Grants and salutes

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Award will fight domestic abuse

The Office on Violence Against Women, a U.S. Department of Justice agency within the Office of Justice Programs, has awarded $497,877 to the Hawai'i Department of the Attorney General to help support the FY 2003 Grants to Encourage Arrest Policies and Enforcement of Protection Orders Program.

The grant will enable the Department of the Attorney General to address domestic violence cases through the use of digital photography in police investigations to preserve and present evidence.

The project will purchase digital cameras and software, provide training and hire two process servers and two deputy prosecutors.

Students given scholarships

The Aloha Chapter of Daughters of the American Revolution has awarded scholarships to Cory Fraser, a student at the John A. Burns School of Medicine at the University of Hawai'i-Manoa; Woo Ae Byun, a graduate student at the UH School of Nursing; and Elizabeth Nguyen, a student at the Northwestern University School of Medicine in Chicago.

Group names president

Garrett Sullivan of Kaikor Construction Associates has been named 2003 president of the Construction Financial Management Association, Hawai'i Chapter. Joyce Furukawa of Royal Contracting was named first vice president; Lori Isara of Koga Engineering is secretary and Reid Gushiken of KPMG LLP is treasurer.

Two students each receive $2,000

Two Hawai'i college students each have received $2,000 scholarships each from the Patsy Takemoto Mink Education Foundation for Low-Income Women and Children. They are Edna Lokelani Iaea of Kaunakakai, a student at Maui Community College's Moloka'i Education Center; and Raquel Ipo Toribio of Wai'anae, a student in the Hawai'i Pacific University nursing program.

Jr. Achievement names leader

Junior Achievement of Hawai'i has named Eva Laird Smith its new president. Smith is executive director of the Filipino Community Center in Waipahu. Prior to that, she worked with nonprofit organizations in Seattle.

KCC secretary wins award

Christine Neves, secretary to the director of administrative services at Kapi'olani Community College, has been awarded the University of Hawai'i Community Colleges Chancellor's Award for Outstanding Service.

Neves, who began working at KCC in 1996, works with outside agencies that use facilities, helps coordinate teaching and classroom schedules and contributes to the operation and maintenance of the campus.