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A-4 Saturday. November 19. 1994 Star-Bullefiiv Thanksgiving Day Friday, Nov. 25 Here's what will be open and closed on the day after Thanksgiving but 20 surfers were riding 5-foot waves in the middle of the bay and people were snorkeling safely inside the reef, Howe said. Makapuu Beach was battered by 6- to 10-foot waves and deadly currents, so lifeguards closed the Here's what will be open and closed on Thanksgiving Day, Thursday, Nov.

24 ui -J Federal offices Brown: Feds should up funds to woo tourists By Russ Lynch Sur-Bulletin The federal budget of $17 million to persuade foreigners to visit the United States is a paltry sum and should be radically increased, says U.S. Commerce Secretary Ron is absurd Rrown saiH in the offices Federal offices Btata ofBceslZZLUI City, county offices and ail satellite city halls Ridge to warn the fishermen. Wii Lan-tien loves to fish, and" he quickly accepts whenever in? vited by his friend Chen Pei-chin. Yesterday they set up at Bamboo Ridge, a place they rarely said his daughter-in-law, Judy Wu. In the time it took Brown and Goodwin to get from Kalanianaole Highway to the bottom of the cliff, a wave grabbed Wu, 70, and flung him into the ocean.

Chen tried to grab him but the waves were too strong. As the lifeguards rounded the corner to talk to the fishermen, they spotted one in the water with waves crashing over him, and quickly dived in. They got help from lifeguard Koa Ibarra on the rescue jet ski stationed at Hanauma as specta City, county offices and all satellite city halls Public, private University of Hawaii Public, private Wercity of Hawaii IYIanf70, saved from high surf in 'killer zone' By Greg Ambrose Sur-Bulletin City lifeguards Kaeo Perez and Keith Brown knew it was going to be a busy day at Sandy Beach yesterday when they spotted two surfers just before 8:30 a.m. enter the water at Full Point. Within minutes a raging current had pulled them down the beach past Gas Chambers and toward a boiling cauldron of water churned by 30 mph winds and 8-foot waves.

The surfers made it to the beach. But as Brown and fellow lifeguard Bill Goodwin set up warning signs on the beach, they spotted more trouble: Two fishermen had set up their poles at Bamboo Ridge. Hawaii Kai residents Goodwin, who turned 24 Thursday, and Brown, 29, have spent their lives bodyboarding and surfing Sandy Beach, and knew how quickly the surging seas could kill. They jumped in Goodwin's car and drpve the 300 yards to Bamboo Blood Bank Humane Society Most libraries Municipal golf courses Open Markets Blood Bank! Humane Society Most libraries J.1iiniclpal golf courses Open Markets Deacn at a.m. yesterday.

Although they closed Sandy Beach at 10:30 a.m., two professional bod-yboarders ran past police and lifeguards just after noon. They battled rescuers on a jet ski for hours as the current dragged them out to sea toward Hanauma Bay. "It's a waste of manpower and resources for someone who might really need a rescue," said a disgusted Lee. Even though they evaded arrest at Hanauma Bay, police know them and are eager to charge the pair with obstructing government operations and disobeying lawful orders, said Officer Shayne Souza. Wu was treated at Straub Hospital for cuts to his hands and released, and tired but in good spirits.

"I think this is going to scare him a little bit, maybe he'll stop fishing for a little while," said Judy Wu. "It's a good thing they were right there, we're really blessed. Everybody worked so good, so fast, we really appreciate that they all did such good work. "Please say mahalo to those lifeguards for me," she said. "It really feels good, we saved somebody," Goodwin said.

keynote speech on the second day of the 1994 Tourism Congress at the Hilton Hawaiian Village yesterday. The amount, which funds the U.S. Travel and Tourism Administration, is less than most states spend and infinitesimal in light of what other countries spend, he said. Brown later told reporters even that small amount may be threatened. He said he hopes the newly elected Republican majority in Congress will be convinced of the importance of tourism.

There has been talk of eliminating Banks Most savings loans Banks Most savinga 4 loans Stock brokerages Stock brokerages tors unea tne nignway watching. "My father-in-law said that when he looked at his friend talking to the two gentlemen in red shorts, he knew he would get help," Judy Wu said. "He didn't know they would come so soon." "If we had gotten there a minute later, he would have been gone, and probably never been found," Goodwin said. "They put their lives at risk for this one, said lifeguard Capt. Jim Howe, adding, "I can't ever remember that we have saved anybody that has been washed in there.

Bamboo Ridge is the killer Thi surf HimhoH 1 HO taat nn Academy of Arts Arizona Memorial Bishop Museum 1 Botanical Gardens USS Bowfin Children's Museum Contemporary Museum Dole Cannery Hawaii Maritime Center'; Hawaii's Plantation Village cliff at Hanauma and closed the paths along the edge of the bay. It just another day at work ''T-H-: nil I 1 1 mi Honolulu Zoo lolani Palace Academy of Arts Arizona Memorial Bishop Museum Botanical Gardens uss Bowfin Children's Museum Contemporary Museum Dole Cannery Hawaii Marttims Center, Hawaii's Plantation Village Honolulu Zoo 1 lolani Palace Lyon Arboretum t'M Mission Houses Pacific Aerospace" Museum -1 Polynesian Cultural Center 3ea Life PaiiSJZTSx Senator Fong's i Plantation and Gardens Summer Palace Waikiki Aquarium yteEmea Falls Park irilLJ Lyon Arboretum MADD CAMPAIGN FOR SAFE Mission Houses the budget for the Travel and Tourism Administration, which is part of his department, Brown said. Earlier, he told the conference that it is hard to convince others that tourism is business and not just fun and games. By some measures, tourism is the country's largest export industry he said, and it doesn't provide only menial jobs. Brown said there are 650,000 jobs at the executive level alone in the nation's tourist industry.

There are more than 45 million foreign visitors to the United States each year, producing an estimated $74 billion in revenues, he said. Brown chairs a national tourism policy council, which he said is working to bring together all government resources that have anything to do with tourism. Next November, the White House Conference on Tourism will further that aim. One reason it is hard to get the message across about the Importance of tourism, he said, is that the industry, for national statistical purposes, belongs in a category called miscellaneous services not otherwise categorized. That section also includes magicians and astrologers, Brown said, and it is time to get away from that.

Brown traveled to Indonesia with President Clinton for the Asia-Pacific Economic Cooperation forum, where Clinton joined leaders of 17 Asian countries in a pledge to create a free trade zone among Pacific nations by the year 2020. Pacific Aerospace Mussum Polynesian Cultural Center Sea Life Parit Senator Fong's Plantation and Gardens Summer Palace Waikiki Aquarium Waimea Falls Park Laurie Meininger, president of i Mothers Against Drunk Driving (MADD), pins a red ribbon on 5 police officers Shermon 1 Dowkin, Robert Lung, and Forrest Broome at Ala Moana Center Stage By Craig T. i Kojima. I Star-Builelin r. a i it i in li ill TheBus Holiday schedule Pn-streel parking I Frej Traffic No coning rash 3.7 Regular pickup; Mail No regular delivery City landfills "'Ope TheBus Regular schedule On-street parking -( Traffic Coning Trash, Regular pickuo Mail Regular delivery City Jandfilfs Pf ft- -7 i operations, such as the cattle it keeps on the ranch's west end.

The board ruled that the ranch must invest the $10,000 in ways that will benefit the community rather than depositing it in the state's general fund, William Kehnison, the "board's 'commissioner representing kai, initially did not recommend that the ranch tear down the house. But he changed his recommendation after an executive session, giving the ranch a choice. Commissioner Libert Landgraf had said the fine should have hppn clear signal to developers that they can do what they want." The board also ruled that the ranch must apply for a permit or tear down the house, which would be used for commercial purposes. James "Jay" Anderson, Molokai Ranch recreation manager, said he would recommend to the ranch board that the ranch apply for a permit to retain the house. He said he was disappointed with the outcome: "I think we didn't represent ourselves as well as we could have and as a result got a more stringent outcome." He also said he would like Access matter of subsistence for Molokai li'J -r By Linda Hosek Slar-Bullelin i -1 I 1 After waiting for six years, the i state yesterday granted the Molo-j kai community formal pedestrian I access through Molokai Ranch property to a south shore beach.

i But residents primarily na- tive Hawaiians said they gained I nothing from the unanimous state Land Board decision, explaining that they need vehicular access to other areas to feed their families. "This is subsistence access," said Walter Ritte, activist and Molokai coordinator for the state Department of Business, Economic Development and Tourism. "Thirty-eight percent of all our food comes from subsistence. The last governors, race was won by 38 percent so you know how important 38 percent is." j4 Board members urged ranch officials to work with residents, saying the friction could lead to a kind of guerilla warfare with people who have had previous access to the land. rJ block people out of areas, they get upset," said Commissioner Christopher Yuen.

"You'd feel the same way." The access issue reflects a con flict between the native Hawaiian community, which is seeking ways to enhance its subsistence lifestyle, and Molokai Ranch, which is developing an "eco-tourism" plan for campsites. Board members will act on ture access issues in other areas of Molokai Ranch, which encompass- es 52,000 acres. The state designated areas of the ranch a conservation district in 1964 and the board in 1988 required the ranch to provide beach access. Brierley Investments an Auckland-based company, bought the ranch in 1989. Board commissioners also frustrated Molokai residents at the meeting after they imposed a $10,000 fine on the ranch for build ing a new house when it had submitted plans only for repairs.

Roger Evans, Office on Conservation and Environmental Affairs administrator in the state Department of Land and Natural Resources, had recommended a $40,000 fine and the demolition of the structure, known as Kaupoa House. Ranch of ficials argued that they began repairs, but made a "business and economic decision" in the field to rebuild after much of the house was rotted. But they didn't inform the department of their new direction, which would have required a permit. The board chose not to make the hard decision," said John Sa-bas, Molokai resident. "This gives a at least $20,000, adding that he was upset bv the attitude of ranrh the ranch provide more meaning ful access.

But he said the ranch also has to weigh how access will affect its i officials. "This 'business decision' (about Kaupoa House) it sticks in my craw," he said. of two women, lice said. Ala Moana man, 20, set afire as he slept at home 20-year-old Ala Moana man today remained in guarded condition at Straub Hospital with burns to his face and torso after he was set afire as he slept. Police as yet have no motive or suspects in the attempted murder and burglary investigation.

The man was asleep at his Ala Moana Boulevard apartment when he awoke shortly after midnight Thursday to find someone in his room. He also felt something cool on his body, police said. He opened his eyes to see a man throw a lit tissue on him and flee. He apparently was doused earlier with a flammable liquid that quickly ignited. His roommate awoke to his screams and went to his aid.

Police make two busts over check-kiting scam Police yesterday broke up a check-kiting scam with the arrest crashed onto the roof of her late-model sedan. The woman suffered "massive head injuries," police said. Dispatchers disciplined for failing in 911 call HILO Police dispatchers who failed to send officers to respond to a 911 emergency call regarding dead bodies at Hilo airport on Oct 9 made a mistake and have been disciplined, police said. The first call was made in the middle of the night by youths who were involved in the murders of Marc Miyasaki and Timmy Nicolas, according to earlier court testimony. Police did not respond until a second call was made about three hours later.

An investigation concluded that failure to send officers at the time of the first call was a breakdown of procedures, police said. The breakdown was caused in part by a series of calls that came in at the same time, distracting the The suspects, ages 26 and 23, were arrested for first-degree theft. A third woman, who may have been involved, is still at large. Police know of at least four check-kiting schemes that the women were involved in since January but there may be more. In January, the 26-year-old woman deposited $100,000 in worthless checks into a checking account she had just opened at Bank of Hawaii.

She then began drawing funds on the account. When the bank confronted the woman, she paid back $70,000.. The scheme was repeated in July but this time she opened the checking account at Bank of Hawaii under the name of a coworker. She later repaid the bank $36,000. On Oct.

31, the woman switched her operation to First Hawaiian Bank. The bank was repaid $36,000. ti Three days ago, she opened an account at First Hawaiian's University Avenue branch. The bank says the woman owes $40,000, po dispatchers, they said. The employees involved have been disciplined, but their names will not be released due to privacy requirements of state law and the union contract, police said.

Secret arrests improper in drug probe, police say HILO Police have admitted they improperly kept arrest information secret during a nine-month drug investigation. The investigation resulted in grand jury action against 34 suspects while another 25 were identified as suspects but have not yet been charged, police said. The case became controversial when police refused to release the names of some suspects who were arrested. The Hawaii Tribune-Herald sued the police department seeking the release of the names on tlje basis that secret arrests are illegal. That suit has now been settled police said.

Mayor Stephen Yama- -shiro said withholding the names Woman robs Kaimuki's Territorial Sayings A woman pulled off Oahu's 39th bank robbery of the year and third this week at Territorial Savings and Loan in Kaimuki about 1:30 p.m. yesterday. She fled with -ran undisclosed amount of cash. No weapon was seen although she indicated she had one in her purse, police said. The woman passed a note and then grabbed the teller by the arm, demanding money.

Jt 23-year-old badly hurt by falling pole on H-l A 23-year-old woman was critically injured yesterday when a light pole fell on her car on the H-l freeway in Waipahu near the Far-rington Highway The woman, a military dependent from Schofield, was driving toward Honolulu when the 10:30 a.m. accident occurred. The pole was motivated by a good faith The two names that had been withheld are Theo Bianchini, 29, and Patrick Panui, 22, both of Hilo, police said. Bianchini was convicted of a drug offense, they said. A case against Panui is still pending.

Mililani man's death opens up murder case Police have opened up a murder investigation into the death of a 21-year-old Mililani man who allegedly was accidently shot in the abdomen during an- argument Thursday night. He at 6 a.m. yesterday, police said. A 19-year-old man also of Mililani is in fair condition after he was shot in the hand. The case was initially classified as second-degree assault defined as recklessly causing serious bodily injury.

Police are still investigating the incident to determine whether the shooting was accidental Reported by Star-Bulletin ttaff FROM PAGE ONE i or r. vulnerable time. KHNL: Station recruits Cooke for news team CiifeD KHNL 13 A WA 1 1 team, Armstrong said. Several broadcast reporters in Honolulu who requested anonymity told the Star-Bulletin they had been contacted by KHNL about possible employment. A subdued Cooke last night said his decision to leave KITV has been "extremely difficult." 1 can't say anything bad about KITV," Cooke said.

"Wally Zim-mermann has been like a father to me; Dick Schaller is probably one of the gentlest souls to walk the planet. "But I have had to make a professional decision here about what my future will be. I have made this decision with a clear conscience." Cooke notified Schaller yesterday of his decision to leave. Schaller. was unavailable for comment last night.

Cooke's departure hits KITV at a KHNL next year will become an NBC affiliate. KHON, now the NBC affiliate, will become the Fox Television affiliate, which is now KHNL. KHNL became a candidate for NBC affiliation in August when a joint venture involving Fox Television announced it was purchasing four Burnham Broadcasting Co. stations, including KHON-TV 2, Hawaii's top-rated news station. KHNL's news operation will give Hawaii viewers four locally produced television news shows.

KHNL has run ads in national broadcast magazines looking for everything from a news director and executive producer to reporters, photographers and anchors. The station expects to hire 40 to 70 people: KHNL's staff currently is about 75 employees, Armstrong Rob Fukuzaki, weekend sports anchor and weekend reporter, left the station this month to work for KABC in Los Angeles. KITV news director Wally Zimmermann suffered a heart attack earlier this week and it's not known when he will be able to return. And KITV sports director Robert Kekaula's two-year contract expires Dec. 31 and he has not been re-signed.

The timing of his departure "is unfortunate" but unavoidable, Cooke said. KHNL plans to have its new state-of-the-art newsroom up and running by mid-1995 "or sooner if we can," a beaming Armstrong said last night "Dan is going to help us build the first digital newsroom in the United States," Armstrong said. "We will be working with technologies A brief look at Cooke A brief profile of Dan Cooke; i Age: 38 Birthplace: Bolivar, Mo. Education: University of waii. University of nia at San Diego, Temple University Current job: News anchor and weather reporter for KITV Other experience: On-air pe'r-( sonality in Missouri, Phila- delphia and San Diego and at isle radio stations KQMQ, KKUA and KRTR; host for specials and i weekly show on ESPN Family: Married; one son 1 FROM PAGE A-1 duties will include field reporting.

"We want to use Dan in all his abilities and right now we see that as fairly limitless," Armstrong said. "You need to write the play before you cast the characters. "But we've made an exception in this case. Dan is a person you can build around. So now that we have him, we're now going to build around him." Over the next several weeks, KHNL plans to announce other high-profile hires for their news KHNL already has a logo for its anticipated affiliation with NBC.

and video that no other newsroom in the country can do." Cooke has anchored KTTVs 6 and 10 p.m. weekday newscasts and has done the station's popular weather segment aaiu..