. ��,;�i� ·.··. the hottestCALENDAR in town I · FREEi BY PETERWHll'E he military's drug war in the Pacific is a high-tech affair, accordingto the Coast Kidson the Guard admiral who runs counter-nar­ cotics operations in the region, and Smu ers moreoften than not the smugglers come Block out ahead. ''They're ahead of usin some areas, especially in being non­ Ah 1n detectable," groused Rear Adm. John Linnon last month at a Sheraton Waikiki conference 7 attended by militaryand industryleaders who are Hi�·Tech members of the Armed Forces Communications and Electronics Association. The Pentagon's Straight Pacific intelligence chief, the White House's chief sci­ entist for drug control and several space war­ Dope fare (SDI) experts also spoke to the group. Drugwa Linnon described the Continued on Page 3 9

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--- - t's morning recess at Nanaikapono Elementary School, and a fourth­ grader named Ualani is sharing thoughts about her life. "I love to confession: I voted draw dolphins. I want to be an artist," for John Waihee for she says, and then adds, "I wantto go governor in both to college so I can learn more." 1986 and 1990. Ualani's ambition may berun-of-the-mill Since I've been a at many grade schools, but it's hardly critic of many state common at Nanaikapono, one of seven governmentpolicies, elementary schools on Oahu's Waianae some friendswill undoubtedly Coast. he surprised. andot hers-like Ualani is sitting on the shaded pave­ Rcpubhcan Pred Hemmings ment outside one of the school's build­ and Democrat Ben Hopkrns. ings, facing a beautiful vista -across \\ h o Continued on Page 2 the playing fieldto Continued on Page 4 JOHN PRITCHETTILLUSTRATION Educational Tours to the Mauka to Makai Will theReal John Waihee Shanghai Guilin 3-Day PleaseStand Up? and Yangtze Continued from Page 1 Hong Kong River Gorges jumped in front of the Waihee re­ electionexpress last year - will cer­ Cruise tainly demand explanation. Beijing It's not as ifl didn't have doubts Xian when I punched the ballots. After Taiyuan all, Waihee had little political expe­ Chongqing rience; he'd served just a single term Yichang in the Legislature, and had then Wuhan waited four years in the wings as Nanjing lieutenant governor, watching Wuxi George Ariyoshi quietly and effec­ Dazu tively sneak family boodle through Suzhou customs. There were two sides to this rela­ Changsha tive inexperience. On the positive side, Waihee did not appear.to qual­ ify as a real "insider." In fact, he "THE CHINA CONNECTION" might even have passed muster with today's term-limitation movement. 14, 20 and 26 Day Tours But I recall vividly my concern In cooperation with Tianjin Travel and Tourism Corporation about the down side. I wondered whether Waihee would be able to A Full-Service Travel Agency hold his own when he was con­ Inter-Island Coupons frontedwith powerfulspecial inter­ Ticket Delivery Available est groups willing to pay for favorablepolicies and demands from party insiders accustomed to skim­ 942-2855 ming their patronage off the top. the administration to support a rub shoulders with loyal rank and Fax: 957-0056 Five years later, it's still hard to rewriteof the state's "sunshine" and file democrats. Waihee remained form anoverall judgment of Waihee. privacy laws, a move that has sig­ above the fray, seemingly implying TAA#599 His administration seems truly nificantly increased the public's by his actions that it matters little schizophrenic, with one foot onsolid access to information about the what the average democrat thinks. ground and the other mired in sleaze. workings of government agencies. Some readers may have noticed tourse In some important areas, Waihee Former state senate dissident that I'm no fan of Honolulu's mayor, 2600 South King Street • Suite 204 • Honolulu 96826 has brought in independent people, Charles Toguchi's term at the helm but Frank Fasi could certainly offer offered them the freedom to shake of the Department of Education has Waihee some essential lessons in the things up and then given them his been marked by a massive shake-up appearance of leadership. personal and political support. and a move toward decentralization Remember the infamous new There's Robbie Alm at the and community control. Meanwhile, year's flood of a few years back? Department of Commerce and Waihee has supported increased Fasi commandeered an emergency Consumer Affairs, who revamped funding forthe University of Hawaii vehicle, donned his rain gear and and streamlined the system forreg­ system, which had been deeply hurt appeared on the scene, amidst the istering and regulating business and by years of neglect. flood waters and debris, exuding transformedthe attitude of a notori­ Even in areas with continuing concern. It was a smart move, good ously reluctant bureaucracy. Alm's problems, like the departments of video. The media loved it. Heck, I effortshave drawn praise frombusi­ health and public safety, things have loved it. nesses and consumers alike. loosened up, accepted practices no Where was the governor? Good Robbie also gets credit forgetting longer prevail and political insiders question. He did finallyventure out, are no longer assured of free rides. a day or so later, to fly over and view HONOL ULU But the administration'sdown side the area from a helicopter. Too lit­ is also easy to see. When someone tle, too late and from too greata dis­ assures your re-election by raising tance to appear meaningful. $5 million to keep you in office,they Indeed, much of Waihee's term can pretty much write their own has been like that: aloof, distant and Vol. 1, No. 22 deals. And they apparently have. well-insulated fromthe rest of us. It December 18, 2991 Insider dealings, favoritism and makes an evaluation of the "real" Publisher and Managing cronyism appear to be as rampant as Waihee difficult,but I've got a nag­ Editor Laurie V. Carlson ever in this administration. While ging feelingthat's the point. Senior Editor Julia Steele there have been changes as a new Calendar Editor Derek Ferrar set of younger faces have appeared Editorial Assistant Ann Marie Swan at the public trough, no one would IanUnd's top 10 Contributing Writers mistake these as reforms. reasonsfor Bob Green, Mary Brennan, And in some ways the potential Cecil Adams, Ian Lind, forabuse has increased as Waihee supportingJohn Nikki Ty-Tomkins, Peter White, waiheefor Lennie Magida has continued to centralizepower in Contributing Illustrators the governor's office, imperiling the governor: independence of the Legislature Linda Fong, John Pritchett 10. Whyask why? through a series of revolving-door Cartoonists Matt Groening, 9. Wanted one moreHawaiian to live Slug Signorino appointments and further politiciz­ in a nice house Art Director Bud Linschoten ing executive agencies by weakening 8 Gave new generationa chance to Graphic Production the civil service system. Blaine Fergerstrom, sell out Perhaps the schizophrenia of this Isabella Forster 7. Assumed candidate with so little administrationaccounts for Waihee's Contributing Photographers experience could be trusted David L. Moore, Mark Williford aloofness. He has been an absentee 6. Such a cute accent Classified Manager governor,not only because so much 5. Desperate to get Ken Kiyabu out Isabella Forster of his timehas been spent outof state Advertising Mindy Jaffe of the Finance Committee CUISINE CONSULTANTS but because he's been largely invis­ Honolulu Weekly 4. Would have been a shame to lose itile on the home front. Whether its a small cocktail party, or an elaborate wedding ISSN #I057-414X all of that patronage Entire contents © 1991 by He hasn't been a hands-on, shoul­ with dinner for 500, Cuisine Consultants will provide 3. Wanted a governorwith facial hair expert input for all facets of planning "The Perfect Party." Honolulu Weekly, Inc. der-rubbing, hand-shaking kind of 2. Entertaining to watch supporters Treat yourself or someone special to one of our cooking All rights reserved guy. At last year's Democratic party 1200 College Walk, Suite 212 tryto say his name correctly classes - exotic and international cuisine offered. state convention, for example, Honolulu, Hawaii 96817 1. There are many famous leaders Telephone: 808 528-1475 Waihee was conspicuous by his named John, few named Andy or Subscriptions: absence. And when thegovernor and Cecil • 528-4808 $50/six months $75/year his entourage did arrive, it was not to 2 • ·December 18, 1991 • Honolulu Weekly .,

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°""'"'" •• ...... r...i. Continued from Page 1 "It turnedout that in this area the 10P AIRHAWAIIAN LIN ES operationsof Joint Task Force 5 (JTF The CoastGuard political leaders were the sameones 10 5), an interagency operation of law­ who controlled the cash crop - enforcement and military officials admiralin charge opium. So the CIA wound up being that he has commanded since it was ofPacific involved with people we now call formed on Oahu in 1989. JTF S's drug lords," McCoy says. stated mission is to trackdrug smug­ narcotics "In some instances the powerful glers anywhere in the Pacificocean. operationssays up-countrydrug lords the DEA was The groupuses ships and planes to supposed to be putting out of of keepa 24-hour tab on suspected drug the war will belost business were at the same time the ships, Linnon said. The task force withoutbetter covert action assets of the CIA," also watches from outer space and surveillance McCoy writes. FRY& CO. uses satellites to tracksmugglers and Mujahideen guerillas, for exam­ Bishop Trust Building to communicate with seven differ­ gadgets ple, received $2 billion in arms and ent federal agencies, including the money from the CIA to fight the 1000 Bishop Street, Suite 802 ArmedForces and local law enforce­ the boat on fire as the Coast Guard Soviet army in Afghanistan. But Honolulu, Hawaii 96813 II ment authorities. approached. It sank - though, in this many guerrilla leaders used those 1 But in three years, the task force case, not before half a ton of cocaine resources to expand their drug oper­ Phone (808) 531-6726 1 has snared very few ships carrying was seized as evidence. ations, according to McCoy. I I drugs, Linnon said. He said smug­ "It's like trying to plug a sieve. "In the decade of our involvement I glers frequentlyelude the pursuit of There are no choke points in Hawaii with the Afghan resistance, the DEA I his 84-person forceby air-dropping like in the Caribbean," Linnon said. did not participate in a single arrest, drug cargo at sea using special radio Despite the government's mas­ seizure or indictment," McCoy Providersof confidentialinvestment beacons that only the smugglers can sive anti-drug efforts, experts say writes, adding that during that time "see." The drugs are then retrieved drug interdiction efforts are only Southern Asia captured 60 percent servicesfor global Stocks, Bonds, and by local boats and brought ashore halting 5 to 10 percent of the world's of the U.S. heroin market. I under cover of darkness. drug traffic. Asia is not the only part of the Futures Management. Linnon pleaded with his audience Alfred W. McCoy, author of world where political concernshave of high-tech super-snoops to invent Politics ofHeroin, estimates world­ undermined the nation's drug con­ ,l better tracking devices that would wide opium productionlast year was trol policies. Last month embarrass­ enable the law to electronically 4,200 tons, and about 2,500 tons of ing testimony surfaced in the trialof I "mark"suspected drugships and air­ smack were smuggled into the former Panamanian strongman ll planes, devices that would prevent United States in 1990. Manuel Noriega in Miami. I the law fromactually having to phys­ McCoy's study of the heroin trade A prosecution witness, Carlos j ically place a bug on the vehicles (a details a "supply side" theoryof drug Lehrer, said the U.S. vice consul in move that requires a warrant). dealing. The number of addicts, for Cali,Colombia, offeredhim "a green Linnon said that unless his task force example, rises and falls depending light" to smuggle cocaine into the gets better high-tech surveillance on the availability of heroin. United States in 1982. Lehrer, a con­ gear, the flowof heroin and hashish According to McCoy, it is not so victed cocaine trafficker, said the fromAsia into the United States can­ much America's insatiable appetite unnamed American official wanted not be stopped. fordrugs but rather CIA complicity his help in running guns to the ''We need to trackpeople covertly . and Cold War politicsthat lie behind Nicaraguan Contras. The State If they detect you, they just blow the nation's drug epidemic. Department refused comment on themselves up; you end up rescuing "Covert operations and suppres­ Lehrer's allegation. them, and they live to smuggle sion efforts actually have a stimu­ Meanwhile, the government'santi.­ another day," Linnon said. lating effect on the drug trade," drug warriors are being run ragged Address Last month, that scenario was McCoy argues. all over the Pacific ocean by smug­ almost exactly played out 350 miles Since 1950, U.S. policy-makers glers "who always seem to get southwest of Cabo San Lucas, have triedto contain communism by away," according to Linnon. It Mexico, when a Coast Guard cutter forming alliances with countries appears that Linnon and his men are Phone along the Soviet Union's southern fighting a war they have no hope of approached a 36-footsailboat "loaded 0 One Year: $75 0 Six.Month: $50< 'Q to the gills" with cocaine, Linnon borders. Those countries - Turkey, winning against enemies who have said. 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It all started with a mysteri­ ous and seemingly innocent postcard, but from that point nothing wasto remain the same in the life of Griffin Moss, a quiet, soli­ tary artist living in London. His logical, a1anae methodical world was . suddenly turned upside down by a strangely , exotic woman living on a tropical island thou­ sands of miles away. Who is Sabine? How can she "see" what Griffin is painting when C DD S they have never met? Is she a long-lost twin? A clairvoyant? Or a malev­ Continued from Page 1 tors and concerns about the future The school committees have used olent angel? Are we witnessing the flowering of a the crashing blue Pacific. On the are temperedby optimism and enthu­ the money to institute an array of ser­ magical relationship or a descent into madness? This stunning visual novel unfolds in a series of postcards other side of the school is Farrington siasm. There is a positive charge in vices: Programs range froma car and letters, all brilliantly illustrated with whimsical Highway, with its incessant, dron­ the air, and there are the beginnings allowance forteachers at Makaha to designs, bizarre creatures, and darkly imagined land­ ing traffic.Classrooms on the mauka - albeit just the beginnings - of increased part-time and special staff scapes. Inside the book, Griffin and Sabine's letters are side of the Nanaikapono campus tangible, statistically legitimate at some schools to "mini-libraries" to be found nestling in their envelopes, permitting ManoaMarketplac& the reader to examine the intimate correspondence of have noise abatement devices, but improvement. Leroy Nagasako, now in each classroom at others. """Ph®e==-� these inexplicably linked strangers. This truly inno- these only work when classroom in his seventh year as vice principal The schools are also using the vative novel combines a strangely fascinating story doors are closed, which makes the of Waianae Elementary, says: "I feel funds as part of a more long-term with lush artwork in an altogether original format. rooms hot. Principal Myron there is a sense of change, a sense effortto boostacademic achievement Brumaghim would love to put in air of hope. When I first came, there and improve the schoolenvironment. conditioning. was very little hope." Leihoku For example, Maili (which, along Nanaikapono has more than two Principal Karen Muriyama says, with Leihoku and Makaha, has dozen buildings, a good 20 of which "I'm not trying to sugar-coat it - I gained autonomy under the auspices arethe kind that are laughably called really am proud of the school, and of the School-Community Based "portable" - not built on founda­ I'm really excited about it." Management program) this year tions and meant to be temporary. The single largest reason for the made a much-talked-about move to a They usually stay where they are for excitement is an infusionof Special four-day week in an effort to keep years. Needs funds from the Legislature. more teachers. All over the coast, Despite its multitudeof structures, In 1989, the Legislature designated schools are using Special Needs Nanaikapono is stillbadly squeezed the area's seven elementary schools funds to update the curriculum and forspace to accommodate its 1,200 and three secondary schools to institute new instructional meth­ kids, 88 teachers and assorted other (Waianae Intermediate, Waianae ods such as cooperative learning, a staff. There aren't enough class­ High and Nanakuli High and system through which better-abled rooms, Brumaghim says, and there Intermediate) Special Needs schools. students work with those who are isn't a librarybig enough to meet the The classificationwas based on fac­ slower (reportedly, both benefit). needs of the school. That's not all: tors universally plaguing the schools: Glancing across FarringtonHighway, a high percentage of at-risk students Waianae principals and teachers Brumaghim says, ''There are homes (alienated and/or disruptive); chronic are anything but coy about how coming in right across the street. And low test scores; absenteeism; the fail­ much they needed the SpecialNeeds I've got all I can handle." ure of students to graduate; the high money, and how glad they are to turnover of staff and large number have it. "It's a lifesaver," says Nanaikapono is the first elemen­ of probationary staff; and social Edward Kawamoto, the principal of I Ala Moana • Pear/ridge 1 & 2 • Amfac To wer • Kahala I tary school you reach as you head problems in the area, such as high Nanakuli Elementary. Waianae ..______... out along the Waianae Coast; it is unemployment and a preponderance Elementary Principal Roger also the largest. There are six more: of welfare recipients. Bellinger describes the funds as Kamaile, Leihoku, Maili, Makaha, Since the 1989-90 school year, "catch-up money to make up for Nanakuli and Waianae. The schools each of the designated schools has years of neglect. Special Needs has G L E N N are guided and staffed by people of received $300 per child, per year, in helped us to be not so frustrated, to T E N B E R varying experience and philosophy. Special Needs funds. Each school be optimistic." s I G Nanakuli has had the same princi­ has a committee - representing There are some concrete reasons A R T s T pal for all of its 15 years; Makaha administrators,teachers, parents and for the optimism. Leihoku's has had three principals in the last the community - that decides, Muriyama points to an upswing in fi ve. The physical environments of within state directives, how to use standardized math test scores: Five the schools differ greatly too: the funds. (The state requires that years ago, only 5 percent of third­ Kamaile is new, neat and serene; the money be used to address low graders and 5 percent of sixth­ Leihoku has attractive landscaping; academic achievement and improve graders scored above average; most Maili's population chokes on the student performance. "We also do recently, those numbers jumped to smell, dust and feathers from a lookat things such as school climate, 20 percent and 23 percent respec­ neighboring chicken farm. absenteeism and disciplinaryrequire­ tively. The reading scores of Hawaii But the shared realities of the ments," says Hazel Sumile, who, as students' are generally worse, but in Waianae Coast schools are more an educational specialist, oversees Waianae they have begunto inch up: important than their differences. Special Needs in the DOE Leeward At Makaha, forexample, in 1988- ORIGINAL PAINTINGS • LIMITED EDITION PRINTS • NOTE CARDS • 239-9914 Being a school on the coast has his­ District Office. "The whole objec­ 89, 48 percentof third-graders scored MEET THE ARTIST! DAILY EXCEPT MONDAY AND FRIDAY, WA RD torically meant low test scores, high tive ...was community and parent below average, 46 percent average WA REHOUSE ART COVE. FREE POSTER WITH ANY PURCHASE staff turnoverand a communitybeset involvement," she says. ''The plans and 6 percent above average; in OVER $30 THROUGH CHRISTMAS. by social problems and laboring needed to include a decision-mak­ 1990-91, those scoresclimbed to 36, THIS AD WAS PA ID FOR BY THE LAW OFFICES OF GARY PAUL LEVINSON. under a negative reputation. ing process that involves all those 56 and 8 percent. "Considering what MR. LEVINSON, A STEINBERG COLLECTOR, SUPPORTS HAWAII'S LOCAL ARTISTS. But these days disheartening fac- groups.") we slatted with, we're very proud," funding has helped, the frustrations schools - including those on the • Physical and cultural dis­ and problems of the Waianaeschoo ls coast - have better facilities than tances fromtown are also great, and are too great to be erased by a few Neighbor Island schools. And he hardly any of the teachers working years of a few hundred dollars per notes that Kamaile and Leihoku, the on the Waianae Coast come fromor child. As Bellinger says, the schools two newest coast schools, were built live on the coast. Student bodies are face "unique difficulties that get in only because the state departed from heavily Hawaiian, part-Hawaiian and the way of the education process. its own priority rules,"a major, major Filipino; the largest group of teach­ Some of these problems dollars can concession." ers are ethnic Japanese. That could help, some of them dollars cannot." • Income and education levels change under a new Kamehameha The list of problems the Waianae in Waianae are low, unemployment Schools/UH/DOE program called Coast and its schools have to deal is high, single parenting and welfare PreService Education forTe achers with is extensive and disturbing: dependency are common, home­ of Minorities (PETOM). But in the • Waianae Coast kids always lessness is a reality. About 65 chil­ meantime, as Nanaikapono first­ score at or near the bottom on stan­ dren living in a neighboring grade teacher Helene Tanimoto says, dardized reading and math tests homeless shelter attend Maili. When "The values are different here, and given to third and sixth graders. another planned shelter goes into you have teachers with middle-class Rather than following the tradition­ operation, enrollment will increase values who may not understand." At ally desirable "bell" curve, many at Waianae Elementary. Makaha Elementary, Pang says, new area scores fromthe past decade are More than a few children come teachers are taken "on a tour of the skewed to the left, with the largest to school unfed, unbathed and coast so they understand the prob­ group in the bottom third. unshod. Many need special attention lems. For example, kids who live on A lot of kids haven't been to from school personnel. ''They come the beach don't have light to do their preschool, haven't received much to school with us worrying about homework." educational preparation at home and their basic needs," says Pang. • Onaverage, teachers don't stay are oftenplaying catch-up right from Luckily, most kids in the Waianae in Waianae long. Many transfer as the starting line. Typical examples: schools qualifyfor free or subsidized soon as they can - most often, At Maili in 1989-90, and Waianae lunches and can at least be fed. when they become tenured after in 1990-91, more than 70 percent of It's often difficult for school per­ teaching forthree years. Though the students scored in the lowest third sonnel to maintain communication transfer rate has dropped since the on a standardized test given to with parents and to follow through inception of Special Needs, the long incoming kindergartners.Kawamoto on students' problems. "Phone num­ history of high teacher turnover has says that "first-grade teachers here bers ( of parents) keep changing, or meant a lack of continuity and a are facedwith kids who don't know they don't have phones," says depletion of staffexperience levels. the alphabet, and parents .. .to whom Leihoku's Muriyarna."If we suggest And while Waianae Coast principals education is not important." family counseling or counseling for like to laud the enthusiasm of their The focus on scores rankles some the child, (parents) are very resis­ new, young staffs, they readily Waianae educators. Brumaghim says tant." Maili teacher Lori Shimizu bemoan the small number of veteran they should be used "to evaluate cur­ says that "some parents are active, teachers. riculum, not to compare schools." but most are not. You send some­ There are some stunningly Still, the chronically low scores indi­ thing home to be signed, but the par­ devoted educators on the coast, like cate nothing but serious problems. ents don't have a pencil, so it doesn't fifth-grade teacher Harriet • Most of the schools are get signed." Nishiguchi, who has been commut­ already short on space and facilities, • People,especially people who ing to Waianae Elementary from and administrators foresee more don't actually visit the Waianae Hawaii Kai for 30years. And there growth than they feel equipped to coast, often have trouble getting past are some energetic newcomers who handle. "It's a source of major con­ the images of gangs, drugs and really want to be where they are. cern among principals," says brawlers that get virtually all the pub­ Those people, even more than the Kawamoto, whose officeis in what licity. Many Oahu residents think of money, make Waianae principals used to be a dressing room. Kamaile Waianae as blalah territory, not as a hopefuland optimistic. "Especially Elementary is only 3 years old and, nurturing environment for educa­ this year, they're so involved with unlike the older schools, it has a new tion-hungry grade-schoolers. what they're doing," says Maili Vice­ building slated to come on line in The reputation does not escape the Principal Linda Victor. "The bond 1993, but it's already going to need grade-schoolers - or their parents. between teacher and students has three portable buildings next year Waianae educators say both groups been tremendous." just to get by. Kamaile, which was lack self-esteem. "It's hard for the Principals say the teachers who opened to alleviate overcrowding at kids when all they hear is the down make a real differenceare the ones Makaha and Waianae Elementary stuff," says Katy O'Neil, language who believe in the kids of the schools, has "grown faster than I arts resource teacher and Special Waianae Coast, who want to help could have imagined," says Principal Needs Coordinator at Kamaile. them learn."I have high expecta­ Michael Miyamura. "We're looking Waianae educators will not deny tions. I do not want watered-down at growth that's going to get us in a that they have discipline problems, instruction," says Pang. "Just becausewe're Waianae doesn'tmean says Principal Norman Pang. Peters. Those legislators started bind." nor say flatly that their schools are the kids don't learn." Principals also note a drop in absen­ pushing for extra funds for the Classrooms at some schools have free of racial prejudice. But they The students seem to agree. Says teeism - at Maili, for example, the schools back in 1982. The traditional had to double up, and principals are speakover and over again of thefeel­ Kamaile first-grader Garrison as he average daily rate of absenteeism notion of "parity" for Hawaii's startingto mull such options as a 12- ing of ohana in the community, the wolfs down his taco lunch, "I like has plummeted from 10 percent to schools has been based, says Apo, month school year. Other factorsalso ready response of parents to special school. I want to get smart." 6 percent. on "measuring the resources that go detract from the schools' physical school activities and the warmth and There has been outside recogni­ out to the schools.... But the only environment, such as the trafficnoise spontaneity of the children." • tion of the changes, too. Leihoku way to really measure parity is by at Nanaikapono and the chicken­ recently won a citation as 1991-92 what comes out." That, he says, is farm smell at Maili. "It's really sad Outstanding School forthe Leeward why the coast schools needed extra what these kids have to go through. District. A Makaha program that funds- because the established, It's like sitting in a latrine," says integrates education about science, centralized allocation system "could Paulalgawa, who has taught at Maili Hawaii CollectorsE o '92 fora dozen years. "Maybe a load of xp agriculture and drugs came in third never close the gap" between those Hawaii'sPre mkr Art,Anti.que & Collectihks Marketplace among eight programs nationwide schools and others. Moreover, Apo manure in the Legislature's air-duct honored by the federal Department says, Special Needs has spurred the system would have some effect." February21, 22, 23 - 1992 of Health and Human Services. community to become more closely But Special Needs funds can do BlaisdellExhibition Hall little to solve the problem of inade­ Waianae educators are keeping involved in its schools. He particu­ lkndnr I uiries \Ve lcome. their fingers crossed that the posi­ larly laudes Maili Principal Curtis quate facilities. At Nanakuli nq Elementary, for example, CATALYST' PRODUCTIONS tive trendswill continue and that the Young for involving the community Post Office Box10596 , Honolulu, Hawaii 96816 teachers who have begun new pro­ in school decision-making. Kawan10to's facilitywish-list - an Telephone 80054.5-SHOW, Fax 8005.33-16.37 grams will stay. But despite the Waianae Coast educators would administration/library building, six improvements, all is not well. Unless love dearly to see Special Needs to eight classrooms and a sci­ the Legislature extends the program, funds continue, at some level, ence/music building - would cost Special Needs fundingwill end after beyond 1994. For now, though, Apo roughly $5 million. One permanent the 1993-94 school year. That says, a more likely course is forthe classroom alone runs well into six Jonah prospect is unnerving to Waianae DOE to accept a greater responsi­ figures.And Waianae administrators educators. "We're very proud. It's bility at the district level. That way, say most DOE money for capital working. I dread when Special he said, programsbegun with Special improvements is going elsewhere - Sheri Needs ends," says Pang. Needs funds could be "institution­ chiefly to Kapolei, where school Kaylor The teachers out on the Waianae alized" and would thus receive reg­ enrollment is expected to explode. coast are banking on continued ular funding from the DOE. "At the present time, we're low pri­ HAIR ARTWORKSa sakxl strong support fromtheir state leg­ ority" says Bellinger. islators: Sen. James Aki, Vice Lurking beneath the political pres­ Compounding that status, says Paul Speaker Peter Apo and Rep. Henry sures is a tough reality: Though extra Apo, is the factthat virtually all Oahu 1126 12th Avenue, Suite 207, Kaimuki 737-0843 Ventura December 18, 1991 • Honolulu Weekly • 5 -.

of mainstream Hollywood. Fear is a revenge everyone's favorite death dispenser stars as geousness in the wonder of the Bard's words humanist film about a Japanese soldier in drama about a lawyer who didn't do rigl\t by a peace officer who "goes undercover to and transforn1S what could have been a gim­ Burn1awho refuses to return home afterthe a fundamentalist sociopath client 14 years take on the Mob." Lordy, what will they think micky film into a work of art. The production war a11d stays in tl1e country, disguised as a Dec. earlier. Now the tattooed nut is out of prison of next? Directed by Chuck's brother Aaron. design is truly in1aginative, and the music Buddhist monk. While tl1e sentiments of the and out for blood. The whole cast is good, -D.F score by Michael Nyman is first rate. Rec­ film anticipate a turn toward liberal pacif1Sm, but the performances you'll remember are HomicidePlaywright David Mainet tries wlit­ ommended, but mainly to those who already the pace of tl1is film is old-style Japanese: It 18-24 those of Robert DeNiro (as the tattooed ing and directing a new film - and comes like Greenaway's work. is, particularly by MTV standards, quite avenger) and Juliette Lewis (as the 14-year­ up typical: an intriguing plot, one with (gasp) The Rapture This should have been called stately. Recommended. In Japanese with All calendar information old daughter of the in1periled couple). Some actual ideas, undone by in1plausibilities that "The Rupture." About halfway through iliis English subtitles. MovieMuseu m, 3566 Hard­ must be received by noon call the ongoing pummeling Scorsese gives work on the stage but are all too transparent intriguing movie about a promiscuous tele­ ing Ave.: Fri. 12/20 & Sun. 12/22, 8 p.m. $5. on Wednesdaytwo weeks audiences wonderful moviemaking; others on the screen. This tin1e Mamet's favorite phone operator (Mimi Rogers) who is born 735-8771 before publication. call it the cinematic equivalent of a profes­ Joe Mantegna plays a tough cop who busts again, everything fallsapart in every depa1t­ Citizen Kane (1941) The most influential Call 528-1185 sional contract killing. This ve1y violent film criminals and searcl1es his soul fora sense of ment: story line, dialogue, acting and cine- sound film ever made. Director-star Orson is not for every taste. Real Identity. In a season of frontal-lobotomy Curly Sue Vicious sentimentality about a film fare, tl1is is at least a film of substance, terminally cute waif and her hobo scam-rutist and there will be those who like it ve1y companion. Yet another John Hughes con­ much. Cautiously recommended. Film fection. Not recommended. HookIt was evident when I got a chance to Criticism by Bob Green unless otherwise Flightof the Intruder Wa r-lover John Mil­ see the just-being-dismantled sets at Sony noted. ius (Red Dawn) has written and directed yet Studios (nee Columbia) a few montl1s ago another male fantasy in which everything is tl1at Spielberg's Hook was going to be a gar­ First Run resolved by buddyhood and violence. It has gantuan production featuring larger-tl1a11-life Brief reviews of selectedfirst-ru n filmsin planes; it has bombs; it has state-of-the-ait pirate ships, clocks, coastlines and moun­ town. Confirmtheater s, dates and times. special effects. The biggest bomb, however tains. (T11eJolly Roger alone cost over $1 mil­ The Addams Family A TV-thin, but divert­ hit the box office when this war ditty was lion, one of the gaffers told me.) And ing, story about a potential Uncle Fester released: Even Desert Storm devotees stayed gargantuan it is, with the biggest director in1poster who wreaks havoc on the Addams away. Disappointed, Milius vowed to quit and stars (Robin Williams, Julia Roberts, Family unit. With Anjelica Huston and Raul movies and become a war correspondent. Dustin Hoffman, Maggie Smith) tl1at money Julia. T11e family's altogether "ooky" lifestyle We should be so lucky. can buy. What (forgive me) is Hoo/ts hook? For theBoys earned the film $24.6 million on its opening An odd, sprawling, not always Why, it's a parable for the '90s! Peter weekend in the U.S. of A. coherent musical comedy (!) about War and (Williams, 30 pounds lighter than he's been All I Wantfor Christmas This Parent Trap­ Music. Bette Midler is Dixie Leonard, a of late) has grown up to become a souless ish comedy stars Leslie Nielsen as Santa brassy, lovable USO singer who tours the corporate type. When his kids are kid­ Claus. Mom and Dad got divorced last Clnist­ wars with her partner, amoral song-and­ napped, Peter discovers his buried self and mas; this Cluistmas the kids tty to b1ing them dance man Eddie Sparks Oaines Caan). A learns to be Peter Pan again. Some of this back together. With Harley Jane Kozak. - geriatric, ingeniously embalmed Midler, about movie is "magical" and entertaining, but its Mary Brennan to receive some kind of award or other, looks calculations are a bit obvious, and it's fartoo American Tail 2: Fievel Goes West T11e back and narrates her life. The story jerks long. We give this one a ·Seven out of 10. American streets are not "paved with cheese" along, from World War II to Koreato Vietnam The LastBoy Scout It remains to be seen as the Mousekewitz family had hoped, so to Beverly Hills to the Halls of Montezuma whether or not the titanic Bruce Wi llis ship and the shores of Tripoli. It's what Yogi Berra IO-gallon rodent Fievel, scion of the in1Illi­ of stardom has sunk entirely: After Willis' tour de france. grant M's, leaves New York for the roaming would call a And rightly so: appearance in Hudson Hawk, a deafening buffalo and romantic six-shooters of the Old This two-and-a-half-hour odyssey is a gru­ bomb, tl1e Moonlighting star began to look eling maratl1on. It's a mess, okay, but Midler's Wild West. - M.B. too smirksome for the big screen. T11e studio Beauty and the BeastDisney's anin1ators got nerve. - MB. has high hopes, however, for this action Frankieand JohnnyMichelle PFeiffer and Al imitate the classic 1930s Disney style and adventure, which may get some needed juice Pacino, too attractive for tl1eir roles, give raid successful elements from other animated from In Living Color star Keenan Ivory "classics." Among the pe1formers who sing excellent perfonnances in this entry in tl1e Wayans. - M.B. feel-good movie sweepstakes. Gany Mar- uttleMan Tate JodieFoster shows promise as a director in this carefully crafted "audi­ tion" filmabout a child prodigy. Witl1 Dianne Wiest and HarryConnick Jr. (a former child prodigy himself).Recomme nded. Man in the MoonNo one doesrites-of -ado­ lescence passage films like director Robert Mulligan (ToKill a Mockingbird). Here's another; word is that it's one of the best films of the year (which in 1991 amounts to faint praise indeed) My Girl Well, as faras I understand it, this matography. What began as a rare inquiry We lles, at 24, brought his radio-drama form movie is about a young boy and a young into ilie spiritual life of America collapses of theatricality (and innovative radio sound) girl who become friends. The pre-pubescent into amateurishness. If you're one of those to the movies in this showpiece study of the Juliet is apparently estranged from her under­ who no longer believes in hell, sit all the American tycoon as egomaniac; his Charles taker father (Dan Aykroyd). Little albino way through this one -you'll have to recon­ Foster Kane both revealed and satirized fetus-facedsuperstar Macauley Culkin (I don't sider. media magnate Wiiliam Randolph Hearst, care, write me a letter) is the young Romeo. Star Trek VI One of the best of the series. and, some say, anticipated Welles' own roller­ He is stung to death by bees at the end, so Paramount had the good sense to return to coast ride into great fame and unfinished tl1ere is a God. Or maybe they've changed writer-director Nicholas Meyer (Star TrekI1) projects. What Ka ne did, above all, was the ending. I don't know. Thank you for for this film which, despite a drastically prove to tl1e movie-going public tl1at tl1e film your time. - M.B. reduced budget (cut it by $9 mi.Ilion), is a form now had its own grammar, vocabulary NecessaryRoughness A college- football sturdy, sin1plistic morality play, very effec­ and logic. Herman Mankiewicz's script was "comedy" with Scott Bakula and TV's Sin­ tively photographed by Honolulu's Hiro cinematic, not literary; Gregg Toland's cam­ bad. You'll be seeing it on cable very soon. Narita. T11e story parallels the recent breakup era work was not in the least psychologi­ Other People's Money Danny DeVito is of the Communist (here it's Klingon) empire cally confined by the proscenium arch; and good in this diluted version of the Broad­ and suggests that not everyone involved the technical wizards at RKO Studios pro­ way hit about '80s-style American greed, but really wants peace. This is the last of tl1e vided expertise in transitions, exposition, ilie play is much better. series, they say. If that's true, the· crew of Out for Justice Out to lunch. the Enterprise have gone out honorably. Paradise Don Johnson and Melanie Grif­ fithtogeilier again for the first time. Between Johnson's pouty narcissism and Griffith's Short Run and bad-little-girl voice, tl1is melodrama - about Revival a marriage saved by the love of a chi.Id - is All the Vermeers in New York 0990) Writ­ not all it could be. The two performers are ten, directed and edited by 30-year inde­ oftengood, but when they lapse into repose pendent film veteran Jon Jost. This they look and sound like showbiz carnies. comecly--drama, like all Jost films,covers a lot ThePeople Under the Stairs Over the top of ground without losing its way. The film is in gore. This film, about people trapped in memorable, far betterthan the stuffthat usu­ the ersatz Broadway-showtune score is shall (Pretty Woman) directs in his usual an old house by an evil couple, has its clever ally passes itselfoff as social commentary. It's Angela Lansbury, who is worlds better than min1eticstyle. moments, but it manages to suggest iliat a love story, of sorts, about a French actress anyone else. Recommended, cautiously. Highlander2 Brigadoon redux: sequel to alienated audiences need massive doses of in NYC who accommodates herself to ilie Billy BathgateThis gangster movie starring the tale of ilie in1mortal tin1e-traveling Scots­ mayhem in order to feel anything at all. love-obsessions of a stock trader, though she Dustin Hoffman went belly up at the box man and his cagy arch-enemy. (It's not really Prospero's Books Shot in Amsterdam by herself is rather more entranced by paint­ office, and forgdod reason: Here's anoilier as sin1ple as that - the Highlander is exiled the great Sacha Vierny (with some footage ings at the Metropolitan. With Emmanuelle exainple of Hollywood embalming a good, from anoilier planet - but let's not worry shot in high-jazz she telephoned a restaurant to leave orization - with his final cut of the film. tunes in the mall to ease you through those a message fora friendthat she would Highly recommended. Academy Theatre, 900 haggard mistletoe giftwrap days. Wa rd Cen­ tre. be late. The woman who answered S. Beretania St.: Wed. 12/18, 7:30 p.m. & Sun. 12/22, 2 p.m. Free. 531-6411 Thur. 12/19, 1 & 7:30 p.m. $4. 538-1006 Spiritof Aloha A Christmas concert to ben­ the phone apologized fornot having TheHouse On 92nd Street 0945) Dated, efit the Alzheimer's As.5ociation of Honolulu's a paging system and asked if Sheryl but evocative. J. Edgar Hoover appears on Family Support Program. Featuring Henry could describe her friend. Sheryl screen to introduce this docu-narrative (the Kapono, The Gospel of Salvation Church paused. The pause grew longer. first media blurring of official factwid1 nar­ Choir, Keiki Halau Hula o Lana and Santa. "What color hair? How tall?" rative license, the like of which now infests Dole Ballroom, 650 Iwilei St.: Sun 12/22, 6 Standard questions, forwhich Sheryl "reality" television), dramatizing the d1en p.m. 528-5036 had no answers. Finally she blurted amazing machinery and techniques of spy Stephen Stills A genuine Woodstock alum­ out, "Well I can't see, so I don't busting, FBI-style. l11e Nazis get it in spades. nus in our very own midst. Bod1 solo and as know. But I can tell you what his Wim Lloyd Nolan and Signe Hasso (in drag). a member of Crosby, Stills and Nash (and _,£ Mouie Museum, 3566 Harding Ave.: Thur. occasionally Young), the barbershop quaitet DAVID L. MOORE voice is like, what he smells like, 12/19 & Sat. 12/21, 8 p.m. $5. 735-8771 wid1 a Vision forA Generation, Stills helped what his footstepssound like, what bring the world such E-Z riding wonders as he feels like when I give him a Suite: Judy Blue Eyes, Laue the One Yo u 're hug ..." And Sheryl found she'd With and Wa sted on the Way. CSN has been shared her way of seeing with a sur­ Music active again of late (they've played here and prised restaurant employee. even appeared wim Neil Young ar San Fran­ Puppetswi th "Other people's perception of a Concerts cisco's Bill Graham memorial show last person's disability just get in the way. Honolulu Boy Choir A Christmas concert. monm), but Stills will be all by himself on d1e I could blindfoldyou and tell you to Blaisdell ConcertHall, 777 Ward Ave: Wed Pink's Garage stage. Pink's Garage, 955 go out and walk to the bus stop. 12/18, 7 p.m. $5 - $15. 537-6191 Wa imanu St.: Fri. 12/20 & Sat. 12/21, 8 p.m. You'd be terrified by the trafficand Honolulu Brass This Christmas concert by $15 advance, $17.50 at the door. 537-1555 Purpose A Very Aloha Christmas Just can't get a Chamber Music Hawaii's horn outfitwill fea­ dreadfullyaware of your temporary ture the music, art and food of Spain. Dur­ enough of that jumpin' yuletide sound, eh? heryl Nelson is cheerfully clothes bought straight offthe racks; handicap. And you wouldn't under­ Then this Honolulu Symphony Lighter Side bent on changing the world. all are life-size. In many ways they ing the concert, slides of seasonal Spanish art stand being blind at all. You'd feel will be projected, and during intermission, Pops Christmas deal's the thing. Featuring Sitting comfortably in her resemble The Muppets. "They can that blindness was an awful handi­ home-made Spanish holiday food will be soprano Leigh Ann Braley and the Sounds of immaculate kitchen, she cost as much as $800 each ... there cap. But if you close your eyes and available. Academy Theatre, 900 S. Beretania Aloha Barbershop Chorus doing selections spreads an array of adver­ are over 600Mark Rileys being used sit there safely, I'll show you how St.: Sun. 12/22, 8 p.m. $5 - $7. 538-1006 ranging from Bach/Gounod's Ave Maria to tising folders on the table right now in the national program," blindness is." Melveen LeedNot all d1e tinsel will be on 0 Holy Night and Mele Kalikimaka. Blais­ and chooses one. "Kids on Sheryl says. I close my eyes, and Sheryl gets d1e tree at Melveen's glitzy Christmas Eve dellCo ncert Hall, 777 Wa rd Ave: Fri. 12/20, the Block," she announces, her face This remarkable venture in under­ up and moves around the kitchen. do. Prin1e rib buffet included. Ala Moana 8 p.m. $9 - $27. 537-6191 alight with enthusiasm. But it isn't standing and awareness is co-spon­ She drops an object into my hands Hotel, 410 Atkinson Dr.: Tue. 12/24, 6 p.m. Club Acts a teen rock group she's referring to. sored by the State Department of and asks me to identify it. "Feel it, $38 adults, $17 kids. 955-4811 It's a extraordinary collection of life­ Education and Very Special Arts smell, it taste it. .. do whatever you TheMessiah And here you were, thinking Band schedules are subject to change. size puppets, each one with its own Hawaii. The fruits of the endeavor . you'd get d1rough the season without one ... Please cal/venues fo r latest i riformation. want .." I feel a cool, glassy bottle. but nooo! The Honolulu Symphony and its name, history, distinct personality... shine eloquently in the dozens of let­ The top is apparently wood, rounded Consult the Live Music Ve nues list fo r chorus perform Mozart's version of Handel's locations and phone numbers. and disability. There's Mark Riley, ters the Kids receive each year from and lacquered. There is some sort of evergreen hit with soloists Karen Acampora who's 11 and has cerebral palsy and enthusiastic children. Second-grader a paper label on one side. I twist off (soprano), Victoria Livengood (mezzo- a wicked sense of humor. His pal, Byron writes, "When your retarded the top and feel a powdery substance Renaldo Rodriguez, is the same age, your not domb your just slow of inside which I pour into my hand. and he's blind. Jenniferhas a learn­ The smell of cinnamon assails me. ing disability, and Mandy is deaf. 1heKids onthe I'm holding a bottle of cinnamon. Their friends Melody and Brenda Blockprogram Sheryl laughs. I have a feeling it's have no disabilities; they are present teaches local a little experiment she's used before to help provide answers to what are with immediate success in one of her sometimes uncomfortable questions. youngstersabout many workshops. "It's attitudes But questions, answers and under­ disabilities which must be changed. Attitudes standing are what this unique troupe by NikkiTy-T omkins are an invisible barrier," she says and of puppets is all about then recalls being nominated for an Kids on the Block is the brainchild leme things." Michelle is openly award by a service organization. The of Barbara Aiello, who now runs the intrigued by the whole experience. nomination form included a series national program from Columbia, "I think its neat being blind. I think of questions, none of which related Maryland. Created almost 10 years it's neat doing things differentwhen to her professional life. All of the ago to help schoolchildren learn your blind." Patricksums everything questions dealt with the origins and about people with disabilities, the up more succinctly. "I learned no limitations of her disability. Kids help promote open attitudes matter how you are, you' re still the To compound matters, at the toward the handicapped through same." awards ceremony, the friendwho carefully constructed skits. Over Sheryl wants to expand Kids on had nominatedSheryl for the award Kabala Mall NBC Concert Hall Bishop Square 1,200 community-based groups are the Block and include adults in her was asked to join the organization, M-Sat. 7a.m. to 9 p.m. Symphony M-F 6:30 a.m. to 4:00 p.m. now operating Kids on the Block crusade fora changed awareness of and Sheryl was ignored. She had Sun. 7a.m. to 5:30 p.m. Operas Closed Sat. & Sun. Special Events puppet programs throughout the handicapped people and their abili­ received a token award, but was still United States and in 17 other coun­ ties. Besides acting as the coordina­ perceived as limited. 735-1329 tries. The group has been performing tor of the Kids, she is the founderof "You perceive yourself as capable in Hawaii since 1982; last year the her own company, Open Access, and have to withstand being brain­ Kids met over 17,000 children which offers workshops that deal washed into thinking yourself inca­ statewide - and they're reaching with attitudes and accessibility. pable. People tend not to believe (in) out formore. "People with disabilities must not be your choices." Sheryl ruefullyrecalls Teachers and educators may limited by what others think, " she an incident in Maine years ago when choose from several different scripts, says. "Do you ever stop to think I she and a frienddecided to go horse­ GRAND OPENING which are written for varying age don't even consider myself broken?" back riding. A heated argument levels. The 30- to 45-minute pro­ It's a good rhetorical question and ensued when the owner of the stable grams are filled with educational one that Sheryl handles with cheer­ realizedSheryl was blind. She insisted information,opportunities foraudi­ ful aplomb. Sheryl, who is blind, is DISCOVERY she could ride, he insisted she could ence participation, music and sign certainly not broken. Moving surely not. They finally compromised. She ¥t§>Jl·M·P·O·R·T·S Re language. The question sessions after about her kitchen, she offers me signed a liability waiver. Then she HANDMADE POTTE RY • GLASSWARE • FURNITURE the performances drive home the refreshments while stooping to pat got on the horse and rode off. lessons. The children begin to iden­ one of her two apparently identical Sheryl is still firmlyin the saddle FINALLY!! tify with the various puppets by tabby cats. "This is Stevie the and in no mood to get off. There are directly posing direct questions to Wonder Cat," she announces, some­ a lot of children who haven't met Kids A unique collection of pottery, them. And the Kids show that their how able to distinguish between the on the Blockand a lot of non-disabled hand-blown glassware, ways of doing things aren't perfectly matchedpair. (Stevie is also adults who must understand that "wrong" ...they 're just different. blind.) Sheryl drops a paper clip and many of the problems facedby "dis­ furniture & accessories at Sheryl displays several of the immediately begins to swing her leg abled"individuals come fromthe way large, beautifully crafted puppets in carefully calculated arcs, like a in which they are perceived as lim­ very affordable prices! relaxing on her clothesline. The pup­ metal detector, until she locates it ited by "non-disabled" individuals. 550 N. Nimitz Hwy.- 536-6776 pets are craftedon the Mainland out under the ledge of the cupboard. She Sheryl clearly doesn't recognizeany Acrossfrom Gentry Pacific Center of feltand fabric. Each is dressed in arranges a pile of pamphlets and limits in her life. • December 18, 1991 • Honolulu Weekly • 7 Uve Music Venues 923-2172 734-3772 Anna Bannanas,2440 S. Beretania Ia Salsa,Restaurant Row, 500 Ala Orson's,5 HoolaiSt, Kailua. SL 946-5190 Moana Blvd. 536-4828 262-2306 Andrew's, Ward Centre, 1200 Ala I.ewers Lounge, Halekulani, 2199 ParadiseLounge, Hilton Hawaiian © l'lCJt i'? 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I8 a , Decembe I • t r I 18, I I I 1991 I • Honolulu· I I I Weekly their benefitth at the compound was youth hoisting a brace of bulbs over removed. my shoulder without realizing there The light bulb industry claims the was a spinning fan directly overhead coating used inside today's bulbs is - well, you could have problems. safe. A five-year study of the stuff (Who knows, maybe even brain conducted by the IndustrialHygiene damage.) But under ordinary cir­ Bird. 4 - 8 p.m. GoodOle Boyz Country; Pecos River Cafe . Contemporary Hawaiian; Monterey Foundation of the Mellon Institute cumstances the danger is vanishingly Brother Noland Jawaiian; Monterey Bay Exit 8 Ca nners Wa rd. Bay Ca nners Pear/ridge. foundno harmful effects on animals small. Carol AtkinsonJazz; 01son '.�. Howling Beddies Rock; Moose McGilly­ due to eating, inhaling, touching, etc. MAP TRAPS: Good Ole Boyz Country; Pecos River Cafe. rnc!dy s Wa ikiki. The folksa t General Electric, a lead­ HorizonContemporary; Sp inchifterKa bala. J.P. Smoketrain Light Rock, R & B: No ing maker of fluorescent tubes, say THESMOKING GUN Howling Beddies Rock; No Na me Bar. Na me Ba,: a AT LAST Jon Basebase & Vince Andrada Contem­ Joel Kurasaki Jazz; Orso11 's. e o� �ox�� pora1y; Horatio'.�. Jonny & the Dreamers Va riety; Mo nterey ��;���t erhaps the enclosed clipping effects on humans will put an end to your Jimmy Borges Jazz; Paradise Lounge. Bay Ca nners Wcirc/. Keoa Variety; Jolly Roger East. Leroy KahakuContempornry; Black Orchid from users during agnosticism about map com­ Kontrast Rock; Moose McGW)'cudc!y 's 5:30 - 8:30 p.m. ral•gtat the 40 years their panies inventing fi ctitious products have been beryllium-free. Wa ikiki. MilestoneJazz; Nick'sFisb market. geographic detail forcopy­ Last Call Dance Rock; Wa ve Wa ikiki. Open Jam Session Rock; Fast Eddie 's. That's not to say there's nothing right pu1poses. - Robert Live Paradise Variety; Wa ikiki Broiler. Pam Gamboa Top 40; Paradise Lounge. to worryabout. The phosphor is typ- Carlson, Los Angeles Loretta Ables Trio Jazz; Lewers Lounge. PictureWindow Contemporary; Sp i11d1ifter Reader Carlson encloses a clip­ Mahi Beamer Contemporary Hawaiian; Kabala. ping fromthe March 22, 1981, Los Andrew's. Raga& Derryl McKay Jazz; New Orleans Mojo Hand Blues; SilverFox Loun ge. Bistro. a a Angeles Times bout the Thom s Nalu Va riety; Mo11tereyBay Canners Pear/­ Russ Donnelly Folk, Country; Jolly Roger Brothers map company, which pub­ ridge. Wa ikiki. lishes maps of SouthernCaliforni a. No Excuse Dance; Black Orchid. SydetteJazz; Lewers Lounge. The article says: Nueva Vida Jazz; Tbe Row. Untouchables Dance; Nicholas Nickolas. "[Thomas Brothers vice president Pagan Babies World Dance; Anna Ban­ Wes Hamrick Classical, Jazz; Banyan Barry Elias admits] that the com­ nanas. Ve ra nda. pany sprinkles fictitious names Pandemonium Worldbeat; Ja ron's Ka ilua. throughout its guides .... 'We put Raga & Andrea Young Jazz; Mahina 24/Tuesday fl them in forcopyright reasons,' he Lounge. Betty LooTay lor & Derryl McKay Jazz; said. 'If someone is reproducing one Robi & Friends Contemporary Hawaiian; New OrleansBistro. Moose McGi/lycuddy'sUn iversity. Blue KangarooVa riety; JollyRog er Wa ikiki. of our maps (as with a photocopier) Rolando Sanchez & the New Salza City Lights Dance; Nicholas Nickolas. and selling them, we can prove an Hawaii Band Latin; Nick 's Fisbmarket. DavidFinfrock Va riety: Monterey BayCa n­ infringement.' Willie K. Contemporary Hawaiian; Malia 's nersWa ikiki. JJ "Of course, the make-believe Ca ntina. Entourage Contemporary; Nick's Fishmar­ streets are little ones. The mythical ZigZag Classic Rock; Fast Eddie's. ket. he other day at work I saw ically calcium chlorofluorophosphate avenues normally run no longer than Ernie Shea Jazz; Mahina Lounge. a block, dead end and are shown 22/Sunday Horizon Contemporary; Sp indrifterKabala. a fluorescent light bulb containing small amounts of anti­ crash to the ground and with broken lines (as though they Augie Rey & City Lights Salsa, Dance; Howling Beddies Rock; Moose McGilly­ mony and manganese. The latter Nicholas Nickolas. cuddy'sWa ikiki. shatter. When I started two chemicals are listed as hazardous are under construction). a a a Bruddah Walta Jawaiian; Malia's Ca ntina. J.P. Smoketrain Light Rock, R & B; No picking up the pieces, a materials by the Occupational Safety "Eli s reve led th t the guides for coworker warnedme to be San Bernardino and Riverside coun­ CarolAtkinson Jazz; Orson's. Na me Bar. and Health Administration, which Dread Ashanti Reggae; No Na me Bar. Joel Kurasaki Jazz; Orson's. very careful, saying there ties have the heaviest concentration has set workplace exposure limits. ErnieShea Jazz; MahinaLou nge. Jonny & the Dreamers Variety; Monterey was a highly toxic chemical inside Prior to 1988 some GE tubes con­ of fictitiousstreets - 'between 100 Exit 8 Contemporary Hawaiian; Monterey Bay Ca nners Wa rd. fluorescent tubes and one cut meant tained small amounts of barium and and 200 ... We try to come up with Bay Ca nners Pear/ridge. Keoa Variety; Jolly Roger F.ast. names that would fit in with the area certaindeath. This is something I've cadmium, which are also hazardous Flying Stallion Contemporary; Sugar Bar. Leroy KahakuContemporary; Black Orchid [such as La Taza Drive and Loma heard before. Just what is this mys­ - cadmium compounds, in fact,are GoodOle Boyz Country; PecosRiver Cafe . Continued on Page 12 tery chemical? Is it really as deadly suspectedof beingcarcinog enic. But Drive]. .. Spanish sounding names Hawaiian Duo Contemporary Hawaiian; as I've been led to believe? - are very big now."' Ja ron's Ka ilua. the danger, which arises long-term Howling Beddies Rock; Moose McGilly­ Patrick Zepeda exposure, is to factory workers, not So that accounts forall those lost­ looking folksyou see around LA - cuddy's Wa ikiki. Not unless you've got some really consumers. In any case, GE no Jam Session Jazz; Nick's Fishmarket. they have Thomas maps. And all old fluorescent tubes, and even then longer uses barium and cadmium. Jonny the Dreamers Variety; Monterey a & they wouldn't kill you. Prior to 1950 Finally, all fluorescenttubes con­ this time you thought it w s just Bay Ca nners Wa rd. drugs. or so the white coating inside the tain small amounts of liquid mer­ Joy Woode & BettyLoo Taylor Jazz; New - CECILADAMS tubes, a kind of chemical compound cury, which turnsto vapor when the OrleansBistro. called a phosphor, contained a beryl­ lamp is switched on. Mercury is Keoa Variety; JollyRoger F.ast. Is there something you need to get lium compound that retarded heal­ toxic if your body absorbs enough Last Call Dance Rock; Wa ve Wa ikiki. straight? Cecil Adams can deliver Maxine,KarenJohnson Mixed viola; Ram­ ing. If you cut yourself on a broken of it, but the small quantity in a tube a.m. - p.m. tube the cut would never close. The usually disperses quickly if the lamp the Straight Dope on any topic. say Galleries& Cafe . 11 2 Wr ite Cecil Adams, Chicago Reader; Over the Hill Gang Dixieland Jazz; Fast main threat was to workers in light breaks. If you broke a whole car­ II E. Illinois, Chicago 606Il. Eddie's. 2 - 5 p.m. bulb factories, and it was mostly for load of tubes - I remember as a Russ Donnelly Folk, Country; Jolly Roger Wa ikiki. Pam Gamboa Top 40; Paradise Lounge. PictureWindow Contemporary; Sp indrifter TIDES - December 18 to December 24 Kabala. WEDNESDA Y THURSDA Y FRIDA Y SATURDAY SUNDAY MONDA Y TUESDAY 6AM NOON ""' 6AM NOON ""' 6AM NOON ..... SydetteJazz; Lewersge. Loun Wes Hamrick Classical, Jazz; Maile Room. 23/Monday Bruddah WaltaJawaiian; Malia's Ca ntina. ErnieShea Jazz; Mahina Lounge. Moon Phases: NEW MOON - Dec 5 FIRST QUARTER - Dec 13 FUU MOON - Dec21 LAST QUARTER - Dec 27 Tide times and heights are forHonolulu Harbor. Tide and moon informationsupplied by Doug Paine Design.

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