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FIIML; Dow falls 39.26 to close at 10,279.33 ALOHA FRIDAY PC 4k DM starbullctin.com 1 km A. 11 I. OF A A I) I Friday, September 24, 1999 500 on Oaiiu km 0 TODAY! Fruitful endeavors With a new album and a new record label, sportscaster Robert Kekaula has earned his chops as a musician. D-l Sneak a peek at the first episode of "Baywatch Hawaii." D-2 HAWAII Pada to serve 29 years Kimberly Pada will serve 20 years for the beating that left her son comatose. A-3 Former UH quarterback Raphel Cherry, convicted in Arkansas ot murdering his wife, will get a new trial.

A-2 A key member of the UH cloning team is leaving. A-3 Judge Kevin Chang rules the fee is reasonable for the interim Bishop Estate board Chang said he believed that the trustees retired Adm. Robert Ki-hune, American Savings Bank executive Constance Lau, former Iolani School headmaster David Coon, attorney Ronald Libkuman and former Honolulu Police Chief Francis Keala have benefited the estate, the local community and the trust's beneficiaries. Under the ruling, the trustees will be paid a lump sum of about $75,000 for the five months they have already served. They also will receive a one time $15,000 payment for their work as special-purpose trustees during February.

All future payments will be on a monthly basis at a rate. Chang said the ruling will have no bearing on efforts to determine reasonable compensation for future trustees of the Bishop Estate. That subject is being examined by a probate court-appointed compensation committee. The interim board's compensation request, which translates into an annual salary of about $180,000, is in con trast to the $1 million that the former trustees paid themselves during the past years. The interim board will likely stay in place until it completes its suit to permanently remove former trustees Richard "Dickie" Wong, Henry Peters and Lokelani Lindsey.

Trustees Gerard Jervis and Oswald Stender have resigned. The board has alleged that the former trustees jeopardized the estate's tax-exempt status by, among other things, excessive compensation. By Rick Daysog Star-Bulletin Bishop Estate's five interim trustees will earn $15,000 a month under a ruling today by a state judge. Citing the "extraordinary circumstances" surrounding the May 7 appointment of the interim board, Probate Judge Kevin Chang said that the trustees' request for fees was reasonable given the huge task they had been assigned. A MAZE OF I A I MAIZE GROWS AAA ff UPW members could lose rule allowing recall Changes to the union's constitution would end the right to recall officials and consolidate Gary Rodrigues' power Corny idea turns field into a fun challenge From poor to powerful Hung Wo Ching started poor and worked hard.

He became an immense success. Among all his accomplishments, though, perhaps the greatest was that he was a success at a time when Hawaii was run by Caucasians. A4. 9 1 NATION WORLD Too little help The Clinton administration raises objections today to an agricultural spending bill, saying it provides too little emergency assistance and goes too far in restricting the use of trade embargoes. A-7 Two Americans formerly prisoners of war in Yugoslavia are leaving the Army.

A-7 By Ian Lind Slur-Bulletin Members of the United Public Workers will lose their ability to recall unpopular union officials or elect their own stewards if proposed amendments to the union's constitution are approved. The proposals are part of a complex set of amendments being presented to UPW members during a series of two-hour meetings now being held across the state. The meetings continue through next week. The changes, if approved, would further consolidate the power of UPW state director Gary Rodrigues, who has headed the union since, 1981. Voting on the proposals comes just weeks after a hearing officer cleared Rodrigues of charges he violated the constitution by refusing ta-disclose information about several questionable financial transactions, and then using the union newsletter PLEASE SEE UPW, A-8 Star-Bulletin staff A person of average intelligence should make it through the new MAiZE in Kapo-lei in an hour.

Do you dare compare your brainpower to this baseline? If so, step up to the entrance of this field of green, the latest way to amuse the young-uns and fritter (so to speak) away time in the open spaces of the Ewa Plain. On five acres of Aloun Farms land, an agribusiness graduate, Brett Herbst, has built a labyrinth of corn with walls 8 feet high. Herbst said the Kapolei cornfield is one of 25 maize mazes created this year throughout the country. The cornstalks were planted in July. "It grows a lot faster here," Herbst said.

The maze was designed on a computer, and when the field filled in, Herbst cut out the passageways. He estimates that while it will take an average of an hour to discover the one exit, a person who makes no wrong turns could do it in 15 minutes. The MAiZE is open nights, for those who not only want to get lost, but want to get lost in the dark. Bring flashlights. Special events are planned in the weeks leading up to Halloween, and school groups are invited for discount tours that include educational information about agriculture.

The MAiZE is on the stretch of Farring-ton Highway that lies east of Kapolei and westofWaipahu. NV SPORTS U.S. trails in Ryder Cup Sergio Garcia sparks the European team to an early lead over the Americans after the first round of the Ryder Cup today. C-l Heather Bown making a big splash for the University of Hawaii women's volleyball team. C-l i Taiwanese angry over quake aid The Autumn Moon Fest is ignored as frustration builds over the slow response to Tuesday's earthquake HAWAII INC.

Phone giants merging? MCI WorldCom reportedly is in talks to buy Sprint B-l More undisclosed assets of Sukamto Sia discovered. B-l 3 liV DEAN SKNStl, Star-liullelm Th3 MAiZE Where to go: Farrington Highway just outside Kapolei. Take H-1, exiting at Kapolei. Turn left on Makakilo Drive, then left on Farrington. Dates: Today through November.

Hours: 4-10 p.m. Monday-Thursday, 4-11 p.m. Friday, 1 0 a.m.-1 1 p.m. Saturday and noon-5 p.m. Sunday.

'py'ffffS'i Admission: $7 general, $5 children under 12, free for children under 5 (these are kamaaina rates; general admission is slightly higher), Call: 677-9412. Online information: www.cornfieldmaze.com. Boy is pulled alive from rubble. A-7 By Denis D. Gray Associated Press TAIPEI On a day traditionally reserved for joyous celebration, Taiwanese today vented anger at their government's bungling of rescue efforts and mourned the more than 2,100 people who perished in a deadly earthquake.

"The government reacted too slowly. It was many hours before they sent in troops to rescue victims and many hours until they sent helicopters," said Tsai Chia-ching as Buddhist monks chanted prayers for the dead at a Taipei memorial service. The government admits it was not fully prepared to cope with a disaster of such magnitude, even though Taiwan is prone to periodic quakes. After inspecting disaster areas yesterday, President Lee Teng-hui criticized the lack of central PLEASE SEE TAIWAN, A-8 1 Brett llerbst, creator of the MAiZE, walks though part of the labyrinth. In the overview at left, you can see how the 6-acre maze is designed.

It consists of 250,000 to 300,000 stalks of llerbst designed the maze pattern on a computer, then transferred the design into the growing field by hand. 1 Index a ii j. (-, i Astrology C-12 Koktia Line A-2 Classified C-6 Letters A-16 Comics C-12 Obituaries A-14 Crossword C-12 Sports C-l DearAbby D-2 Scoreboard C-4 Donnelly C-12 Stocks "53 Editorials A-16 Today! D-l Hawaii Inc. B-l Television D-2 Gorky's Hawaii Lure of street life strong for murder victim 'Maile' Lum's family thought she had given up the streets until she was found slain Clear tonight, sunny tomorrow, a few trade showers. More weather, A-2.

Volume 88, Number 226 64 Pages, 5 Sections 0 Copyright 1999 Honolulu Star-Bulletin All Rights Reserved E-MAIl. editor starbulletin.com By Javmes K. Song Star-Bulletin ubilee "Maile" Lum first roamed Leilani Casper keeps a binder of pictures and articles about her daughter, Jubilee Lum. hum apparently was strangled and her body dumped in a trash bag. Bv Dennis Oda, Star-Bulletin the streets of Chinatown at 13 Villi- The lure proved strong, and for almost nine years she couldn't keep away.

Her family thought she had given up her dangerous life when she stayed home and started taking adult continuing education classes in January. PLEASE SEE LUM, A-8 asm I TMMfcTfc'ISNOUVElLE EURO-HAWAlWM OXSm 1SFCP T05E WITH U'LITTY BITTY 40901i'0a002l.