>> The Clerical Staff Council of Leeward Community College recently awarded $600 scholarships to Evelyn R. Kamai and Jerome P. Bayron. The awards were presented in recognition of academic achievements by the students. [ TAKING NOTICE ]
>> The Kapaa Rotary Club recently honored Sunset Grill executive Ryan Day by awarding a $1,000 culinary arts scholarship at Kapiolani Community College. Kapaa Rotary Club will award the scholarship to recognize Day's support of the Big Island's Taste of Hawaii Festival.
>> Hinano K. Campton was installed as president of the Prince Kuhio Civic Club Jan. 27 at the Outrigger Canoe Club. Other newly elected officers and board members include: Tony Ho, first vice president; Kanani Donohue, second vice president; Emily Peters, corresponding secretary; Kina'u Boyd Kamali'i, recording secretary; Wendy Peters Maher, treasurer; and Eddie Akana, Sherlyn Franklin Goo, Richard Jackson, Ron Jarrett, Mele Peters and Harriet Roxburgh, board members.
>> The Someone Special Foundation has been awarded a $30,000 grant by the Harry and Jeanette Weinberg Foundation. The money will be used to support the Someone Special Program, a health and safety program for 4-6 year-olds, for the next two academic years.
>> James Campbell High School students Krystle Dulatre, Christine Asinas and Janette Allagonez were named first place winners at the school's science and engineering fair held Jan. 18. Joan Suniga and Janette Gerolaga were named second and third-place winners, respectively.
>> Brian Steinwascher has been selected to participate in the 2002 Presidential Scholars Program. Steinwascher, a senior at Punahou School, is one of 2,600 candidates selected for their exceptional performance on either the College Board SAT or ACT Assessment. Students selected for the program will travel to Washington, D.C. in June to receive a medallion and participate in activities with elected representatives, educators and others in public life.
>> Five pressroom operators from four local printing companies have received certification from the National Council for Skill Standards in Graphic Communications. The newly certified pressmen are: Roland Miguel and Allan Kruse, General Printing Corporation; Francis Dela Cruz, Obun Hawaii Inc.; Stanley Pascua, Service Painters Inc.; and Ed Tagura, Valenti Print Group. Pressmen must have five years of full-time press operating experience with at least two and a half years in a lead pressman position to be eligible for the half-day certification exam.
>> Dan Berman, Chance Gusukuma and Loretta Pang have been elected to the executive board of the East-West Center Association. The association currently boasts 46,000 members in 35 chapters around the world. Berman, Gusukuma and Pang are all EWC alumni.
Hawaii to get large grant to help library technology
Hawaii will receive $895,088 as part of a federal grant that promotes technology and access to learning and information resources in libraries.State Librarian Virginia Lowell said the Hawaii State Public Library System will be "using (the funds) to upgrade and expand our library services," including "replacing old terminals with PCs that have graphics (capabilities)" and providing computer training for staff and the public.
The computer training deals with about 100 computers the library system will be receiving through a Bill & Melinda Gates Foundation program to serve underprivileged communities, Lowell said. The computers will be installed this month at about 28 branches identified as serving communities with 10 percent or more of their population in poverty.
The Institute of Museum and Library Services awarded a total grant of $149 million to library agencies in 50 states, the District of Columbia and the U.S. territories. The grant, made through the Library Services and Technology Act, was divvied up according to a population-based formula. The states provide at least $1 for every $2 of federal support.
"The Gates' computers along with the (Library Services and Technology Act) funding that we have enjoyed and that we hope will be reauthorized for the next five years have been instrumental in increasing our ability to reach all of the residents of Hawaii with library services," Lowell said.
Lupus Alert Day observed tomorrow at the Capitol
Tomorrow will be observed nationally as Lupus Alert Day with all Americans, especially women from ages 15 to 44, encouraged to take the Lupus Quiz to see if they are at risk for the disease.The Hawaii Lupus Foundation, a chapter of the Lupus Foundation of America, will have an information table open at 11 a.m. tomorrow at the state Capitol where visitors can take the quiz and obtain free information.
At 11:30 a.m., volunteers will form a loop with an orange paper chain put together by Farrington High School's health classes.
About 7,000 to 10,000 Hawaii residents and 1.4 million Americans -- mostly women -- are believed to have lupus, a disease that causes the immune system to become hyperactive and attack the body's own tissue for unknown reasons.
It is a chronic, autoimmune disease that often fools patients, family members, doctors and researchers, says the Hawaii Lupus Foundation.
Often, the victims don't look sick and symptoms are ignored because they resemble less serious diseases, it said. There's no single test that can identify the disease and there is no cure.
|
The Honolulu Star-Bulletin strives to make its news report fair and accurate. If you have a question or comment about news coverage, call Managing Editor Frank Bridgewater at 529-4791 or email him at fbridgewater@starbulletin.com. Corrections and clarifications
Police, Fire, Courts
By Star-Bulletin staffHONOLULU Honolulu Police Department Crimestoppers
Pipe bomb discovered in storage container
The discovery of a pipe bomb forced the evacuation of a section of Mapunapuna yesterday.Honolulu police were called to Salt Lake Self Storage after the bomb was discovered by an employee who was showing a storage unit to a new customer.
"I didn't think it was a bomb. I just reported it to my manager," Jonah Ulu said.
The pipe was about 1-foot long and weighted approximately 10 pounds, Ulu said. The device was capped at both ends, police said.
The evacuation was ordered so the Honolulu Police Department's bomb squad could detonate the device.
Police said they want to question a 40-year-old man who was the last person to rent the storage unit.
WINDWARD OAHU
California man charged with sexual assault
A 22-year-old California man was charged Friday with sexual assault for an alleged attack on a 38-year-old woman in Kailua.Police said Nick Argon, who also goes by the name Nick Aragon, was invited by the woman to Hawaii to teach dance to juvenile children.
The alleged attack occurred around 1 p.m. Tuesday. The suspect, who is also charged with two counts of kidnapping, is being held in lieu of $75,000 bail.
LEEWARD OAHU
Off-duty officer arrests man with illegal weapon
An off-duty police officer walking to his car noticed an unconscious man in a parked vehicle holding a sawed-off shotgun with a glass pipe nearby yesterday.The officer woke the man up, identified himself and arrested the 33-year-old man at about 8:45 a.m. in a parking lot at 94-207 Waipahu St.
Police said the man was a career criminal.
WAIKIKI
2 women arrested after stolen checks are found
A woman was arrested after allegedly using stolen checks to pay for Waikiki hotel accommodations and services. Another woman, who was also arrested, was found to have stolen personal checks and an altered state ID card in her possession.The incidents occurred between Tuesday and Thursday during a stay at the Ohana Waikiki Surf hotel at 2200 Kuhio Ave.
