Water work to halt service
OMAOPIO - The Department of Water Supply will shut down service for eight hours Wednesday to work on the replacement of the Lower Omaopio Water Tank. The shutdown is scheduled between 8 a.m. and 4 p.m.
Customers on Lower Omaopio and Piliwali roads and Inia Place will be affected.
They are advised to save water ahead of time.
For more information, call Rich Mahoney at 269-6878.
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Economy topic of call-in show
KAHULUI - "Strengthening our Local Economy" will be the theme of the next broadcast of Netra's News with Netra Halperin.
The live, call-in show will feature Maui Film Commissioner Harry Donenfeld and David Fisher, former Maui Small Business Development Center director and co-founder of the Community Finance Marketplace.
The show will air at 7 p.m. Thursday on Akaku: Maui Community Television, channel 53. To phone in a question, call 873-3430.
For more information, call 359-1673 or e-mail netra@maui08.com.
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Health directors set to meet
KAHULUI - The directors of the Hawaii Health Systems Corp. will meet at 10 a.m. Thursday at Roselani Place. The public is invited to attend.
Among the items on the agenda are a report on the Quality Scorecard, overtime and registry nurse reports and a reforecast of the fiscal year 2012 budget. Russell Yamane and Avery Chumbley will present a strategic planning update for HHSC's Maui region.
HHSC operates 12 hospitals, including Maui Memorial Medical Center, Kula Hospital and Lanai Community Hospital.
Anyone requiring special accommodations to participate at the meeting should call HHSC at (808) 733-4151.
Those wishing to submit testimony may do so electronically by sending it to Ulu Wally at uwally@hhsc.org or in writing by fax to (808) 733-4028. Testimony must be submitted at least 24 hours in advance of the meeting to ensure timely distribution to the board.
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Man held in threatening case
WAILUKU - A 70-year-old Kihei man was being held on $1,000 bail at the Wailuku Police Station on Monday morning for allegedly threatening to kill another senior citizen over the loss of his puppy, police said.
William J. McKeown was charged with first-degree terroristic threatening, police records show.
An 83-year-old man reported that he and the suspect were in a trailer in Kihei off of Wai Wai Place around 9 a.m. Sunday when the suspect put a 15-inch-long military knife to his throat and threatened to kill him, said Lt. John Jakubczak of the Criminal Investigation Division.
The victim, who said he feared for his life, added that the suspect blamed him because his dog was stolen, Jakubczak said.
The suspect also got a 3-foot-long wooden club and struck the victim in the left arm and right leg, causing pain and discoloration to the skin, he added.
The victim said the suspect told him he had a loaded firearm and wasn't afraid of the police. The suspect then drove the victim to a bus stop. The victim refused medical treatment.
