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i with Power Outages, Poor Tools Belau Islands' Only Surgeon Has Not too many surgeons enter the operating room expecting things to go wrong, but if Dr. Omdiderengul Francisca Yalap wasn't ready for the unexpected she would be operating in the dark. Instead, Yalap, a surgeon at McDonald Memorial Hospital in the Republic of Belau formerly Palau makes sure her nurses have flashlights ready for the power outages that usually occur daily. When the lights go out in the operating room, Yalap pauses for a few seconds during, surgery while everyone fumbles the flashlights to shine on the operating field. The operation continues in that manner until the hospital's generator kicks on about 20 minutes later, she said.

It was with reluctance that Yalap went back to Belau, a group of islands about 4,000 miles west of Hawaii, after graduating from medical Hawaii and serving an internship, and medical residency on the She didn't look forward to the low salary, lack technology and shortage of fellow professionals, she said. "It was very hard for me to make the decision to go back," Yalap said. "I knew I was going to be working by myself, which is hard, especially during surgery. I knew I was going to be working with simple instruments and not with all the gadgets like ultrasound and CAT scanners (modern diagnostic equipment). It was back to the basics making diagnoses with your eyes and your ONE OF THE reasons she went back, she said, was because of the shortage of doctors in Belau.

Yalap is the only surgeon in the country which has a population of about 15,000, she said. And most of that population is spread throughout seven inhabited islands in a expanse of ocean, she said. Yalap was brought to Honolulu this week with the help of a Living Endowment Fund grant the Pan-Pacific Surgical Association. She and eight other surgeons from isolated, developing countries received grants to participate in the association's 16th congress at the Sheraton-Waikiki Hotel which has drawn more than 1,000 surgeons from 21 countries and most of the states. Yalap, chewing on betelnut wrapped in pepper leaf and sprinkled with lime which many Micronesians chew like gum, said practicing medicine in such an isolated situation is a challenge.

Although Belau is a matriarchal society, Yalap was the first and only woman to achieve M.D. status. That is both a challenge and a burden, she said. Her fellow countrymen did not think it unusual for woman to become a doctor because "being a maternal society women tend to be sturdier, more efficient then men. Women very outspoken in public and there are a lot of women in politics and a lot who seek higher education.

In the islands it is expected of women," she said. BUT BECAUSE of the great expectations imposed on women, those who hold down a job also are expected to participate in the traditional women's work of tending the taro patch and taking care of all the families' needs. Francisca Yalap Although: she is a surgeon, after she comes home from work, "I the taro patch just like everybody else," she said. "It's expected." She has it a little bit easier than most Belauan women, however, she said, because her husband, legislator Isaac Soaladaob, is well-educated and doesn't insist that his wife follow the traditional role of women in Belau. "When I'm tired I'll just come home TEACHERS OF THE YEAR--Hawaii's public schoolteachers of the year, from left to right, are: Ralph Oshiro, Honolulu; Howard Tanaka, Central Oahu; Jean Miyahira, Leeward Oahu; Geraldine Dawson, Windward Oahu; Keiko Mimaki, the Big Island; Elaine Beppu, Maui; and Phyllis Kunimura, Kauai.

-StarBulletin Photo by Ken Sakamoto. City Gives Its Blessing Fireworks Are Okay with Lion Dance By Stu Glauberman Star-Bulletin Writer Fireworks are prohibited in Chinatown this Chinese New Year, but that won't stop lion dancers from prancing down Maunakea Street next week with bystanders tossing firecrackers at their feet and with the city's blessing. Although Chinatown is one of the areas in Honolulu where public use of fireworks now is prohibited. the citv considers the lion dance an important part of a bona fide cultural and religious observance. That means it's all right to use fireworks in Chinatown for a lion dance even though Chinatown is in a restricted zone, according to city Corporation Counsel Gary Slovin.

Slovin said the new fireworks control law enacted by the City Council still contains provisions protecting fireworks as part of religious and cultural observances despite a court ruling that invalidated a permit process for such occasions. He added that the geographical prohibitions still in effect were not meant to inhibit religious or cultural observances, but clearly were intended to deal with personal safety and fire hazards. MELVIN W.S. CHOW, Chinese Chamber of Commerce president, said the Chinese lion dance will go down Maunakea Street Friday at 6:30 p.m., stopping in front of shops restaurants to help usher in a happy and prosperous Year in Maunakea Street can throw firecrackers in the path of the lion dancers to scare off evil spirits as they have done for more than 30 years in connection with the Chinatown Narcissus Festival event. Chow, who met last month with Mayor Eileen on the subject, said firecrackers can be used in the lion Mayor Tells Mainland: Thaw Out on Big Isle By Jeanne Ambrose Star-Bulletin Writer HILO While much of the rest 01 the nation has been freezing in bitter chilly winter weather, the Big Island has been basking in sunny 83-degree weather, and Mayor Herbert Matayoshi wants the rest of the country to know it.

Matayoshi sent a mailgram this week to network television news directors inviting Mainlanders to come and enjoy the warmth of the Big Island. "Our weather today is 83 degrees and sunny. We are expecting more of the same for many days to come, here in America's southernmost county," he added. "Come and enjoy it with us," Matayoshi said. Saturday, January 16, 1982 Honolulu Star-Bulletin B-5 Obituaries Problems go straight to bed while he cooks and feeds the kids," she said.

"And sometimes my mother, my mother-inlaw or sister-in-law does the laundry and cleans my house for me. That's one of the good aspects of living in an extended family But like other women in Belau, Yalap wears a necklace of Belauan money to signify the family's wealth. And like most other Belauan families Yalap has no telephone. "IT COULD take years to get one installed," she said, "but they're working on it. In the meantime, if there is an emergency at the hospital, an ambulance or "emergency car" is sent to her home which is about a half hour's drive from the hospital, she said.

Because of the distance between islands, she said, transportation can be a real problem, especially in an emergency situation. An emergency patient on one of the Belauan islands may not reach the hospital for two days, she said. And because Belau's hospital does not have all the modern equipment and technology, it is sometimes necessary to send some patients to another hospital either on Guam or Hawaii, she said. "You can practice surgery with a minimum of equipment and still do a good job," Yalap said. "It really is a discipline because you're not depending on a lot of instruments." Because of the lack of equipment, she the way most United said she probably is practicing, medicine States practiced about 50 years ago.

"But you can still get the job done," she said. State Honors Seven Public Schoolteachers Seven public schoolteachers hailed by new state Education Superintendent Donnis Thompson as "what we are all about," were saluted yesterday after being named as Hawaii's teachers of the year. One of them will be selected for the state Teacher of the Year award and will be the state's nominee for the National Teacher of the Year honor. Each was chosen by a committee named by each school district superintendent. The committees were made up of community representatives as well as DOE employees.

The teaching careers of those honored during' a luncheon at the Princess Kaiulani Hotel total 136 years. They are: -Ralph Oshiro, Honolulu district, band director and a teacher at Stevenson Intermediate School for the past six years. He is president-elect of the Hawali Music Educators He is also a director of the Honolulu Chamber Music series as well as a member of both the Oahu Band Directors Association and the American School Band Directors Association. -Howard Tanaka, Central a science teacher and student activities coordinator at Waialua Intermediate and High Schools for the past six years. -Jean Miyahira, Leeward Oahu, distributive and business education teacher at Waipahu High School for the past seven years.

-Geraldine Dawson, Windward Oahu, who also has taught in Oregon, France and Germany, a fifth-grade teacher at Aikahi Elementary School for the past seven years. Keiko Mimaki, Hawaii, who has taught on the Mainland and the Big Island for a total of 24 years, now a first-grade teacher at Waiakeawaena Elementary School. -Elaine Beppu, Maui, who has taught in Japan, France and Germany during her 29-year career, has been an eighthgrade teacher at lao School for the past 17 years. -Phyllis Kunimura, Kauai, wife of Kauai legislator Tony Kunimura, chairman of the state House Finance Committee, has taught for 25 years, the past 19 years as a kindergarten and firstgrade teacher at Koloa Elementary School. MERICAS, TRENGE No TAXES ON FOOD Ewa BEAcH C.

SENIOR POWER- -Members of the Kokua Council for Senior Citizens rally at the State Capitol yesterday to lobby for legislation that would help the elderly and to hear state legislators explain their plans for the next legislative session, which will open Wednesday. -Star-Bulletin Photo by Ken Sakamoto. Uta Miyahira Charlotte Okawa Mrs. Uta Miyahira, 78, of 1641 Old Palama Road died Thursday at her home. She was the mother of state Sen.

Patsy K. Young. Funeral services will be held at 6 p.m. Monday at Hosoi Garden Mortuary. Cremation will omitted and that attire he worn.

The family requests, that flowers be Mrs. Miyahira was born on Okinawa. She is also survived by six sons, Yoshiharu, Michael Y. of San Francisco, Mitsuji, Stanley both of Los Angeles, Richard H. and Steven two other daughters, Mrs.

James (Mildred 0.) Richards Mrs. Grace H. Brewer of North Carolina; 25 grandchildren; and 10 great-grandchildren. Also surviving are a brother on Okinawa and a sister in Brazil. Robert Kurata Robert T.

Kurata, 53, of Cerritos, died Jan. 9 in Cerritos. Services have been held in Cerritos. Mr. Kurata was born in Honolulu.

He is survived by his wife, Eunice; three sons. four daughters, Patrichomalie, Christine and Jennifer; his mother, Mrs. Hatsuye Kurata; four brothers, James, Andrew, Richard and Herbert Kurata; and a sister, Mrs. Herbert (Jean) Ikenaga. Louise Ahia Mrs.

Louise Ahia, 97, of 737 Ululani Kailua, died Thursday in St. Francis Hospital. A funeral Mass will be said at 12:30 p.m. Wednesday at Oahu Cemetery chapel. Burial will be in Oahu Cemetery.

Friends may call from 11:30 a.m. The family requests that aloha attire be worn. Mrs. Ahia was born in Honolulu. She is survived by two sons, Edwin F.

McGrew and William F. Ahia; seven daughters, Pearl Avery, Lovila-Ann Albert of Los Angeles, Ruth W. Ryley of Julia E. San Francisco, Dorthy Arizona, Theobald of Denver, Martha, Chu and Georgiana Downey; two stepsons, Abraham L. and Samuel P.

Ahia; 19 grandchildren; and several greatgrandchildren. Williams Mortuary handled the arrangements. Robert King Robert M. King, 80, of Cleveland, a cotton planter, died Sunday in Cleveland. He is survived by his wife, Buford; two daughters, Mrs.

Mazeppa K. Costa of Honolulu and Virginia A. King of Scottsdale, and three grandchildren. Services were held Wednesday in Blythesville, Ark. He was born in Jackson, Miss.

Mrs. Charlotte T. Okawa, 57, of 1360 Center who was retired as a visor at Hickam Air Force Base, died Thursday in Queen's Hospital. Memorial services will be held at 6 p.m. Tuesday at Hosoi Garden Mortuary.

The family requests that casual attire be worn. Mrs. Okawa was born in Puunene, Maui. She is survived by her husband, Charles two daughters, Mrs. Alvin (Myrtle Kobayashi and Mrs.

Stillman (Cynthia Isobe; four sisters, Chiye Tanaka, Lorraine Matsui, Mrs. Ritsuko Fukuda and Mrs. Harriet H. Yoshina; and three grandchildren. Johnson Kahili Jr.

Johnson K. Kahili 58, of Hawaiian Beaches, Hawaii, a retired Hawaii County Fire Department battalion chief, died Wednesday in Tripler Hospital. Funeral services will be held at 10 a.m. Tuesday at Dodo Mortuary in Hilo. Burial will follow in Hawaii Veterans Cemetery.

Mr. Kahili was born in Hilo. He is survived by his Yvonne; two sons, Johnson III and Malcolm; four daughters, Pearl Macomber, Jo Ann Pinkowski, Susie Quintana, and Johnette Yoshizumi; a brother, Henry Kahili; four sisters, Jeannette Low, Emily Lee, Annie Aiona' and Geraldine Slavey; and 11 grandchildren. Helen Young Mrs. Helen C.S.K.

Young, 63, of 41-655- Kumuhau Waimanalo, died Tuesday in Castle Hospital. Funeral services will be held at p.m. Monday at Hawaiian Memorial Park Mortuary. Burial will be in Hawaiian Memorial Park. Friends may call after 10 a.m.

The family requests that flowers be omitted and that casual attire be worn. Mrs. Young was born in Kamuela, Hawail. She is survived by her husband, Larry C.G.; two sons, Gerald Y.H. Boise.

Idaho and Leroy Y.M.; four sisters, Mrs. Peggy Kim, Mrs. Sally Lee of Hilo, Mrs. Wendell (Alice) Armour of Chicago and Mrs. Flora Jones; three brothers, John L.S., Wallace W.

and William M. Kim; and five grandchildren. Judge Dismisses Fraud Counts Against Doctor The 56 Medicaid fraud charges against psychiatrist Jay Jackman have been dismissed because the grand jury wasn't given enough evidence and because of prejudicial conduct by the state deputy attorney general who presented the evidence. Circuit Judge Simeon Acoba issued a written decision dismissing the charges Thursday after a hearing last month. Acoba said Deputy Attorney General Patrick Border, who heads the Medicaid Fraud Unit, may seek another indictment.

Border said yesterday that he hasn't decided whether to indict Jackman again, drop the case or appeal Acoba's decision. The re-indictment must be made within 60 days, Acoba said. Jackman, 42, was accused of fraudulently receiving $3,200 in Medicaid payments for his treatment of welfare patient Barbara Kauhini from February 1978 to December 1979. He allegedly reported on some Medicaid forms that Kauhini was not able to work while on other forms wrote that she was working. ACOBA SAID the grand jurors should have been shown the forms Jackman used, rather than been given an explana- By Pat Guy Star-Bulletin Writer tion by Border.

"Clearly, the grand jurors were not presented the facts from which to draw their own conclusions Rather, the testimony characterized the document, paraphrased parts of it and made conclusions about what was on the form. Under such circumstances the grand jurors could not then make an independent determination of what the facts were that allegedly constituted misrepresentation." Acoba said in his decision. Jackman's attorney, David C. Schutter. had argued last month that one form Jackman filled out, called Diagnostic Impressions and Prognosis, asked the doctor for an opinion about whether the patient was "ready for regular employ.

dance procession "because it's basically a bona fide religious or cultural use." In past years, the Chinese Chamber and other associations obtained permits from the Honolulu Police Department to burn firecrackers in connection with cultural and religious activities. However, two months ago, the Council voted to transfer the permit process to the Fire Department and attempted to broaden its application to all persons wanting to use fireworks on New Year's Eve, Chinese New Year and the Fourth of July. IN DECEMBER, Judge James Wakatsuki struck down parts of the new law on the grounds that the permitissuing power was too vague, but the judge left other parts of the ordinance intact, including geographic prohibitions applying to high-rise and business districts. This year, the lunar new year begins Jan. 25.

City ordinance allows fireworks to be used from 5 p.m. Jan. 24 until 1 a.m. Jan. 25.

Fireworks for public holiday use go on sale throughout Oahu on Monday and can be sold until 9 p.m. Friday. Other prohibitions that were in effect during New Year's Eve last month also are in effect. Only persons 18 years and over can buy and use fireworks. Fireworks cannot be used in restricted zones, on public property, in cars, or within 1,000 feet of health-care and animal facilities.

A 120-day emergency order banning the sale of aerial fireworks issued by the city last month still is in effect. Another form asked for basic information, including whether and where the patient worked. Schutter said it was not incompatible for Jackman to believe the patient was not ready for work even if she was in fact working. Acoba also said there was insufficient evidence to support some of the counts. In one period there was no evidence that Jackman made any statements, Acoba said.

In another period the forms showed that the patient was working and in a third period there was no evidence that the patient was either working or capable of work, the judge ruled. Doctor Appeals Suspension of License for Negligence The state Board of Medical Examiners' decision suspending Honolulu pediatrician Wah Tim Chock's medical license for five years was appealed to the Circuit Court yesterday. Chock claims that he was denied his rights during the hearings on the revocation and wants his license reinstated. Lawyer Edward Y.N. Kim filed the appeal on behalf of Chock, who has been practicing medicine and surgery here since 1944.

According to court documents, the revocation was sought in August for Chock's "gross negligence and diagnosis and prescription of medication of the illnesses of three of his patients" and for his utilization of medical service or treatment which is inappropriate and Chock denied the allegations but hearings officer Darryl Y.C. Choy, who is now a Family District Court judge, concluded that Chock had violated one of the two allegations that performing surgical or medical treatment contrary to accepted medical standards. Choy recommended that the Board of Medical Examiners dismiss the allegation that Chock showed gross carelessness or manifest incapacity i in the practice of medicine and recommended that Chock's license be suspended for at least a year. The board on Dec. 16 adopted Choy's recommendations to dismiss one of the two allegations.

But it increased the suspension period from one to five years because it said the record indicated that the allegations were not an isolated case but involved three patients over a "protracted period of time." In its decision attached to the appeal documents, the board said that without further medical training in pediatrics, it "foresees the likelihood of similar conduct in the future and the danger to respondent's The board said Chock's suspension would be terminated when he met the following conditions: He completes a hospital residency or fellowship program in pediatrics, approved by the board and American Medical Association, of not less than six months; and the director of the program certify to the board that he has successfully completed the program and is competent to practice pediatrics. UH Reach Accord The "Magnum, P.I." television series will continue to use the Diamond Head studio on land designated for the new Kapiolani Community College campus under a tentative agreement reached by the University of Hawaii and Universal Television, the governor said yesterday. The proposal must be approved by the UH Board of Regents and the state Board of Land and Natural Resources. They are scheduled to act on the proposal at their regular meetings set for Jan. 22.

If it is approved, Universal Television, producer of the popular television series, will use the studio on a month-to-month basis. This will allow the university to regain use of the studio and adjoining grounds when it starts construction work on the new campus..