Kayak tour firm hit on leader training

Lawyers for the family of a New York teenager who died during a kayak excursion off Hawaii island last year say the trip’s organizers didn’t properly vet or train its leader.

Lawyers for the family of Tyler Ma­doff said Tuesday in federal court that Bold Earth Teen Adventures ignored or didn’t know about marijuana and alcohol use by the leader. They say the group ignored safety rules for a state park.

Loretta Sheehan, an attorney for the 15-year-old boy’s father, says trip leader Andrew Mork was unfit to guide children.

Lawyers for Mork and Colo­rado-based Bold Earth Teen Adventures declined comment after a hearing.

Agency halts burning of diet supplements

The state Department of Health did not destroy $250,000 worth of voluntarily forfeited OxyELITE Pro products because a local attorney asked the state to hold on to the dietary supplement for possible use as evidence in litigation, the department said Tuesday.

On Monday state environmental health staff members went to 20 retailers on Oahu and nine neighbor island stores to collect a total of 329,509 OxyELITE Pro capsules and 83,000 ounces of the supplement in powder. The department said the attorney sent a letter to the state attorney general shortly after the department announced its intent to have the embargoed supplements incinerated at the HPOWER plant in Campbell Industrial Park.