Kamehameha trustee sought Kamehameha trustee sought ADVERTISING HONOLULU (AP) — Kamehameha Schools is searching for a new trustee to replace Chairman J. Douglas Ing, who is retiring in June. The Trustee Screening Committee says it is looking for an active
Kamehameha trustee sought
HONOLULU (AP) — Kamehameha Schools is searching for a new trustee to replace Chairman J. Douglas Ing, who is retiring in June.
The Trustee Screening Committee says it is looking for an active community leader with a deep sense of commitment and the ability to ensure Princess Bernice Pauahi Bishop’s vision and legacy will continue.
The maximum annual compensation for a trustee is $124,500 and $164,500 for the chairperson. The screening committee is made up of seven volunteer community members. The committee will present a list of three candidates to the Probate Court, which will name the new trustee. The deadline for applications is May 18.
Police struggle with recruitment
HONOLULU (AP) — Honolulu Police Chief Louis Kealoha says the department plans to take officers from education and prevention programs and put them back out on the street.
That’s how the department will address an officer shortage if a large number choose to retire. Kealoha says out of more than 2,000 officer positions, there are 198 vacancies and about 279 officers are eligible for retirement. The department hopes to fill 89 vacancies with recruits now in training.
Honolulu’s police force faces recruitment difficulties that other departments grapple with nationwide.
USGS: Lizard species extinct
HONOLULU (AP) — A species of lizard last confirmed on Kauai in the 1960s is officially extinct from Hawaii.
The U.S. Geological Survey says the copper striped blue-tailed skink was last confirmed in the Na Pali Coast area but field surveys on Kauai, Oahu, Maui and the Big Island from 1988 to 2008 have yielded no sightings or specimens.
USGC Biologist Robert Fisher says the lizard was once common throughout the Hawaiian Islands and the species can still be found on many other island groups in the tropical Pacific.
2 sentenced for kidnapping teen
HONOLULU (AP) — Two Hawaii men must serve eight years in prison for abducting a 17-year-old boy and driving around with him in the trunk of a car.
At their sentencing Monday, State Circuit Judge Karen Ahn called their acts “horrible” and “cowardly.”
Bladesin-Isaiah Bailey and Andrew Josiah Rodriguez faced mandatory 20-year terms but the lesser sentence was imposed under a state law provision allowing judges to give breaks to defendants under 22 when crimes were committed and were not previously sentenced for other felonies.
The duo shoved Ezra Kualaau into a car trunk in 2010 and later released him with his hands cuffed behind his back. While in the trunk, he was able to reach his cellphone to call 911 and send text messages to his mother.
