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Newswatch
Star-Bulletin staff and wire service
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Grant to fund health care training
Pacific Island health care workers will receive improved training under a $400,000 federal grant to the University of Hawaii's John A. Burns School of Medicine. The funding was provided by the U.S. Health Resources Service Administration in response to advocacy and an Institute of Medicine report about great disparities in the availability of continuing education for the health work force in the U.S. Associated Pacific Island entities, according to a medical school news release.
SHINING STARS
Former Oahu resident named president of women's attorney group in Tennessee
Laurie Christensen, formerly of Oahu, is the incoming president of the Memphis Association for Women Attorneys in Tennessee. Christensen received her bachelor's degree in communications from the University of Hawaii and her law degree at the University of Memphis. She is a staff attorney for Baptist Memorial Health Care.
Rodney Hee, Big Brothers Big Sisters of Honolulu's customer relations specialist, is the Program Staff Person of the Year for the Western region. A social worker for the state for 35 years, Hee has been with Big Brothers since 2004. In one year, Hee helped match 719 children with a big brother or big sister, according to the nonprofit group.
The Lyon Arboretum, operated by the University of Hawaii at Manoa, and the local architectural firm Group 70 International have received the American Planning Association Hawaii Chapter's Environment/Preservation Award. The award recognized the planning work done to nurture or enhance the environment and its initiative to restore the research facility, according to UH officials.
"Shining Stars" runs Monday through Thursday.
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Police, Fire, Courts
Star-Bulletin staff
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HONOLULU
BB gun allegedly used in threat against wife
Police arrested a 41-year-old Kalihi man who allegedly threatened his wife with a BB gun.
Police said the man was arguing with his 46-year-old wife at about 11:30 a.m. Saturday when he grabbed the BB gun and threatened her.
The husband left but was later arrested for investigation of first-degree terroristic threatening.
LEEWARD OAHU
3 men are arrested in theft of aluminum
Police arrested three men who allegedly stole aluminum planks from an Oahu business and then allegedly sold them to a recycling center in Campbell Industrial Park.
Police said the men, ages 40, 43 and 45, had been taking the planks from Oct. 15 until Saturday.
They were each arrested for investigation of four counts of second-degree theft.
Garden tools used during alleged threats
Police arrested a 59-year-old man who allegedly threatened another man with garden tools.
Police said that on Oct. 16 the suspect threatened a 39-year-old man with a garden pruner and then threatened him again with a sickle in Pearl City.
The victim did not report the incident until Friday. Police later arrested the suspect for investigation of first-degree terroristic threatening.
Police did recover the garden pruner as evidence, they said.
WINDWARD OAHU
Young inmate arrested after assault on guard
Police arrested a 17-year-old boy who allegedly used a sharpened pencil and threatened to kill everyone at the Hawaii Youth Correctional Facility on Thursday.
Police said the boy, who is an inmate at the facility, made the threat after his request to make a phone call was denied.
A correctional officer then subdued the boy and was assaulted in the process, police said.
The boy was arrested for investigation of second-degree assault and first-degree terroristic threatening.
LATE BREAKING
Paraglider identified as Honolulu man
A paraglider who died after falling into power lines near Makapuu has been identified as 38-year-old Johan Hakansson of Honolulu, according to the Medical Examiner's office.
Officials said that at about 11 a.m. Saturday, Hakansson was trying to land when he got caught in power lines and fell about 30 feet. He died a short time later.
Bodyboarder who died after hitting reef is ID'd
A 31-year-old man died Saturday while bodyboarding near Sandy Beach Park has been identified by the Honolulu Medical Examiner's office as Christopher Johnson of Kaneohe.
Officials said Johnson was at the Pipe Littles surf break at about 4:30 p.m. when he hit the reef.
He died a short time later.