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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. 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
Nonprofit group formed to push new aquarium
A nonprofit organization has been incorporated to explore the possibility of developing an aquarium on seven acres of Kakaako waterfront property."All of us want this to be more than 'just another aquarium,' " said Walter A. Dods Jr., First Hawaiian Bank chairman and chief executive officer.
The nonprofit group, called "Ocean Science Center of the Pacific," hopes to raise $20 million. Gov. Ben Cayetano is expected to ask the Legislature for additional funding for the estimated $100 million project.
Members of the Ocean Science Center's board, headed initially by Dods, are: Bob L. Coe, DFS Hawaii president; Bruce A. Carlson, Waikiki Aquarium director; H. Mitchell D'Olier, Victoria Ward Ltd. president and chief executive; W. Allen Doane, Alexander & Baldwin Inc. president and chief executive; Julia Ann Frohlich, Blood Bank of Hawaii president emeritus; and Guy K. Fujimura, ILWU Local 142 president and business agent.
Also: James K. Schuler, Schuler Homes Inc. president and chief executive; Kitty Simonds, Western Pacific Regional Fishery Management Council executive director; Tony S. Vericella, Hawaii Visitors & Convention Bureau president and chief executive; Jeffrey S. Watanabe, senior partner, Watanabe, Ing & Kawashima; and Loretta Yajima, Children's Discovery Center president and chief executive.
Big Isle's Hawaiian program to relocate
Lead in peeling paint on a Hawaiian Immersion Program classroom at old Konawaena Elementary School on the Big Island has made it necessary to relocate students.About 100 K-6 Hawaiian Immersion students were to meet today in the cafeteria before going on a field trip. After the Thanksgiving recess, they will meet in portables and outdoor settings. Then they will move into classrooms in other buildings.
The Department of Education has asked the Department of Health to conduct formal testing to determine quantities of lead in the surrounding environment.
Hokule'a documentary to be shown on 'Olelo
A documentary film about the last trip of the voyaging canoe Hokule'a to Rapa Nui and Tahiti will be shown at 7 p.m. tomorrow on 'Olelo Channel 53.The one-hour movie, "Guiding Star," was produced by 'Olelo in partnership with Bishop Museum. It premiered at the Hawaii International Film Festival.
Big Isle disaster center to close Thanksgiving
Government and volunteer workers who staff the Disaster Recovery Center in Hilo will take Thanksgiving off.Big Island residents affected by severe storms and flooding may get information about disaster relief programs and other help at the center, which will be open from 9 a.m. to 6 p.m. Monday through Saturday.
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Corrections
Police, Fire, Courts
By Star-Bulletin staffHonolulu Police Department Crimestoppers
Police arrest suspect, 18, in Manoa home burglaries
Police investigating a new series of home burglaries in Manoa Valley arrested an 18-year-old man yesterday at his Woodlawn Terrace residence.Evidence at the scene of a Nov. 13 break-in led to the suspect, police said. Officers from the East Honolulu Crime Reduction Unit made the arrest at 12:05 p.m.
The man was booked for first-degree burglary and released pending further investigation.
Car passenger dies after Maui highway accident
WAILUKU -- A 36-year-old Wailuku resident has become Maui's 20th traffic fatality of the year, compared with 14 for the same period last year.Bernard Au Jr. went into cardiac arrest in an ambulance and was pronounced dead at Maui Memorial Medical Center yesterday. Au was a passenger in a sedan traveling south on Honoapiilani Highway when it struck a vehicle turning into Hoohui Road in Lahaina at about 2:50 p.m., police officer Nick Krau said.
Krau said three others were treated and released from the hospital, including a 76-year-old Oregon visitor who was the driver of the four-door car, his wife, and the 18-year-old driver of the sedan.
The cause of the accident is being investigated.
Purse-snatching victim knocked unconscious
A woman was knocked unconscious yesterday while trying to prevent a purse-snatching.The 27-year-old was waiting for a ride at Kamehameha Highway and Salt Lake Boulevard at about 5:45 p.m. when a boy on a skateboard grabbed her purse.
She fell and struck her head on the pavement. She is in guarded condition at a hospital, police said. The suspect is still at large.
It was the second purse-snatching in three days involving suspects on wheels sneaking up on victims. On Sunday, a man riding a racing bicycle grabbed a purse in Kaimuki. He was chased down and apprehended by witnesses.
Man arrested as girl, 12, alleges sexual assaults
A 34-year-old Wahiawa man was arrested yesterday for questioning on a first-degree sex assault complaint filed by a 12-year-old girl.The girl told police yesterday that the man has been forcing her to have sex since November 1999. The suspect was arrested at his residence at 1:15 p.m.
Roadblocks aim to check holiday drunken driving
Honolulu police will set up drunken-driving checkpoints around Oahu as Thanksgiving weekend begins tomorrow.Roadblocks will take place at undisclosed times and locations through Sunday, on weekends in December and every day from Christmas to New Year's Day.
The Oahu traffic accident death toll stands at 59 this year. Drugs or alcohol were deemed factors in 17 percent of the accidents.
