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HMSA clinics to start giving flu shots

Free flu shots will be available for HMSA, HMSA 65C Plus and HMSA QUEST members 18 or older at Hawaii Medical Service Association community clinics during the next two months.

"The good news: There seems to be an adequate supply of vaccine this year," said Chuck Marshall, HMSA spokesman. "The bad news: Don't go to just any community clinic because you may end up paying for your shot unnecessarily."

HMSA members should look for HMSA signs at clinics to get the shot at no cost, he said. Nonmembers may get immunized for $25. There will be no charge for Medicare Part B beneficiaries.

ISI Health Enhancement Services, an HMSA subsidiary, will conduct the clinics, with the first one from 8:30 a.m. to 4:30 a.m. Friday at the Senior's Fair, Neal Blaisdell Center Exhibition Hall.

Vaccinations also will be offered from 8:30 a.m., to 4:30 p.m. Saturday and Sunday at the Seniors' Fair.

Flu shots and pneumococcal shots will be provided at the HMSA booth at the Senior's Fair. Only flu shots will be provided at the other community clinics.

The best prevention for flu is to get vaccinated each year because it is a respiratory illness caused by a virus and antibiotics don't help, HMSA says.

Flu shots are recommended for people 65 and older, residents of long-term care facilities, workers providing direct care to patients, pregnant women, children ages six to 23 months, caregivers of children under six months old and people with chronic conditions such as heart or lung problems, kidney disease, diabetes, asthma, cancer or HIV/AIDS.

People who are allergic to eggs, who have had a severe reaction to a flu shot in the past or have Guillain-Barre syndrome, a rare form of nerve damage, should not get a flu shot. Shots also shouldn't be given to children under six months old or to anyone with a fever.

Forty million Americans develop flu each year and nearly 40,000 die from it or related complications, HMSA officials noted.

For the latest information on an HMSA flu shot clinic, visit www.HMSA.com or call 211.

Other clinics will be held on:

Oahu:

» Sept. 27, 9 a.m. to 3 p.m., Honolulu Daiei (Kaheka Street).
» Sept. 28, 9 a.m. to 3 p.m., Moiliili Longs.
» Sept. 28, 8:30 a.m. to noon, Mililani 14 Theatres.
» Sept. 29, 9 a.m. to 3 p.m., Hawaii Kai Longs.
» Sept. 29, 9 a.m. to 3 p.m., Waipahu Daiei.
» Sept. 30, 9 a.m. to 3 p.m., Kaneohe Bay Shopping Center Longs.
» Oct. 1, 9 a.m. to 3 p.m., Kahala Mall.
» Oct. 3, 8:30 a.m. to noon, Pearlridge West 16 Theatres.
» Oct. 4, 9 a.m. to 3 p.m., Pearl City Daiei.
» Oct. 4, 9 a.m. to 3 p.m., Ewa Beach Longs.
» Oct. 5, 9 a.m. to 3 p.m., Kailua Daiei.
» Oct. 6, 9 a.m. to 3 p.m., Manoa Longs.
» Oct. 7, 9 a.m. to 3 p.m., Kamehameha Shopping Center Longs.
» Oct. 8, 9 a.m. to 3 p.m., Mililani Town Center Longs.
» Oct. 11, 9 a.m. to 3 p.m., The Ward Warehouse.
» Oct. 12, 9 a.m. to 3 p.m., Honolulu Daiei (Kaheka Street).
» Oct. 15, 9 a.m. to 3 p.m., Pearl City Longs.
» Oct. 18, 8 a.m. to 2 p.m., Central Union Church Senior Center.
» Oct. 21, 8:30 a.m. to noon, Koko Marina 8 Theatres.
» Oct. 21, 9 a.m. to 3 p.m., Pali Longs.
» Oct. 22, 9 a.m. to 3 p.m., HMSA Center Building.
» Oct. 25, 9 a.m. to 3 p.m., Waikele Premium Outlets.
» Oct. 26, 8:30 a.m. to noon, Kapolei 16 Theatres.
» Oct. 29, 9 a.m. to 3 p.m., Windward Community College.
» Nov. 5, 9 a.m. to 3 p.m., Leeward Community College.
» Nov. 9, 9 a.m. t0 3 p.m., Moiliili Longs.
» Nov. 10, 9 a.m. to 3 p.m., Manoa Longs.
» Nov. 12, 9 a.m. to 3 p.m., Kapiolani Community College.
» Nov. 17, 9 a.m. to 3 p.m., The Ward Warehouse.
» Nov. 19, 9 a.m. to 3 p.m., Waikele Premium Outlets.

Maui:

» Oct. 3, 9 a.m. to 3 p.m., Maui Beach Hotel.
» Oct. 10, 9 a.m. to 3 p.m., Kahului Longs.
» Nov.. 5, 9 a.m. to 3 p.m., Pukalani Foodland.

Kauai:

» Oct. 13, 9 a.m. to 3 p.m., Kukui Grove Center.
» Oct. 14, 9 a.m. to 3 p.m., Princeville Foodland.

Big Island:

» Oct. 17, 9 a.m. to 3 p.m., Prince Kuhio Longs.
» Oct. 19, 9 a.m. to 3 p.m., Kealakekua Ranch Center.
» Oct. 20, 9 a.m. to 3 p.m., Kailua-Kona Longs.
» Nov. 2, 10 a.m. to 3 p.m., Kamuela Foodland.

Molokai:

» Oct. 26, 10 a.m. to 2 p.m., Molokai General Hospital.

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Police, Fire, Courts



By Star-Bulletin staff

LEEWARD OAHU

Officer injured while wrestling suspected car thief

A Honolulu police officer suffered minor injuries as he and other officers caught fugitive James Kimo Pickard yesterday in Aiea.

The subject of a CrimeStoppers bulletin on Friday, Pickard was a suspect in several auto thefts and car break-ins in the Leeward area. The 42-year-old was also wanted on several warrants totaling $90,000.

Police officers responded to a report of a car break-in and spotted Pickard, who fled. Officers chased him down at the Aiea Shopping Center and arrested him at 5:15 p.m. An officer hurt his hand wrestling Pickard to the ground.

He was arrested on the outstanding warrants and suspicion of auto theft.

Suspect surrenders after 6 hours in ocean

A man police wanted to question about a burglary in Maili jumped into the ocean to escape officers and remained in the water for more than six hours.

Police had approached the man to question him about a burglary earlier in the day in Maili after the homeowner called police. But the man fled and jumped into the water at about 9:30 a.m., throwing two bags he was holding into the ocean.

Police said the bags floated back to shore and found clothes and an empty peanut butter jar. The man surrendered after more than six hours in the ocean. He gave police a bogus name and refused to answer questions.

Police arrested him for criminal littering. Police suspect the man might be wanted on the mainland or elsewhere and are checking for fingerprint matches.

Ewa road rage report leads to man's arrest

Police arrested a 26-year-old man in connection with an alleged road rage incident last weekend.

Police said a woman, 32, was driving along Iroquois Road in Ewa at about 9:35 p.m. Saturday when the car in front of her suddenly stopped.

The woman told police that the driver of the other car got out and started yelling at her about tailgating. She said he then started hitting her in the head.

Her boyfriend was also allegedly assaulted by the male passenger in the front car. The suspect vehicle then drove off, police said. On Monday, the female victim saw the suspect vehicle near the guard shack at Iroquois Point and called police.

Officers arrested the driver for investigation of unauthorized entry into a motor vehicle.

HONOLULU

Man allegedly beat his wife with a pipe

Police arrested a 45-year-old Kalihi man after he allegedly locked his estranged wife in the bedroom of her house and beat her with a pipe.

Police said the incident happened at about 4 p.m. Monday. The husband was arrested for investigation of kidnapping, second-degree assault and outstanding traffic warrants. The wife, 44, suffered numerous bruises, police said.