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San Francisco-Honolulu flights added by ATA

American Trans Air announced yesterday it would expand flight services from San Francisco International Airport to Chicago, Hawaii and the East Coast.

The low-cost carrier will bolster San Francisco service with additional daily flights to Chicago-Midway and Honolulu, effective Oct. 16 and Nov. 20, respectively. In addition, the company is introducing twice daily nonstop San Francisco-Newark service, with flights to begin Oct. 26, 2003.

In other news at the carrier, parent company ATA Holdings Corp. said today it may not be able to make 2004 debt payments. ATA, which also reported a second-quarter profit of $43.3 million, said it's in "preliminary" talks with aircraft lessors to restructure plane payments and has hired Morgan Stanley and Citigroup Inc. to help evaluate options for refinancing debt.

St. Francis cleans up on Kauai

The Vidinha Charitable Trust has given $60,000 to the St. Francis Healthcare Foundation to purchase a new and larger on-site medical waste sterilizer for its St. Francis Dialysis facility on Kauai. The equipment will replace a system that is almost 10 years old and prone to breakdowns. During downtimes, the backlog of wastes from kidney dialysis treatments are sent to Wilcox Hospital or shipped to Oahu at additional cost to the facility.

St. Francis Healthcare System has provided dialysis treatment to end-stage renal disease patients and visitors in Lihue since 1976. In 1998, St. Francis expanded its service and opened an eight-station unit in Waimea.

Exhibitors sought for tech expo

The second annual Tech Solutions Today conference takes place Sept. 11-12 at the Sheraton Moana Surfrider in Waikiki, and local information technology exhibitors are being sought.

A single booth during both days of the event costs $395 and a double booth is $750. Attendees and exhibitors will have wireless Internet access.

The event will be jointly hosted by the Association of Information Technology Professionals and the Hawaii Tele-Communications Association. Organizers also are seeking sponsorships.

For more information, call Rhoda Fong at 535-0318 or send her an e-mail at rfong@inets.com.

City sells $250 million in bonds

The City & County of Honolulu sold $250 million of bonds to support improvements in city roads, parks and public safety.

Citigroup Global Markets Inc. led the sale, which includes bonds maturing in 2008 that yielded 2.75 percent and bonds maturing in 2028 that yielded 5.01 percent, according to Bloomberg data.

Ivan Lui-Kwan, director of the city's budget and fiscal services, said last week that $85.5 million of the proceeds will be used for highway and street work and $15 million will go to public safety improvements. About $143.5 million will be used to redeem commercial paper, or unsecured debt that typically matures in less than a year.

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New jobs

» Kahi Mohala has named Dr. Celia Ona medical director. She specializes in psychiatry, with special interests in clinical psychopharmacology, bipolar disorder, schizophrenia and electro-convulsive therapy. She replaced Dr. George Makini, who had served as interim medical director since early 2002. Ona also has been an associate professor of psychiatry at the University of Hawaii John A. Burns School of Medicine since 2000. 

» Honolulu Zoo Society's board of directors has named Keith Patterson executive director. He replaced Barbara Thacker, who will resume management of the society's volunteer program. Patterson spent five years as executive director of Mount Diablo Interpretive Center in Northern California and five years as festival coordinator for the Contra Costa County Earth Day event.

Recognition

» The Chamber of Commerce of Hawaii has presented President's Awards to Ken Sandefur and Paul Saito. The annual honor recognizes individuals who provide exceptional value or service to the Chamber. Sandefur, vice president of CB Richard Ellis, has been active with the Chamber for 18 years. He has served on the board of directors twice and has been chair of the Chamber's Military Affairs Council twice. Saito, an attorney with Torkildson Katz Fonseca Moore and Hetherington, has been active with the Chamber since 1996, primarily as chairman of the Human Resources Committee and as a legislative advocate.

» Hawaii Opera Theatre has honored past and present board members Marian Vaught, Rhoda Hackler, Robert B. Bunn and Tom Huber with the Mary Pfeiffer Volunteer Recognition Award. Vaught and Hackler have served the theatre board for more than 50 years combined. Bunn is co-counsel and a founding board member. Huber is board treasurer. The award recognizes board members who have demonstrated an extraordinary commitment to the mission and programs of HOT.