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Sugar and spice: Roller derby is back PageDI auna Kea plan panics suit' iV Telescope foes want summit restored UH and the land board are pushing this new management plan because they want to guarantee building another massive telescope on this sacred 4 1 Clarence Ching, ex-Office of Hawaiian Affairs trustee managing the cultural and natural resources ol Mauna Kea. The plaintiffs are Mauna Kea Anaina Hou, the Royal Order of Kamehameha the Hawaii chapter of the Sierra Club, and former Office of Hawaiian Affairs trustee Clarence Ching. They ask the court to vacate the BLNRs April 9 vote and require the land board to grant the plaintiffs petition for a contested case hearing on the CMP. They are also asking for attorneys fees and costs and any relief the court deems proper. The university, the University of Hawaiis Institute for Astronomy and the BLNR are all named as defendants.

They have 20 days to file a response. The request for a contested case stems from a BLNk 'meeting Aug. 28 in Honolulu, when the board denied to grant standing to the plaintiffs, who wefe See MAUNA KEA Page A10 By PETER SUR Tnbune-Herald staff writer Hawaiian and environmental advocates have appealed the state land boards approval of the Mau-na Kea Comprehensive Management Plan. The lawsuit filed Thursday in Third Circuit Court challenges the unanimous vote of the Board of Land and Natural Resources on April 9 to approve the CMP, which provides a framework for GREENWOODS GRAND PLANS Flanked by University of Hawaii Regent Harvey Tajiri, left, and UH-Hilo Chancellor Rose Tseng, third from left, new University of Hawaii President M.R.C. Greenwood chats with Carol VanCamp, right, a member of Hui Ka 'Ua, one of four community organizations that sponsored a welcome reception at Wailoa State Park Thursday evening for the new faculty ofUHHand Hawaii Community College.

i Hula fest switches to K-FIVE TV station top bidder for Merrie Monarch By JOHN BURNETT Tribune-Herald staff writer The Merrie Monarch Festival is changing channels. Meme Monarch President Luana Kawelu said Thursday the Hilo-based festival has signed a five-year deal with KFVE-TV, also known as K-FIVE, starting with next years festival April 8-10. The agreement ends, at least for now, the festival's long-standing association with which has telecast the popular hula competition statewide since 1981. Kawelu said that money was "only a small part" of the reason tor the switch. "KITV has been very, very good to us over the years.

Kawelu said. It was just that there was so many new things involved, such as' intellectual property rights. It's not only a word and a handshake. like before, with my mom (Dottie ThontpsonSvho founded the hula competition It's the whole picture. I decided instead ot gist renew mg every thing, doing it the same my mom did.

I would put it out (to contract bid). 1 wanted to do what was best tor the festival, best for the halau (hula schools) and best Tor the people For me. its all about the hula. "To me. (K-FIVE) was trying to promote local programming, like the Na Hoku mohano Awards.

'Hot Hawaiian Nights and (University of Hawaii) sports. I like that I thought maybe they would do well for Merrie Monarch. The Merrie Monarch Festival, which references the nickname of noted hula lover King David Kalakaua. is the longest-running. most-watched local televU sion program in Hawaii For many, the live telecast is an annual tradition, and lor the last several years it has been streamed live worldwide via the Internet.

See HULA Page A10 WILLIAM ING Tribune-Herald (On mini chief: Time Lj -r President announces commitment tor new Hawaiian language building We believe this is a good time for the pniversity to be putting forth construction projects. i M.R.C. Greenwood. University of Hawaii president By PETER SUR mental budget request to the Tribune-Herald staff writer Legislature. Beneath a typically rainy "We'e aci1'-.

the university community are- as a'- read-turned out Thursday evening to ,0 Put sho'el in the ground, welcome new facuhv members because we believe this is a t0 good time for the university to Attention was focused on be putting forth construction the University of Hawaiis projects, because of the need hichest-rankina recruit. Presi- here tor jobs, particularly here dent RC. Greenwood, who on the Big Island." Greenwood announced her commitment tor said "So I in happy to tell you a new $29 million College ot that vv ith the concurrence ot the Hawaiian Language building, chair and the vice chair ot the In a brief speech, she talked Board ot Regents, and the sup-about projects worthy ot inclu- port ot Regent (Harvey Tapri. sion in the universitys supple- we will be asking the Board ot Regents at the October board mg. meeting to vote on a supple- The announcement does not mental budget that includes the guarantee that the building ill construction of the (Ka Haka be constructed.

But the news la Ke'ehkoluni College ot Hawaiian Language) build- See GREENWOOD Page A10 i Military aids Samoas UHH faculty, union huddle before vote By BRET YAGER Tribune Herald staff writer University ot Hawaii at Hilo faculty will join their colleagues throughout the state Monday to vote on a best and final" contract otter from the university system's administration Members ol the Imversity of Hawaii Proteskional Assembly predicted faculty will reiect the plan, which would cut their pay by 5 percent tor the next two years, delay paychecks and See UHH Page A10 in tsunami By AUDREY McAVOY and ROD McGUIRK Associated Press APIA. Samoa Convoys ot military vehicles brought food, water and medicine to the tsunami-stricken Samoas as victims wandered through what was lett ot their village' with tales ot being trapped uudei-water. young childien drown and hoisting elderly parents above the waves The death toll rose to 100 on Thursday as grim taced island ers gathered under a traditional meetinghouse to hear a Samoan recovery Inside Volunteers fly to America-Samoa to help victims. Page A9 eov eminent minister discuss a plan tor a mass tuneral and buiial next Tuesday Samoans traditionally bury their loveif ones near their homes, but that couIJ be impractical because niunv ot their 1 1 luges have been wiped out See SAMOAS Page A9 i i The roof of a building is swept away by a tsunami in Apia, Samoa, on Tuesday in this image leleased Thursday Index Internet Issue No. 275 Todays weather Piqr AJ Visit us on the Web at Public notices Sports State Stocks Horoscope -'t Nation A Obituaries A Odds Ends a Dl Big Isle history 0 3 Classified Comics 0 Commentary As Community Ac Crossword D3 OearAbby 51 0OC5O 5.