Honolulu Star - Bulletin back issues from February 2003:
Honpa Hongwanji Mission to honor Living Treasures of Hawaii
Feb 01, 2003 ... Star-Bulletin staff Six islanders who have invested their lifetimes in educational, cultural, artistic and volunteer endeavors will be honored Friday as Living Treasures of Hawaii in an annual awards program of the Honpa Hongwanji Mission of Hawaii. They join the ranks of 130 ...
Comedy fans will enjoy 'Second City'
Feb 01, 2003; ... "Curious George" Bush was nowhere to be found, nor were there any other references made to contemporary political issues, but fans of basic improv and sketch comedy got almost two hours of prime-time entertainment as the Second Center Touring Company opened its four-night engagement at Gussie ...
Circus astounds, delights
Feb 01, 2003; ... Those in attendance for Cirque Éloize's production of "Nomade" at the Hawaii Theatre Thursday night who did not ooh, aah or applaud in the right places were likely too awestruck to react to the astounding spectacle. [Sidebar] face=+Bold; "Nomade"face=-Bold; ...
Igber loads up on fun
Feb 01, 2003; ... WAILUKU >> This was his bowl game. On the simple field across from the Lahaina Aquatic Center, with cane-haul drivers tooting their horns as they passed on Honoapiilani Highway. The bright Lahaina sun was his spotlight. Being able to moon-walk along the sidelines, chat up the water ...
Sailors prepare for possible Korean post
Feb 01, 2003; ... While 350 sailors from the Pearl Harbor-based destroyer USS Fletcher returned home yesterday after months in the Persian Gulf, about 8,000 belonging to the carrier battle group USS Carl Vinson were preparing to go to sea, possibly to another global hot spot. Fifteen months ago, the ...
Lingle hacks UH building budget
Feb 01, 2003; ... Gov. Linda Lingle has slashed more than half of the proposed $1 billion in construction projects earmarked in the Cayetano administration's two-year state budget, with the University of Hawaii taking the brunt of the cuts. Overall, of the $573.8 million in cuts to the proposed ...
Haleiwa man indicted for allegedly stealing coral
Feb 01, 2003; ... An Oahu man has been charged in a 49-count federal indictment with conspiring to unlawfully remove and ship 100 tons of live rock and coral valued at about $1 million from Hawaii to the mainland in the mid-1990s. John Marquardsen, 50, of Haleiwa, allegedly collected the rock and coral ...
New law has reduced number of false alarms
Feb 01, 2003; ... The number of false building security alarms police respond to each month has dropped by 25 percent since an ordinance went into effect last year that requires home and business system owners to obtain permits and imposes fines, according to Honolulu Police Department figures. Police ...
Lingle urges her aides to know before they speak
Feb 01, 2003; ... A directive from Gov. Linda Lingle's policy team instructs high-ranking state officials not to comment on departmental positions on issues and bills unless they know what her position is. Democratic Party Chairwoman Lorraine Akiba said the directive raises concerns about openness in ...
Panel opens state elections job
Feb 01, 2003; ... The state Elections Appointment and Review Panel is starting a search to see if Dwayne Yoshina, state chief elections officer, is the best person for the job. The five-member panel voted 3-2 at a meeting yesterday to open up the position for other people to apply. The panel also decided ...
Lingle pushes local school boards
Feb 01, 2003; ... Testifying before a legislative committee for the first time as governor, Linda Lingle asked House lawmakers yesterday to let voters decide whether to break up the state's centralized school system. Lingle appeared before the House Education Committee in support of her proposal to let ...
Kalihi murder suspect also indicted on firearms charge
Feb 01, 2003; ... Christopher Clayburn Aki, charged with the murder of his girlfriend's 11-year-old half sister in December, has been indicted on an unrelated firearms charge stemming from an August 2001 incident. Aki, 20, of Kalihi is expected to be arraigned Monday in Circuit Court on a charge of ...
Groups say Verizon must fix services for the disabled
Feb 01, 2003; ... An organization that works with disabled residents wants the state Public Utilities Commission to investigate Verizon Hawaii's alleged failure to provide adequate telephone services for callers with impaired speech. The statewide Assistive Technology Resource Centers of Hawaii also ...
Kusaka disregarded state law in hiring police
Feb 01, 2003; ... LIHUE >> Despite a record number of vacancies on the Kauai Police Department, former Kauai Mayor Maryanne Kusaka disregarded a new state law that allows mainland police officers to apply for jobs in Hawaii. Kusaka's decision to avoid implementing the law, which went into effect ...
Big Brothers, Sisters has come full circle
Feb 01, 2003; ... In 1963, 9-year-old Dennis Brown was a rebellious kid who hated school. He never got to see his father since his parents' divorce, and lived in a low-income housing project with his mother. Then, the first "Little Brother" of Big Brothers of Hawaii met Henry Sumida, who encouraged Brown ...
Maui mayor, predecessor spar over tech program
Feb 01, 2003; ... WAILUKU >> Former Maui County Mayor James "Kimo" Apana's computer education program in the schools is coming under fire for alleged mismanagement. Maui Mayor Alan Arakawa said yesterday the Tech Ready program was heading into default with a debt of $492,440 and that he will have to ...
Isle bird businesses are hit by second avian disease
Feb 01, 2003; ... Signs your bird may have disease The pet bird trade and poultry industry have had their wings clipped on two fronts: a recently imposed bird importation embargo and an earlier ban on shipping birds through the mail. An outbreak in California of exotic Newcastle disease this past ...
Big Isle's Veriato fires 66
Feb 01, 2003; ... face=+2; [ MASTERCARD CHAMPIONSHIP ]face=-2; KA'UPULEHU-KONA, Hawaii >> Home is where the heart is. And for Steve Veriato, home is here on the Big Island. "Home, it's a pleasant place to be," said Veriato after he fired a 33-33--66 at the Hualalai Golf Club ...
Special Pro Bowl players harder to spot
Feb 01, 2003; ... face=+2; [ 2003 PRO BOWL ]face=-2; Everyone here is the best in the business. It's the Pro Bowl, and everyone's special. But some are more special than others, and not the ones you might expect. Jerry Rice? Not special enough. He's merely a backup on the AFC kickoff team. Ricky ...
Warriors hand Anteaters first loss
Feb 01, 2003; ... face=+2; [ UH VOLLEYBALL ]face=-2; In the early season showdown pitting the top two teams in the nation, second-ranked Hawaii ended top-ranked UC Irvine's 10-match win streak yesterday. The Warriors (6-1, 2-1 in the Mountain Pacific Sports Federation) rebounded from last week's ...
Pearl City socks Aiea to improve to 8-0 in OIA West
Feb 01, 2003; ... There's no swimsuit or evening gown competition in basketball, and no one's happier for that fact than the Pearl City Chargers. Because if last night had been a beauty contest, the Chargers wouldn't be 8-0. Last night on their home court, the Chargers defeated the Aiea Na Alii 47-34 to ...
Experiencing Korean culture
Feb 02, 2003; ... Center celebrates Koreans' isle life The way many American companies treat older workers is a reflection of our society's attitudes about aging. Those with wisdom are often shunted aside for new and younger, cost-efficient models. It's quite the opposite of the way elders are ...
Center celebrates Koreans' isle life
Feb 02, 2003; ... Experiencing Korean culture History was made on Jan. 13, 1903, when the first group of 102 Korean immigrants aboard the SS Gaelic set foot in Honolulu. A hundred years later, Koreans in Hawaii are celebrating the centennial of immigration to Hawaii, and the establishment of the ...
Museum's 'Tiger' exhibit lacks claws
Feb 02, 2003; ... Experiencing Korean culture Bishop Museum's partnership with the Centennial Committee of Korean Immigration to the United States has resulted in the new exhibit "Century of the Tiger: A Centennial Celebration of Korean Americans 1903-2003," running through March 16. There's no ...
Translated 'Di Gi Charat' comic is 14-karat failure
Feb 02, 2003; ... face=+Bold; DRAWN & QUARTEREDface=-Bold; Graphic Arts As Literature If there's one thing that can be said about Japanese culture, it's that the country has a love affair with anything cute. Just look at everything that's emerged from there in recent history: Hello Kitty and ...
Island Warmth
Feb 02, 2003 ... face=+Bold; STRIP SHOWface=-Bold; ...
UH-Tulsa rivalry heats up
Feb 01, 2003; ... face=+2; [ UH BASKETBALL ]face=-2; Last year, Hawaii and Tulsa met at the Stan Sheriff Center with first place in the Western Athletic Conference at stake. When the teams tip off tonight, it's all about survival. "Tulsa has always been a great rivalry for us," Hawaii ...
Kapolei tips Kalaheo in playoffs
Feb 01, 2003; ... face=+2; [ HIGH SCHOOL SOCCER ]face=-2; Kapolei advanced to the Oahu Interscholastic Association boys soccer quarterfinals last night with an opening-round 2-1 victory over Kalaheo at Campbell High School last night. Rhys Kita and Brandon Pieper scored for the Hurricanes, while ...
Alumni are everywhere
Feb 02, 2003; ... The number of Hawaii Rainbow baseball alumni grows each season and is close to 400 since former head coach Les Murakami took over the program in 1971. Yesterday afternoon 27 of them put on the cleats again, limbered up the arms, tested the legs, sucked it up and played the 2003 ...
New Rainbows chase away butterflies
Feb 02, 2003; ... Hawaii head baseball coach Mike Trapasso was not about to assign a letter grade to the Rainbows' performance in yesterday's game against the alumni at Murakami Stadium. After all, it is an exhibition void of any real pressure, a coming out for the new 'Bows and a fun time for the former ...
Rainbows beat Hurricane in OT
Feb 02, 2003; ... In another classic chapter of what has evolved into one of the Western Athletic Conference's hottest rivalries, Hawaii pulled out a 73-67 overtime victory over Tulsa last night at the Stan Sheriff Center. "Another typical Hawaii-Tulsa ball game," UH coach Riley Wallace ...
Pac-Five goes out winning
Feb 02, 2003; ... The old adage that only one team -- the state champion -- gets to finish its season with a win won't apply in boys soccer this year. Pac-Five closed out its best season ever yesterday with a 1-0 victory over Kamehameha in the sunshine of the Waipio Peninsula Soccer Complex yesterday, but ...
Lietzke's eagles put him in sight of Zoeller's pace
Feb 02, 2003; ... Bruce Lietzke did something that hasn't been done on the PGA Champions Tour in more than a decade -- he posted three eagles in yesterday's second round of the MasterCard Championship on the Big Island. On a day when mild westerly winds made the par-5s at the Hualalai Golf Club ...
Hot Zoeller shares lead with 2
Feb 02, 2003; ... KA'UPULEHU-KONA, Hawaii >> You can never really tell how well Fuzzy Zoeller is playing by his demeanor on the golf course. He'll acknowledge the crowd after a good drive and wave after sinking a long putt. But pump his fist and exult a la Tiger ...
Aina wins rousing Hula Bowl
Feb 02, 2003; ... WAILUKU >> Larry Coker is an offensive kind of guy, a guy who likes his teams to put up big numbers with big plays. Little did the Aina coach know that he'd get 24 second-half points, including 17 in the last 4:34, to rally past the Kai 27-24 in the 57th Hula Bowl at War Memorial ...
For almost 25 years, the Pro Bowl has prompted fans to leave the cold at home and their money in Hawaii
Feb 02, 2003; ... Hula Bowl adds to weekend Since the Pro Bowl moved to Hawaii 24 years ago, four teams have been added by the National Football League, seven NFL franchises have switched cities and 14 different teams have won the Super Bowl. Amid the changes, though, one thing has remained ...
After a week of fun, the NFL's best take the field today to put on a show
Feb 02, 2003; ... face=+2; [ 2003 PRO BOWL ]face=-2; Garcia, search for coach 'embarrassing' The Pro Bowl is like that ESPN show "The Life." As the promo for the program goes, "It's about players. ... Workin', playin'." Of course, the NFL's all-star game -- and the week that leads up to ...
Cruise ship passengers fall ill
Feb 02, 2003; ... The Sun Princess, which left Honolulu Harbor last night for Kauai, is the latest in a series of cruise ships to be hit with outbreaks of gastrointestinal illness. Passengers on the ship began reporting symptoms consistent with the Norwalk virus, or Norovirus on Monday, the second day of ...
Isle economists cite war's intensity as key factor
Feb 02, 2003; ... Both the Gulf War in 1991 and the terrorist attack of Sept. 11, 2001, may foreshadow how war against Iraq could affect Hawaii, said two economists addressing state Select Committee on War Preparedness yesterday. But by no means can one really predict what will happen to the economy ...
Excellent cast lends warmth to opera's demanding roles
Feb 02, 2003; ... Quick: Name an opera you've never seen that's full of familiar tunes. Give up? Tchaikovsky's "Eugene Onegin" opened Hawaii Opera Theatre's "Coming of Age" season Friday night. "Eugene Onegin" contains instantly recognizable pieces, most obviously the three popular dances and a ...
Dedicated Mililani siblings win national chess recognition
Feb 02, 2003; ... Robert Lau, 11, likes to wallow in a little glory when he can beat his older sister, Emily, at chess. At home in Mililani, where the two nationally ranked competitive chess players are home schooled, Robert said, ''We play just for fun and I usually win." But when the two hit the ...
Observation planes remain key
Feb 02, 2003; ... The military says unarmed observation flights are still needed today although they were conceived by President Dwight D. Eisenhower as a possible way to monitor the Soviet Union's development of nuclear weapons and long-range bombers during the Cold War. The flights are needed because of ...
No clues yet as to why plane crashed on Molokai
Feb 02, 2003; ... The wreckage of a Cessna 172 recovered from northeast Molokai yesterday didn't yield a definite answer as to why the plane crashed there two Saturdays ago, a National Transportation Safety Board inspector said. The single-engine plane, piloted by 17-year-old Mililani High School senior ...
State banks on Pro Bowl to draw winter-weary tourists
Feb 02, 2003; ... The state spends millions of dollars every year trying to lure winter-worn sports fans around the world with images of Hawaii's scenic beaches and near-perfect weather. The bulk of Hawaii's major sports programming occurs in January and February with the Mercedes Championships, which is ...
Mortgage banker ready to lobby [Derived Headline]
Feb 02, 2003 ... face=+2; Mortgage banker ready to lobbyface=-2; face=+Bold; How have you been in mortgage banking?face=-Bold; Nine years. Countrywide has been in Hawaii since 1984 and ranked second last year for number of loans closed, according to the state Bureau of Conveyances. Bank of ...
Exceptional ensemble lends depth to loony bin
Feb 03, 2003; ... face=+Bold; "One Flew Over the Cuckoo's Nest,"face=-Bold; presented by Diamond Head Theatre at 8 p.m. Thursdays through Saturdays and 4 p.m. Sundays, through Feb. 16. Tickets are $40-10. Call 733-0274. Tertiary characters rarely get much notice onstage or in reviews, but several such ...
Boarders balance labor and liberty
Feb 03, 2003; ... You askedIn the play "Annie," the children sing, "It's a hard-knock life." But what have Lahainaluna boarders got to sing about? Living a life on campus, especially cleaning it, may not be everyone's "ideal" living. Yet what inspires these students to board at the oldest school west ...
Nenes make school campus part of their home
Feb 03, 2003; ... Boarders balance labor, liberty The Hawaiian goose, or nene, is one of 30 bird species in Hawaii classified by the state and federal government as an endangered species. As Hawaii's state bird, it adds a special motivation to preserve the nene as a symbol of native Hawaiian ...
AFC strolls past NFC
Feb 03, 2003; ... It was a blowout of Super proportions, but in reverse. A week after Tampa Bay used five interceptions to beat Oakland in the Super Bowl, the AFC pulled six NFC passes out of the warm Halawa air to win yesterday's Pro Bowl in convincing fashion. The AFC offense took ...
Lewis shatters record for return yards
Feb 03, 2003; ... AFC strolls past NFC The combination of fresh island fruit and the scorching mid-day sun at Aloha Stadium was just about the only thing that slowed down Michael Lewis yesterday. The New Orleans Saints kick returner fought through an upset stomach to set a Pro Bowl record with ...
Hualalai ends up as Quigley's gig
Feb 03, 2003; ... KA'UPULEHU-KONA, Hawaii >> For the first two days of the MasterCard Championship here at the Hualalai Golf Club, Dan Quigley told reporters after interviews in the media center, "I'll see you guys tomorrow." True to his word, Quigley was back for the third time. But instead ...
Hawaii draws Kent State for Bracket Buster event
Feb 03, 2003; ... The Hawaii basketball team will tango with the darling of last year's Big Dance for ESPN's Bracket Busters Saturday on Feb. 22. The Rainbows will travel to Ohio to take on Kent State of the Mid-American Conference for the 18-team event highlighting teams from seven mid-major ...
Isles share prayers for lost astronauts
Feb 03, 2003; ... Michael Donato said the deaths of seven astronauts aboard the space shuttle Columbia will be a constant reminder for him that "life is precious." The freshman at Aiea High School learned of the tragedy while watching cartoons with his younger brother Saturday. "Anything can ...
Estate sells stake in gas operation for $160 mil
Feb 03, 2003; ... The Kamehameha Schools sold its controversial investment in a Texas-based methane gas operator today for about $160 million. Bishop Holding Corp., the trust's for-profit unit, signed an agreement this morning to sell Kukui Inc. to the Southern Ute Indian Tribe., according to people ...
House panel approves okina bill
Feb 03, 2003; ... To Keiki Kawai'ae'a, the kahako and the okina are more than just incidental punctuation marks for Hawaiian words and names. Including the diacritical marks in copy using the Hawaiian language is important "because that's the way we will continue to perpetuate the correct pronunciation of ...
Maui developers upset over new planning director
Feb 03, 2003; ... WAILUKU >> Maui's new planning director has been in office for less than a month, but he has already angered developers and delighted environmentalists. Michael Foley has rescinded shoreline permits on a few building projects, pulled back county support on a Napili development and ...
About 1,000 people turned out on Saturday night... [Derived Headline]
Feb 03, 2003 ... About 1,000 people turned out on Saturday night to welcome the Year of the Ram at C.S. Wo, where guests eagerly sought a second shot at good fortune in 2003 -- the Western new year now a blur and not much different from 2002. Guests lined up for calligraphic messages written on red paper ...
Power safeguards sought for hospitals and military [Derived Headline]
Feb 03, 2003 ... face=+2; Power safeguards sought for hospitals and militaryface=-2; Star-Bulletin staff Hawaiian Electric Co. says it is looking into ways to keep the power on at hospitals and military installations during controlled outages like the one that cut power to 60,000 Oahu customers ...
8 more illegal veiled chameleons found on Maui, total stands at 21 [Derived Headline]
Feb 03, 2003 ... face=+2; 8 more illegal veiled chameleons found on Maui, total stands at 21face=-2; Star-Bulletin staff WAILUKU >> A multigovernment task force captured eight more veiled chameleons on Maui last week, bringing the total to 21 caught on the Valley Isle since ...
Murder suspect pleads not guilty in gun case [Derived Headline]
Feb 03, 2003 ... face=+2; Murder suspect pleads not guilty in gun caseface=-2; Star-Bulletin Murder suspect Christopher Clayburn Aki pleaded not guilty today to a 2001 firearms charge via video conference from the Oahu Community Correctional Center. Aki, 20, was indicted Jan. 21 for ...
Tourism marketing contract still hung up on accountability issues
Feb 02, 2003; ... At the Capitol This year's $34.4 million state contract to market the isles to tourists commenced a month ago, but the contracting agency is still negotiating with the Hawaii Visitors & Convention Bureau over measures of accountability -- a key issue that has drawn scrutiny at the ...
Warriors swept out of Crawford Hall
Feb 02, 2003; ... IRVINE, Calif. >>Two years ago, Hawaii stared down an 0-2 deficit at UC Irvine and came back to pull out a 3-2 victory. This time, there would be no comeback. The top-ranked Anteaters demonstrated how dominating they can be as they bid uno, dos, adios to the second-ranked Warriors ...
'Columbia is lost,' Bush tells nation
Feb 02, 2003; ... face=+2; Isles share inmourning tragedyface=-2; By Leila Fujimori For Claude Onizuka, watching video of the flaming Columbia space shuttle disintegrate early yesterday morning brought back memories of a day almost exactly 17 years ago. Onizuka, the brother of astronaut ...
Maui telescopes may offer clues to tragedy
Feb 02, 2003; ... Isles share in mourning tragedy Air Force telescopes on Haleakala may be able to provide crucial clues in the investigation into what caused the space shuttle Columbia to break apart on its landing approach yesterday. The telescopes, part of the Maui Space Surveillance Complex, ...
New releases by Hawaii authors
Feb 02, 2003 ... face=+Bold; ISLE PAGESface=-Bold; face=+Italic; face=-Italic; Reviewed by Burl Burlingame This is something rather brave and unusual -- a centennial celebration of an immigrant group told primarily through literature; essays, poems, short stories, novel snippets, and laid out ...