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Road Runner suffers a slowdown in service
Thousands of Road Runner clients in Hawaii were experiencing a slowdown in e-mail delivery that started late Thursday and continued into last night.A message on Oceanic Time Warner Cable's telephone hot line at 5 p.m. said some Internet clients "may not be able to send or receive e-mail" and asked for patience while the system was being restored.
Oceanic said late yesterday it had not pinpointed the cause, but was working to ease the flow by routing e-mail through different servers.
Roger Ponder, an Oceanic official, said he did not know how widespread the problem was, but that it appeared be affecting Oceanic's cable Internet e-mail statewide.
Ponder said that while it was being fixed, some additional delays might be experienced as residents get home for the weekend and try to check their e-mail.
Commercial satellite launched near Hawaii
LONG BEACH, Calif. >> A single telecommunications satellite shared by two companies hurled into orbit Thursday from a location about 1,400 miles southwest of Hawaii aboard a rocket launched from Sea Launch Co.'s mobile platform floating on the equator in the Pacific Ocean.The launch was broadcast live over the Internet by Sea Launch, and the rocket left dense plumes of exhaust over the ocean as it soared toward the atmosphere.
Water-main work will interfere with traffic
Motorists should expect traffic slowdowns on Farrington Highway from Haleakala Avenue and Hakimo Road from 6 p.m. to midnight tomorrow through Thursday because of water-main construction.The Honolulu Board of Water Supply is installing new water mains, causing the closure of two lanes of traffic at some places.
Legislators to conduct 'ice' hearing on Kauai
Members of the Joint House Senate Task Force on Ice and Drug Abatement will conduct meetings in Lihue on Monday.The task force will hold a hearing at 6 p.m. in the Kauai County Council chambers.
The special legislative committee will also visit Lifetime Stand, a prison rehabilitation program that stresses the work ethic.
Longs Drug offering free child ID cards
Free child identification cards will be offered at three Longs Drug stores from 10 a.m. to 4 p.m. next Saturday.The cards feature a child's photograph and fingerprints and can be obtained at Longs in Mililani Town Center, Windward City Shopping Center and Kamehameha Shopping Center.
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Foundation to fund Koolau Loa project
The Ho'opono Ko'olau Loa Community Foundation is offering $5,000 grants to organizations that serve the people of Koolau Loa, from Kaaawa to Waimea.The foundation will consider projects from nonprofit organizations involving training and education, social services, creative activities, micro-enterprise, community-based economic development and seed money. The grant will also help with special projects' operating costs.
Applications are available at area public schools, the Lili'uokalani Children's Center and the Queen Emma Foundation. Deadline is Sept. 19.
Police putting on their table-busing outfits
Honolulu police officers will be busing tables at local restaurants to support Special Olympics Hawaii at the 12th Annual Tip-a-Cop fund-raiser on Aug. 20.Officers will be serving customers at lunch from 11 a.m. to 2 p.m. and dinner from 5 to 9 p.m.
Participating Victoria Ward Centers restaurants are Scoozee's, Old Spaghetti Factory, Brew Moon, Sushi Masa, Yum Yum Tree, Buca di Beppo, Dave & Buster's and Compadres.
Aquatics class opens to help treat arthritis
An Arthritis Foundation aquatic program has opened for the public at the All Star Sports and Therapy Center, 505 Kaaahi St., the foundation has announced.Participants should call the center at 537-4460 to enroll in the warm-water arthritis exercise class.
Lawrence Casem, an Arthritis Foundation certified arthritis aquatics instructor, will teach the classes. The focus is on improving and sustaining joint mobility, muscle tone, posture, relaxation, endurance and independence.
The classes, offered for a small fee, are geared for anyone who finds traditional land-based exercise may be difficult.
There are more than 120 arthritis diseases affecting more than 189,000 islanders, according to the foundation.
For more information and a listing of Arthritis Foundation classes, programs and services, call 942-3636 or see www.arthritis.org.
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>> The Anahola Hawaiian Homes Association has been awarded a grant of $10,000 from the First Hawaiian Foundation to supports its Technology Center Project. The center will provide 12 full-time jobs in document digitization technology for the Department of Defense.
>> The Honolulu Elks Lodge has raised $78,261 as part of its California-Hawaii Elks Major Project Inc. this year to provide hospital and medical services, vision screening and therapy to children with disabilities. The partnership raised a total of $2,729,395 this year.
>> The Samuel N. and Mary Castle Foundation has donated $15,000 to People Attentive to Children (PATCH) for a new associate director. The agency is a nonprofit organization aiming to improving the quality and availability of child care, and increasing community awareness of children's needs.
>> Friends of Hawaii Charities has given the Pacific and Asian Affairs Council $5,000 to fund an after-school class at Waianae High School called "Upload the World: Global Studies and Media Literacy."
>> The Hawaii Council for the Humanities has awarded $12,550 to Mission Houses Museum's school program, "Growing Together," which encourages students to explore the relationship between missionaries and native Hawaiians.
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