Hawai'i briefs
Advertiser Staff
LEEWARD O'AHU
Boy bit by dog still hospitalized
A 9-year-old Wai'anae boy was still recovering at the Queen's Medical Center yesterday after being attacked by a dog Saturday.
Police said the owner of the dog was given a citation for having a dangerous animal. The dog was returned to its owner pending an investigation.
The boy was being treated for bites to his head, neck, arms and legs and was in guarded condition.
Neighbors said the boy was playing with about six other children on the Ala Walua Street cul-de-sac when the dog got out of a gated fence and attacked him. One of the children said a relative of the owner let the dog out by accident.
WINDWARD O'AHU
Kane'ohe lane closures today
Lanes in both directions along Kane'ohe Bay Drive between Puohala Street and Kawa Bridge will be closed for construction today through Friday.
The closures are expected between the hours of 8:30 a.m. and 3 p.m.
EAST HONOLULU
Adult day-care center to open
Trustees of the King William Charles Lunalilo Trust Estate are awaiting approval of a conditional-use permit to operate an adult day-care program at the Lunalilo Home in Hawai'i Kai.
The new program is tentatively scheduled to begin in April.
Lunalilo Home is completing a transformation to better serve the elderly that started with a $4.5 million renovation. Adult day care will be the last of three new programs, following meals on wheels and respite care for the elderly.
Trustee Keahi Allen said the three new programs are self-supporting and open to anyone regardless of ancestry. But, she said, the residential care home will still be reserved for Hawaiians.
The home was closed for more than four years during the renovation period. It reopened in August 2001 and now has 37 residents.
NEIGHBOR ISLANDS
Smoking ban on Big Isle starts
A smoking ban went into effect yesterday on the Big Island — the last county in Hawai'i to enact a smoke-free workplace law.
The Coalition for a Tobacco Free Hawai'i said the law passed in July will help protect workers and patrons from the harmful effects of tobacco smoke, such as lung cancer, heart disease and asthma attacks.
Enclosed and partially enclosed workplaces, all restaurants and numerous other public places on the Big Island are now smoke free.
Bars within restaurants have seven months before they are required to go smoke free. After Sept. 1, they must either become smoke free or create a physical separation from the restaurant, including a solid wall, separate ventilation system and an entrance at least 15 feet away from the restaurant entrance.
Separate standalone bars and nightclubs aren't covered by the law.
