Yuen succeeds Skousen
as press aide for InouyeFormer Honolulu Star-Bulletin Capitol bureau chief Mike Yuen has joined U.S. Sen. Daniel Inouye's staff as press secretary.
Yuen, a Honolulu native, replaces Sandi Skousen, who left Inouye's office for personal reasons.
Yuen has worked for the National Public Radio in Washington as a national editor and for the Houston Post as a foreign correspondent. Yuen also worked as a correspondent in the Cox Newspapers Washington Bureau and contributed to the New York Times. He spent three years in Beijing and Shanghai, where he worked as an editor and freelance journalist.
"Mr. Yuen has local, national and international media experience which will serve us well in Washington, D.C.," Inouye said.
Inouye also has named Edmund Aczon as West Oahu field representative. He is the president of Aczon Construction Ltd. in Sand Island.
Aczon, originally from the Philippines and now living in Mililani, worked as a general contractor and foreman at Hawaiian Dredging Construction Co. from 1975 to 1987.
His position was created to tend to the needs of the increasing residential population in West Oahu.
Aczon's community involvement includes the Oahu Arts Center; the state's Hawaii Strategic Development Corp.; Institute for Human Services Inc.; Hawaii 3Rs -- Repair, Remodel, Restore our Schools; and the Filipino Chamber of Commerce of Hawaii.
Steinberger switches jobs in mayor's Cabinet
Mayor Jeremy Harris has appointed Timothy Steinberger, who was the director of the city Department of Environmental Services, to become director of the Department of Design and Construction.Steinberger succeeds Rae Loui, who left the city this week to take an assistant superintendent's position with the state Department of Education.
Frank Doyle, who is the currently the deputy director of the city Department of Environmental Services, will move up to the director's position to replace Steinberger.
Steinberger is a licensed engineer with a master's degree in mechanical engineering from the University of Hawaii.
Doyle, who has been with the city since 1977, is also a licensed engineer, earning a master's degree in civil engineering from UH.
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Police, Fire, Courts
By Star-Bulletin staffHonolulu Police Department Crimestoppers
HONOLULU
2 Moiliili men arrested in beating and robbery
Police arrested two Moiliili men, ages 18 and 19, after allegedly beating and robbing two 40-year-old men.Police said the victims had been confronted by three men after parking their van on Isenberg Street.
After a short argument, the victims proceeded to a King Street lounge.
When they returned, the van was damaged, police said. One of the men called police, while the other found two of the three men nearby at 1020 Isenberg St., where the two suspects reside.
The 18-year-old suspect allegedly repeatedly hit one of the men over the head with a long wooden stick, knocking him unconscious, police said. The 19-year-old suspect then took the victim's watch and chain, police said.
The same suspect then hit the second victim with the stick, police said.
The 18-year-old was arrested for second-degree attempted murder, second-degree assault and second-degree robbery, while the 19-year-old faces a second-degree robbery charge, police said.
Pickup kills pedestrian crossing on red light
A 76-year-old Honolulu woman died yesterday at the Queen's Medical Center after being struck by a pickup truck Saturday evening on North School Street.The woman apparently was just outside the crosswalk and ran across the street against a red light when she was struck, police said.
She was taken to Queen's in critical condition.
The Medical Examiner's Office said the woman, believed to be a resident of the School Street area, died at 12:45 a.m. yesterday, but officials have not made a positive identification.
The truck was driven by a 42-year-old Kailua woman. She and a 3-month-old girl in the truck were not injured.
NEIGHBOR ISLANDS
Side impact from Jeep leaves driver dead
A 66-year-old woman died Saturday afternoon after the four-door sedan she was driving was broadsided by a Jeep multipurpose vehicle in Makawao, Maui.Police said Virginia Clemmens, of Makawao, drove on Makani Road through the intersection of Haleakala Highway and failed to yield the right of way to the Jeep, which was heading toward Kula on Haleakala Highway.
The accident occurred at 1:40 p.m.
The woman was pinned inside and fire personnel extricated her body. She was pronounced dead at the scene. An 8-year-old boy, who was a passenger in the car, was treated at Maui Memorial Medical Center for minor injuries and released.
The Jeep's driver, a 26-year-old Lahaina woman, and her 25-year-old female passenger were also released from Maui Memorial after treatment for minor injuries.
Police said all parties were wearing seat belts.
Navy rescue jumpers aid stricken seaman
Four Navy SEALs parachuted to a bulk-carrier east of the Big Island on Saturday to provide medical assistance to an ailing crew member.The SEALs jumped from a C-130 Hercules from Coast Guard Station Barbers Point to the Nordrhine when it was 315 miles from Hilo, Coast Guard Petty Officer Lauren Smith said.
Zhivko Nedev, 49, was suffering an enlarged prostate and was in need of immediate medical attention, Smith said.
The SEAL team stabilized Nedev and prepared him for further transport to Hilo Medical Center, she said.
The SEALs were accompanying Nedev to Hilo aboard the Nordrhine, which was scheduled to arrive yesterday.
