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Flood recovery centers open
People who sustained damage to their property from heavy rain and flooding between Feb. 19 and April 2 can apply for federal relief at two federal/state Disaster Recovery Centers, starting today. Before coming to the center, people are asked to apply by calling toll-free 800-621-3362 (FEMA). The centers are open noon to 8 p.m. through Friday at Kualoa Ranch, 49-560 Kamehameha Highway, Kaaawa; and Kauai War Memorial Convention Hall, 4191 Hardy St., Lihue.
TAKING NOTICE
Arthritis Foundation gets $10,000 grant
The
Hawaii Branch of the Arthritis Foundation has been selected for a $10,000 grant from the
Pacific Rebekah Lodge No. 1 and the
Weinberg Friends Project.
The lodge gives the annual award to a charity based on criteria from the Weinberg project.
Thirty lodge members are completing more than 100 volunteer hours at the USS Missouri to receive the check from the Harry and Jeanette Weinberg Foundation and give it to the Arthritis Foundation.
"We are extremely fortunate to be able to be part of the Weinberg Friends program, as it gives our members the opportunity to serve not only one, but two greater community organizations in Hawaii simultaneously," Shayleen Teixeira, project coordinator for the lodge, said in a news release.
Rowen Young, Arthritis Foundation Hawaii Branch chairman, said the money will help support programs for children with arthritis, including a residential summer camp.
»Read to Me International has received a $10,000 grant from the from theHarry and Jeanette Weinberg's Friends Program by way of theRotary Club of Honolulu Sunrise. To get the funds, the Rotary club performed a community service cleanup project for the Parents and Children Together shelter.
Read to Me, a nonprofit organization whose mission is to spread the love and joy of reading aloud, has received long-standing support from the Rotary club.
"Taking Notice" runs on Tuesdays, Thursdays and Saturdays. Please send items to City Desk, Star-Bulletin, 500 Ala Moana, Suite 7-210, Honolulu, HI 96813.
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Police, Fire, Courts
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HONOLULU
Police seek boyfriend in alleged kidnapping
Honolulu police are looking for a 22-year-old man who allegedly held his girlfriend against her will over the weekend.
The girlfriend, 23, said that at about 3 p.m. Friday, her boyfriend dragged her into her Honolulu apartment and kept her there until 10 a.m. Saturday. The boyfriend also allegedly choked her before he eventually left the apartment.
Police are investigating the case as abuse and kidnapping.
Man is arrested in alleged robbery
A customer helped police catch a 37-year-old man suspected of robbing a lone convenience store cashier at knifepoint on Kalakaua Avenue near Makaloa Street yesterday afternoon.
Police said the man entered a Kalakaua Avenue convenience store at 4:47 p.m., pointed a knife at the cashier and demanded money.
Police said the 43-year-old female cashier stepped away from the counter, and the man tried to open the cash register himself.
When the man was unable to get any cash out of the register, he fled the store.
A person inside the store followed the suspect and reported the man's whereabouts to police.
Patrol units found the man and arrested him for felony robbery.
WINDWARD OAHU
Man arrested nearly a year after burglary
After nearly a year, police arrested a suspect in a Kailua burglary.
Police arrested a 22-year-old Kaneohe man who allegedly burglarized a Mokapu Boulevard residence May 30, 2005.
Police said the residents secured their home at about noon that day. Then, at about 1:15 p.m., the homeowners returned to find their home was broken into and items missing.
In July, police had identified the suspect from latent fingerprints police recovered at the entry point, police said.
Police had been unable to locate him until Wednesday, when he agreed to meet police at the Kailua Police Station.
He turned himself in and was arrested on suspicion of first-degree burglary.
