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8-Hawaii Tribune-Herald, Thursday, December 4, 1986 Council OKs CIP projects transit firm to take over Hele-On buses soon Chris Reed for Saddle Road By Tribune-Herald safety improvements. for a Pahoa police The County Council yesterday substation. gave approval on first reading to for Alii Drive shoulder $1.53 million in projects sought by improvements and bikeway. Mayor Dante Carpenter. for highway appropriated included: tenance.

for the Public Works' for a Kailua police Solid Waste account, with $150,000 substation. going to Hilo Landfill improve- for the County Housments, $100,000 for miscellaneous ing "revolving equipment and $94,500 for Kailua for disaster proplandfill improvements. erty tax relief for 64 South Kohala for a traffic signal in landowners. front of the post office on Palani In other actions, the Council Road in Kailua. approved a resolution allowing VOLCANO- From Page 1 As Kilauea continued to pump out lava last night, the Kalapana Community Organization held a special meeting and voted to ask Gov.

John Waihee to declare their community a state disaster area. Waihee was expected to visit the Kalapana area today to view firsthand the devastation caused by lava flows which over the last week have engulfed 10 homes. Kini Pe'a, a Kalapana Community Organization official, told the Tribune Herald this morning that the organization will write letter to Waihee seeking the disaster declaration. Puna Councilman Russell Kokubun also will ask for the County Council's support, Pe'a said. Last night about 40 persons turned out for the meeting at Harry K.

Brown Park in Ka- COUNCIL- From Page 1 The Council upped the fee to $9.75 on Nov. 24. By this morning, 100" of the 108 inspection stations were back in operation, according to Police Lt. Richard Bartolome. But the Council continues to simmer over DOT's handling of the controversy and the agency's refusal to send a representative to the administration to enter into a Council's budget deterthree-year Hele-On contract with mines the level of service then," PHT, Inc.

The Oahu-based firm Yamashiro said. will take over the county bus system from Laupahoehoe Trans- Also yesterday, the Council Co. Dec. 16. gave final approval to a bill transportation on The Council acted only after ferring a $100,000 grant from the Chairman Stephen Yamashiro state for Hilo tourism promotion Mass to the county's Hilo Tourism questioned Transit Agency Steve Shinchi the Promotion account, which will in manager on terms the turn be contracted out to the Hilo of contract.

Shinchi confirmed that the con- Hawaii Visitor Industry Association. tract only sets the hourly pay for drivers and the overall hourly Former mayor Bruce McCall billing for the few routes for was confirmed for appointment to which PHT will provide both a bus the County Board of Ethics for a and a driver. term ending Dec. 31, 1988. lapana.

Most were Kalapana area residents, with several county representatives, including Kokubun, in attendance, Pe'a said. Participants included some of the residents who lost their homes at Kapaahu, as well as representatives of the Kalapana Community Organization, the Royal Gardens organization, the Puna Canoe Club, and the Kalapana Ohana Association from the Star of the Sea Church. The Kalapana Community Organization will ask the governor to have the state disaster area include both the 10 homes at Kapaahu which have been destroyed by lava during the past week, as well as 16 homes in Royal Gardens which have been wiped out by earlier lava flows. All of the homes have been des- Hilo to explain the rationale for its actions. The panel has already passed and Mayor Dante Carpenter vetoed a bill pulling the county out of the safety check program on June 30, 1987.

An override attempt is expected. Yesterday, the panel deferred action on a related measure, a resolution that asked the governor, the State Legislature and troyed by flows from Kilauea's residents study these offers careon-again, off-again string of fully before making comeruptive episodes which began mitments. Jan. 3, 1983. The County Council yesterday Last night organization leader formed an ad hoc committee to William Carse said geologist have investigate the situation and see reported the eruption could con- what the county can to do help the tinue for many years, or could end affected residents.

at any time. "We need to fully assess the Carse said Kalapana residents situation and look how to promay be in for a long siege and that vide support from the county," all Kalapana area residents Kokubun said. should consider themselves likely candidates to lose their property. The Puna councilman said he hopes Waihee will declare the afIf Waihee does declare a dis- fected locations a disaster area. aster area, low-interest loans, The Council's ad hoc committee free public lands and other spe- includes Kokubun and the heads cial programs could result.

of the Council's four standing Pe'a said there have been offers committees: Frank De Luz III, of land from both private indi- finance; Lorraine Jitchakuviduals and from the Department Inouye, economic development; of Hawaiian Home Lands. He said Takashi Domingo, planning; and he recommends that homeless Merle Lai, public works. DOT to assess the safety check by James Dahlberg and Merle program "to insure that it serves Lai on the safety check program. a justified and functional pur- Dahlberg said he thought the two pose." The resolution goes on to measures had been consolidated ask that the program rules and at the wishes of the full Council to regulations be abolished. reflect a common position on the controversy.

"We should direct ourselves to the law as opposed to the rules But Yamashiro said he was not and regs," Yamashiro said. part of any consensus position. "I The resolution was based on have no idea whose resolution this separate resolutions introduced is," he said. De Luz invokes Council conflict 1 rule The County Council's new conflict-of- "Substantial" was defined by Corporation thinks they might not survive a legal chalinterest voting rules came into play for the Counsel Ronald Ibarra as meaning an "inter- lenge. first time yesterday when Councilman Frank est which is sufficient in magnitude to affect "The Charter does not excuse a (Council) De Luz III abstained from voting on rezoning one's decisions." person from voting," he said.

of an 87-acre North Kohala parcel. Previously, it was Yamashiro's policy that De Luz said he has only a small interest in De Luz informed Council Chairman Stephen all Council members must vote on issues be- the 87-acre parcel. He said the entire parcel Yamashiro that he had a "substantial finan- fore them, with silence recorded as an affir- used to belong to his wife Phoebe, before she cial interest" in the N.S.B.L. Partnership. He mative vote.

Under the policy, conflicts of sold it to a hui of isle investors. That group is one of 16 major partners in the hui, which interest had to be declared, but members had invited him to join as one of 16 partners, he sought the change in zoning from unplanned to to vote nonetheless. said. one-acre agriculture. The new rules were adopted over The rezoning passed on a 6-1 vote.

Puna Under a resolution adopted in June, Council Yamashiro's objections at the height of the Councilman. Russell Kokubun voted no bemembers are prohibited from voting on items Council's factional battles earlier this year. cause of his opposition to using one-acre in which they have a "substantial financial The Hilo attorney said this morning that he agricultural zoning for what he believes to be interest directly affected" by Council action. is willing to live with the rules, even though he basically residential subdivisions. KIPA an islandwide station soon Radio station KIPA in Hilo has received permission from the Federal Communications Commission to begin serving the entire Big Island in 1987.

KIPA President and General Manager Buddy Gordon announced that KIPA was granted a constraction permit for two synchronous transmitters Sav. 24. transmitter will be 5,000 watts operating on 620 Kilohertz as does the KIPA Hilo transmitter at gins. It will be like three radio stations broadcasting the same programming," Gordon said. "It's a big experiment, since this has never before been done in the United States.

The FCC has given us the opportunity to reach the entire island because it realizes the tremendous need to improve communications, especially in areas such as Ka'u and Waimea which presently receive no Big Island radio," Gordon said. He added, "Being the primary Civil Defense THIS WAS THE CLOSEST I COULD GET TO BOUGHS OF HOLLY 1966 United Feature Syndicate, Pepeekeo Point. One station will be located near station, we. are particularly pleased to be able to Inc. Keahole Airport in Kona and the other will be at provide island-wide coverage in times of emergSouth Point.

encies." "A listener traveling in a car will hear very little Completion of construction of the transmitters is 21 shopping difference when one signal ends and the other be- expected by June 1, 1987. days to Christmas Weather The forecast for windward Kohala, Hilo and Puna is 'Waiakea Uka .42 for sunny periods this afternoon. Tonight will be mostly fair. Keahole Airport .00 Tomorrow will have a sunny morning and become cloudy in the afternoon with a few upslope showers. TEMPERATURE Kona and Ka'u will be mostly sunny with some cloudy periods.

Maximum Minimum Tonight will be mostly fair. Tomorrow will have a sunny morning Lyman Field 80 65 and become cloudy in the afternoon with a few showers over the Keahole Airport 85 67 slopes. City Hi Lo Pep Great Falls 32 17 Winds will be trades 10 to 20 m.p.h. becoming variable 5 to 15 Albany 45 35 .08 Hartford 53 35 .05 m.p.h. tomorrow.

Albuquerque 55 30 Helena 35 14 A high surf advisory is in effect for the north and west shores of Anchorage 30 21 Honolulu 81 Atlanta 49 34 Houston 59 45 the island. Bakersfield 67 43 Indianapolis 44 27 BIG ISLAND WEATHER DATA Baltimore 31 Kansas City 42 27 Billings 36 Las Vegas 62 38 Bismarck 13 .01 Los Angeles 79 55 HIGH TIDES LOW TIDES Boise 20 Memphis 53 33 5:24 p.m. 1:16 p.m. Boston 40 .87 Miami Beach 78 64 6:09 a.m. 10:13 p.m.

Brownsville Milwaukee 35 27 Buffalo .27 Minneapolis 32 16 Cheyenne 35 New Orleans 58 48 SUNRISE SUNSET Chicago 25 New York 59 37 6:40 5:41 Cincinnati 25 .01 Oakland 62 49 Cleveland .13 Oklahoma City 51 MOONRISE MOONSET Dallas 35 Omaha 35 22 Denver 30 17 Paso Robles 75 40 a.m. 9:11 p.m. Des Moines 35 23 Philadelphia 60 36 .01 10:10 Phoenix 75 50 RAINFALL Detroit 42 29 Pittsburgh 46 .06 24 Hrs. Year-to-date Normal Duluth 26 .01 Portland, Me. 55.

38 .89 Lyman Field .24 166.94 116.76 Eureka 45 35 11 61 Portland, Ore. 48 36 Piihonua .44 Fairbanks 44 Reno 64 31 Rapid City Fresno 69 Thursday report Rare goose on the loose A very rare goose is loose in the vicinity of Nanue gulch on the Hilo side of Ninole on the Hamakua Coast. The owner, Narahari Swami of Ninole Mauka, said the female goose is an exotic, almost extinct species of which only a few hundred remain worldwide. It is one of a pair which are the only two of their kind in the state. The owner said the female was lost Tuesday afternoon when the pair of geese were in a dog kennel strapped to the top of a station wagon.

When a' rope broke, the kennel fell to the roadway on the Nanue Bridge. The door was jarred open, freeing the geese. The male as caught, but the female flew over the bridge into the gulch. The goose is properly classified as Cereopsis, but is commonly called a pig goose because the female makes a sound exactly like pig, according to Narahari. The lost goose is large, has light grey feathers speckled with blue, and has an iridescent green beak.

Narahari asks that anyone who sees the tame, but mildly aggressive goose to catch it call and leave a message for him at 963-6716 or call Honolulu collect at 595-8171. He said he will respond immediately. Group supports anti-smoking bill A committee has been formed to support County Council Bill 253, which will limit smoking in banks, stores and restaurants. The committee is circulating petitions to show public support for the measure. This bill is scheduled to be voted on Dec.

15 at 10 a.m. at the County Council chambers. "While it is anyone's privilege to smoke when they want to, it still presents a health hazard to non-smokers in close proximity. Recent medical findings show second-hand smoke is dangerous to nonsmokers; especially young children, babies and those with respiratory problems," organizer Nancy Toribio said. For further information, call Alvin Grancell at 961-9283 or Toribio at 959-9789.

Police probe rape report Big Island police are investigating a report that an adult woman was raped and sodomized Tuesday in Keaukaha. Police said the incident occurred between 8 and 9 p.m. The victim sustained minor injuries on her face and body as a result of the attack. According to police, the victim was being transported to an unknown location in Puna when she jumped out of the suspect's vehicle as it was traveling on the Pahoa Highway near Shower Drive. No suspect has been apprehended at this time and the investigation is being conducted by detectives in the Criminal Investigation Section.

In another case, police recovered 194.4 grams of dried marijuana this week in Glenwood. A search warrant was used to recover the marijuana. Also this week, a 105mm artillery shell was recovered from an apartment on Pukihae Street. Police said the shell was not live, and has been transported to the Pohakuloa Military Training Area. Obituaries Edwin Keao Lindsey Sr.

Edwin Keao Lindsey of Waimea, died Tuesday at Honokaa Hospital. Mr. Lindsey was a utility man for Parker Ranch from 1945 to 1965 and a heavy equipment operator for various construction firms thereafter. He was also a veteran of the Korean Conflict. Mr.

Lindsey was a member of the Waimea Hawaiian Civic Club, Ka Hea Ka Ahiu Hunting Club' and the Laborers International Union of North America. Friends may call from 6 to 10 p.m. tomorrow at the Door of Faith Church in Waimea, where a wake service will be held at 8 p.m., and from 10 a.m. to 2 p.m. Saturday.

A funeral service will be held at the church at 2 p.m. Saturday, followed by burial in the Charles Lindsey family cemetery in Waimea. The family requests casual attire. Mr. Lindsey, who was born April 7, 1932 in Waimea, is survived by five sons, Lawrence Reed Lindsey of Arizona, Edwin Keao Lindsey Jr, of Honolulu, Thomas Weston Lindsey of Waimea, Theodore Kealoha Pumehana Lindsey of Waimea and Seymour Kahiliaulani Lindsey Kaniho of Waimea; and by four grandchildren.

He is also survived by five brothers, Charles Notley Lindsey of Waimea, John Kaleimaeole Lindsey of Waimea, Thomas Milimili Lindsey of Hilo, James Fay Lindsey of Waimea, and Frederick Maluhia Lindsey of Waimea; and by two sisters, Fannie Leialoha Moniz of Honolulu and Elizabeth Kamaile Moniz of Waimea. Noboru Nakamoto Noboru Nakamoto, 60, of Pahala died yesterday at Ka'u Hospital. Born in Hilea, Ka'u, Mr. Nakamoto was a retired heavy equipment operator for the Ka'u Agribusiness Co. Inc.

He was a member of the Tensho-Kotai-Jinju-Kyo Church. Friends may call tomorrow from 5 to 6 p.m. at the Dodo Mortuary Chapel. A memorial service will be held at 6. The family asks that casual attire be worn and flowers be omitted.

It's also requested that friends refrain from giving "koden" or memorial tributes at the service. Mr. Nakamoto is survived by his wife, Susan Tokue Nakamoto of Pahala; two sons, Art Nakamoto of Honolulu and Mark Nakamoto of California; three brothers, Mamoru Nakamoto of Hilo, Earl (June) Nakamoto of California, and William (Lucille) Nakamoto of Honolulu, and three sisters, Natsuyo (George) Nagano, Misao Seto and Maizie (Rufus) Tsuda, all of Honolulu. Cirilo G. Gaunia Cirilo G.

Gaunia, 98, of Kealakehe, Kona, died Nov. 26 at Kona Hospital. Born in Ilocos Norte, the Philippines, he was a retired sugar plantation laborer. Friends may call at Hualalai Memorial from 8:30 to 9 a.m. Saturday.

A graveside service will be held at 9. The family asks that casual attire be worn and that flowers be omitted. Memorial Mortuary (Kona Branch) is handing arrangements. Mr. Gaunia had no known survivors.

Shizuyo 'Velma' Martinson Shizuyo "'Velma" Martinson, 67, of Pahala died Tuesday at Hilo Hospital. Born in Pahala, Mrs. Martinson was a retired. secretary for the former Kau Sugar Company. She worked in the industrial relations department.

A memorial service will be held at the Pahala Hongwanji Mission at 4 p.m. tomorrow. Mrs. Martinsoni is survived by her husband, James Martinson of Pahala; one son, Leland (Joan) Martinson of Seattle; and two brothers, Lawrence (Yoshie) Teramoto of Pahala and Robert (Setsuko) Peramoto of Honolulu. Dodo Mortuary is handling arrangements..