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EVER GREEN By Lois Taylor TV: Writing, cast make good friends' B-2 Itedlo: What's on the airwaves D-3 DcnncHy: Historic broadcast on KGU B-4 section Monday, April 3, 1995 tar-X5uEctin TODAY Grants to help, you. 1 I i 4 jfy I Photos by Ken Sakamoto, sur-BuUean Joe Torelli of Avid Technology Inc. at the digital editing bay where KHNL staffers will process their news product. male Hawaii' green TlMBY it means "Not In My Back Yard," I and it usually refers to people eager to I build prisons and sewage treatment JL plants, but not near where they live. In this case, it is about the only restriction in the Kaulunani Urban Forestry Program, A project of the state's Department of Land and Natural Resources' Division of Forestry and Wildlife, the program shares the cost with community volunteer groups who plant and maintain trees.

But the trees have to go where everyone can enjoy them, not in somebody's back yard. Right now, Nelson Ayers office is offering grants to these groups, with a deadline of May 5 to submit applications. The program, now in its fifth year, is partially funded by the U.S. Department of Agriculture. It requires that "the amount requested must be at least equally matched in nonfederal dollars, labor or materials by the community or organization receiving the grant" The maximum grant is $10,000, so the maximum project would cost $20,000, with half the cost borne by the government agency and half by the volunteer group.

According to Ayers, the eligible projects fall into four categories: Tree planting or demonstration projects. These may beautify an area or provide shade. The department has assisted the North Shore Outdoor Circle with its bike path planting and the Waipahu Cultural Center with its landscaping. Educational or informational programs. These include workshops for property owners and training programs for maintenance of urban trees, including in-school activities.

Several parent, teacher and student groups, including those at Aliiolani and Royal Elementary schools, have made campus improvements by planting trees through the program. Government tree care and technical assistance programs. These include training courses for early tree care, pruning and long-term maintenance. The department has helped Honolulu buy software for its street tree inventory and the University of Hawaii-Hilo plant a conifer garden at a dormitory. Arbor Day programs.

Arbor Day in Hawaii is in November, although it's in the spring elsewhere, so you have time to work on this one. But don't expect $10,000 for a parade. The department also offers matchable mini-grants of up to $500 for smaller projects of urban beautification. Ayers' office and its review committees study the applications and make the awards. Evaluation is based on whether the applying group has the funds and manpower to complete the project, whether the costs are reasonable, whether the project responds to specific community needs and is appropriate to the community.

They want to know who will benefit, who will participate and how will the project be maintained and monitored. Application forms are available from the Division of Forestry and Wildlife. Call Nelson Ayers at 587-0166 for more information, and think about what you can do at your children's school, at the entrance to your neighborhood, just about anywhere that is widely visible and could be improved by the planting of trees. There are orchid societies and clubs for fern growers and African violet cultivators and succulent fans. And now, to a waiting world, comes The Tomato Club.

According to its founder, Robert Ambrose, more than 30 million people in the United States grow vegetables, and 95 percent of them grow tomatoes. His point seems to be that supermarket tomatoes, with their leathery skins and washed out flavor, are a disappointment Ambrose says that if you grow them at home and, according to him, you can grow more than 100 pounds of tomatoes a year in less than 4 square feet you're in for a treat He produces an 8-page newsletter for club members with everything from recipes to poetry to pictures of people holding volleyball-sized tomatoes, but mostly it's tips on tomato cultivation. It sells it for $12.95 for six issues a year. The advice is relevant to Hawaiian gardens, although he writes in New Jersey. If interested, write to The Tomato Club, 114 Main Street Bogota, NJ 07603.

Lois Taylor's gardening column is a Monday feature of the Today section. Write her at the Star-Bulletin, P.O. Box 3080, Honolulu, HI 96802. I 1 11 11 ii 1 mm km 4T OKHNL'saU-digitil newsroom will be the world's first of its kind By Tim Ryan Sur-BuUctin 1 A electronic revolution is occurring in an unlikely place; hthe nondescript, cin 4 der block KFVE-Channel 5 television building where Nimitz Highway meets Sand Island Road. i Millions of dollars worth of state- of-the-art computer equip ment is being installed in the nearly 11,000 square-foot in-, terior to create the first all- 1 digital news station in the world.

It'll be used by KHNL Hawaii News 8, Hawaii's Stations to switch affiliations A plan has been in the works since late last year for the Fox network to buy some of NBC's stations, including Honolulu's KHON. When that happens it will mean that KHNL the local Fox Television affiliate, becomes the NBC affiliate and will broadcast that network's shows, including "Seinfeld," "E.R." and AFC football. When KHON becomes the Fox affiliate, it will -air that network's shows, such as "The Simp- sons," "Melrose Place" and NFC football. KHON will keep its syndicated shows, such as "Jeopardy" and "Wheel of Fortune." And its top-rated Channel 2 news with Joe Moore also will remain intact The Federal Communications Commission is scheduled to meet in late April to decide whether the Fox network and its owner, Savoy Pictures, meet the financial requirements of being primarily U.S.-owned before any sales are approved. However, a source said the FCC could make its decision as early as Thursday.

KHON is owned by the Burnham Broadcasting KHNL by Rhode Island-based Providence Journal Broadcasting Corp. The affiliation change is not expected until at least September, said Mike Rosenberg, KHON general manager. Fox overcame a major hurdle when NBC in February said it no longer will challenge the takeover of some of its stations, including KHON, by the Fox network. KHON and KHNL executives said a firm date for any affiliation switch has never been set or even discussed because the FCC decision must occur first The general consensus, however, is that the earliest the switch will occur is in September when new fall programming begins. By Tim Ryan Consultant Craig Marrs and KHNL president Doug Armstrong talk shop next to one of the station's new robotic cameras.

newest news kids on the block, which hopes to be on the air by late April (KHNL leases its news production space in the KFVE building). All news programming will be edited and operated completely from computer disks rather than analog tape. What does.it mean for the viewer? That more time can be spent. on news gathering and reporting than on technical tasks, said Doug Armstrong, president and general manager of KHNL "News gathering is a labor-intense tion," said Craig Marrs, a KHNL consultant and president and general manager for west Cable News of Seattle. "It takes a certain amount of bodies and effort to get the news product on the air, and for many years a large number of those bodies had to be devoted to the technical side of the process rather than the reporting.

With a digital newsroom, KHNL will be able to devote more resources to news gathering." Digital editing also is cheaper than traditional videotape-based editing. It takes just one machine, while editing analog tape requires at least two and as many as three machines. Videotape quality is lost when a tape is manipulated and as time passes. Digitizing allows quick access to footage and allows material to See KHNL, page b-3 FYI ISFU spring concert is Saturday Springfest '95, Hawaii Pacific University's annual concert runs from 1 to 6 p.m. Saturday at the Hawaii Loa campus.

Admssion is free. Four local bands will be featured: Crossover; Uncle Mental, Sons of Tosh and Rolando Sanchez. The event takes place on the front lawn of the Loa campus, so bring blankets and beach chairs. The campus is located at 45-045 Kamehameha Highway, directly makai of the Pali golf course. Reported by Star-Bulietin staff 1' I 1 T-r: ft Fx I BIZARRO By Dan Piraro CAPTAIN, WSWGCfTTO DO A3our WStatc OEOKiawoN 7 V' ARE SERIOUSLY HOPING MoRAll! it Now.

ve: know what Gob Soger means Like a rock! The oldest Chevy truck on record is for sale, and it runs great ByBurlBurlingame Star-Bulletin WHEN the "Classics" section of the classified car ads feature vehicles from the '80s, we know we're in the '90s. But a recent Honolulu ad featured a 1919 Chevrolet pick-up truck. That's on beyond Classic. Beyond Collectible. Beyond Antique.

It's almost an Ancient Relic. The ad was true, as it turned out Owner Darrell Leciejewski is not only selling an old Chevy truck, he's selling the oldest known Chevy truck. According to a Chevrolet spokesman in Detroit the Model 490 Chevrolet Light Delivery Truck was first manufactured in 1918. Leciejewski's father Ralph restored the vehicle several yean ago and registered it with antique car clubs, and so far no one has registered an older Chevy truck. Chevrolet does not have a museum like the Ford company, and doesn't keep track of these things.

Interested? Take a look at the picture here, because that's as close as you might get The vehicle is stored in its own barn in Wisconsin at the Leciejewski homestead. The color, by the way, is apple green. "When Dad bought it it looked like a skeleton," said Leciejewski, who lives in Honolulu. "A lot of it was made out of wood, however, so he was able to remake to some parts. He'd advertise for parts hi HI Darrell Leciejewski and his 1919 Chevrolet Model 490 Light Delivery Truck.

Photo courtesy of Darrell Leciejewski I'M, A can also be thrown in. The Leciejewskis are parting with the vehicle because they could use the money in these austere times. How much? Leciejewski listed the vehicle for $100,000. "Oh, it's negotiable! It's just that there's no blue-book price for something like this. It's one of a kind," Leciejewski said.

Interested? Leciejewski can be reached at 521-3992, in case you're looking for something that burns leaded gasoline. Actual mileage may vary, of course. in antique car magazines, and people would send him the parts for free, just so they'd get used." Restoration took three to five years, Leciejewski the oldest car we ever restored mostly, we did (Ford) Model As. It's a nice parade car. It runs smooth.

The clutch is made out of leather, so you have to oil it before driving. The valves are out in the open, so you can watch them popping up and down, and oil them. It's a standard 4-speed, with the starter on the floor and the gas tank under the seat" The shed, plus a custom-built carrying trailer ill A Pg miniii8i8'ff A.