Honolulu Star - Bulletin back issues from October 2007:
Crash blame lands on pilot
Oct 01, 2007; ... face=+Bold; Air Ambulance now provides its fliers with more extensive training face=-Bold; STORY SUMMARY » Pilot failure caused a medical transport plane to crash into a car dealership last year in Kahului, setting the plane on fire and killing all three on board, an ...
Oink! for a good cause
Oct 01, 2007; ... face=+Bold; Artists put the sty in style by creating piggy bank art for Hawaii Families as Alliesface=-Bold; This little piggy loves disco. This little piggy loves pearls. All these little piggies are being sold for charity, which should bring them -- whee! whee! whee! -- all the way to ...
Military facility on Kauai gets $42M
Oct 01, 2007; ... Kauai's huge high-tech military range just got another shot in the arm. A military contractor will receive $42 million for general services at the Pacific Missile Range Facility, the Pentagon announced Friday. The Defense Department awarded ITT Corp.'s Systems Division ...
COMMENTARY - Woman offers Bhutan's dogs some salvation
Oct 01, 2007; ... Thimphu, Bhutan » Inside her clinic perched on a hill in rural Bhutan, in the shadow of the Himalayas, Marianne Guillet tossed one more ovary into a shiny tray as classical music from a small CD player filled the tiny surgery room. She had spent the morning sterilizing homeless dogs ....
Kauai chief sets aggressive goals
Oct 01, 2007; ... Darryl Perry will take over as police chief of the Kauai Police Department today, bringing hopes of improving the department by winning national accreditation. Perry, a 57-year-old Mililani resident, will be sworn in at 3:30 p.m. at the Kauai War Memorial Convention Hall. He ...
PORTFOLIO - Memories of fall in Kyoto
Oct 01, 2007 ... In recalling his many visits to Japan during the past 15 years, Brian Sato remembers with fondness the three fall months he spent living in Kyoto. Sato shares some of the photographs he took during those days in this week's "Portfolio," the second of two parts featuring the beauty of Japan's ...
Vets 'just did our duties'
Oct 01, 2007; ... They grew up blocks away from each other in Wahiawa, had fake sword fights and fought in World War II together. They even shared the same name: Mitsuo. They both returned home -- Mitsuo Honda to raise a family and retire as a technician for the federal government, and the other, Mitsuo ...
HAWAII'S SCHOOLS; HAWAII'S SCHOOLS; HAWAII'S SCHOOLS - LJA bigger, better with new buildings; All in our family
Oct 01, 2007; ... Le Jardin Academy students have moved into new buildings this past month. These two additions to the campus have added much needed space and include five classrooms, a library and a chorus room. The new classrooms now permanently house several high school teachers, such as Fred Wiesberger, who ...
Oahu clinics roll out rapid HIV test
Oct 01, 2007; ... face=+Bold; The tests provide results in 20 minutes and will be more available as facilities add staffface=-Bold; The Life Foundation is offering rapid HIV testing -- providing results in about 20 minutes -- at its Oahu offices and other sites. However, the new tests still are ...
Wildlife work to wax at Pacific isle refuges
Oct 01, 2007 ... The U.S. Fish and Wildlife Service wants to step up its biological surveys and invasive-species monitoring at three remote Pacific island wildlife refuges. The proposals are included in recently released draft plans for the Howland Island, Baker Island and Jarvis Island National Wildlife ...
WARRIOR FOOTBALL - Hawaii hits new national heights
Oct 01, 2007; ... WAC Standings Hawaii Statistics face=+Bold; Team Statisticsface=-Bold; face=+Bold; Misc.face=-Bold; face=+Bold; Sacks (No.-Yds.):face=-Bold; Veikune 3-9, Noa 2.5-13, Leonard, J. 2-8, Purcell 2-14, Elimimian 1-11, Leonard, A. 1-19, Fonoti 1-7, Lau 1-13, ...
HAWAII AT WORK - A creative life, by design
Oct 01, 2007; ... face=+Bold; David Kemble helps Bishop Museum tell its many stories through 3-D exhibitsface=-Bold; face=+Bold; David Kembleface=-Bold; face=+Bold; Title: face=-Bold; Senior exhibit designer face=+Bold; Job: face=-Bold; Works with a team of artisans to create ...
WARRIOR FOOTBALL - No rest for Brennan this week
Oct 01, 2007; ... Hawaii football coach June Jones said there are no plans to rest starting quarterback Colt Brennan and the most famous sprained ankle in the state this Saturday against Utah State at Aloha Stadium. So barring a major setback, Brennan starts? "Exactly," Jones ...
COLLEGE FOOTBALL - Narrow win costs USC top spot; LSU takes over
Oct 01, 2007; ... Top 25 schedule Who the Associated Press' Top 25 teams play this week No. 1 LSU vs. No. 9 Florida on Saturday No. 2 Southern Cal vs. Stanford on Saturday No. 3 California does not play No. 4 Ohio State at No. 23 Purdue on Saturday No. 5 ...
WAHINE SOCCER - Wahine rattle Sea Warriors
Oct 01, 2007; ... Colt Brennan and the Hawaii football team aren't the only ones rewriting the record books in Manoa. Sophomore Vanessa Bailey scored the first three goals of her career and Kelli-Anne Chang added two as the Rainbow Wahine set a record for most goals in a game as they dismantled Hawaii ...
HIGH SCHOOL FOOTBALL - Saint Louis holds on to No. 1 by tipping rival Kamehameha
Oct 01, 2007; ... Star-Bulletin / KITV4 Football Poll » Voted on by coaches and media from around the state » First-place votes in parentheses » 10 points for first-place vote, 9 for second, 8 for third; etc. » Also received votes: Kealakehe 23, Aiea 20, Iolani 20, Farrington ...
OUR OPINION - Critics won't push transit plan off track
Oct 01, 2007 ... face=+Bold; THE ISSUEface=-Bold; Critics of the city's proposed rail system have maintained in a challenge with a federal agency that city officials lied about it. OPPONENTS of the city's proposed rail system have taken their criticism to the Federal Transit Administration, ...
OUR OPINION - Bipartisan Iraq plan should not be ignored
Oct 01, 2007 ... face=+Bold; THE ISSUEface=-Bold; The Senate has endorsed a strategy for a three-region federalist plan for Iraq. AT long last, the Senate has agreed on a bipartisan direction for U.S. policy in Iraq -- a three-region federalist plan authored by Sen. Joe Biden. The approach is ...
Captain left with sinking feeling
Oct 02, 2007; ... The captain did not want to abandon ship. Pat Magee had invested all his money and the past two years into his 42-foot sailboat, Victoria. But the moment that Victoria bumped into the reef at Tongg's off Waikiki yesterday, snapping the rudder and his hope, the 75-year-old Maui resident ...
AL CHANG / 1922-2007 - Photographer brought war home
Oct 02, 2007; ... face=+Bold; His enduring images of soldiers earned him praise from the media and military membersface=-Bold; Al Chang, who saw the horrors of three wars through the lens of a camera and was twice nominated for a Pulitzer Prize, died Sunday at the Spark Matsunaga Center for the Aging at ...
Coach Jones: Hawaii targeted; Newberry does more than talk
Oct 02, 2007; ... STORY SUMMARY » Off the field, Hawaii coach June Jones said he doesn't pay much mind to the polls that elevated the Warriors to their highest rankings in school history this week. On the field, he can see the effect of having a number attached to the team. "They play ...
Whale expert testifies on ferry
Oct 02, 2007; ... face=+Bold; A hearing focuses on the possibility of collisions at seaface=-Bold; WAILUKU » Pacific Whale Foundation President Greg Kaufman has been on the witness stand off and on for nine days in a court hearing on whether the Hawaii Superferry can operate while an environmental study ...
Job applicant's age can be tricky issue
Oct 02, 2007; ... face=+Bold; Questionface=-Bold; : Is asking a job applicant to provide his or her date of birth on an application form prior to being hired legal? face=+Bold; Answerface=-Bold; : From Rochelle Sparko, Legal Aid attorney: The Hawaii Civil Rights Commission lists helpful guidelines. It ...
Iolani can earn berth to states this week
Oct 02, 2007; ... Beat Baldwin and Lahainaluna Beat University and Mid-Pacific but lost to Iolani STORY SUMMARY » As far as the Iolani Raiders can see, the Sacred Hearts Lancers are on tonight's horizon. Anything beyond that will be on the agenda after the match, which is just ...
HECO solicits green project
Oct 02, 2007; ... STORY SUMMARY » face=+Bold; Hawaiian Electric Co. face=-Bold; is looking for developers to supply an additional 100 megawatts of renewable energy to Oahu's power grid starting between 2010 and 2012. The proposed project, which would more than double the island's present ...
Hawaiian to raise fares if Mesa leaves market; $173M penalty could be deadly blow
Oct 02, 2007; ... face=+Bold; Mesa's lawyer predicts a disaster for local airline consumersface=-Bold; STORY SUMMARY » Interisland airfares, which have been driven as low as $1 in the past year, would rise to a more "rational" price if Mesa Air Group's carrier go! were to leave the market, said ...
Aloha adds neighbor isle flights to California
Oct 02, 2007; ... face=+Bold; Aloha Airlinesface=-Bold; is adding new flights to southern California from Hawaii's neighbor isles. Tickets for service between the Big Island and San Diego, and between Kauai and Orange County and San Diego, went on sale last week. The new flights are slated to ...
As 'Lion King' roars, local theater bleeds
Oct 02, 2007; ... STORY SUMMARY » Disney's "The Lion King" is definitely the big fish in the local community-theater pond. But with limited dollars available for nights at the theater, the lion's claws have certainly raked through the cash drawers of local companies. "Dreadfully low" is ...
Oceanic says its Internet is fastest again
Oct 02, 2007 ... face=+Bold; The cable company says Road Runner can download data at 15 megabits a secondface=-Bold; face=+Bold; Oceanic Time Warner Cableface=-Bold; says it is reclaiming its status the fastest online service in the state with a new variant of its Road Runner service that offers ...
It all adze up: Stone tool traveled the Pacific
Oct 02, 2007; ... face=+Bold; Tool found in Polynesia came from Kahoolawe face=-Bold; STORY SUMMARY » The Polynesian oral histories are correct. Hawaiian lore has long held that ancient voyagers came to Hawaii from what is now French Polynesia and then returned, time and again. In fact, ...
Trekkin'
Oct 02, 2007; ... face=+Bold; A travel show that explores destinations by horseback films episodes in Hawaiiface=-Bold; Who wouldn't envy Darley Newman's job? She explores the world on horseback for an educational travel show called "Equitrekking," and recently shot two episodes on Maui and the Big ...
Farmers decry Ka Loko closure
Oct 02, 2007; ... Eighteen farms on Kauai's North Shore could cease to produce crops worth $1.3 million a year if they cannot get irrigation water from Ka Loko Reservoir. That is what the farmers themselves and supporters among Kauai's restaurants, hotels and food stores warned last week in written ...
A new digital fingerprinting system helps HPD identify suspects in minutes rather than days
Oct 01, 2007; ... face=+Bold; A new digital fingerprinting system helps HPD identify suspects in minutes rather than daysface=-Bold; STORY SUMMARY » Police are relying on biometrics to prevent misidentification, and sometimes, the release of wanted felons. Persons arrested by Honolulu ...
OUR OPINION - 3 years is too long to wait for anti-bullying program
Oct 02, 2007 ... face=+Bold; THE ISSUEface=-Bold; A committee has recommended that the public schools establish a prescribed plan by 2010. A systemwide program to counter bullying and harassment among students in Hawaii public schools should be worked out carefully to ensure even-handed and ...
Trial reveals Mesa plot for fares
Oct 03, 2007; ... face=+Bold; A memo models the demise of Aloha and increased ticket pricesface=-Bold; STORY SUMMARY » An aviation consultant hired by Hawaiian Airlines testified yesterday that Mesa Air Group has had plans to raise interisland airfare prices higher than they were before its ...
Cash filched, fish fresh
Oct 03, 2007; ... Police are looking for a Kapahulu bank robber who fled in a stolen refrigerated fish van, then abandoned it but left the motor running and the fish fresh. Shortly before 10:45 yesterday morning, the suspect allegedly stole a Fresh Island Fish Co. delivery van parked in the delivery lane ...
'Bachelor' has no rose for UH grad
Oct 03, 2007; ... face=+Bold; The Bachelor Web site:face=-Bold; http://abc.go.com/primetime/bachelor/index face=+Bold; Mallory Socha made waves by jumping into a pool in a bikiniface=-Bold; It's too bad that Mallory Socha didn't get the chance to show more of the "aloha spirit" on national ...
Watada prepares for another court-martial
Oct 03, 2007; ... A Hawaii-born Army officer who refused to go to Iraq will be retried on charges next week, even as his unit returns from the war. On Tuesday , the court-martial of 1st Lt. Ehren Watada, who is believed to be the first officer to refuse to be sent to Iraq, will begin anew at Fort Lewis, ...
DOE failing homeless kids, suit says
Oct 03, 2007; ... face=+Bold; McKinney-Vento Homeless Assistance Actface=-Bold; doe.k12.hi.us/mckinneyventoact.htm An ACLU lawsuit contends the state Department of Education has violated federal law by not providing adequate education for homeless children in Hawaii. The lawsuit, filed yesterday ...
Abercrombie hails war bill's passing
Oct 03, 2007; ... The president and the military would have to report to Congress about plans to withdraw from Iraq under a bill that passed the House yesterday with the help of Hawaii Democratic Rep. Neil Abercrombie. The measure was approved with broad Republican support, causing Abercrombie to hail it ...
Poll finds broad support for Superferry; Twin hulls called whale peril
Oct 03, 2007; ... face=+Bold; Backers of the vessel hope the results will influence legislatorsface=-Bold; Lobbyists for the Hawaii Superferry are giving state lawmakers a new public opinion poll reporting that there is wide public support for the controversial ship. The poll was conducted by ...
Inmates on trial over damaging jail
Oct 03, 2007; ... Three inmates threatened the safety and security of other inmates and staff at the federal detention center in early 2006 by refusing orders to put on their handcuffs and damaging their recreation cages, government prosecutors said. Convicted robber Bryson Jose, 29, convicted bank robber ...
JOHANNA MARTHA RESIG / 1932-2007 - Expert studied sea fossils
Oct 03, 2007; ... World-renowned University of Hawaii researcher Johanna Martha Resig, called a role model for women in science, died Sept. 19 at Hospice Hawaii. She was 75. "She was a very humble person," said Janice C. Marsters, principal at Masa Fujioka & Associates, who took many cruises with ...
Hawaii schedule complete
Oct 03, 2007; ... face=+Bold; UH Athleticsface=-Bold; www.hawaiiathletics.com The Hawaii football schedule for 2008 is set, UH athletic director Herman Frazier said yesterday. The final regular-season game will be Dec. 6 at Aloha Stadium against a school from a BCS conference, following a Nov ....
Home sales down, prices up
Oct 03, 2007; ... face=+Bold; A big drop in sales on Oahu hasn't stopped the prices from risingface=-Bold; While single-family home and condominium resales for September dipped to their lowest point since February, prices continued rising at a slow pace, according to statistics released by the Honolulu ...
Lakers, Warriors open up camps; Lakers begin campaign in Iolani's small gym; Karl returns to Hawaii as a Laker
Oct 03, 2007; ... STORY SUMMARY » The Los Angeles Lakers and Golden State Warriors opened their training camps on Oahu yesterday to divergent receptions. On the Iolani School campus, the Lakers left the school's gym following their first practice greeted by a lively crowd of students eager to ...
Mesa starts regional flights in China
Oct 03, 2007; ... face=+Bold; The parent of go! will expand service there to 100 planes in 5 yearsface=-Bold; The Chinese airline joint venture between face=+Bold; Mesa Air Group Inc.face=-Bold; , parent of interisland carrier go!, and face=+Bold; Shenzhen Airlines Co.face=-Bold; has started flying in ...
Golden State wears target this year
Oct 03, 2007; ... Golden State's upset over Dallas in the first round of last year's NBA playoffs has only one significant bearing on this year's squad. "Everybody is going to be gunning for us," point guard Baron Davis said. "We're going to be in a different position than last year." The Warriors ...
Shogun Restaurant to close Nov. 30
Oct 03, 2007; ... Workers at the Shogun Restaurant were told yesterday that the Pacific Beach Hotel eatery will close on Nov. 30, the day before HTH takes back management of the hotel. The 837-room hotel is owned by face=+Bold; HTH Corp.face=-Bold; and employs about 535 workers, of whom about 450 are ...
Tipoti's back with 'Pack
Oct 03, 2007; ... EVERYONE seems to agree Pac-Five defensive end Aaron Tipoti is destined for great things. Destiny, however, had a funny way of getting Tipoti the memo. The senior at Word of Life Academy was a largely unproven entity until this season for the Wolfpack because injuries left him sidelined ...
Nobscot garners national honors
Oct 03, 2007; ... face=+Bold; The Kailua company ranks near the top for its new workplace mentorship softwareface=-Bold; When some of the largest companies in the U.S. need help improving their workplaces, they come to Hawaii for help. Since opening its doors in 2000, Kailua-based face=+Bold; ...
Iolani overcomes miscues to win
Oct 03, 2007; ... The Iolani Raiders came as guests, but served their hosts a dose of heartbreak on senior night. The top-ranked Raiders overcame a multitude of early mistakes to rally past No. 6 Sacred Hearts 21-25, 25-10, 25-19 before a frenzied crowd of about 200 at the Lancers' gym. Iolani ...
OUR OPINION - Waimea Valley's future as cultural institution looks bright
Oct 03, 2007 ... face=+Bold; THE ISSUEface=-Bold;A new nonprofit corporation under the Office of Hawaiian Affairs will take over management of Waimea Valley. Had the efforts of community and environmental groups not prevailed, Waimea Valley might have become just another subdivision of luxury ...
Sharks too close to Maui beach
Oct 03, 2007; ... face=+Bold; The uninvited guests resist nudges to leaveface=-Bold; STORY SUMMARY » A portion of Kaanapali Beach was closed during the weekend after sharks were observed in a fish-feeding frenzy in knee-deep water fronting the Hyatt Regency Maui Resort & Spa ....
Ruling boxes in Superferry; Environmentalists cheer court; Lingle's interim nominations due for decision
Oct 10, 2007; ... face=+Bold; A judge prohibits service to Maui, prompting Gov. Lingle and lawmakers to seek a special sessionface=-Bold; STORY SUMMARY » » face=+Bold; THE RULINGface=-Bold; : Maui Circuit Judge Joseph Cardoza blocks Hawaii Superferry operations at Kahului Harbor ...
Consolidated Theatres selling to mainland firm
Oct 10, 2007; ... STORY SUMMARY » Consolidated Theatres, a Hawaii movie operator founded in 1917, is being sold to a California-based cinema operator and real estate company as part of a larger acquisition totaling $72 million. Consolidated's owner, Pacific Theatres Exhibition Corp., is selling ...
COMMENTARY - Eggs for the very brave; Not egg-zactly appetizing
Oct 10, 2007; ... face=+Bold; Pi dan, a Chinese delicacy, can make you feel 1,000 years oldface=-Bold; Eating contests. Why are they so popular? Both the contestants and the audience need cast-iron gullets. And the edible items can't be too tasty, because otherwise, frankly, it's just pigging ...
Stabber slays bar waitress in Kalihi
Oct 10, 2007; ... face=+Bold; The suspect also dies in what witnesses say was a murder-suicide face=-Bold; A hostess bar patron apparently became obsessed with one of the employees before he stabbed her to death in an after-hours encounter, the victim's employer and roommate say. Chong Suk ...
Hawaii's bachelor hopes fans think pink and cast votes
Oct 10, 2007; ... face=+Bold; The 34-year-old is competing for the Cosmopolitan titleface=-Bold; Voting is on for Cosmopolitan's Bachelor of the Year 2007, and this year's hunk from Hawaii is Brent Ching, a 34-year-old pediatric dentist nominated by fellow dentist Cheryl Tamanaha and Ching's friend ...
Math teacher can add $25K to honor
Oct 10, 2007; ... Under Yannabah Lewis' leadership, students at Kealakehe High School have fed the homeless, helped New Yorkers after the Sept. 11 attacks, victims of Hurricane Katrina and raised money to support schools in India. So it was a fitting surprise, her colleagues say, when Lewis, a math and ...
Former teacher gets prison for drugs
Oct 10, 2007; ... A former Kailua elementary school teacher sent the worst kind of message to children by using drugs and dealing in cocaine and Ecstasy, U.S. District Judge Susan Mollway said yesterday. Mollway sentenced Bronwyn Kugle, 38, who formerly taught at Kaelepulu Elementary, to 37 months in ...
Feds eye protected status for black-footed albatross
Oct 10, 2007; ... The federal government has begun a yearlong process to consider protecting the black-footed albatross as a threatened or endangered species. The sooty-brown birds have a wingspan of up to 7 feet and feed on flying-fish eggs and squid floating on the ocean surface. Of about ...
RALPH "TIM" MCCABE / 1941-2007 - Paramedics indebted to teacher
Oct 10, 2007; ... Though Ralph "Tim" McCabe died Sept. 30, he'll be saving lives for quite some time, his friends and colleagues say. As a Kapiolani Community College emergency medical services instructor for many years, McCabe trained hundreds of lifeguards, police officers, firefighters and emergency ...
Lakers, Warriors start season at Sheriff Center; Azubuike makes a name for himself in the NBA
Oct 10, 2007; ... STORY SUMMARY » Despite squandering a 27-point lead, the Golden State Warriors pulled out a thrilling 111-110 win over the Los Angeles Lakers to open their preseason schedule last night at the Stan Sheriff Center. Golden State guard Troy Hudson drained a jumper from the top of ...
A&B plans 600 Maui homes
Oct 10, 2007; ... face=+Bold; Alexander and Baldwin Inc.face=-Bold; has taken the first step in its plans to build a 600-unit residential community in Kihei. A&B's real estate subsidiary, A&B Properties Inc., is seeking public comment on a draft environmental impact statement for the ...