A man killed Thursday night in a one-car crash on the Big Island has been identified as Jarryd Campbell, 19, of Kea'au.

Big Island police said yesterday that Campbell was traveling west on Beach Road in Puna about 9 p.m. in a 1990 Honda four-door sedan when he failed to negotiate a curve in the roadway, drove off a cliff and dropped about 20 feet to the rocks below.

Police believe that speed and alcohol were factors in the crash. The driver was not wearing a seatbelt.

The death was the 27th traffic fatality on the Big Island this year compared with 27 at this time last year.

PAHOA TOWN MEETING TODAY

Puna Councilwoman Emily Naeole has organized a Pahoa Town Meeting today that will feature more than 30 representatives from government and social service agencies ranging from Child & Family Service to the U.S. Geological Survey's Hawaiian Volcano Observatory.

The town meeting will be 9 a.m. to 3 p.m. at the Pahoa Community Center. For more information, contact Gwen Kapahu at 808-961-8533 or e-mail gkapahu@co.hawaii.hi.us.

POSITIVE REVIEW FOR HAMAMOTO

State Schools Superintendent Pat Hamamoto has "met expectations," according to her annual review conducted by the state Board of Education at their meeting on the Big Island this week. This was the third annual review under Hamamoto's second four-year, $150,000 contract.

BABY COLIC REMEDY RECALLED

The state Department of Health is warning consumers not to drink apple-flavored Baby's Bliss Gripe Water, which is distributed by MOM Enterprises Inc., of San Rafael, Calif., because of the possible presence of cryptosporidium — a parasite that can cause intestinal infections.

The DOH has received no confirmed reports of illness associated with the product, according to a news release issued yesterday. Consumers are advised to throw away any apple-flavored Baby's Bliss Gripe Water product they have in their home. The product is an herbal supplement used to ease the gas and stomach discomfort often associated with colic, hiccups and teething.

9% OF STORES SOLD MINORS CIGARETTES

Approximately 9 percent of 232 convenience stores, grocery stores, gas stations and pharmacies surveyed across the state sold cigarettes to youths under 18 during this year's survey by the Department of Health's Alcohol and Drug Abuse Division.

Teen volunteers ages 15 to 17 and adult observers visited a random sample of 232 stores in which the teens attempted to buy cigarettes to determine how well retailers were complying with state tobacco laws. Twenty stores (8.7 percent) sold to minors, compared with last year's 5.9 percent rate, according to a news release issued yesterday by the state Department of Health.

The 2007 noncompliance rates around the state are 17.2 percent for Hawai'i County, 16.7 percent for Kaua'i County, 6.8 percent for the City and County of Honolulu and 6.7 percent for Maui County.