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Schofield service set for air crash victim
Private prayer services are to be held today at Schofield Barracks' main chapel for Sgt. Daniel Galvan, who became the 25th Infantry Division's third fatality in Afghanistan when he was killed in a helicopter crash last week.His unit in Iraq, Alpha Company, 2nd Battalion, 25th Aviation Regiment, held a memorial service for him in Iraq yesterday.
Burial arrangements in Lubbock, Texas, are pending.
Survivors include his widow, Sonya; son, Joseph; daughter, Audrey; father, Ernest; mother, Nelda; two brothers, Ernesto and Marc; one sister, Erica; and a grandmother, Carmen Arteaga.
Ribbon sale to support 411th Battalion in Iraq
The family support group for the Hawaii Army Reserve's 411th Combat Engineer Battalion, now deployed in Iraq, will be selling yellow and red, white and blue ribbons in Kona at Kmart from 10 a.m. to 3 p.m. Saturday.The "support our troops" ribbons are $5 for large ones and $3 for smaller ones. The money will be used to purchase care packages for troops in Iraq.
Longs offers program for keiki identification
Longs Drug Stores on Oahu are participating in a program to identify children with digital photographs and fingerprints.Police and law enforcement officials say the identification information could provide vital information if a child is lost or kidnapped.
The program began Saturday at Longs Drugs in Hawaii Kai, Mililani and Kaneohe and will continue the next two Saturdays as follows:
>> Saturday at Longs in Kam Shopping Center, Manoa Shopping Center and Ewa Beach.Parents may take children ages 1 through 16 to any of the stores from 10 a.m. to 4 p.m. on those dates.
>> Aug. 28 at Longs Pearl City, Kailua and Kaimuki.
Updated photos are suggested every three years. Each child's fingerprints and color photo will be printed on a special card, free to parents, with some helpful hints for parents about child safety at home and school. Parents are encouraged to put it in a safe place.
The free program is sponsored by the Pearl Harbor Masonic Lodge and Masonic Charities in Hawaii with the support of Longs Drug.
[Taking Notice]
>> Joe William Ramos, former assistant professor at Rutgers University, New Jersey, has joined the Cancer Research Center of Hawaii as a researcher in the Natural Products Program.
The program tests novel anti-cancer drugs from plants, microorganisms and other natural sources in Hawaii and the Pacific Basin.
Ramos earned a bachelor's degree in biology and a doctorate in cell biology from the University of Virginia. He was a research assistant and postdoctoral fellow in vascular biology at Scripps Research Institute.
The Friends of the Cancer Research Center of Hawaii provided him with $35,000 in start-up funds for his laboratory.
>> State Sen. Donna Mercado Kim awarded her 22nd annual scholarships to six students in her district, Kalihi Valley-Halawa, based on scholastic and extracurricular achievements, financial need and, for three seniors, acceptance for postgraduate education.
She awarded $500 to Aisha Goshi-Otaguro of Aiea High School, Ma Theresa Veronica Santos of Farrington High, Wallace D. Coleman of Moanalua High, Lindsey J. Keliiaa-Fernandez of Aiea Intermediate School, Katrina I. Spinola of Dole Middle School and Ashley L. Meredith of Moanalua Middle School.
>> Seven University of Hawaii Community College students have been selected as the 2004-2005 recipients of the Honda Scholarship for International Study:
Dawn Baxter of Kapiolani CC, $3,000; Hiwalani Brown of Hawaii CC, $3,000; Kathleen Englen of Maui CC, $5,000; Bobby Michael Sohns of Kapiolani CC, $3,000; Jesse Soldat of Kapiolani CC, $5,000; Raena Kahealani Mariko Tong of Kapiolani CC, $5,000; and Yufei Rishelle Zhou of Kapiolani CC, $4,000.
>> Treena Loos, a meteorologist trainee with the National Weather Service, Honolulu Forecast Office, has received a $500 2004 Student of the Year Award from the National Cooperative Education and Internship Association.
Loos is a graduate student in the Department of Meteorology at the University of Hawaii at Manoa's Cooperative Education program.
>> Yuling Yan, assistant professor of mechanical engineering at the University of Hawaii at Manoa, has been awarded a $321,475 grant from the National Science Foundation over a three-year period. She received the grant to support her research program in an emerging area of biomedical engineering that will focus on advancing understanding of voice disorders in diseases, including laryngeal cancer and Parkinson's disease.
By Star-Bulletin staff
HONOLULU
Police search for driver of van
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Evin Tam, 38, was last seen operating a light-blue 1996 Honda van that was found overturned near the Burmeister Overpass along the highway about 3 p.m. Sunday. A female fitting Tam's description was seen running away from the van and into the forest.
Police said Tam's family is concerned about her because prior to her disappearance, she had been talking to herself and behaving strangely.
Tam is described as 5 feet 1 inch tall, about 106 pounds, with a slim build, black neck-length hair and brown eyes.
She was last seen wearing a light-colored T-shirt, jeans and sandals.
Anyone with information about her whereabouts is asked to call investigator Mary Aragones directly at 529-3064.
Anonymous calls may also be made to CrimeStoppers at 955-8300 or by dialing *CRIME on a cellular phone.
4 suspects sought in taxicab robbery
Police were looking for four men who allegedly robbed a taxicab driver at knifepoint Sunday night.The victim, a 50-year-old man, picked up four men at the Waikiki Jack in the Box restaurant and took them to Kalihi, police said.
When they arrived at 1238 Richard Lane about 10:30 p.m., the front-seat passenger robbed the cabbie at knifepoint while a back-seat passenger choked him, police said. The victim was not hurt.
LEEWARD OAHU
Man, 27, charged in sex assault of boy
A 27-year-old Waianae man was charged yesterday for allegedly sexually assaulting a 15-year-old boy for about one month.Michael S.L. Mars was charged with 14 counts of first-degree sexual assault and one count of third-degree sexual assault.
He is being held in lieu of $50,000 bail.
Police said the assaults occurred for about a month at Mars' home and that he was an acquaintance of the boy.
Mars has no previous criminal record in Hawaii.
Teen pedestrian dies after truck accident
A 13-year-old boy died early yesterday from injuries he suffered when he was hit by a truck Sunday night.The medical examiner's office identified the boy as Keoni Brick of Kapolei.
Police said he was hit by a truck as he was crossing Farrington Highway near Kahe Point about 7:20 p.m.
He died at Queen's Medical Center at 2 a.m. yesterday.
Police said there was no crosswalk in the area.
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