The Honolulu Advertiser from Honolulu, Hawaii • 4

A4 Tuesday, January 28, 1992 The Honolulu Advertiser Boat burns in Kaneohe Bay THE VEATHER By Terry McMurray Staff Writer The Coast Guard last night was trying to Identify a small boat that mysteriously burned to its water line Sunday night while apparently adrift In Kaneohe Bay 2V4 miles north of Heeia Kca Boat Harbor. No one was found with the boat or in the water nearby despite a search by a Coast Guard helicopter while Kaneohe Marine Corps Air Station crash boats doused the blaze, and towed the craft to their base early yesterday. All that remained last night of what probably had been an open 19-foot sailboat of wood and fiberglass was an unidentified charred hull, the Coast Guard said. It asked anyone with information to call 541-2450. Radio Man 1st Class Brad Chase of Coast Guard Group-Honolulu said the Honolulu Fire Department telephoned the Coast Guard at 10:06 p.m.

Sunday to report getting a telephone call from Windward Oahu about a fire in the bay which was too far offshore for them to respond. He said a Coast Guard helicopter and Marine base crash boats responded, finding the boat burning near Kapapa Island, on a line between Kekcpa Island (Turtle Rock) and Moko-lii Island (Chinaman's Hat). The helicopter crew reported that the entire boat was aflame and what appeared to be a bar rel aboard it was burning even brighter. How the boat got that far offshore before the fire was noticed was unknown. Chase said.

No boat or boaters were reported missing by last night and Coast Guard officials were hoping more information would surface today. Chase said the Coast Guard's main concern was to find anyone who might have been with the boat when it caught fire. TODAY TONKJHT TOMORROW ad' fr -L i- Photo courtesy NOAA-NESDIS An axis of high pressure (zig-zag line) over Hawaii extends northeastward to a high presure center (M) well off Baja California coast. A low pressure center (L) and associated frontal system far north will move eastward and not affect the state. High surf is expected to continue for northwest shores.

mm ISLAND SKIES The meter's not running here. An Austin Mini Cooper a classic British car of the '60s appears to be checking out a sale at a Ward Avenue store. Or maybe it's making a statement about parking in Honolulu. Advertiser photo by Cart VitJ It 4 HOPE says it will represent gays Locricchio found not guilty in disorderly-conduct trial ISLAND FORECASTS Ninon) Wemf Service Honolulu: Mostly sunny with some afternoon clouds. Fair and cool tonight.

Winds variable 5-15 mph. Hilo: Sunny a.m.; cloudy p.m. Upslope showers. Kona: Sunny a.m.; cloudy p.m. Maui: Sunny with cloudy periods.

Kauai: Sunny with cloudy periods. Oahu Surf North shore: 10-15 feet. South shore: 1-3 feet. ABOUT YESTERDAY At Honolulu Airport Temperatures High: 82 Low: 62 Jan. Norm: 80.65 Jan.

27 records High: 84 (1978) Low: 54 (1969) Rainfall 24 Hours to 6 p.m.: zero Humidity 2 p.m.: 53 8 p.m.: 70 Rain in 0.37 Norm: 3 35 Rain this year: 0.37 Norm: 3.35 Around the state 24-hr. Low High Rain Kaneohe.Oahu 69 61 zero Kahuiul, Maui 59 61 zero Lihue, Kauai 63 77 0.03 Hilo, Hawaii 63 81 zero National weather Service forecasts for Honolulu (633-2649). Oahu (636-0121). surf (636-1952). Hawaiian waters (636-3921), MAHEPS marine observations (634-7674).

ON THE MAINLAND FORECAST for 6 p.m. (EST) today Low Showers T-atorms Ram Flumes FRONTS: COi.0 WARM STATIONARY Pressure Htgti The Hawaii Organization for Political Empowerment (HOPE), a political-action committee of friends and members of Hawaii's gay and lesbian community, has announced that it and not William E. Woods will represent that community to the media and Legislature. Woods, former executive director of the Gay and Lesbian Community Center, has frequently appeared in media reports "as a self-appointed gay-community spokesperson," HOPE said in a press release yesterday, "although the Honolulu gay community is very diverse and Woods speaks only for himself." Last Dec. 20, after two days of denying any wrong Cause of the fire was under investigation.

Rape reported: An 18-year-old woman told police she was pulled off Kona Street by a man and raped repeatedly in a bus parked in a lot near Ala Moana Center late Saturday. The woman went afterward to a relative's home in Mililani and police were notified Sunday night, detectives said. No suspects were arrested. An investigation was continuing. Drug charge: Katherine L.

Boaz, 37, of Young Street, was arraigned yesterday in District Court on felony drug charges involving heroin and cocaine. Bail was set at $30,000. Narcotics detectives said Boaz was arrested Friday night. By Thomas Kaser Advertiser Staff Writer Attorney Anthony Locricchio was found not guilty in Kaneohe District Court yesterday of being disorderly in Maunawili last July 4. Locricchio, who lives in Maunawili, is representing some of the tenant farmers being displaced by the development of the Royal Hawaiian Country Club in Maunawili Valley.

The developer of the course is Y.Y. Valley Corp. He was arrested near his home, after a sign announcing a community meeting was stolen. Locricchio and some of his neighbors suspected the sign was taken by a Y.Y. Valley employee they confronted that POLICE BEAT 2 inmates sought in robbery, escape Two state prison inmates last night allegedly robbed another inmate of a gold chain and then ran away from the Laumaka Street minimum security halfway house, police said.

The two, last seen in the parking lot about 8:30 p.m., were identified as Keaweolu Villanueva, 21, and Thanh P. Phan, 27. Police were seeking them as robbery suspects and escapees. Makakilo fire: Fire destroyed Mr. and Mrs.

David Campos' three-bedroom Makakilo home yesterday. The fire, reported at 11:50 a.m., caused an estimated $150,000 damage to the house Library job 60scQjii'708 SOS' Sunrise: 7:10 am Set 6:19 pm Moonrise: 2 29 am Set 1:32 pm Moon Phases: new, Feb 3: 1st, Feb 11; full. Feb 17; 3rd, Feb 24 Source: Bishop Museum ISLAND TIDES Honolulu Nigh Ht Low Le Time Ht Time Ht 28 1236 am 19 033 am OS Jan ,..11 30 am 08 6 20 pm 01 29 122am 20 909am 04 Jan 09 611 pm 01 30 2 03am 2 0 9 34 am 03 Jan 144pm 06 700pm 00 Elsewhere Using Honolulu tides as a oasis, add or subtract the figures below, or multiply if the height figure is preceded by an asterisk () Time Height High Low High Low Oahu: Haleiwa 1 04 -2 08 '0 84 0 84 Hanauma -1 01 -046 0 1 0 0 Kaneone -1 48 -1 21 404 402 Wannae 0'8 40 15 00 00 0.920.92 Maul: Hana -126 4O6 00 Kahului 4 0 5 4 0 2 Lahaina -037 -043 4 03 401 Maalaea -003 -0 25 4 0 4 0 0 Kauai: Hanalei -1 30 -1 50 401 00 Nawiliwili -0 34 -0 29 40t 00 Pt. Allen -038 -025 092 092 Big Island: Hilo -101 -066 4 0 5 4 01 Honuapo -0 28 -0 19 4O64OI Kailua-Kona -0 28 -0 25 -i 0 2 00 Kawaihae. -0 08 -0 06 4 0 1 0 0 Keaiakekua-.

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Insults and accusations were exchanged, the neighbors called the police, and Kailua-based police officer J. Richards who did off-duty security work for Y.Y. Valley responded. After the officer and the attorney exchanged words, Richards arrested Locricchio for disorderly conduct because he allegedly failed to heed an order from a police officer and was making excessive noise. Yesterday, after final arguments in a three-day trial.

District Judge Edwin Sasaki found Locricchio not guilty. Locricchio called the ruling, "a victory for freedom of speech." At the trial, many of his supporters wore red arm bands bearing the message "Free Speech." at 92-496 Awawa St. Firefighters from the Makakilo, Waipahu and Pearl City fire stations had the blaze under control at 12:05 p.m. and extin guished by 1:10 p.m., said acting Capt. Tony Marks of Wai-pahu's Engine Co.

12. Marks said his platoon, temporarily posted at the Makakilo Fire Station, arrived two minutes after the alarm and found heavy smoke coming from the back of the house. He said the fire started in a bedroom. No one was home at the time. Smoke damage was heavy and a pet bird died.

Marks estimated damage at $110,000 to the house and $40,000 to contents. He said the Camposes, two adult children and grandchildren were at a hotel last night. drug-test sistant to Kane, said Kane told him he wanted drug testing for applicants who might work as drivers of bookmobiles, and for librarians, "who have direct contact with minor children." Asked if there have been problems with such workers, Penebacker said, "Not to my knowledge." The Board of Education asked for further study on the drug-testing provision. Penebacker said Kane gave copies to the state attorney general's office and the state Department of Personnel and they raised no objections. But a few weeks ago, the Department of Personnel Services told Kane it's working with the state Department of Health on drug testing for all state employees, Penebacker said.

The personnel department asked the committee to defer any action on drug testing for library workers, and the committee unanimously agreed. YESTERDAY'S WEATHER: Gale force winds whipped rain in the Pacific Northwest while freezing temperatures caused ice jams on rivers in the snowy Northeast and Great Lakes regions. Rain fell in the Southeast. In Oregon, winds gusted to 84 mph at Netarts and to 69 mph at Tillamook Bay. At 1 p.m.

EST, snow showers extended from western New England into Wisconsin. Rain was falling from Georgia to the southern Plains, and over the Pacific Northwest. doing, Woods admitted to the personal use of federal funds entrusted to him as treasurer of the Hawaii AIDS Task Group, HOPE said. More than $2,200 was used for improvements at his residence. HOPE board member Scott Foster said the gay and lesbian community is "concerned about the political fallout of this incident.

(It) cannot help but reflect negatively on the gay community." Woods, editor of the Gay Community News, could not be reached yesterday for comment. A Gay and Lesbian Center spokesman said Woods' separation from the center was "amicable." She had been arrested only a few days earlier in another drug investigation but released because she was scheduled to appear in court for probation revocation, detectives said. Detectives said Waikiki Crime Reduction Unit officers were called Friday night to the Colony Surf Hotel by security guards who suspected drug dealing in a room. Officers arrived and learned a woman had just left the room. They stopped Boaz on Lemon Road minutes later at 11:55 p.m., saw a scale on her briefcase, then found more than an ounce of the two drugs in the case, police said.

A man, 47, of Pawaa, was arrested in the hotel room early Saturday with a small amount of narcotics. He was released Sunday night without being charged. matters. Room 1206. 3 p.m Senate Employment and Public Institutions on departments of land and natural resources, accounting and general services, and defense.

Room 405. 6:30 p.m. Joint hearing of House Energy and Environmental Protection, Health and Judiciary on creating a separate department of environmental protection. Washington Intermediate Cafetorium. Tomorrow 8:30 a.m.

House Agriculture on bills relating to Molokai's diversified agriculture industry, establishing an extension program on Lanai and appropriations for control of brown tree snakes, statewide agricultural activities and other matters. Room 1206. 9 a.m. House Transportation, Education, Consumer Protection and Commerce and. Labor and Public Employment joint hearing on bills to require new passenger cars in Hawaii be equipped with driver's side air bags, increasing motorcycle or motor scooter vehicle registration fees for owners not using helmets and require insurers to provide premiums for those wearing helmets, and other matters.

Room 1008. 2 p.m. Senate Health and Human Services on bills for "one-stop shopping for perinatal services and appropriations for perinatal support teams, a day-care center at Waianae, People Attentive to Children, respite care for foster parents, and others. Room 405. 3:30 p.m.

Senate Education on the superintendent's overview of tower education in areas of instruction, public service (A-plus program), and administration and support. Room 305. MAINLAND TEMPERATURESFORECASTS CAPTol calendar plan is superseded Albany.N 2707cdy Albuquerque 51'27cdy Amarillo 43'35'clr Anchorage 18'Hrcdy Ashewlle 46 32cdy Atlanta 50'43'cfly Atlantic City 4006'clr Austin 56751'ody Baltimore 3514clr Billings 5328dr Birmingham 5043'cdy Bismarck 27-05cdy Boise 4924cdy Boston Brownsville 66'62cdy Buttalo 3418cdy Burtmgton.Vt 20V-02cdy Casper 43(1 5clr Charlestons 6045cdy Charleston.W 48 20'clr Chartone.N.C 4938)cdy Cheyenne 45'20clr Chicago 33 26rcdy Cincinnati 50'25dr Cleveland 401 9idr Columbia, 56'39'cdy Columbus.Ohio 4118dr Concord, 24r00cdy Oallas-R Worth 60'47cdy Dayton 4217cIt Denver 4521cdy Des Moines 29'24cdy Detroit 3621clr Duluth El Paso Evansville Fairbanks Fargo Flagstaff Grand Rapids Great Falls Greensboro.N C. Hartford Helena Houston Indianapolis Jackson. Miss Jacksonville Juneau Kansas City Las Vegas Little Rock Los Angeles Louisville Lubbock Memphis Miami Beach Milwaukee Mpfc-St Paul Nashville New Orleans New York City Norfolk Va North PlBtte Oklahoma City Omaha Today is the ninth day of the regular 60-day schedule ol the 1992 Legislature.

The Senate and House meet at 11:30 a m. Committee hearings: Today 8 30 a.m. House Water, Land Use and Hawaiian Affairs briefing on Department of Hawaiian Home Lands planning, development, management and general support for Hawaiian Homesteads. Room 1310. 8:30 a.m.

House Health on appropriations for primary and mental health services, creating an office of health care crisis management and others. Room 1111. 9 e.m. Senate Employment and Public Institutions and House Labor and Public Employment joint hearing on Hawaii Public Employees' Health Fund, employees' retirement systems end departments of personnel services and labor. Room 1008.

9 a.m. Senate Tourism and Recreation on creating a separate department of tourism and mating appropriations for recreational development at Keehi Lagoon, improvements to Hawaii Raceway Park, and other matters. Room 40S. 1 p.m. Senate Housing and Hawaiian Affairs supplemental executive budget review for the Office of Hawaiian Affairs and Department of Hawaiian Home Lands.

Room 407. 1:30 p.m. House Judiciary budget briefing on legal services, child support, services to veterans, youth services programs, commission on the status of women, criminal Injuries compensation, narcotics enforcement and other matters. Room 802. 2 House Education and Transportation on driver education.

House Education on Preschool Open Doors Program, an appropriation to encoirage disadvantaged public school children to read and other By Esme M. Infante Advertiser Education Writer Members of a state school board committee yesterday tabled a proposal for drug testing new library workers after they learned that the state is already working on the matter. Some Board of Education Personnel Committee members complained it's one more example of how the board has been robbed of authority over people who work in public schools and libraries. "With the civil service employees, we can't have any control," Personnel Committee Chairman Ron Nakano said. Led by state librarian Bart Kane, the Hawaii State Library System last year wrote an operations manual that, in part, would require drug and alcohol testing of job applicants.

All 700 library employees are hired through the state Department of Personnel Services. John Penebacker, special as WEATHER AROUND THE WORLD Amsterdam 4132'cdy Athens Auckland Bangkok 90'73cdy Barcelona 55'39'cdy Beijing 50'27idr Beirut 5745clr Berlin 3628cdy Bogota 68'46cdy Brisbane Brussels. 4K19'cdy Aires 8472'm Cairo 59 41c Calgary 39'lOVdr Caracas 79'66'cdy Copenhagen 3727df Dublin Frankfurt Geneva Havana Helsinki Hong Kong Istanbul Jerusalem Jo burg Lisbon London Madrid Manna MeaicoCity Montreal Moscow.