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Island Briefs I 't AWAII Police Beat, A4 AC Obituaries, A7, A13, A16 AO Wednesday, November 29, 1995 City Editor Dan Nakaso, 525-8090 flora's isaefi MSDlhl Cayetano cites possible look of impropriety turn around and hire the former governor," Cayetano said. "I wanted to make sure that this administration is not part of that kind of an action," Cayetano said. "We're certainly not going to do something like that because regardless of the intentions of the parties involved and I have no reason to believe there was a quid pro quo or there were bad intentions I think the appearance for the i- By William Kresnak Advertiser Capitol Bureau Chief Gov. Ben Cayetano has canceled a state nonbid contract with a Washington, D.C. law firm primarily because of an appearance of impropriety, since former Gov.

John Waihee now works for the firm. Cayetano said he also canceled the contract because it's too expensive $600,000 a year. And he believes Hawaii's congressional delegation can do some of the work handled by Cayetano Waihee to set up a local office last December after leaving office. Waihee said yesterday the state Transportation Department had extended the contract and there was no talk at the time of him working for the firm. At the time, Waihee said he was looking at possibly running for the U.S.

Senate or serving as U.S. ambassador to Arson suspected in charity site fire mLL H'ir at 71 jp 7t ft -iyLfij Pu ir Police union leaders I voted out of office Hawaii police union mem-! bers yesterday tossed out top leaders, ousting state presi-; dent Honolulu police Lt. Ben- nie Atkinson III and Oahu chapter chair L.C. Carroll, Honolulu officer, in an election. The State of Hawaii Organization of Police Officers (SHOPO) elected Raymond Ancheta, a detec-Itive now serving as state treasurer, to the presidency, and replaced Carroll with Honolulu officer John Souza as Chapter chair.

Atkinson and Carroll made headlines this year when an Advertiser investigation repealed they spent 367 work days between them in 1994 paid leave from the department to work on union business a far greater proportion of time than spent by of larger public employee unior- Under Atkinson's leadership, the union's political action committee spending skyrocketed from less than in 1992 to some in 1994 and 1995, includ-ing the cost of tuxedos the lunion leaders wore to Gov. Cayetano's inaugural. I Ancheta ran against Atkinson as a maverick, proclaiming his independence from Atkinson's slate. Fasi, wife told to be at complaint hearing Former mayor and gubernatorial candidate Frank Fasi and his wife Joyce must attend a Dec. 9 hearing before the Campaign Spending Commission investigating a complaint of an illegal campaign contribution, a state judge ruled yesterday.

Circuit Judge Daniel Heely upheld subpoenas issued to the couple by the commission investigating a complaint that 1994 donations to the Frank F. Fasi Charitable Foundation were actually illegal campaign contributions. Lawyer David Fasi, who represented his parents, said they will consider an appeal of Heely's ruling to the Hawaii Supreme Court. If the commission finds there is enough evidence that they are campaign spending violations, the matter will be turned over to prosecutors. W.

Oahu campus faces accreditation challenge i The future of the University of Hawaii-West Oahu could be in jeopardy because of a potential challenge to its accreditation due to inadequate facilities. UH President Kenneth Mortimer said he was notified last week that an accreditation committee will come to Hawaii next year for a comprehensive review of the 716-student school, which has occupied temporary quarters at Leeward Community College since 1981. The Western Association of Schools and Colleges has threatened accreditation sanctions if the state doesn't make a commitment beyond the three temporary buildings in the Leeward Community College parking lot. Waianae teen killed after running into car A 13-year-old Waianae girl was killed when she ran in front of a bus she had just left and into a car on Farrington Highway at Mohihi Street at 7:14 p.m. last night.

She was pronounced dead on arrival at Waianae Comprehensive Health Center at 7:38 p.m. Staff and wire reports Indonesia. Because the firm held a state contract that he had approved, Waihee asked the state Ethics Commission for a ruling on the propriety before he took the job. The Ethics Commission ruled it would be proper for Waihee to work for the company, he said. Waihee also said he made it clear to the law firm that he would do no work related to the firm's contract with the state or benefit from the state contract directly or indirectly.

Cayetano said the contract will end in December. "I believe it was inappropriate for the previous administration to approve the extension of the contract of this law firm, and then this law firm ir h. 1 IMJ Monetary contributions to: Advertiser Christmas Fund, P.O. Box 520, Aiea, HI 96701. Donations needed: Good children's clothes, new toys, silverware, pots, bed linens and pillowcases, dressers, furniture, all baby items.

Where: Take donations to Christmas Clearinghouse at Building 914 at Kapalama Military Reservation off Sand Island Access Road. At military reservation, take the first right and the Clearinghouse is on the left. Enter from mauka side. Hours: 9 a.m. to 7 p.m.

Monday, Wednesday and Friday; 9 a.m. to 5 p.m. Tuesday, Thursday and Saturday. Information: 845-1669, 847-5270 or 842-6580. the law firm.

"We might have renegotiated the contract to get the price down had circumstances been different," Cayetano said in response to reporters' questions yesterday. In June 1994, the Waihee administration extended for two years the nonbid contract with the law firm of Verner, Liip-fert, Bernhard, McPherson and Hand, which worked for the state negotiating aviation issues with the federal government. Waihee joined the law firm -( m' 8SS jSf The Honolulu Advertiser Christmas Fun worries have been constant. Just buying school supplies for the three older ones Todd, 13, Tom, 9, and Marissa, 7 put a big strain on the family budget. The younger two Heather, 1V4, and Mark, 8 months have needs of their own.

Judith and her kids need some joy in their lives to counter the sadness of the past months. The children would be delighted to find presents under the tree and new clothes on Christmas Day. A working television set would bring the family together in the evenings. Won't you help? If you have new gifts or household items in Tom, CEO of St. Francis.

Keleher, 84, Oahu's pioneer of hospice, died at her St. Francis Manoa Convent home on Thanksgiving morning, cloaked in the prayer of a circle of nuns. At 9:15 a.m., a call went out in the convent that Keleher was fading. Within 30 minutes, barely enough time for about eight nuns to gather at her bedside, Keleher died peacefully. "She went quickly and that is the way she would have wanted it," Tom says.

"She liked to do things quickly. No need to belabor it or draw fit'' Bruce AsatoThe Honolulu Advertiser Fire officials said a Monday blaze that damaged a Waianae warehouse where clothing, food and toys were being collected for homeless families for Christmas may have been maliciously set. The fire caused about $15,000 in damage and left many of the donated goods damaged, including the shoes, above. The warehouse was operated by Hawaii Homeless Women and Children. public is important," he said.

Cayetano said he didn't speak with Waihee before canceling the contract But his administration did tell the law firm "we were troubled by the appearance of a conflict of interest." U.S. deputy accused of fabricating health plan $2,922 premium allegedly stolen By James Dooley Advertiser Staff Writer An alleged embezzlement scheme created by Deputy U.S. Marshal James Hyde involved creation of phony paperwork from the Kaiser Permanente health plan, according to federal court documents. Hyde allegedly told his superiors that one year's worth of health insurance for an individual in the federal witness protection program cost $2,922. The witness is unnamed in the court papers, referred to only as "Protected Witness 1." As proof of the insurance quote, Hyde submitted a purported letter from a Kaiser employee named Dennis Kala, according to an affidavit filed in court by Justice Department investigator Keith Bowen.

But Kaiser officials told Bow-en in October that the letter was false and they have no employee named Dennis Kala, according to the affidavit (Kala is the Hawaiian word for money.) Upon receipt of the Kaiser letter and other paperwork allegedly submitted by Hyde on Sept. 22, the federal government issued $2,922 for the health insurance policy that same day. Hyde converted those funds to a cashier's check, which he deposited in his own bank account, the government charged this week. Hyde is a 21-year veteran of the U.S. Marshal's Service.

He has been head of witness security in Hawaii for two years. The case against him was investigated by the Inspector General's Office of the U.S. Justice Department Hyde worked out of an office in the Federal Building that is physically and administratively separate from the main U.S. Marshal's Office here. He answered to a witness security program supervisor in Los Angeles and not to the marshal's office here, said First Deputy Marshal Jim Propotnick.

Hyde's requests for witness security funds were forwarded to Los Angeles and then to the Marshal's Service here, which then processed them for payment to Hyde, Propotnick said. Federal marshal charged with embezzling from witness security program. See story, Page A1. Keleher was born in Providence, R.I. She attended St.

Joseph Nursing School in Syracuse, N.Y. She earned a degree in nursing from Catholic University in Washington, D.C, and a master's degree in sociology from the University of Hawaii. Honolulu Bishop Francis Di-Lorenzo will preside at a mass at 11 a.m. Friday at Diamond Head Memorial Park. Friends may call from 9 a.m.

Aloha attire is requested. Donations in her memory may be mailed to St Francis Medical Center, 2230 Liliha St. Honolulu 96817. Grandparents died and left a void fort, 4 JSWkbi, good condition that this family or others can use, take them to the Christmas Clearinghouse at the Kapalama Military Reservation. Monetary contributions can be sent to the Advertiser Christmas Fund, P.O.

Box 520, Aiea, HI 96701. To inspire giving by others, an anonymous Santa Claus has offered to match the first $25 of each donation. Here is a list of recent contributors. In memory of Grandpa Ikenaga 10.00 In memory of Bessie Takahashi 100.00 Clarence Moniz 10.00 Mrs. Beatrice Goodenow 20.00 Mr.

Mrs. Edward I. Higa 20.00 Col. Mrs. R.C.

Reineck (Ret.) 25.00 Jack Edward Telaneus 25.00 Mr. Mrs. Edward J. Tyler Jr. 25.00 James Young 25.00 Mr.

Mrs. Elwood L. Courtrlght 25.00 Alex Beatrice Valentine 30.00 Peace 50.00 Anonymous 25.00 Anonymous 50.00 Total to date 8,801.00 things out." Keleher stormed into Hawaii in 1951. She ran St. Francis Medical Center from 1953 to 1988, spearheading Hawaii's first hospice program, and helping the hospital begin organ transplants, kidney dialysis, cancer rehabilitation and substance abuse treatment for women.

And when the Ewa plains were covered in sugar cane in the early 1980s, it was Keleher who wanted to build St. Francis Medical Center West "She believed we should be where the people are because it was difficult for them to get Mother copes alone now to raise five Advertiser Staff The approach of Christmas has triggered feelings of deep sadness in Judith, 30. She and her five children live in her parents' home. Judith had always been close to her parents, who were supportive of her and were wonderful grandparents to her children. But Judith's dad died two years ago.

Her mom became ill and died earlier this year. Judith feels depressed these days because she misses her parents. She feels so alone, without any emotional support as she cares for the children all by herself. Although the family receives welfare assistance, the money Nun Keleher, hospital trend setter, dies at 84 emergency services," recalls Eugene Tiwanak, president and CEO of St Francis Health Care Foundation. "She pushed for us to move on it, even though most people were against it, including many people of the community and members of the (hospital advisory) board." The emergency room at St.

Francis West now handles more than 1,000 patients each month and is the second busiest emergency room on Oahu, Tiwanak says. "You hear today the word he says. "If you worked with her, you saw a By Greg Barrett Advertiser Staff Writer Toward the end, a nun who zipped through life as if moving in fast forward was slowed by disease. For about six years, Sister Maureen Keleher, a former chief executive officer of St. Francis Medical Center, battled Alzheimer's disease, a chronic malady that debilitates mind and body.

"It was very difficult to see Sister Maureen reduced (by Alzheimer's) because she had such a very active and quick mind, a scintillating personality, really," says Sister Beatrice St. Francis Medical Center archive photo Sister Maureen Keleher Oahu's pioneer of hospice.