Posted on: Wednesday, June 12, 2002
Hawai'i briefs
Sexual-assault hearing today
A 68-year-old bank executive charged with sexually assaulting a 12-year-old girl is scheduled to appear at a preliminary hearing today.
Alfred Gross was charged Sunday with two counts of first-degree sex assault and multiple counts of third-degree sex assault, a day after his arrest, police said. He was arraigned Monday and released from police custody after posting $25,000 bail.
Gross' wife brought the girl to their downtown Honolulu condominium on the "pretense" of doing housework in exchange for pay, police said. The girl told police that while she was there, an "older man" sexually assaulted her.
Bone marrow donors sought
The St. Francis Medical Center Hawai'i Bone Marrow Donor Registry will conduct free bone marrow donor testing and registration this weekend in Kane'ohe.
Donors must be 18 to 60 years old and in good health. A small sample of blood is collected from potential donors for tissue typing. For information, call 547-6154.
The donor drives will be conducted at Hope Chapel, 45-815 Po'okela St., from 7:30 to 10:30 p.m. Friday, 5:30 to 8 p.m. Saturday, and 8 a.m. to noon Sunday.
Family fair is Saturday
The Windward Seniors Day Care Center is presenting a family fair featuring Xtreme Fun Rides, food, entertainment and more, from 10 a.m. to 3 p.m. Saturday at Leedham Center, 1276 Kailua Road on the grounds of First Windward Baptist Church.
Organizers will be selling Koala Moa Chicken at $7.50 to take home or to donate to a new Fund and Feed program that will deliver the chicken to needy people. Proceeds from the event will be used to air-condition both Windward adult centers or to purchase a handicapped-accessible mini bus, said Kelika Gunderson, center director. For more information, call 261-4947.
Homebuyer Fair set for 4 areas
A free Homebuyer Fair, scheduled in four communities and featuring housing industry representatives, will help people learn how to become homeowners.
"We're trying to go out into the underserved rural areas to see if we can help them become homeowners," said Gordan Furutani, field office director of the U.S. Department of Housing & Urban Development, which is sponsoring the fair with 15 other community groups, agencies and businesses.
To be pre-qualified for a mortgage, bring your gross monthly income and expense information. The fairs, from 9 a.m. to noon, will be:
• June 15, Kahuku High and Intermediate School, 56-490 Kamehameha Highway.
For details, call 522-8175, Ext. 256.
• June 22, Kalakaua Middle School, 821 Kalihi St.
• June 29, Waimanalo Elementary and Intermediate School, 41-1320 Kalaniana'ole Highway.
• July 13, Maui War Memorial soccer field.
