Posted on: Friday, June 28, 2002

Hawai'i briefs

Hollywood price for O'ahu home

Actor Richard Chamberlain has sold his Round Top Drive home for $4.4 million.

The two-acre estate, which has views of Diamond Head, the Pacific Ocean and downtown Honolulu, includes a four-bedroom, three-bath main house, a guest house, office and art studio.

Coldwell Banker Pacific Properties represented Chamberlain in the deal. His agent, Tracy Pflueger Bryan, said the actor owns "several" other homes in Hawai'i and "wants to find another property that he can design and create."

Sachiyo Braden, a real estate agent with Coldwell Banker Pacific Properties' Waikiki office, represented the buyer, a businessman whom she declined to name. Braden said her client already owns a home in Honolulu but does not do business here.

Students' work on display today

Math work done by students in the Gaining Early Awareness and Readiness for Undergraduate Programs will be on display at 10 a.m. today at the University of Hawai'i-Hilo, Edith Kanakaole Hall Room 129, and Honolulu Community College, Building 7 Room 521.

The GEAR UP project is designed to encourage low-income students to stay in school and prepare for college and is sponsored by a grant from the U.S. Department of Education.

In Honolulu, 35 students from Central, Dole, Kalakaua, Waialua, Waipahu and Waimanalo middle schools took part and in Hilo 20 students from Hilo, Kalaniana'ole, Laupahoehoe, Pa'auilo and Honoka'a middle schools were involved.

Hawaiian study session ending

An unusual program that brings 15 Native Hawaiian high school juniors and seniors together with University of Hawai'i professors and research faculty from the College of Tropical Agriculture and Human Resources for two weeks of study will wind up today when students present their research on everything from Hawaiian kalo to what it means to be healthy.

The public presentation takes place from 7 to 9 p.m. in St. John Hall Room 11.

The program pairs students from Na Pua No'eau, the Center for Gifted and Talented Native Hawaiian Children, with researchers.

For more information on the program, call coordinator Teresa Wagoner at 956-6997.

Marrow registry screening set

HILO, Hawai'i — A bone marrow registry will be conducted tomorrow at the KTA Center off Pu'ainako Street to identify possible bone marrow donors to help those with serious blood diseases.

The free screening will be conducted from 9 a.m. to

3 p.m. by St. Francis Medical Center's Hawai'i Bone Marrow Registry. For more information, call 547-6011.