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HONOLULU
Program seeks applicants
There are still more than two months to apply for the 2003-04 Imi Ho'ola program that provides a special year of preparation to disadvantaged students who want to go to medical school.
The program, which has served 370 students from Hawai'i, Guam, Micronesia and American Samoa since its beginning in 1973, offers a 12-month preparation that readies students for the challenges of medical school. Through seminars, lectures and workshops, participants learn enhanced critical-thinking skills, work with medical students and faculty and meet other healthcare professionals.
The deadline for applications this year is Dec. 31.
Call Roy Inouye or Dr. Nanette Judd at 956-3466.
Or write to: University of Hawai'i-Manoa, John A. Burns School of Medicine; Imi Ho'ola Post-Baccalaureate Program; 1960 East-West Road, Biomed C-203, Honolulu, HI 96822.
AP reporter to give talk
Associated Press special correspondent Linda Deutsch will speak at the Honolulu Community Media Council luncheon meeting at noon tomorrow at the Pacific Club.
Deutsch, AP's top court reporter, covered the O.J. Simpson trial from beginning to end and received AP's Oliver Gramling Award for distinguished reporting.
Deutsch was named a special correspondent in 1992 for her distinguished career with the wire service — a designation given to only 18 reporters in AP's history.
She has covered many of the best-known trials, including those of Sirhan Sirhan, Charles Manson, Patty Hearst, Angela Davis, Daniel Ellsberg, John Z. DeLorean, Exxon Valdez skipper Joseph Hazelwood, William Kennedy Smith and the four Los Angeles police officers accused in the beating of motorist Rodney King.
NORTH SHORE
390 residents lose electricity in La'ie
Hawaiian Electric Co. was working to restore electricity to 390 customers last night after three utility poles fell near La'ie Village Shopping Center.
Police said parts of Kamehameha Highway were closed in La'ie near the Chevron station. Traffic was being rerouted through the Polynesian Cultural Center.
Electric crews told police that repairs could take up to two days.
Likelike Davis, an electric company spokeswoman, said police reported the downed poles about 8:50 p.m.
Authorities did not know what caused the poles to fall.
Woman drowns off Mokule'ia
A 53-year-old O'ahu woman drowned off Mokule'ia Beach yesterday morning, fire officials said.
The woman, whose name was not released, was camping with her family near the Dillingham Field end of the beach and got into difficulty while swimming offshore, Fire Department Capt. Kenison Tejada said.
She was brought to shore and given artificial respiration, but could not be revived, he said.
ELECTION 2002
BOE candidates debate tonight
Candidates for the three O'ahu-at-large seats on the Board of Education will take part in a live TV debate tonight as part of the "Vote! 2002: Candidates Debate" series sponsored by 'Olelo Community Television.
The debate will air from 6:30 to 7:30 p.m. on Oceanic Channel 54 and Oceanic Digital Control.
Participating will be Karen Knudsen, Keith Sakata, Kenneth Segawa, Marla Wade and Randall Yee.
