Posted on: Friday, June 3, 2005
HAWAI'I BRIEFS
Data concerns on stolen computers
Advertiser Staff
Seven computers stolen from a Department of Education office before Memorial Day may contain personnel data about some current and former employees, officials said.
The department will notify those employees by letter as more information about the data becomes available, DOE spokeswoman Sandra Goya said. The computers contained no financial information, such as bank deposit or payroll deduction data, she said.
The letters will urge affected employees to report an initial fraud alert to a national consumer reporting company to protect their credit ratings, Goya said.
Whoever stole the computers apparently gained access through a broken window at department headquarters in the Queen Lili'uokalani Building at 1390 Miller St., she said.
The Filipino Centennial Celebration Commission is accepting advertising, messages and historic photos for the souvenir book it is producing for the celebration, which will kick off Dec. 10.
The commission, which is planning the yearlong celebration, is partnering with First Hawaiian Bank on the book, for which advertising reservations are being taken and submissions of photos and stories are being accepted.
Deadline for submission of articles is June 30.
For details, call Eddie Agas Sr., 783-3327, or Homer Rabara, 672-6858.
Academy of the Pacific will honor artist and former teacher Peggy Chun at its "Evening for Pu'u O Hoku" fundraiser gala on June 24.
The event will be held at O'ahu Country Club from 6 to 10 p.m. Tickets are $125 for individuals and $2,500/$1,750 for tables of 10.
Call the school at 595-6359 for tickets and information. Registration deadline is June 10.
Visiting professor to speak at UH J. Kehaulani Kauanui, assistant professor of American Studies and Anthropology at Wesleyan University, will speak about "The Politics of Hawaiian Blood: Genealogical Descendants and Racialized Beneficiaries" as part of the speakers series hosted by the Indigenous Politics Program at the University of Hawai'i-Manoa.
The colloquium is scheduled at 7 p.m. June 14 at the Center for Hawaiian Studies Halau 'o Haumea at UH.
Nadine Nishioka was elected chairwoman of the Manoa Neighborhood Board during its regular monthly meeting this week. She succeeds Jim Harwood, who was elected vice chairman.
Gary Andersen was elected secretary and Paul Holtrop treasurer.
The board, which meets the first Wednesday of the month, will take a recess in July.
The state Department of Transportation is advising O'ahu motorists to be aware of driveway construction work on Farrington Highway tomorrow.
Driveways fronting Wai'anae High School and the Wai'anae Public Library will be closed from 8:30 a.m. to 3:30 p.m. for curb reconstruction work.
Motorists should expect delays, allow for extra travel time and use caution while driving through the work area.
In celebration of the Waialua Band Stand's first year in Waialua Park, the Royal Hawaiian Band will make a special 5 p.m. anniversary performance there on Sunday under the baton of bandmaster Michael Nakasone.
Both the long-anticipated bandstand and Waialua's Community Concert Series made their debut a year ago with a Sunday performance by the Royal Hawaiian Band.
Hundreds enjoyed the music and picnic lunches on the lawn at that event, and organizers are hoping for a large turnout at this year's free Sunday Evening in the Park Concert.
Students from kindergarten through sixth grade performed the "Curse of Lou Ling," an adaptation of Puccini's famous opera "Turandot," Wednesday for parents and friends at 'Aina Haina Elementary School cafeteria.
It was a culmination of the Hawai'i Opera Theatre's artist in residence program that brought teams of professional wig and makeup artists, music instructors and seasoned opera singers to the school for several months teaching children how to produce a live theatrical show.
U.S. Citizenship and Immigration Services has changed its procedures for renewing or replacing Permanent Resident Cards, or "green cards."
Alien residents must mail applications (Form I-90) directly to the Los Angeles Lockbox, a processing facility used by the federal agency to speed the collection of applications and petitions.
The forms, enclosed with an application fee of $185 and a biometrics fee of $70, must be mailed to one of the following addresses:
• U.S. Postal Service deliveries — U.S. Citizenship and Immigration Services, P.O. Box 54870, Los Angeles, CA 90054-0870. • Non-USPS deliveries — U.S. Citizenship and Immigration Services, Attention: I-90, 16420 Valley View Ave., La Mirada, CA 90638.
All public libraries will observe the King Kamehameha I Day holiday on June 11.
Visit the Hawai'i State Public Library System Web site at www.librarieshawaii.org or call your local library for service hours.
Pearl City High School and the Dyslexia Tutoring Center of Hawai'i will sponsor workshops in July on working with children with attention deficit disorder and dyslexia.
National expert Susan Barton will lead the all-day workshops on July 25 and 26.
The cost is $25 by July 5 and $35 after that. For details, call 295-4298 or e-mail DSCH@hawaii.rr.com.
Submit an item for Filipino book
School fundraiser will honor artist
Board elects new officers
Farrington work set for tomorrow
Bandstand to get Royal treatment
Pupils stage show at 'Aina Haina
Rules change for new 'green cards'
Libraries observe holiday June 11
Dyslexia among workshop topics
