THE GARDEN ISLAND (http://www.kauaiworld.com/articles/2007/06/19/news/news03.txt)
by Nathan Eagle
A civil rights champion. A veracious veteran. Martin Thomas Rice, 58, lived with courage and compassion, close friends said yesterday.
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Yaris said he met Rice over 14 years ago at a meeting to start a community organization. That group became Lambda Aloha, Kaua'i's only gay, lesbian, bisexual, transgender nonprofit social organization.