HAWAI'I BRIEFS
Aviation museum seeking docents
Advertiser Staff
The new Pacific Aviation Museum, which is scheduled to open at Pearl Harbor in December, is looking for volunteers to serve as docents.
The docents will be trained to re-enact the roles of World War II pilots, nurses, ground crews and officers as well as help with other duties at the Ford Island museum.
Orientation meetings for potential docents will be held Oct. 7 and Oct. 21. For more information, call 836-7747.
NIU VALLEY
SCHOOL TO HOST RECYCLING DRIVE
Niu Valley Middle School will accept donations of HI 5¢ beverage containers during its recycling drive Sept. 29. People may drop off cans and bottles from 7:15 to 10:30 a.m. in front of the school on Halema'uma'u Street.
Money raised from the drive, sponsored by the Friends of Niu Valley, will go toward meeting teachers' wish-list items. For more information, call 728-4934.
WAIPI'O
TWO MEN HURT WHEN TRUCK FLIPS ON SIDE
Two men were injured yesterday morning when the large delivery truck they were in flipped over on its side about 7:30 a.m. in the southbound lanes of the H-2 Freeway near the Ka Uka Boulevard exit.
The 39-year-old driver and 21-year-old passenger were taken to the Pali Momi Medical Center. Both were reported to be in serious but stable condition.
HONOLULU
PEDESTRIAN HIT ON NIMITZ HIGHWAY
A man who appeared to be in his 50s was badly injured when he was hit by a car about 8:20 yesterday morning on North Nimitz Highway near Pacific Street fronting the Flora-Dec building.
The injured pedestrian was taken to The Queen's Medical Center, where he was listed in serious condition.
KAUA'I
PARK OPENS AFTER DEVICE REMOVED
Polihale State Beach Park was reopened yesterday after demolition teams disposed of a suspected military explosive device on the ocean floor near the west Kaua'i park.
The device turned out to be a non-explosive, concrete-filled training round, said Tom Clements, public affairs officer at the Pacific Missile Range Facility.
The device, which was encrusted with marine growth and appeared to be quite old, was found in water about 800 yards from shore. It was lifted off the bottom with float bags, towed into water 2,000 or more feet deep and disposed of there.
The park, which had been closed since Monday, was reopened yesterday afternoon.
BLOOD DRIVE SET FOR OCT. 11-13
The Blood Bank of Hawaii will conduct a blood drive on Kaua'i Oct. 11 to 13.
The bank will accept donations from 8:30 a.m. to 4:30 p.m. Oct. 11 at Princeville Resort's Queen Emma and Prince Albert Ballroom, and from 8 a.m. to 2:30 p.m. Oct. 12 and 8 a.m. to 5 p.m. Oct. 13 at Wilcox Hospital's conference rooms B and C. For more information, call the Blood Bank of Hawai'i at (800) 372-9966.
PEARL CITY
MAN DEMANDING ITEMS ARRESTED
A 40-year-old man was arrested Monday in connection with an incident Sunday at a junkyard in Pearl City in which two women reported that a man pointed a gun at them after demanding that they give him license plates and the vehicle registration for a car similar to the one he was driving.
The women said that when they refused to provide the items, the man pointed a handgun at them and told them not to leave. One of the women managed to slip away and call for help.
Police arrived and found the suspect. Officers determined that the car he drove to the yard had been stolen and arrested him on suspicion of first-degree robbery, kidnapping and unauthorized control of a vehicle.
ELECTION
UH FACULTY UNION ENDORSES LINGLE
The University of Hawai'i Professional Assembly has endorsed Gov. Linda Lingle for re-election.
The union represents 3,000 faculty members. "Governor Lingle has demonstrated her commitment to higher education in Hawai'i by making the university, its faculty and its students a top priority," J.N. Musto, the union's executive director, said in a statement.
