Maui Brewing owners receive national honor ADVERTISING Maui Brewing owners receive national honor (AP) The owners of a Hawaii-based brewery were named National Small Business Persons of the Year for 2017. Garrett Marrero and Melanie Oxley, owners of Maui Brewing
Maui Brewing owners receive national honor
(AP) The owners of a Hawaii-based brewery were named National Small Business Persons of the Year for 2017.
Garrett Marrero and Melanie Oxley, owners of Maui Brewing Co., received the award Monday, the first day of National Small Business Week. The award is chosen from competition winners in the 50 states, Washington, D.C., Puerto Rico, the U.S. Virgin Islands and Guam. The contest is administered by the Small Business Administration, which announced the winners via Twitter.
Maui Brewing was started in 2005, and manufactures several different beers. Based in Kihei, Maui, it also operates restaurants in Honolulu and Lahaina.
Coming in second was Debra Dudley, president of Oscarware, a maker of barbecue and grill accessories in Bonnieville, Ky. Third was Lars Herman, CEO of Herman Construction Group in Escondido, Calif. Fourth was Corliss Udoema, CEO of Contract Solutions, a company that provides services including project management, human resources and business growth counseling, based in Manassas, Va.
Companies are judged on criteria including how much expansion and sales growth they had, how many jobs they created, the innovativeness of their products or services, their response to adversity and the contributions they made to their communities.
Kauai police will get new patrol cars
LIHUE, Kauai (AP) — The Kauai Police Department is getting new patrol cars after the County Council agreed to spend $890,000 throughout a five-year period to acquire new Ford Explorers.
The council approved Police Chief Darryl Perry’s request for the vehicles in a unanimous vote last week. The council will spend $178,000 a year as part of the five-year lease-to-own agreement, and the money will come from an account designated for leased vehicles.
The department now is in its second year of a three-year vehicle replacement plan, which aims to purchase 15 police cars a year. Each vehicle costs between $50,000 and $55,000.
Assistant Police Chief Robert Gausepohl said the new vehicles will help ensure officers are able to respond to emergency situations safely.
He expects officers to be able to get use out of the vehicles for at least seven years.
During Wednesday’s meeting, Councilman Ross Kagawa said he wanted the Police Department to justify its need for the new vehicles because the county is “coming up at hard times” financially.
“We want to do the service, but we’re not going to give you unlimited funds,” Kagawa said. “We’ll give you what you need to survive, just like everybody else. I just want to make sure we’re not using more than we need.”
Gausepohl tried to assure councilors that the department is “trying to be as fiscally responsible as we can be.” He said the department will re-evaluate its need for additional cars after the completion of the three-year vehicle replacement program.
The department also will salvage parts from the cars that are being replaced and use them on other cars where necessary, Gausepohl said.
Honolulu airport renamed in honor of late Sen. Inouye
HONOLULU (AP) — The Honolulu International Airport was renamed in honor of the late Sen. Daniel K. Inouye.
Daniel K. Inouye International Airport now appears on the official website of the state’s busiest airport. A state Department of Transportation representative says the Federal Aviation Administration officially made the name change on Thursday.
The change was approved with a resolution that passed last year.
Inouye served in the U.S. Senate from 1963 until his death in 2012.
He helped secure funds every year to maintain and develop the Honolulu airport.
The name change comes as the airport undergoes a major modernization project that includes a consolidated rental car facility, the widening of taxi lines and other improvements.
