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| U.S. Rep. Patsy Mink was taken to hospital on Aug. 30 after contracting chicken pox.
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Rep. Mink still in intensive care
U.S. Rep. Patsy Mink continued to receive treatment for pneumonia yesterday in the intensive care unit of Straub Clinic & Hospital.
"She's still in confinement and receiving treatment," said Mink's spokeswoman, Joan Manke.
Mink, 74, was admitted to Straub on Aug. 30 after contracting chicken pox. The virus has since spread to her lungs, Manke said.
Free transport to 9/11 event
Additional stops have been added to the free bus transportation offered to those attending the Sept. 11 Day of Remembrance ceremony at 5 p.m. on Wednesday at the National Memorial Cemetery of the Pacific at Punchbowl.
Buses will begin departing the Alapa'i Transit Center at 3:30 p.m., with these stops: Alapa'i Street at Hotel Street; Beretania Street at Punchbowl Street, Queen Emma Street at Beretania Street and Vineyard Boulevard, Lusitana Street at Huali Street and Puowaina Drive, and Puowaina Drive at San Antonio Avenue and Prospect Street.
The return stops include: Puowaina Drive at Ho'okui Street; along Puowaina Drive through Prospect Street; Puowaina Drive at San Antonio Avenue; Lusitana Street at School Street; Queen Emma Street at Vineyard Boulevard; Vineyard Boulevard at Punchbowl Street; and Punchbowl Street at Miller Street, Beretania Street and at the Hawai'i State Library.
Bus head signs will read, "SPECIAL PUNCHBOWL." Rides are free.
Call 848-5555.
State hopefuls at Manoa site
A candidates forum sponsored by the Manoa Neighborhood Board will be from 7 to 9 p.m Wednesday in the Noelani Elementary School cafeteria, 2655 Woodlawn Drive.
Republican candidates for lieutenant governor James Aiona and Dalton Tanonaka and Democratic candidates Clayton Hee, Donna Ikeda and Matt Matsunaga will participate in the forum.
House, Council forum planned
A candidates forum sponsored by the Liliha/'Alewa/Pu'unui/Kamehameha Heights Neighborhood Board will be at 7 p.m. tomorrow at Ma'ema'e Elementary School, 319 Wyllie St.
The candidates for House District 27 scheduled to attend are Republicans Ken Akamine and Corinne Wei Lan Ching and Democrats Sesnita Der-Ling Moepono and Jennifer D. Waihee.
Candidates for City Council District 6 scheduled to attend are Isaac K. Hokama, Dennis M. Nakasato, John A. Steelquist and Rod Tam.
WINDWARD O'AHU
Lifeguards pull 24 to safety
Windward lifeguards reported a busy day yesterday with 24 rescues.
There were eight people pulled out of the water at Hanauma Bay, six at Sandy Beach, two at Makapu'u, seven at Waimanalo and one at Kailua.
Lifeguards said windward surf came up to about 5 feet with a southeastern swell and it evidently was too much for many swimmers to handle.
Acting Lt. Ron Bregam said the most dramatic rescue that he saw involved two 12-year-old boys at Sandy Beach at 3:45 p.m.
A wave knocked the two boys down and swept them out to deep water. Two lifeguards went out and got them.
"They would have been out to sea" had it not been for the lifeguards' rapid response, Bregam said.
LEEWARD O'AHU
Makakilo woman hit by car, dies
A 61-year-old woman was killed yesterday morning on Makakilo Drive when she was struck by a car driven by a Marine police officer.
The unidentified woman, from the Makakilo/Kapolei area, was not in a crosswalk as she tried to cross where the road curves, Honolulu police said. The accident occurred a little northwest of Palailai Street around 6:40 a.m.
The 20-year-old driver was in a blue 1978 Chevrolet Camaro. He is a member of the 1st Battalion, 3rd Marine Regiment, assigned to Camp Smith as a military police officer, the Marines said yesterday.
Speed and alcohol were not factors, police said.
The death is the 45th traffic fatality this year in Honolulu, compared with 56 at the same time last year.
