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	Saturday, March 10, 2001

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More than 100 acres of former sugarcane and pineapple fields burned yesterday in a brushfire reported at 12:13 p.m. between Schofield Barracks and Waialua. Honolulu Fire Capt. Richard Soo said the fire line exceeded two miles. The blaze was controlled at 5:40 p.m. Parts of Kaukonahua Road were closed when the fire came close to jumping over the road.

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Sub collision re-created
In a dramatic re-creation, a video simulation showed that the Ehime Maru clearly would have been visible by the submarine USS Greeneville had the Navy crew conducted a thorough periscope search.

Greeneville repairs will cost about $2 million

A Tribute to the Missing

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UH Laboratory School in danger of closing
The UH Laboratory School is looking for private funding to stay open. Next year, the school will lose the last $300,000 of the $1 million it had been receiving from the University of Hawai'i.

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Budget crunch forces Coast Guard to cut back on patrols
The Coast Guard in Hawai'i faces significant belt-tightening in response to a servicewide budget crisis, and long-range patrols designed to catch marine criminals will be the first to go.

Rodrigues calls questions on compensation plan 'bogus'
United Public Workers leader Gary Rodrigues yesterday broke the silence he has maintained since his federal indictment to defend his union in a dispute over a new tax-deferred compensation plan.

State revenue growth forecast stays at 6 percent
Concerns about a slowing Mainland economy prompted the state Council on Revenues yesterday to leave its forecast for state revenues unchanged at 6 percent growth for this fiscal year.

Shop owner alerts police to van damaged in fatality
Alerted that police were looking for a damaged van involved in a fatal hit-and-run collision, a Honolulu body-shop owner gave police a potential break in finding the driver.

Vests cushion blows for officers hurt in crash
Three motorcycle patrol officers involved in a crash on Pali Highway yesterday were wearing body armor that likely lessened their injuries, Police Chief Lee Donohue said.

UH faculty air their grievances
Hundreds of University of Hawai'i faculty members lined the corner of University and Dole yesterday, joined by student supporters, in an effort to pressure the state into a contract settlement.

Hawai'i briefs
Hiker may have committed suicide; Suspect denied bail for previous record; Vote on Puna rezoning delayed.

Hawai'i County agrees to new rules on drug raids
The Hawai'i County Council's acceptance yesterday of a $160,377 federal drug enforcement grant means police can resume helicopter raids on Big Island marijuana patches.

State plans Lana'i's first Hawaiian Homes development
In its first development venture on Lana'i, the state Department of Hawaiian Home Lands is planning to build 136 single-family homes and 20 multifamily units on the outskirts of Lana'i City.


		Bob Krauss
			Small class big occasion for refugees I met the invisible population of Our Honolulu in a back room of the Kahuku United Methodist Church on Monday night. This part of our invisible population lives in the hills back of Kahuku on postage-stamp farms.


		Lee Cataluna
			Full truth, or 'oia 'i'o, helps us to forgive The people who let the Ehime Maru tragedy have to tell the absolute truth, 'oia 'i'o. The court of inquiry offers a path to get to this truth, if defensive maneuvering doesn't get in the way.


		Jan TenBruggencate
			Energy alternatives may suit the Islands When it comes to potential nonfossil fuel energy in Hawai'i, ideas are not in short supply. They include fields of solar panels and ocean thermal energy conversion.


		Mike Leidemann
			Let's work as well as we laugh What a great place this could be if we could just get all the government agencies in the state working together to make this a better place and fix some of the despoiling that’s already gone on.

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