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Area residents and merchants can find tax help tomorrow at the Hoolaulea Kokua Haleiwa. Tax help available
State Tax Department representatives will be there to answer questions and offer tax preparation services at the North Shore Market Place.
The department will consider waiving penalties and interest for late filings and payments by residents and businesses affected by the Waimea Bay rock slide.
The department and the Internal Revenue Service also will assist residents prepare state and federal individual income tax returns, and will provide tax information from 9 a.m. to 1 p.m. April 1 at Haleiwa Elementary School and Sunset Beach Elementary School
Extension forms for businesses and individuals will be available at both sites. The forms also can be obtained from the 24-hour Forms Request Line at 587-7572, or be downloaded from http://www.state.hi.us/tax
For more information, call Kerry Yoneshige at 587-1460.
Gasoline prices still 21 cents above mainland
Rising gasoline prices on the mainland have narrowed the gap some, but Hawaii gas prices are still 21 cents a gallon more on average, according to a study by the American Automobile Association study.The average cost of a gallon of self-serve regular is $1.75 here, according to the study.
Over the past year, gas prices on the mainland grew by 58 percent, compared to 14 percent in Hawaii, the study indicates.
At $1.54 a gallon, mainland gas prices are the highest ever.
Relief could come when oil-producing nations gather March 27 in Vienna, Austria -- assuming they agree to increase oil-production by at least 2.5 million barrels per day to meet worldwide demand.
As gas prices rise, AAA recommends motorists shop aggressively for the lowest prices.
Nimitz, H-1 lanes to be closed for roadwork
Parts of Nimitz Highway and the H-1 Freeway will be closed for roadwork.Two Ewa-bound lanes will be closed on Nimitz Highway at Smith Street from 7 a.m. to 6:30 p.m. today and tomorrow.
The right Ewa-bound lane of the H-1 Freeway will be closed tomorrow by the Palama Overpass from 6 a.m. to 2 p.m to replace highway lighting.
UH doctors chosen for psychiatry fellowships
Four University of Hawaii John A. Burns School of Medicine residents have been selected for national psychiatry fellowships.Dr. Cathy Kaheau'ilai Bell and Dr. David Wolkoff received the Sol Ginsberg Fellowship from the Group for the Advancement of Psychiatry.
Dr. Anthony Guerrero and Dr. Megan Marumoto were awarded the American College of Psychiatrists' Laughlin Fellowship.
Both graduated with top honors from the medical school at UH-Manoa.
Bell and Wolkoff will work with professionals in psychiatry and prepare documents for policymakers, including the surgeon general and the president.
"It is extremely rare for two students from the same medical school to receive these fellowships," said Dr. Naleen Andrade, UH chair of psychiatry.
Bell is an honors graduate of Yale University, a Native Hawaiian Health Scholar and a senior in the Triple Board Program (pediatrics, general psychiatry and child psychiatry).
Wolkoff was selected from the UH's General Psychiatry Program, where he did extensive research on crystal methamphetamine abuse.
Guerrero was the first graduate of psychiatry's Triple Board Program. A UH professor of psychiatry and pediatrics, he spearheaded psychiatric services for underserved communities in Maui and Lanai.
Marumoto, now in the Child & Adolescent Residency Program, organized treatment and legislative initiatives to improve medical care for Hawaii's mentally ill.
Free financial planning seminars to be offered
Two free seminars on financial and estate planning will be offered by the St. Francis Healthcare Foundation of Hawaii next month.The "Wealth Preservation Seminars" will be held 11:30 am. to 1 p.m. April 11 at the Ala Moana Hotel's Carnation Room, and from 5:30 p.m. to 7 p.m. April 13 at St. Francis Medical Center's Harry & Jeanette Weinberg Pavilion.
Stephen Reese, estate planning attorney, will be among the speakers.
Topics will include how to produce additional lifetime income and how to earn tax deductions.
Call 547-6877.
Police, Fire, Courts
By Star-Bulletin staffHonolulu Police Department Crimestoppers
Parents accused in tot's death
A 23-year-old Kaneohe Marine has been charged with murder in the death a week ago of his 18-month-old daughter, and his wife was arrested yesterday for suspected involvement.The girl died of suffocation at 9:49 p.m. March 11 in Castle Hospital's emergency room, according to the medical examiner.
Cpl. James N. Bingham was charged with murder and was arrested Tuesday evening.
His wife, Cpl. Tricia M. Bingham, was arrested yesterday afternoon, pending investigation by the Naval Criminal Investigative Service.
The two are now detained at the Ford Island correctional facility.
James Bingham is a small-arms technician from Solon Springs, Wis. He and Tricia, 22, a nuclear biological and chemical defense technician from Las Vegas, have been stationed in Hawaii since November 1995.
Pedestrian killed in Salt Lake
A 68-year-old woman was killed while crossing Salt Lake Boulevard at 6:18 a.m. yesterday.A Volkswagen van driven by a 50-year-old man hit the woman as she had just stepped out of a crosswalk toward a nearby bus stop, police said.
She was walking in the crosswalk at the intersection of Salt Lake Boulevard near Luapele Drive.
The traffic light reportedly had turned green for the driver, and he did not see the woman.
The woman was pronounced dead at the scene. This is Oahu's 10th traffic fatality this year, compared with 11 last year at this time.
