HAWAI'I BRIEFS
Road work alters Kapi'olani traffic
Advertiser Staff
Work crews last night began a two-year, $32 million project to replace sewer and water lines under Kapi'olani Boulevard.
The far left 'ewa-bound lane and far left diamondhead bound lanes of Kapi'olani from Pensacola to Kamake'e streets will be closed from 7 p.m. to 5 a.m. today and tomorrow.
The road work will mean that the usual townbound contra-flow lane on Kapi'olani Boulevard instead will end at McCully Street. There will be no contra-flow lane in the diamondhead direction for the afternoon commute.
There will be no repair work on Friday. But beginning Saturday, the middle lanes again will be closed until Nov. 22, when it will be re-opened for holiday traffic.
Work will resume Jan. 14.
A hot line for emergency calls has been set up at 587-8032. For more information, visit www .kapiolaniwatersewer.org.
UH SAVES $8.3M BY REFINANCING
The University of Hawai'i generated $8.3 million in debt service savings by refinancing a series of bonds that were the original funding mechanism for the John A. Burns School of Medicine in Kaka'ako.
Investor demand for the offering was significant, said the university, with Hawai'i retail investors expressing strong interest. UBS Investment Bank served as senior manager for the Series 2006A bonds.
As a part of the financing, the university received upgraded credit ratings from each of the three rating agencies.
STATE
FELLOWS PROGRAM SEEKS APPLICANTS
Fund for the Pacific Century, a charitable community service organization, is accepting applications for its 2007 Pacific Century Fellows Program.
The program, founded in 1996 by Mayor Mufi Hannemann, is modeled after the White House Fellows Program. It is designed to recognize and nurture Hawai'i's young leaders.
The Fellows Program is a nine-month program beginning with a two-day retreat. Then, once a month, an all-day session will address a particular subject such as education, government, healthcare and quality of life.
Twenty-five people will be selected. It is open to people in the mid-20s to early 40s. The application deadline is Oct. 14.
For more information and to obtain an application form, go to www.pacificcenturyfellows.com or call 235-3733.
WAIPI'O
MOTHER HELD IN THREAT TO STAB SON
A 40-year-old Waipi'o Acres woman was arrested Monday evening after she allegedly threatened to stab her 20-year-old son and kicked a police officer in the groin.
The officer arrested the woman on suspicion of first-degree terroristic threatening and was escorting her to his patrol car when she kicked him, leading to her arrest on suspicion of assaulting a police officer.
DOWNTOWN
STRONG-ARM THEFT SUSPECT ARRESTED
A 39-year-old man was arrested yesterday morning in downtown Honolulu as a suspect in the strong-arm robbery of a 36-year-old man.
The victim told police a man approached him about 2:30 a.m. and asked for money. When he refused to hand over any cash, the other man punched him in the face, took his wallet from his pocket, removed all the money from it and ran away, police were told.
KAUA'I
COPING WORKSHOP SET FOR NOVEMBER
Kaua'i Hospice and Queen Lili'uokalani Children's Center have scheduled a free evening workshop for families coping with grief as the year-end holidays approach.
The session will be from 5:45 to 8 p.m. Nov. 14 at the Queen Lili'uokalani Children's Center in Lihu'e. For reservations, call Gina Kaulukukui at 245-7277, or Kaui Castillo at 245-1873.
