50 years ago – Jan. 18, 1963
CYO Elementary Basketball League opens on Oahu — The Cathedral Eagles Limited and Unlimited teams opened defense of their title, sweeping a doubleheader from the St. Theresa’s Beavers. In the limited game, the Cathedral Eaglets trounced the little Beavers 30-10.
25 years ago – Jan. 15, 1988
Rain damage closes Damien gym
The December rains did not spare the Damien Memorial High School gymnasium. It damaged the roof and worse, the parquet floor. Brother Karl J. Walczak, the school’s principal, said it will cost at least $100,000 to repair. In the meantime, with only half the floor safe to use, gym activity is restricted and only supervised practice and physical education are allowed.
In addition to repairing the gym floor, which is buckled and cracked, extensive work must be done on the exterior drainage system. According to Damien’s maintenance department manager, Bob Cambra, the school’s drainage problems were similar to those experienced by many Oahu residents during the recent storms.
10 years ago – Jan. 17, 2003
Anti-suicide coalition
The near passage of a bill to legalize physician-assisted suicide on the last day of last year’s Hawaii legislative session was a wakeup call. The legislation was defeated 11-14 by the state senate on May 2 only because three senators hesitatingly switched their votes.
That was too close for comfort for Hawaii’s Partnership for Appropriate and Compassionate Care (HPACC), a coalition formed to stop physician-assisted suicide from becoming law in this state.
And so, on the expectation that the bill will resurface this year, the group made up of health care, disability rights and educational organizations this month launched a preemptive strike — a multi-media educational public service campaign about the perils of assisted suicide and the need for more humane end-of-life care.
