Hepatitis C group
meets on TuesdayA new support group called "HepCats" has been formed for people with hepatitis C. It meets the second Tuesday of each month at 7 p.m. at the Coffee Talk Restaurant, Waialae and 12th avenues, Kaimuki.
All people infected with hepatitis C and family members are invited to meet with the group.
At the upcoming Tuesday meeting, hepatology nurse Jim Cathey will discuss the history of hepatitis C, transmission, tips on getting the most out of a health care visit, latest treatments, and side effects and resources for living well with hepatitis C.
For more information, e-mail leiahi@hawaii.rr.com.
Voting panel issues fines for donations
The state Campaign Spending Commission approved fines yesterday totaling $5,500 for excessive contributions to the campaigns of Honolulu Mayor Jeremy Harris and former City Councilman Mufi Hannemann.By 4-0 vote, the commission approved $1,000 in fines issued against GKO & Associates, Mechanical Engineers of Hawaii and Okahara & Associates, which gave excessive contributions to Harris' 2000 re-election campaign.
The commission also approved a $2,500 fine to RMY Construction for over-the-limit contributions to Hannemann's unsuccessful 2000 mayoral campaign.
Under state law, a donor can give no more than $4,000 to a mayoral candidate.
Suspicious package contained documents
A suspicious package that prompted a two-hour closure of a busy street next to the state Capitol on Tuesday contained legal documents, a state official said yesterday.Punchbowl Street was closed while special police bomb squad units and fire hazardous-materials crews checked the thick envelope. Those checks proved negative.
Deputy Health Director Gary Gill said the envelope sent by mail to the state comptroller's office in the Kalanimoku Building also contained a cassette tape and a couple of compact discs.
It remained at a Health Department laboratory to see if it might contain anthrax, but Gill said he doubts it.
Authorities said workers in the comptroller's office became suspicious because the return address was in Saudi Arabia, and there were strange markings on the envelope.
Businessman charged with failing to file tax
The state Tax Department charged a partner in Tailor Made Vending with failing to file the partnership's annual general excise returns for 1998 and 1999.Vikki Ferstler was served with a criminal complaint yesterday and is scheduled to be arraigned Sept. 13.
The offense, a misdemeanor, is punishable by imprisonment of no more than a year, fines of not more than $25,000 or both.
ACT registration deadline is Sept. 20
College-bound high school students in all 50 states who want to take the ACT Assessment have two chances to register before the test date, Oct. 26.The postmark registration deadline is Sept. 20. The late registration deadline is Oct. 4. A late fee will be assessed.
The test measures academic skills in English, reading, mathematics and science. It is not an aptitude test. The test fee is $25.
Sample test questions and a form to order test prep materials are available online at www.act.org.
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AWARDS
>> Dr. Patricia Snyder, Social Services Division administrator, has been named Manager of the Year, and Lorie Young, of the Benefit, Employment and Support Services Division, was named Employee of the Year by the state Department of Human Services.>> Mel Nakamura, past governor of District 50 Hawaii Lions Clubs, has been elected director of the International Association of Lions Clubs. He has been a Lion for 24 years. A member of the Waioli Lions, he is the eighth Lion from Hawaii to be elected to this position.
>> Kellan Kubo, a junior at St. Louis School, attended the National Young Leaders Conference this summer in Washington, D.C. He was class president as a freshman and sophomore and also in the current year.
>> Gill M. Giltner has been recognized as the Outstanding Rehabilitant of the Year for 2001, Metro Section, by the Vocational Rehabilitation and Services for the Blind Division of the state Department of Human Services. He is a groundskeeping project crew trainer at Lanakila Rehabilitation Center.
>> Sandra Adamson, a former development officer at the Oregon Graduate Institute of Science and Technology, has been hired as the vice president of development for the USS Missouri Memorial Association. She will be overseeing fund-raising efforts.
>> Lee Collins, of Oahu, formerly director of visitor operations, has been promoted to vice president of marketing and sales. Vickie Kim-Sobe, formerly a director of special programs, is now that department's vice president.
>>Joe Y.C. Cheng has been named the state Department of Transportation's Employee of the Year. He is with the Harbors Division's Oahu Maintenance Section. Julia M. Tsumoto, of the Statewide Transportation Planning Office, was selected as Manager of the Year. The Highways Division's Hawaii District Bridge Crew A took the Team of the Year award.
Sustained Superior Performance winners are Gary C.P. Choy, Denise P. Dunn, Teodorico C. Ferrer Jr., Stephanie J. McKinley, Roy Yasui, Highways Division; Richard T. Seto, Hawaii District, Highways; Nancy F. Fujio, Donna Akie Segawa, Airports Division; Stephanie A. Jaca, Deane R. Kadokawa, Oahu District, Airports; Gordon K.K. Hong, Safe Communities Office; and Lillian Y. Katahara, Visitors Information Program.
>> Eunice Domingo, a secretary with the College of Tropical Agriculture and Human Resources, and Sonia Campbell, a research associate also with the college, are the recipients of the University of Hawaii-Manoa's Chancellor's Award for Outstanding Service.
OFFICERS
>> The Disciplinary Board, an 18-member body appointed by the Supreme Court of Hawaii, has appointed Carroll S. Taylor, chairperson; Charles T. Kleintop, vice chair; Richard J. Kowen, secretary; and Richard A. Coons, treasurer. New board members are Lissa H. Andrews, Corlis J. Chang and Diane D. Hastert, who will serve three-year terms.|
A "Raising Cane" column on Page A1 Sunday erroneously stated that Hawaii Chief Justice Ronald Moon's 1979 divorce was sealed to the public. It also erroneously stated that public records in Hawaii could not be accessed showing that Moon was divorced in a Hawaii court. The column was wrong on both counts, leading to the erroneous conclusion that Moon benefitted from a Judiciary policy that removes sealed divorce cases from the public record. Corrections and clarifications
A full telling of how the errors happened will be detailed Sunday in a "Raising Cane" column.
>> The City Council will not hold a meeting on Bill 53, amending the condominium leasehold conversion ordinance, until at least next month. A story on Page A3 on Tuesday incorrectly stated that the meeting would be held this month.
>> The late author O.A. Ozzie Bushnell was involved in efforts to have Mother Marianne Cope beatified. An Aug. 24 obituary on Page A3 incorrectly said Bushnell met with the pope on behalf of Father Damien. The article also did not include Bushnell's wife, Betty, as a survivor.
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.
Police, Fire, Courts
By Star-Bulletin staffHonolulu Police Department Crimestoppers
HONOLULU
HPD checkpoints due to go up tomorrow
The Honolulu Police Department will be setting up impaired driver checkpoints throughout September in an effort to deter alcohol- and/or drug-impaired drivers.The checkpoints will be set up at unannounced times and locations starting tomorrow to Sept. 30.
Eleven of the 43 people killed on Oahu roads so far this year were involved in accidents determined to be alcohol- or drug-related, police said.
WAIKIKI
Bullets and grenade found in bag in Waikiki
A woman found a bag containing ammunition and what police believe was a hand grenade Tuesday at a bus stop in Waikiki, police said.The 48-year-old woman took the bag to the Waikiki Police Substation at about 3:30 p.m.
Police then took the grenade to a safe place, away from the station.
Police seek 4 men in Waikiki robbery
Police are looking for four suspects who robbed a man leaving a 7-Eleven store in Waikiki yesterday.The victim walked out of the store at 1901 Kalakaua Ave. around 4:15 a.m. when four men approached him on the sidewalk, police said.
Three of the suspects surrounded the victim while the fourth brandished a knife and demanded the victim hand over his wallet, police said.
The suspect removed cash from the man's wallet, and then all four fled Koko Head-bound on Kalakaua, police said.
Police described the suspect with the knife as a man in his early 20s, between 5 feet 10 and 6 feet, 180 to 200 pounds with a heavy build.
He is further described as having short black curly hair and a dark complexion.
Police said he was wearing a red T-shirt and trousers at the time of the robbery.
A second suspect is described as a man in his 40s, 5 feet 8, 120 to 140 pounds with a thin build.
He is also described as having dirty blond hair in a ponytail and a medium complexion.
Police said he has a goatee and was wearing a white shirt and white sport shorts.
Police did not have descriptions of the other two suspects.
NEIGHBOR ISLANDS
Foul play ruled out in death of Kona man
Big Island Police identified the body of a man found Tuesday in the bed of the pickup truck in the Kona Palisades subdivision as 47-year-old Carl E. Vasconcellos of Kailua-Kona.Police said Vasconcellos' death did not involve foul play, according to preliminary results of an autopsy that was conducted yesterday.
Results of toxicological tests are yet to be completed to determine exact cause of death.
