Estate gives 2 UH schools $1.5M each
The University of Hawaii Cancer Center and the School of Ocean and Earth Science and Technology are each receiving $1.5 million from the Denise B. Evans estate.
Oceanography graduate student Yoshimi Rii is among those receiving fellowship money because of the gift. It will give her the freedom to pursue research ideas that she wouldn’t have been able to study otherwise, she said.
Dr. Michele Carbone, Cancer Center director, said gifts like this one allow the school to quickly build a world-class cancer research program that will benefit Hawaii.
Budget limits cut Social Security help
Social Security officials will temporarily resume its face-to-face visits at the Community Center in Kona on March 19 and April 9.
Due to budget limitations, the service will be discontinued in Kona after April 9. Officials said information and services are at www.socialsecurity.gov. Service is available at the Hilo Social Security Office, 111 E. Puainako St.
Morning blaze wrecks kitchen of Waikoloa bar
Fire destroyed the kitchen at Banjy’s Paradise Bar and Grill in Waikoloa Village on Monday morning.
The fire, reported at 6:16 a.m., caused about $150,000 in damage to the restaurant at 68-1792 Melia St., the Hawaii County Fire Department said. It was contained to the kitchen and was brought under control by 6:50 a.m.
Paddlers pulled from sea at Papalaua Beach
Five paddlers were rescued off Papalaua Beach Park on Sunday, Maui County officials said in a news release.
A girl, 12, and two of her father’s friends were stand-up paddling when the wind blew them away from shore. The girl’s father paddled out on a stand-up board to help them and was joined by a kayaker. The girl got on the kayak, but it flipped over.
Lifeguards responding to the 12:40 p.m. emergency call used watercraft to bring all of them to shore. No injuries were reported.
Rising stream blocks 13 hikers from Maui trail
A Maui Fire Department helicopter flew 13 hikers from a trail in Upcountry Maui after they became stranded by a rising stream Sunday.
The hikers, ages 8 to 54, were trapped on the Bamboo Forest trail in Kailua when the stream rose suddenly shortly after noon, a county news release said.
No injuries were reported.
