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Keiki asthma fair set for Bishop lawn Oct. 23
The Straub Foundation will hold its Keiki Asthma Fair at the Bishop Museum Great Lawn on Oct. 23 from 9 a.m. to 4 p.m.Asthma is the most common serious chronic disease of childhood. It affects almost 5 million children in the United States.
The state's asthma rate for youngsters is one of the highest in the nation. About 40,800 children in Hawaii live with asthma. It is the No. 1 cause of hospitalization and school absenteeism for children between 5 to 12 years old.
Recognizing the symptoms -- which include coughing, chest tightness, shortness of breath and wheezing -- diagnosing the disease and helping children manage it can prevent symptoms from getting worse and even make them disappear.
Olympic Gold Medal weightlifter Tommy Kono and Olympic decathlete and asthma educator Rob Muzzio are expected to attend the event. Children ages 6 to 14 can participate in the Asthma Challenge for Keiki. Education stations and workshops on asthma research, cardiopulmonary resuscitation and lung function tests will be available.
Admission to the Bishop Museum and the Planetarium is free to the first 300 children ages 6 to 14 who pre-register for the event. The first 300 pre-registered children who complete the Asthma Challenge will also receive a T-shirt and a medal.
For more information or to pre-register for the event, call the Straub Foundation at 524-6755.
» The Queen's Medical Center's Conference Center, formerly known as the Mabel Smyth Memorial Building, has received a Preservation Honor Award from the Historic Hawai'i Foundation for outstanding historic preservation efforts. Built in 1941, the conference center has been listed as a state historic building and is on the National Register of Historic Places. It was renovated in 2000.
» Moanalua High School graduate Alandria Fields has won the African American Lawyers Association of Hawaii essay contest on Brown v. Board of Education, the landmark Supreme Court case that outlawed racially segregated schools. Fields was awarded an $800 scholarship to attend Howard University in Washington, D.C., where she plans to pursue a degree in education.
» Helen Varner, Hawaii Pacific University dean of the College of Communication, has received the 2004 Gregg W. Perry Public Relations Professional of the Year award for major contributions to the profession. Earlier this year, Varner received the International Association of Business Communicators Hawaii Chapter Lifetime Achievement Award, only the second person to receive the honor in the chapter's 34-year history.
» Alexander & Baldwin Inc. has awarded scholarships to Sara Moore and Mark Pacubas, both Maui High School graduates, who are the children of company employees Randall C. Moore and Paul Pacubas. Each will receive $2,000 renewable scholarships for their first year of college.
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NEIGHBOR ISLANDS
Diver apparently drowns in waters off East Maui
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HONOLULU
Missing Alzheimer's patient is found safe
Honolulu police located a 66-year-old man who had been reported missing in Waikiki earlier this week.Police said Robert F. Sato was found in the Diamond Head area Tuesday night.
Family members reported Sato missing on Monday and said he might be suffering from the early stages of Alzheimer's disease.
Police impersonators rob man in his house
Honolulu police are looking for two men who allegedly robbed a Kaimuki man by impersonating law enforcement officers.Police said the two suspects entered the 28-year-old male victim's home, located near Kaimuki High School, at 11:27 p.m. Tuesday armed with handguns. One of the suspects displayed a badge of some sort, according to the victim.
Man faces 15 charges involving teenage girl
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Anton Mykelbust was charged with four counts of first-degree sexual assault, six counts of third-degree sexual assault, two counts of kidnapping, second-degree robbery, credit card theft and unlawful methamphetamine trafficking to a minor.
Mykelbust, of Acacia Place, is being held on $500,000 bail.
Police arrested Mykelbust at 5:50 a.m. Tuesday fronting 2330 Kuhio Ave. in Waikiki.
The sexual assaults occurred Saturday from 8 a.m. to 4 p.m. in downtown Honolulu at an unknown location, police said.
CENTRAL OAHU
Man held in alleged assault on HPD officer
A 20-year-old man wanted for allegedly assaulting a police officer last month was arrested Monday in Wahiawa.On Sept. 6 the Wahiawa man allegedly punched an officer who was trying to arrest him and fled on foot. Police said the man was being arrested on outstanding warrants.
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