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The holidays can be a particularly difficult and stressful time for families who are already struggling to get by all year round. Many ways to spread
joy this holiday seasonYou can help make a difference for these adults and children by donating to the Good Neighbor Fund.
Monetary gifts may be sent to the Good Neighbor Fund, c/o Honolulu Star-Bulletin, P.O. Box 3080, Honolulu 96802.
Checks -- not cash -- can be dropped off at any of First Hawaiian Bank's 56 branches.
Clothing, household items and other gifts can be dropped off at the Community Clearing House, under the direction of Helping Hands Hawaii.
Address: 2100 Nimitz Highway
Don't be fooled into giving just because a charity has an impressive name, warns the Better Business Bureau. Some may resemble a well-known organization but have nothing to do with it, the BBB says. Other tips: Caution urged
in gifts to charity
Call the BBB Anytime Line, 536-6956, for information on local and national charities.
No water from Nuuanu reservoir until tests pau
Vandalism at a reservoir in upper Nuuanu on Sunday has led the Honolulu Board of Water Supply to stop using water from there until water sample tests are clear of bacteria.Upper Nuuanu residents were urged to use water sparingly yesterday and today while water quality tests were going on.
The break-in at Board of Water Supply Nuuanu 822 Reservoir was to steal equipment. The action left debris in the reservoir, the board said.
Residents in neighborhood high-rises were warned they might experience low water pressure. Water from other sources was pumped in but not in sufficient amounts to provide the large volume normally consumed there.
If water samples test clear, the reservoir will be placed back in service by tomorrow.
Neighborhood board candidates sought
Candidates are being sought for Oahu's 32 neighborhood boards, the elections for which take place next year. Applications for the 456 seats will be accepted through Jan. 16 at the Neighborhood Commission office in Room 400 of Honolulu Hale.Candidates must be at least 18 years old and reside in their board districts. No fee or petition is required.
Those who voted in the 2000 primary or general elections automatically are registered for the neighborhood board election and will be mailed ballots. Other Oahu residents may register with the Neighborhood Commission office separate from the city clerk's jurisdiction.
Community college programs endowed
With a $1 million pledge from the Robert and Betty Wo and James and Juanita Wo foundations, the University of Hawaii plans to establish an endowment for community college faculty and staff enrichment programs.The programs will encourage faculty and staff to become "champions for teaching and learning," the university said.
Start-up funds will be made available to community colleges the first two years of the project. Afterward, the project will be funded by the interest from the endowment, which will be fully funded by 2006.
Waianae students gain experience at Tripler
Tripler Army Medical Center has some new partners -- potential medical professionals -- at Waianae High School.Eighteen students interested in pursuing education in clinical fields are spending one day a week at the hospital in a School to Work Health Pathway Program.
The program gives the students "an opportunity to experience real-life applications of what we learn in class," said Pathway chairman Phillip DePorto, a Waianae High anatomy and physiology teacher.
The students work in Tripler's labor and delivery rooms, pediatrics, surgery, pharmacy and emergency departments and in the wards.
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Some events of interest
Corrections
Police, Fire, Courts
By Star-Bulletin staffHonolulu Police Department Crimestoppers
Maui fire victim died of carbon dioxide fumes
The woman found in a bathroom hallway after a fire swept through a Kihei Villages condominium unit died of carbon dioxide poisoning, acting Lt. Joseph Higgins said.Higgins said the death of Sheldean Quebatay, 37, has been classified as accidental.
He said the fire is suspected to have started when a red clay pot holding a lighted candle tipped over on the patio early Saturday morning.
Bicyclist drags woman while stealing her purse
Police are seeking to charge a 39-year-old man with first-degree robbery for allegedly running down a woman with a racing bicycle at Harding and 12th avenues in Kaimuki and stealing her purse.The woman, who held onto to the purse, was dragged 10 feet by the fleeing bicyclist, who was chased down and apprehended by witnesses at Mahina and 14th avenues.
The woman suffered bruises to her jaw and knees.
The incident was reported at 4 p.m. Sunday.
Boy, 11, arrested after threat to kill teacher
An 11-year-old boy was arrested yesterday for allegedly threatening to kill his sixth-grade English teacher.The boy allegedly told a school-appointed psychotherapist at the central Oahu school last week that he was going to kill his teacher and drew a picture to show how he would do it.
The boy was sent last week to Queen's Medical Center for a mental-health evaluation and released later in the day. The boy was arrested yesterday for first-degree terroristic threatening and released in custody of his parents.
10-vehicle-accident victim is identified
The medical examiner's office has identified Edward Manabe as the man who died Saturday morning in a multiple-vehicle accident on the H-1 freeway.The 43-year-old Waipahu man died instantly of a head injury, according to the medical examiner's office.
Manabe was crushed and pinned inside his pickup truck, which was pushed by a 2 1/2-ton utility truck into another vehicle, police said.
The accident was a result of two minor collisions on the eastbound H-1 freeway just east of the Waiawa Road Overpass. Several vehicles had stopped behind the second collision. That resulted in 10 vehicles being crushed against each other.
Police say sunlight, rainfall and glare obstructing drivers' vision contributed to the accident.
