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Public welcome at Leeward's Job Fair

Leeward Community College will open its 10th annual Job Fair to the public for the first time Friday from 11 a.m. to 7 p.m.

The fair will be held in front of the library at the Pearl City campus. The state's low unemployment rate and strong economy have resulted in a tight job market, and businesses are eager to hire.

More than 40 companies and organizations are scheduled to participate, including Hawaiian Electric Co., Marriott's Ko Olina Beach Club, Bank of Hawaii, YMCA and Servco Pacific.

For road and campus maps, visit www.lcc.hawaii.educ/about/cmap-road.html.

Curbside drop-off offered for state taxes

The state Department of Taxation will offer curbside drop-off service from 5 p.m. to midnight tomorrow for last-minute state tax filers.

Midnight tomorrow is the deadline for state income tax filings, but the U.S. Postal Service does not have extended hours for the deadline.

Department volunteers will be in front of the Princess Ruth Ke'elikolani Building, 830 Punchbowl St., to collect returns, extensions and other tax forms.

UH-West Oahu looks at finalists for position

Three finalists for the position of vice chancellor of Academic Affairs of the University of Hawaii-West Oahu are interviewing and meeting with groups on campus this month.

The three finalists are A. Reza Hoshmand, associate dean for graduate studies and chairman of the Business and Management Division at Daniel Webster College in Nashua, N.H.; Lewis L. Jones, senior associate of the Sokoni Group in North Mankato, Minn.; and Peter Quigley, vice chancellor and chief academic officer at Leeward Community College.

Hoshmand has been associate dean for graduate studies and chairman of the Business and Management Division at Daniel Webster College since 2001.

Jones is a senior associate at the Sokoni Group, an educational consulting firm. He was vice president for academic affairs at David N. Myers University from 2002 to 2004.

Peter Quigley has been at Leeward Community College since 2004 as vice chancellor and chief academic officer. He was dean of the College of Arts and Humanities at Minnesota State University from 2002 to 2004.

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Taking Notice

» The Hawaii Division of the National Multiple Sclerosis Society has received $1,000 from the Prudential Foundation, marking its 10th annual Prudential employee volunteerism celebration known as Global Volunteer Day.

» Dr. Robert Stodden, director of the Center on Disability Studies in the University of Hawaii-Manoa College of Education, has received the Association of University Centers of Excellence's 2004 Outstanding Achievement Award.

The award was presented at the recent annual meeting and conference of the Association of University Centers on Disabilities in Bethesda, Md.

Stodden has served more than 25 years as a national leader in special education, school-to-adult transition, post-secondary education and employment for people with disabilities. He has been a principal director or investigator for more than 100 research and training projects to improve the lives of people who have disabilities.

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Police, Fire, Courts



By Star-Bulletin staff

HONOLULU

Truck critically injures freeway runner

A 19-year-old Honolulu man was critically injured yesterday after being struck by a semitrailer truck as he ran across the H-1 freeway near the Radford Drive overpass.

Police said the 35-year-old driver of the truck was in the H-1 eastbound lanes when the pedestrian suddenly ran onto the freeway from the makai shoulder toward the median barrier about 2:23 p.m.

Police said the man had been seen prior to the accident walking toward Honolulu Airport on the makai shoulder of the freeway for an unknown reason.

The pedestrian was taken to the Queen's Medical Center in critical condition with head, neck and body injuries. The truck driver was not injured.

Suspects sought in Kalihi Valley shooting

CORRECTION Thursday, April 28, 2005 » A 28-year-old man arrested in connection with a shooting in Kalihi Valley on April 18 fired shots at a man he had been arguing with along Piliwai Street and at another man who was in a nearby car, police said. A "Police/Fire" item on Page A4 yesterday afternoon incorrectly labeled the incident as a drive-by shooting. A "Police/Fire" item on Page A5 in the afternoon edition on April 18 as well as on Page A4 in the morning edition on April 19 contained the same error. The Honolulu Star-Bulletin strives to make its news report fair and accurate. If you have a question or comment about news coverage, call Editor Frank Bridgewater at 529-4791 or email him at corrections@starbulletin.com.

Police were looking for the gunman or gunmen who shot a 46-year-old man three times early yesterday along Piliwai Street in Kalihi Valley.

Police said the suspect was in the park at the end of the street about 3:05 a.m. when a car drove up and at least nine shots were fired. As the victim was running away, two bullets hit him in the back, and one hit him in the buttocks, police said.

Police said the victim walked halfway down the street and then collapsed. Officers found the victim on the street still conscious. He was taken to the Queen's Medical Center in serious condition.

LEEWARD OAHU

Woman allegedly hits roommate with vehicle

Police arrested a 42-year-old Waianae woman for attempted murder yesterday after she allegedly tried to run down her 30-year-old roommate with a car on Farrington Highway in Maili.

Police said the two women had been drinking together before the 3:27 p.m. incident.

The two women argued on Hila Street and Farrington Highway, and the victim began walking westward along the shoulder of the highway.

Police said witnesses reported seeing the suspect get into the car, a 1994 Pontiac sedan, and speed toward the victim, striking her from behind with the front of the car.

The victim flew into the air several feet, landing on the roadway, witnesses told police.

The 30-year-old woman was taken to the Queen's Medical Center in serious condition. She was later upgraded to stable condition with a possible broken leg, possible broken hip and multiple cuts and bruises, police said.

Police found the car abandoned in Maili and later found the driver. Witnesses identified the suspect, and she was arrested for second-degree attempted murder.

WAIKIKI

Wife arrested in knife attack

Police arrested a 26-year-old woman after she allegedly attacked her husband with a kitchen knife Sunday night at their Waikiki home.

Police said the couple was arguing at about 11:45 p.m. when the wife grabbed a 10-inch kitchen knife and started to swing it at her husband. The victim tried to restrain his wife and suffered a minor cut to his right index finger, according to police.

The husband was eventually able to take the knife away from his wife and call police who arrested her for investigation of second-degree assault.

NORTH SHORE

Suspect caught after chase near Waimea

Police arrested two Windward women who allegedly broke into a German tourist's car between 3:51 and 4:30 p.m. yesterday at Laniakea Beach Park.

Plainclothes officers monitoring the beach in unmarked vehicles witnessed the women, ages 18 and 29, breaking into the car of the 47-year-old man visiting from Germany.

Police immediately detained the 18-year-old, but the older woman fled on foot when officers approached. She jumped into the bed of a passing pickup truck traveling Kahuku-bound on Kamehameha Highway.

Police pursued and caught the woman when she jumped out of the truck near Waimea Bay. The woman received minor abrasions.