The Hawai'i Army National Guard will send a team to train troops in Afghanistan for the first time.

The team of senior-ranking officers and noncommissioned officers is being deployed as an Embedded Training Team to mentor a group of Afghanistan National Forces.

The 15-member team is deploying from Pearl City tomorrow.

They'll first go to Fort Riley, Kan., for mobilization training.

PROBATION FOR PUNCHING COACH

A man who assaulted an assistant coach after a Castle High School football game last season was sentenced yesterday to five years probation and 100 hours of community service, in addition to being ordered to pay about $900 in fines and seek enrollment in anger-management classes.

Reid Aiwohi was charged with second-degree assault for punching Castle assistant coach David Mahelona in the face after a playoff game against 'Aiea in the fall of 2006. Aiwohi pleaded no contest.

In a letter to the court, Mahelona did not request jail time for Aiwohi, a former Castle teammate and close friend.

But Circuit Court judge Michael Wilson emphasized the important role coaches like Mahelona play in the community and the need for them to be protected against such incidents.

SANDBAR BRAWL DISCUSSION TODAY

Windward residents interested in voicing their concerns about an apparent brawl at the Kane'ohe Bay sandbar earlier this month may attend the Kane'ohe Neighborhood Board meeting scheduled for today at Windward Community College.

The meeting starts at 7 p.m. in Hale Akoakoa, Room 103-105.

GIRL REPORTS SEX ASSAULT ON BUS

A 27-year-old man was arrested in Kaimuki yesterday on suspicion of third-degree sexual assault after a 15-year-old girl reported that the man touched her inappropriately while she was riding to school on a city bus.

Police were told the incident happened about 7 a.m. They said the girl reported the incident after she got off the bus.

Police said responding officers ordered the bus to pull over near the intersection of Wai'alae and Fourth avenues, where the suspect was arrested.

INFORMATION ON '91 KILLING SOUGHT

Big Island police working a cold case are seeking information on the 1991 killing of a teenage girl.

The body of 16-year-old Jonelle Auna was discovered in Kona on Oct. 24, 1991. She was a runaway from the Puna area, police said.

Anyone with information is asked to call Detective Sharlotte Bird of the Kona Criminal Investigations Section at 808-326-4646, ext. 272, or the police nonemergency number, 808-935-3311.

Tips can also be called in to Hawai'i County CrimeStoppers at 808-329-8181 in Kona or 808-961-8300 in Hilo.

MOTHER LOOKING FOR DAUGHTER

Sue Johnson left her home in New England and arrived here Monday in hopes of locating her mentally challenged adult daughter, Zuely Johnson.

Sue Johnson said she last heard from Zuely a week ago and believes her daughter may be with Richard Lee Oglesby Jr., 44, who failed to show up in Circuit Court Sept. 14 for sentencing in a narcotics case.

Anyone with information on the case is asked to call police missing-persons detective Phil Camero at 529-3115.