The Hawai'i advisory committee to the U.S. Commission on Civil Rights has revised its briefing schedule on a Native Hawaiian federal recognition bill.

The committee, as expected, will hold a briefing and planning meeting on Sept. 5 at Hilton Hawaiian Village. The public is invited to attend the briefing, which starts at 2 p.m. in the South Pacific Ballroom, but no public testimony will be heard.

The committee will accept public testimony at a briefing starting at 1 p.m. on Sept. 12 at the state Capitol. Other public briefings are scheduled for 12:30 p.m. on Sept. 13 at the state office building in Hilo, and at 1 p.m. on Sept. 14 at the Kaua'i Community College Performing Arts Center in Lihu'e.

The Kaua'i briefing had initially been scheduled for Sept. 7 and the Big Island briefing for Sept. 10.

MAN CHARGED IN ASSAULT, BREAK-IN

Prosecutors yesterday charged an Australian man in connection with Wednesday's assault of a man and apartment break-in on Pawa'a Lane.

Daniel Fleming, 25, is accused of punching a 52-year-old man on the head for no apparent reason and then breaking the living room window to enter an apartment where a woman, 61, and boy, 13, were asleep. The two occupants of the apartment locked themselves in a bathroom to get away from Fleming, who tried to break down the bathroom door, police said.

Police responding to the scene allegedly saw Fleming leaving the apartment but he ignored orders to stop and allegedly told police to kill him. He went back into the unit but was arrested at 1:48 a.m. while attempting to flee through a rear bedroom window.

Fleming was charged with second-degree assault and first-degree burglary. He is being held in lieu of $30,000 bail pending an initial appearance today at District Court.

FUGITIVE TRIES TO FLEE — AND FAILS

A fugitive wanted on a parole revocation warrant was arrested yesterday after he allegedly rammed an unmarked police vehicle at South King Street and Kalakaua Avenue in an attempt to flee.

Christopher Young Lee, 25, of a Kanunu Street address, was arrested on an outstanding $30,000 warrant and also the $15,000 parole revocation warrant at 1:10 p.m.

Lee was booked for investigation of first-degree criminal property damage and a firearm offense when a gun was seen in his vehicle.

STATE GIVEN $505K FOR FLU PREPARATION

The state's efforts to prepare for a flu pandemic will be aided by $505,349 in funding from the U.S. Department of Health and Human Services.

The extra money is to help communities strengthen their capacity to respond to a pandemic influenza outbreak and includes funding for establishing or increasing stockpiles of medical equipment and supplies. It also will go to continued development of plans, care sites and medical surge exercises.

The grant follows $2.13 million of funding the department announced for Hawai'i in June. That money was given to help hospitals and other facilities respond to bioterror attacks, infectious diseases and natural disasters.

KAILUA HIGH HI-5¢ DRIVES EARN $52K

Kailua High School has surpassed the 1 million container mark in its HI-5¢ recycling program benefiting school groups.

Since April 2005, KHS groups have earned more than $52,000 from redeeming cans, plastic bottles and glass bottles donated by community members at its twice-monthly recycling drives, held on campus on the first and third Saturdays of each month.

Kailua High groups that have benefited include Project Graduation, the band, alumni association, student newspaper and the basketball and tennis teams.

The next can drive is tomorrow from 9 a.m. to 3 p.m. in the school parking lot. It will benefit the girls soccer team.

STUDENT-TRAVEL MEETING TODAY

Hawai'i college students are invited to an informational meeting in Manoa today on two programs that offer young people the chance to travel and learn during their winter or spring vacation breaks.

The Alternative Winter Break program sends students to the Neighbor Islands, while the Alternative Spring Break program sends students overseas.

The sessions start at 5:30 p.m. at the Atherton YMCA, 1810 University Ave. Any student attending college on O'ahu is eligible for the programs.

For more information, call the Atherton YMCA at 946-0289 or visit www.athertonymca.org.

WOMAN GETS 10 YEARS IN METH SALE

HILO, Hawai'i — A Big Island woman was sentenced to 10 years in prison for selling 1.9 grams of methamphetamine to an undercover police officer in 2004.

Brooke Davis of Hilo was convicted of second-degree promotion of a dangerous drug.

Davis, 31, was also sentenced to five years in prison for improperly receiving more than $6,000 in welfare benefits from the state. The two sentences are to run concurrently.

Davis failed to inform the state that she was wanted in Oregon in a drug case when she asked for welfare benefits. She must repay the money to the state.