The Honolulu Advertiser from Honolulu, Hawaii • 11

Tuesday, October 22, 1996 B3 Leeward The Honolulu Advertiser Uahu nala'a Covering the districts ofWaianae I Ewa I Waialua I Koolau Loa I Koolau Poko I Honolulu Ulehawa flood drain under reconstruction The Ulehawa flood channel, which provides drainage to the ocean for the south side of Lualualei Valley including Mikilua, is under re-- construction at its ocean outlet. Ulehawa stream starts high on naval magazine land in Lualualei and winds down to border a housing area mauka of Farrington High- way before it empties into the sea. Waves regularly move sand to clog the exit, which must be kept clear by city bulldozers. Stagnant water often sits in the canal bordering the housing. Recently, the concrete walls closest to the ocean have deteriorated from constant wave action.

Exposed reinforcing steel and broken concrete have created a hazard for beach-goers. Ulehawa is a year-round surfing area frequented by residents from the mauka side of Farrington Highway. Reconstruction will address only replacement of channel walls makai of the highway. There will be a slight increase in the thickness of the walls for improved durability. Cost of the $900,000 project will be shared by the city and the federal Department of Agriculture.

Abhe Svo-boda Inc. is the contractor. Completion is scheduled in April. CI 'fkmm pHErCl GMIOC IVIndvard it I '-I, LIU mmum: 3 SUUMdJJH: judHMW I S.5 Missing man's gear found in Maunawili Items belonging to a hiker who disappeared in Maunawili in June 1995 have been found by a volunteer search party. Members of Wildfire national discovered a bicycle repair kit and a bike pump belonging to Timothy Panta-leoni, 33, of Oneonta, N.Y., a spokesman for the group said Saturday.

The search effort began two weeks ago at the behest of Pantaleoni's family. Pantaleoni was last seen June 28, 1995, riding his bike toward hiking trails in Maunawili. Despite 3 'a weeks of searching last year by professional rescue teams, canine units and volunteers, only Pantaleoni's bicycle was found, chained to a fence at the foot of a trail, near a water tank. Members of the new search effort were doing a grid search when they found the kit and pump in overgrown weeds about 25 feet from the tank, the spokesman said. Kailua man turns in 3-foot boa constrictor A Kailua man has turned an illegal 3-foot boa constrictor over to state Agriculture Department officials, the department announced yesterday.

The serpent was turned in under the department's amnesty program, so the man faces no penalties. The snake will be shipped out of state. The department operates a hotline (586-7378) for people to report illegal animals. Anyone caught with an illegal animal faces up to a $25,000 fine and a year in jail. -y' 'W' Community to have a hand in the project By Bonky Bakutis Advertiser Staff Writer MAKAIIA Taking a lead from Kauai's rebuilding after Hurricane Iniki, Honolulu officials are going directly to the community in the development of Makaha Beach Park.

The beach park has been in disrepair since 1982, after a winter of huge waves wiped out its pavilion of showers, changing rooms and bathrooms and numerous trees. A small temporary restroom was built near the old pavilion site. The man spearheading the project Is park planner Carl Emura, who successfully used the community-first method at Kauai's Poipu Beach Park after it was destroyed by Hurricane Iniki in 1992. "Rather than going to the community with a plan, we are getting the community involved at the ground level," said Emura, 41, who worked for 2 years on Kauai under a contract with the Federal Emergency Management Agency. "It's the process of letting the people tell us the terms of problem definition and problem solving.

We're not the users there. People who have lived there know what works and doesn't work as far as erosion of soil and sand and movement of water," he said. At Poipu Beach Park, which took a year to plan, the beginning was difficult because Emura, who lives on Oahu, was new to Kauai and people "tend to be suspicious of a government worker." It didn't take long for the Poipu community to come up Bruce AsatoThe Honolulu Advertiser A piece of wall paneling from the temporary restroom at Makaha Beach Park, probably torn off by vandals litters the ground. Deciding where to put a permanent facility presents planners with a dilemma. with its own plan, but there were some technical problems, such as erosion, that Emura helped correct.

Three other schemes for the park were developed, and Emura said people in the community were allowed to pick two. The two they voted for were the original community plan and one he drew up based upon community concerns. As it turned out, the Poipu group chose Emu-ra's plan. "It was educational for everyone. And they felt a lot better about it having gone through the entire process," he said.

A similar situation exists at Makaha, where people also face a clean slate of possibilities. However, a difficult problem Emura foresees at Makaha is the state highway, which runs alongside the beach and splits the park land. "It would make it much easier if the state would realign the highway," Emura said. But Leeward residents have waited 14 years for a move by the state and, so far, there are no plans. Location of the comfort station is a key factor.

If the station and parking are located on the mauka side of the road, it means users will have to cross back and forth over the highway. If the station is located on the makai side, it stands a chance of being wiped out by waves again. The city Department of Parks' and Recreation has sent out comment sheets and invitatioris to Leeward Oahu community members who have expressed interest in developing a master plan for Makaha Beach Park. The planning session is open to the public and will start with a site visit and walking tour at 8:30 a.m. Saturday.

The session will move into a community; planning meeting at 10 a.m. in-the Waianae Regional Park' Gym. were released to their parents pending further investigation, police said. 1988 Honda taken from Mililani man A Mililani man's 1988 Honda Accord was stolen Sunday morning while he played basketball at the Mililani High School gym. Police said the man had been playing for about two hours when he noticed his fanny pack, which held his keys, was missing.

Going out to the parking lot, he discovered his car had been stolen. Police said they have no Police arrest four riding in stolen car Three teenage Mililani boys and a 14-year-old Kalihi girl were arrested Sunday I afternoon for driving a stolen car on the North Shore. Police said an officer saw the teenagers driving a 1987 Honda near Sunset Beach, became suspicious, then radioed dispatchers to check the car's License plate number. When he learned the car had been stolen in Mililani, the officer pulled the teens over and arrested them. The boys, two 15-year-olds and a 13-year-old, and the girl Upgrade of Coconut Me lab planned: y'AOahu iMap math fioptn Siiore Pohakea fern V.

Kaneona Bay UH Foundation, which in turn I purchased 12.5 acres of the is-; land for the institute for $2 million, The remaining money will be '1 used for the research which UH officials say will rival Stanford University's Hoskins: Marine Laboratory, considered, one of the country's best The marine laboratory will be I renamed the Edwin W. Pauley and Barbara Pauley Pagen rine Laboratory. Edwin Pauley maintained close ties with the institute since i he purchased a portion of the is land and approached the university in 1947 about creating a ma rine science lab there. Over tha years, he and his foundation have funded a summer program that brought visiting faculty io the institute. Coconut Island, which doubled as the uncharted island in the opening scene of the Island" TV series, is located rj the center of Kaneohe Bay.

Itst Hawaiian name is Moku-o-Lo'e. By Curtis Ltun Advertiser Windward Oahu Bureau KANEOIIE BAY The University of Hawaii Institute for Marine Biology is moving ahead with plans to upgrade its research center on Coconut Island in Kaneohe Bay. Pending approval of state and city permits, the institute hopes to begin construction on three buildings with a total floor space of 21,000 square feet early next year, said UH spokesman Jim Manke. UH officials hope to have the new buildings occupied by the spring of 1998. The state Board of Land and Natural Resources will hold a public hearing on the institute's request for a conservation district use application at 6 p.m.

Saturday in the Kalanimoku Building, Room 132. Coconut Island's existing laboratory building was built a quarter-century ago and is too small for the growing institute, said C. Barry Raleigh, dean of the UH School of Ocean and Earth Science and Technology. three buildings, a salt-water tank shelter and a lunchroom. Two buildings will be built on a hill behind the existing administration building and a third at a lagoon on the east end of the island.

There also will be seminar and conference space to accommodate more than 50 people. The institute is involved in research on aquaculture, coral reefs, sharks, large fish, dolphins and monk seals. With the bigger facility, Raleigh said, the institute will add courses on molecular biology, microalgae, fish endocrinology and the genetics of sea life. He said he hopes the new facilities will attract "big-name" researchers who will bring more federal research funds. Already, Raleigh said, several top researchers have expressed interest in the vacant director's position at the institute because of the proposed center.

The project is being funded by a $9.6 million grant from the late industrialist Edwin Pauley and the Pauley Foundation to the Richard Sterman, head of the museum task force. Anyone wanting to help with renovations should go to the museum, next to Oceans In Glass art gallery, at 10 a.m. It also needs donations of building materials. Wyland Galleries Hawaii and Triple Crown Inc. will donate $4,000 each to cover the museum's expenses for a month.

For more information or to volunteer, call Richard Sterman at 637-6200. I Volunteers renovate Haleiwa museum Volunteers on Saturday morning will begin renovat-I ing the Haleiwa Surf and Cultural Museum in the North Shore Marketplace. I The com-' mercial space, which has been donated by market-place owner Howard Green, I is in good shape but needs work if the museum is to open before Christmas, said TVS Advertiser graphic Typically, he said, nine faculty members work on the Island, but an additional two have to teach on the UH-Manoa campus because of space limitations. "The new facility will accommodate all and likely additional people," Raleigh said. Plans call for demolition of STATISTICS: POPULATION its characteristics Hawaii's population is becoming urbanized, more female, older, non-white and foreign-bom.

(U.S. Census Bureau statistics from 1900-1990). Tho population of Ilr.vaii... Censuses by the U.S. Bureau of the Census show that since 1970, the population of the Neighbor Islands has been growing at a faster rate than that of Oahu.

Award in Marcos case doubles to $40 billion The record $22 billion verdict in favor of the Golden Budha Corp. against the estate of former Philippine dictator Ferdinand Marcos is now $40.5 billion. Circuit Judge Marie Milks yesterday added interest to the verdict's damage award. But Ward Jones, a lawyer for the corporation, said it's still difficult to say how much of that Judgment his client will collect. He said $400 million to $500 million of Marcos' money has been located in Swiss bank accounts, but that the Philippine government and lawyers for human rights victims are also seeking those funds.

In July, a Circuit Court Jury awarded the judgement in favor of the corporation for its claims that Marcos abused the late Rogelio Rox-as and seized a golden Buddha statue and gold bullion that Roxas had discovered in the Philippines in 1971. i i ii i fu.uis per I Islands In II Maul County (including Kalawao) Kauai County Hawaii County eooi tlgFri 11 0a 600 if 200 fiplj I do I lOOr i I 300 250 20 i rr so io mMim all I I I I I i I 0 non TO REACEl U3 nn I Httniinmind News bnreana Min office LeewardBunkyBakutii 695-0579 CltyDeek 525-8090 Wlndvnu-A'Curtis Lura 688-0484 Photo Desk 525-8079 CentrslScottlshiksws 626-2790 Fu 525-8037 North ShoreVTino Ramirez 637-7718 a-aull tUerCalolu.net 1900 1920 1940 1960 1980 1900 1920 1900 1920 1940 1960 1980 1995 1900 1920 1940 1960 1980 1995 1940 1960 1980 AdvwtrMf graphic Souro: Robert Schmtn, rettod ttattsttdan tnduo Portuguese nd mos Puerto Wont; 1970-90 MuOm jwnor mhted no.