Company capacity was once up to 30 megawatts using its two current production wells, but discovered that the sustainable level of usage for the pocket of hot water and steam that it tapped into is no more than 25 megawatts, he said. The company will drill on a slant from its present site to tap into another pocket of water which geologists have identified. The company supplies about a quarter of the Big Island's electricity. Straub Foundation is sponsoring the event with the Waianae Coast Comprehensive Health Center because of a high incidence of asthma in the Waianae area. Asthma is the leading cause of hospitalization and school absenteeism for children ages 5 to 12, but they can lead normal lives with correct treatment and medication, Straub says.
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Call the Straub Foundation at 524-6755. Free screenings offered for prostate cancer Free screenings for prostate cancer will be offered Saturday at St. Francis Medical Center to men 50 and older who have never been screened for such cancer. Men who are 40 and older with a family history of prostate cancer also will be eligible for the free screening, consisting of a prostate specific antigen blood test and a physical exam by a urologist. The screenings will be from 8 a.m. to noon in the hospital's Mama Lau Cancer Care Center, Weinberg Building. Call 547-6870 for an appointment.