Hawai'i briefs
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NEIGHBOR ISLANDS
Kaua'i fire chief plans to retire
LIHU'E, Kaua'i — Fire Chief Charles Hiramoto has announced he will retire at the end of this month, after 30 years of service with the Kaua'i Fire Department.
"It's now time for me to devote my time to my family and certain matters at hand in our lives," he said. Hiramoto will have served less than a year as chief.
Crash victim was from Pahoa
HILO, Hawai'i — Police have identified a woman who was killed in a single-car crash Saturday as Patti Gene Berry, 52, of Pahoa. Berry died after an accident at about 7 p.m. Saturday when she lost control of her 1985 Honda four-door sedan while traveling south near the intersection of Kilauea Avenue and Volcano Highway near the four-mile marker. The car ran off the road and struck a large boulder.
Berry was taken to Hilo Medical Center, where she was pronounced dead at 11:55 p.m. Police are continuing an investigation and have ordered an autopsy.
HONOLULU
Siren test rescheduled
The state Civil Defense rescheduled its monthly test of sirens and the Emergency Alert System for Monday at 11:45 a.m.
Normally, tests of Civil Defense sirens and the Emergency Alert System are conducted simultaneously on the first working day of the month. George Burnett, Telecommunications Branch manager for the state Civil Defense, said the postponement was made to avoid any confusion regarding the monthly test and the possibility of Hurricane Jimena passing over the Islands last weekend.
Veterans seek zoning change
The city Department of Planning and Permitting is seeking comment on a zoning change request that would allow the O'ahu Veterans Council to build a meeting facility in what is now a community center and park in Foster Village.
The veterans council is asking for a zoning change from P-2 general preservation to R-5 residential so it can tear down a 50-year-old community center on Haloa Drive and build a $2.8 million state-financed center with the facilities intended to be used by veterans and residents.
To comment, call Rob Reed at 523-4402 by Sept. 22.
Dyslexia group plans workshops
The Hawai'i branch of the International Dyslexia Association will host workshops in Honolulu and Hilo, Hawai'i, next week featuring national education expert Rick Lavoie.
The workshops will address topics including parental acceptance of learning problems, effective communication strategies with children and dealing with conflict.
The Hilo workshop will be from 8 a.m. to 3 p.m. Sept. 12 at Nani Maui Garden. The Honolulu workshop will be from 9 to 11:30 a.m. Sept. 13 at Kapi'olani Community College's Campus Center.
For costs and more information, contact HIDA at 538-7007 or info@hibida.org.
