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» Girl Scout Troop 526 spent five days painting 16 bookshelves for the Reach Out and Read Program at Kaiser Permanente's pediatric clinics throughout the state. The project, which included purchasing new age-appropriate books, was funded by the Atherton Family Foundation ($5,000), Hawaii Pizza Hut Literacy Fund ($23,000), Cooke Foundation ($5,000), Fred Baldwin Memorial Fund ($2,500) and Verizon Hawaii ($15,000).

» Sacred Hearts Academy has named community volunteers Loretta Fuddy, Phyllis Zerbe and Eleanor Ho Lum its 2004 Distinguished Alumnae.

Fuddy was a social worker for Catholic Charities, and is currently Family Health Services Division chief of the state Department of Health. Zerbe was the first female corporate officer of Pacific Resources Inc. and Hawaiian Independent Refinery. Ho Lum plays cello, violin and the piano for various groups.

» Puanani Mills Ka'ai is the new Middle School principal at Mid-Pacific Institute. Since 1997 she has served the school as a teacher, grade level coordinator, sixth-grade team leader and coordinator for the Western Association of Schools and Colleges accreditation review process.

» Outstanding scholars Tanya Cadiente of Honolulu and Sol Wagner of Kihei, Maui, participated in the National Young Leaders Conference in Washington in the fall.

» Gordon Jones, dean of the College of Professional Studies at Hawaii Pacific University, was named Technology Educator of the Year for 2004 by the Pacific Technology Foundation and Technology News Network.

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Police, Fire, Courts



By Star-Bulletin staff

HONOLULU

Boy, 11, arrested in sex assault case

Police arrested an 11-year-old Kalihi boy Tuesday for allegedly sexually assaulting two boys, ages 5 and 6.

According to police, the victims alleged that the older boy sexually assaulted them on multiple occasions. Police arrested the boy for investigation of first-degree sexual assault and then released him pending an investigation.

LEEWARD OAHU

Teen is suspected of debit card theft

Police arrested a 17-year-old girl Tuesday who allegedly took a woman's debit card and went on a shopping spree at Wal-Mart in Kunia last year.

The incident took place Oct. 5, and the suspect was later identified on store surveillance photos. Police arrested her for investigation of fraudulent use of a credit card.

Man held in assault on girl in Nanakuli

Police arrested an 18-year-old man for allegedly sexually assaulting a 12-year-old girl in Nanakuli. The victim told police that the assault happened last November. No other details were available.

The suspect was arrested for investigation of first-degree sexual assault.

NEIGHBOR ISLANDS

Maui man isle's first crash fatality of 2005

WAILUKU » Maui recorded its first traffic fatality of the year yesterday when a man died in a one-car crash near Waikapu.

Jeremiah M. McDougal, 28, of Wailuku was riding in the back seat of a car heading toward Wailuku on Honoapiilani Highway when it went off the right side of the road and struck a wooden utility pole at about 2:25 a.m., police said.

The female driver and front-seat male passenger, both Kahului residents, were treated and released from Maui Memorial Medical Center, said police Sgt. Barry Aoki.

Aoki said police investigators are looking at whether speed or alcohol were factors contributing to the accident.

There had been one traffic fatality on Maui at about this time last year.