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SATURDAY,6A WEATHER JUNE 11, 2016 | WEST HAWAII TODAY TODAY’S WEATHER KONA TIDES TODAY SUN AND MOON NATIONAL WEATHER TODAY Hanalei Kapaa Shown is today’s weather. Temperatures are today’s highs and tonight’s lows. SATELLITE VIEW Waialua Laie NATIONAL CITIES TODAY First Time Height Second Time Height Sun Rise Set Today 5:45 a.m. 7:03 p.m. Sunday 5:45 a.m. 7:04 p.m. Today 12:06 p.m. 12:01 a.m. Sunday 12:55 p.m. 12:40 a.m. First Full Last New Wailuku 83/67 Lanai Hana Kapaau Kailua-Kona 86/75 City Hi/Lo/W City Hi/Lo/W City Hi/Lo/W City Hi/Lo/W City Hi/Lo/W City Hi/Lo/W City Hi/Lo/W City Hi/Lo/W City Hi/Lo/W Weather(W): s-sunny, pc-partly cloudy, c-cloudy, sh-showers, t-thunderstorms, r-rain, sf-snow flurries, sn-snow, i-ice. Honokaa Hilo Naalehu Captain Cook Mountain View Kihei Mokapu Ewa Beach Honolulu Kaunakakai Kalaheo Kekaha Shown are noon positions of weather systems and precipitation. Temperature bands are highs for the day. As of 3 p.m. yesterday. Moon Rise Set Jun 11 Jun 20 Jun 27 Jul 4 Albany, NY 74/60/t Albuquerque 88/64/t Amarillo 88/65/t Anchorage 59/49/r Atlanta 93/73/s Austin 91/74/pc Baltimore 93/71/t Billings 82/53/t Birmingham 94/73/t Bismarck 88/67/c Boise 72/47/pc Boston 72/61/pc Buffalo 79/57/t Charleston, SC 91/74/pc Charleston, WV 94/68/pc Charlotte, NC 92/71/pc Cheyenne 87/57/pc Chicago 93/63/t Cincinnati 93/71/pc Cleveland 93/63/t Columbia, SC 96/74/t Dallas 91/76/t Denver 91/62/pc Des Moines 97/75/s Detroit 93/63/t Duluth 81/49/s El Paso 95/74/t Fairbanks 67/52/c Fargo 85/67/s Grand Rapids 91/60/t Green Bay 91/54/pc Honolulu 84/73/pc Houston 89/74/t Indianapolis 92/73/pc Jackson, MS 91/73/t Jacksonville 89/69/pc Juneau 60/49/r Kansas City 92/72/s Key West 86/79/pc Lansing 90/58/t Las Vegas 96/75/pc Little Rock 93/74/pc Los Angeles 74/61/pc Louisville 95/72/pc Madison 93/58/t Memphis 96/76/s Miami 89/76/t Milwaukee 91/59/t Minneapolis 91/68/s Nashville 97/72/s New Orleans 90/77/t New York City 82/70/t Norfolk 90/75/pc Oklahoma City 91/71/pc Omaha 98/74/s Orlando 88/73/pc Philadelphia 89/72/t Phoenix 103/78/pc Pittsburgh 91/66/t Portland, ME 69/55/pc Portland, OR 66/51/sh Providence 72/61/t Raleigh 93/72/pc Reno 77/54/pc Sacramento 90/59/s St. Louis 96/76/s Salt Lake City 77/57/t San Antonio 90/74/pc San Diego 68/63/pc San Francisco 76/55/s San Juan, PR 89/76/pc Santa Fe 85/55/t Seattle 63/51/sh Spokane 63/43/pc Syracuse 78/57/t Tampa 86/76/t Tucson 98/72/pc Tulsa 92/74/s Washington, DC 94/75/c Wichita 94/72/s Wichita Falls 90/70/t Forecasts and graphics provided by AccuWeather, Inc. ©2016 High 9:38 a.m. 0.9’ Low 3:45 a.m. 0.2’ High 9:16 p.m. 1.6’ Low 2:25 p.m. 0.5’ 83/72 82/73 85/72 84/74 80/65 82/73 84/72 82/70 84/69 80/71 80/63 85/67 82/77 86/74 84/73 83/71 81/71 83/71 80/71 NATIONAL SUMMARY: Locally severe thunderstorms will extend from the Great Lakes and into part of the Northeast states today. Very hot and humid air will affect much of the Central and Southeastern states. More storms will drench part of Florida. Storms will erupt in parts of the Rockies and Great Basin. Cool air will spread southward along the Pacific coast. Rental car thief suspects charged Kailua-Kona pair face drug, unlawful possession counts VAPING: 29.9 percent of Big Island students said they had at least one drink in the 30 days prior to the survey CONTINUED FROM PAGE 1A An employee of Irie Hawaii Smoke Shop in Hilo demonstrates a variety of devices and e-liquids for vaping. HOLLYN JOHNSON/HAWAII TRIBUNE-HERALD TRASH: Prevalence of the garbage comes from the fact the islands are in the center of the North Pacific Gyre CONTINUED FROM PAGE 1A was trapped in. After freeing the animal, they found four dead birds inside the trap. Bringing the trash back to Hawaii, a network of partners eliminate virtually all the waste, NOAA reported. The nets are cut up and burned at the H-Power plant on Oahu, which generates power for Honolulu. The rest are also recycled into things like soap dispensers, skateboards and art displays, Morioka said. The amount and type of trash has remained largely the same even since he started in 2011, except for disposable lighters, which have dropped dramatically. “We can go up there year after year and provide the effort and skill to clean up the debris,” Morioka said. The plastics they recover are dominated by single-use items, like bottles, eating utensils and straws. People should remember the reduce, reuse and recycle model, he said, as it cuts down on the waste that can kill wildlife. The prevalence of the garbage comes from the fact the islands are in the center of the North Pacific Gyre, NOAA scientists wrote, which are four currents that cause the ocean to spin, leading to garbage concentrating on the islands. “This cross-agency effort to remove debris is a tremendous undertaking and it emphasizes the need to focus efforts on marine 2016 Northwestern Hawaiian Island marine debris removal mission 1,468....Beverage bottles 4,457....Bottle caps 1,843....Fishing nets or net fragments 485....Toothbrushes and other personal care products 570....Shoes and flipflop sandals TOTAL 12 tons debris debris prevention to stop debris from showing up on these once pristine shorelines,” Pacific Island Regional Coordinator Mark Manuel added in a press release. “This is a major issue,” Starr said. “Our numbers may be comparable to the rest of the country, but that doesn’t take away from the significance or the severity of this real emerging issue for us.” Sally Ancheta, East Hawaii coordinator for the Coalition for a Tobacco-Free Hawaii, said she’s not surprised by the numbers, although a county ordinance passed in 2014 made it illegal to sell tobacco and electronic vapor devices, such as e-cigarettes, e-cigars, vape pipes, vaping pens, e-hookahs and hookah pens to people under 21. Ancheta pointed to a “grandfather clause” in the law and said those percentages might decrease in time. “If you were 18 on July 1 (2014), you could still buy tobacco products. If you were 17, you had to wait until you were 21,” she said. “You had 18-year-olds who could still get tobacco products who younger friends still might be able to get them from in early 2015, when the data was collected. The county law was still new on the island.” Ancheta and Mariner Revell, owner of Irie Hawaii smoke shops and opponent of the tobacco ban, don’t agree on much, but do see eye to eye on one thing — that flavorings in some e-liquids used in the vaping devices are what young folks seem to find attractive about vaping. Ancheta said the array of flavors make vaping store counters “seem more like an ice-cream shop.” Revell says the statistics prove “the 21-and-over law doesn’t work” and said there’s “miseducation of the public when it comes to vaping.” “Would you rather have them smoking cigarettes or would you rather have them vaping?” Revell said. He said the documentary movie “A Billion Lives” shows “how the vaping industry is actually saving lives.” “It really hit home for me because my dad died of smoking cigarettes in 2012,” he said, and added most people he knows who vape use it to wean themselves off tobacco, although a new federal law that goes into effect in August prohibits advertising the sale of electronic vapor products as a smoking cessation method. Other topics covered in the survey include unintentional injuries and violence; tobacco, alcohol and other drug use; sexual behaviors that contribute to unintended pregnancy and sexually transmitted diseases, including HIV infection; unhealthy dietary behaviors; and physical inactivity. The survey also monitors the percentages of students affected by obesity and asthma. “This data shows that we are improving as a state in many areas,” Director of Health Virginia Pressler said in a statement. “However, the sharp rise in the use of electronic cigarettes reminds us of the importance of continually monitoring student behavior. We will continue to work in partnership with (DOE) to ensure that our programs and interventions target these emerging issues.” Another area of concern, according to Starr, is binge drinking by high school students, defined in the survey as having five or more alcoholic drinks within a two-hour period. On the Big Island, 16 percent reported going on a binge at least once in the 30 days before the survey, compared to 13.4 percent statewide. “The Big Island is comparable to the rest of the country, but it’s higher than the state of Hawaii, as a whole,” she said. The statewide statistic for binge drinking is described in the survey’s report as “a significant linear decrease from 22.7 percent in 1993.” The survey shows 29.9 percent of Big Island students said they had at least one drink in the 30 days prior to the survey, compared to 25.1 percent statewide. The statewide number is described in the report as “a significant linear decrease from 38.4 percent in 1993.” The full survey report, including more detailed data reports by county, gender, grade and race/ethnicity, and the survey questionnaires are available at www. hawaiihealthmatters.org.- KEALAKEKUA — The couple arrested in a car reported stolen from a rental car company said they were given the vehicle by a man with an unknown last name and no way to contact him, according to testimony in court Thursday. Jeremy Pilgrim, 37, Kailua- Kona, and Rita Reeves, 34, Kailua-Kona, were both arrested on June 6 on a number of felony charges. The two were both charged with unlawful control of a propelled vehicle, third-degree promotion of dangerous drug and possession of paraphernalia. Pilgrim was also charged with second degree meth trafficking. The two were in a gray 2016 Honda Versa on an access road in between Kealakehe Parkway and Keanalehu Drive in Kona, past a gate that is normally kept locked. Someone called the car into dispatch, who determined it was reported stolen from Avis/Budget Group on March 24. Hawaii Police officer Kaea Sugata was assigned to the call, drove to the scene and got out. He began to walk on the road toward the car when it began moving toward him. He ordered the car to stop, he said, pointing his shotgun at the vehicle. The driver, later identified as Pilgrim, did so. Pilgrim and Reeves, who was in the front passenger seat, were arrested. When an officer performed an initial search on Pilgrim, police said three packets of presumptive meth were recovered. The three totalled 1.2 grams, police said. Also inside were a pipe with marijuana residue, a bag with 3.5 grams of presumptive marijuana and “a burnt marijuana cigarette,” testified officer Marco Segobia, who tested the materials. A glass pipe with meth residue was found in both seating areas, he said. Detective Walter Ah Mow took an individual statement from both people, whose stories mirrored each other. A friend named Teva had given the car to Pilgrim and neither knew it was stolen, they said. When questioned neither could provide a last name or way to contact the person, Ah Mow testified. This is not the first time either has found themselves in front of a judge. Pilgrim’s first felony arrest came on April 30, 1997, on a charge of first-degree burglary. He eventually pleaded no contest to an amended complaint listing second-degree burglary and illegal place to keep a firearm. He violated the probation in that case in 1999 and appeared in court on a number of counts in the following year, including driving under the influence of alcohol, burglary and other drug possession cases. Reeves sole criminal circuit court case is a deferred acceptance of no-contest plea to 2003 case of third-degree promotion of a detrimental drug, third-degree promotion of a dangerous drug and drug paraphernalia. The charges were dismissed on Oct. 29, 2015. Pilgrim remains in custody on a $35,000 bond and Reeves is on supervised release. Both area due in Judge Melvin Fujino’s courtroom at 11:30 a.m. June 17. BY GRAHAM MILLDRUM WEST HAWAII TODAY gmilldrum@westhawaiitoday.com Pilgrim Reeves James C. Clay Attorney James C. Clay • Serious Personal Injury • Product Liability • Real Estate • 1031 Tax Deferred Exchanges • 30 Years Experience in Kona • Personal Injury • Business • Real Estate • 1031 Tax Deferred Exchanges • EB-5 VISA 808-386-1335 jamescclaylaw@gmail.com • 808-386-1335 jamescclaylaw@gmail.com Kamehameha ‘Ekahi showed us that our true strength is in unity. Let us remember his courageous, caring leadership which set the foundation for Hawai‘i as we know it today. 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