In an effort to quicken the pace of slow-moving budget negotiations, House conferees have agreed to slash $279 million from the budget Gov. Ben Cayetano is proposing for the fiscal biennium that begins in July. House conferees agree
on cutting proposed budgetBut early this morning House Finance Chairman Calvin Say (D, Palolo) declared his side will not agree to any further reductions. He is concerned that the cuts the House made to meet the Senate's demands for even more cuts will seriously jeopardize government services, Say told Senate conferees after a negotiating session late last night.
Senate Ways and Means Co-Chairwoman Carol Fukunaga (D, Makiki) countered that some of the cuts the House made were unacceptable because they hit education and welfare services hard.
The Senate, meanwhile, eased its push for slashing $460 million from the administration's budget, a move that Cayetano has called "devastating." Instead it put on the table a plan for $344.5 million in cuts and restored $115.5 million.
That put both sides $65.5 million apart.
A former rector of St. Timothy Episcopal Church in Aiea and chaplain of St. Andrew's Priory is one of the four finalists for presiding bishop of the Episcopal Church in the United States. Ex-isle rector finalist
for Episcopal jobThe Rt. Rev. Robert D. Rowley Jr., bishop of northwestern Pennsylvania, has been selected by the nominating committee seeking a replacement for Presiding Bishop Edmond L. Browning whose 12-year term will end this year.
Rowley is the second person with Hawaii ties to be considered for the top position in the U.S. Episcopal Church.
Browning had been bishop of the Hawaii diocese for 10 years when he was chosen leader of the American church.
He left in 1986 to serve at the church headquarters in New York City.
Browning will be in Honolulu this week when national leaders of the church assemble for meetings of the Executive Council of the U.S. Episcopal Church.
Rowley came to Hawaii while serving in the U.S. Navy in the 1960s. He resigned his commission to enter the seminary, according to information from the Episcopal News Service. He is a graduate of the University of Pittsburgh, George Washington University and the Episcopal Seminary of the Southwest.
He was named deacon at St. Timothy's in 1977 and became rector, or pastor, in 1981.
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Police/Fire
By Star-Bulletin staffAn 18-year-old man is in guarded condition today after undergoing emergency surgery for a gunshot wound to his lower back. Gunshot victim refuses
to give details to policeWho shot him, where and why remains mystery, because he apparently is not cooperating with the investigation, police said.
He was dropped off at St. Francis-West hospital about 8:30 last night by the occupants of a red Nissan or Toyota pickup. He was later transferred to Queen's.
Charges are being sought against a 38-year-old man suspected in Sunday's holdup at the Wasabi Bistro restaurant in Kapahulu. Charges pending against
bistro robbery suspectJust before 11 p.m., a man with his face wrapped in a shirt with only his eyes showing entered the kitchen holding a revolver and ordered two cooks to hand over money from the register.
They handed over two money bags just as the owner walked into the kitchen. The robber held the gun to her head and took her purse before fleeing, police said.
Meanwhile, an officer patrolling in the area noticed a man sneaking through nearby bushes and held him for questioning.
When a description of the robber was broadcast, he noticed the man he was speaking to fit the physical description, except for his clothing.
However, further search of the area where he was spotted uncovered the clothes he apparently had worn earlier and discarded, the two money bags and a handgun, police said.
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- Fire at recreation center intentional, officials say
- Woman to be charged in knifing of her husband
