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Clearinghouse leaders Mariellen Byrnes Jones and Jean Jackson say many of the 20 to 40 families helped each day have nowhere else to turn.
The agency, which has launched an emergency food drive, is seeing more families in need because of reductions in welfare assistance.
In addition, with school out for the summer, many families can no longer rely on school breakfast and lunch programs to help feed youngsters.
Last year, 41 percent of fatal crashes in the state involved alcohol, the lowest since 1975.
The state is in the fourth year of a 10-year federal grant to reduce drunken driving. More than $170,000 recently released from the grant will pay for statewide training of attorneys to prosecute those who drink and drive, a six-person roving police patrol team to enforce DUI laws, and mobile video cameras to record those stopped and arrested for drunken driving.
The girl was transferred from Maui Memorial Hospital to Oahu last night.
She underwent surgery at Queen's Hospital and was in guarded condition when transferred to Kapiolani Hospital near midnight.
Her father was sitting with the infant at a heiau in Paukukalo when she was shot, a police report said. Residents of Kikania Street called police at 5:39 p.m.
Nathan BrownThe U.S. Marshals Service is offering a $2,500 reward for information leading to the arrest of federal fugitive and Hawaiian sovereignty activist Nathan Brown.
Brown, 42, was convicted on federal income tax violations and sentenced to six years and five months in prison. An arrest warrant was issued in November1993 after he failed to show up to serve his sentence.
Hawaiian sovereignty leader Dennis "Bumpy" Kanahele is accused of obstruction of justice for allegedly harboring Brown at his Nation of Hawaii compound in Waimanalo and foiling two attempts to arrest Brown in 1994.
Kanahele's first trial ended in a mistrial. The retrial has been postponed until the 9th U.S. Circuit Court of Appeals rules on whether retrying Kanahele constitutes double jeopardy.
Kanahele was held without bail for three months, but was released to a halfway house after the mistrial. The federal court earlier this year allowed Kanahele to be released to his Waimanalo home while awaiting retrial, provided that he stay away from the nearby Nation of Hawaii compound.
Anyone with information on Brown's whereabouts is asked to call 541-3012.
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