Hawthorne Cat, the leading large equipment dealer in the Pacific, is bringing the new Cat Class 8 CT660 Vocational Truck to Hawaii, with the first two trucks scheduled to arrive this month.

The trucks are part of the company’s launch of a Truck Service Division at its Waipahu location, which will include a public Department of Transportation inspection station; National Institute for Automotive Service Excellence (ASE) certified auto and heavy truck technicians; after-hours and roadside service; and a full-service repair, body work, and paint department.

“This truck brings state-of-the-art power, performance and productivity to our operations,” said Mark Kuhn of Honolulu-based trucking company A&M Trucking, which purchased one of the custom trucks. “We especially appreciate the fuel efficiency and detailed safety measures, like the sloped hood for increased visibility.”

HONOLULU – The Queen’s Medical Center (QMC) has honored Kentaro Nishino, M.D. and Kathleen L. Mah, M.D. as the 2013 Ke Kauka Po‘okela Outstanding Physicians of the Year.

This annual award recognizes physicians of the QMC medical staff who exemplify high-quality care, professional conduct and outstanding contributions to the medical field.

“We are honored to have ambassadors like Dr. Nishino and Dr. Mah who demonstrate the Queen’s mission of providing excellent patient care to the people of Hawaii every day,” said Art Ushijima, President of The Queen’s Medical Center. “On behalf of our Queen’s ‘ohana, we thank Dr. Nishino and Dr. Mah for their stellar service and continued commitment to our communities.”

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FINDINGS TO BE PRESENTED ON TOXICITY TESTING OF MARINE DEBRIS 

            HONOLULU – Dr. Magnus Engwall, Professor of Ecotoxicology at Örebro University, Sweden and currently a guest researcher at U.C. Davis Department of Environmental Toxicology, will be in Honolulu on Monday 29th April, 2013 to present a lecture on “Assessing the Toxicity of Plastic Marine Debris and Harm to Marine Life”.  This free event which is open to the public will start at 6:30pm and will take place at the University of Hawaiʻi at Manoa Architecture auditorium.  This is the final lecture in the “POPs, Plastic and Hawaiʻi’s Marine Life”, Earth Month lecture series being presented by the Beach Environmental Awareness Campaign Hawaiʻi (B.E.A.C.H.).