American Legion parade today
Advertiser Staff
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The American Legion, which is holding its annual convention here, holds its parade today in Waikiki at 4 p.m.
There will be more than 5,000 participants. All 50 state organizations and five foreign units will participate with marching bands, color guards and drill teams.
The parade begins at Kalakaua and Saratoga avenues, and takes Kalakaua Avenue to Kapahulu Avenue. The reviewing stand will be at Kalakaua and Seaside avenues.
About 15,000 veterans and family members are in town for the convention, which runs through Thursday at the Hawai'i Convention Center.
HONOLULU
PIER GETS MONEY FOR IMPROVEMENT
Gov. Linda Lingle has released $2 million for repairs of Pier 2 at Honolulu Harbor. The project, part of a $24 million renovation of Pier 2 for a full-service cruise passenger terminal, includes restoring concrete, reinforcing steel and concrete substructure, and upgrading the fenders along the 1,540-foot pier for cruise ships.
All repairs should be completed by next spring, allowing the facility to handle 2,500 passengers from a single cruise ship.
CENTRAL
WHITMORE-AREA BRUSHFIRE PERSISTS
Firefighters planned to return this morning to fight a 10-acre brushfire in an uninhabited and nearly inaccessible area near Whitmore Village. More than 50 firefighters worked throughout the day yesterday to control the blaze. No homes were threatened.
O'AHU
MAILE AMBER ALERT TEST SET
A test of the Maile Amber Alert Plan, which notifies the public about child abductions, is scheduled for 11:45 a.m. Thursday.
State and local law enforcement officials in coordination with broadcasters will conduct the test that uses the Civil Defense Emergency System.
The program is aimed at publicizing the kidnapping of a child and seeking help in finding the abductor and the victim.
It is named in memory of 9-year-old Amber Hagerman of Texas and 6-year-old Maile Gilbert of Kailua.
Amber Hagerman was kidnapped and killed in 1996. In 1985, 6-year-old Maile Gilbert was abducted from a Kailua party and her body was found near Ka'ena Point. Her killer is serving a life term in prison.
BIG ISLAND
POLICE IDENTIFY KA'U FATALITY
A 65-year-old Ka'u man who died of injuries suffered Thursday in a one-vehicle crash on Aloha Boulevard in the Hawaiian Ocean View Estates subdivision has been identified as Eddie White, who lived in the subdivision.
Responding to a 2:18 p.m. call, Ka'u patrol officers determined White was driving a 1989 Ford F-150 pickup truck north on the road below Reef Parkway when his truck crossed the centerline and hit a utility pole.
He was pronounced dead at Ka'u Hospital at 3:45 p.m.
STATEWIDE
WARNING SIGNS TOPIC OF HEARING
The Department of Land and Natural Resources will hold a public hearing at 6 p.m. Tuesday on proposed rules for warning signs on improved public lands, at the Kalanimoku State Office Building, 1151 Punchbowl St., Room 132.
"This is an opportunity for the public to be a part of the process to establish the design and placement standards for signs that warn of dangerous natural conditions in our state parks, along Na Ala Hele trails and in our county parks," said Peter Young, DLNR chairman.
"There has always been, and always will be, a risk involved in being out in nature. Once these standards are finalized and signs put in place, we hope we will achieve a balance between the government's duty to warn and the recreational user making an informed choice."
