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By Star-Bulletin Staff
Mercury removed from youth academy
The Hawaii National Guard shut down a bathroom in its Youth Challenge Academy at Kalaeloa yesterday after a teenager attending the academy was found playing with some mercury.The teenager, a 16-year-old boy, admitted taking a vial containing the mercury from a thermostat switch in a dorm room. He then broke open the vial in the second-floor bathroom of the academy's classroom building.
An amount of mercury about the size of a fingernail was recovered, said Maj. Charles Anthony, Hawaii National Guard spokesman.
A state Health Department response team did a sweep of the academy's dorm rooms and found no other mercury except for a trace amount in a vacuum cleaner. National Guard officials also removed all of the thermostat switches containing mercury from the academy.
State offers session on car safety seat use
Parents can learn the correct way to buckle up a child in a car safety seat during a free program from 7:30 to 11:30 a.m. Saturday at the Waimanalo Health Center.The Child-care Safety Seat Check-up Station will be presented by the center and the Department of Health's Office of Injury Prevention and Control.
The health center will give away free car seats to parents who qualify financially. Free keiki identification, health education and immunization information also will be provided.
For more information, call Raynette Kepa, 259-7948, ext. 151.
Hopping preschoolers raise $40,000 for MDA
More than 60 Hawaii preschools raised more than $40,000 to benefit the Muscular Dystrophy Association by participating in a week-long Disability Awareness Program during the past four months.The schools hosted a Hop-A-Thon fund-raising event in which children hop for two minutes.
Hawaii businesses also raised more than $40,000 to fight neuromuscular diseases with a campaign, "Shamrocks Against Dystrophy," for St. Patrick's Day.
Children participating in the awareness program learned about disabilities and how they can help those with muscular dystrophy.
MDA, a voluntary health agency, is targeting more than 40 neuromuscular diseases through research, comprehensive services and professional and public health education.
For more information, call 548-0588 or see www.mdausa.org.
Part of H-1 will close for Zip Lane repairs
The state will close the two left lanes of the H-1 freeway Waianae-bound from the airport viaduct to the Waipahu offramp to replace damaged Zip Lane barriers, the Department of Transportation said. The lanes will be closed from 10 p.m. tomorrow until 10 a.m. Friday.|
>> Norwegian Cruise Line bought the SS United States from an undisclosed private owner. A story in the early edition yesterday incorrectly said the ship had been owned by the U.S. Maritime Administration. Corrections and clarifications
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Police, Fire, Courts
By Star-Bulletin staffHonolulu Police Department Crimestoppers
CRIMESTOPPERS
Police are looking for whoever set fire to a shed and painted graffiti at Roosevelt High School over the weekend.
Honolulu Police ask help in fire set at Roosevelt High shed
Police want help finding whoever set fire to a shed and painted graffiti on the walls of several nearby buildings over the weekend at Roosevelt High School, 1120 Nehoa St.The fire at the storage shed was reported just before 3 a.m. Sunday.
Fire investigators determined the fire had been intentionally set.
The shed was part of a three-year industrial arts project at the school, police said. Damage was set at $40,000.
The graffiti included profanity and the phrase "Home of Tigers," police said.
Anyone with information is asked to call Detective Robert Cravalho at 529-3873 or CrimeStoppers at 955-8300 or *CRIME on a cellular phone.
NEIGHBOR ISLANDS
Big Isle cops seek info on theft of computers
Big Island police want information on the theft of three Dell computers during a burglary at the Kohala High School industrial arts workshop.Police determined Monday that a thief or thieves broke into the workshop sometime after 4:30 p.m. Sunday and took three computer CPUs and their monitors, valued at more than $7,900.
Anyone with information is asked to call Officer John Kalauli at 889-6540, the police nonemergency number at 935-3311 or CrimeStoppers at 329-8181 in Kona or 961-8300 in Hilo.
