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Exhibit of baseball legend to be unveiled
The state Department of Transportation will unveil an exhibit of baseball legend Wally Yonamine's memorabilia tomorrow during a private ceremony at Honolulu Airport.Yonamine was born in Maui in 1925. He was only the third American to play baseball for Japan and is credited with bringing hard sliding, infield grounders and diving for fly balls to Japanese baseball.
The Wally Yonamine Exhibit will be housed on the airport's second floor opposite Gate 25. Previously, the memorabilia was housed at the Japanese Cultural Center in Moiliili.
Vaccination available for those at risk for flu
State health officials say it is not too late to get a flu shot.The Department of Health is encouraging people at high risk for complications from the flu to get vaccinated.
If an individual's doctor does not have vaccine available, the department said the physician can refer the person to a department clinic for a flu shot.
Those at high risk include healthy children 6 to 23 months old, adults 65 years and older, and pregnant women in their second or third trimester during flu season, health officials said.
People who are not at high risk who want to be protected from the flu are being told to call their doctors about a new nasal spray flu vaccine for healthy people 5 through 49 years old.
The department said has provided 1,500 doses of the spray vaccine without cost to Hawaii physicians. Hawaii is seeing more cases of influenza than at the same time last year because of an earlier than usual start of the flu season, the department said.
Internships in print and broadcast offered
Applications for 14 internships in print and broadcast journalism and public relations offered through the Society of Professional Journalists' Hawaii chapter must be postmarked by Feb. 23.Applicants must be Hawaii residents, college students who have completed their sophomore year by June, and submit an application form, letter of introduction, samples of work and a copy of their college transcript.
Full-time 10-week internships, during which participants will earn $3,250, will be offered at the Star-Bulletin, the Maui News, KGMB Channel 9, Pacific Business News, Honolulu Magazine, Downtown Planet, Hawaii Business Magazine, Trade Publishing Co., Alexander & Baldwin Inc. and Bright Light Marketing Group. Part-time eight-week internships, during which participants will earn $1,750, will be offered at KHON Channel 2, KITV Channel 4, KHNL Channel 8 and Hawaii Public Radio.
Applications should be mailed to Internship Committee, SPJ-Hawaii Chapter, P.O. Box 3141, Honolulu, HI 96802. Application materials will not be returned.
For more information or to request an application form, contact Craig DeSilva by phone at 282-1038 or by e-mail at cdesilva@hawaii.rr.com. Application forms can be downloaded from the SPJ-Hawaii Web site at www.flex.com/~spj.
Police, Fire, Courts
By Star-Bulletin staffNEIGHBOR ISLANDS
A man found dead Saturday at Kalama Park in Kihei was killed by multiple stab wounds, Maui police said yesterday.
Maui police say man killed by stabbingPolice described the man as Caucasian, between 30 and 45 years old, and weighing about 170 pounds.
The man's body was found about 2:20 a.m. Saturday. Police are investigating the death as a murder.
Anyone with information is asked to call the Maui Police Department at 244-6400 or Maui CrimeStoppers at 242-6966.
LEEWARD OAHU
The American Red Cross of Hawaii is assisting a family of four who were left homeless after a house fire in Waipahu yesterday afternoon.
Red Cross aids family after Waipahu blazeAbout 30 firefighters responded to the 94-1280 Peke Place home at about 2:29 p.m. yesterday. The blaze was under control within 10 minutes.
Firefighters were able to stop flames from jumping to neighboring homes, said Fire Department spokesman Kenison Tejada.
The blaze destroyed the house, but Tejada did not have an estimate of the fire's damage yesterday.
The occupants of the house -- a man in his 30s, his parents and his 10-year-old daughter -- were not at home.
RYAN YAMASHIRO / SPECIAL TO THE STAR-BULLETIn
Firefighters responded to a fire yesterday at a Waipahu home at 94-1280 Peke Place. The blaze destroyed the house. The family of four who lived there were not at home at the time.
WAIKIKI
Police are asking for the public's help in finding a man who robbed a woman Jan. 4 in front of her Waikiki apartment building.
Couple robbed in front of Ala Wai apartment
Police said the 93-year-old woman and her husband were returning to their Ala Wai apartment with groceries at about 5:40 p.m. when the suspect held the security gate open and offered to help.
The couple declined. The suspect asked another question, and before the woman could answer, he hit her in the forehead, grabbed her purse and fled.
The man is described as in his early 20s, 5 feet 6 inches tall, 160 pounds, with a tan complexion, short dark brown hair, blue eyes, possibly with a ponytail. He was seen wearing dark sunglasses, a white T-shirt, blue jean shorts and light-colored athletic shoes.
Anyone with information is asked to call Detective Taro Nakamura at 529-3382 or CrimeStoppers at 955-8300.
Schofield soldier charged in sex assault
Police charged a 24-year-old Schofield Barracks soldier yesterday with two counts of third-degree sexual assault and second-degree attempted sexual assault.Timothy T. Coulter was arrested at 3:44 a.m. Saturday after he allegedly sexually assaulted a 22-year-old woman at about 3 a.m. at the Sheraton Princess Kaiulani Hotel.
The woman met the suspect at a club and went with the suspect to his hotel room, where he sexually assaulted her, police said.
Police said the victim reported the incident to security at the hotel, at 120 Kaiulani Ave., and identified Coulter.
Coulter was charged at 2:30 a.m. yesterday and held in lieu of $20,000 bail.
CENTRAL OAHU
A 47-year-old Wahiawa woman suffered a fractured tailbone after her daughter's boyfriend pushed her during a confrontation with her daughter.
Wahiawa woman injured in home fightPolice said the 34-year-old man was in a physical confrontation with his 18-year-old girlfriend when her mother intervened.
Police said the suspect pushed the mother against a wall. She was taken to a hospital where it was discovered her tailbone was fractured.
The suspect was arrested at his Wahiawa home for second-degree assault and abuse of a household member.
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