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Our own Mokuleia Beach, teenagers shoot problem and dealt with it in various Public UtilitiesCommission is study ing it out in the Pearlridge Shopping ways: by interceptingunemployment ing the issues associated with allow Center, a young woman stabbed and insurancebenefits, seizing drug money ing new companies to compete with drowned in Waianae. We have drug and establishing hospital paternity GTE Hawaiian Tel. Duringpast leg problems, gang problems, education programs which give an unmarried islative sessions, the Senate intro problems, Hawaiian sovereignty couple an opportunity to acknowl duced several pro-competitive problems, housing problems. We edge paternityat birth. A number of telecommunications initiatives. also have someone in Hawaii who stateshave involvedthe media in their Unfortunately,none of them passed thinks that the major problem with efforts to crack down on delinquent the House. All of them were intro our society is the possible improve parents,including the frequentuse of duced because Hawaii needs a more ment in the lot of homosexuals. He "Wanted" posters as noted by the competitivetelecommunications infra is a man who apparently spends mothers in the article. structureto help attractnew business every waking hour (and probably I introduced House Bill No. 107 to the Islands. sleepinghours also) pursuing homo during the 1993 regular legislative This is not to say GTE Hawaiian sexuals. A man who has a radio pro session. The purpose of the bill was Tel isn't doing a good job; whether gram, a television program, a to requirethe CSEA to develop a pro they are or not is beside the point. newsletter and at least two "organi Mike McKenna gram(similar to the ''Wanted" poster Creatingcompetition and giving cus z.ations"battle to these wickedhomo Mike McKenna Ford programs used in other states) that tomersa choice will make GTE a bet sexuals. 725 Kailua Road would increase child-support collec ter provider of service to the people Surely so energetic and devoted Kailua, Hawaii 96734 tion by publicizing the names and of Hawaii. In a competitivesituation a person might find a more worth pictures of delinquent supportoblig you, the customer, would determine while area of concern. ors. Dear Mike, fromwhom you want service, and on Christopher Scott OK, maybe the car was assembled at 4:59 on a Friday what terms. The bill was referred to the afternoon or after a marathon Christmas party, or maybe it All of us are concernedabout the Judiciary Committee, which was chaired by Rep. Terrance Tom, but accidentally fell off the boat when no one was looking. It impact of competition on local tele Honolulu Weekly welcomes was not given a public hearing by wasn't perfect, and I appreciate all your efforts to make phone rates. However, if competition your letters. Write to: Editor, him. Because I feel stronglythat this everything right. At first, when I got a lemon, I assumed for all services is introduced with Honolulu Weekly, 1200College legislationwould aidin trackingdown you'd just make lemonade. I didn't expect the margarita price caps, I am certain the compet Walk, Suite 212, Honolulu, HI obligors who are evading their that you whipped up. Thanks for the brand-new, assembled itiveforces will maintain or actually 96817. You must include your parentalresponsibility, I have redraft during-midweek, never-been-overboard 1994 Mustang. lower rates. name, address and telephone num ed the bill forintroduction during the I do not thinkanyone can faultGTE ber ( only your name will be print 1994 legislative session. I already Hawaiian Tel forlobbying to protect ed). Lettersmay be edited for Sincerely, have requested that Rep. Tom hold its monopoly or its profits, but we length. Please limit your letters to a public hearing on the new bill, and must consider what is best for the 200words maximum if you do not I encourage concernedcitizens to do people of Hawaii. It is timefor com want to see them cut. • � the same by calling or writing Rep. Leo petition.We deserve a choice in local telephone service providers. Tom. I introduceda bill that was enact I appreciate your thoughtful and important article.I hope the mothers edin 1990to givethe PUC the author HONOLULU ity to deregulate and initiate in your articleand others will present competition. Currently, inter-Island testimony in support of this bill. long distance service costs as much Cynthia Thielen as or more than calls to the Mainland. State Representative New technology and new competi Vol. 3, No. 52 tors can provide competitiveservices Defendingthe Dems December 29, 199 3 for all residents of the state. As lifelong Democrats, my fami Publisher Laurie V. Carlson Sen. Daniel Inouye and Sen. John ly and I arevery concerned about the Editor John Wythe White RESTAURANT Danforth, R-Mo., jointly introduced battered reputation of the Hawaii Senior StaffWriter Derek Ferrar theTelecommu nicationsInfrastructure DemocraticParty. Whileit is appro Calendar: And The Waikiki Terrace Hotel Editor: David K. Choo Act of 1993. The bill is pro-compe priate that those who abuse the pub Film Critics: Bob Green, Mary OffersYou A Very Safe tition,even to the extent of pre-empt lic trust should be exposed and Brennan · And Special Package punished, one must remember that Theater Critic: Leroy Thomson ing state barriersfor the entry of local Contributing Writers exchange competitors.It is intended many Democrats are also involved Cecil Adams,-Mary Brennan, To Bring In The New Year!!! Hannah Nordhaus, Jo Scheder, Liza to stimulate increased private invest in bringing these people to justice. Simon, Alan Young ment in telecommunications infra Of course, it is not a perfect system, CopyEditor Seth Markow Two Live Maine Lobsters structure, including expansion of and while some self-servingdecisions ArtDirector Bud Linschoten fiber-optic cables, digital switching have been made along the way, the ProductionManager Saxon Moen and wireless services. Sen. Inouye has actions of the fewshould not dimin AssistantJeremy Bennett And A Room For Only ContributingPhotographers taken a courageous step to promote ish the many positive concerns JeffHelberg, Franco Salmoiraghi, localcompetition on a nationallevel. advanced by the Hawaii Democratic Jo Scheder The futureof our sugar industryis Party since 1954. CartoonistsLynda Barry, Matt Groening, John Pritchett, ti12d Ea�fi}��,��l?l�} uncertain. The expansion of our I am a Democrat because when I Slug Signorino The Lobsters Are Big... telecommunications industryis one was young in Hawaii, the color of AdministrativeSupport of Hawaii's best economic-develop your skin or your last name made a Glenda Roach, Jennifer Tomai 2-Pounds each! great differencewhen being consid Classlflecl Advertising men t projects for the immediate Zoe A. Shinno Includes Salad And future. 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It has also begun VOTEDBIINNIINll'f "BEST LOCAL HANCOUT' IN THE new reasons to clean up their acts. to shiftproduction to less-polluting HONOtUtU WEEKtY READER'S POLL! facilities in order to reduce toxic LIVE MUSIC UPSTAIRS releases. Wd · s... 9 ....1:30 Ill If a corporationis taken offthe C3 nut: •• ,,. � A•erlm Bu• B, 4 list, it doesnot necessarily mean that Rii.frl-S1t: NEIiYEA .11.,.. � the company is now "green." The P191n B1•1,t1 CEP choosesits offendingcorpora � Perms TheToplO tionsfrom industries with a history of environmental pollution and Spiral Perms neglect - electricutilities, chemi cals, oil, electricequipment, aero Environmental space and automotive- which, by AN nature, would have a hard timeever FOOD DO TAIRS Daily, 11:30 1111- 1:30 1111 reducingtheir pollution levels tothose 949-5366 Hair�&· Phm Color of, say, an organic farm. Oil com 2440S. Beretania St. EatonSq. Specialist (mm ft1111St11 M11ktt) 946-Sl90 444 Hobron HairArchitects J I BadBoys panies will always have to contend with the possibilities of oil spills; chemical companieswill always have and market-driven: By directingcon to concernthemselves with toxic HANNAH NORDHAUS sumer attention to the companies emissions. But until the essential who sacrifice the quality of con c:rToeJava Man-.o nature of consumer demand forthe 8�fe&tMet\lc:ve,pecpu,too-111 he Council on Economic sumers' lives in the name of prof productitself is altered, through mar Priorities (CEP) recently itability, CEP hopes to make it ket-driven incentivesor government ********************************* releasedits annual list of the expedientfor the corporations to clean regulation,these companies have a MD WANTS YOUTO NEWYUi � corporationsthat rank as the up their acts. responsibility to cleave to certain � m ''" rrnr m nation's 10 worst environ Last year thousands of calls and standards that are accepted as a min WffllIJOLT f letters pouredin to the offendingcor mental offenders. The imum within their industry. porations. Among the activist and Campaign for Cleaner "Companies have to see them consumer groups who have asked Corporations(C3) selects its list of selves less as providing a product their members to participatein cam VOU'BL'E lvtcJCtlA $2.00 corporate bad boys in the hope that than as providing a service," says consumer pressure and unwanted paigns against the listed companies are Working Assets Long Distance, Kenneth Scott, a senior researcher negativeattention will hold U.S. com at CEPwho helped preparethe report. panies more accountable for their which will encourageits 60,000sub To highlight this point, CEP also environmental impact. scribers to make freelong-distance gives out annual Corporate '"'al The companies were selected for phone calls to the unfortunate C3 � fRE JAVA Mm Conscience Awards to companies theirlaggardly or nonexistent attempts "corporation of the month"; 20/20 NowAppearing at that, through their environmental to comply with environmental reg Vision, whose 17,000members will ulations,their failure to disclose lev stewardship, have proven that they The Fresh Market take a broader approach to their role 2972E. Mano. Road els of toxic and greenhouseemissions UPPERManoi Valley and their general lack of interest in The 10 Worst in society than simply maximizing D1ilyfrom1Jolt� 6:30 am the well-beingof their customers and Environmental their profits. In the smaller-compa 524-JA'VA employees. Offendersin the U.S. ny category,this year's winners were High on the list are paper giants DigitalElectronics and Aveda. Other Louisiana-Pacific, MAXXAMand Commonwealth Edison winners in past years include Smith International Paper Companies for DuPont and Hawken, Church and Dwight their history of toxic releases, irre Exxon (the makers of Arm & Hammer bak sponsible timber-cuttingand various ing soda) and Marcal paper. violations of environmental and General Electric Unique in the paper industry - worker safety regulations; DuPont, International Paper a product that is inherently incom forits glacial progress in reducing Companies patiblewith thewell-being of forests ''VOICES�&From BirthTo Burial" and disclosing its toxic releases and the ecosystems around mills - MAXXAM Marcal uses only recycled pre-con WithMassachusetts-Based Theatre Artist Amy Hart despiteits role as the nation'slargest Louisiana-Pacific emitter of toxic chemicals; and the sumer and post-consumer waste Combining poetry, movement, music, and theatre... ever-brown General Electric,whose Rockwell products. Its trucksshow up at the her monol ues are a rich blend of humor and drama ... nuclear reactors constitute 33 per Texaco factoryfilled with already-processed og wood pulp and recycled goods cent of all nuclear plants in the coun Texas Utilities human experienceswoven togetherto take you try but 70 percent of all domestic instead of the whole trees that tra on a tourof the human experience! "Nuclear Lemon" reactors -not to ditional manufacturers grind into mention its refusal to market ener spend 20 minutes a month writing paper. The company also recycles ONLY ONE PERFORMANCE gy-efficientlightbulbs more aggres letters to the selected companies; and its water in order to assure less con Wednesday, December 29, 8 P.M. sively forfear of disruptingthe market Rainforest Action Network, which tamination of neighboring water share of its staple incandescent bulbs. is stepping up its campaign to make sheds. It can create paper with up to $8 • Reservation recommended Other companies include Exxon, for Texaco more accountable forits irre 60 percent post-consumer waste, continually dragging its feet and sponsible actions in the Amazon. with no chorine bleaching process 8AM • 11PM MONDAY-TWU12.6DAY and a level of quality that is indis fl2.1DAY c. 6ATUl2.DAY TILL 12.30AM. 6UNDAY 10AM · 5PM reneging on its responsibilitiesin the Of the eight companies listed on 760 l<'.'..APAWULU AV'b.. - 732-2670 Valdez cleanup; Texaco for its his the 1992 C3 list, seven (all except tinguishable from products made tory of petrochemical and fuel spills Rockwell) consulted with CEP and fromvirgin timber. and record of environmental neglect the judges as to how they could FromMarcal' s progressit becomes in its Ecuadoran drillingoperations; implement measurableenvironmental apparent that the historical nature of and Commonwealth Edison and reforms. Four companies fromthe the paper industryitself - the way Texas Utilities for their egregious 1992 list were "delisted" because of the industry developed, the way records on air pollution. Rockwell, genuine motions toward improve things have always been done - is a perennialvisitor to the C3 list, paid ment in theirenvironmental perfor what determines how our resources only $18.5 million (a figure many mance. are managed. And in an age when find suspiciously low) forfelony envi Cargill, which is involved with resources are scarcer, after years of ronmental violations in its Rocky chemical manufacturing,has made a disregarding the consequences of Flats nuclear weapons complex in commitmentto prevent phosphoric waste and pollutionhave caught up Colorado, and refusedto assist in the acid spills and issue annual environ with us, consumers are beginningto COFFEE MANOA cleanup after the expiration of its mentalreports (a move that,for a large care aboutnot only the end products contract to operate Rocky Flats. privately held company, is unprece they buy but also about the means MANOA MARKETPLACE • HONOLULU, HAWAII Rockwellhas also consistentlyevad dented). General Motors, under new that delivered them to the market. ed requests fordisclosure of infor management, has joined up with the "People don't want a tree to be Happy Holidays mation,compounding its protracted Clinton administration,the defense chopped down and loaded up with history of disrespect forthe notion labs and other car makers to develop chlorine just so they can wipe their Peace and GoodWiU of public accountability. a super-efficientcar and has endorsed butts," says CEP's Scott. "People fromthe folllsat Manoa Coffee The CEP report does not simply the new gasoline tax.Georgia-Pacific don't want to think about an entire pointfingers at the corporationswho has chosen a former EPA adminis barrel of oil being extracted and Live music Tuesdays from 7 - 9 pm. No cover. violate our right to breathe clean air tratoras its chief environmentaloffi burned,emitting allsorts of carbon Open7 days a week. At Manoa Marketplace and leave clean and abundant cer and has committed to an annual dioxide and pollutants,just to power resources to our children. The notion environmental report and increased a piece of metal that gets themfrom Between Woodlawn& East Manoa Roads behind the study is corporate image- public disclosure. one place to another." • December 29, 1993 • Honolulu Weekly• 3 In virtuallyevery colonized region of the planet, indigenous people have been decimated - by violence, by disease, by wss of spirit. This so�called "post�cont.act decline" has been of genocidal proportions: Roughly 90 percent of native populations have been eliminated within the first halfcentury of cownization. That this happened in Hawaii is a well� known historical fa ct. Less well known, or perhaps overwoked, is the fact that the deleterious health effects of Why do Native Hawaiians have the poorest health of anyone in the Islands? Some health Hawaii's cownization experts and Hawaiian activists reject the notion that it's simply a matter of diet. continue today. Native Hawaiians have a nter the sovereignty move ashamed to be Hawaiian. That was the result agree amongthemselves. That is unfair. Does notoriouslypoor health profile , ment. For Kekuni Blaisdell, of years of racism Cultural pride was destroyed, the Legislature agree? Does Congress agree? the worst of any ethnic group indigenous rightsactivist and so there came a sense of helplessness. There If you work with any social movement, that's physician, health is enmeshed is no need forthat." human nature. People say, 'They can't get it in the Islands. Most of their in social and demographic If such a positionis unexpectedfrom a nutri together,' but who the hell can? Agree to dis realities."It is not a separate tion-mindedphysician who holds that "the No. agree and move forward.That's what's hap illness is due to chronic issue at all. Therefore,there's 1 killer is diet-related disease," Shintani's back pening." conditions such asdiabe tes, no pointin focusing on health groundis similarlyunusual. An old-timeactivist Herbert Hoe is among those moving for alone. It sternsfrom the basicfabric of the colo who worked with political action groups in ward, contributinghis expertisein culturalfood heart disease and cancer - nial establishment." college (including the Black Panthers), he also by workingwith farmers in the community and considered by health scientists Terry Shintani, a physician and advocate holds a law degreeand retains membership in teaching an evening class at Kamehameha of a traditional Hawaiian diet as crucial to the state bar. He went into law lookingfor truth, Schools. He agrees with Shintani: "When to be diseases of reversingmorbidity and restoringrobust health justice and, he says, "to do some good. But I Hawaiians argue, people say that Hawaiians "modernization," which is iness, essentially agrees: "It is important for got out of law because I hate politics." cannot get along. But forothers to argue, they all Hawaiian people to lookat health as a result This is an ironic sentiment for a person say that's a debate. Hawaiians are like every another way of saying that of adopting Western ways and forgetting the whose life's work is fundamentally political. one else. We have a rightto have differentopin they are diseasesof We stern cultural ways of their ancestors." Shintani works in Waianae because that com ions. It's healthy to have many groups." "Sovereigntyis how to address gettingback munity has the lowest socioeconomic status Hoe, too, connects food with politics. ''The cultural expansion. On the to life," says Ku'umeaaloha Gomes, an activist and the poorest health statistics in the state, if limited availability of Hawaiian cultural food surface these diseases are diet� and doctoral student in politicalscience who not the nation."In Waianae,"he says, "people products becomes a politicalissue because the holds a master's degree in public health. "We die in their late 40s or early 50s of heart dis availability is directly tied to the land and to related; this is the official cannot isolate health fromsocioeconomic sta ease, diabetes and cancer." water resources." tus and governmentissues. The policy arena With a need that is obvi Thefocus is on taroin par health�promotion approach. is wherechange will happen.We must address ous and this extreme,and with Story and photos by ticular."About 200 years ago Look beneath the surface , land issues, access to land."Blaisdell agrees: clinical evidenceof the health Jo 5CHEDER an estimated8,000 acres were ''Land is basic. Without it we cannot bekana fulness of Hawaiian cultural in taro cultivation,but today however, and the root cause ka maoli (native people)." foods,what is blockinga con- thereare less than 500,"says appears: Health is inseparable Gomes makes clear the connectionbetween certed effortto change this.horrendous situa Hoe. ''We continuallyhear 'no more poi' and land and health: "In talking about health, you tion? The obstacles come down to basic blame the weather-like Iniki- but the num frompolitical and economic must talk aboutfood, so you must talklo 'i (gar socioeconomiccontrol. ''It is essentialthat acie bersspeak for themselves. Five hundredacres equality. In particular, Native dens) - and so you've got to talk golf cours quate resources beprovided to produce prop is nothing. es,and soyou've got totalk foreign investment" er foods:taro, sweet potato and fish," says "Why notgive up 10 golf courses- or even Hawaiian health is a matter of She sees it as a major conceptual shift for Blaisdell. "But gardens are displaced by golf one golf course - to put into taro? 'No more landand power. bureaucrats and academics to think of health courses, and there is a constant strugglefor land fortaro' is completelyfalse. Thereare peo in a Hawaiian way. "It's not just a 'cultural adequate water." Hawaiians who try to hold ple who want to raise it; they'rejust not given perspective';it's who we are as-a people, as onto the land and exist as Hawaiians tend to the chance. Many things areconnected. Is the politicaland socioeconomicthinkers.'.' beportrayed by theestablishment as ''radicals" state allowing others to benefitby long-term Shintani understands. In his book, The who belong injail. On Molokai, forexample, leases and tax breaks? It goes back to the sov Wai'anae Book of Hawaiian Health, he dis a Hawaiian man restoreda fish pond and was ereignty issue. Get lands back into these kinds cusses Papa (Earth Mother) and Wakea (Sky arrested fortrespassing. of usage." Hoetalks of the millions of tax dol Father), history, politics and the overthrow "For so many years Hawaiians have been lars being spenton a losing effortat Hamakua beforehe gets around to diet. He advocatesthe discriminated against and left on the lowest Sugar. ''What is the state planning to do with healing philosophy of "whole person, whole rung socioeconomically," says Shintani. 'There the land? It was taro beforesugar, so will the community." He says, "All of these things are is an attitude that Hawaiians are lazy and not state release water fromsugar to taro?" interconnected. For years Hawaiians felt interested in their own health, that they can't That brings up the questionof water rights Left to right: Dr. Kekuni Blaisdell: "Itis essential that adequate resources be provided to produce proper foods: taro, sweet potato and fish." Ku'umeaaloha Gomes: "We cannotisolate healthfrom socioeconomic status and such government issues as accessto land." Herbert Hoe: "No more taro, no more Hawaiians." Dr. TerryShinta ni: "The ancestors were healthy and athletic. EveryHawaiian ought to know that."
4 • Dec�mber 29, 1993 • Honolulu Weekly \ \' l • • ' and private access to water by special inter (such as Ke Ola Mamo: A Health Care System ests. "The key to any development is water - for Native Hawaiians on the Islandof O 'ahu, who owns the land, who has the say - it all July 1991)continue to foc us on healthrisk behav ties to water." Hoe observes that in central iors, not on health risk exposures, thereby par Oahu sugar is down, but water still is divert roting the public health/medical model and the ed fromW aiahole to the Ewa plain. Waiahole attendant bureaucraticper spective. They add a now has fouror five acres in taro cultivation. cultural sensitivity clause, effectivelyperpetu "It used to be the whole valley. Will the water ating the idea that it is culture and not political go back into agriculture? economy that creates and continuallyre-creates "It's easy to run over a taro farmer, so you barriers to improved health. Nowhere do they can plant heliconias instead. Which is more deal with land and its availabilityor how it came Consumer Tire I important," Hoe asks, "a complex of condos to be that the Hawaiian diet has changed forthe r� or a fewacres of taro? That's the issue." worse. Why? "Because that would require an w� Auto Centers ) In all of this, Hawaiians feel the brunt of admission of culturalimperi alism," says Gomes. the decisions. The water is not going to lo 'i "And if you look only at individual health risk AffENTION ROYAL HAWAIIAN TIRE & and taro, and "Once no more taro, no more behaviors, you don't have to look at environ AUTO CENTER CUSTOMERS! Hawaiians," says Hoe. 'The taroplant has sig mental issues. nificance to Hawaiian culture; taro has mean "We have to ask what is behind the statis DID YOU KNOWROY AL HAWAIIAN HAS CLOSED ITS DOORS ing. To say, 'Broccoli is just as good as luau tics," Gomes continues. "Who is choosing the ON OAHU? CONSUMER TIRE AUTO CENTERS WILL HONOR leaf, so why grow luau leaf?' is the colonial direction of research and data collection and ALL UNIROYAL, PIRELLI& KELLY TIRES MANUFACTURER mentality." policy advising? How are definitionsmade? When it comes to exploitation of Hawaiian The DOH,which is, afterall, an arm of the state, WARRANTIES & TIRE ROTATION WARRANTIES! culture, even food can be co-opted. The state, can control the information going out and can CONSUMER TIRE IS THE EXCLUSIVE FACTORY-AUTHORIZED scientistsand foreign businesspeopleare inves controlthe extent to which questionsare asked. UNIROYAL & PIREW DISTRIBUTOR AND HAS BEEN tigatingthe economic value of taro, wanting to It can control the conferences, the themes, the use sugar and pineapple lands fortaro for flour resource peopleand, therefore, public thought" ASSOCIATED WITH KELLY TIRES SINCE 1971. and other products. Commercial development Is this conscious on the DOH's part? "Are WE DON'TWA NT ROYAL HAWAIIAN CUSTOMERS LEFTIN THE and large-scale marketing can be damaging they purposely out to kill all the Hawaiians?" DARK, WE'RE HERE TO HELPYOU & BRING YOU because, says Hoe, "While they can say that Gomes asks rhetorically. "Of course not. But they are saving the taro, the foods culturally you've got to push and push and say thisis what INTO THE LIGHT AT CONSUMER TIRE AUTOCENTERS! have no value." And Hawaiians arenot the ben you are doing, keep saying that you are step GO NOW, HAWAII! WHY PAY MORE? eficiaries.Hoe thinks it is appropriate, howev ping on my foot, but your money belt is in the er, to adapt Hawaiian foodsto the world today way of seeing it." - taro pizza forstarters . "But have enough taro The sovereignty movement is involved in for poi first, then make pasta and flour."The rethinking the system. ''Why replicate the mon irony of taroattaining value as a corporate com ster?" asks Gomes. ''It is interested inbeing fed, modity,where it never had value when Hawaiian in eating us, not in healing us." Government 90DAY Environmental & Shop Charges NO INTEREST will be added where applicable. farmers controlledit, is not lost on Hoe: 'This sponsored health programs arenot likely to talk ON APPROVED CREDIT Prices may vary on outer islands. is one more way of stealing." land. Their language rarely gets past the slogan Gomes extends the analysis to la'au lapa 'au of "Eat right, exercise, get plenty of rest." But (plant medicine): 'There is a yearningfor the each of those three idols of contemporaryhealth native medicine, but it is contaminated. Again promotion is cloaked in political assumptions. the issue of land comes up: We cannot be All imply access to resources and the luxuries healthy because things are not right. The med of time and energy. The reality is that those icine cabinets - the forests - are being things are not readily available. Beyond that, a destroyed by development and golf courses, focus on diet alone is a focuson appearances, so Hawaiian pharmacies are being destroyed. not on underlying causes. "It doesn't matter if It goes back to policy again. Who is making everybody gets free Reeboksand free health land policy and by whose principles? We care, because those things still only address the Hawaiians relate to the land in lots of ways. symptoms," says Gomes. "How do you stay Symbolically, land equals life. Period. Not land healthy if 7-Eleven is there instead of a lo 'i kalo equals money." (taro garden)?" Gomes talks about lokahi, unity or con Claire Hughes, chief of the nutrition branch nection, the balance between all things. "The of the state Department of Health, agrees that Department of Health perspective, which is the shortage ofcultural foods makes it difficult the health promotionperspective, sees diabetes forNative Hawaiians to maintain good health. and other disorders as matters of personal risk But, she says, "All across the country it's dif and so implicitly blames the patient. But the ficult to promote sound nutrition in general. As lokahi way asks how policy - national and a nutritionist, I would like to get all people to international - places people at riskfor dis eat more of their own cultural foods,especial ease." Shintani also criticizes the standard ly more complex carbohydrates. But as an edu approach to health educationas being written cator I'm working with the equivalent of $2 for a Caucasian, middle-class, middle-American . compared to the advertisers on national televi audience. "And the approach to weight con sion who spend millions promoting the wrong trol is so negative. Eating is not a bad habit. foods. How many commercials on TV do you You have to eat. We're in an environment of seethat tell you to eat more vegetablesand fruit? bad food. Take a no-faultattitude; don't blame We needto get across a health message to every the patient like most professionals do." one: Reduce your fat and sugar consumption. Blaisdell feelsthat even Native Hawaiian All Americansneed to go back to the foods they health professionals arereplicating the Western used to eat." bureaucracy while using Hawaiian labels. Hughes acknowledges that the shortage of ''Nothingnew has beengoing on," he says, "and taro products is a big problem in Hawaii. "Poi nothing significanthas been done to help." doesn't come into the supermarkets every day Instead, consider the Native Hawaiian Health of the week," she says. "If you're not thereearly Systems, which were established after a long in the morning,you don't get it. I knowbecause struggle forfe deral recognition of Hawaiian I spend a lot of time ch�sing around forit, and health problems. The models presented in offi I don't always get it" cial government-supported program proposals Hoe would like to see 7-Eleven stock taro, along with the school cafe terias and McDonald's. "People must demand the food; we have to bevocal." He cites a report from the Marriott food service say ing that they would serve Hawaiian food if therewere a demand - and if they knew how to prepare it. "I'm afraid to say this sometimes," Shintani adds, "but eating right is impor tant not only for physical health but also spiritual health. Because when you are eating right ... In the old days, when you wanted to
December 29, 1993 • Honolulu Weekly• 5 Hawaiian cultural foods, his empha sis extends beyond nutritionto the Pritchett Hawaiian Health more fundamentalgoals of perpet uating cultural values and elevating pride in being Hawaiian. Pride is also an emphasis forShintani. "Look at the ancestors. They were healthy reach spiritual enlightenment, a and athletic. Peopleought to beproud dietary regimen was always pre of that. Every Hawaiian ought to scribed. It kept individuals close to knowthat." the land, kept the life force in the "Hawaiians need to have a firm food. I'm not sure people are ready personalconviction," Blaisdell says. to hear this: Diet influences spiritu ''We arepart of the �. We belong al development. That's just the way to it, not vice versa. It is sacred and it is." must betreated as such. Take a stand. "What is required is a drastic There has to be a place for native restructuringof thought and attitude," people - for ahupua 'a, for fish says Gomes. In the Summer Youth ponds - not a place forblowing up Program, she suggests, "Why not reefs formarinas." have the youth work with kupuna ''The state is moving in a direc (elders) instead of trainingas clerks? tionwhich is not really in the inter Why not job-train them to be mar ests of Hawaiians," says Hoe. "It is ketable in the health system?" And very important that we be heard as as forthe DOH' s Office ofHawaiian Hawaiians. Water is the key to the Health, "Why not hire people to survival of the Hawaiian nation, become practitioners of ho'opono along with land. We gotta get pono (group dispute resolution)?It's involved." a viable program to relieve stress, "Our own people are so colo but why is it not being talked about? nized, so afraidto faceup to the sit And why is ho'oponopono not part uation,"says Blaisdell. ''This is part of the curriculumin medicine, social of a bigger problem: oppression and work and psychology?" Because, exploitation. Those on top have to says Gomes, "it's not a reality in the yield. But they won't yield unless sense that it's not perceivedas a real, they arepushed. So Hawaiians have proven - in the Western sense - to push." methodology." Given the political history of Shintani stresses that it's impor theseIslands and the apparent efforts tant forthe kupuna to survive and on the part of those in power to share their wisdom with newly inter- either subvert or co-opt the sover ested people."A lot of folksand some eignty struggle, how is it that the Hawaiian leaders say, 'When the lands Hawaiian pw ple are not exploding arereturned, health will return.'I see against the state? "Maybe," Gomes GETINVOt. VE]) / TEt. J. YOUR FIUEN])S/ MAKE YOUR MARK ON ONE OF TH E it as, when Hawaiians regain health, suggests, "because we are explod BOX ES ABOVE AND SEND TO : '' PRITCHETT POLL" C/0 HONOLULU WEEKLY they will regain the land. They will ing inside." • 1200 COLLEGE WA LK, SUITE 212., HONOLULU, HAWAII 96817 ..DO /Tl.I be a spiritually connected and uni POLL RESULTS WILL BE ANNOUNCED IN A LATE R. "WEEKLY" ISSUE . fied force. Injusticeswill be righted."
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Corral into Museum, 3566 Harding Ave.: Fri 12/31 & Sat Oliver Stone's Vietnam trilogy. crudities might not even notice. movie theatres. (The second, a Kevin Costner 1/1, 8 p.m.; matinees, Sat 1/1, 3 & 5:30 p.m. $5. i The Nightmare Before Christmas Stop effort,will beout soon.)This one, says director 735-8771 action and animation feature masterminded by George Cosmatos, ·is the story of the end of i ladyfor a0933) Day The firs: andver beitfilm Stoned Again Tim Burton (Beetlejuice, the Batman movies) gangs ... and the beginning of California • sion of Damon Ruoyan'sstory of Apple Mary, a The thirdfilm in OliverStone's that lets Burton's Dickeosiao/Gorey/Eastern Californian KurtRussell plays Earp; Val Kilmer oown-at-trereels awte(May verm Rehm) lllmed Vietnam trilogy,Heaven and Europeansensibility runbarefooted through a i.5 Holliday.Doc Also along areSam Elliott,Jason into"real a lady" by a seotimentalgangrer. Director Priestly, Dana Delaney and Charlton Heston .. Frank Capra (hisIt 'sa Won derfallife i.5 ubiquitous EarlbI starring newcomerHiep story aboutSanta Claus being menaced -and Thi Le, is basedon the memoirs thereforethe holiday seasonthreatened. Visually Wayne'sWOltd 2 The "bad boys" of suburbia, at holiday time) has a way with thiskind c:ithing, (in rwo separatebooks) of LeLy mannered and often dazzling, this one is actu whose eerie fatherless emptiness (firsttapped oftenreferred to as"rapracom", and here he has a Ilay$1ip, whose life tookher from ally pretty intense for keikis; see it with them. intoin contemporary movies by Steven Spielberg goodWruren a&: Wtlliam, GuyKIDl:x::e Glenda and Vietnamese rice paddies to Cautiously recommended. and then Tim Burton) gave the first Wayne'.\' Farrell.A movie frcxna vanishedera, and highlyrec SouthernCalifornia and fock to Pelican Brief Brief it ain't. This suspeoser, Wo rldan underpinning of sorts, are out ofthe ommended. MovieMuseum, 3566 Harding Ave.: her home counuy. Between age starring Julia Roberts and Denzel Washington, house now and trying to ... well, mount a con ThurlVYJ & Sun 1/2, 8 p.m; matinees,Sun 1/2,3 13 and 38. Hayslip was a Viet adapted fromyet anotherJohn Grisham thriller, cert in the very heart of their hometown of & 5:YJ p.m $5.73�1 Cong spy, a mistress,a beggar, takes a long time to tell its story. A craftyNew Aurora, ill. A shamandream guide hasled Wayne SculanMmThis sred-lfe vmic1 ire muws a whore, an abused wifeand a Orleans law student (Roberts) guesses right to the spirit of Jim Morrison, who tells Wayne, in Indonesia,the Philippines,Japan and byThailand rapevictim. Banned fromshooting the movie in Vietnam (because of Hayslip'scon about who's been offing Supreme Courtjus "If you book them, they will come." And, of fa.Jr leading yrungat timesdim'.tas repKlSalIDidity troversialbooks), Stone re-createdher home village (and otherlocations) in Thailand. tices. This gets her boyfriend (Sam Shepard, course, they do. But thosewho live by rampant andyouthful love at cthertimes. TheThree !mliers, (Hollywooditesare looking anxiouslyat the grossesthis of movie, wonderingif audi with a broken front tooth) killed and her consumerism will die by it. Some of the cultur a 15-minute shortin theslaµstick tradition, follows. enceswill buy into the Vietnam experience froma female point of view.) The cast chased all over swell scenic locations bygov al allusions are already dated. To call the Part c:il&h the annual Asian Nreriam Tntemational ing is interesting. Co-starring as Hayslip'sabusive G.T. husl:>and is Tommy LeeJones, ernment (and other) heavies. This should have Graduate-style partyscene a parody doesn't Ft lm Fewal.Academy TbeatTf!, St: 5XX)S.Berelania very big at the boxoffice after Tbe Fugitive. Also co-starring(as Hayslip's fatherand beencalled LoopholeBrief, since its plotdevices wotk, becausethe audienceat whom this movie Moo1/3, 7:'YJ p.m $4.532-8768 mother)are Oscar Haingwiru)er S. Ngor(The Killing Fields) and Joan Chen (Tbe Last are, to put it graciously, somewhat creakily is aimed doesn't know The Graduate. The Emperor).(Jones' motheris played by noneother thanDebbie Reynolds.) However, obvious. Denzel Washington underplays as Tbelmaand l.ouiseskit (featuring Garth in drag) it's Hiep Thi Leyou'll probably remember. The23-year -old UC Davis physiology major an investigative reporter, and Robert Culp doesn't go anywhere. It's like a research paper had never acted in a filmbefo re, and she is in virtuallyevecy scene. As fordirector plays an empty-suit president a lot like Ronald citation: Ir stops the flow of things. Wayne'.\' Stone, he's now thro1Jgh with Vietnam (at least tempor.irily). His next film will be Reagan. Writtenand directed by Alan J. Pakula Worldsimply 2 isn't worth yourwhile unless livita. - Bob Green (Allthe President'.\'Me n). you happen to berecovering from a recentlooot i A Pafac:tWorld ClintF.a&wood directsKevin omy. Like Dazed and Confused, it's one of the Costner (as a heavy) and himself(wittier than new pakalolo movies: Smoke your brains ou� HONOLULUWEEKL Y'S10 BEST usual)tale in a abouta troubled 8-year-oldboy and youmight findit funny. (Theoperative word ENGUSH-IANGUAGEFIIMS 1993OF order) abductedand held hostageby an escapedcon here is "might") (in alphabetical vict (Costner). GroundhogDay i TheSee Plano review on Page9. Kintof the Hill close-upfoIT!lat captures all the grandeurof the Short Run SisterAct 2: Back InThis The Habit is a cut Map ofthe u H man Heatt pyrotechnia; but fallsshort when it tries to con and-pasteeffort of a movie with lapsesin logic and Revival Film vey the human drama of this incredible feat. Menace2 Society and plot holes so large Sister Betril could do Dr. Bethune (1992) The real-life story of an Phlladelpllill Criticism byBob Green unlessotherwise noted. Sunglas.5esand asbestosuodeiwear suggested. loop the loopsthrough them. The film's pre 'i', the Weekly'.5 din gbatof approval indicates Choo idealistic Canadian surgeon who traveled the TIiePlano (Waikiki IMAX)-DavidK. decessorwas nomodel c:imovie greatness either, globefighting for medicalprogress and polit- filmsof more-than-average interest. 'i' Geronimo Revisionist western(directed by but its terrific music atoned for someof its cin Remains ofthe Day ical justice. The gooddoctor's travels include RubyIn Paradise ace visceralist Walter Hill) about the great ematic sins. There was something infectious a stint fightingfa scism in Spain and a lifelong Amerindian leader, played by Oklahoma's about the sight of nuns twisting, shouting and Schlndler's Ust First Run of theMo hicans). struggle to reform medicine in China. Donald WesStudi (Last JasonPatric praising God through '60s girl-group songs. Sutherland stars. Academy Theatre, 900 S. Shott Cuts Brief reviewsof selectedfirst-run films in town. returnsafter two years'screen absence as the Confirm theaters, datesand times. Thereis no such originalityin SisterAct 2. The Beretania St.: Wed 12/29 & Thur 12/30, 7:30 man who must confront the Geron. Bang, choir this time is a group of inner-city youths p.m.; matinee,Thur 12/30, 1 p.m. $4. 532-8768 AddansFanily Values They're back, andthis bang, you're revised. time they've got an actualplotline in tow. Baby who look like they stepped out of a Benetton Dall fully,and the bond betweenthe two Law Offices of Film becomes something very elemental. Colorpr Like the landscape, the film'sdes Jane Campion's new film is an eloquent perate, groping sexuality exists in Khaled S. Inc essay on the nature of passion. some unexplored realm. It is a new world of its own, treacherous and exhilarating, virgin terrain. (Not just Mujtabaa I I I • • • Tickling the ivories: Harvey Keitel and Holly "Hard to pronounce, Hunter in Th e Piano forthe characters, but forthe audi- ence. Campion's childlike frank easy to talk to. " ness returnsthe electricity • Bankruptcy to sex, usually illustrated • Divorce The leading edge on the screen with a few • Personal Injury broad, boring clinical • Wills/Living Trusts in Custom strokes.) The ironies are • Real Estate/Home plain and powerful:Baines Repair Disputes Photo Lab Services cannot read Ada's hand writtennotes, which are the For Free usual bridge she crosses Consultation when she deigns to com Call 538-7907 10S1 Waimanu St. municate with anyone other MELIM Building, thanher daughter, whom she 333 Queen Street, Suite 605 Honolulu, HI 96814 uses as both a shield and an Hono1ulu, Hawaii 96813 TelS33-2836 Fax S21-73S1 interpreter. Baines and Ada must communicate by touch, by feel,by gesture,by instinct The Piano seems like the filmEmily Brontewould have HOW'S YOU made; it is both Romantic and romantic.The surface is wild and beautiful: Campion loves to send her camera plunging through the tangled brush and the mud, and tingesthe whole picture with a faint sea green.In the aftermathof the movie's brutal cli max, Ada seems as if she will sim ply sink brokenly into the earth. Around this potent center Campion sketches the trappings of civiliza Piano Fotherte ways in which ignorance and tion,which don't quite serve to hold MARY BRENNAN inexperiencemagnify the turbulence back the torrents of conflicting, of love. Ada arrives, through crash untamed emotion raging in these Listento WVELIFE withAngellina & Matthew Gray atching Jane Campion's ing seas,on the New Zealand coast. innocent characters. (Campion's powerful new film, The Stewart (Sam Neill), her designat ongoing fascination with the bliss Monday thruFriday - IO PM to Midnight Piano, I remembered a edhusband, arrives shortlyto retrieve fulam oralityof angels is amply illus KGU AM 760 - PremieresJanuary 3 game we used to play her, having thrashed his way with a tratedhere: Ada's young daughter when I was a child. groupof Maori portersthrough miles is always bustling around blithely IT'S RADIOACTIVE ROMANCE Someone would take of underbrush. For some reason the wearing a pair of filmy wings.) In some collectionof ordi- vaguely disturbed and disappointed one scene Stewart catches Ada's narythings -a couple of hard-boiled Stewart ("You're small," he tells daughter and a group of young eggs, a handful of warm grapes - her. "I never thought you'd be Maoris in the woods, passionately and put themin a bag. Thenwe would small.") refuses to transport Ada's kissing and embracing trees.In the touch them in the dark, with our eyes belovedpiano back throughthe bush next scene we see that he has sent closed forgood measure, and tryto to his remotehouse. Somethingabout the childrenout, stupidly and shame identifythem without our usual sens it unsettles him; the piano has too fullybut somehow endearingly, to es, by feelrather than by sight (What much importance for a thing. scrub away at the trunksof the vio were they? Eyeballs? Spider monkey Campion doesn't really explain his lated trees. hearts?) Campion's work evokes the instinctive dismay, and her refusal Ada's primary connection is to same weird preferencefor deliberate to do so adds to the film'sunder her daughter, the only one who blindness,a stubborndecision to expe current of complex, unexamined shares her language. Their closeness rience usual things in an unusual way. feelings, its subtext of lives lived in has an animal intensity. But even In the Campion oeuvre, every mun emotional darkness. this intimacyis fraughtwith barbed TO YOUR COURIER ONE HOUR IS A ·RUSH." dane object becomes new and exot Ada soon enters into a frighten complexities in the daughter's act TO US, IT'S JUST A RIDE IN THE PARK... ic, freighted with doom and ing, binding bargain with Stewart's of betrayal which sets disaster in We 'll deliver your package 30-60 minutes afteryou hang up the possibility. neighbor, Baines (Harvey Keitel), a motion.Anna Paquin givesan extra phone -- dependably and at no extra charge. We do it all day long. ThePiano, set in the mid-19th cen man who is caught between two ordinaryperformance as theshrewd, tury, is about the distillationof pas worlds. Baines is illiterate and in imaginative young girl whose char ... AND NOWONL Y $4.95 DOWNTOWN sion to its cruel, tender essence. It is many ways uncivilized,a Heathcliff acter is so confoundingly complex. Please call 523-5166. All we ask is one chance to impressyo u. about Ada (Holly Hunter), a willful character whose attractionto Ada is Her name, appropriately, is Flora, woman who has chosen formost of immediate and inexplicable. Like and forall she cares about morali MOKES ON SPOKES her life not to speak, instead creat Ada and unlike her husband, Baines ty, she mightas well be a flower. NO JOKE. ing a private sign language, a lan has his own private vocabulary: He Florais very like her mother; in one guage that is a tool forkeeping people understands the language of the scene she tortures a dog, but only so out of her life. Ada guards her inner Maoris, who scoffat the foolishly that she can comfort it later. world veryclosely, unwillingto admit proper Stewart with hissilly notions Similarly, Ada knowinglyhurts the strangers. of land ownership. smitten Baines by sitting close to We knowfrom the beginningwhat Baines easily convinces Stewru t her husband at a community play. our point of view is. The film's first to trade the abandoned piano fora She draws herself up with a little shot is of a fractured light: We are piece of land, then cO'iwinces Ada shiver of pleasure when thewound looking at the sun through Ada's that she canearn the instrumentback ed Baines storms out of the play ._ house. ThePiano has a paradoxical � eyes, which are partly covered by by teaching him to play it. His idea .. I'� her elegant fingers.Ada explains, of a piano lesson, of course, is out heart. It doesn't try to render any with "my mind's voice," that she has of the ordinary: He wants first of all essential emotion neat or clean. TI-J ... : , ,,:- not spoken aloud since she was 6 to sit and listen as Ada plays, then Ada tellsus, near the end, that she's years old. But, she adds, "I don't to be allowed (the two bargain, in "afraid of my will. It is so strange think myself silent, because of my the moment, forthe number of keys and so strong." Campion manages REM PEARL JAM U297 NIRVANA.5 DEPECHE FM MODE SPIN DOCTORS THE piano." Along with her young daugh Ada will win foreach act) certain to convey that feeling of beingastride CURE SMASHING PUMPKINS NEW ORDER 10,000 MANIACS RED HOT ter - her only intimate - Ada is liberties of an increasingly intimate a headstrong animal that might take CHILI PEPPERS DAVID 81;\J/IE SOUL ASYLUM THE SMITHS BLIND about to depart Scotland for an nature. He wants to touch her neck, you places you don't want to go (or arranged marriage in New Zealand, to kiss her, to embrace her as she don't, at least, knowyou want to go). MELONTHE POLICE GI. BLOSSOMS NXS TEARS FOR FEARS BREEDERS a new world where anything might plays her dark,uncivilized compo Th e Piano is a bruising, beautiful ELVIS COSTELLO CRANBERRIES THE PRETENDERS STONE TEMPLE happen. sitions. (Another character complains film, a love story that examines pas PUOTS B5?S LL DNIIEADS 8:0NOIE RA ,O� S R40 R1l V R ·J The story is very simple but very about Ada's piano playing. She sion as if it were a riptideor a thun strange; Campion looks at the doesn't play nicely and neatly and derstorm, a forceof nature beyond Victorian era through unaccustomed properly; instead, her music seeps the grasp of words. • MUSIC FOR R NEW GENERATION eyes. 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'!bur:Diane and Da Tennyson Stephens. Mon & Tue: Azure being in the middle of the rowdy St. Patrick's going to be a hot one. The North American Boyz. McCall and Betty LooTa ylor. Sun: Joy Day crowd,bring you music from the primeval Bush Band and Oheo provide the entertain Woodeand Tennyson Stephens. Grand Ballroom, 1HE VILLAGEESPRESSO, 1249 Wilder Ave. AllEve events on fall Fri, 12/31. Brit invasion: Irish, English and Scottish dance ment. Pacific Beach Hotel, 523-2326. Wed: OpenMic Night. PARADISELOUNGE, Hilton HawaiianVillage, songs. Look for some fancy footwork. 2490 Kalakaua Ave.: 7 p.m. $87.50 (includes 2005 Kalia Rd. 949-4321. Tue - '!bur:Asher Concerts Courtyard, Municipal Bldg., 650 S. King St.: dinner). 941-0759 Perrin. 6:30 & 7:30 p.m. Free. 532-3131 Country/Folk RENl'SNIGHTCWB, 98-713 Kuahao Pl. 487- Gin BlossomsAfter tooling around Tempe, McnlayWaterfall � Yuki Shiroma, noted 3625. Tue: All That Jazz Big Band. 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For Information on Product or Opportunity 539-2407 • • ua 1 US I quail eggs were available, so I opted and the Spider Roll (deep-fried soft ALAN YOUNG for a favorite: raw quail egg yolk shell crab). Quail egg is 50¢ more. and flying fish roe (uzura with A couple of days later, I wan hat, you say, another tobiko ). A real interestingmouthful dered back in forlunch and noticed Japanese restaurant in with the fatty richness of the yolk that thislarge restaurant is well laid Moiliili?Yes, and prob playing offagainst the crisp pop out, all sectioned and multileveled ably the largest one yet. ping of the orange beads of roe, and with lots of blond wood and those Its imperialname, Sushi the underlying tart of vinegared rice contemporary Japanese tables and King, is perhaps a ref holding it all together. A great tex chairs (scaled to accommodate erenceto its King Street tural exploration. The topping por Americans). Lunch at Sushi King address - or perhaps not. I went in tions of the sushi were ample, but I can be a good deal. At $5.95 for Find romance. one evening after downing a few could have done with a bit more rice their Jumbo Platters, you get four down the streetat Anna Bannanas. underneath(probably chefly idio choices. Nos. 1 and 2 are Teriyaki Sushi King has a big 17-seat sushi syncracy). Chicken or Beef on Rice; Nos. 3 And win a freedinner. bar well stocked with your favorite All in all, it's a good value for and 4 are Vegetable and Shrimp or raw foods:blocks of red maguro your money. Not cheap, but good Calamari Tempura on Rice. Each (ahi or yellowfin tuna), slabs of sushi these days rarely is. If you' re platter comes with miso soup - hamachi (yellowtail, an amberjack hungry and not careful, those two their version with an unusual imported from Japan although a piece orders will add up to a sub porcine tang to it ( confirmed by a Lookingfor the love of your life? Place a personalad in the localspecies is available), tako(octo stantial tariff. $2.50 is the starting piece of meat I found in the broth) HonoluluWee kly You could get lucky and meet that special pus), smooth white plastic-looking price category with your rolls of but tasty andlight with thinlysliced . ika.(squid), yellow blocksof tama kappa (cucumber) and umeshio carrots and the ubiquitous green someone. Andyou could add to your goodforrune by winning go (sweetened egg omelet whose (plum and shiso leaf) and fournigiri. onion rounds. Also included are a free dinner forthe two of you. qualityis a goodindicator of a sushi We then go to $3 for more rolls tsukemono (pickles) in their small bar's finesse), cooked headless and including natto (fermented soy dish, a small traywith six pieces of raw head-on ebi (shrimp, which if beans) and five nigiri. You keep Californiaroll and genmai cha (the BeginningAugust 25, and forthe following 11 weeks, thewriter ordered raw comes as both a sushi ascending to $3.50, $4, $4.50 - a local Japanese tea favorite which of thebest personal ad ( as determinedby the HonoluluWeekl y's and later as an additional treatwith big section with California Roll combines green tea and parched lemon wedge, the heads deep-fried prominent but some other new ones rice grains for a refreshingnutty classifiedstaff) will beawarded a $50 giftcertificate from the crisp and not too oily), uni (fatty to me: Washgington (sic) Roll of beverage). The tempura was crisp Downtown Bistro.So come on: pick up your pen andreach out gold sea urchin roe in wooden smoked salmon skin, undescribed and friedin freshoil. The calamari boxes), orangesides of sake (salmon, tempura roll and Union Ro\l passed muster but was not memo forsomebody special. And win a great mealin thecreative process. not the drink) and yet more arrayed (salmon, avocadoand cream cheese rable - ditto, said my friend Send your ad in today -just usethe coupon on page 14. in the cold display before you. - the bagel and lox revisited?). $5 Howard, forhis shrimp. Our wait Untypically, the menu clearly and has only two items, bothbelly tuna. ress seemed inattentive, perhaps concisely lists the names and $5.50 gives you San Francisco Roll expecting us not to notice.Wrongo! descriptions of the generally avail (eel, avocado and crab) and Capital But she did smile. able sushi, arranged by price. The Roll (eel, asparagus and shrimp). The Combination Lunch at $7.95 owner is Taiwanese, I heard from Topping offthe list at $6 are the gives you a choice of two items FOR DINNER her half-Japanese daughter whom I Hawaiian Roll (seven-fish combo) froma fieldof 14 including sashi 5-9 P.M. encountered in the wake of sever- mi, zaru soba, tempura,broiled fish al large Kirin bottles she delivered. es and fried oysters. There's an PASTA Nogi, one of the sushi chefs, is Sushi King $8 .50 Chirashi Lunch special, sushi notable for speaking colloquial 2700 S. King St. rice in a bowl or platter with good SOUTHWESTERN English - learned,he says, from (in Kamoiliili Center) ies artfully arranged over the sur FRESH SEAFOOD several years' residence in Las Lunch: Mondays - Saturdays, face.Noodles, donburi and an a la Vegas - and formaking a good 11:30 a.m. · 2 p.m. carte section round out this lunch VEGETARIAN nigiri sushi (the unrolled kind with Dinner: Sundays ·Thursdays, menu. All in all, a very nice roster fish on top). 5:30 · 10 p.m. of foods.UH Manoa power lunch I had a set of two hamachi for Fridays & Saturdays, ing could be done in worse cir 5:30 · 11 p.m. starters ($3.50) and found the fish 947-2836 cumstances. • both fresh and buttery rich. Fresh 536-5344 Dec.ember29, 1993 • Honolulu Weekly• 13 est, self-confident forrelation ship. Ref Kaimuki. Lesbian or gay man wanted #1020, 701991!' forhome near KCC. Mustbe clean, quiet Passionate, funny,one-woman man, 32, and respectful. No games, low drama, seeks SF, 20-32, who is honest, sensi CALL NOW sense of humor needed. Available now. tive w/ sense of humor. Ref #1021, Call 9AM - 9 PM. 735-5967. 70I99ff JOIN IN THE. AcnoN Kaimuki/Wilhelmina Rise. Room for classifiedsWifili£Mi¥Ltm Fun-loving persistent,SM, honest & sen rent in clean, quiet 2 bd/1 ba house. sitive seeks SWF, 45-55, who is funny OR. JUST EAVeSl>tl» PERSON-TO-PERSON ia.African Arts andCrafts Parking, laundry, view. Female preferred. 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Cable, that is obscene, indecent, sexually explicit or 70136ff wheels that would constituteadult entertainmentwill 1-'I00-74S-103() phone, pool, sauna, tennis crt, security, bere jected.Ho nolulu Weeklyreserves rightthe 1il+Y� '88 LeBaron wht convt. Too fi ne for washer, dryer. On busline. Guest pkg. to edit or refuse any ad and assumes no liability SBF seeks men of 20-40 yrs of North trade-in. Donatedto Mental Health Assn. $700+ deposit. 941-4719ask forBonnie forthe contentof or responseto any ador African descent or Latino. 70135ff $7500/obo. 523-2067,wkdays 521-1846. message. TAt>OOTA LI\ LIVC'.! or 523-8055 Doc. Attractive. SWF, Russian Jew, 5'3/130, 90GEO STORM Ifyou want to respond to an ad Manoa. Large master bedroom with pri likes music & dancing seeks M, 63-75, Excellent condition. 5-spd, HB, A/C. 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Key $3.SO/lllin 18+ . Green & quiet. Non-smoker. Rent $630 S- Single H- Hawaiian Easy-going & Loyal. SWF/Hawn, 6'1, + util + sec. Call Sheila 988-5450. G- Gay L- Local Reubenesque, funny, caring nurse seeks Manoa. Large master bedroomwith pri D- Divorced P- Filipino family-mindedM, kids okay. Ref#l008, real estate F- Female NS - Non Smoker tor sale vate bath & large closet in beautiful3/2 M- Male ND -No Drugs 70199ff house with refreshingbree zes & incred W- White HWP Scandinavian nurse, caring and honest TICKETTO BOSTON VIA SF RESIDENTIAL ible views of Falls & Valley. $775, util B- Black · Height/Weight Single one-way formid Jan $350. 538- Proportionate seeking a successful gentleman, 45-60, FEESIMPLE incl. 988-5498. J - Japanese 6198. C- Chinese YO - Years old for relationship. Ref #1013, 70199ff Diamond Head/Gold Coast. 1 bdrm in Moiliili area. 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Fortyish SM, finan Natural, intelligent, SWF, professional forhomes/patrons/ friends. Love hugs, Alewa Hts, nearDowntow n. Clean, sim to airport. Rent incl elec, color cable tv, cially secure enough to enjoy lots of seekssuccessful, active,outdoorsy, WM, peanuts and pasta. Capable of tricks, small ple, nice house to share. Peaceful, quiet, and own phone. $800/mo. 637-5822 playtime,movies and music seekssmart, 40+ and educated. Ref #1017, 70199ff talk and eatingvegetables from your plate. view, yard, cov' d pkg. $490 or $560, spirited, sweet SF. 70130'1? Nuuanu. AAA lg room + 1/2 bath on Come seeour many BIRDS of ALOHA. plus util & dep. 595-7273 or 737-0012 quiet lush st. One other personin house. Alaskan, 6' 1, non smoker, health pro MEN SEEKING MEN Providing sales, boarding, home consul days, Pat. Nr bus, strparking, wash, yard. $580 + seeks HI, Native Am, Latina, Black, or tationsand groomi ng. 637-5104. GWM, 31, seeks B/LNS. Box 37956, Downtown. Hon Park Place. 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Female to share furn * Enchanting Gifts W/D,garage, more. No drugs. Available 2/1 TH. Own br. Conv to mall, bus. Local JM, 29, carpenter seeks loving, UNCE.NSDRl=l> 'Jiu, * HandcraftedJew elry now. Must see! $650 + 1/2 utils. 396- Non/smoker. $600. Avail after 1/18. Call SF, 27-33, forrelationship w/ poss.mar Visionary Music 3283. 732-6791. riage. Loves beach A+. Ref #1001, * Kahaluu. Available now. Share lg 3/1 70199ff LIVE. AND WtU> Psychic Readings WaimanaloBea ch! Sharepeace ful,quiet, * countryhouse. Lg yard w/ vegetablegar secure 2 bedrm house w/ prof female. Energy. SWM, 46, 5'11, kid-at-heart, AlWAVS 0,E,N * Metaphysics and More den. $1200 + deposit incl water & yard One blk fr bch. Furnished, WID & yd healthy seeks SWF or J or mixed, fun Ward Centre 531-801o service. 239-4699. svce. Non-smoker. Call Maureen 259- loving, sincere, no kids. Ref #1002, * Kahaluu. GF & 3 indoor cats seeking 8040. 70199ff house mate to share 3/2 brand nu home. Waimanalo. Beach house. Short term - SM, 47, 5'6/170, Haw'n mix, passion ...... 7948 Incredible vus of the Koolaus & Jan & Feb or longer neg. Pets OK. ate, fun, seeksattractive LF, 35-45, loyal, $3.SO/HIN. OWN A PIECE OF l...OCAL HISTORY Chinaman's Hat. Very peaceful. $500 Washer/Dryer. N/S. $500 a month. We're big eyes, small mouth. Ref #1005, incl cable & elec. 239-95 15. quiet gay couple. 259-9439. 70199ff Pritchett Kailua. Bluestone. Own room in large Wi lhelminaCool, clean, smallroom. Share SCM, Christian, 31, 5'5, fit, romantic ORIGINAL PEN & INK 3-1/2 level townhouse.Pkg, pool,Jacuzzi, w/ mostly absent profs. Use ofden w/ view seeks a lady, SCF, 25-35, loving, gen CARTOONS & CARICATURES tennis. $550 + utils. 536-4177. 921-2878 no one uses. $380 incl util.Wshr, yard. tle, caring, athletic. Ref#1006,7019 9ff Kailua Beach. Clean, quiet and spacious. Own phone line (not incl). Avail now. 732- Mate. SJM, 36, 5'4, healthy, spiritual, COMMISSIONS ACCEPTED $550 plus security. 263-423 1. 4660. Cls screened, press * and talk. seeks open, natural, F, 20s-30s, home maker for loving home. Ref #1007, 701991!' r -HONO -- - -L ULU- - -- - � - - - - ciASsmEDAb'vErnsINaRAm------, Seeking NaturalLady. SM, Filipino, 55, �de:e�J1l!�Wednesday at 4:30 p.m. for O person-to• person A£h WITH VOICE MAIL FIRSTTHREE LINES FREE .. ...FREE! 5'8/140, warm, friendly, handy, easy the next week's issue. Prepayment is O Lines text (38 spaces/line max) ...... $5.00/line x ____ going seeks SF, 38-48. Ref #1009, required. Check or money order accepted. 70199ff Prepaid advertising is NON-REFUNDABLE. 0 Lines HEADLINE (23 spaces/line max) ...... ,...... $ 6.50/line x ____ Thank you for your order. CostPer Week ...... Subtotal = _____ Old fashioned, sincere, SM, 28, loves Honolulu, Hawaii 96817 528-1475 No. of Weekr to Pay for...... X Subtotal = _____ kids & animals seekshonest, active, SF, 528-3144 (FAX) HW Box (Valid for 4 weeks, ifyou wantwriten responses in additionyour to voice mail) ...... $1 5.00 = _____ 22-33, w/ a good heart. Ref #1011, Plus General Excise Tax (x .0417) = _____ 70199ff Name TotalEnclosed = _____ Good looking lawyer, SM, 28, seeks Address honest relationshipw/ attractive,SF, 21- State Zip 35, who stays healthy & enjoys life. Ref City #1012, 70199'1? Home Phone Daytime Phone Professional, articulate, Span/P M, 41, 38 seeks petite, attractive, SF, 27-37, for 23 relationshipposs. marriage. f#1016Re , 701991f Adventurous yet shy, SPM, 30, seeksS W/L Fwho is honest, friendlyand wants committed relationship. Ref #1018, 701991f Vital, handsome, SWM, 41, seeks 30- 45, attractive, athletic, SWF, w/ good Your GUARANTEED Housing to Share Ad will run for sense of humor for relationship. Ref 3 weeks. To continue your ad FREE for an addltional 3 weeks, contact Honolulu Weekt'y by fax, phone or #1019, 70199ff mail. Ads must be renew_!1dto continue this special Handsome world traveler, naval officer offer.Deadline for renewal is 4:30 p.m. on the third seeksquality lady, 22-33, attractive, hon- Wednesday your ad is published. .J 14 • December 29, ·1993 • HonoluluL----- �ekly ------�--� Need roommate for luxury condo. Fame, glory and sorefeet Awesome view, 3 blocks from Once again Honolulu Weekly is looking Downtown. Covered parking, pool, Publish It! fordelivery drivers! Yes, you too could jacuzzi, W/D. Dec 1. $700 mo + elec. bepart of the excitingworld of newsprint! Call J.P. 545-8800 There's never been a· better time For $10 an hour, we get to make you 1 rm in 2/1 apt, sec, lanai, W/D in the to get your manuscriptinto book fonn drive all over town, park in semilegal unit, pool, BBQ, cable tv, great view. and out to be read. curbspaces, weara fashionable Ho,wlulu $450. + util+ sec deposit.Moiliili area. Weekly T-shirtand become acquainted Avail Jan 1. 947-6118. SundialPublications 396-4695 with Kalihi. In return,you need to have Female roommatewanted for 3 bedroom Independent publishing services a reliablecar, insurance,a driver's license, house. Clean, light, airy space. Looks and either an answering machine. or a · really easy way to get hold of you. And like countryin Palolo Valley. Call 732- � � 7727. please don't be allergic to sweat or inky hands. We need you on Wednesdays Ideal home �ffice- upper St. Louis Hts. Psychic between 8:30 a.m. and 5 p.m. at the lat 2 br + prvt bath + shr office,prkg. Beverly est. 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GETTANNED • Service forchecking the truth or accuracy of ly I've been hearing that the During the 18th century Africa's For your Christmasvacation. Only $20 the information in classified ads or Africans themselves sold each other chief export was human livestock. for 1 week of tanning. Call now for the backgrounds of the persons into slavery. Thisnot being the most The driving forcebe hind slavery, of details. Electric BeachTanning Salons. placing those ads. Accordingly, (808) 373-3657 politically correct topic in the world, course, was Europeans' need for Honolulu 599-5999, Kailua 261-5594. StockPhoto LibrarlJ of Scenic Ha waii Honolulu Weekly makes no representations, promises or I trustonly you to give me the Straight cheap labor in the New World. But Member of: guarantees about the truth or Dope. -Name withheld, New York black Africansplayed a centralrnle. S,PESS�NO,! American Society of Media Photographers They were both the sellers and the Hawaii Photographic Society accuracy of the informationin the Relieving world stress classifiedads or about the Nobody can say I'm not even sold - sometimes both. White one person at a time backgrounds of those persons. • handed, man. I antagonize every slavers told of buying a load of slaves Get a massage! body. What you've been hearing is from a black trader, then whumping Forappt.call523- 0841 IIMAT 2031 right: Black Africans were major him upside the head and throwing I LIKE WEDDINGS players in the slave trade. In fact,it' s him in the hold as well. But that prob I shoot from the heart. fair to saythat if black Africanshadn't ably didn'thappe n often. Most whites - I am an experienced music done thedirty work of capturingother were afraid to venture far from the Flute Lessons with a Honolulu journalistic photographer. Africans and selling them to coast and principal rivers, and they Symphony musician. 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