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5 libraries on Oahu to begin new hours

Starting this week, five public libraries on Oahu will start new hours of operation:

>> Hawaii State Library: 9 a.m. to 5 p.m. Tuesdays, Fridays and Saturdays; 10 a.m. to 5 p.m. Wednesdays; 9 a.m. to 8 p.m. Thursdays; closed Sundays and Mondays. Call 586-3477 for new passport application processing hours.

>> Aiea Library: 10 a.m. to 5 p.m. Mondays, Tuesdays, Wednesdays and Saturdays; noon to 8 p.m. Thursdays; closed Fridays and Sundays. Call 483-7333 for new hours of passport application processing hours.

>> Ewa Beach Library: 1 to 8 p.m. Mondays and Tuesdays; 10 a.m. to 5 p.m. Wednesdays, Thursdays and Fridays; closed Saturdays and Sundays.

>> Pearl City Library: 10 a.m. to 5 p.m. Sundays; noon to 8 p.m. Mondays and Tuesdays; 9 a.m. to 5 p.m. Wednesdays and Thursdays; closed Fridays and Saturdays.

>> Wahiawa Library: 9 a.m. to 5 p.m. Mondays and Wednesdays; noon to 8 p.m. Tuesdays and Thursdays; 9 a.m. to 3 p.m. Fridays; closed Saturdays and Sundays.

Fund-raiser to honor trailblazing UH official

University of Hawaii Vice President for International Education Joyce Tsunoda will be honored at a fund-raising dinner tomorrow at the Hilton Hawaiian Village Coral Ballroom.

The money raised will help to establish the Joyce S. Tsunoda UHCC Leadership Development Endowed Fund, which will enable community college faculty, staff, students and administrators to participate in leadership training, professional development and other education-related classes and activities.

Tsunoda has a doctoral degree in biochemistry and a baccalaureate degree in chemistry from UH, and was valedictorian of Leilehua High School's Class of 1956.

Tsunoda has worked for the University of Hawaii system for 37 years, including 20 years as chancellor of the UH Community Colleges.

In 1968 she assumed the lead role in working with architects to design what would become known as Leeward Community College. From 1976 to 1983 she served as provost of Kapiolani Community College and presided over the move from its Kapiolani Boulevard site to its current location at the foot of Diamond Head.

Tsunoda was the first Asian-American woman to head a multicampus community college system within the statewide system of higher education in Hawaii. She was also the first Asian-American woman of this rank in the entire nation.

For more information about the fund-raising dinner, call 956-7471.

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Police, Fire, Courts



By Star-Bulletin staff

HONOLULU
No threat to Hawaii expected by tsunami

Some coastal areas in Hawaii were expected to see small sea level changes early this morning due to effects from a 7.2-magnitude earthquake in the Aleutian Islands.

The Ewa Beach-based Pacific Tsunami Warning Center said there was no destructive threat.

Starting at 1:14 a.m. today, some areas could experience strong or unusual currents lasting up to several hours, the center said.

2 separate thefts lead to woman's arrest

A woman linked to two separate thefts Friday morning has been charged with two counts of first-degree burglary.

Charisse Lawelawe, 20, of 95-269 Waikalani Drive, was charged late Saturday and is being held in lieu of $30,000 bail.

Police allege Lawelawe entered a Mahiai Street home Friday morning to collect rent and walked out with the resident's purse. The occupant of the home was asleep at the time.

Police say that Lawelawe is also connected to a separate incident later that day in a nearby apartment building on Kapiolani Boulevard, in which a man reported having his cell phone and wallet stolen from his home.

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Honolulu Police Department Crimestoppers