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Crime-drug link to be discussed

The connections between firearm-related crime and domestic violence, and the use of crystal methamphetamine, will be the focus of local financing recently announced by U.S. Rep. Ed Case, D-Hawai'i: The U.S. Department of Justice's Bureau of Justice Assistance has awarded a $150,000 grant to the state attorney general's office as part of the national Project Safe Neighborhoods endeavor. The project is a nationwide commitment to reduce gun crime in America by networking existing local programs that target gun crime and providing those programs with the additional resources needed. The Bush administration will seek to commit $533 million to the effort over two years.

Meals program gets $17,600

Working toward a goal of expanding Lanakila's Meals on Wheels program, which helps provide meals to homebound seniors Monday through Friday, to an Adopt-A-Senior project allowing meals seven days a week and holidays, Lanakila has accepted more than $17,600 in donations from 229 donors — including $5,000 from the annual Hawaii Hotel Association Visitor Industry Charity Walk.

Mall donates to railway society

Pearlridge Center has donated $39,724.10 — the largest donation ever made to the Hawaiian Railway Society — allowing the group to build a 50-foot-by-100-foot engine car repair and restoration building.

Group's history to be archived

The effort to archive and microfilm The Outdoor Circle's vast collection of scrapbooks amassed over its 90-year history will be aided by a recent donation to the group's Project Preservation of $40,222 by the National Historical Publications and Records Commission, in Washington, D.C. Once systematized, that history and information can be used by educational endeavors, decision-makers and others. Included in the documentation will be their successful campaigns against billboards in Hawai'i, development on Diamond Head and preservation of Magic Island as open space.

HIV foundation receives grants

Life Foundation, which works with about 65 percent of Hawai'i's HIV positive residents, has received money from several organizations:

• McInerny Foundation, $7,500 in support of outreach to homeless individuals.
• Sidney Stern Foundation, $5,000 for assistance with the hepatitis C program.
• Roche Pharmaceuticals, $4,000.
• Macy's West Passport Fund, $4,500 for support of mental health services for HIV positive people.
  
  
  

Mid-Pac center gets $100,000

First Hawaiian Foundation, the charitable arm of First Hawaiian Bank, has completed a four-year grant of $100,000 to Mid-Pacific Institute to support the school's goal of building a three-building math, science and technology complex.

Rehab center to honor Frears

A grant that will allow the Rehabilitation Center of the Pacific to begin long-delayed improvements has encouraged the facility to name its dining room in honor of former state Justice Walter Frear, and his wife, Mary. The facility, the oldest part of which was built in 1942, with other parts added in the '50s, has received $717,715 from the Mary D. and Walter f. Frear Eleemosynary Trust. Much of the money will go toward bringing kitchen and dining areas up to safety standards.