Honolulu Star - Bulletin back issues from February 2008:
DIV. II STATE GIRLS SOCCER CHAMPIONSHIPS - Kauai stays hot with upset of St. Anthony
Feb 01, 2008; ... face=+Bold; STATE GIRLS SOCCERface=-Bold; Div. II At Waipio Peninsula Soccer Park face=+Bold; Wednesdayface=-Bold; face=+Bold; First roundface=-Bold; Christian Liberty 2, Kaimuki 1, 2OT/PK Kauai 3, Hawaii Prep 0 Honokaa 1, Waialua ...
Tesoro cites isle storm as factor in net loss
Feb 01, 2008; ... face=+Bold; The fuel refining company says it lost about $30 million because of a power failure in Kapoleiface=-Bold; STORY SUMMARY » face=+Bold; Tesoro Corp.face=-Bold; , which operates the largest of two refineries in Hawaii, said today its Kapolei facility had an operating ...
Edwards, Giuliani backers join winning camps
Feb 01, 2008; ... face=+Bold; Presidential hopefuls drop out but their supporters keep goingface=-Bold; Hawaii's supporters for presidential candidates on both the Republican and Democratic sides are consolidating. Democratic organizers for former Sen. John Edwards had planned to start meeting ...
High court restricts sale of ceded lands
Feb 01, 2008; ... STORY SUMMARY » The state cannot sell or transfer ceded lands, those formerly owned by the Hawaiian monarchy, until native Hawaiian claims to those lands are resolved, the Hawaii Supreme Court ruled unanimously yesterday. The ruling does not affect the proposed $200 million ...
ARTS & CRAFTS - Legacy Blossoms
Feb 01, 2008; ... face=+Bold; Brian Choy looks to a new generation to preserve the art of making leisface=-Bold; The theme of the 81st May Day lei competition could not be more fitting: Na Lei Hulu Kupuna, or the Esteemed Elder. With little fanfare, Brian Choy, deemed a master lei maker by peers ...
MUSIC - Longtime Bob Marley chronicler still evolving
Feb 01, 2008; ... It's always been Roger Steffens' dream to do his popular show on the life and times of face=+Bold; Bob Marleyface=-Bold; (pictured) on the man's actual birthday, and at Steffens' favorite tour stops. face=+Bold; 'Bob Marley Birthday Celebration with Roger Steffens'face=-Bold; ...
Verna's closes grill awhile
Feb 01, 2008; ... face=+Bold; The fast-food chain based in Hilo has to move one of its storesface=-Bold; KEAAU, Hawaii » Verna's can. The locally owned Hilo-area fast-food chain is famous for its local-style sign: "If no can, no can. If can, then Verna's." It's famous for its fried ...
CINEMA - At The Movies
Feb 01, 2008 ... Opening face=+Bold; Cassandra's Dreamface=-Bold;Woody Allen's latest film, set in contemporary London, has two brothers (Ewan McGregor and Colin Farrell), pitted against each other in an attempt to better their desperate lives. Review in Thursday's Today section ....
Lawmaker addressing medical marijuana
Feb 01, 2008; ... Although marijuana for medical purposes is legal in Hawaii, patients authorized to use the plant are being hassled by law enforcement agencies and others, said Maui Rep. Joe Bertram III. The major problem is patient access to marijuana, a gray area in the seven-year-old law, Bertram (D, ...
PARTY TIME - Ringing in the Rat
Feb 01, 2008 ... Here's the latest calendar on all things about the upcoming Year of the Rat, starting Feb. 7: » 6 to 10 p.m. Friday: 59th annual Narcissus Festival in Chinatown, with the Narcissus court and lion dances, starting at 42 N. King St. Chinatown businesses will celebrate with firecrackers, ...
WARRIOR FOOTBALL - Lumpkin officially in
Feb 01, 2008 ... New University of Hawaii head coach Greg McMackin made sure George Lumpkin had a 32nd season with the Warriors football team. In a release today, McMackin officially named Lumpkin assistant head coach that allows him to work on different areas of the UH defense. As an example, Lumpkin ...
Nordstrom's grand debut
Feb 01, 2008; ... face=+Bold; The finishing touches are being put in place for Ala Moana's newest upscale retailer, set to open in Marchface=-Bold; All the signs, display racks and furnishings are in place, the floors are polished and glass countertops gleaming at the first full-line face=+Bold; ...
DIV. I STATE GIRLS SOCCER CHAMPIONSHIPS - Reigning champs dominate
Feb 01, 2008; ... face=+Bold; STATE GIRLS SOCCERface=-Bold; Div. I At Waipio Peninsula Soccer Park face=+Bold; Wednesdayface=-Bold; face=+Bold; First roundface=-Bold; Kaiser 1, Kapolei 0 Mililani 3, King Kekaulike 0 Moanalua 3, Kealakehe 0 ...
Panda Travel targets gays and lesbians
Feb 01, 2008; ... STORY SUMMARY » face=+Bold; Panda Travelface=-Bold; , one of Hawaii's largest and oldest travel agencies, is trying to capture greater market share in the gay and lesbian community by with the launch of HawaiiGayTravel.com While there are many gay and lesbian travel Web sites ...
Higher room rates cushion Starwood's income slide
Feb 01, 2008; ... face=+Bold; Slowing Hawaii sales played a role in a 17 percent drop in timeshare revenueface=-Bold; WHITE PLAINS, N.Y. » face=+Bold; Starwood Hotels & Resorts Worldwide Inc.face=-Bold; , the third-largest U.S. hotel company, said quarterly profit fell less than analysts estimated ...
OIA GIRLS BASKETBALL - Lady Rams finish Red West unbeaten
Feb 01, 2008; ... At Aiea H.S. gym RADFORD -- Bui Baravilala 13, Disa Brown 0, Marlena Malepeai 12, Brittni Fuller 0, Chelsea-Ann Villanueva 9, Marsharen Dupont 4, Ta Nitra Byrd 18. AIEA -- Jennifer Yuen 4, Savannah Albinia-Cudal 2, Natasha Helsham 9, Natasha Fong 8, Danielle Grace 0, Rayna ...
Waialae Bowl closing, Lease expires Feb. 28
Feb 01, 2008; ... Sky-high costs of rent and daily operations are ending the 50-year run of Waialae Bowl as a place to play the game and hang out with friends, especially for old-timers. It will close Feb. 28. The lease for Century Development Inc. (doing business as Waialae Bowl) also expires on Feb. 28 ....
Inspectors span state for testing of bridges
Feb 01, 2008; ... STORY SUMMARY » After falling years behind in their bridge inspections, state and county governments have contracted with bridge inspectors to meet federal mandates. All bridges in the nation are supposed to be inspected every two years, but more than 45 percent, some 500 ...
HiLIFE - Love lost
Feb 01, 2008; ... face=+Bold; Spanish Inquisition provides setting for true story of unrequited loveface=-Bold; Opera is so Eurocentric that we forget that it is a worldwide phenomenon. At least it is for singers. Soprano Fabiana Bravo, for example, hails from Mendoza, Argentina, and even though ...
Activists fight for right to get to beaches
Feb 01, 2008; ... face=+Bold; Across the state, residents urge protection of the public's accessface=-Bold; Surfrider Foundation official Scott Werny raised questions about inadequate public parking for beach and ocean access at the Ko Olina Resort on Oahu. Maui resident Barry Brown complained to ...
Climate change: Conferees aim for pact in 2009
Feb 01, 2008; ... face=+Bold; Building on Bali plan, attendees work on guide for future negotiationsface=-Bold; Representatives from the world's biggest emitters of greenhouse gases worked into the evening yesterday in what were described as intensive and constructive talks aimed at reaching a consensus ...
MUSIC - Iowa reggae drops in for 8 shows
Feb 01, 2008; ... face=+Bold; Public Propertyface=-Bold; www.publicprop.com face=+Bold; MySpace: Public Propertyface=-Bold; www.myspace.com/publicprop face=+Bold; An 'Iolani grad is happy to bring this hard-working band to Hawaiiface=-Bold; IT'S BEEN an uphill battle for ...
Breyer will weigh in on isle issues
Feb 01, 2008; ... Associate Justice Stephen Breyer of the U.S. Supreme Court will be on a panel next week discussing the legal challenge to Kamehameha Schools' admissions policy giving preference to native Hawaiian applicants. Other panelists include two key lawyers in the case - Kathleen Sullivan, who ...
MOVIE REVIEW - Picture of outrage
Feb 01, 2008; ... The flavor of the day appears to be found in video. If "Cloverfield" is, as famously suggested, "Godzilla" meets "The Blair Witch Project," then Brian De Palma's new "Redacted" is "Casualties of War" meets "Blair Witch" -- although the trend really started with another military film, "84 Charlie ...
Man held in stalking busted before
Feb 01, 2008; ... The man who was the subject of last weekend's e-mail alert to University of Hawaii staff and students was arrested in December for investigation of a sex assault on a Japanese tourist in Waikiki, according to state court records. The city prosecutor dropped the case but is asking a state ...
PARTY TIME - Mardi Gras blows into town
Feb 01, 2008 ... "Let the good times roll!" is the thing to do come Mardi Gras season in New Orleans, and there's cause for celebration even out here in the middle of the Pacific. The main event happens downtown next week on Fat Tuesday. It's the eighth annual "Mardi Gras -- Carnaval 2008," which ...
NIGHTLIFE - Nightcrawlers
Feb 01, 2008; ... face=+Bold; Akoni's Bar and Grillface=-Bold; 1270 N. King St. / 841-0456 face=+Bold; Fridayface=-Bold; Live Music, 8 p.m. face=+Bold; Saturdayface=-Bold; "Martini Night," 8 p.m. face=+Bold; Coming Upface=-Bold; Wednesday: ...
Sullivan bursts through Pipeline's talent-laden third-round heat
Feb 01, 2008; ... Though he has long been one of the North Shore's best surfers and finished a career-best No. 7 in the world last year, Pupukea's Pancho Sullivan was grateful simply for the chance to surf in the 24th annual Monster Energy Pipeline Pro. After verbally committing to the event but having ...
CPF Corp. sees its net plunge by 81.1 percent
Feb 01, 2008; ... face=+Bold; The banking company has been hurt by its exposure to California market conditions face=-Bold; STORY SUMMARY » face=+Bold; Central Pacific Financial Corp.face=-Bold; said today it took a $28.2 million loan-loss provision in the fourth quarter due to its exposure to ...
HAWAII GROWN REPORT - Snow Willing is able
Feb 01, 2008; ... face=+Bold; Emi Snow Willingface=-Bold; » face=+Bold; Year:face=-Bold; Senior » face=+Bold; Position: face=-Bold; OF/C » face=+Bold; College:face=-Bold; BYU » face=+Bold; High school: face=-Bold; Kamehameha ('04) » face=+Bold; Honors: face=-Bold; ...
OUR OPINION - Legislators take wrong path after child's death
Feb 01, 2008 ... face=+Bold; THE ISSUEface=-Bold; Several state legislators vowed to tighten the clamps on parents who use drugs because of the death of a 2-year-old child. The adage that bad facts make bad law is being demonstrated in state legislation premised on the notion that the drug ...
OUR OPINION - 'No' should be the final answer to Ka Iwi plans
Feb 01, 2008 ... face=+Bold; THE ISSUEface=-Bold; The Hawaii Kai Neighborhood Board has voted against a plan for 181 vacation cabins near the Ka Iwi coast. An attorney for a proposed resort development near the Ka Iwi coast chided the Hawaii Kai community for opposing his client's project, ...
Schools pull beef off table
Feb 01, 2008; ... face=+Bold; A federal examination has been started into a supplier's methodsface=-Bold; STORY SUMMARY » Hawaii public schools will keep some of their beef in the freezer while the federal government investigates allegations of animal cruelty and food safety violations by a ...
Isle hotel room rates rise 7.5%
Feb 01, 2008; ... face=+Bold; The state's hotels generated a record-setting $3.1 billion despite fewer guestsface=-Bold; Hawaii's hotel room rates jumped 7.5 percent year-over-year in December, due in part to the Honolulu Marathon and a brisk holiday season, according to the latest hotel report released ...
WARRIOR FOOTBALL - Miano moves up to associate head coach
Feb 02, 2008 ... Greg McMackin made it official with another of his Hawaii football assistant coaches today, announcing that secondary coach Rich Miano will also assume the title of associate head coach. Miano, who will continue in his duties as head of the Warriors walk-on program and its NFL liaison, ...
D-I GIRLS STATE SOCCER CHAMPIONSHIPS - Punahou, Kamehameha in state final
Feb 02, 2008; ... STORY SUMMARY » Punahou is coming to get its crown back. face=+Bold; State Girls Soccerface=-Bold; The championship games are set for today at Waipio Peninsula Soccer Park's main stadium: face=+Bold; Division Iface=-Bold; » Punahou (12-1-2) vs ....
D-II GIRLS STATE SOCCER CHAMPIONSHIPS - Roosevelt does enough to win
Feb 02, 2008; ... Roosevelt's ability to make the most of its limited chances to score has the Rough Riders playing for a state soccer title. face=+Bold; State Girls Soccer: Division IIface=-Bold; At Waipio Peninsula Soccer Park face=+Bold; Yesterdayface=-Bold; face=+Bold; ...
HIGH SCHOOL BASKETBALL - Kalaheo completes 12-0 season
Feb 02, 2008; ... At Mililani H.S. gym KALAHEO -- Alika Ka'anapu 2, Cody vonAppen 3, Keano Bruhn 0, Taylor Jay 10, Richard Preza-Haynes 4, Bruce Andrews 2, Christian Kepa 2, Cheynne Lishman 13, Aaron Fernandez 0, D.J. Chang 7, Matt Gasparine 2. KAHUKU -- Jack Damuni 4, Jray Galeai 11, Willie ...
F-15 jet crashes into sea off Oahu
Feb 02, 2008; ... face=+Bold; The National Guard pilot is safe after he ejects and parachutes into the roiling waterface=-Bold; STORY SUMMARY » The pilot of a Hawaii Air National Guard fighter jet is reported in good condition after he ejected safely yesterday afternoon from an F-15D that ...
Fee for pawned items seen as way to locate goods
Feb 02, 2008; ... Police are hoping for high-tech help in recovering stolen goods from pawnshops by computerizing records. But the cost of the new system would be passed on to consumers. Current law dictates pawn slips to be filled out and given to the police department manually. Detectives pick up the ...
State backs native son
Feb 02, 2008; ... Totals reflect some candidates who are not shown. face=+Bold; Source: face=-Bold; Federal Elections Commission face=+Bold; Sen. Barack Obama dwarfs all others in Hawaii donationsface=-Bold; STORY SUMMARY » Hawaii residents donated almost seven times more money ...
The Power Within
Feb 02, 2008; ... "The highest form of human intelligence is the ability to observe yourself without judging yourself." face=+Bold; Deepak Chopra brings his message to Honolulu for the first time in 15 yearsface=-Bold; People often believe they will be happy if they have robust health, enough ...
Robber gets 30-year prison sentence
Feb 02, 2008; ... face=+Bold; Ruben Royce held up 'Lost' actor Josh Holloway during one of his many home invasionsface=-Bold; STORY SUMMARY » The man who robbed "Lost" television show star Josh Holloway at gunpoint in the actor's Hawaii Kai home pleaded guilty in state court yesterday to charges ...
Salonga books Hawaii tour starting March 4
Feb 02, 2008 ... Broadway musical star Lea Salonga returns to Hawaii after more than three years for an interisland tour of Kauai, Hilo, Maui and Honolulu in March. The Philippine-born Salonga made her reputation when she played Kim, an orphaned bar girl in war-torn Vietnam, in one of the lead roles of ...
Hawaii's Christians will celebrate Ash Wednesday next week
Feb 02, 2008 ... Many Christians will wear the sign of the cross on their foreheads next Wednesday as they begin the season of Lent, a six-week spiritual preparation for Easter. Wearing ashes as a sign of penitence became a Christian tradition by the eighth century. It is rooted in Old Testament accounts ...
Teachers and ACLU warn the governor
Feb 02, 2008; ... face=+Bold; Educators dispute that pay raises are tied to drug testingface=-Bold; A group of public school teachers called on Gov. Linda Lingle yesterday to retract her statement that implied that there will be no teacher pay raises if mandatory drug testing is not ...
Musical shows onstage at Honolulu churches
Feb 02, 2008 ... Honolulu churches will provide the stage for music, from classical compositions to jazz to contemporary love songs. face=+Bold; » Tomorrow:face=-Bold; Nationally known saxophonist George Young will perform at the 11:30 a.m. contemporary service at Central Union Church Parish Hall, 1660 ...
AINA makes a school subject out of gardening
Feb 02, 2008; ... face=+Bold; The program merges agriculture and good nutrition for studentsface=-Bold; A kindergartner pulled a carrot out of the soil and asked, "What is this?" He could not make a connection between the carrot in his hand and the orange cubes in a frozen mix of peas and ...
Serving salad means kids eat better meals
Feb 02, 2008; ... Aikahi Elementary School's 500 children get to choose their own vegetables at a salad bar once a week instead of being stuck with something they hate to eat. As a result, the "waste was reduced by half. The kids really love it," said Principal Gay Kong. "It's great. ... They made ...
Punchbowl project draws darts
Feb 02, 2008; ... Some neighbors want to block Skyline Honolulu, a condominium project that they fear will mar Punchbowl Crater and add nearly 200 cars to a blind curve already busy with traffic. But the developer of the four-story, 96-unit project says it will blend in with the neighborhood, which is ...
Keiki get free dental screenings
Feb 02, 2008; ... Kids truly were smiling yesterday after dentists examined their teeth at some isle schools for "National Give Kids a Smile Day," said Dr. Russell Masunaga. "It was a jovial thing all the way around," said Masunaga, director of the Hawaii Dental Association's Dental Samaritans, which ...
PRO BOWL 2008 - Everyone has plans for Pro Bowl
Feb 02, 2008; ... NFL officials and Honolulu Mayor Mufi Hannemann repeated at a news conference that the Pro Bowl will be played here at least through next year, and a league source said the game isn't moving "anywhere in the foreseeable future." face=+Bold; Pro Bowl 2008face=-Bold; face=+Bold; ...
RAINBOW BASKETBALL - Gibson, 'Bows stagger Aggies
Feb 01, 2008; ... face=+Bold; NEXT UPface=-Bold; vs. Louisiana Tech tomorrow WAC Standings face=+Bold; Yesterdayface=-Bold; Nevada 79, Fresno St. 67 face=+Bold; Hawaii face=-Bold; 94, New Mexico St. 71 Hawaii 94, New Mexico St. 71 Key -- fg: field ...
Imperiled birds rally
Feb 01, 2008 ... Wedge-tailed shearwaters have made a comeback at a predator-free refuge on Molokai, the Nature Conservancy reports. Officials with the conservation group have counted 307 active nests at the Moomomi sand dune preserve, up from three nests in 1999 and 17 in 2000. "They're ...
THE NFL - Osgood patiently waiting for big role
Feb 02, 2008; ... Kassim Osgood was born in Boston, and was a Patriots fan before he got to the NFL. But that's not why the San Diego Chargers special teams star hopes the Patriots win the Super Bowl tomorrow. "I'm a great fan of Junior Seau," Osgood said yesterday of his former teammate. "I'd ...
Convention marketing push bearing fruit
Feb 02, 2008; ... face=+Bold; Helping groups make Asian connections has boosted attendance by 10 percent, officials sayface=-Bold; Early last year, the Hawaii Convention Center launched a global marketing program aimed at making Hawaii into an international destination for high-level meetings ....
RAINBOW BASKETBALL - 'Bows lose another big man
Feb 02, 2008; ... STORY SUMMARY » An already thin Hawaii rotation will be down to nine when the Rainbow Warriors face Louisiana Tech tonight at the Stan Sheriff Center. face=+Bold; UH Basketballface=-Bold; face=+Bold; Who:face=-Bold; Louisiana Tech at Hawaii face=+Bold; When: ...
Mesa plans to appeal Hawaiian lawyer fees
Feb 02, 2008; ... face=+Bold; The Phoenix-based carrier objects to the $3.9 million awardface=-Bold; face=+Bold; Mesa Air Groupface=-Bold; plans to appeal another decision by a federal judge in the lawsuit filed against the carrier by face=+Bold; Hawaiian Airlinesface=-Bold; . The parent of ...
Horizon Lines manages to pull off slight gain
Feb 02, 2008; ... face=+Bold; The shipper was helped by its $5 million acquisition of Hawaii Stevedoresface=-Bold; Horizon Lines Inc., overcoming softness in its Puerto Rico market and soaring fuel costs, boosted net income 0.3 percent in the fourth quarter. Hawaiis second-largest ocean shipper ...
Now & Then
Feb 03, 2008; ... face=+Bold; A Cunard Lines cruise played a key role in shaping a young writer's lifeface=-Bold; STORY SUMMARY » QUEEN MARY 2, NORTH ATLANTIC » While enjoying a luxury experience on board this ship, I've been remembering that Cunard Lines and I go way back -- more than 50 years, ...
WARRIOR FOOTBALL - Warriors land prolific quarterback from California
Feb 03, 2008; ... One mark of a smart coach is adjusting to the talent at your disposal. Count College of the Desert's Dean Dowty among the wise. He realized he had a passer in Brent Rausch, who committed to Hawaii yesterday. "We started last season in the Power-I," said Rausch, who is here on his ...
HAWAII REAL ESTATE SALES
Feb 03, 2008 ... FOR THE WEEK OF JAN. 7-11 face=+Italic; Derived from Hawaii Bureau of Conveyances tax data. Information deemed reliable but not guaranteed.face=-Italic; Residential face=+Bold; City and county of ...
OUR OPINION - High court decision adds urgency to Akaka Bill enactment
Feb 02, 2008 ... face=+Bold; THE ISSUEface=-Bold; The state Supreme Court has ruled that the Office of Hawaiian Affairs can't be forced to sell ceded lands while political questions remain. A state Supreme Court ruling this week blocks the forced sale or transfer of lands once owned by the ...
WARRIOR VOLLEYBALL - Warriors fall to Gauchos in road opener
Feb 02, 2008; ... MPSF standings face=+Bold; Thursdayface=-Bold;Pacific def. Stanford, 30-21, 30-26, 30-24 face=+Bold; Yesterdayface=-Bold;UC Santa Barbara def. face=+Bold; Hawaiiface=-Bold; , 29-31, 30-26, 25-30, 30-21, 15-13 Long Beach State def. USC, ...
E-mail tells islanders to pay sender or die
Feb 02, 2008; ... face=+Bold; Recipients should just ignore the flimflam, the Honolulu FBI advises Web usersface=-Bold; A new e-mail scam letter received by some Hawaii residents warns recipients that they will be killed unless they pay. The Honolulu FBI office says the e-mail appears to be a ...