Honolulu Star - Bulletin back issues from April 1997:
Bankruptcy hits old-line isle eateries
Apr 01, 1997; ... Pacific Food Services Inc., one of Hawaii's oldest restaurant businesses, has filed for bankruptcy protection and closed two of its restaurants, Orson's Seafood Restaurant at Ward Warehouse and Chinese Chuck Wagon at Ward Farmers Market. Three other Pacific Food Services restaurants ...
State settles Investors Equity case with bank
Apr 01, 1997; ... Bank of America has agreed to pay a total of $39 million to 4,000 policyholders of Investors Equity Life Insurance Co., which the state seized in 1994 in Hawaii's largest insurance failure. The state had sued Bank of America-Hawaii in August 1995 alleging that the bank's predecessor, ...
Waikele outlets'price tag: $76.2 mil
Apr 01, 1997 ... face=+2; The New Jersey buyer says it expects a 9% return on investment in the first yearface=-2; From staff and wire reports A New Jersey company has completed its purchase of the factory outlet side of Waikele Center, paying $76.2 million for the popular shopping ...
Magazine salutes beauty of being big
Apr 01, 1997; ... face=+2; Cover girlface=-2; Karen Keawehawai'i autographs<HLN></HLN>the new magazine Genteel Giant<HLN></HLN> face=+Bold; Time:face=-Bold; 1-2 p.m. April 13 face=+Bold; Place:face=-Bold; Border's Waikele face=+Bold; Call:face=-Bold; ...
Old pals, new show
Apr 01, 1997; ... There was the old "Hawaii Five-0" gang -- Kam Fong, Zulu and Moe Keale -- discussing the resurrection of the show with the new breed of the make-believe, elite police force -- Gary Busey, Russell Wong and Elsie Sniffen and producer-writer Steven Cannell and director Bradford May. Just ...
stupid as they wanna be
Apr 01, 1997 ... face=+2; Tyson Suzukiface=-2; face=+2; Travis Limozface=-2; face=+2; Duke Tomlinsonface=-2; Star-Bulletin Three clever kids came up winners in KO'S Too Stupid Guys contest. They dreamed up some outstanding tricks for our two Too Stupid Guys, Cal Pie and Mochi, ...
Ecotourism: Public lands, private business
Apr 01, 1997; ... face=+2; Number of groups unknownface=-2; face=+2; 'We need a permit process'face=-2; face=+2; Ecotourism boosts economyface=-2; face=+2; Enforcement is a key issueface=-2; face=+2; Tourists taxing wildernessface=-2; Carl Berg and Ikaika Pratt don't ...
Couple going whole hog to keep Oink
Apr 01, 1997; ... A Crestview couple says they'll keep their pet pot-bellied pig despite the Humane Society's attempts to make them remove it from their property. "We've been in and out of court so many times," said Susan Lohrey. "It's getting monotonous." Since last July, she and husband ...
'Bows hold off spring drills to honor Smith
Apr 01, 1997; ... It took the University of Hawaii football team only a half-hour to decide that the opening day of spring football could wait. In honor of Shannon Smith -- who drowned Saturday afternoon while saving the life of Hawaii head coach Fred vonAppen's youngest child -- the players took the day ...
Padres look for sold-out series
Apr 01, 1997; ... Larry Lucchino said he is ready to plant the Padres' flag in Hawaii -- as long as there is plenty of support to hold it up. The president and CEO of the San Diego baseball team said yesterday that he is encouraged by early ticket sales for his team's three-game National League series ...
Nora Okja Keller scores big -- her first novel is released by a major publisher
Apr 01, 1997; ... face=+2; Meet the authorface=-2; Nora Okja Keller reads from her novel, "Comfort Woman": face=+Bold; Wednesday:face=-Bold; 8 p.m., University of Hawaii, Manoa, art auditorium face=+Bold; Mondayface=-Bold; : 7 p.m., Barnes and Noble face=+Bold; April 11face=-Bold; : 7:30 p.m., ...
Ecotourism more than outdoor visit
Apr 01, 1997; ... Ecotourism means more than just enjoying Hawaii's beautiful scenery or having an outdoor adventure. That can be part of it. But to accurately wear the ecotourism label, industry officials say the experience must also include sustainability, cultural compatibility, education, ecological ...
Same-sex marriage conferees haven't budged
Apr 01, 1997; ... With a critical deadline less than two weeks away, House and Senate conferees in the same-sex marriage debate have made no visible progress toward settling broad differences in their positions. Both sides have agreed that voters should be given the opportunity next year to ratify or ...
'3 seconds away from death,'
Apr 01, 1997; ... Thea vonAppen took a snapshot of Shannon Smith just seconds before he slid down Slippery Slide to his death on a beautiful weekend afternoon on Kauai. Sitting on Smith's lap is her 6-year-old son, Cody, who, like everyone else in this party of 12, had no inkling that their lives were ...
On the inside, looking out
Apr 02, 1997; ... Those wrought iron gates aren't so formidable at the country club these days. The dining room at the downtown club is not so crowded. And that mooring you've dreamed of at the yacht club isn't so far-fetched. Hard times have fallen on Oahu's private playgrounds, with shrinking ...
Hawaii cell-phonelicensee bankrupt
Apr 02, 1997 ... face=+2; Pocket Communications bid $1.4 billion for 43 PCS licenses, including one for Honoluluface=-2; From staff and wire reports WASHINGTON -- The No. 2 bidder at the government's high-flying wireless phone auction last year has filed for bankruptcy protection from its ...
CompuServe for sale; AOL considered possible bidder
Apr 02, 1997 ... Associated Press NEW YORK -- face=+Bold; CompuServe Corp.face=-Bold; 's parent company confirmed today that it's in talks to sell the troubled online service, responding to reports that face=+Bold; America Online Inc.face=-Bold; was interested in bidding for the ...
Then Tragedy Struck ...
Apr 02, 1997 ... face=+2; A photo taken minutes ...
Smith's brother was to fly plane that went down
Apr 02, 1997; ... Chris Smith would have been flying the skydiving plane that crashed off Mokuleia Beach yesterday if not for the drowning death of his brother, Shannon, on Kauai. A Skydive Hawaii pilot, Chris was scheduled to fly all day yesterday, Jason Askerooth, assistant manager, said ...
Hoku awards honor finest local recordings
Apr 02, 1997 ... face=+2; This year's nominees:face=-2; face=+2; Female Vocalist of the Yearface=-2; Best performance by a female artist face=+Bold; Darlene Ahunaface=-Bold; , Ku'u Lei Poina 'Ole (Hula Records) face=+Bold; Moana Changface=-Bold; , He Leo 'O Moana: The Voice From the Deep ...
Campers leave a trashy legacy at Kaena Point
Apr 02, 1997; ... From his vantage, Reuben Mateo frowns as he scans a wind-blown stretch of North Shore beach. Out here, well past the congested string of legendary surf spots with a view, this four-mile stretch of white sand and scenic tumult between the Kaena Point Natural Area Reserve and Dillingham ...
Foley sentenced for role in fatal crash
Apr 02, 1997; ... On April 14, Thomas M. Foley will start a prison sentence that will likely keep him behind bars for at least five years, based on terms for other drunken drivers who caused a death. Circuit Judge Wilfred Watanabe yesterday ordered Foley, 49, to serve 10 years for negligent homicide in ...
Stanford outlastsRainbows in five
Apr 02, 1997 ... face=+2; The two teams meet again tonight before UH finishes its trip at Pacificface=-2; Staff and wire reports STANFORD, Calif. -- Little mistakes added up to a big loss for the University of Hawaii's men's volleyball team last night. The No. 8 Rainbows let a chance to ...
Smith, vonAppen story draws national interest
Apr 02, 1997; ... face=+2; Inside Editionface=-2;face=+Bold; What:face=-Bold; Interview ith UH Head Football Coach Fred vonAppen about Shannon Smith face=+Bold; Show:face=-Bold; Inside Edition face=+Bold; When:face=-Bold; 10:30 p.m. Thursday face=+Bold; ...
Bill could fund Ko'olau Trek
Apr 02, 1997; ... Taxpayers could find themselves helping foot the bill for the Great Trans Ko'olau Trek scheduled for May 11. A measure to fund development, promotion and marketing of events such as the H-3 footrace, the Pro Bowl, the Hawaiian Open and the Honolulu Marathon has cleared the Senate Finance ...
Tourism slump continues
Apr 03, 1997; ... Hawaii's fourth straight month of declines in visitor arrivals was punctuated by a big drop in another key tourist industry indicator in February. The Hawaii Visitors and Convention Bureau said visitor days -- the number of visitors multiplied by the average number of days they stayed -- ...
Staff layoffs in the works at Queen's Medical Center
Apr 03, 1997; ... Queen's Medical Center will cut 160 jobs in the second phase of a cost-cutting restructuring that began a year ago. However, the hospital said today that 70 of the positions are already vacant because of a hiring freeze, and that Queen's will try to find jobs in the medical center for ...
55-cent Big Macs--Yes, even in Hawaii
Apr 03, 1997 ... face=+2; All 68 isle outlets are participating in the McDonald's promotionface=-2; From staff and wire reports McDonald's Big Mac attack against its rivals begins tomorrow with a roll back in prices of its four main breakfast sandwiches to 55 cents. All of the 68 ...
Try a little li hing with your cake
Apr 02, 1997 ... Try the li hing cake walk with these original recipes by June Otake, president and owner of Munchies snack shop. face=+2; Munchies Surprise Li Hing Cakeface=-2; face=+Bold; Vegetable-oil nonstick cooking sprayface=-Bold;face=+Bold; Cake:<HLN></HLN>1/4 cup li-hing ...
Crystal meth cooks may soon get burned
Apr 02, 1997; ... Cooking up crystal methamphetamine may soon be a crime with punishment to please get-tough advocates. But the House Judiciary Committee excised language from the Senate bill that called for mandatory 10-year minimum sentences for possession or distribution of ice to minors, citing ...
Familiar faces of 'Five-O' strengthen Hawaii roots
Apr 03, 1997; ... face=+2; Who's Who in the pilot's local casting for 'Five-O'face=-2; Here's a list of local actors in the "Hawaii Five-0" pilot: Michael W. Perry is defense attorney Arnold St. Clair. Perry is most well known for his KSSK morning radio show with co-host Larry Price and as host ...
Nightclub swimming in success
Apr 03, 1997; ... If word-of-mouth is the most effective form of advertising, the new Ocean Club at Restaurant Row has one of the best ad campaigns in town. "This is my first time, and it's really nice," Teresa Burden said as she came off the dance floor. Burden was "designated dancer" in a group that ...
UH hero's brother missed flying crash plane
Apr 03, 1997; ... face=+2; Inside Editionface=-2;face=+Bold; What:face=-Bold; Interview ith UH Head Football Coach Fred vonAppen about Shannon Smith face=+Bold; Show:face=-Bold; Inside Edition face=+Bold; When:face=-Bold; 10:30 tonight face=+Bold; Where:face=-Bold; ...
Hawaii residents hope to clean up in Phillipine 'gold rush'
Apr 03, 1997; ... face=+2; 'It's like a gold rush'face=-2; There's a gold rush headed for the Philippines this week, and people in Hawaii are expecting to mine big profits. Amway Corp., a U.S. direct-sales producer of cleaning and nutrition items, opens for business in the Philippines April 8 ....
Family of cop killed in crash starts healing
Apr 03, 1997; ... HILO -- The Rev. Henry Kahalehili asked his congregation to pray for him on Easter Sunday, knowing he would have to mediate a potentially explosive meeting between the family of a dead police officer and the fellow officer driving the car that killed him. The reverend need not have ...
No-fault violator, jobless, goes to jail
Apr 03, 1997; ... HILO -- A Big Island man is serving five days in jail, caught in a dilemma because he can't afford no-fault insurance, he says. Lowell Dicey said he lives in Hawaiian Shores subdivision, six miles from the nearest highway, with no job and no county bus system in his area. He and ...
Hale-Bopp may hold secrets of the solar system
Apr 03, 1997; ... Comet Hale-Bopp isn't just a pretty thing in the sky to University of Hawaii astronomers Karen Meech and David Jewitt. To them, and other scientists, it's a celestial treasure, yielding information about how the solar system formed 4.6 billion years ago. Findings suggest, for ...
Rainbows' hopesof playoff spot slim
Apr 03, 1997 ... face=+2; They must now win their last four games to keep their chances aliveface=-2; Staff and wire reports STANFORD, Calif. -- It was shorter but no sweeter for the University of Hawaii men's volleyball team last night. It took 1 hour and 45 minutes for No. 4 Stanford to dispel ...
Senate to consider X-treme, Ultimate ban
Apr 03, 1997; ... Promoters of X-treme and Ultimate fighting, such as the Super Brawl IV event scheduled this weekend at the Blaisdell Arena, would be barred from doing business in Hawaii for three years in a measure recommended this morning by the co-chair of a state senate committee. If passed by both ...
Investor optimism high despite market turmoil
Apr 04, 1997; ... C.K. Hui logs onto the computer terminal at the StockCross discount brokerage's downtown office and calls up several stock quotes. The retired Kuakini resident said he's not losing any sleep over his investments, despite a week-long, 400-point plunge in the Dow Jones industrial ...
Casey's salary flies high at Hawaiian
Apr 04, 1997; ... Paul J. Casey will get $300,000 a year as president offace=+Bold; Hawaiian Airlines Inc.,face=-Bold; plus a $70,000 bonus for taking the job, according to a filing with the Securities & Exchange Commission. That is more than double the $170,000 a year Casey received as president ...
Continental plans isle maintenance base
Apr 04, 1997; ... Gov. Ben Cayetano wants to offer nearly $2 million in tax breaks to get Continental Airlines to build and operate an airline maintenance facility near Honolulu Airport. The 112,00-square-foot hangar to service Continental's Pacific-route jumbo jetliners would be a boon to Hawaii's ...
Miss Aloha Hula
Apr 04, 1997; ... face=+2; Kehaulani Enosface=-2; HILO -- A 24-year-old substitute teacher educated the audience about the joys of Huelo, Maui, in a rousing dance that catapulted her to the coveted Miss Aloha Hula title last night. Kehaulani Enos, representing Halau Mohala 'Ilima, of Kailua, ...
Senate Budget plan cuts jobs
Apr 04, 1997; ... face=+2; Raises proposed for top city officialsface=-2; Forty to 50 state workers -- including some department deputy directors and all department public relations officials -- would lose their jobs as part of the Senate Ways and Means Committee's plan to cover a projected $257 million ...
School board imposes ban on hazing
Apr 04, 1997; ... The Board of Education has banned hazing in Hawaii public schools and reinforced rules against drugs and weapons. During a meeting last night, board members approved a policy prohibiting any initiation that "endangers the physical or mental health of any student." Hazing became ...
'Father of Manoa baseball' Pop Eldredge dies at age 89
Apr 04, 1997; ... He was a gentle man blessed with a warm smile, sunny disposition and genuine love for people. Fittingly, everyone called him "Pop." David Pinkham Kaiana Eldredge, patriarch of one of Hawaii's most successful athletic coaching families and the "father of youth baseball in Manoa," ...
Cuba was like 'walking into the past'
Apr 04, 1997; ... HAWAII gained statehood in 1959, the same year Fidel Castro came to power in Cuba. Since then, these islands in the sun have gone their separate ways -- one embracing progress, the other shunning it. As two of Hawaii's top prep baseball players found out last summer, there's a lot more ...
Rainbow TV bids received
Apr 04, 1997; ... The two players vying for the television rights to broadcast University of Hawaii sports sent letters to the athletic department saying they intend to bid for the package. Today was the deadline to let the athletic department and the procurement office know of anyone's intention to bid ....
GTE's competitors tired of being put on hold
Apr 07, 1997; ... face=+2; Start-up dates pushed backface=-2; face=+2; GTE looking out for itselfface=-2; face=+2; Carriers may go elsewhereface=-2; After the landmark federal telecommunications law was passed last year, opening the nation's phone monopolies to competition, Honolulu ...
Dollar hits 50-month high vs. yen
Apr 07, 1997 ... face=+Italic; Bloomberg Newsface=-Italic; TOKYO -- The dollar reached 125 yen for the first time in 50 months amid expectations U.S. interest rates are headed higher, a move that would make returns on dollar-denominated investments more attractive, traders said. "There are few ...
Power failure can't dampen spirits
Apr 07, 1997; ... HILO -- For the second time in 11 years, a power shortage upstaged performances at the acknowledged Olympics of hula. A 40-minute outage interrupted the 1986 Merrie Monarch Festival; last night's bleep lasted 92 minutes, pushing the end of the event to about 1:30 a.m. yesterday. Sally ...
Anton Kuerti shares gift of aesthetics
Apr 07, 1997; ... face=+2; Encore performanceface=-2;face=+Bold; What:face=-Bold; Pianist Anton Kuerti and guest conductor George Pehlivanian with the Honolulu Symphony face=+Bold; When:face=-Bold; 7:30 p.m. tomorrow face=+Bold; Where:face=-Bold; Blaisdell Concert Hall ...
Senate showing economic initiative
Apr 07, 1997; ... With the positions of both legislative chambers clearer now that they have put their marks on each other's bills, it's evident that the Senate has jettisoned Gov. Ben Cayetano's seven-point tax relief plan more readily than the House. The Senate is essentially relying on its own ...
'It was raw'
Apr 03, 1997; ... face=+2; NCAAgives 'Bows OK to pay for trip to Smith's funeralface=-2; The NCAA told officials at the University of Hawaii that it was OK for the administration to pay the players' way to Shannon Smith's memorial service next Wednesday on Kauai. "Apparently, if the trip is less ...
Tiles for Less and other tile suppliers offer a bevy of designs and handy advice for the do-it-yourselfers [Derived headline]
Apr 04, 1997 ... face=+2; Glossary:face=-2;face=+Bold; Thin setface=-Bold; : A cement mixture used to set tiles. face=+Bold; Mastic:face=-Bold; A type of adhesive, used by some people incorrectly to set tile. Mastic should not be used in any application that comes in contact with ...
Souki kicks Ward out of House session
Apr 04, 1997; ... Minority leader Gene Ward was ejected from the House floor yesterday after he refused to stop criticizing a legislative broadcast policy which he characterized as a propaganda tool for the Democratic majority. As voices flared into shouting, Speaker Joe Souki (D, Kapalua-Wailuku) ...
She's in there!
Apr 04, 1997; ... face=+2; Box Scoreface=-2; face=+2; The factsface=-2;face=+Bold; Hawaii vs. UNLV:face=-Bold; Today at 7:05 p.m., tomorrow at 6:35 p.m. and Sunday at 3:05 p.m. face=+Bold; Where:face=-Bold; Rainbow Stadium face=+Bold; Tickets:face=-Bold; Available at ...
All that jazz
Apr 03, 1997 ... face=+2; All that jazzface=-2; Trumpeter Arturo Sandoval performs: face=+Bold; Time:face=-Bold; Tomorrow, 7:30 p.m. face=+Bold; Place:face=-Bold; McKay Auditorium, Brigham Young University face=+Bold; Tickets:face=-Bold; $15; $9 for senior citizens; $4 for students, children 4-17; ...
Small loans, Big stakes
Apr 04, 1997; ... It night seem "manini," but fledgling entrepreneurs are finding ways to get started on loans as small as $2,500. That's the basic offering at the "RED Manini" program, a seven-week course at the Immigrant Center in Kalihi aimed at low-to-moderate income residents, and ...
Occupancy slump dogs hotels
Apr 04, 1997; ... Hotel occupancy in February was down for the 10th month in a row, compared with the year-earlier month, according to an industry survey. The accounting and management consulting firm PKF-Hawaii reported yesterday that occupancy of hotels and resort condominiums statewide averaged 84.32 ...
Small loans, Big stakes
Apr 04, 1997; ... It night seem "manini," but fledgling entrepreneurs are finding ways to get started on loans as small as $2,500. That's the basic offering at the "RED Manini" program, a seven-week course at the Immigrant Center in Kalihi aimed at low-to-moderate income residents, and ...
Occupancy slump dogs hotels
Apr 04, 1997; ... Hotel occupancy in February was down for the 10th month in a row, compared with the year-earlier month, according to an industry survey. The accounting and management consulting firm PKF-Hawaii reported yesterday that occupancy of hotels and resort condominiums statewide averaged 84.32 ...
Burglaries plague Oahu
Apr 07, 1997; ... face=+2; Mark and photograph your valuables, police adviseface=-2; Some advice from police to residents who keep expensive, sentimental or valuable items in your home: Mark them. Use an engraver to mark your Social Security number or some symbol so you can identify it as yours ....
Kometani loses playoff,but wins big
Apr 07, 1997 ... face=+2; The former UH player picks up $46,546 to quadruple her career LPGA earningsface=-2; Associated Press LINCOLN, Calif. -- With 155 places separating them on the money list, Annika Sorenstam and Pamela Kometani couldn't be more apart in their respective golfing ...
Rainbows complete sweep of Rebels
Apr 07, 1997; ... face=+2; Box Scoreface=-2; By the ninth inning yesterday, coach Les Murakami felt Hawaii's luck had run out against Nevada-Las Vegas. The Rebels dealt good hands to the Rainbows in the seventh (22 consecutive balls) and eighth (bases-loaded, one out) innings, but Hawaii busted ...