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Police, Fire, Courts
By Star-Bulletin Staff
[Taking Notice]
>> Nalani Matsuo, of Tesoro Hawaii Corp., has been named 2003 president of People Attentive to Children (PATCH), a nonprofit organization dedicated to improving Hawaii's child-care needs.New officers are Sherri Aoyama, American Savings Bank, vice president; William Kern, Pacific Tech Works, secretary; and Leona Seto-Mook Realty, a business consultant, treasurer.
Directors include: Olinda Aiwohi, a children's advocate on Maui; Gaynel Buxton, Honolulu Community College; Barbara Essman, Kekumuola; Liuone Faagai, Kamehameha Schools; Earl Inouye, Hawaii Pacific Health; Natalie Ichimura Kiehm, Castle & Cooke Homes Hawaii Inc.; Estelle Iwamura, Servco Pacific; Steven Kim, Lynch Ichida Thompson Kim & Hirota; Vicky Kometani, Current Events; Susan Arinaga Li, Hawaiian Electric Co.; Rae Loui, Department of Education; Russell Lum, City Bank; Shawn Nakamoto, Kamehameha Schools; Faith Rex, SMS Consulting; Tamara Rollins, JM Pacific Construction; and Alan Saka, Hawaii Medical Service Association.
>> Delores M. Curtis, professor emerita of the Department of Physical Education at the University of Hawaii-Manoa, has been honored with the Joy of Effort Award by the National Association of Sport and Physical Education.
Curtis worked more than 50 years as a public school teacher, administrator and university teacher-trainee. She has obtained grants to improve physical education teacher training videos and worked with the state Department of Education in developing physical education curriculum for elementary school children.
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>> Healthmark Partners Inc. asked for $50,000 in seed money to look at whether to establish a hospital in West Maui. A story on Page A17 Sunday incorrectly named Triad as the company making the request. Corrections and clarifications
>> State law permits lobbyists to urge the support or defeat of specific legislation. A Page A4 story last Thursday incorrectly quoted G.A. "Red" Morris as saying state law does not allow lobbyists to charge for lobbying specific legislation.
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Police, Fire, Courts
By Star-Bulletin staffHonolulu Police Department Crimestoppers HONOLULU
Motorcycle ramming leads to man's arrest
A 29-year-old Salt Lake man was arrested yesterday for allegedly ramming a motorcycle from behind in an effort to force it off Moanalua Freeway near Tripler Medical Center Monday night.Police said a 31-year-old man reported that a sedan struck his motorcycle about 10:45 p.m. The impact sent the motorcycle into a concrete median but the motorcyclist and his passenger, a 29-year-old woman, managed to stay on the motorcycle and were not injured.
The motorcyclist said he chased the sedan and tried to stop it but the driver responded by swerving into the motorcycle twice. Police said the motorcyclist followed the sedan to the Salt Lake area, where the two men argued. Police later tracked down the owner of the sedan through vehicle registrations and discovered that the owner had loaned the car to a friend.
The friend was arrested for investigation of attempted first-degree murder.
LEEWARD OAHU
Man tries to steal car by using pepper spray
A man sprayed an adult video store employee with pepper spray today in an attempt to rob the employee of his car, police said.Police said the would-be robber went into Suzie's Adult Superstores at 94-210 Leokane St. in Waipahu about 5:15 a.m. and told the employee that something was wrong with his car.
The employee followed the man to the parking lot where the man sprayed him with pepper spray and demanded his car keys.
The employee refused, ran into the store and called police.
WINDWARD OAHU
Alleged assault leads to arrest of student, 17
A 17-year-old Kahuku High School student was arrested for allegedly assaulting a fellow student, who he thought was teasing the suspect's disabled brother.The assault occurred at 2:30 p.m. Monday at a bus stop in front of the school, police said.
The suspect, who turned himself in to police Tuesday, allegedly punched a 14-year-old Pupukea boy, who received a broken nose.
The boy also broke a finger when he fell to the ground.
NEIGHBOR ISLANDS
Suspected lychee thief charged on Big Island
Big Island police charged a 23-year-old Puna man with robbery yesterday after he allegedly stole lychees from a farm in Pepeekeo.Police said Michael Conrad Fuerte, of Pepeekeo, was charged with two counts of second-degree robbery.
According to police, the owners of the farm caught Fuerte while he was stealing lychees on Sunday and were injured slightly as he tried to escape.
Fuerte is being held in the Hilo police cellblock in lieu of $150,000 bail.
Family Court fugitive apprehended in Hilo
Big Island police have called off the search for a 17-year-old boy who was wanted on a contempt warrant issued by the Family Court.Charles Ishii was found Sunday in Hilo.
Police said Ishii had fled a court-ordered placement program on Oahu in January.
