Iwakuni Marine Corps Air Station started collecting donations and contributions over the weekend for the earthquake victims in Nigata Prefecture, a base release stated Monday.

Base officials asked the community Friday to begin providing items from the following list if they wished to help:

Food:

• Packed rice, cup noodles, canned food, sweets and snacks, powdered milk for babies and baby food.

• Tea (in plastic bottles) and drinking water (in plastic bottles).

Daily necessities:

• Paper cups, paper plates, tooth brushes, soaps, shampoo, towels (face and bath), toilet paper, tissues, sanitary items and cellophane film (for food). These items need to be in their original packaging.

• Diapers for infants and adults.

• Disposable hand warmers.

• Batteries of all types, but only full packages.

Used underwear and blankets, even if they are washed, should not be donated, the release stated. Also, perishable food items cannot be donated. All items should be new or unused.

The drop-off point is at Building 1007. To get there, follow these directions: From the Iron Works gym, drive towards Penny Lake. A short distance from there you will see two buildings ahead, one at left, one at right. Building 1007 is the building on the left. There should be signs identifying the nearby GSA Mart.

Call Capt. Stewart Upton at 253-5551 for more information.

Guam boil-water notice lifted

The boil water notice has been lifted for the Guam villages of Santa Rita, Agat, Naval Base Guam, Naval Magazine, and the Navy’s Old and New Apra housing, base officials announced Monday, saying that tests have determined the water quality has met Environmental Protection Agency standards.

The water was shut off for those areas late Saturday night and early Sunday morning to allow clearing sediment from Fena Reservoir, base officials announced Sunday.

Okinawa police hold Marine listed as ‘deserter’

GINOWAN, Okinawa — A sergeant the Marine Corps listed as on “deserter status” is being held by Okinawa police on trespassing and theft accusations, a police spokesman said Monday.

Sgt. Paul E. Woodman, 30, of Headquarters and Service Battalion, Marine Corps Base Camp Butler, was apprehended Saturday. He’s accused of sneaking into a Ginowan home Oct. 23 and stealing the occupant’s keys, a police report stated.

Okinawa police said the home’s occupant knew Woodman. Citing information that resident provided, police said Woodman was in Naha at 3 p.m. Saturday.

Woodman has been absent from his unit for more than 30 days, said 2nd Lt. Eric C. Tausch, Marine spokesman.

Airman in custody after Okinawa accident

GINOWAN, Okinawa — An airman assigned to Kadena Air Base is in Okinawa police custody on suspicion of driving while under the influence of alcohol in connection with a traffic accident early Sunday.

Okinawa police identified the airman as Tech. Sgt. Henry Anabwani, 28, assigned to the 18th Logistics Readiness Squadron.

According to the police report, Anabwani was driving north on Highway 58 in the Oyama district of Ginowan at 6:40 a.m. Sunday when he lost control of his car, careened over the median and struck a car in an oncoming lane. The 22-year-old Japanese driver and a passenger of the other car were treated for minor injuries, a police spokesman said. Anabwani was not injured, he said.

Police took the airman into custody at the scene of the accident. A Breathalyzer test showed he had a blood alcohol concentration level of 0.25 percent, .10 percent more than the Japanese legal limit of 0.15 percent, the police spokesman said.