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B2 Saturday, March 2. 2002 llie Honolulu Advertiser Nature Conservancy buys Ka'u land Convictedbankerin domestic battery case pwwiiwwii iijiin ip ii im 0 5 Pahala 'Ni'alehii' iQlJ i i' i-v v. lowed Sia to remain free on bail while awaiting sentencing. Nakamura and Recktenwald claim Sia assaulted Kelly Randall, his long-time girlfriend and codefendant in the bankruptcy fraud case. In addition, the two maintain that Sia stayed out past curfew on at least two occasions; told Los Angeles police he had never been arrested before and that an electronic monitoring device strapped to his wrist was a watch; and that Sia had access to a loaded handgun that was found in an end table in the bedroom where he slept McCorriston said Randall will testify on Sia's behalf at the hearing on Wednesday.

He also disputes the claim by Nakamura and Recktenwald that Sia had "constructive pos-' session" of the handgun found in his bedroom. Sia violated his curfew by eight minutes the night of the fav-cident, but that should not be reason to revoke his bail McCor-. ristonsaid. By David Waite Advertiser Staff Writer Federal prosecutors have accused former Bank of Honolulu chairman and developer Sukanv to Sia of violating conditions of his release on $1.5 million bail and have asked that Sia be held without bail while awaiting sentencing on March 21 on bankruptcy fraud charges. A hearing before federal Judge David Ezra on the bail revocation request is set for Wednesday.

According to papers filed by Assistant U.S. Attorneys Craig Nakamura and Craig Reckten-wald, Los Angeles police charged Sia with domestic battery Feb. 12 after they responded to a suspicious phone call But Sia's lawyer William Mc-Corriston yesterday said the Los Angeles city attorney declined to prosecute Sia on the domestic battery charge. Sia pleaded guilty to three bankruptcy fraud felony charges in Honolulu on Oct. 19.

Ezra al The forest acreage purchased from C. Brewer is rugged and heavily vegetated land in foui parcels adjacent to the Ka'O Forest Reserve. "It's a biologically rich area," said a Nature Conservancy official. In addition to the land, the conservancy bought access easements through Mauna Kea Agribusiness lands below. Mauna Kea Agribusiness is a C.

Brewer subsidiary. The easements also will allow the state to gain access for management of its Ka'u By Jan TenBruggencate Advertiser Science Writer The Nature Conservancy of Hawai'i has bought four large parcels of Big Island conservation land from C. Brewer and Co. for $2.1 million. It is rugged, generally steep forested land, most of it covered with native forest and comparatively little weedy infestation, although weeds from neighboring abandoned canefields threaten it.

"It's a biologically rich area, very much in intact condition," said Suzanne Case, acting executive director of the Nature Conservancy. The 3,548 acres lie adjacent to the state's Ka'u Forest Reserve and are part of what the conservancy called the largest and most intact stretch of native koa and 'ohi'a forest in the state. The purchase was made possible by an anonymous donation to the conservancy's Hawaiian Forest Campaign, Case said. The property lies on the southwest side of Mauna Loa, mauka of Wai'ohinu and Pahala. It ranges between 2,160 feet and 5,770 feet in elevation, and includes steep ridges, some with narrow plateaus on them and deep valleys betweea Unattended stove started fatal fire A Kalihi fire that killed an 82-year-old woman and left 25 people homeless on Wednesday was caused by an unattended stove that burned food and ignited the second-floor kitchen, a fire investigator said.

The owner of the house, Pascual Oasay, 86, had been cooking on the electric stove and had turned down the heat for the cooking pot before leaving to take a bath, his daughter said. "He was cooking food for the family," said daughter Felicitas Pascua. Honolulu Fire Department investigator Capt. Glenn Solem said the heat from the stove burned the food and ignited nearby curtains and surrounding in iiomni i t. Jf il.

,7.. Forest Reserve. Ironically, cultivation of sugarcane immediately adjacent to the lands had helped to protect natural resources, because the burning of the crop every couple of years killed off weeds that might have spread into the forest, said Kim Security lapse jams airport at LThu'e IMTE, Kaua'i Security forces cleared lihu'e Airport for 20 minutes yesterday after a private guard left a door to a secure area unguarded Department of Transportation public information officer Marilyn Kali said that a Wackenhut security officer hired by an airline was posted at the entrance to a secure area, and left the post to visit a restroom. A Federal Aviation Adrnmistration official noted the unguarded door at 1 1:30 a.m and declared a security breach. Kali said all passengers were escorted out of the terminal, leaving four interisland aircraft at gates and one incoming flight held on the taxhvay.

The airport was cleared of passengers by 11:30, and the secure 4 Budget for construction allotted The fire at 1511 Adelaide St. killed 82-year-old Pia Oasay and caused $480,000 in damage. Hana dengue cases grow by 2 to 71 The Department of Health yesterday confirmed two more cases of dengue fever in Maui, raising the statewide total to 1 1 1. Both patients had the mosquito-borne virus in June and live in a household where someone already had tested positive. Despite some lingering cases, health experts remain optimistic the outbreak is under control.

They do, however, warn that it could flare up, especially if the mosquito population increases. There are now 71 cases of dengue in Hana and a total of 82 on Maui; 25 on O'ahu; and four on Kaua'L because many pay for their own garbage collection, a tree city service in stogie-family residen- rial neighborhoods. City Council Budget Chairwoman Ann Kobayashi had yet to review the budget yesterday afternoon. She did say that she would be carefully reviewing the nmrwuuri minL'rvin'jiuin tnunii. intf nn thp nmrw-cfH Rue PnniH.

Transit system. Kobayashi questioned the wisdom of an investment of $65 mil lion to run the first leg of the system from Iwilei to WaikikL when the mmmi iters farinff the wnrst traffic are those driving from Central and Leeward O'ahu. And Kobayashi wonders how removing lanes of traffic on busy rVllmrrliQfn HrwilmrarHc unll Vloln ease congestion. "I would have vnted against it she said. Councilman Jon Yoshimura said he will be watching to see how closely the leadership of Chairman John DeSoto monitors and critiques spending in the wake of complaints that Yoshi- mnra leH 9 Pni mrnl that nihher- stamped the proposals of the Harris administratioa "I think that it's iust a hunch of political hogwash," Yoshimura said.

The Council is required to pass the budget bills by June 15. Reach Robbie Dingeman at rdingemanhonoMuadvertiser or 525-8070. Notices OOlTUORieS Services for Rudy Pacarro Rick Davis, stock expert and magazine publisher The Honolulu Advertiser Hum, conservancy director of land protectioa But with sugar gone, weeds are invading the old canefields and threatening the forest Case said weed control is an immediate priority. "We hope to manage it in cooperation with the community of Ka'u and with the (neighboring) public and private landowners," she said The Ka'u land joins the conservancy's 10 preserves that cover 27,000 acres across the state. area was searched.

No problems were found and passengers were allowed to return to the terrninaL "There were some long lines," Kali said USS Greeneville coming home today Home port probably never looked so good After enduring six months at sea, a change of captains, a grounding, a collision and the war on terrorism, the nuclear submarine USS Greeneville will sail into Pearl Har-bortiiisrrnrning. Relatives of the crew will greet the submarine, but the 1 1 a.m. homecoming will not be open to the public or the media, said Lt. Cmdr. Kelly Merrell, spokeswoman for the US.

Pacific Fleet's subrnarine force. Cemetery. Pacarro served as a state representative and City Council member until 1985. He is survived by his wife, Jean; sons Rudolph William, Clarence, Randolph, Rudy III and Hiro; daughters Catherine Jeans and Laura Jeans Hitchens; brothers Clarence, Samuel, Frank and Harry; and 15grandchildrea ka'a, Hawai'i, died Feb. 25, 2002.

Bom In Ahualoa, Hawai 'I. A Honoka'a Sugar Company harvesting department supervisor. Survived by wife, Ruth; sons, Wade and Craig; grandchildren, Melissa, Syreeta, Erica and Shane; a great-grandchild; brothers, Shoichi, Kenji, Hiroshi and Osamu; sisters, Tsutae Nakahara, Emiko Sumitani, Sadame Sato, Eiko Sakazaki and Kiku-mi Okamoto. Service 2 p.m. Tuesday at Honoka'a Hongwanji Mission.

Aloha attire. Arrangements by Borthwick Hawaii Funeral Home. YOSHIO SHIGENAGA, 96, of Hilo, Hawai'i, died Feb. 23, 2002. Bom In NInole, Hawai'i.

A retired manager of American Trading Company. Survived by sons, George, Roy and Dale; daughters, Amy Kawamoto, Anne Mellon and Sandrea Maldonado; sister, Ayako Uyemura; 14 grandchildren; 10 greatgrandchildren. Private service held. Arrangements by Dodo Mortuary, Hilo. BOUNMAK SISOUTHAVONGSA, 80, of Kailua, died Feb.

28, 2002. Bom in Savanahkhet, Laos. A member of the Special Guerrilla Unit in the Lao National Army during the Vietnam War. Survived by wife, Thonchanh; son, Nl-phone; daughters, Christine Singharaj, Joann Regenold, Souda Phonesavanh, Malyna Sombatphibane and Kanhnyka Sisouthavongsa. Service 1 p.m.

tomorrow at Oahu Cemetery chapel; cremation to follow. Arrangements by Leeward Funeral Home. USHI UYEHARA, 97 of Kailua, died Feb. 23, 2002. Born in Yonabaru, Okinawa.

A member of Kailua United Methodist Church. Survived by sons, Hidehiko, Thomas and Manabu; daughter, Toshiko Kino; four grandchildren; four great-grandchildren. Visitation 5 p.m. Wednesday at Kailua United Methodist Church; service 6 p.m. Inurnment 11 a.m.

next Saturday at Oahu Cemetery. No flowers. Casual attire. Arrangements by Hosoi Garden Mortuary. FROM PAGE Bl "In the long term, you're going to pay more," he said.

"We're continually refinancing debt and not doing the right thing and paying it down." As in the current budget, the construction spending plan focuses primarily on core city services such as wastewater, initiatives designed to improve garbage handling, transportation and parks. Harris had described some of the refuse and recycling proposals in his State of the City address in January. They include a 50 percent expansion of the city's H-Power garbage-to-energy plant to help reduce the amount of rubbish that needs to be buried in landfills. This will be the second year of a three-year plan to lower the real property tax rate for apartment and condominium owners. Under the plan, that rate will drop by 28 cents to $3.93 per $1,000 value, which would amount to about a $49 break for an apartment valued at $175,000.

The current apartment rate is $4.21 per $1,000 value. If the plan is completed, the following year the apartment rate will end up at the single-family home rate of $3.65 per $1,000 in value by the fiscal year beginning in mid-2004. Owners of high-rise homes have complained for years that it is unfair for them to pay higher property taxes than residents of single-family homes, especially Funeral Borthwick Mortuary 1 GEORGE FRANCIS DOWNING Aqe 95 Born in Hawaii on January (6, 1907, passed away February 24, 2002 Worked fot the Naval Shipyard's Pearl Harbor and Long Beach. Reiired Leading Man Outside Machinist Shop 36. Received Certificate of Commendations' from the Depattment of the Navy lot Participation on Employee's Council; Superior Accomplishment tor work requirements benefitting Shipyard and Navy Dept; A suggestion adapted benefitting the Shipyard and Navy Depl.

Father of three children, two sons, tldest George H. and son, Melvm F. of Florida, one daughter Barbara C. of Boston. Three brothers and one sister presently living in California; 10 grandchil-dien; I 1 great-grandchildren.

Some of his last words to his eldost son were, "God said to me. limes up. your present life on this planet has come 1o an end, we need you now tn Gods hands. Thank everyone for the love and friendship shared with me and my family VISITATION 11 00 AM TO 1 00 PM, MONDAY, MARCH 4, 2002. BORTHWICK HAWAII FUNFRAL HOME (HILO).

StHVICf 1 00 PM BURIAL TO FOtLOW AT HOMELANI MEMORIAL PARK CEMETERY FROM 2 00-2 30 PM Nuuanu CATHERINE Age 76, ol February 24, Kalihi, Oahu She of bt Augustine Survived by (Rob) Kay; Gordon Hazel Guzman, Medeiros. Family request be worn. VISITATION 10 TUESDAY. MARCH ST. AUGUSTINE WAIKIKI (130 MASS 11 TO FOLLOW AT HEAD MEMORIAL 12.45 PM.

CITY Memorial 2 plots side hdstone Estat Sale Haw'n Mt Calvary, 3 market price HAWAIIAN UAHDEN OF 1 PI OT $1996 AWN MFMORIAL 'Gon ot Devotion" $3500ea. Valley IN LOVING MEMORY OF OUR FATHER MELCHOR "MIKE" BUAN WHO DEPARTED THIS LIFE 1 YEAR AGO TODAY WE LOVE AND MISS YOUR CHILDREN, TRINIDAT MELCHOR CORINNA CASSANDRA WENDY CINDY Advertiser Staff Services will be held next week for former City Councilman Rudy Pacarro, who died Monday at age 74. On Thursday at Kalihi Union Church, visitation will begin at 5 p.m. and a service will begin at 6. On Friday a service will be at 9 am at Borthwick Mortuary, followed by burial at 11 am.

at Hawaiian Memorial Park homemaker. Survived by husband, Edward; daughters, Jane Davis, Barbara Jurkens and Judy Johnson; six grandchildren; three great-grandchildren. Service 11 a.m. Tuesday at Unity Church of Hawaii, Diamond Head Circle. Burial at National Memorial Cemetery of the Pacific.

No flowers. Memorial donations to St. Francis West-Hospice, 91-2127 Fort Weaver Road, 'Ewa Beach, HI 96706, or to Macular Degeneration Research, 15825 Shady Grove Road, Rockville, MD 20850-4022. Arrangements by Williams Funeral Services. ELIZABETH "BETTY" JEAN KELLY, 70, of Honomu Hawai'i, died Feb.

27, 2002. Bom in Hilo, Hawai'i. A retired front desk manager for the former Travel Lodge. Survived by sons, Howard Jr. and Leslie daughters, Margaret and Colette; sister, Dorothy Aguinaldo; nine grandchildren; four great-grandchildren.

Visitation 9 to 11 a.m. Monday at Dodo Mortuary, Hilo; service 11 a.m.; burial to follow at Homelani Memorial Park. Casual attire. MARY I0NE MARSHALL, 84, of Keauhou, Kona, Hawai'i, died Feb. 19, 2002.

Bom in Kansas City, Kan. Retired accountant. Survived by daughter, mary Schwartz; grandson, Joseph Schwartz. Private service. Arrangements by Dodo Mortuary, Kona.

WILLIAM J. "BILL" MCCARTHY 66, of Seattle, a longtime Hawai'i resident, died Feb. 17, 2002. An attorney with Amfac, project manager with the Princeville development, later an attorney in private practice on Kaua'i and in Kailua, Kona. Active with the Democratic Party during the 1970s and '80s, and a Hawai'i delegate to national conventions.

Survived by sister, Roselyn Bor-rosso; daughter, Megan Nelson; sons, Michael and Keoki; two grandchildren. Ashes to be scattered off the Big Island in September. Memorial donations to the Institute for Human Services. NOBORU SHIGEMATSU, 82, of Hono- In 1958 he was transferred to Hawai'i while serving in the Army. He got out of the service in 1961, moved to Phoenix and continued in the brokerage business.

In 1969 he moved to Hawai'i and opened the DAVIS: Publisher of Aloha magazine brokerage firm Davis Securities. He also had a show on KHON-TV, "Stock Market Watch With Rick Davis." He moved into publishing in the 1970s. Davis is survived by his wife, Valerie; son, Jeff; daughter, Pam; and sister, Lee Wachtstetter. A memorial service will be held at 8:30 am. Friday at the Outrigger Canoe Club.

and Christine Wong; sons, Timothy Mason, Thomas Mason and Aaron Romero; daughter, Shelly Silva; four grandchildren. Service 9 a.m. next Saturday at United Community Church, Hilo, Hawai'i, and 2 p.m. March 16 at Kualoa Beach Park, O'ahu. NADINE WOOD DOWER, 103, of Honolulu, died Feb.

24, 2002. Born in Pennsylvania. A retired school teacher and principal at Hawaii Center for Deaf and Blind. Survived by h-nai granddaughter, Cecilia Cambra; nieces and nephews. Service 9 a.m.

Friday at Central Union Church; inurnment 12:45 p.m. at Diamond Head Memorial Park. Arrangements by Nu-uanu Mortuary. MARJORIE ROSE GABRIEL, 78; of Mililani, died Feb. 27, 2002.

Born on Maui. Survived by husband, Antone sons, Antone D. and Raymond; daughter, Victoria Sablas; six grandchildren; two great-grandchildren. Visitation 9:30 to 10:30 a.m. Thursday at St.

John the Apostle and Evangelist Church; Mass 10:30 a.m.; burial at Valley of the Temples Memorial Park. Arrangements by Moanalua Mortuary. FRANCES ADELAIDE CONNER JU-RKENS, 84, of Honolulu, died Feb. 27, 2002. Bom In Nantes, France.

A TrO By Karen Blakeman Advertiser Staff Writer Local publisher Richard "Rick" Davis died Tuesday after suffering a heart attack at his home. He was 65. The owner of Davick Publications Davis was best known as the publisher of Aloha magazine. He also published RSVP Magazine, The Islands of Aloha, Maui and The Magic Isles. He most recently published the Kama'aina Guide and newsletters for Mililani, Waikele and 'Ewa by Gentry.

"He was a really fabulous guy really funny," said John Rader, general manager of the Outrigger Canoe Club. Davis was bom in Freeport, Long Island N.Y., on May 23, 1936, and grew up in Hollywood Fla. He attended the University of Florida and the New York Institute of Finance before becoming a Wall Street stockbroker. The Advertiser publishes obituaries about people of interest to its readers as a free public service. Obituaries may be submitted by mortuaries or, with proof of death, by individuals in writing.

Fax 525-8037 or write to Obituaries Editor, The Honolulu Advertiser. P.O. Box 3110, Honolulu, HI 96802. Include a contact name and phone number. We reserve the right to edit for form, style and newsworthi-ness.

Date of publication cannot be guaranteed. To publish paid death notices, call the classified ads department at 521-9111 CATHERINE B. ABELLANA, 76, of Honolulu, died Feb. 24, 2002. Born In Kalihi.

A member of Saint Augustine Church. Survived by daughter, Debra Kay; grandchildren, Gordon and Katie; sisters, Hazel Guzman and Marie Medeiros. Visitation 10 to 11 a.m. Tuesday at Saint Augustine Church; Mass 11 a.m.; inurnment 12:45 p.m. at Diamond Head Memorial Park.

Aloha attire. CHERYL MAY DICKINSON, 55, of Volcano, Hawai'i, died Oct. 31, 2001. Bom in Honolulu. A homemaker.

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