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2 more schools make 'adequate progress'
Two more schools -- Roosevelt High and Ahuimanu Elementary -- made adequate academic progress for 2004 under federal guidelines, raising the total to 147 out of 280 Hawaii schools.The two had appealed their status after preliminary results were announced last month. Final data released yesterday showed that 52.5 percent of Hawaii schools achieved "Adequate Yearly Progress," up from 39 percent in 2003.
The federal No Child Left Behind law requires each school to meet up to 37 benchmarks, including reading and math scores and a 95 percent participation rate on each test by various groups of students.
Roosevelt and Ahuimanu were among 24 schools to appeal and were the only ones that succeeded in changing their status. In both cases, the dispute centered on calculations of student participation.
Complete results for all schools are posted by the Department of Education at arch.k12.hi.us under "No Child Left Behind Reports."
Cancer operation on Inouye's wife goes well
U.S. Sen. Dan Inouye said the operation to remove a cancerous tumor from his wife Maggie's large intestine was a success yesterday.In a press release, Inouye said his wife is "resting and doing well" at the Walter Reed Army Medical Center in Washington, D.C. For the first time in 50 years, Inouye was not present in Hawaii during an election day and instead was at his wife's side because of her condition.
"Doctors said the operation was a success, and that Maggie is resting comfortably," Inouye said.
Women's health center opens today at Queen's
The Queen's Medical Center is opening its new $3.5 million Women's Health Center today .The 8,700-square-foot center was built and designed from the suggestions of 3,000 surveyed women who said they wanted a welcoming ambiance, easy access and not a hospital-type feeling.
The center is the first in Hawaii to offer concierge services to assist women with scheduling classes and massage.
Hospital officials said genetic consultations, health risk appraisals, osteoporosis evaluations and treatments, menopause consultations and diagnostic services such as mammography, ultrasound, bone density and biopsy will be available at the center.
By Star-Bulletin staff
WAIKIKI
Police seek man in sex assault of teenager
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Police said Jeffrey Mark Farrish Jr., 20, is wanted for a probation revocation warrant and also has a prior conviction for criminal property damage.
He is wanted for questioning in an Aug. 21 assault. Police said a teenage girl met a male in Waikiki, went back to her residence where she fell asleep.
The victim told police she woke up to the suspect assaulting her. The suspect fled after stealing a computer, a cell phone, a Sony Playstation, and a number of DVDs.
Farrish is described as 6 feet, 190 pounds, with a medium build, brown hair, brown eyes, a slight mustache, a tattoo of the word "Outlaw" in Old English lettering across his stomach and a tattoo with his initials "JMF" on his left forearm.
Police said Farrish frequents the Ewa Beach, Salt Lake, Ala Moana and Waikiki areas. Anyone with information is asked to call CrimeStoppers at 955-8300 or *CRIME on a cellular phone.
EAST OAHU
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Suspect in burglary is caught on camera
A gas station/convenience store surveillance camera captured photos of a suspect who police believe burglarized a Hawaii Kai home last month.On Sept. 13 at 2:15 a.m., the victim awoke to find a man wearing a ski mask in his bedroom. When he got up, he noticed his wife's purse was missing and heard a car driving away.
A few blocks away, one of the victim's wife's credit cards was used at 2:22 a.m. at a gas station. A surveillance camera captured the suspect at the counter.
The suspect is described as 5 feet 9 inches tall, 160 pounds, with a medium build, cornrow hair and a dark complexion. He was also last seen wearing a dark, long-sleeve T-shirt and dark shorts, and was barefoot. The suspect's vehicle was described as a red sedan, possibly a Chevrolet.
Anyone with information may call Detective Dave Futa directly at 529-3319. Anonymous calls may also be made to CrimeStoppers.
WEST OAHU
Afternoon fire destroys church's storage shed
Honolulu firefighters extinguished a blaze that consumed a 20-by-30-foot storage shed in Waipahu yesterday.Fire officials said flames consumed the shed on the property owned by the Filipino United Church of Christ at 94-1386 Hiapo St. after 5 p.m. yesterday.
Church pews were among the items stored in the shed.
Fire investigators did not know the cause of the fire yesterday. An estimate on damage to the shed also was not available.
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