Daily Archives: June 23rd, 2009
Event to aid Children’s Miracle Network
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WAILEA - The Blue Note Swing Orchestra with guest performer Emil Richards will present a benefit concert for the Kapiolani Children's Miracle Network at 7 p.m. Wednesday at the Pacific Terrace at the Wailea Beach Marriott Resort & Spa.
Richards is a premier vibraphone soloist.
Japanese group seeks members for tour
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WAILUKU - The Japanese Cultural Society of Maui is organizing a trip to Japan to celebrate the group's 40th anniversary.
President Keith Regan said a meeting on the trip will be at 7 p.m. Thursday in the conference room of Credit Associates of Maui Ltd., 1817 Wells St. in Wailuku.
The trip is proposed for October, and anyone interested in touring Japan with the club is requested to attend.
Paia man dies from Haiku crash injuries
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WAILUKU - The 18-year-old Paia man who was critically injured in a crash in Haiku on Thursday has died, Maui police said. Kepa Kahakauwila was pronounced dead at the Maui Memorial Medical Center early Friday evening, police said.
On Thursday around 5:30 p.m.
Rain Upcountry helps but can’t erase drought woes
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WAILUKU - Light rain Upcountry overnight and Monday morning was welcome to the Department of Water Supply but not nearly enough to ease worries about the summer drought.
On Thursday, the Board of Water Supply will discuss whether to recommend reductions in consumption. Upcountry was under a voluntary 5 percent conservation order from May 2008 until March.
The meeting will begin at 9 a.m.
Resident ‘got lucky’ in ‘mayday’ moment
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MAALAEA - Maalaea resident Ed Begley said he "got lucky" as a brush fire roared close on both sides of his oceanfront home Sunday, but never burned his property.
"It just went right around me. It just burned right in front of me and behind me," said the Maalaea Bay Place resident on Monday. It even managed to get on the water side and burn the landscaping between his house and the ocean.