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Star-Bulletin staff and wire service
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UH professor offers tech talk
University of Hawaii at Manoa professor Victor Lubecke will give a public talk about "See Through the Wall Technology" -- his research into using cell phone and other signals to detect human heartbeats.
The speech at the Pacific Club at 7:30 a.m. tomorrow is part of a monthly "tech download" session put on by the Hawaii Science and Technology Council.
For more information, call 536-4670.
Meals on Wheels sets fundraiser
Hawaii Meals on Wheels is celebrating its 27th year of service to the homebound with a dinner and silent auction Nov. 4 at the Honolulu Country Club ballroom.
Melveen Leed will be the featured entertainer at the "Meals from the Heart," which will begin at 6 p.m. with cocktails and the silent auction. Dinner will be served at 7 p.m.
Tickets may be purchased individually or by the table. Prices are $75 per person; $3,000 per table, Platinum Album Sponsor; $2,000 per table, Gold Album Sponsor; or $1,000 per table, Silver Sponsor.
Reservations can be made by calling Meals on Wheels at 988-6747.
The program started 27 years ago with just six volunteers and six clients, according to a release. Since then it has delivered more than 860,000 meals to more than 7,800 elders and others who are disabled and homebound. Last year 58,358 hot meals were delivered.
Meetings to discuss historical designation
Public meetings will begin tomorrow to gather public comment on a plan to seek National Heritage Area designation for an area including downtown Honolulu and surrounding business districts.
The Hawaii Capital Cultural District plan would bring federal government help and funding in preserving and promoting historical and cultural sites in the area bounded by Beretania Street and the Pacific ocean, Kalihi Street and Piikoi Street.
The meetings sponsored by a coalition of businesses, nonprofit organizations and government agencies are part of the process of preparing an application to Congress for National Heritage Area status.
The public may testify at the following locations:
» Thursday, 1-3 p.m., Hawaii State Art Museum, 250 S. Hotel St.
» Thursday, 5-7 p.m., The ARTS at Marks Garage, 1159 Nuuanu Ave.
» Saturday, 9-11:30 a.m., Children's Discovery Center, 111 Ohe St.
» Sept. 13, 9-11:30 a.m., Aloha Tower Marketplace, second floor mauka lanai.
» Sept. 14, 9-11 a.m., Pacific Beach Hotel, Venus Room, 2490 Kalakaua Ave.
Hanauma Bay hosting conservation program
Hanauma Bay's Thursday night educational program this month will focus on "Ocean Ambassadors," beginning tomorrow with a presentation by underwater videographer Ziggy Livnat.
Livnat will talk about why he has made protecting the marine resources of Hawaii his personal mission and will show underwater footage. The free talk starts at 6:30 p.m.
For information, contact 397-5840 or hanauma@hawaii.edu.
SHINING STARS
Philanthropist Lamson-Kanehe inducted into UH Founders Club for her donations
Sally Lamson-Kanehe has been inducted into the University of Hawaii Founders Club in recognition of her philanthropic activities and contributions to the School of Social Work.
The club is reserved for individuals who have given in excess of $100,000 to the UH.
The Washington native came to Hawaii in 1972, earning her master's degree in social work, and then became an instructor. She is also a member of the social work school's board of advisors. She has created three endowed scholarships for the school, contributed to a distance education fund, a public relations fund, and pledged support for the 2007 Indigenous Conference.
Alexa Fujise, an associate judge with the state Intermediate Court of Appeals, was awarded a $1,500 scholarship by the State Justice Institute to attend a training program for new appellate judges in New York. The program was co-sponsored by the Institute of Judicial Administration and the New York University School of Law, in cooperation with the Federal Judicial Center and American Bar Association Appellate Judges Conference.
"Shining Stars" runs Monday through Thursday.
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Police, Fire, Courts
Star-Bulletin staff
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Girl, 17, reports abduction and rape
A 17-year-old girl told police that three men pulled her from a bus stop into their vehicle and took her to a Ewa Beach residence, where one of the men raped her.
Police are looking for two males in their 20s and a third male, estimated at between 18 and 20 years old.
According to police report, the girl said that on Sunday morning she was waiting at an Ewa Beach bus stop when she was approached by three men in a dark-colored vehicle. Two of the men pulled her into the car and took her to a residence where she was assaulted, the police report said.
The alleged attack occurred between 10:30 a.m. and 2:30 p.m. Police are investigating it as first-degree sexual assault.
4 accused thieves arrested in Hawaii Kai
Police arrested four men in Hawaii Kai after a witness reported that they had broken into two parked cars Sunday afternoon.
Police said the witness saw the men -- ages 24, 28 and two who are 29 -- in a sport utility vehicle that was parked near two other cars.
The witness said the four took items from one car and broke into a second, police said. Investigators found weapons and ammunition in the SUV.
The men were arrested for suspicion of unauthorized entry into a motor vehicle and firearms violations.