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>> The Tobacco Prevention & Control Trust Fund of the Hawaii Community Foundation has granted the American Cancer Society $17,535 to support the initiative "Leading Hawaii's Youth Towards a Tobacco-Free Future." The initiative is a partnership of students and health professionals, among others, to implement tobacco prevention programs in the community and to increase participation in the Great American Smokeout.>> The First Book Oahu Local Advisory Board has donated nearly $10,000 to literacy programs conducted by Good Beginnings Alliance; Hawaii Family Literacy Consortium; Kapiolani Women, Infant and Children (WIC) Program; Ohana Ola O Kahumana; and Read to Me -- Molokai. The grants will provide about 4,000 new books for low-income children.
>> The annual dinner and auction fund-raiser for ASSETS School, featuring dishes prepared by nine top local chefs, netted more than $145,000. ASSETS is a private K-12 school in Honolulu serving more than 400 students who are dyslexic, gifted and dyslexic, or gifted with other learning disabilities.
>> St. Francis Healthcare Foundation of Hawaii has awarded for the sixth year a total of $13,500 in $500 scholarships to 27 employees and/or dependents from its Marian Constance Medeiros Tuition Assistance Fund.
Recipients in the St. Francis Healthcare System are Joseph Correa; Aaron Vanderpool and Tanya Ibrao; from St. Francis Medical Center, Alaina Atanes, Joseph Baltazar, Brandon Taylor Bonnell, Brianna Burnett, Lorraine Cabanero, Sharon Cathers, Kathrina Rivera, Rhonda Gayle Diaz, Gabriel Gallego, David Kop, Marco Marallag, Harold Palma, Brian Jay Regala, Bo Ganir Ronduen, Gezelle Siruno, Warren Wakuzawa, Miles Thomas Whelan and Ryan Lee; from St. Francis Medical Center-West, Naomi Gozon-Tagalog, Chanie Lomibao, Steffany Quillopo and Ian Rebelo; and from St. Francis Community Health Services, Aaron Domingo and Kathryn Ann Yadao.
>> First Hawaiian Leasing Inc. donated more than 40 computers and monitors to the Kapiolani Community College Library.
>> Holy Trinity School has received $2,500 from the First Hawaiian Foundation, the charitable arm of First Hawaiian Bank. The grant will be used for capital improvements to upgrade the East Oahu campus.
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Police, Fire, Courts
By Star-Bulletin staffLEEWARD OAHU
Officer shoots man in thigh in Ewa A Honolulu police officer shot a 24-year-old man in the leg last night near an Ewa apartment complex, police said.
Emergency medical personnel took the man to The Queen's Medical Center in serious condition with a gunshot wound in his right thigh.
The shooting occurred about 9:12 p.m. near the Palm Court apartment building at Puahala and Puamaeole streets, according to police.
No further information was available at press time.
Abandoned fuel tanker forces closure of road
Police turned away traffic along Kalaeloa Boulevard after the discovery of an abandoned fuel tanker trailer on the outskirts of Campbell Industrial Park yesterday evening.Honolulu fire officials said the tanker had been left outside a fence surrounding a Tesoro refinery and had no license plates or other identifying marks on it. Hazardous waste teams isolated the area and monitored air quality as a safety precaution.
Members of the Police Department's Special Services Division also scoured the area for any "booby traps," said a police spokeswoman. Nothing was found.
The road to the nearby Hawaii Raceway Park was closed for hours.
HONOLULU
Cruise ship probed for suspicious activity Several federal and state law enforcement agencies were called to investigate a report about suspicious activity aboard the Star of Honolulu dinner cruise ship last night.
Honolulu police, FBI and the U.S. Coast Guard officials at Pier 8 at Aloha Tower would not give details on their investigation.
Two men were taken off the vessel in handcuffs, but police said they were being "detained" and not arrested.
Man with knife wound taken to Queen's
A 60-year-old man staggered to the state Capitol with a knife sticking out of his chest saying that he had been stabbed yesterday afternoon.The man, who has no local address and was taken away by ambulance, told paramedics that someone had stabbed him, police said. They said there were no witnesses to the stabbing.
Police said the same man was arrested early yesterday morning in Kaneohe on a $500 contempt of court warrant and that he had a knife at that time. Police were not sure whether that knife was the same one used in the stabbing. The man was taken to District Court later in the morning, and a judge released him on his own recognizance.
After 3:30 p.m. the man was seen staggering along the Beretania Street sidewalk in front of the Capitol, up to the Father Damien statue.
Police are investigating the case as an attempted murder, but was unsure whether foul play was involved or whether the wound was self-inflicted. The man was last reported in stable condition at the Queen's Medical Center.
NEIGHBOR ISLANDS
Investigations result in 32 drug arrests LIHUE >> Fifty cases that were investigated by the Kauai Police Department vice unit resulted in 32 drug-related arrests during the last four weeks, Kauai police said yesterday.
Much of the increased enforcement is attributed to five new officers being added to the vice squad, which investigates narcotics cases. Acting Chief K.C. Lum also has replaced many longtime vice squad members, police sources said.
The 32 arrests also involved the seizure of 612 grams of processed marijuana, 11 grams of crystal methamphetamine (ice), one gram of heroin, 18 marijuana plants, one vehicle, 15 unregistered firearms and approximately $21,218 in cash.
Police said the total street value of the seized drugs and assets is about $56,000.
Lihue resident dies in motorcycle accident
LIHUE >> A Lihue man was killed in a motorcycle accident Thursday, marking Kauai's seventh traffic fatality of the year.About 3:25 p.m. Thursday, Andy Gambeng, 29, was traveling in a southeasterly direction on Ho'olimalima Place at Lihue Airport when he apparently lost control of his motorcycle. Gambeng was transported to Wilcox Memorial Hospital, where he was pronounced dead at about 10:50 p.m.
Kauai Police Department investigators say they believe speed was a factor in the crash.
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