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State legislators will meet at 10 a.m. tomorrow in the state Capitol with people affected by the proposed relocation of adult mental health services from the Diamond Head Health Center. Capitol meet to address
mental health relocationSen. Suzanne Chun Oakland (D, Palama-Alewa Heights-Kalihi), who heads the Senate Health and Human Services Committee, said the meeting is "to assure consumers that the Department of Health will work with them in considering any kind of move of their facility and program."
The Health Department has proposed moving adult mental health services for about 300 clients to the Lanakila Health Center in Kalihi-Palama. A Life Skills program for about 30 mentally impaired persons would go to the Honolulu Clubhouse at Fort Street Mall.
State Health Director Bruce Anderson said the moves are needed to provide more space for the children's mental health program on the first floor of the Diamond Head building.
Both the children's and adult mental health services programs are under federal court orders with deadlines for improvements. The developmentally disabled program also is under a consent decree and is in the Diamond Head building.
Anderson postponed the moves until Sept. 22 following protests about the plan and the way it was handled by the DOH.
City has display areas available to nonprofits
Displays by nonprofit organizations on the Honolulu civic center grounds will be allowed during the annual Honolulu City Lights holiday program in December.Organizations have until Aug. 25 to submit applications to the city Department of Customer Services. Permits will be issued for five display areas near Honolulu Hale. A lottery to assign spaces will be held at 9 a.m. Sept. 11 at the mayor's conference room at the city hall.
For information: 523-4381.
Roadblocks to be up for holiday weekend
The Honolulu Police Department will set up roadblocks through Monday in an effort to reduce alcohol- and/or drug-impaired driving over the Admission Day weekend.The roadblocks will be set up at unannounced times and locations.
Tomorrow
Some events of interest
Noon-9 p.m., Neal Blaisdell Exhibition Hall: Fifth annual Made in Hawaii Festival.
Correction
Wikiwiki registration forms in the yellow pages of local telephone books do not include printed request forms for absentee mail-in ballots. A story Monday said incorrectly that they were included. Request forms for absentee mail-in ballots are available in Wikiwiki registration forms at county clerks offices, libraries and satellite city halls. They also can be downloaded off the Office of Elections Web site at http://www.state.hi.us/elections.
Police, Fire, Courts
By Star-Bulletin staffHonolulu Police Department Crimestoppers
An Oahu grand jury has indicted three men in the shooting death Saturday of Dino Arado of Mililani. Three men indicted in Arado murder
Joseph Poomaihealani, 30, was charged with second-degree murder, first-degree assault, and being a felon in possession of a firearm and ammunition. His bail is set at $200,000.
Joseph's brother, John Poomaihealani, 19, was charged with first-degree assault, first-degree terroristic threatening and being a felon in possession of a firearm. His bail is $100,000.
Brian Lazardo, 22, also charged with first-degree assault and first-degree terroristic threatening, was being held on a $50,000 bail.
Last Saturday, the three men went to the Waimakua Drive home looking for 21-year-old Brian Chamberlain's roommate about 9 p.m.
Arado was shot in the heart when he went to check on a fight at his neighbor's home.
Home-invasion robbery reported in Chinatown
Police are investigating a home-invasion robbery in which two men forcibly entered a Chinatown apartment after following an 85-year-old woman home yesterday.The woman was pushed down as she opened the door to the apartment at 1245 Maunakea St. The robbery was reported at 5:50 p.m.
The suspects ransacked the apartment and fled when the woman's son returned home.
Makiki woman hit with two prostitution charges
A Makiki woman has been charged with two counts of prostitution and fined $10,000 for operating an unlicensed massage business.Sun Ye Jarvis, 38, was arrested by police yesterday afternoon at 818 Sheridan St. along with Yen Linh Phan, 27. Phan was released on $1,500 bail.
Jarvis was cited $5,000 apiece for each of the prostitution counts. She was released after posting $2,600 bail.
Coast Guard searches for kayaker off Molokai
The Coast Guard conducted an air search today along the Molokai Coast for a 43-year-old kayaker, who left his Wailau campsite early Tuesday morning to paddle to the Kaluakoi resort.An HH-65 helicopter, a C-130 airplane and Coast Guard Auxiliary plane were involved in the search for Jayson Caree, said Coast Guard spokesman Lt. Greg Fondran.
Pedestrian killed near 'Tracks' identified
The Medical Examiner's office has identified 68-year-old David P. Wilson Sr. of Waianae as the man who was struck by a car and killed Sunday while crossing Farrington Highway near "Tracks" surfing beach in Nanakuli.
Mililani man faces multiple weapons counts
A 29-year-old man is facing multiple felony charges after allegedly pointing a loaded shotgun at his girlfriend during a domestic dispute yesterday morning in Mililani.The woman called police, who arrested the man at the couple's residence at 6:30 a.m.
Police recovered a shotgun and a blackjack. The man was arrested for being a felon in possession of a firearm and ammunition, and a deadly weapon.
