O'ahu briefs
Advertiser Staff
HONOLULU
Learning disabilities topic of talk
Robert Brooks, a faculty member at Harvard Medical School and an internationally recognized psychologist, will speak on motivation, hope and resilience in children with learning disabilities at a symposium tomorrow.
The symposium is sponsored by the Hawai'i Branch of the International Dyslexia Association and will cover strategies that parents, teachers, therapists and caregivers can use to nurture children with learning problems.
Brooks created a videotape and educational guide for PBS called "Look What You've Done! Stories of Hope and Resilience."
The symposium is from 9 to 11:30 a.m. at the Japanese Cultural Center, 2454 S. Beretania. Cost is $20 for members and $30 for nonmembers.
For more information, call HIDA at 538-7007 or e-mail info@hibida.org.
Mammograms offered for free
Women older than 40 who do not have medical insurance may be eligible for a free mammogram at Castle Medical Center in Kailua.
The mammography screenings are being offered in October as part of National Breast Cancer Awareness Month in partnership with the Windward Unit of the American Cancer Society. The Kailua Racquet Club is underwriting the program.
Mammography is considered the most effective method of early detection of breast cancer. The disease is 98 percent curable if caught in its early stages.
For more information, call the Cancer Society at 262-5124.
St. Francis Medical Center-Liliha also is offering free mammograms this month to women older than 40 who have not had such a screening in the past year and have no medical insurance.
To be eligible, women must have no history of breast cancer, no current breast problems, not be pregnant or breast-feeding and meet income guidelines.
Appointments are required, and requests for the free screenings will be handled on a first-come, first-served basis. Call 547-6798 to schedule an appointment.
Fund-raiser for crime victim
A fund-raiser for crime victim Jessee Jeuck will be held from 4 to 6 p.m. Sunday at the Malama Salon and Spa in Ala Moana Center.
Jeuck, a Malama employee, was attacked at knifepoint in front of her Kapahulu home Sept. 24 and suffered multiple facial fractures. Her purse, which contained no money, was stolen. Her assailant has not been caught.
Jeuck has undergone major reconstructive plastic surgery to repair the damage.
Volunteer employees will give customers a foot soak and scalp treatment, a mini-facial, a shampoo and style, and a makeover for women or a mini-manicure for men for a $50 donation.
The goal is to raise $2,000 for Jeuck's recovery.
For reservations, call 988-0101.
EAST HONOLULU
Hearing Monday on church plans
The city will hold a public hearing at 10:30 a.m. Monday on Grace Chapel's plans to turn Maunalua Tennis Club into a church.
The church needs a conditional use permit to allow a meeting facility for 80 to 100 members, using the existing facilities and adding a 1,000- square-foot chapel.
The hearing will be at the city's Human Resources conference room at the City Hall Annex, ground floor, 550 S. King St.
ELECTION 2002
Candidates to debate on TV
Candidates for City Council District 4 (East Honolulu) will take part in a live TV debate tonight as part of the "Vote! 2002: Candidates Debate" series sponsored by 'Olelo Community Television.
The forum will air from 6 to 7 p.m. on Oceanic Channel 54 and Oceanic Digital Control.
Participating will be Charles Djou and Bob Fishman.
