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Police Beat Obituaries A4 C4 p-n a SATURDAY. April 4, 1992 The Honolulu Advertiser LTU Legislator wants Marcoses to pay hospital first matter is resolved to the satisfaction of St. Francis Hospital." "I would hate to see our citizens assume the cost of Mr. Marcos' hospitalization by way of increased cost (for other patients)," she wrote. "The general public has to guarantee pay mcnt upon admittance to a hospital.

It is time to put a stop to lax standards for the rich and famous." Eugene Tiwanak, vice president of St. Francis, said about $415,000 is still owed for Marcos' care. The former Philippine president died at the hospital on Sept 28, 1989. Tiwanak said the last payment was made in July 1989. Marumoto suggested that the family might "look for the money with a greater sense of urgency" if the Health Department withholds the permit to remove the body.

Noting that Marcos' widow, Imelda, is running for the Philippine presidency, Marumoto said: "I'm sure they're spending a lot of money on the campaign." The body is in a crypt in Kaneohe. By Kevin Dayton Advertiser Capitol Bureau The state Health Department should block plans to ship the body of Ferdinand Marcos out of Hawaii until Marcos' family pays more than $400,000 in his overdue hospital bills, a state lawmaker says. Rep. Barbara Marumoto, R-23rd Dist. (Waialae-Maunalanl Heights), yesterday wrote to Gov.

John Wai-hee asking him to block the body's return to the Philippines "until this The widow has said she plans to return it to the Philippines for burial this month. The hospital is run by the Sisters of the Third Franciscan Order of Syracuse, N.Y., and Tiwanak said its officials "are concerned that the body is being moved." The hospital has considered ways to collect the debt, ranging from filing a lien on the body it could be considered part of Marcos' estate -to seeking a temporary retraining or der to block its departure, he said. He said that the Marcos family promised as recently as a month ago to make good on the debt and that the hospital has been patient Tiwanak said the hospital did not ask for help from Marumoto or the state. Barbara Hastings, spokeswoman for the state Health Department, said no application has been filed yet to move Marcos' body out of state. She said the department will discuss the issue with the state attorney general before deciding how to proceed.

Geothermal backer retracts bill craoi1 mown Controversy on emissions By Andy Yamaguchi and Kevin Dayton Advertiser Capitol Bureau A last-minute proposal to alow geothermal development to tk get back on line quickly Matsuura said he inserted the provision to help Puna Geothermal Venture, which he said must get state clearance for operations soon or risk going broke. But another Big Island senator, Andy Levin, sat at the public end of the conference table yesterday and blistered the proposal at a Senate Ways and Means Committee hearing. Approving the amendment would be "telling hundreds, maybe thousands, of Hawaii's people that they are dirt, that neither their views, nor their concerns, nor their health or even their lives are of the slightest concern to this Legislature or this government," the usually reserved Levin said. Matsuura said the proposed standard is "very, very low" and "the thought of circumventing the process was never in my mind." Still, he said he withdrew the measure so that Ways and Means chairman Ma-moru Yamasaki would not "take the hit." In other bills: Assault weapons: A proposed ban on "assault pistols" offered by the House Judiciary Committee appears likely to get a look in the Senate. Senate Judiciary Chairman Russell Blair said that if the bill passes a full House vote, he won't raise constitutional objections to the proposed ban.

After hearing seven hours of testimony Thursday on a bill to ban assault weapons, House Judiciary Chairman Wayne Met-calf said he would limit the ban to assault pistols such as the MAC-10. Cockfighting: The Senate Judiciary Committee killed a bill that supporters said would "destigmatize" cockfighting by moving it out of the criminal code and grouping it with agricultural statutes. The bill wouldn't have changed the penalties for cock-fighting, which is a misdemeanor punishable by up to a year in jail and a $2,000 fine. which critics labeled an attempted "end run" around the Big Island community was withdrawn last night as state lawmakers faced a key dead line. State Sen.

Richard Matsuura, Lawmakers then will decide whether to agree to the changes and send the bills to the governor to be signed into law, or disagree and work out the differences in House-Senate conference committees. The legislative session is scheduled to end April 27. The geothermal flap erupted over Matsuura's proposed amendment to a clean-air bill. The amendment would have expedited establishment of a temporary state standard for hydrogen sulfide through legislation while a permanent standard is established through the slower, more deliberative process of administrative rule-making. a geothermal supporter, pulled the plug on the measure but said the delay could drive Puna Geothermal Venture out of business.

Senate and House members had until midnight last night to position amended bills for final votes Tuesday to trade the bills for further consideration. Locally based longline boat seized By Stu Glauberman Advertiser Staff Writer I IT -Mf. A Hawaii-based longline fish ing vessel with a string of al ite life Advertiser photos by Bruce Asato In top photo, Maemae School principal Morris Kimoto draws the first name in yesterday's lottery while Arlene Shimoka- wa, the school parent community network coordinator, looks on. Above, Yuji and Kathy Oshiro were among the clashing with recreational and small-boat fishers off the other islands. The East Ocean is alleged to have fished within the closed zone south of Oahu on several occasions.

Owren said other penalties had already been levied against the boat. Paul Stevenson, chairman of the Western Pacific Regional Fishery Management Council, which develops federal fishery management regulations for Hawaii, said the seizure should serve as a warning. "This should send a strong message to the fishing community and general public that (the laws) should not be taken lightly and that violators will be caught," Stevenson said. Bob Endreson, president of the Hawaii Fishermen's Foundation, said the action underlines the need for closer surveillance of long-liners. "This gives more credence to having observers and transponders put on these boats," he said.

disappointed parents. School uses lottery to choose students out of district leged violations has become the first to be seized by federal authorities for fishing in an area closed to long-liners. The 54-foot East owned by East Ocean a Hawaii corporation, was seized yesterday morning by special agents from the National Marine Fisheries Service and U.S. Marshal's Office. The Coast Guard assisted the agencies in documenting allegations of fishing inside the Main Hawaiian Islands longline closure area.

4 Authorities also alleged that the boat's owner failed to keep or submit fishing logbooks required under fishery laws, or falsified the records. The vessel's crew was not detained. The seizure warrant, resulting from investigations over the past eight months, was issued by U.S. Magistrate Daral Conklin. Advertiser photo by Richard Ambo Marine surveyor Dennis Smith seals a hatch on the East Ocean yesterday.

Smith's firm, Marine Surveyors and Consultants was appointed custodian of the vessel. Dean Owren, of the NMFS's ing pelagic long-liners from regional office for law enforce- fishing within 75 nautical miles ment, said the seizure was the of Oahu and Kauai, first under rules designed to Other regulations are in eliminate gear conflict by keep- place to keep long-liners from Rejection of education changes near only one who went away happy. Just before the drawing, she said she hoped her son Holden could go to Maemae since his brother, Ethan, attends second grade there. Maemae is convenient because Lau works in town and has no relatives near home to care for the boys after school, she said. "Yessss!" she said when Holden's name was the sixth one called.

By law, each school must take all students living in its boundaries. Extra spaces may go to students from outside the area. extra spaces used to By Esme M. Infante Advertiser Education Writer Kathy and Yuji Oshiro were disappointed, and their faces showed it. Their frowns deepened as officials yesterday drew the names of the few youngsters who will be allowed to attend Maemae Elementary School in Nuuanu next fall on a special "geographic exception." More than 130 kindergart-ners applied.

The Oshiros' son, Kyle, came up number: 82 in the "priority two" group; Maemae might have space only for the first 14 in the "priority one" group. Priority one includes students who have siblings attending the school or parents teaching at a school; who live with relatives in the area; or who want a program not offered at their "home" school. Priority two are the rest of the applicants. "What can we do? We're ted yesterday; only provisions like a pilot-program year-round school remain. Everything could still change.

Differences between the education bills are expected to be worked out in a House-Senate conference committee after passage Monday. Meanwhile, public hearings on the proposed $5 increase to the A-Plus fee probably won't be held unless there is great public outcry or demand from lawmakers, said Sen. Bert Ko-bayashi. The House Finance Committee had proposed hiking the fee from the current $25 to $38 to cover growing enrollment Ko-bayashi said his committee saw a $5 increase as more go out first-come, first-served or for compelling needs. But principals said they often felt pressured by friends or politicians to admit certain children.

but paring the board's powers. The bill authored by Senate Education Chairman Mike McCartney also makes lumpsum budgeting for individual schools a "pilot House Finance Chairman Joseph Sou-ki cut lump-sum budgeting from a House Education bill, saying he doesn't think the state is prepared for it yet. Both lump-sum budgeting and letting voters choose how the school board is set up were recommended by the state Task Force on Educational Governance. Lt. Gov.

Ben Ca-yetano, task force chairman, said yesterday that reducing the board's powers is a good step, "but if they say let's have a board-appointed superintendent it's an exercise in the status McCartney's bill also calls for requiring explanations from the governor before he restricts school money; having all school-related laws "drop dead" at staggered dates; and letting school councils "provide input" on hiring of school staff. The task force recommended having voters choose whether they want an elected or appointed state board, or four county boards. But McCartney said, "As legislators, I think we should choose the best idea, develop it and then ask the public to buy into it." The House Education Committee's bill called for requiring public hearings when the governor restricts the budget, giving schools lump-sum budgets, and limiting the state-elected school board. All that was gut By Esme M. Infante Advertiser Education Writer State lawmakers last night appeared close to rejecting reform plans that would let schools control their own budgets and let voters choose how they want the Board of Education to be structured.

A proposal to raise monthly fees for the A-Plus after-school program by $5, to $30, however, was approved by the Senate Ways and Means Committee hours before the midnight deadline to position bills for a floor vote Monday. Only the Senate's "omnibus" education bill proposes any change to the Board of Education, calling for retaining an elected state board and a board-appointed superintendent, The state Board of Education has tried to make the system more fair by saying students meeting certain cri teria will get first shot at geographic exceptions, and that lotteries will be held if demand exceeds supply. Maemae Principal Morris Kimoto said he's relieved he'll be able to tell people asking for favors that the available slots were awarded State spells out policy on frequent flier miles strictly by lottery. The Oshiros said they were disappointed by yesterday's outcome especially be stuck," Kathy Oshiro sighed afterward. The Oshiros, who live in Waipahu, took off from work to attend the drawing at Maemae's cafeteria.

They had hoped their son Could go to school near their jobs, in downtown Honolulu. Yesterday was the day Hawaii public schools chose which few students they will admit from outside the school district. Parents will get the results in the mail in the next few weeks. It was the first time lotteries were used for what were formerly known as "district exceptions." Of roughly 15 parents at Maemae, Daralynne Lau of Kaneohe seemed to be the cause they were erroneously told they could apply for a geographic exception at only one school; Kimoto said some have applied to as the memo said. "If the benefits cannot be used for a future state purpose, the employee may use state travel benefits for personal travel," Nagata said.

The state Judiciary reported earlier this year that it is developing a new enforcement policy for the use of travel benefits generated by official trips. "The Judiciary's amended policy regarding the use of (travel) entitlements will clarify the moral obligation which individuals have" to use the credits for the benefit of the Judiciary," official Clyde Na-muo said in February. ated by business and personal travel, requiring instead that they be combined in a single account, the memo said. Some airlines won't permit the transfer of benefits from the person who traveled to another employee or to a government agency, Nagata's memo said. But lie went on to say that "travel benefits accrued on state travel must, where at all possible, be used for state business." Employees should open separate accounts for business and personal travel benefits, Nagata said.

If that is not possible, "state credits must still be used for state travel to the extent it is possible," many as five. By James Dooley Advertiser Staff Writer Like the state Judiciary, the executive branch of state government is having trouble prohibiting the personal use of frequent flier type" benefits generated by official travel. Successful enforcement of the prohibitions "depends heavily on the integrity" of state employees, according to a memo circulated last month by state Comptroller Russel Nagata. Some airlines won't allow travelers to open separate accounts for benefits gener-v The Oshiros said, however, that the lottery itself is fair, "I can't see them doing it any other way," Yuji Oshiro said-.