Honolulu Star - Bulletin back issues from May 2007:
Nike's shoe drive may top 10,000 pairs
May 01, 2007 ... NIKE'S shoe drive may top 10,000 pairs. Now in its second year, the "Nike Reuse-A-Shoe" drive is another example of how you can help protect the environment with little effort. Almost amazingly, Honolulu is the only city in the United States to enter into this type of partnership with ...
Kamehameha's Bell, Punahou's Sisler earn ILH golf titles
May 01, 2007; ... A confident freshman and steady senior found ways to rise to the occasion yesterday in the Interscholastic League of Honolulu individual golf championships at Mid-Pacific Country Club. Kamehameha freshman Alika Bell claimed the boys championship by first tying Maryknoll's Ryan Hironaka ...
A&B profit falls on slow property sales
May 01, 2007; ... face=+Bold; Profit is down 34% due to a large drop-off in real estate salesface=-Bold; face=+Bold; Alexander & Baldwin Inc.face=-Bold; said today its earnings were off 34 percent in the first quarter compared to the year before, when revenue was swollen by the sale of 247 ...
Na Alii and Na Menehune capture OIA golf team championships
May 01, 2007; ... Campbell's Haku Maluenda won the Oahu Interscholastic Association boys individual golf championship and Roosevelt's Haaheo Manini-Hewlen captured her second straight girls title with impressive performances on the back nine of yesterday's final round at Leilehua Golf Course. Aiea, ...
Central Pacific net rises 4.1%
May 01, 2007; ... face=+Bold; Central Pacific Financial Corp. face=-Bold; said yesterday its net income rose 4.1 percent in the first quarter but that it was lowering its full-year guidance due to flattening deposit activity. The state's fourth-largest bank in terms of assets posted earnings of $20.1 ...
Hawaii hotels hurt Hilton net
May 01, 2007; ... face=+Bold; The hotel company says reduced sales here lowered profit in the first quarterface=-Bold; LOS ANGELES » face=+Bold; Hilton Hotels Corp.face=-Bold; said yesterday that "unexpected weakness" in Hawaii played a role in its reduced first-quarter profit, but that the hotel chain ...
Kahului cannery to close
May 01, 2007; ... face=+Bold; The historic decision ends a chapter, plus 120 jobs, in pineapple packing on Mauiface=-Bold; » face=+Bold; CEO says move is needed to keep firm afloat.face=-Bold; » face=+Bold; Maui government and union officials are saddened.face=-Bold; As of June 30 there ...
Fireworks drop Hawaii's grade to D for air quality
May 01, 2007; ... One night of fireworks -- New Year's Eve -- again resulted in a D grade for Honolulu in the American Lung Association's annual State of the Air Report, released today. However, Honolulu maintained its third-place ranking among the top 25 cleanest American cities for long-term particle ...
Bill backs certifying nurse aides
May 01, 2007; ... face=+Bold; The profession ought to require regulation, says the state auditorface=-Bold; State lawmakers are ready to pass legislation to require certification of many nurse aides. In an analysis of the profession, the state auditor recommended yesterday that all nurse aides ...
Maui packer to sell only fresh pineapple
May 01, 2007; ... face=+Bold; Competition from overseas is cited for a decision that cuts about 120 jobsface=-Bold; Maui Land & Pineapple Co. Inc. announced the end of an era for Hawaii yesterday. The company said it will cease operations effective June 30 at its Kahului cannery, the last ...
Holllywood three-peats itself
May 01, 2007 ... face=+Bold; Film franchises turn out their third installments, in the summer of the sequelface=-Bold; THREE-QUELS, three-peats. Third time's the charm. Or, if you're of a more negative bent, bad things happen in threes. Summer is always the season of sequels, it seems, but this ...
Pool rules should not apply only to kids
May 01, 2007; ... face=+Bold; Question:face=-Bold; I enjoyed reading the articles on fair housing as I'm a Realtor who promotes fair housing, and I teach continuing education and pre-licensing courses. I was told by several building managers that they had to take signs down that say children must be accompanied ...
Union officials point to trend away from labor
May 01, 2007; ... Maui government officials say they are saddened by the layoffs at Maui Land & Pineapple Co. Inc.'s cannery, and hopeful the company will be competitive in its expanding fresh-fruit operations. But union officials representing workers at Maui Pineapple say they are not happy with what ...
ENTERTAINMENT - Bid for vacation dreams
May 01, 2007 ... How about golf and lunch with young phenom Tad Fujikawa? Or four club-level tickets to see the Denver Broncos, or a private plane flight to Maui, or a trip for two to Las Vegas to see the University of Hawaii play the University of Nevada-Las Vegas? Bid high enough and collect those ...
UH art exhibit spooks police
May 01, 2007; ... face=+Bold; A staged video causes classes to lock doorsface=-Bold; A University of Hawaii-Manoa student art project is back on display this week after triggering a campus security scare that caused police to respond. In a case of art imitating and then influencing reality, the ...
ENTERTAINMENT - Huey Lewis to play Hawaii
May 01, 2007 ... Huey Lewis & the News will play the Blaisdell Concert Hall on June 29, promoter King Michel Concerts announced yesterday. The San Francisco-based band, fronted by the former Hugh Anthony Cregg III (now Huey) is known for such '80s-era hits as "The Power of Love," "I Want a New Drug" ...
Murder suspect claims innocence
May 01, 2007; ... face=+Bold; The suspect's family has sympathy for the family of the Japanese visitor, his lawyer saysface=-Bold; The defense attorney for a 22-year-old Kalihi man charged in the disappearance and presumed murder of a Japanese visitor offered a brief statement but would not comment on ...
Shoe showdown
May 01, 2007
Recyclers get pay raise
May 01, 2007; ... face=+Bold; Those turning in glass and aluminum cans will start getting more money per poundface=-Bold; Hawaii residents who recycle their beverage containers by weight can earn more nickels per pound of aluminum cans and glass bottles, starting today, as the state changes its HI-5 ...
Beach is only home for many
May 01, 2007; ... face=+Bold; MAILI PARK: CLEANING UP IS COMPLICATEDface=-Bold; face=+Bold; Those trying to help people in need see an increase in homeless at other state parksface=-Bold; » face=+Bold; FIRST | SECOND OF TWO PARTSface=-Bold; Sitting on a wooden picnic table near her ...
Big Island bridges star in new approach to safety
May 01, 2007; ... HILO » The Bridges of Hawaii County might sound like the title of a movie with Clint Eastwood and Meryl Streep, but don't expect any awards. The Hawaii County Department of Public Works is aware that its new series of brochures on Big Island bridges sounds like the 1995 movie hit "The ...
Wallace leaves Nash with headache medicine
May 01, 2007; ... The team pictures had come off the walls. The Maui Invitational surfboard had long been carted off along with various pieces of memorabilia accumulated over 20 years. About the only thing Riley Wallace left behind before closing the door to his office was a tall bottle of ...
Punahou nears title
May 01, 2007; ... For the three-time defending state champion Punahou baseball team, the magic number is down to one. The top-ranked Buffanblu are one win away from advancing to the state tournament after dominating No. 2 Iolani 9-1 yesterday afternoon in the championship round of the Interscholastic ...
Mokulele Airlines fleet gets boost from investor
May 01, 2007; ... face=+Bold; The airline will expand its fleet, employees and routes this yearface=-Bold; Maui philanthropist Dorvin Leis is making a multimillion-dollar placement in face=+Bold; Mokulele Airlinesface=-Bold; . Leis' minority stake will allow Mokulele to increase its fleet from ...
Roosevelt focusing on playoffs, not rankings; Castillo cruising into playoffs
May 01, 2007; ... For die-hard Roosevelt High School fans, a place in the Star-Bulletin Baseball Top 10 provides a little bit of sunshine in an otherwise rough season of parity. The Rough Riders, meanwhile, are taking their No. 10 ranking with a grain of salt. After all, they have the playoffs and a ...
Isle tourism panel says spending needs hike
May 01, 2007; ... The Hawaii Tourism Authority's budget panel is proposing a roughly 20 percent increase in tourism-related spending next year, setting aside millions of dollars more for public relations, product development, safety and security as well as airline related marketing. State tourism liaison ...
OUR OPINION - Tax legislation would not end Hawaii's miserly policies
May 01, 2007 ... face=+Bold; THE ISSUEface=-Bold; State legislative leaders have approved bills that would give tax rebates and credits to low- and moderate-income taxpayers. HAWAII'S robust economy and a state budget surplus provided an opportunity to give tax refunds to all taxpayers and ...
Honolulu Lite - Learn your island colors today (or else)
May 01, 2007; ... IT'S MAY DAY, which in Hawaii means Lei Day, which means all the little kiddies in elementary schools will attend Lei Day ceremonies and learn that each island has an official flower or item with which to make leis, and the color of each lei component is the official color for that ...
Sidelines - Wallace closes the door for last time
May 01, 2007; ... RILEY Wallace had the check-out checklist in his hand. "Turn in keys," he said. "See, I just did that." Yes, yesterday was April 30. His last day. Turn in his keys. Turn in the car. "You have to do all this or you don't get your vacation time," he ...
TheBuzz - Hawaiian Airlines gets tasting menus off the ground
May 01, 2007; ... face=+Bold; HAWAIIAN AIRLINESface=-Bold; today is going systemwide with its new upscale tasting menus in its first-class sections, following a March 1 launch of the service on its Honolulu-San Francisco route. Company officials believe it was the first airline to offer such ...
Stephens takes aim at state dash times
May 02, 2007; ... face=+Bold; Mililani senior Britney Stephens is focused on "just track, track, track"face=-Bold; Four years ago, Britney Stephens found her niche at precisely the right time for the Mililani track and field team. As it happened, she turned out to be pretty good at it. "I ...
Del Monte says Hawaii close helped net
May 02, 2007; ... face=+Bold; The company said closing its operations here added $2.9M to its 1Q bottom lineface=-Bold; NEW YORK » Shares of face=+Bold; Fresh Del Monte Produce Inc.face=-Bold; soared yesterday and hit a new high after reporting its first-quarter profit surged on of cost cuts and the ...
Wie will play in Canadian Women's Open
May 02, 2007; ... Punahou School senior Michelle Wie has accepted a sponsor's exemption to play in the Canadian Women's Open, the first time she will play north of the U.S. border. The tournament will be held Aug. 16-19 at Royal Mayfair Golf Club in Edmonton. But it won't be her first time playing a ...
High School Beat - Baldwin hires new football coach; High School Report
May 02, 2007 ... A.J. Roloos has been named Baldwin's head football coach, the Bears' fifth since 1999. The school agreed with the recommendation of a selection committee. Both Roloos and co-finalist Rodney Figueroa were assistant coaches last season. Roloos steps in for Jimmy Morimoto, ...
Former Sen. Kanno elected to Makakilo board
May 02, 2007; ... A former state senator is back in politics after being elected to the colorful Makakilo/Kapolei /Honokai Hale Neighborhood Board. The election of former Democratic Sen. Brian Kanno to the neighborhood board came as the city released the results yesterday of the biennial neighborhood ...
SURPLUS IS GONE; Surplus reaches far and wide
May 02, 2007; ... face=+Bold; Hopes that much of the state's extra $700 million would be returned to taxpayers evaporateface=-Bold; Most of the state's $700 million surplus has been spent, according to budget leaders in the state House. All but $18 million has gone to state programs, emergencies ...
Isle delegates call Bush veto a mistake
May 02, 2007; ... face=+Bold; He fails to grasp the reality and is ignoring U.S. citizens, say members of Congressface=-Bold; Disappointed, a huge mistake and "tragic." Those are the feelings and assessments of Hawaii's congressional delegation of President Bush's veto of a military funding bill ...
Critics of Akaka Bill nominated for panel that would judge it
May 02, 2007; ... face=+Bold; Some of the staunchest critics of the bill could soon sit on an advisory boardface=-Bold; Some of the staunchest critics of a bill to federally recognize Hawaiians could soon sit on an advisory board to the U.S. Civil Rights Commission. Commission Staff Director ...
A gourmet diet for dogs and cats
May 02, 2007; ... face=+Bold; Putting your dog or cat on a long-term diet of homemade food is a commitmentface=-Bold; Cooking for a pet is not a matter of portioning out a little of what the human family is eating. Not if you want your pet to live long and prosper. Putting your dog or cat on a ...
Grad rates said to be overstated
May 02, 2007; ... face=+Bold; A study says Hawaii has overreported by up to 16 percentface=-Bold; The state Department of Education is overreporting how many high school students graduate on time by as much as 16 percent, contends a national study released yesterday. But the DOE is challenging ...
Colorado firm to pay $435M to HawTel for directories
May 02, 2007; ... face=+Bold; Hawaiian Telcom will sell its telephone-directory business to a Colorado companyface=-Bold; Hawaiian Telcom will sell its telephone-directory business to Colorado-based Local Insight Media for $435 million. Hawaiian Telcom CEO Michael Ruley said yesterday the sale, ...
We'll Remember You
May 02, 2007 ... face=+Italic; A collection of remembrances of Hawaii's Don Ho have been compiled into a commemorative section to be distributed in Friday's Star-Bulletin, the day before his services on Waikiki Beach. Many readers shared their thoughts on the entertainer:face=-Italic; I was ...
Man fined $29,000 for distress hoax
May 02, 2007; ... A 19-year-old Ewa man who made a false distress call to the U.S. Coast Guard will have to pay $29,000 for the cost incurred in the search and must suffer the consequences of having a federal felony conviction on his record. U.S. District Judge Susan Mollway sentenced Justin J. Aquino on ...
Police scour Windward for Watanabe
May 02, 2007; ... Tips led police to various Windward Oahu locations yesterday in their search for a missing 21-year-old Japanese woman, who is believed to have been murdered. "We're searching and praying and hoping we can find Masumi and bring her home," said police missing persons investigator Phil ...
BYU-Hawaii named best value among private schools
May 02, 2007; ... Brigham Young University-Hawaii is the No. 1 "top value" among private colleges and universities, according to Consumers Digest Magazine. The University of Hawaii at Manoa -- the only other Hawaii school in the ranking -- is ranked among the top 50 "top value" public colleges and ...
Businessman named interim DLNR head
May 02, 2007; ... A former Grove Farm executive from Kauai will serve as interim director of the state Department of Land and Natural Resources beginning Friday, Gov. Linda Lingle announced yesterday. Allan A. Smith, 61, will fill the vacancy created when the state Senate voted down Lingle's request that ...
Roughead is reflective on leading Pacific Fleet
May 02, 2007; ... When Adm. Gary Roughead assumed command of the Pacific Fleet nearly two years ago, he hung a portrait of Adm. Chester Nimitz and his staff at the signing of the Japanese surrender ceremonies that ended the war in the Pacific in 1945. "It was like he was looking over my shoulder," ...
Taxes and veto overrides top agenda
May 02, 2007; ... face=+Bold; A hotly contested bill giving unions key rights is approvedface=-Bold; Lawmakers gave final approval to dozens of bills yesterday but still have some of the weightier issues of the session to take up tomorrow, when they officially adjourn for the year. Among the ...
Rail route could get easy OK by panel
May 02, 2007; ... The city's controversial mass-transit route from East Kapolei to Ala Moana Center could win easy approval because of a new configuration of the Oahu Metropolitan Planning Organization's key decision-making body and what that panel will be asked to vote on Friday. OMPO's Policy Committee ...
Djou quits committee, puts blame on Marshall
May 02, 2007; ... City Councilman Charles Djou said he resigned yesterday as chairman of the powerful Zoning Committee under pressure from Council Chairwoman Barbara Marshall. Djou and Marshall said Councilman Rod Tam will become the new zoning chairman. "She thinks Rod Tam will be more ...
'Bows shake it up for Vulcans
May 02, 2007; ... face=+Bold; Matt Daly moves into the pitching rotation as the Rainbows head to Hiloface=-Bold; Matt Daly will move into the starting rotation as Hawaii visits Hilo this week. Daly starts Saturday in the second of the three-game set, replacing Joshua Schneider, coach Mike Trapasso ...
Kamehameha prevails
May 02, 2007; ... face=+Bold; Analee Viena-Lota carries the Warriors to a winface=-Bold; The first time Kamehameha and Punahou met on the hardwood this spring, the Warriors got a key shot from Analee Viena-Lota late in overtime for a one-point win. The second time, she had "only" 10 points in a ...
First Hawaiian 1Q profit rises
May 02, 2007; ... face=+Bold; The state's largest bank boosted net income 5.7 percent in the first quarterface=-Bold; face=+Bold; First Hawaiian Bankface=-Bold; , the state's largest bank in terms of assets, boosted net income 5.7 percent in the first quarter as assets, loans and deposits all increased ...
OUR OPINION - Consequences of global warming demand passage of bill
May 02, 2007 ... face=+Bold; THE ISSUEface=-Bold; Legislation to limit greenhouse gases to check global warming is set for a vote tomorrow. THIS small state has an opportunity to take a big step tomorrow when the Legislature votes on a bill to place enforceable limits on pollution that causes ...
RAINBOW WAHINE SPORTS - Wahine softball, volleyball perfect
May 03, 2007 ... face=+Bold; Hawaii women ace the NCAA Academic Progress Rate for the 2005-06 school yearface=-Bold; When it comes to perfect games, the Hawaii softball pitching staff had five last season. The Rainbow Wahine also had a perfect score when it came to the NCAA Academic Progress Rate for ...
Protesters seek to halt Ward shops construction
May 03, 2007; ... face=+Bold; A group of protesters calls for a stop to the project after more sets of remains are foundface=-Bold; Controversy over the Ward Village Shops project site is growing more heated as the number of sets of native Hawaiian remains has gone from 11 to 47. A small group of ...
Inouye's 2-hitter eliminates Waianae
May 03, 2007; ... face=+Bold; Kaiser moves on to play Aiea in the quarterfinals tonightface=-Bold; Kaiser senior Toby Inouye is making a habit out of proving coach Peter Ho wrong. "I told him before the game that Waianae can pound the ball and they'd get at least two, maybe three, runs on us," Ho ...
Cost cutting helps Hawaiian Airlines narrow first-quarter loss
May 03, 2007; ... Hawaiian Airlines' parent company said yesterday it pared its losses to $11.89 million in the first quarter, versus $12.29 million a year earlier. face=+Bold; Hawaiian Holdings Inc.face=-Bold; attributed the improvement to cost-cutting measures in a competitive arena that remains ...
Buffanblu beat Raiders for trip to states
May 03, 2007; ... All Iolani baseball coach Dean Yonamine could do after his squad fell 6-3 to Punahou in yesterday's Interscholastic League of Honolulu postseason tournament championship game was shrug and smile in bewilderment. The three-time defending state champion and current No. 1 Buffanblu capped a ...
Oahu's median home prices rise
May 03, 2007; ... Oahu home prices came back strongly in April, lending support to earlier predictions that the local real estate market has bottomed out. The median single-family home price on Oahu climbed to $665,000 in April, beating out the median last month by 3.3 percent and last year by 8 percent, ...
Tanabe, Chargers jolt Na Menehune
May 03, 2007; ... A short-term memory was the best thing to happen to Pearl City catcher Carlton Tanabe and his team's postseason hopes. The youngest Charger, who closed out the regular season struggling at the plate, willed his team out of a late 4-1 deficit to Moanalua and helped lead Pearl City to a ...
TheBuzz - Hawaii's best for chillin' and Honolulu's No. 8 for grillin'
May 02, 2007; ... BACK TO TOP ANOTHER DAY, another top-in-the-world rating for Four Seasons Resort Hualalai. Two, in fact. The Zagat Survey 2007/2008 World's Top Hotels, Resorts and Spas guide ranks Four Seasons Hualalai as the top resort and top spa, based on surveys of nearly ...
Under the Sun - The addiction to acquire prompts silly products
May 02, 2007; ... A WOMAN I know works seven days a week, punching the cash register at a cramped, dingy store her husband's relative owns. She arrives after she sends their two daughters off to school in the morning, takes a break when they come home in the afternoon to make them snacks, get them ...
By Request - Dress veggies in sweet, sour and spice
May 02, 2007; ... A TOPOPO Salad is a mountain of a Mexican salad, made with layers of shredded lettuce and chicken, plus other add-ins. You might find it served in a fried tortilla shell. Heidi Hughes is nostalgic for the salad served at the old Bueno Nalo restaurant in Waimanalo. She asked for ...
Wood Craft - Symphony Pops' Beatles tribute earns a 'standing O'
May 02, 2007; ... A PACKED CONCERT HALL crowd gave the face=+Bold; Symphony Popsface=-Bold; a much-deserved standing ovation for its "Tribute to the face=+Bold; Beatles"face=-Bold; concert Saturday. The musicians and singers were dressed in colorful '60s clothing. Featured vocalists face=+Bold; ...