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Car runs off road
near Hanauma
Magazine says UH good education value
Value wise, the University of Hawaii-Manoa is among the nation's top 100 public colleges and universities, according to a best-buy comparison in Kiplinger's Personal Finance magazine's October issue.In an article titled "A Degree of Value," the Manoa campus ranks 64th. The magazine says the school's faculty-student ratio of 11-1 is better than all but three other colleges, and its average tuition places it 23rd lowest for in-state tuition.
The magazine surveyed 600 schools and used graduation rates, percentage of first-year students returning for their second year, financial aid, amount of debt students accumulate before graduation and other factors to evaluate the schools.
The magazine said the rating formula placed greater weight on quality (71 percent), than on cost (29 percent.)
The University of North Carolina-Chapel Hill, the University of Virginia, and the College of William and Mary are the top three in the ranking.
Expedition departing to map remote reefs
Two ships were to leave Honolulu today for a six-week expedition to assess and map coral reefs of the remote Northwest Hawaiian Islands.The National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration ship Townsend Cromwell and the chartered vessel Rapture will follow each other up the chain of islands and atolls.
More than 50 scientists and natural resources managers are participating.
Chief scientist Rusty Brainard of the Honolulu Laboratory, National Marine Fisheries Service, said, "This cruise will provide not only a crucial research opportunity but hopefully a unique and rare glimpse for the public to see live their own natural resources in the northwestern archipelago."
Professional photographers, writers and educators will document the work.
Once the ships leave, students and others can track the ships via the expedition Web site: www.explorers.bishop museum.org/nwhi
Big Isle lawyer gets second suspension
Big Island attorney Glen J. Dryer faces a second suspension from practicing law.The Hawaii Supreme Court ruled Dryer, 42, may not be an active attorney for two years effective Feb. 17, 2001.
Already suspended until next Feb. 16 for what was termed his professional conduct in another matter, the latest disciplinary action is said to be for failure to prosecute a client's workers' compensation claim and failing to inform his client on the status of the matter.
Tomorrow
Some events of interest9 a.m., City Department of Human Resources conference room: Vision meeting. Contact: Lorrie Chee, 523-4433.
Correction
A report Saturday on an attack of a woman at her home included an incorrect address. The attack occurred on Wanaao Road in Kailua.
Police, Fire, Courts
By Star-Bulletin staffHonolulu Police Department Crimestoppers
Hilo woman dies after collision with fleeing car
A 31-year-old woman died in Hilo after the car she was riding was struck by a vehicle that ran a red light trying to escape from police.Ellison Sweezey was pronounced dead at the Hilo Medical Center at 7:04 p.m. yesterday.
The driver of the vehicle in which Sweezey was riding, Paulyn Estioko, 33, of California, was confined at the hospital in serious condition with head and leg injuries, Big Island police said.
The driver of the other vehicle, a 20-year-old man who recently moved from Oahu, was being held this morning in a Hilo police cellblock pending further investigation, police Lt. Chad Fukui said.
Big Island police allege the man was speeding recklessly toward Keaau on the Keaau-Pahoa highway (Route 130).
The man refused to pull over and passed several vehicles on the double-solid line marking a no-passing zone and also on the right shoulder, police said.
A second Puna patrol officer joined the chase and followed the vehicle onto the Volcano Highway (Route 11), then down the highway toward Hilo.
As police approached Hilo and traffic became heavier, the officers backed off the chase and assumed surveillance of the vehicle, police said.
The car maneuvered between stopped north-bound vehicles at a red light approaching Makaala Street at 3:18 p.m. and collided into the car carrying Sweezey, investigators said.
Puna officer charged with threatening two men
A Puna patrol officer has been charged with first-degree terroristic threatening after being arrested on a warrant issued by a Big Island District Court.Officer Sherwin Taka, 40, was arrested at 2:45 p.m. yesterday at the Puna District police station in Keaau.
Taka allegedly made separate threats against two men, one in Hilo and the other in Pahala, Big Island police said. Taka was released at 8:30 p.m. after posting $20,000 bail.
