HAWAI'I BRIEFS
Woman struck by city bus dies
Advertiser Staff
An 18-year-old Honolulu woman died of injuries suffered when she was hit by a city bus Saturday in Nu'uanu, police said. The city medical examiner's office identified her as Shunying Wu.
Wu was hit at 8:09 p.m. Saturday while in a marked crosswalk on Pauoa Road. The bus was turning east from Pacific Heights Road onto Pauoa Road in heavy rain when the woman was hit, police said.
The woman was taken to The Queen's Medical Center, where she later died from her injuries, police said.
It was the 61st traffic fatality on O'ahu this year, compared with 52 at this time last year, police said.
KAHALU'U
MAN HIT BY CAR IN SERIOUS CONDITION
A 45-year-old man was hit by a car and thrown about 75 feet on Kamehameha Highway last night near the Hygienic Store, authorities said.
The accident was reported at 8:23 p.m., said Emergency Medical Services Chief Pat Asong. The man was taken to The Queen's Medical Center in critical condition, but was upgraded to serious condition, said police Sgt. N. Ocasio.
PEARL CITY
LOST HIKER AIRLIFTED OUT
Fire rescue personnel yesterday morning airlifted a hiker who had been reported missing from the Manana Trail above Pacific Palisades on Saturday.
The 23-year-old man became separated from two friends Saturday but stayed in contact with them until his cell phone lost service, HFD Capt. Kenison Tejada said. Wind and rain hindered their efforts to find one another, Tejada said.
At first light yesterday firefighters were able to contact him by cell phone, determined his position and lifted him out by helicopter.
The hiker was cold but not injured, and went home with his friends after being found, Tejada said.
HONOLULU
MAYOR TO TRAVEL TO N.Y., CAPITAL
Mayor Mufi Hannemann will be in New York and Washington this week on business.
Hannemann and Gordon Bruce, director of the city Department of Information Technology, today will be at the Cisco Systems Customer Briefing Center in Manhattan to receive test results of a new emergency communications system by Cisco Systems.
Honolulu was one of five cities worldwide that tested the system, which will improve compatibility between computer systems of the police and fire departments, paramedics and other emergency services.
Hannemann will participate in a White House Conference on Helping America's Youth on Thursday. He also plans to meet with Hawai'i's congressional delegation, the city said.
SPACE-SCIENCE DAY AT PUNAHOU
Punahou School is offering a free space-science day Saturday for fourth- through 12th-graders.
The fourth annual Lacy Veach Day will feature 14 interactive math, science space and technology exhibits.
Keynote addresses will be given by master navigator Nai-noa Thompson and Donna Kahakui of Kai Makana (Ocean Education).
Registration is required for 16 workshops for students, teachers and parents.
Call the Hawai'i Space Grant Consortium at 956-3138 or visit www.spacegrant.hawaii.edu /Day-of-discovery.
KUAKINI LAB IS REACCREDITED
Kuakini Medical Center's laboratory has been reaccredited by the Commission on Laboratory Accreditation of the College of American Pathologists, based on the results of an on-site inspection in June.
Kuakini's lab is one of a select group of laboratories that have been evaluated and found to be in compliance with CAP accreditation standards.
The lab also won accreditation by the American Association of Blood Banks.
STUDENTS BEHIND 'BOOK OF YEAR'
A book written and illustrated by students at Big Island charter school Kanu o ka 'Aina has been given the Samuel K. Kamakau Award for the Hawai'i Book of the Year by the Hawai'i Book Publishers Association.
"The Fish and their Gifts" was written by Joshua Kaiponohea Stender and translated into Hawaiian by Kamehameha Schools staff.
The Kamehameha Schools Press published the book.
The student illustrators were also given the Excellence in Illustration award in a category that included professional artists.
'EWA BEACH
OPINIONS SOUGHT ON POWER LINES
'Ewa Beach residents are being asked to share their opinions on a proposal by Hawaiian Electric Co. to extend two power lines, partially overhead and partially underground, to feed the company's new Ocean Pointe Substation.
A public hearing will be held tomorrow at 6 p.m. before the Hawai'i Public Utilities Commission at the 'Ewa Beach Elementary School Cafeteria.
For details, visit www.hawaii .gov/dcca/dca.
KAILUA
STUDENTS WILL COLLECT HI 5¢ CANS
Kailua High School's Project Graduation 2007 will have a HI 5¢ can and bottle fundraising drive Saturday from 9 a.m. to 3 p.m. in the school's parking lot.
Proceeds will go toward the school's 2007 Project Graduation, an all-night party that provides students with a safe, drug- and alcohol-free graduation celebration.
Additional recycling drives are scheduled Nov. 26 and Dec. 17. Call 261-1361 or e-mail kailua2007@hotmail.com.
SALT LAKE
PANEL TO DISCUSS ROAD CONDITIONS
Brennon Morioka, deputy director of the state Transportation Department's Highways Division will head a panel of speakers discussing the road conditions in Hawai'i at a lunch next week in Salt Lake.
"The People of Hawai'i Deserve Better Roads: A Statewide Strategy for Improving Road Infrastructure," will be the focus of the discussion sponsored by the newly formed Hawai'i Highway Users Alliance.
Other speakers include representatives of the local paving industry, cement products and general contractors association.
The luncheon is Wednesday from 11 a.m. to 1 p.m. at the Honolulu Country Club, 1690 Ala Pu'umalu St.
The cost is $25. For information, call 674-5223.
