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8 HowoS Tribune HeroU, Friday, May 6, 1988 KHBC TV under investigation by NLRB get much more than what the; have now," he said of his workforce. Were a walkout to ensue, he said, station operations would continue. "There are supervisors; we can run the station," he said. Hurtado said the NLRB will count the ballots immediately following the vote May 17 and certify the results within seven days, barring objections from either side. The union would need a simple majority of the eligible workers to prevail.

If successful, Hurtado said, the union will have the exclusive right to bargain with the employer for one year, and the employer will be bound to negotiate. resolution of their complaints. Evans has remained defiant throughout the unionization effort, refusing to recognize the right of either the union or federal labor officials to interfere with his business. "I have the election of doing as I damn well please," he told the Tribune-Herald in a recent interview. "I don't have to have the union or the NLRB telling me how to spend my money.

"They're bullying with the wrong people." Evans, who also owns radio stations KKON and KOAS in Kona and the Clio Awards advertising awards program based in New York, equated the unionization effort and the dictates of the NLRB with "socialism." "I'm not going to be a part of said the recent layoffs were necessitated by the station's operating losses, which he said in an earlier interview had run tens of thousands of dollars a month. He suggested those seeking the union are doing themselves and their fellow workers a disservice, adding that it would be "sad" if he were forced to "put about 35 families out of work." Asked whether he was suggesting the station would close if the union vote is successful, Evans said that would depend on the union's demands. "I don't think they're going to sides) to settle, and if not, we would issue a complaint," Hurtado said. Hurtado' said the charges are grounded in the National Labor Relations Act, which governs labor-management relations and prohibits the firing of workers for union organizing. Hurtado said the act also prohibits the use of threatened shutdowns to squelch union activity, though he added that nothing in the act would prevent an employer whose firm is unionized from later closing down for purely economic reasons.

Hurtado said that if the charge over the layoff is upheld, those laid off might be able to participate in the union vote pending a ing that the recent layoff of seven of its employees was connected to the unionization effort and that station owner Bill Evans has threatened to close the station if that effort is successful. NLRB attorney Michael Hurta-do said this week that the board is in "in the process of investigating the charges." Hurtado said that once the investigation, which has included interviews in past days with some of the laid off employees, is completed, a decision will be made by the NLRB's regional director "on the merits" of the charges. "If the regional director determines there is reasonable cause, then we'll try to get (the two By Dovt Harada-Stone Tribun-rWold Federal labor officials are investigating charges brought against the management of Hilo television station KHBC by a union trying to organize the station's employees. The International Brotherhood of Electrical Workers Local 1260 is seeking to represent the station's workers and filed a petition earlier in the year with the National Labor Relations Board, which certified that the requisite number of workers had signed union cards and ordered that an election be held May 17. Meanwhile, the union has filed charges against the station alleg BsO BUDGET: Council continues budget review Friday report Man stabbed by a woman assailant A 25-year-old man was stabbed early this morning in the parking lot of a Maile Street apartment.

The incident occurred about 2:05 a.m. in the parking lot oi me Lagoon View Apartments. The victim, while at a friend apartment, was lured out of the apartment and into the parking lot by a female suspect, police said. The suspect then stabbed the victim on the left upper DacK ana fled the area. The victim then drove to the Hilo Police station, where Fire Department rescue personnel were summoned and the victim was taken to Hilo Hospital.

The victim was treated at the hospital and released. Hilo police are searching for a female suspect and the weapon used in the assault. Police are also investigating the motive for the attack. In another case, Kona police received a call at 10:20 p.m. Wednesday that a tenant from an apartment in the Casa De From Page 1 in fact the result of the Council's recent tinkering with the county's budget format.

Andrews said the department-by-department estimates added up by Yamashiro are "informational only" and are based on forumlas recommended by the accounting firm of Deloitte Haskins Sells, which last year drafted a new budget format at the behest of the Council. "We're just following the format," he said. Andrews said the county used its own figures to determine the lump sum appropriation, which he insisted is correct. During yesterday's budget review session, Yamashiro and Andrews concluded that part of the discrepancy was the result of unemployment and-workers compensation premiums that were budgeted for but not included in the department-by-department estimates. The two items add up to about $1.6 million, Yamashiro said.

"But that still leaves about $400,000." But Andrews insisted that the county's math is correct. "To say that we're out of balance after using (the format) the Council proposed, I don't think is proper." Meanwhile, Mayor Dante Carpenter Wednesday presented the Council with an overview of his $82.5 million operating budget for the 1988-89 fiscal year. The mayor said the spending plan, which includes an increase of about $5.3 million or 6.9 percent over this year's budget, represents an improvement in the county's nomic condition. "After several years on the 'critical' list, I am pleased to report the county is showing signs pf progress," he said. "While our condition most likely will remain 'guarded' in the immediate future, we can anticipate a more stable disposition in the forseeable future." Much of the budget boost will go for raises He said that rather than criticizing Andrews, the Council should give him some assistance by approving the deputy finance director position.

According to Ibarra, Andrews has extensive duties and is unable to conduct audits of other departments or conduct future financial planning studies. Yamashiro said Andrews should reassess the allocation of his time. "You should look at the whole picture first before coming before this body," Yamashiro said. Ibarra responded, "The finance director needs help." The Council yesterday also reviewed the Mass Transportation Agency budget. Steven Shinchi, transit operations administrator, said his 1988-89 budget amounts to $519,850 or 1.38 percent less than the current fiscal year budget of $527,108.

He said no new services are being planned during the next fiscal year. But he added, "With the opening of the Hyatt Regency Waikoloa later this year, the Transit Agency is focusing greater attention to the South Kohala resort area." He said the agency is working with the South Kohala Resort Association on a survey among people seeking employment or already employed in the South Kohala resort area. "During the course of the fiscal year, we intend to identify transit needs and develop -viable solutions and alternatives with as much private sector participation to enhance employment opportunities and reduce the anticipated increase in traffic congestion," Shinchi said. Also during yesterday's session, Civil Defense Administrator Harry Kim reported his office should complete its move from the old Hilo Hospital building on Rainbow Drive to the Central Police Station in Hilo within this fiscal year. negotiated for county workers last year.

The mayor is also asking for 29 new positions, including 14 in the Public Works Department's solid waste division and 10 in the Police Department. But of all the positions being sought, Carpenter said, the administration's request for a deputy finance director "is by far the most vital." The administration has tried for three years to get a skeptical Council to approve funding for the position, which is provided for in the County'Charter. Carpenter noted that the county's annual budget has grown from $11.8 million in 1969, when the Charter became effective, to more than $80 million now. "Within this budget, every penny must be duly accounted for, every dollar of available revenue must be collected and every dollar expended must be carefully scrutinized," he said. "Unquestionably, management, of the county's all-important financial system involves extreme responsibilities and demands.

And yet, Finance is the only department in the County which has no deputy director." But in a budget review session yesterday, Yamashiro suggested that it would be cheaper for the county to hire another buyer to assist Andrews rather than a highly paid deputy. Yamashiro also suggested the administration might look at other departments to determine whether a deputy could be shifted to the Finance Department, "rather than just adding at the top." Deputy Managing Director Ronald Ibarra said the administration has looked at that possibility, but has not found an area in another department that could be cut. He said Andrews is unfairly "getting hit on the head everytime he appears before the Council." Emdeko Condominium had awakened to find a person within nis apartment. The tenant attempted to apprehend the intruder in nis apartment, but the intruder escaped and the tenant give chase. With the assistance of the manager of the complex, the intruder was apprehended and held until the police arrived.

Yesterday afternoon David Preston Williams, 32, of Kailua was arrested and charged for first-degree burglary and second-degree attempted theft. Bail was set at $4,000 on both counts. Williams is being held in Hilo jail in lieu ot posting bail. Technical director: Work OK'd The technical director of the Performing Arts Learning Center at Hilo High School says the electrical work at the school auditorium was authorized by school officials. Chris Drayer said school officials were aware that he had installed certain equipment in the auditorium as part of the Performing Arts Learning Center theater program.

The auditorium was closed last Saturday because electrical work did not meet county codes and Fire Department standards. Department of Education officials have said the electrical work done at the center was not authorized and was not done by a license electrician. Drayer is not a licensed electrician. Hilo High Principal Muriel Hughes issued a memo to Kitty COAST GUARD: Cutter changes hands Heacox, PALC director, requesting that any code violations be corrected. Heacox said that an inspection of the auditorium resulted in the closure of the auditorium because of temporary electrical arrangements that were made to hang lights for the upcoming production of Godspell.

"The difficulty lies in interpretation of the term 'temporary' in the use of extension cords. On May 3, a licensed electrician assessed the situation and told Drayer that corrections could be law enforcement, aids to navigation repair and patrolling all types of marine recreation events. The Cape Cross maintains a high readiness posture for quick response to any of its missions. The 14th Coast Guard District is tasked with numerous responsibilities which include search and rescue, law enforcement, military preparedness, aids' to navigation, merchant marine safety and inspection, environmental protection and port made quickly. Drayer said he is working to resolve the problem.

It is hoped the auditorium will be reopened for "Godspell" 14,1987. For her outstanding performance of duty as commanding officer, Kulisch was awarded the Commandant's Commendation Medal, which was presented at yesterday's ceremony by Bunch, on behalf of the district commander, Rear Admiral William P. Kozlovsky. Kulisch is a native of Smith-field, Rhode Island. She received her bachelor's degree in chemistry from Holy Cross College in Worcester, in 1983, and is a June 1984 graduate of Officer Candidate School.

Upon commissioning, Kulisch was assigned to the USCGC Sherman, homeported in San Francisco, where she served as deck watch officer from June 1984 to February 1986, and as the vessel's navigator from June 1985 to February 1986. She assumed command of the Cape Cross April 11, 1986 in Crescent City. In April 1987 the vessel was reassigned to Hilo, its present homeport. Kulisch is being reassigned to duty under instruction at the University of California' at Los Angeles, where she will enter the master of science program in chemical engineering. The Cape Cross now serves the Big Island and primarily the southeastern area of the Hawaiian Islands.

The 95-foot cutter's primary mission is search and rescue, but its size and speed also have made the vessel an effective tool for performances that are slated for 7 p.m. May 13 and May 14 and for From Page 1 received a bachelor of science degree in marine engineering and a commission as an ensign. Upon commissioning, he was assigned to the USCGC Sweet-brier, a 180-foot buoy tender homeported in Cordona, Alaska, where he served as a deck watch officer and operations officer from June 1986 to March 1988. Schmidt is a native of Union, South Carolina. Kulisch has completed a two-year assignment aboard the Cape Cross.

During this time she coordinated the relocation and homeport changeout of the Cape Cross from Crescent City, to Hilo, where the Cape Cross replaced the Cape Small on April 2 p.m. May 15. Meanwhile PALC staff members have been rehearsing with the cast this week on the school lanai and the multiple purpose room. Puna man placed on probation The Coast Guard's largest geographic district is manned by almost 1,500 men and women who serve in ships, boats, planes, A Mountain View man has been placed on probation for five years and ordered to spend 30 days in jail on a work release stations and remote LORAN sites program on a credit card theft charge. scattered throughout the Pacific David Salas, 36, pleaded "no contest" to the theft of a credit card June 15; 1987.

He was sentenced in Third Circuit Court by Judge Ernest Kubota. Salas is to pay $83 in restitution, pay a $1,000 fine and submit to JOBLESS RATE: It is lowest in 14 years drug testing. In another case, Ann M. Kellum, 46, of Paradise Park pleaded innocent to possessing marijuana and commercial promotion of Joint Economic Committee marijuana June 17, Hilo. A trial was set for June 23.

"But some one out of every eight workers 15 million in all do In District Court, two people were sentenced for driving under the influence of alcohol. They were: not want full-time jobs." Benjamin Kalai Rogers, 33, of Hilo, 90 days driver's license' suspension with 30 days absolute, 14 hours of counseling, $150 fine. Dwayne A. Sanborn, 26, of Hilo, one year driver's license The number of people working part time because they could not find full time work actually fell by 150,000 last month, still a "level of concern," Norwood would try to cool it off by raising interest rates. The household and payroll surveys often provide different job gain calculations for the same month but tend to balance one another out over several months.

While the household survey showed that far more jobs had been created than was reflected in the business survey, just the opposite had been recorded in February and March. From Page 1 tics. Investors, anticipating a strong employment report, had sent the Dow Jones Industrial Average down more than 38 points in trading Wednesday and yesterday. Analysts said the sell off was a reflection of fears that the Federal Reserve Board would view the job figures as an indication that the economy was on the verge of overheating and For the first four months of the year, however, the two survey show fairly similar gains 1.2 million payroll-survey job growth against 1.0 million household-survey job gains. Growth in voluntary part-time jobs accounted for two-thirds of the increase in the number of working Americans.

"We often fall into the trap of reacting negatively to any job expansion that is not full time," Norwood told the congressional suspension, $500 fine, 80 hours of community service. Ariyoshi may re-enter politics said. Among whites, April's jobless rate fell from 4.7 percent to 4.6. KAHULUI AP) Former Gov. George Ariyoshi is being urged to become Hawaii's Democratic national committeeman.

For blacks, the rate fell from 12.8 percent to 12.2. The man who has held the post for the past six years, former Maui Mayor timer Cravalho, said yesterday he is stepping down. cravaino said he wm ask Saturday Maui County party convention to pass a resolution DacKing Ariyoshi. Gov. John Waihee said he supports Ariyoshi for the post.

Obituaries The state new Democratic national committeeman will be selected at the party's state convention, set to begin May 27 in Lanaina. Japanese visitors big spenders Obituaries are run as a public service by the Tribune-Herald primarily to provide information about funeral arrangements and survivors. No photos will be used in this section. Marcello Samboan HONOLULU (AP) The average Japanese visitor to the Islands spent three times as much per day as the most extravagant mainland tourist in 1987, according to statistics compiled by the Hawan Visitors Bureau. Igmedio 'Doc Dacanay Jr.

Igmedio "Doc" Dacanay Jr. of Hilo, a retired school food, service manager, died yesterday at his home. He was 47. Friends may call from 2-5 p.m. Sunday at the Dodo Mortuary chapel, where a funeral service will be said at 3 p.m.

A committal service will be held at 11 a.m. Monday at Homelani Memorial Park; The family asks that casual attire be worn and that flowers be omitted. Mr. Dacanay is survived by his wife, Yoshiko "Pat" Dacanay of Hilo; two daughters, Liza and Jan Dacanay of Hilo; his parents, Egmedio Sr. and Janet Dacanay of Hilo; two brothers, Richard (Jeannie) Dacanay of Portland, and Franklin (Yvonne) Dacanay of Hilo; a sister, Rose Marie (Walter) Loo of Keaau; and his mother-in-law, Tane Ekuan of Hilo.

The HVB reported yesterday that individual Japanese tourists spent an average of $366.63 a day here last year. New England visitors, the biggest spenders from the mainland, averaged $124.82 Marcello Samboan of Kealakekua died Wednesday at Kona Hospital. He was 86. Born in the Philippine Islands, Mr. Samboan was a retired coffee picker.

Friends may call at 1:30 p.m. tomorrow at Alae Cemetery for graveside services. It is requested that casual attire be worn at the services and flowers be omitted. The Kona Branch of Dodo Mortuary is in charge of arrangements. There are no known survivors.

per day. Thomas S. Sakata, an HVB vice president for Asia and the Pacific, attributed the high level of Japanese tourist spending to the stronger yen. Sakata said the value of the yen has increased about 100 percent against the U.S. dollar smce 1985..