BUSINESS BRIEFS
Yellow Pages, recycler team up
Advertiser Staff and News Services
Hawaiian Telcom Yellow Pages is partnering with local recycler Island Shell LLC to recycle outdated directories into oil absorbent materials, mulch and insulation.
The recycling project kicks off today with an event set for 10:30 a.m. in the Kahala Mall parking lot outside the Macy's Men's Store. The project runs through Feb. 8 at various locations around O'ahu.
Besides the Kahala Mall parking lot, old directories can be dropped off at Ward Warehouse next to the trolley stop on Auahi Street; at Windward Mall in the Macy's parking lot at the corner of Kamehameha Highway and Ha'iku Road; and at Waikele Premium Outlets in the center courtyard area. Drop-off times are from 10 a.m. to 6 p.m. Friday through Sunday.
Among the companies that will be using the recycled materials locally are Green Lava Hydro-Mulch and InCide Pest Control Cellulose Insulation.
"Recycling is important to us and we wanted to create a unique program with convenient locations across O'ahu," said Nelia Visitacion, field marketing manager for Hawaiian Telcom Yellow Pages.
STATE TO HONOR 50-YEAR COMPANIES
The state wants to recognize Hawai'i businesses started in 1959 as part of its effort to commemorate 50 years of statehood this year.The Hawai'i 50th Anniversary of Statehood Commission is seeking the public's help in identifying companies and organizations that began operating in the Islands in 1959, the year Hawai'i became a state.
Businesses and organizations celebrating their 50th year of operating in Hawai'i this year can contact Chris Hossellman at 586-0193 in Honolulu or e-mail statehood@hawaii.gov to get involved in events.
"As Hawai'i marks its half-century anniversary as a state, we are grateful for the businesses that have grown with Hawai'i, employing local residents and helping build the state's prosperity over the last 50 years," commission chairman Kippen de Alba Chu said in a statement. "This occasion is the perfect time to recognize their place as an integral part of our community."
THERAPISTS, QUEEN'S REACH DEAL
Unionized radiation therapists at The Queen's Medical Center have reached a tentative contract agreement with the company, the Hawai'i Nurses Association announced yesterday.The contract is the first for the 13 radiation therapists covered by the three-year agreement. The contract becomes effective Jan. 15, pending a ratification vote next week.
"We are very pleased with this first contract and look forward to their participation in the union, " said HNA Vice President Joan Craft.
Highlights of the tentative agreement include an average of 12 percent pay increases over the life of the contract, overtime pay when on duty beyond eight hours in a 24-hour period, and five holidays to be paid at time and a half.
KAISER NAMES LEGAL VICE PRESIDENT
Kaiser Permanente Hawai'i has promoted Frank Richardson to vice president and regional counsel.Richardson will lead the organization's Legal and Government Relations Department.
Richardson joined Kaiser Hawai'i's legal department in May 2002 and has 26 years of legal experience.
Before joining Kaiser, Richardson was the partner in charge of the healthcare law division of Honolulu law firm, Rush Moore Craven Sutton Morry & Beh. He graduated from Boston University School of Law in 1982.
