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Island Images
For Monday, September 14, 2009
By Star-Bulletin Photographers
POSTED: 01:30 a.m. HST, Sep 14, 2009
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A ROUSING ROI ROUNDUP | David Sakoda, left, and Shay Motonaga posed with model Casey Bailey and their catch during yesterday's Fall Shootout Spearfishing Tournament 2009 in Kailua. The Honolulu team speared one kala, one mu and 12 roi. The two also won $500 for spearing the most roi, an invasive fish that tournament organizers hope to remove from the reefs.
The write moves: Stan Hebda used a mini-lathe for pen turning at the Hawaii State Art Museum yesterday. The museum featured Hawaii craftsmen at its free monthly "Second Saturday" event, with demonstrations and activities.
BOOK BRIGADE: Dusty Santos, left, Robeti Ale, Herbert Santos, Radigan David, Jansen Santos, Gerald Dar and Jenson Santos loaded a Matson container yesterday at Palama Settlement with boxes of books headed to Pohnpei, Micronesia. Educational and medical supplies were collected by various organizations who have partnered with the nonprofit Reach Out Pacific to improve the lives of Micronesians.
TAKING TIME TO REMEMBER: Honolulu Police officers bowed their heads in prayer yesterday at a Sept. 11, 2001, remembrance ceremony held at Tamarind Park. The ceremony was attended by emergency response workers, dignitaries and civilians in honor of those who died in and survived the terrorist attacks.
HAVING A BALL WITH A NEW GYM: Le Jardin Academy teachers let off some steam yesterday with a game of dodgeball after the Kaneohe school dedicated its new Charles B. Wang gymnasium.
BLAZE CLOSES H-2 LANES | Firefighters contained a five-acre fire yesterday on the mauka side of the H-2 freeway before the Ka Uka Boulevard exit. Police temporarily blocked two Wahiawa-bound lanes for fire crews. No one was injured by the fire, of unknown origin. This was the third wildfire in Waiawa in two weeks.
NO THROUGH TRAFFIC ON THIS STREEET: Construction crews at the intersection of Kalia and Saratoga roads had the street well torn up yesterday as they worked on road improvements at this busy corner of Waikiki.
SCOOTING ON THROUGH: An unidentified man riding a scooter navigated traffic yesterday along Piikoi Street near Ala Moana Center.
MARCHING IN REMEMBRANCE: Members of the Celtic Pipes and Drums of Hawaii played bagpipes yesterday evening, leading a Remembrance Walk held in observance of the Sept. 11, 2001, attacks. The walk honored emergency responders who put their lives at risk in the line of duty. The walk started at the Honolulu Police Department headquarters and ended at Honolulu Hale with emergency responders, dignitaries and civilians taking part.
PROVIDING SUPPORT: Willow enjoyed full mobility with the use of a canine cart at the Da Kine Canine Festival yesterday in the Kailua Town Center's parking structure. The dog suffers from a ruptured disk and needs the canine cart -- a wheelchair for dogs.
RAISING FUNDS FROM ON HIGH: James Curran retrieved a donation yesterday during the annual Cop On Top fundraiser for Special Olympics Hawaii. Curran, along with fellow Air Force military policeman Bryan Brafford, will be spending three days atop a 14-foot-high scaffold in the parking lot of the Pali Safeway. Brafford and Curran are members of the 15th Security Forces Squadron at Hickam Air Force Base. Officers from Hawaii's law enforcement agencies will be perched above various Safeway stores through Saturday.
PUNCHBOWL PROJECT IS LAUNCHED: The national anthem brought attendees to their feet yesterday during a blessing ceremony for the Puowaina Grounds Restoration Project at the National Memorial Cemetery of the Pacific at Punchbowl. The two-year project will include cleaning grave markers, leveling the grounds and replanting grass in 11 sections of the cemetery.
NEW MEDIA FOR YOUNG MINDS: A $400,000 media center was dedicated yesterday in the Boys and Girls Club of Hawaii's Aliamanu Clubhouse at Aliamanu Middle School. Instructor Cynthia Vance, standing, worked with Junior Tuitelekapaga, front, and Erinne Del Rio on the new computers.
CROSSING THE LINES: A girl crossed the street yesterday at the intersection of South and Pohukaina streets downtown.
PEEKABOO AT THE ZOO: Five-year-old Ryen Adaro watched her beanbag go through the hole during yesterday's 100th-birthday celebration for the Kapiolani Medical Center for Women & Children, held at the Honolulu Zoo. The free event featured entertainment and family activities.
SIMPLE AND CLEAN: About 50 volunteers pitched in at the monthly Surfrider Foundation Oahu Chapter beach cleanup, held yesterday at Sand Island Beach Park. Among those participating was Whitney Wolpert, who gathered cigarette butts and other small pieces of trash.
BANNER OF REMEMBRANCE: American flags including this one at the state Capitol continued to fly at half-staff yesterday in honor of U.S. Sen. Edward Kennedy, who died Tuesday.
LOVIN' LILIHA: Zane Pink, 8, danced among the bubbles at the "I Love Liliha" town festival held at Kawananakoa Park yesterday afternoon. The festival featured lion dancing, a senior health fair, music, rides and more.
SHARPENED PERFORMANCE: Oleg Ionov practiced his swing slack-wire act using two knives on Wednesday at Ala Moana Beach Park. Ionov, who performs at various events, said children with mental and physical disabilities in particular enjoy his circus-type act, where he does tricks while balancing himself on a swinging quarter-inch wire hung above the ground. To book him for a function, call 232-4804.
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