Police yesterday issued a missing-persons report for an 83-year-old Alzheimer's sufferer who wandered from the grounds of the Bishop Museum.

Carla Anette Chotzen, a black-and-white photographer with a studio in Portlock, was described as 5 feet 4 and 109 pounds, with white silvery hair and hazel eyes. She was last seen wearing a black and white mu'umu'u and lavender rubber slippers. She wears an Alzheimer's bracelet.

Anyone with information about her may call 911 or police Detective Jill Kaui at 529-3115.

MAUI DRIVER DIES AFTER CAR HITS TREE

A 38-year-old Maui man was killed yesterday morning when the car he was driving struck a tree in Kihei.

Maui police investigators said David F. Castles, 38, of Kihei, was traveling southeast on North Kihei Road in a 2006 Scion sedan when he apparently lost control of the car about 1:15 a.m. and drifted off the road's right shoulder, about a half-mile from the point where the road becomes South Kihei Road. The vehicle hit the tree head-on, and Castles was ejected from the car. He died at the scene, police said.

Speeding and alcohol appear to have been factors in the crash, police said.

There have been 11 traffic fatalities within Maui County this year, compared with seven during the same period last year.

MAN CHARGED WITH SEX ASSAULT OF GIRL

A 48-year-old Honolulu man was charged yesterday with the sexual assault of a 12-year-old girl.

Steven M. Oyama was charged with third-degree sexual assault. He was being held last night in lieu of $50,000 bail.

Oyama is accused of producing pornographic material between Aug. 1, 2005, and July 31, 2006, that involved the girl. He initially was arrested on suspicion of first-degree promotion of child abuse, but was charged with the lesser crime.

MEETINGS PRESENT NEW U.S. AGENCY

A series of meetings are being held on three islands next week by the new U.S. Office of Hawaiian Relations, which is seeking to develop a Native Hawaiian organization notification list.

Kaiini Kimo Kaloi, director of the office, also wants to use the time to introduce the agency to the public. The office was established by Congress in 2004 to deal with the legal relationship between Hawaiians and the federal government.

The office, which is attached to the U.S. Department of the Interior, is trying to develop a Native Hawaiian organization notification list to help the Interior Department meet its obligations under laws such as the National Historic Preservation Act and the Native American Graves Protection and Repatriation Act.

The meetings, all of which scheduled to run from 6 to 9 p.m, will be held: