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Isle foundation gets laptops to help disabled
Assistive Technology Resource Centers of Hawaii has received 10 wireless Toshiba laptop computers, printers and other equipment through a Beaumont Foundation of America grant."These computers will be used to enhance the lives of people with disabilities and their families," said ATRC Executive Director Barbara Fischlowitz-Leong.
The foundation, located in Beaumont, Texas, grants equipment to support digital inclusion for underserved people.
Assistive Technology Resource Centers of Hawaii is a nonprofit, statewide organization committed to ensuring access to assistive technology for people with disabilities.
Program offers research for medical students
Straub Foundation is accepting applications from medical students for its eight-week 2004 Summer Student Research Program, to be held June 21 to Aug. 13.The deadline to submit applications is Feb. 27. For applications and more information, call 524-6755.
The program provides an introduction to clinical research for eight to 10 university students selected to receive hands-on experience. Each research scholar receives guidance and mentorship from a principal investigator, usually a physician in the community.
Diagnostic Laboratory Services gets new home
Diagnostic Laboratory Services has relocated its Kahala facility to 4400 Kalanianaole Highway.The new lab is about twice the size of the previous site, with ample parking and expanded hours, from 6 a.m. to 4 p.m. Mondays through Fridays and 6 a.m. to noon on Saturdays.
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[Taking Notice]
>> The Aloha House and its sister agency, the Malama Family Recovery Center, have received accreditation for three years from the Commission on Accreditation of Rehabilitation Facilities. Aloha House has been providing services for the prevention and treatment of alcohol and drug dependency and other behavioral disorders for 25 years. Malama provides several programs for women affected by substance abuse.
PHOTO COURTESY OF LYDEE RITCHIE
Aloha House recently received accreditation by the Commission on Accreditation of Rehabilitation Facilities. Pictured are Jud R. Cunningham, left, chief executive officer of Aloha House and Malama Family Recovery Center; Ed Yewell, Aloha House clinical director; Anita Laviola, Malama Family Recovery Center clinical director; Brendon Friedman, Human Resources & Quality Assurance manager; and Jerry Welch, Aloha House board president.
>> Landen Y. Yasuda, of Honolulu, has been promoted to the rank of Eagle Scout by the Boy Scouts of America. He is with Troop 201, chartered by Maemae Elementary School.
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Police, Fire, Courts
By Star-Bulletin staffLEEWARD OAHU
Man is critically hurt in road rage incident
A 63-year-old man was in critical condition Tuesday after he was struck in the head during a road rage incident with occupants of another vehicle in Nanakuli, police said.When officers arrived, the victim initially declined to file a police report, police said. The victim's condition worsened after he was taken to the hospital, police said.
Police said the incident occurred about 11:25 a.m. Tuesday in a residential neighborhood, but did not provide other details.
HONOLULU
Driver arrested after SUV crash injures 3
Police arrested a 20-year-old Kailua man for investigation of driving under the influence of intoxicants following a single-vehicle accident yesterday that left two people in critical condition.Police said the accident happened about 5:05 a.m. Tuesday along Kahuapaani Street in Halawa.
Police said the suspect apparently lost control of a blue four-door 2000 GMC Jimmy, hit the curb, a guardrail, then the median and then crossed over the lanes heading in the opposite direction before coming to rest against the opposite sidewalk and guardrail.
The front-seat passenger, a 23-year-old man, and a 48-year-old man in the back seat were taken to the Queen's Medical Center in critical condition, police said.
A third passenger, whose age was not available, suffered serious injuries, police said. The suspect left the scene but was later found and arrested, police said.
Police said none of the occupants of the sport utility vehicle wore seat belts, and speed was an apparent factor in the accident.
Police file charges in Sunday knife attack
Honolulu police have charged a Kalihi man with threatening and attacking another man with a knife over the weekend. Police said that on Sunday night Roy Horn, 48, cut another man on the hand during an argument at a Robello Lane apartment unit. Horn is being held in lieu of $15,000 for first-degree terroristic threatening and third-degree assault.
NEIGHBOR ISLANDS
Charred body found in house fire's remains
HILO >> Big Island police are investigating a case in which the charred body of an unidentified person was found in the smoldering remains of a Puna District house fire yesterday.Responding to an 8:15 a.m. call from neighbors on 18th Street in the Hawaiian Paradise Park subdivision, police and firefighters found the house engulfed in flames, they said.
The body was so badly burned that authorities could not identify the sex, they said.
An autopsy was set for tomorrow to determine the identity and cause of death.
Fire Capt. Pomai Wela described the house as a small, one-story structure with a loft, set back amidst vegetation so that it was not easily seen from the unpaved street.
The nearest house was about 50 yards away, he said.
A neighbor was in the yard but could not approach the house because of the extent of the fire, Wela said.
The cause of the fire is under investigation, but there was nothing visible that would immediately suggest a cause, he said.
Robbery suspect is sought on warrant
Big Island police are looking for a 23-year-old suspect wanted on a grand jury warrant for robbery.
The suspect was identified as John Mercado Jr., whose last known address was in Paradise Park, Puna. Mercado is described as being 5 feet 8 inches tall, weighing about 170 pounds and having brown hair and brown eyes.
Mercado is wanted for a robbery that occurred on May 23 at the Food Court in Hilo.
Anyone with information on his whereabouts is asked to call the police nonemergency number at 935-3311.
Those who wish to remain anonymous may call CrimeStoppers at 961-8300 in Hilo or 329-8181 in Kona.
Honolulu Police Department Crimestoppers
