Posted on: Wednesday, August 4, 2004
HAWAI'I BRIEFS
Fire reported at Wai'anae school
Advertiser Staff
About 20 firefighters were called to Wai'anae Elementary School last night to extinguish a fire in a portable classroom building.
The fire, reported at 9:05 p.m., was under control by 9:17, said Honolulu Fire Deprtment Capt. Emmit Kane.
Kane said the fire appeared to have started outside the building, which contained four classrooms, and that most of the damage was to the exterior.
After bringing the fire under control, crews remained at the scene to make sure it hadn't gotten into the ceiling, he said.
The cause of the fire was under investigation, he said.
Retired Bishop Museum fish expert (ichthyologist) Jack Randall will return to work at the museum as senior ichthyologist under a $150,000 grant from the Charles Engelhardt Foundation.
Randall, whose research on reef fish of the Indo-Pacific region is legendary, will train new fish scientists and oversee improvement of the ichthyology collection, which grew during his 1966-1997 tenure from 10,000 to more than 100,000 specimens. The museum has one of the world's largest Indo-Pacific fish collections.
Randall himself has named more new fish species than any living ichthyologist, and has written more than 600 papers and books on fish, mostly tropical salt-water fishes. He will work half-time under the three-year grant.
Bradley Wilcox, author of "The Okinawa Diet Plan," will sign copies of his book at 10 a.m. today at the Waikiki Community Center, 310 Paoakalani Ave.
Wilcox, a University of Hawai'i assistant professor, says his research identified the factors that make Okinawans the healthiest, longest-living people in the world. The book includes more than 200 recipes. For more information, call 923-1802.
The city will honor the Youth Services Center's 2004 graduating class at a ceremony at 6 p.m. tomorrow at the Honolulu Hale courtyard.
The 28 graduates participated in the YouthBuild Honolulu and Youth Offender Demonstration Project, which give at-risk youth between the ages of 16 and 24 opportunities to attain high school diplomas, get vocational training and help finding jobs.
Both programs are run by the youth center, part of the city Department of Community Services.
The Child and Adolescent Mental Health Division of the state Department of Health received national recognition this week as the 2004 winner of the Norbert and Charlotte Rieger Service Program Award for Excellence.
The Hawai'i agency was chosen by the American Academy of Child and Adolescent Psychiatry's work group on community systems of care. Factors in the award included using evidence-based practice, and collaboration between employees and private agencies in providing family-centered, culturally sensitive mental health services.
The division also received the State of Hawai'i Incentive Award for Team of the Year by the state Department of Health.
He'eia State Park offers tours for residents and students that include views of Kane'ohe Bay, He'eia fishpond and the Ko'olau Range.
Tours focus on Hawaiian culture, history, flora and more.
For information or to register, call 247-3156.
Museum rehires top fish expert
'Okinawa Diet' writer to appear
Youth center to graduate 28
Mental health agency honored
Tours offered at He'eia park
