Posted on: Friday, April 8, 2005
HAWAI'I BRIEFS
Two boys hit by car in Waikiki
Advertiser Staff
One boy was in critical condition and another in serious condition after they were struck by a car in Waikiki last night.
Police said the boys, both 13-year-old Waikiki residents, were running across 'Ena Road when they were hit by a 2000 Mercedes driven by a 38-year-old Waikiki woman at about 6:30 p.m.
One of the boys suffered head injuries and was in critical condition at The Queen's Medical Center. The other boy had unspecified injuries and was in serious condition at Queen's, police said.
Police said the boys were not in a crosswalk.
Medical center worker arrested
A 45-year-old Castle Medical Center employee was arrested Wednesday on allegations that he sexually assaulted a 35-year-old woman while she was a patient.
The woman told police she was assaulted at the medical center on Feb. 4.
David Earles, a spokesman for Castle Medical Center, said yesterday that Castle officials "are cooperating fully with authorities.
"We take the care and safety of all of our patients seriously," he said. "As a matter of policy, we take allegations of misconduct very seriously."
Police said that after the alleged assault the woman was taken to the Sex Abuse Treatment Center.
Police arrested the 45-year-old Salt Lake man on suspicion of first-degree sexual assault.
Man found guilty of selling ice
A 44-year-old Honolulu man was found guilty by a federal jury this week of distributing $20 and $40 amounts of crystal methamphetamine near an elementary school in the Kalihi-Palama area.
Nelson Davis now faces a prison term of up to 20 years for each of the three counts of selling ice within 1,000 feet of Ka'iulani Elementary School on three dates in January and February last year. His sentencing is scheduled for Aug. 1.
Senior U.S. District Judge Alan Kay revoked Davis' bail following the jury's verdict yesterday and ordered him held pending the sentencing.
The school is within the Chinatown-Kalihi Weed and Seed site.
"We are strongly committed to the Weed and Seed areas of our state, and we will continue to enforce the federal laws which are designed to create a 'drug-free zone' around our elementary, middle and secondary schools in order to protect our school children from the dangers posed by drugs and drug dealers," U.S. Attorney Ed Kubo said.
The McKinley High School robotics team is raising money to fly representatives to a national robotics competition in Atlanta to be held April 21-23.
The team and their robot "Naia V" won prizes at two regional robotics competitions and have qualified for the 2005 national championship of the NASA-sponsored FIRST Robotics Competition.
Hawaiian Electric Co. has offered to match public donations at 50 cents for each dollar.
Checks may be sent to McKinley High School (memo McKinley Robotics Team), 1039 S. King St., Honolulu, HI 96814, Attn: Milton Lau.
University of Hawai'i dormitory students gathered last night in support of a bill at the Legislature to pay for the renovation of deteriorating dorms and the construction of new ones on the Manoa campus.
"We'd rather sleep on the lawn than sleep in the dorms," said Katie Barry, a senator in the undergraduate student government.
House Bill 19, which passed through the Senate Ways and Means committee last week, would allow the university to issue revenue bonds to finance construction in the dorms.
UH dormitories are plagued by age and poor maintenance tied to declining state money through the 1990s. It is estimated that dormitories throughout the campus require as much as $37 million to $40 million in repairs.
A bill establishing a graduated driver's licensing system for people younger than 18 won approval yesterday from the Senate Judiciary Committee by a 4-2 vote.
But because of concerns expressed by committee members, the latest draft of the bill calls for the requirement to be in effect for three years. In addition, the bill now requires the transportation and health departments to conduct an annual review to see if graduated licenses are having an effect on reducing traffic fatalities and collisions.
The bill restricts the number of passengers, as well as the hours of operation, for drivers with "provisional" licenses.
Sen. J. Kalani English, D-6th (E. Maui, Moloka'i, Lana'i), voted against the bill. He said he is worried about the effect that graduated licenses would have on rural families who often depend on younger drivers for daily errands.
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Robotics team seeks cash for trip
Students support dorm renovation
Licensing plan wins approval
