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Hypnosis workshops aim to kick nicotine
The Honolulu Medical Group will sponsor three "Quit Smoking" sessions next month that use hypnotic suggestion to overcome the addiction.Bob Smith, certified hypnotherapist, will conduct the sessions in the medical group's third-floor conference room, 550 S. Beretania St.
The two-hour sessions will be held Dec. 4, 5:30 p.m.; Dec. 10, noon; and Dec. 13, 9 a.m.
The cost per session is $40, including an interview, induction and hypnotic suggestion. Follow-up sessions and reinforcement CDs are available at additional costs.
Reservations are required. Call 537-2211, ext. 581, or e-mail SamanthaS@honmed.com.
Shriners Hospital donation moves kids
The Certified Management Co. Inc. has presented $10,000 to the Shriners Hospital for Children for its Patient Transportation Fund.The hospital, at 1310 Punahou St., has provided free surgical and rehabilitative services to more than 21,000 children with bone, muscle and joint disorders since 1923.
The Patient Transportation Fund is used to bring patients and guardians to the hospital and return them to their homes anywhere in Hawaii or the Pacific Basin, said Rudy McIntyre, of Aloha Shriners.
"We fly them in and pick them up," he said.
The costly service depends upon donations, McIntyre said. For more information or to make a donation, call the Aloha Shriners office, 536-9333.
Federal grant supports health care on Molokai
Molokai Ohana Health Care has received a $283,500 federal grant to serve rural areas of the island, said Lorraine Shinn, state director of USDA Rural Development.The Molokai grant was one of 84 Distance Learning and Telemedicine grants totaling more than $32 million to provide rural residents in 41 states with educational opportunities and medical service.
USDA Rural Development, a venture capital entity, seeks to deliver programs that will support increasing economic opportunity and improve the quality of life for rural residents.
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[Taking Notice]
COURTESY PHOTO
Posing for this City and County of Honolulu Outstanding Employees photo are, from left to right: police Chief Lee Donohue, police Assistant Chief Boisse P. Correa (2003 Manager of the Year), firefighter Charles W.M. Griep (2003 Employee of the Year) and Deputy Fire Chief John Clark.
HONORS
>> Firefighter Charles W.M. Griep is the City Employee of the Year for 2003, and Boisse P. Correa, metropolitan police assistant chief of the Honolulu Police Department, the Manager of the Year.Griep, who has been with the Fire Department since 1994, was named the Outstanding Fire Fighter Recruit of the 74th Recruit Class, earned the Federal Fire Department High Level Performance Award and graduated with honors in fire protection from the U.S. Air Force.
Correa oversees the Regional Patrol Bureau from the Windward Coast to the Waianae Coast and Central Oahu. He is responsible for reducing overall property crime, leading grass-roots efforts against the "ice" drug problem and spearheading efforts to secure federal funding for homeland security.
ACADEMIC AWARDS
>> Nancy Lewis, a special-education teacher at Naalehu Elementary and Intermediate School on the Big Island, has been honored for her participation in the National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration Teacher at Sea program.She sailed aboard the Ka'imimoana in the eastern tropical Pacific for two weeks in September while communicating with her students and other classrooms across the country via the Internet about the research being conducted.
Lewis, whose assignment was to observe the climate, was honored at a reception on Capitol Hill in Washington, D.C.
>> Wendy Hamane, of Hilo High School on the Big Island, has been named Hawaii's winner of the eighth annual Wal-Mart Teacher of the Year program. The 51 winners were selected by the Phi Delta Kappa International education association as the best in their states, and given $5,000 for each of their schools.
>> Valerie Galluzzi, a junior at Punahou School, and Elise Kutsunai, a junior at Iolani, participated in Mount Holyoke College's leadership program in October. They were two of 38 young women selected nationwide to attend the Massachusetts college's workshops.
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Police, Fire, Courts
By Star-Bulletin staffHONOLULU
Accused bank robber left note with name
A man charged with three bank robberies left a note at one of the banks that included his name and other personal information, according to court documents.Police said Fernando Matutina, 36, was arrested in Kalihi on Monday and was charged yesterday with robbing the Kalihi Branch of First Hawaiian Bank on Oct. 3, Bank of Hawaii's Mapunapuna Branch on Oct. 7 and the Kalihi Branch of Hawaii National Bank on Monday.
In all three robberies, Matutina allegedly handed bank tellers notes stating that he had a gun or knife and demanding money.
In the Oct. 7 robbery, according to the affidavit, Matutina passed a second note to the teller that included his name and Social Security number.
Using the information on the second note, police identified Matutina and found him at a Kalaepaa Drive address.
Police said Matutina admitted robbing the banks.
Police officials would not comment on why they believe Matutina left his personal information at the bank.
2 men stabbed outside Venus Nite Club
Two men in their 20s were stabbed early yesterday morning in front of an Ala Moana area nightclub after a large fight broke out, police said.One of the men was stabbed in the chest and was in critical condition. The other was stabbed in the arm and in stable condition, police said. Both victims were taken to the Queen’s Medical Center.
The stabbing occurred in front of Venus Nite Club at 1349 Kapiolani Blvd.
Police arrested five men under suspicion of third-degree assault in connection with the fight. No arrests were made in the stabbings.
NEIGHBOR ISLANDS
Kohala tree planters set fire by accident
A brush fire that scorched 300 acres in North Kohala was accidentally set off by reforestation workers, Hawaii County Fire Department officials said yesterday.Employees of Forest Solutions were fusing plastic pipe with a butane torch for a reforestation project, a Fire Department press release said.
The fire, off Kohala Mountain Road (Highway 250) between Waimea and Hawi, began at about 10:57 a.m. Tuesday and was contained at about 7:18 a.m. yesterday.
The Fire Department used two helicopters, three engines, three tankers, a medic unit and a fuel truck as well as 23 firefighters.
The county, state and private companies assisted with equipment, including a helicopter, and manpower.
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