Ka'a'awa residents heard details last night about a $1.34 million plan to restore and stabilize Makaua Stream, which sustained severe erosion during the 40-day deluge last year.

The state Department of Land and Natural Resources, State Civil Defense and the U.S. Department of Agriculture Natural Resources Conservation Service will share the cost of the project, officials told residents at a public information meeting at Ka'a'awa Elementary School

The work will include removal of tons of debris and construction of rock walls at three segments of the stream totaling about 350 feet. The project is scheduled to be completed in November 2008.

POWER GOES OUT IN 'AINAKOA

About 130 'Ainakoa households in East Honolulu were without electricity for about two hours last night.

A cable fault in a distribution line knocked out power at about 7 p.m., HECO spokeswoman Lynne Unemori said. Power was restored at about 9 p.m.

MOST OF MOLOKA'I LANDFILL REOPENED

The Moloka'i landfill was reopened at 12:30 p.m. yesterday after an assessment was completed by an Army explosive ordnance disposal unit, a county news release said. Under advice from the unit, however, the scrap metal section of the landfill will be closed to the public pending further instructions from the EOD unit.

County officials said the disposing of vehicles at the landfill will not be permitted at this time. Refuse pickup service for Moloka'i residents today and tomorrow will take place as scheduled, officials said.

A news release from the military said the ordnance team found scrap metal at the landfill that's similar to the more than 100 artillery shells and other items discovered at the landfill last week.

Maui County officials closed the landfill Tuesday for the second time after workers made the discovery. The landfill was closed for four days last week.

POLICE LOOKING FOR TWO MISSING WOMEN

Police in Honolulu and on Kaua'i asked for the public's help in finding two missing females.

The Honolulu case involves a 24-year-old University of Hawai'i-Manoa student from China who was last seen on July 31 leaving a friend's home in Hawai'i Kai.

Liu "Crystal" Liu was distraught at the time, police said. Liu is 5 feet 2 and 100 pounds.

Anyone with information on Liu is asked to call Honolulu CrimeStoppers at 955-8300 or *CRIME on a cellular phone.

Kaua'i police, meanwhile, were looking for 15-year-old Sheena Brown-Ho, who has not been heard from since she called her mother Jan. 12 from Honolulu to say she would be returning to Kaua'i.

Brown-Ho may be staying somewhere in Waikiki, police said.

She is 5 feet 7, about 110 pounds, and has brown eyes and brown hair.

Anyone with information on Brown-Ho can call Honolulu CrimeStoppers; Kaua'i Crime-Stoppers, 808-241-1887; or Kaua'i police, 808-241-1711 or 808-241-1696.

DEADLINE NEAR ON PLAN FOR KAHALU'U

Residents have until tomorrow to offer written comments on a draft version of the city's Kahalu'u Community Master Plan.

If approved, the plan would be used to provide general design guidance and prioritize future physical improvement projects in the area. It also considers physical, social, urban design and transportation issues likely to arise in coming years.

For more information about the plan, call 545-2055.

Comments on the draft plan can be e-mailed to info@hhf.com, faxed to 808-545-2050, or sent via postal mail to Helber Hastert & Fee, Planners, 733 Bishop St., Suite 2590, Honolulu, HI 96813.

FORMER CHURCH MANAGER INDICTED

An O'ahu grand jury yesterday indicted a former employee of Windward Unity Church in Kailua on theft charges.

Kimberly A. Wheeler, 38, is accused of one count each of first- and second-degree theft and identity theft.

Wheeler was the church's office manger when the alleged theft of $35,000 occurred between February 2005 and February 2006.