A silent march in memory of murder victim Iris Rodrigues-Kaikana, will be held at 5:30 p.m. Monday at the State Capitol.

Rodrigues-Kaikana, 18, was found dead Aug. 24 in an alley adjacent to the Kamehameha Homes housing project where she lived. Police said the McKinley High School graduate was strangled. No arrests have been made.

Monday's march will be hosted by state Rep. John Mizuno, D-30th (Kamehameha Heights, Kalihi Valley, Fort Shafter), and family and friends of Rodrigues-Kaikana.

A reward for the arrest of the person or persons responsible for Rodrigues-Kaikana's, death has reached $2,500. The total includes contributions from CrimeStoppers, Mizuno, Grant Cooper and Stephany Sofos.

Anyone with information about this case is asked to call CrimeStoppers at 955-8300.

SNORKELER, 60, DROWNS AT LARSEN'S

A 60-year-old male visitor from Poland drowned while snorkeling with his son at Larsen's Beach on Kaua'i yesterday morning.

The man and his son were pulled out by a riptide just before noon, county officials said.

The son swam to shore to get a rescue tube for his father, but he became caught in the rip current, officials said.

Lifeguard Pono Pananganan responded to the scene on a personal watercraft from the Ke'lia lifeguard tower and brought the son to safety. The father, who apparently was pulled farther out, was not found during the initial search, officials said.

Navy personnel who were flying in the area in a helicopter spotted the father and directed Pananganan to him, county officials said. Pananganan then brought the man to shore.

Hanalei firefighters performed cardiopulmonary resuscitation on the man until medics arrived.

The man was taken to Wilcox Hospital where he was pronounced dead.

SUSPECT HELD IN MILILANI ASSAULT

An 18-year-old man has been arrested in the Aug. 1 beating of a 20-year-old man in Mililani.

The older man told police he was hit from behind about 11:30 p.m. at an unspecified location by the suspect, who was wearing brass knuckles.

Police said the man who filed the complaint was hit several times and was seriously injured in the incident.

A vehicle belonging to the complainant was also damaged, police said.

The suspect was contacted Thursday and turned himself in at the Wahiawa police station. He was booked on suspicion of first-degree assault, use of a deadly weapon and third-degree criminal property damage. He was released from custody pending further investigation.

UH NAMES NEW CANCER CENTER CHIEF

The University of Hawai'i Board of Regents has approved the appointment of Dr. Michele Carbone to serve as the next director of UH-Manoa's Cancer Research Center of Hawai'i.

Carbone was selected Thursday night after an eight-month search process that yielded four finalists.

He was interim director since last November and established a cooperative, matrix-managed model that brings together the efforts of the Cancer Research Center, John A. Burns School of Medicine, clinical care providers, local hospitals and private support groups.

ROTARIANS SUPPORT DRUG COURT PROGRAM

Members of the Rotary Club of Honolulu Sunset yesterday presented 50 hygiene kits and crates full of nonperishable food to the Hawaii Drug Court program and the Friends of the HDC.

The members of the Rotary Club of Honolulu Sunset are donating the hygiene kits and food to drug court probationers who enter the HDC program directly from jail with little or no personal items or means to obtain them.

PALI TO BE CLOSED FOR CLEANING, REPAIRS

Pali Highway will be closed Kailua-bound between Waokanaka Street and Kamehameha Highway at Castle Junction from 7 tonight through 7 a.m. tomorrow for tunnel cleaning and maintenance work.

The state Department of Transportation advises drivers to use Likelike Highway or H-3 Freeway. Only emergency vehicles and city buses will be allowed through the closure.