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HONOLULU
Woman killed in fall identified
Authorities have identified a 22-year-old woman who fell to her death Friday at a parking structure in Waikiki.
Janice Balanay of Makaha was sitting on a wall about 45 feet above the ground early Friday morning at the Waikiki Trade Center parking structure when she apparently lost her balance and fell.
Tests are being conducted to determine what caused her to lose her balance, but neither foul play nor suicide are suspected in her death.
CENTRAL O'AHU
Fund-raisers seek volunteers
The American Cancer Society's Relay For Life in Mililani is looking for committee members, teams and volunteers for its annual fund-raiser event scheduled for June 14.
The committee's next meeting is at 6:30 p.m. tomorrow at Mililani Hongwanji Mission, 95-257 Kaloapau St.
The committee needs help with publicity, registration, recruitment, sponsorship, entertainment, education and relay team members.
For more information, call Allan Rapoza at 541-3082 or 676-1903.
Plant sale set in Pearl City
The Urban Garden Center at 962 Second St. in Pearl City will host its fourth annual Plant and Produce Sale from 8 a.m. to 2 p.m. Feb. 8.
The sale will feature locally grown plants and produce and silk flower arrangements. For more information, call 453-6050.
NEIGHBOR ISLANDS
Symposium on women planned
"Women in the World," a national symposium on women's studies, will be held Feb. 3 at the University of Hawai'i at Hilo.
The free event will be from 9:30 a.m. to 4 p.m. in Campus 306-307 and is open to the public. The morning session from 9:30 a.m. to noon will feature speakers from universities around the country discussing their ongoing research in the field of women's studies. A 2 to 4 p.m. session is a forum on research in women's studies.
The event is sponsored by the UH Hilo Women's Studies Program and the Humanities Division. For more information, call Susan Brown at (808) 974-7374 or Lorelee McPike at (808) 934-8558.
Building would carry Mink name
The Maui County Council wants the Post Office building in Pa'ia renamed after the late Congresswoman Patsy Mink.
The council voted unanimously Friday to urge Congress to designate the building in honor of the veteran Democrat who died Sept. 28 at the age of 74.
Mink was born in Pa'ia in 1927.
Board OKs wind turbines
The state Board of Land and Natural Resources decided on Friday that 27 to 33 wind turbines can be erected on state conservation land in Ukumehame on Maui.
The board must now decide to lease the land to one of two competing companies, GE Wind Energy or Hawai'i Wind Energy.
GE Wind Energy representative David Kirkpatrick said the company has obtained financing for the project and could have the turbines generating 20 megawatts of electric power in a year.
Hawai'i Wind Energy Chief Executive Officer Brian Hayashida said his firm can obtain financing once it has completed wind studies at the site.
Both firms want to sell power to Maui Electric Co.
