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BUND EDIIM MONEY Editorials Obituaries JV14-A17 A10 C4 WEDNESDAY, Nov. 27, 1991 Tha Honolulu Advertiser mm By ml -ST. dtie gDD Etui Army planning more extensive rocket report By Jan TenBruggencate Advertiser Kauai Bureau would be tested for its capability of identifying the incoming rocket pay-load. The equipment is being developed as part of a Star Wars research objective of identifying enemy missiles launched toward the United States. Manguso said the environmental impact statement will address issues of air quality, public health and safety, biological and cultural resources, hazardous materials, land use, noise, and possible social and economic impacts.

Information gathered during last year's environmental assessment process will be used as part of the impact statement. Those with comments about the program should submit them by Dec. 27 to D.R. Gallien. USASDC CSSD-EN, P.O.

Box 1500, Huntsville, AL 35807. scheduled earlier this year but delayed. Now the Army says the ronmental study is not expected to be complete until October 1992. The Strategic Defense Command, which handles a portion of the research in the nation's Strategic Defense Initiative or Star Wars program, has resisted performing a complete environmental report, saying its environmental assessment was sufficient The full impact statement has been demanded by Hawaii's congressional delegation, Gov. John Waihee, the state Department of Land and Natural Resources, Kauai Mayor JoAnn Yuki-mura, the Kauai County Council, and a range of citizens' groups and individuals.

The Army was proceeding with its plans for a fall 1991 launch when Sen. Daniel Inouye, chairman of the U.S. Senate's Defense appropriations sub- committee, threatened in late August to withhold funding unless an environmental report is prepared. The Strategic Defense Command, headquartered in Huntsville, announced Aug. 29 that it was placing the program on hold pending further study.

The STARS program is the subject of a court case over its environmental impacts, and the Sierra Club Legal Defense Fund is expected to continue its appeal of U.S. District Judge David Ezra ruling that environmental studies to date are sufficient. Arnold Lum, a Sierra Club Legal Defense Fund attorney, said that while an environmental impact statement addresses some concerns, the scope of the study will be inadequate. Lum, who represents the Sierra Club's Kauai Chapter and 1000 Friends of Kauai, said the study does, not propose to address whether the government should use new rocket motors instead of surplus, aged Polaris missile booster motors, which some opponents of the program say are unsafe. The impact statement also would not consider alternative sites for the STARS launches, Lum said.

Lt; Col. August "Gus" Manguso, program manager for STARS, said he welcomes the opportunity to develop an impact statement to correct misinformation about the rocket program "and its importance to strategic The three-stage STARS rockets use two Polaris booster motors and a third motor designed for the experiment. They would be launched from the Pacific Missile Range Facility toward Kwajalein Atoll in the Marshall Islands. There, sensitive equipment UHUE, Kauai The Army Strategic Defense Command will prepare a full environmental' impact statement for its Target System launches at the Pacific Missile Range. The Army in a press release this week said jt will conduct the which is expected to put off its first launch for more than a year.

The initial launch under the program, known as STARS, had been 11 Tutors of homeless learn it's better to give I 4 By Vickie Ong Advertiser Staff Writer For two weeks, 15 Mid-Pacific high school students have been twice-a-week volunteer tutors at Puuhale School, helping homeless children do their homework. But it's the older students who have learned the greater lessons about the value of helping others, and appreciating what you have. "I feel fulfilled. It's a good feeling to help someone in need. Just to see their smiles is the thank you," said Irma Bap-tiste, 15, a sophomore who yesterday helped Natasha Kalu-hiokalani, a first grader, with her math homework.

Hoku Mizumoto, 15, checked Dorina Gascon, a kindergarten student, as she neatly printed several rows of capital and lower-case D's. Allison Sokei, 16, a junior, carefully watched over Mahea-lani Hubbard, 9, as she worked on subtraction with four-digit numbers. She said she was at the school "just to help out, to give, because I have a lot" What has tutoring homeless kids taught her? "To appreciate what I have," she said. At another table, Cliffane Casco, a 15-year-old sophomore, patiently helped fifth-grader Terry Gascon, 11, work long division problems. Casco, from Lahaina, Maui, was missing basketball practice to be with the children.

"I guess I felt sad for these guys studying under street lights. I wanted to come out and help them," said Casco. Ruby Takebayashi, Mid-Pac's student council advisor and career-guidance teacher, said the school encourages students to be involved in community service. This year, the students decided they wanted to be involved in a social problem. After discarding drugs and teen pregnancy as issues, they focused on homelessness.

They found they could assist at Puuhale School. The homeless children, who live at Sand Island State Recreation Area, attend Puuhale and are bused to and from school. Twenty students from kindergarten to fifth grade participate in an after-school program in which two teachers Michael Kawaguchi and Sherry Kim supervise the children in doing their homework. Fifteen Mid-Pac students come on Tuesdays and Thurs days from 2:30 to 4 p.m., bringing energy, patience, and hugs to the elementary students in a one-to-one relationship. Kim said the children love the Mid-Pac tutors "because they get so much more attention" than two teachers can provide.

Yesterday, after the tutoring session was over, the high school students drove out to see the Sand Island kids at their tent homes. After initial apprehension "How are we supposed to act?" one student whispered big kids and little ones romped together on the grass, giving piggyback rides and playing volleyball. Takebayashi said her students have gained a lot from working with homeless children. "We're so fortunate we all take so much for granted. We don't have to think about where our next meal will come from, or where clothes come.

The homeless for many of us was the bum on the street, the old lady who, screamed at walls. But home- -less has become people, and it's become children. It's a real awakening for all of us," Takebayashi said. Besides tutoring, Mid-Pac stu- Advertiser photo by Charles Okamura Natasha Kaluhiokalani, 6, does some drawing after finishing her homework and gets a hug from her student tutor, Irma Baptiste. dents operate the "Owl's Nest a van outfitted as a store that lets children exchange coupons earned in.

school for a small gift for themselves and their The students also will put on the graduation ceremony and reception Dec. 8 at their school for homeless adults completing their high-school equivalency program. Fifty teen-agers have volunteered to help at a Christmas store for poor children. Jessica Choi, a senior and student council vice president, will be one of four students who will share what they've learned about homelessness at a school chapel next week. "The homeless problem was so big," she said.

"What could I do about it? But even the little time I give up for these kids counts. "It made me realize I took for granted a lot of things just having a home, clothing, the education I want, a loving family." I Vi'A III II ST mZJ II II i fc A "ci I fx TWt I nn-i Irk. 'flCsl The Barshaws, Hawaii Family of the Year Front, from left: Jana, Brad, Julie, Anita, Jon; back, James, Jeremy, and Jeff. Advertiser photo by Charles Okamura Looting report in evacuated Royal Gardens By Hugh Clark Advertiser Big Island Bureau KALAPANA, Hawaii While lava-inundated Royal Gardens was evacuated last week, looters apparently made their way into the subdivision and stole a car and belongings from two of the homes. Harry Kim, Hawaii County Civil Defense administrator, yesterday confirmed the theft reports and said two residents have returned to their homes to protect their property.

Police in Puna said they have not received complaints from the victims. But Kim said the looting did occur. He said he has not taken any action against those who violated the evacuation order and returned to their homes. Kim said the threat to the subdivision from Kilauea Volcano's now stalled lava flow has ebbed and he has no quarrel with the residents' decision to return and protect their possessions. The car, according police, could not have been removed from the subdivision because of access problems.

"I don't know of any car that jumps over lava flows," said a Puna officer. But the vehicle is missing and presumed parked elsewhere in the subdivision, now thickly overgrown by bushes and grass. Meanwhile, Lt. Dale Fergerstrom of Keaau said two men found coming out of the subdivision with a black bag were stopped last week by park rangers and later arrested by police for investigation of theft He said police confiscated a piece of a throw net and a poi board. A Royal Gardens resident identified the board as his but was reluctant to press charges.

The two suspects told police they had found the items "in the bush." Royal Gardens, which has been cut off from ground vehicle access for two years, has had 39 homes destroyed by lava flows since early 1983. Another 23 remain standing but are inaccessible except by foot or helicopter. The family album's full of winners with the elderly at the Aloha Health Care Center once a month. He's also a whiz at changing diapers and heating milk bottles to the right temperature. Jeff explained that he baby-sits a lot for his foster brothers and sisters.

Lynne Waihee, Hawaii's first lady, invited the Child Family Service to Washington Place for the Family of the Year luncheon. She said she doesn't remember how many functions are held there "but this is one of the most fun." She told the guests, "We hear so much about child abuse and drug use but we can draw inspiration from the Barshaws. As we strengthen the family, we strengthen the nation." Other members of the Barshaw family are James, 16, last year's outstanding athlete of the year at Kailua High School, and Jeremy, 18, now attending Kapiolani Community College and coaching AYSO soccer. He was a member of the National Honor Society in high school. Julie, age 6, and Jana, age 7, as well as 4-year-old Jon complete, the family.

Judges for this year's award were Robert Clarke, Kathleen de Silva, Jean Myers, Charles Nakoa and Oswald Stender. in Kailua and volunteer counselor at the Hala-wa correctional facility. He gets up at 4 a.m. to have some quiet time with his God, then makes breakfast for his wife. That's so Anita can sleep in (until 6 a.m.) because she's often up during the night with their medically fragile foster children, of whom they've had 23 by last count.

"I could never do it without Brad," said Anita, a registered nurse and volunteer board member of the Hawaii State Foster Parents Association. "Any husband who can put up with eight babies and medical equipment in the bedroom deserves a lot of credit" Brad, on the other hand, credited Jesus Christ for making the Barshaws Family of the Year. Next, he said, Anita is responsible, then the children. He said they always hold a family conference before accepting another foster child. Jeff, age 14, is in the ninth grade.

Like the other Barshaw kids, he's already carving out his own career of good works. He performs in skits for the younger children at church, received the Good Citizens Award for the Windward District in the sixth grade, and works By Bob Kraoss Advertiser Columnist Getting Hawaii's Family of the Year from Kailua to a luncheon honoring them at Washington Place yesterday proved to be a major undertaking. Most of the Barshaws, including parents Anita and Brad, came in the family van. Two kids rode with friends. Four-year-old Jon was scheduled for brain surgery but his mother asked to put it off a bit.

"I can do a lot of things but I don't think I can manage the luncheon and surgery all in the same day," she said. So the surgery was rescheduled for today. Despite such complications, the Barshaws appeared spic and span (they all help with the washing) when they lined up to be loaded down with proclamations, plaques and a gift koa clock as Hawaii's eighth Family of the Year. The annual award, given since 1984, is sponsored by the Child Family Service and The Honolulu Advertiser. Brad is senior pastor at Faith Baptist Church.