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DOT designates funds to inspect isle airfields

The state Department of Transportation will use $447,768 from the airport special fund to inspect airfields and to update pavement management system plans for 14 airports throughout the state.

The federal government's share for the project is $2.3 million, according to state officials, who said yesterday that Gov. Linda Lingle had released the state money.

Data collected from the inspections will be used to formulate new short- and long-term plans to maintain and upgrade airfields, the Governor's Office said.

The inspections are required every three years by the Federal Aviation Administration to determine the amount of federal funding for airfield pavement rehabilitation projects, officials said.

"This important preventative effort, which uses airport special funds and federal dollars, will help in our ongoing plan to improve the airport infrastructure on all islands," Transportation Director Rod Haraga said.

The inspection project will cover Honolulu, Dillingham and Kalaeloa airports on Oahu; Lihue and Port Allen airports on Kauai; Kalaupapa and Molokai airports on the Friendly Isle; Kahului and Hana airports on Maui; Lanai Airport on the Pineapple Isle; and Hilo, Kona, Upolu and Waimea-Kohala airports on the Big Island.

Oahu schools to host financial aid clinics

A free clinic to help prospective college students and their parents apply for federal aid will be held at 1 p.m. Feb. 13 at three schools on Oahu.

The "College Goal Sunday" clinics are scheduled at Kapolei Middle cafeteria, McKinley High auditorium and Castle High cafeteria.

Students will be given assistance in filling out the Free Application for Federal Student Aid, the form required by most colleges, universities and vocational/technical schools.

Students should bring their 2004 federal tax returns, or their parents' if under age 24, and their W-2 or other 2004 income and benefits information. The tax forms do not have to be completed.

Lumina Foundation for Education, USA Funds, Pacific Financial Aid Association and the Hawaii Association for College Admission Counseling are sponsoring the clinics. For more information, contact Lorraine Teniya at 593-2262 or Frank Green at 591-2708.

Iolani Palace offers docent training

The Friends of Iolani Palace will hold a five-month docent training session from Feb. 28 through July 14. Classes will be held from 9 a.m. to 3 p.m. on Mondays and 9 a.m. to 11:30 a.m. on Thursdays.

The 20-week class fee is $100, which includes a docent manual, handouts and Friends of Iolani Palace membership. For more information and to register, call Zita Cup Choy at 522-0821.

Women 15-25 sought for vaccine trial

Hawaii women between the ages 15 and 25 are sought for an international vaccine trial to protect against human papillomavirus (HPV), a sexually transmitted infection associated with cervical cancer.

Kapiolani Medical Center for Women and Children is conducting the study with the University of Hawaii School of Medicine. Women interested in participating are asked to call Shelle Chasnoff, registered nurse, at 547-5918.

The study covers the cost of vaccine and Pap smears and participants will be paid for their time.

There is no vaccine approved by the Food and Drug Administration to help prevent HPV infection, according to Kapiolani.

Vaccines will be tested in the international trials, expected to take three to four years. If they succeed in preventing HPV infection and disease, they may be approved for use earlier than planned, the hospital reported.

Dr. Lori E. Kamemoto, UH assistant professor at Kapiolani, said HPV infection is extremely common. An estimated 80 percent of all women will test positive for the infection at some point during their life but few actually develop the disease, she said.

Talk focuses on control, treatment of asthma

Dr. Reid Ikeda will discuss what happens to lungs when asthma flares up and how to keep it under control at a community health lecture at 6 p.m. Tuesday at the Queen's Conference Center Auditorium, 510 S. Beretania St.

He will discuss treatment guidelines, medication and monitoring asthma.

Call the Queen's Referral Line at 537-7117 for information and to register because space is limited. Parking is available for $5 in the Miller Street parking garage.

Hui will tout tech for behavioral health care

The Pacific Telehealth & Technology Hui will demonstrate advanced computing technology for behavioral health care and medical education at the 13th annual Medicine Meets Virtual Reality conference Wednesday through Saturday in Long Beach, Calif.

The Hui is collaborating with the departments of Defense and Veterans Affairs and other institutions to develop virtual reality applications for behavioral health care.

Its Virtual Reality Behavioral Health program will be featured in a special poster presentation at the conference.

The Pacific Telehealth & Technology Hui was formed in 1999 under an agreement with the DOD Pacific Regional Medical Command at Tripler and the VA Pacific Islands Health Care Systems in Honolulu.

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Police, Fire, Courts



By Star-Bulletin staff

NEIGHBOR ISLANDS

Missing teen thought to be on Big Island

Big Island police are looking for a 17-year-old reported missing in November from a detention facility on Oahu.

Julian Benevides is believed to be on the Big Island. He's described as being 5-foot-9 and weighing about 160 pounds, and has been missing since Nov. 4.

Anyone with information on his whereabouts is asked to call officer Peter Kualii of the East Hawaii Juvenile Aid Section at 961-2373 or the police non-emergency number at 935-3311.

HONOLULU

Waialae woman dies after vehicle crash

A 79-year-old Waialae woman who was hit by a vehicle Friday while crossing Kaimuki Avenue has died, police said.

The accident happened at 4:59 p.m. when the woman was struck by a Ford Explorer, driven by a 37-year-old man, while she was heading toward Kaimuki High School.

Police said the woman was about 20 feet outside a marked crosswalk when she was hit. She was taken to the Queen's Medical Center in critical condition, and died Friday night, police said.

CENTRAL OAHU

Victim, 22, stabbed on street in Wahiawa

A 22-year-old man was stabbed yesterday on Wilikina Drive in Wahiawa. Police had no information on the suspect, who is still at large.

The attack happened about 3 a.m., when the victim was walking along the street. The victim was taken to an undisclosed hospital with two stab wounds.