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POLICE HEAT Cities on water? Obituaries JV4 D8 D9 MONDAY, June 20, 1994 The Honolulu Advertiser CITY EDITOR: Dan Nakaso 525-8090 A uL7 fiEfi IBucIIDtICs jor private landowners, believes the demise of sugar and the growth of the astronomy industry are parts of an overall equation that will make Hi-lo the place to be in i A the next century. "The best is yet to come," predicted Buyers. He told a receptive audience of business leaders that the future is "beyond our wildest pvnprtatirme Hp- Buyers predicts eclipse of Oahu By, Hugh Clark Advertiser Big Island Bureau HILO, Hawaii The 21st Century will belong to the Big Island as it becomes the commercial, high tech and education center of Hawaii. That prophecy was outlined Saturday Cnight by J.W.A.' "Doc" Buyers, keynote speaker at the 98th annual meeting of the Hawaii Island Chamber of Commerce. Buyers, chief executive officer of C.

Brewer one of the island's ma Buyers said the Big Island would dominate the state as Oahu has this century in tourism, education, technology, agriculture and construction. The past 25 years of activity, from the Rockefeller family's establishment of the Mauna Kea Beach Hotel due to close soon for a year of renovations to the initial modest telescope on Mauna Kea, helped set foundation cornerstones for the future, Buyers said. Using the word "mecca" repeatedly. Buyers said that in everything from golf to geology and from fishing to the emergence of a yet-to-be-established Hawaii State University in Hi-lo, the Big Island will dominate the state. He even predicted the widely criti cized spaceport proposal for Ka'u would be revived, saying an insignificant minority cannot stop humankind's "search of the unknown." Because its unique location provides the only site that can accommodate both polar and equatorial launches in the United States, the commercial spaceport will come to be, said Buyers, an early-day sponsor of space activity in rural Ka'u.

He said the island already led the nation in orchids, coffee and macada-mia nuts and soon would see an explosion of tropical fruits as the island is freed from what Buyers calls "the shackles of sugar." Ideal growing conditions and available, affordable land are key to the future Big Island, which has been described as "a sleeping giant for 25 years." The next century will also lead to "tremendous construction" activity, Buyers predicted. A major cross-island "saddle" highway and new airports are only part of of the near-future improvements Buyers envisions. The Brewer chief said some might dismiss him as "an uncontrolled optimist, perhaps an idiot or even a lunatic." But he sees "unbelievable opportunity" for the Big Island. Sometime in the future, he further predicts, critics will look back on his speech and conclude it was "too conservative and unimaginative." Buyers spite tne rismg un employment and shutdown of the Big Island's last three sugar plantations two of them controlled by his company, "We've made a lot of progress since l969. But there's still a lot more to do." Karen Anna, Grand Marshal of the 1 994 Gay Pride Parade State seeks increase in hospital fee Hearings on 7.8 hike, fee-for-service charge By Edwin Tanji Advertiser Maui County Bureau WAILUKU, Maui The state is seeking an average 7.8 percent rate increase in its 13 hospitals as well as a fee-for-service charge intended to make bills more equitable.

Peter Jones, assistant to the deputy health director for community hospitals, said the rate request is intended to catch up with cost increases that have occurred since the last rate hikes were approved in May 1992. Generally, the request seeks increases of 5 to 10 .1. fT i 0'. V- 'J) i HlU.jlk Mi I- mum tr (ft 4 USE YOUR POWER K2FT 1 ,.47 fi- Mi percent for various charges, he said. An important change is the proposed fee-for-service charge to replace the state hospitals' Current all-inclusive ancillary services fee.

Depending on the type of service received, the charge may lower You can testify on proposed rates for state community hospitals. When and where: 6 to 7 p.m. July 11 atHilo Medical Center, July 12 at Kona Community Hospital, July 14 at the Department of Health board room in Honolulu, July 18 at Maui Memorial and July 21 at Kauai Veterans. Written comments also may be sent to Peter Jones, Division of Community Hospitals, 1270 Queen Emma Suite 1200, Honolulu 96813. Advertiser photos by Cory Lum Yancy of Chicago (left) waves to onlookers from atop a convertible during yesterday's Gay Pride Parade along Kalakaua Avenue, while two other participants (right) choose motorbikes to join the parade.

ahead, gay leader says prohibits marriage between couples of the same sex. If and when their marriage license is approved, Woods said he and Thompson will be the "first legally gay married couple in the world." Said Thompson, "It's not that we're being radical, it's that the system is so radically wrong." He agrees with Anna that gays and lesbians have made great strides in the past 25 years and that more needs to be done to gain equal rights. Asked how long that might take, Thompson said, "I think it'll be over when (gay rights) is no longer an issue." "I don't think that'll be in our lifetime," he added. since 1969," Karen Anna of this year's parade grand marshal, told a crowd of roughly 300 who gathered after the parade for a rally at Kapiolani Park Bandstand. "But there's still a lot more to do." In 1969, "drag queens and bull dykes" who frequented a New York bar called Stonewall, stood up to the police officers who constantly harassed them, Anna explained.

Their stand, she has come to symbolize the beginning of the fight for equal rights by gays and lesbians. Making what they hope will be a historical stand of their own, Marc Thompson and William Woods were married yesterday in a non-denominational ceremony at Ala Moana Beach Park just before the parade began. The two, dressed in white shirts and white slacks with matching orchid leis and haku headbands, brought up the rear of the parade, waving to onlookers from a BMW convertible bearing a "Just Married" sign. Woods, a gay activist and publisher of the Gay Community News monthly newsletter, and Thompson, an AIDS social worker and Honolulu Weekly writer, applied for a marriage license on Friday. The state Department of Health put their application on hold pending the outcome of a court case over same-sex marriages.

Current state law By Kris M. Taaahara Advertiser Staff Writer The fifth annual Gay and Lesbian Pride Parade made its way through Waikiki yesterday led by a pack of women on motorcycles' and marchers chanting, "Gays and lesbians are beautiful people." Scores of people lined Kalakaua Avenue waving and cheering to --the 100 or so parade participants as they wended their way from Ala Moana Beach Park to Kapiolani Park. The morning parade capped Gay and Lesbian Pride Week, which began more than a week ago. made a lot of progress 1 or increase bills for patients, Jones said. As an example, he said, a patient who has an injury requiring overnight hospitalization may require some antibiotics and bandages.

The proposed fee would charge for the hospital room, and for the amount of drugs or bandages used. Another patient with more severe injuries or one who is seriously ill, needing more drugs, such as sedatives, antibiotics and painkillers, and more services, will pay more for the increased amount of service received, Jones said. "Now, both will be charged the same rate. The fee-for-service would provide charges commensurate with the services received," he said. The proposal also seeks to make rates more uniform among the various state medical facilities, he said.

New rules for disability parking 2 -hour limit set EAST HONOLULU: KALANIANAOLE HIGHWAY widening project: townbound, Hawaii Kai Drive to Kawaihae Street, 8:30 a.m. to 6 p.m., through Friday; and 8 a.m. to 6 p.m., Saturday. townbound, Keahole to East Halemaumau streets, and Hawaii Kai-bound, Paiko Drive to Summer Street, 8:30 a.m. to 3:30 p.m., through Friday.

(KALANIANAOLE TRAFFIC INFORMATION LINE: 587-2345, 8:30 a.m.-4 p.m., weekdays) HAWAII KAI: Bridges at Keahole Wailua streets Hawaii Kai Drive (work on navigational lighting system). H-1 FREEWAY: kokohead-bound, Waialae Avenue exit to Ainakoa Avenue, 9 a.m. to 3 p.m. CENTRAL HONOLULU: VINEYARD BOULEVARD: (highway lighting improvements), both directions, Palama to Punchbowl streets; and (resurfacing) H-1 Freeway off-ramp to H-1 on-ramp; 8:30 a.m. to 3:30.

LILIHA STREET (resurfacing), Vineyard Boulevard to North King Street, 8:30 a.m. to 3:30 p.m. PAU HIGHWAY: (resurfacing project), both directions, Wyllie Street to Vineyard Boulevard, 9 a.m. to 3 p.m. Pali Highway on-ramp from Pauoa Road, Kailua-bound, 9 a.m.

to 3 p.m., today and tomorrow. (highway lighting project), Kailua-bound, left lane, Waokanaka Street to Pali Tunnel, 7:30 a.m. to 3 p.m. NUUANU AVENUE, at Kuakini Street, fronting Japanese Consulate. WILHELMINA RISE: Sierra Drive, Waialae Avenue to Iwi Way.

munity College where it resumes the existing service to Kailua and Ala Moana Center. The transit authority said the new service allows improved transfer opportunities for several routes without having to go through downtown Honolulu. The change is in response to requests from bus riders at community meetings held in Kaneohe, Kailua and Kalihi, the transit authority said. For specific route and schedule information, call TheBus customer services at 848-5555. For a brochure explaining the modification, call 848-4500.

Pali on-ramp closed 2 days Oahu motorists are advised that the Kailua-bound on-ramp to the Pali Highway from Pauoa Road will be closed today and tomorrow. Motorists are urged to take alternate routes between 9 a.m. and 3 p.m. both days as crews resurface the roadway. Drive Time appears every Monday In The Advertiser.

We're interested in your thoughts about Hawaii traffic what makes it bad and what could make it better. Call Shannon Tangonan at 525-8084 or write to: Drive Time, Honolulu Advertiser, P.O. Box 3110, Honolulu 96802. card. Most of the rules are still the same, Kali said.

The physician must certify that the person needing a permit has a disability that limits or impairs their ability to: Walk 200 feet without stopping to rest due to an arthritic, neurological or orthopedic condition. Walk without the use of a brace, cane, crutch, wheelchair or other device. Applications for the permit must be made in person. The DOT says Oahu residents can call the city Department of Transportation Services at 523-4021. Route 56 goes to Kalihi TheBus route 56 has been extended to provide direct service between Kaneohe and Kalihi via Likelike Highway, the Honolulu Public Transit Authority announced.

From Windward Community College, selected trips will follow Kahekili Highway, turn right on Likelike and continue to Kalihi Street to Nimitz Highway. The authority said destination signs on the bus will read "56 Kalihi." Traveling ewa on Nimitz Highway, the buses will turn right on Mokauea Street and Dillingham Boulevard and then left on Kalihi Street where signs will read "56 Kailua-Kaneohe." The route returns to Windward Com- 1U1 UOlllg IcUlO By Shannon Tangonan Advertiser Staff Writer The state Department of Transportation announced it will be enforcing new rules regarding parking for disabled persons, including a time limit in parking spots. Marilyn Kali, spokeswoman for the department, said those with disability permits will have 2V6 hours to park in a handicapped stall or the maximum time allowed in a metered space. Permits are now issued three ways, she said. One is a removable windshield placard that is hung on the rear view mirror and shows the permit's expiration date.

There is also a temporary placard that will be issued to a person disabled for up to six months. Counties will also issue special license plates on request that display the International Symbol of Access. The removable placard and license plates are good for a maximum of four years. In. addition, the placards and plates issued here will now be recognized in other states, said Kali.

All those who hold per- rr.ii a mill nTan Vo trivfn an iHpntifiratinn' WEST HONOLULU: AIEA: Moanalua Road, Kaamilo Street to Aiea Library, and Kaonohi Street to Pali Momi Street; and Pali Momi and Kaonohi streets, both from Moanalua Road to Kamehameha Highway. rFNTRAL OAHU- H-2 FREEWAY (HOV lanes). Militant to Waipio interchanges, outbound. 6:30 a.m. to 3 p.m.

WINDWARD OAHU: LIKELIKE HIGHWAY (H-3 interchange project): townbound, Board of Water Supply pump station to Kahekili Highway. 9 a.m. to 5 p.m. Kaneohe-bound, pump station to new detour, 7 a.rr to 3 p.m. rV 0.