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Local students did well
at science fairs

The significant accomplishments of Hawaii students at the Intel International Science and Engineering Fair (ISEF) and at the national Junior Science and Humanities Symposium (JSHS) deserve attention.

At our regional symposium, Zachary Stone, a senior at Punahou, was our top student presenter and received a $4,000 scholarship. At the national symposium of JSHS held April 27-30 in Washington, D.C., Zak came in second in biochemistry and earned another $6,000 in scholarship awards.

In addition to Zak, four other students from Hawaii received expense-paid trips to the national JSHS. The schools represented were McKinley, Kapaa and Kauai high schools.

At the Intel ISEF, held in Detroit, Mich., on May 7-13, three of our Hawaii students were among the top winners in a field, which included more than 1,200 student entries from 47 states and 35 foreign countries.

In the medicine and health category, Kiani Arkus, a freshman at Kamehameha, received a second-place award of $1,500; Shanelle Sanborn, also a senior from Kamehameha, got a third-place award of $1,000 as well as three other special awards. Zak received a third-place award of $1,000 in the biochemistry category.

There were 11 other student entries from affiliated ISEF fairs in Hawaii who were exemplary representatives of Hawaii and science education in local schools. They came from Kapaa, Baldwin, Castle, Campbell and Waianae.

Waianae High had three students entered at the Intel ISEF. Both programs are administered locally by the Hawaiian Academy of Science.

Herman M. Aizawa
President, Hawaiian Academy of Science
Bernard J. Kilonsky
Director, Pacific High School Science Symposium
Katherine H. Aratani
Director, Hawaii State Science and Engineering Fair

Mayor abandons Sand Island tunnel plan

The new transportation plan by Mayor Harris doesn't include his Sand Island tunnel. Council Chairman Jon Yoshimura was quoted in the Star-Bulletin as not supporting the tunnel.

Aren't these the same guys who were criticizing former Councilman Mufi Hannemann for questioning this aspect of the transportation plan? Did Harris and Yoshimura only now agree with Mufi's wisdom or did they always know that the tunnel was a dumb idea but used it as an excuse to play politics?

Craig Watase

Reno's replacement should be elected

A rent-a-politician ideology is alive and well in the Clinton-Gore administration, but Attorney General Janet Reno is unable to do anything about it because she is beholden to her bosses.

We need an independently elected attorney general if the Justice Department is to be worthy of its name.

James Ko

Quotables "I tell them...aloha doesn't come from the mouth, it comes from the heart." Cathy Lum Lung 61-YEAR-OLD LEI GREETER WITH PLEASANT HAWAIIAN HOLIDAYS On what she tries to impart to visitors "I don't know what to say. I am truly very grateful for this company, which came out of state and is willing to go the extra mile (to) help honor these men." Jack Carreiro CHAMBER OF COMMERCE OF HAWAII EXECUTIVE VICE PRESIDENT After the producers of "Jurassic Park III" donated $22,000 to help fund a salute to Hawaii's newest Medal of Honor winners

Fingers are crossed for sale of Star-Bulletin

I am cheering for a successful outcome to the sale of the Star-Bulletin for one reason: your Aug. 9, 1997 publication of the critique of Kamehameha Schools/Bishop Estate, "Broken Trust."

The publication of this distinguished work and the subsequent investigation conducted by the attorney general, which resulted in the removal of the corrupt trustees and the honorable resignation of Oswald Stender, are the most important social and political developments in our community since statehood.

As a resident of Hawaii for nearly 40 years, I, like my neighbors and friends, have long endured the stranglehold that Bishop Estate has exercised on our economic life. We have watched as the appointment of trustees has made a mockery of merit, sullied our highest court, enriched the politically well-connected and squandered the assets of a charitable trust.

What is most astonishing is that this has gone on for decades with nary more than a wink and a nod from prior administrations, our Supreme Court and, I might add the local press. Just ask Charles Memminger what reward he received for his superb series on Kamehameha Schools more than a decade ago.

So I thank you for what you have done for our community these many years. If I had the money of a Henry Peters (before the IRS is finished with him), I'd buy your paper, too -- but for different reasons. I'd make a gift of it to the employees who have earned their stripes. Mahalo.

Steve Lane

Bulletin closing archive

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We all win if Foley turns his life around

The outrage over Tom Foley's pardon is amazing and depressing. While he was at fault, Foley accomplished the three things that should be done in our justice system outside the penalty phase: He has shown remorse, owned up to what he did and made a monetary contribution to the victim's family. How often do those things happen?

Now that Foley is out, he should be given moral and emotional support. He has been released from an unimaginable situation in prison after having served most of his sentence. If he can now turn his life around, we have all won.

Barbara Coons

Rutledge should butt out of union business

Why is Tony Rutledge, the former head of the Hawaii hotel and restaurant employees union, still poking his nose into union business? Only at the last moment did the members become aware of the turmoil that is happening ("Gill, Rutledge trade charges over hotel union," Star-Bulletin, Sept. 4).

Let union president Eric Gill and other officers do their jobs, Mr. Rutledge. Canceling that check shows how well you know how to negotiate and once again proves you're willing to let the members suffer because of your back-of-the house tactics.

Eilene Cabral

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