waipahu honors the Japanese heritage group in its "Relive the Plantation Days — 2006" series.
Namkoong's presentation is from 10 to 11 a.m. in the village's Gentry Room.
Other activities include Japanese mochi pounding, clothes washing, origami, crafts, judo and Okinawan taisho koto demonstrations.
Hawaii's Plantation Village is at 94-965 Waipahu St. Call 677-0110 for information.
AIONA TO SPEAK AT TOWN MEETING
Lt. Gov. Duke Aiona and Lleliena Loynaz of Coalition for a Drug-Free Hawaii will be among the guest speakers March 28 at the Waipahu Community Association's Town Hall Meeting on underage drinking. The meeting is 5:30-7:30 p.m. at August Ahrens Elementary School cafeteria.
HONOLULU
TECH, INTERNET EXPO MARCH 31
Oceanic Time Warner's 2006 Technology and Internet Expo featuring exhibits and live presentations will be March 31 at Blaisdell Exhibition Hall from 11 a.m. to 7 p.m.
Admission is $4.
Among the exhibitors are Oceanic Time Warner, JDSU, Pacific LightNet Communications, Henkels and McCoy, Skywave Broadband, Sprint Hawaii, BlackBird, High Technology Development Corp. and the Audio Visual company.
DOCTOR HONORED FOR CANCER EFFORTS
Dr. William Loui has been selected as the "local hero" for the 2005 Ultimate Drive in Honolulu as someone who has made an outstanding personal effort in the fight against breast cancer.
Loui is chairman of the Institute of Cancer and medical director of the Bone Marrow Transplant Program, both at St. Francis Medical Center, and is in private practice at ONCare Hawai'i.
He is also an assistant clinical professor at the John A. Burns School of Medicine and an assistant clinical professor in Cancer Control and Prevention at the Cancer Research Center of Hawai'i.
STATEWIDE
OLA PONO AWARDS RECIPIENTS NAMED
Recipients of the 2006 Ola Pono Awards have been announced. The recognition is given to people and groups who effectively promote safe, drug-free lifestyles. In addition, each awardee receives $1,000 to donate to the charity of their choice.
The recipients and their charities of choice include Daniel Suzuki of Olomana School, Danielle Nakagawa of Nanakuli High & Intermediate School, Diane Omura of H.P. Baldwin High School and Douglass Bartlett of Friends of the Children's Justice Center of West Hawaii.
Other recipients are Harry Kwon of Solomon Elementary School, Jeanne Yagi of the Positive Coaching Alliance, Linda Uehara of the Coalition for a Drug-Free Hawaii, Lt. Jon Morioka of the Hawaii D.A.R.E. Association-Maui Chapter, Sassy/G Magazine-Om Charities and Wendy Hamane of Hospice of Hilo.
— Advertiser Staff
