Heat-related injuries bring down 9 Schofield soldiers in march
Nine soldiers with the 25th Infantry Division were hospitalized due to heat-related injuries incurred while on a 12-mile foot march through Schofield Barracks’ East Range Training Area on Friday morning.
The men were part of a group undertaking the march as part of a qualification test for the Army’s Expert Infantryman Badge when the city Department of Emergency Services was called to assist at about 10 a.m., said Maj. David M. Bolender, deputy public affairs officer for the division.
Eight of the nine soldiers were released by Friday afternoon. The ninth soldier remained hospitalized in stable condition.
Emergency Services officials described those hospitalized as men in their 20s.
NEIGHBOR ISLANDS
Group must give records to state
WAILUKU >> A judge is ordering a community association on Maui to comply with a subpoena and hand over documents to the state attorney general.
The Maui News reports that the Wailuku Main Street Association and board Chairman Thomas Cannon have until Jan. 3 to provide the government with additional financial and organizational documents.
The association is a nonprofit group that has received more than $2.2 million in county funding in the last decade. It is being investigated to find out how taxpayer funds have been used and whether any of Hawaii’s nonprofit laws have been violated.
Still time to join winter program
The registration deadline for the Kauai County Winter Fun Program has been extended at the Kalaheo and Kapaa neighborhood centers, officials said Friday.
People can register at the neighborhood centers Monday to Wednesday from 8 a.m. to 4 p.m.
The program runs from Dec. 17 to 28 for youngsters ages 5 through 11 and offers arts and crafts, games and outdoor activities. The Christmas holiday will be observed on Dec. 25.
For information, call the Kapaa center at 822-1937 or the Kalaheo center at 332-9770.