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Hawaii Tribune-Herald, Wednesday August 1 1984 37 Boanical garden opens to public Penney's trying to upgrade image with name labels Mt s. in sr -lit. world include palms, bromeliads, gingers, heliconias, exotic ornamentals, plants of medicinal value, and rare endangered species The objectives of Hawaii Tropical Botanical Garden are to maintain a nature preserve for the protection of plant, bird and marinelife, to provide an environment of education and research, and to preserve the historic site, Dan Lutkenhouse said. To preserve the natural beauty, no parking or picnicking is allowed at the garden site. Visitors must park at the garden office located at the historic Yellow Church on the Scenic Drive.

Transportation, provided by a mini bus to the garden, is included in the $6 per person, tax-deductible donation required to visit the garden. Visitors are limited to 50 per day. Phone 964-5283 for Hawaii Tropical Botanical Garden, on the four-mile Scenic Route at Onomea Bay, officially opened to the public today Dan president and director, and Pauline Lutkenhouse, director of the nonprofit foundation, nature preserve and sanctuary, said the garden will be open to visitors from 8 a.m. to 5 p.m. daily.

Reservations are required. The natural botanical garden, enhanced with collections of tropical plants, birds and marinelife, is five miles north of Hilo. At present, trails of the 17-acre nature preserve are about one' mile long, requiring a walk of about two hours, according to the Lutkenhouses. Developed within a primitive forest, there are waterfalls, cascading streams and rugged coastline. There also is an array of tropical vegetation, flowers and fruit.

Tropical plantlife being collected from many parts of the EARN CAMPING GEAR COMTEC the cable TV having the team wash its trucks. Two ot the team mem-company based in Hilo, recently gave the adventure bers, Noland Mochado, left, of Hawaiian Beaches and team of the Boys Club of Hilo the opportunity to pur- Steve DeCosta of Hilo display a tent and some of the chase $250 worth of camping equipment and tents by equipment purchased. DALLAS ITJ Penney Co. has been trying with designer labels, store modenmation and art shows to sKed its solid but stodgy image of the place where you buy 'inexpensive-work pants for dad and housedresses for mom. It seems tot' succeeding There's a new look developing a look designed to attract up scale customers with 'money to spend for top of the line products a look that says the competition is Bloomingdale's more than Sears.

The company still sells bib overalls to farmers. esecially in its small town stores, but it is much more interested in talking about its designer latxl items -r-and in broadening its market base Eliminated last year were its auto service shops and depart ments that sold large and small household appliances', pamt and hardware, law and garden goods and fabrics. From a corporate stamiHint, those changes were made smoothly, without a snag in profitability. C. Penney 1983 sales reached $12 billion, up from $1 1.4 billion in and income rose 8.5 percent to a record $4fi7 million.

The chain has 2.100 stores in every state of the union. Puerto Rico and Belgium Catalog sales accounted for $1.8 billion in V.m. The modernization program started last year with 4(1 stores. This year 35 stores are being made over at an average cost of between $3 million and $4 million each. "The ones being done in 19K4 are all larger, more productive stores," said Allan I.

Carper, manager for the Dallas Fort Worth District where five stores are being redone "After 1984 we'll do about 4(1 to (id stores a year. Business briefs KOHA takes on new look () Since June, Channel 2, KOHA-TV, on the Big Island has taken on a new look. In addition to longer hours and an updated format, came several new faces. Ed Corn is the acting general manager. Burk Ashfprd is the new head of marketing and general sales manager, who also owns Harlequin Productions producers of "Chuckleberry's Cartoon Corner" and other products.

Cynthia Bell is a new account executive. Two more new faces in operations are Mary Furlong and Stanley Kang. Independent services of editing and production are provided by Gene Sive, a local film producer whose work has been shown on over 80 televison stations. Ashford said, "we have a new ANNIVERSARY For the recent celebration of Big and Honda's president from Honolulu, C. W.

Bill Shafer. Island Honda's fifth anniversary, sales representative In conjunction with the anniversary, the Big Island's Paul Eslit, left, welcomed Bob Rivers, Western, Zone expanded facilities were inaugurated in anticipation of Sales Manager, Robert Clever, Western Zone Manager the increased sales volume. Burk Ashford television station, we are starting If youVe looking for a great personal loan, getSmart jover from scratch "We will be involved in the community and become a part of he said. "Our future here is exciting, the work to be done is challenging, and it is going to be fun not only for us but also for those around us." Surviving' staff members are Naty Ishibashi, Abraham Lag-adon, and Mike Sakamoto. Tax reform seminars scheduled stitute and a senior instructor for the Hawaii Association of Realtors.

In addition to the session on the federal act, an update of the 1984 Hawaii State Legislature will be given by Brian Thomas, director at large of the Hawaii Association of Realtors. The cost of the seminar is $15 for licensed real estate people and $25 for the general public. Those who want to attend should mail a check to the REC Education Office, P.O. Box 3469, Honolulu, HI 96801. The state Real Estate Comnv ission will sponsor a series of seminars on the Tax Reform Act passed by Congress this summer.

The six-hour seminars, open to the public and real estate licensees, will be held at the University of Hawaii Hilo Camus Center on Aug. 15 and at the Kona Sheraton Royal Waikoloa Resort on Aug. 22. They will feature J. Allen Johnson, an expert on taxation, financial analysis and communication, who is a senior instructor for the Realtors National Marketing In Food service workshop set vDaacr restaurants on all the major islands and the mainland, will conduct the workshop.

Subjects to be covered include such problems as opening, management controls, food handling and costs, guidelines for successful operations, and specific reasons for diminished prof its. Also included in the program will be a presentation by John Be-thune of Honolulu on how computers can help people in the food and beverage business. Appointments for counseling on a one to-one basis will be offered at the workshop to attendees only. A workshop for food service owners, managers, employees and those interested in starting a food and beverage operation will be held on Tuesday, Aug. 7, at the Hotel King Kamehameha from 8:30 a.m.

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