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JAMM AQUINO / JAQUINO@STARBULLETIN.COM The Pearl Harbor Naval Shipyard's Apprentice Program Job Fair drew interested applicants yesterday to the Marine Education and Training Center at Sand Island. Wally Higa of Pearl Harbor Naval Shipyard Shop 11 explained a mock-up of a hull patch to Cranston Pia of Waianae.

JAMM AQUINO / JAQUINO@STARBULLETIN.COM Jon K. Nakamoto of Non Destructive Testing, Hold 135, at the Pearl Harbor Naval Shipyard showed the importance of surface inspection of metals.

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Relay for Life comes to Cooke Field

University of Hawaii-Manoa student athletes will host the American Cancer Society's Relay for Life for the first time from 7 p.m. Friday until 7 a.m. Saturday on Cooke Field.

Funds from the event will go to the American Cancer Society for research, education, advocacy and patient services in Hawaii and Guam.

"We plan to make this an annual event for the university and the community, bringing together people from all walks of life," said Paige Mainor, Student Athlete Advisory Committee co-chairwoman.

The Relay for Life began in 1985 with a 24-hour run around a track in Tacoma, Wash., by Dr. Gordy Klatt. He ran 83 miles and raised $27,000 for the American Cancer Society.

The relay grew from that and spread to more than 4,200 communities in the United States and 12 foreign countries. Last year, 225 colleges hosted the event and raised more than $7.5 million.

Groups of people will camp out at UH's Cooke Field Saturday and take turns walking around it, After dark, candles will be lit in a ceremony remembering those touched by cancer.

Activities also will include entertainment, autograph signing by the athletes and booths with information to inform people about prevention and early detection of cancer.

For more information, call Mainor at (612) 237-9807 , e-mail paigemainor@hotmail.com . or see the Web Site: www.acsevents.org/hi/relay/uhmanoa.

Grand opening today for Heart Center

The Heal Your Heart Center, 22 Oneawa St., Kailua, will hold a grand opening from 3 p.m. to 8 p.m. today with free seated massages, classes, palm reading, food and entertainment.

The center features healing methods using water, sound, massage, movement, breathing, educational and transformational technology, yogong classes combining yoga with qigong and other natural treatments.

Dialysis clinics holding open houses

Fresenius Medical Care's dialysis clinics on Oahu will join others across the country in holding open houses to provide information about their "UltraCare" services.

The public is invited to visit the centers from 10 a.m. to 4 p.m. as follows:

For more information, call Fresenius Medical Care's Hawaii office, 521-8061.

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Police, Fire, Courts



By Star-Bulletin staff

LEEWARD OAHU

Collision in Ewa Beach kills motorcyclist, 41

Honolulu police were investigating a fatal crash last night between a motorcycle and another vehicle that occurred about 8:45 p.m. at Fort Weaver Road and Hanakahi Street in Ewa Beach.

A 41-year-old man, the operator of the motorcycle, was declared dead at the scene, said ambulance district chief Norman Hahn. The driver of the other vehicle was taken to St. Francis West Hospital in stable condition.

HONOLULU

Motorcycle rider, 46, critically hurt on H-1

A 46-year-old Kailua man was in critical condition last night after a 5:33 p.m. accident on the H-1 freeway, 200 feet west of the Middle Street tunnel, traffic investigators reported.

The man was driving a black 1980 Honda motorcycle with Idaho license plates eastbound in the right lane of the freeway when he apparently veered left, sideswiping a 2003 brown Jeep in the next lane.

The Jeep attempted to avoid the motorcycle and hit a concrete barrier. The motorcycle and its rider rolled under the Jeep, police said.

The motorcycle rider, wearing leather protective gear but no helmet, was taken to the Queen's Medical Center in critical condition.

The driver of the Jeep, a 34-year-old Waipahu man, and his 30-year-old female passenger were not harmed, police said.

Speed is an apparent factor in the accident, which occurred on a dry road with light traffic, police said.

Eastbound traffic on the H-1 at the Middle Street tunnel was diverted to Nimitz and Dillingham until about 8 p.m. while the accident was investigated.

CENTRAL OAHU

2 men sought in kidnapping, robbery

Police are looking for two men in their 20s in connection with a kidnapping and robbery in Wahiawa late Friday.

They said the two men walked up to a car where a 25-year-old man was sitting outside a Wahiawa gas station at about 10:45 p.m. and demanded that the victim take them to Kunia. One of the men had a handgun, the victim told police.

After the victim had taken the suspects to Kunia, the two men allegedly robbed him and stole his car, police said.

One of the suspects is described as being about 5-foot-6, with shoulder-length hair. The other man has a crew cut, police said.

NEIGHBOR ISLANDS

Bicyclist hospitalized after highway collision

A bicyclist was in critical condition last night in Maui Memorial Hospital after being hit by another vehicle at 6:08 a.m. yesterday on the Honoapiilani Highway, almost a mile north of Lealii Parkway in Lahaina, Maui police reported.

The bicyclist was traveling north along the east shoulder of the highway, then crossed west across the northbound lanes of the highway in front of another vehicle traveling north.

The vehicle collided with the bicyclist in the inside northbound lane.

The bicyclist was not wearing a helmet, police said. The driver of the vehicle, who was wearing a seat belt, was treated and released at Maui Memorial for minor injuries.