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A10 Friday, October 2, 2009 Hawaii Tribune-Herald BACK PAGE MAUNA KEA From front page lated an administrative rule requiring that hearings related to conservation districts be held in the county in which the land is located, and that inadequate public notice was given. They say that the CMP relies on the University of Hawaii 2000 Master Plan for Mauna Kea, which was itself never adopted by the land board, even though the BLNR has a duty to substantially evaluate all aspects of management plans submitted for its approval and to involve the public in that process. The lawsuit also says the board violated the procedure for contested cases by approving the CMP before deciding whether any of the plaintiffs had standing to request a contested case hearing. Except for KAHEA, the plaintiffs in this case are the same ones who success on the record of our cultural, spiritual, environmental and recreational connections- to Mauna Kea, the board is now claiming we suddenly have no right to ensure it is protected from bulldozers. UH and the land Doard are pushing this new management plan because they want to guarantee building another massive telescope on this sacred site, said Chujg.

But they cant do anything until they first deal with the adverse impacts of all the telescopes they have built on our summit over the last 30 years. These telescopes have leveled cinder cones, dumped human waste and toxic chemicals over our aquifer, and impaired cultural practices on the summit. The courts agree, it is time for this to stop. E-mqil Peter Stir at pstn (o requesting a contested cas'e hearing on the CMPs approval. The boards vote followed a recommendation by the Department of Land and Natural Resources to deny the request for standing.

A contested case hearing would have given the land board an opportunity to reconsider their April vote. Mauna Kea holds, a place of paramount interest in Hawaiian culture, the plaintiffs contend, maintaining they do have standing to request a contested case hearing because the CMP will affect their rights. The UH Office of Mauna Kea Management could not be reached for comment. UH-Hilo Chancellor Rose Tseng was aware of the appeal but could not comment because she had not seen it yet. The lawsuit alleges that the Aug.

28 meeting vio fully sued the University of Hawaii in 2004 pver a plan to build "outrigger telescopes on Mauna Kea, and in 2007 forced the drafting of the current management plan. A comprehensive management plan must be approved before the land board can issue any new conservation district use permits. If the approval of the current management plan is reversed, then the land board cannot approve any new telescopes, including the Thirty Meter Telescope, on Mauna Kea. The boards decision undermines the basic right everyone in Hawaii has to stand up for their environment, their culture and their religion, said Kealoha Pisciotta, the president of Mauna Kea Anaina Hou. Despite extensive evidence Citizens arrested and charged Big Island police have arrested and charged the following individuals: Charisse Helena Gali, 22, of Naalehu with violating a protective order.

Joshua K. Kala, 23, of Honokaa with two counts of contempt of court and violating probation. Nicholas Benjamin Pierce, 22, of Hilo with contempt of court. Monica R. Amina, 55, of Hilo with two counts of theft.

Michael Tyson Soares, 21, of Pahoa with 1 theft. Christopher Joseph Igawa-Silva, 26, of Hilo with assault and robbery. Joshua K. Waters, 31, of Keaau with a liquor- violation. 1 Aaron G.

Hasner, 27, of Hilo" with a liquor violation. Lynol Victor Capacillo, 27, of Hilo with two firearm violations. Aaron Lee Jacobus. 24, of Kailua-Kona with a liquor violation, Monte Gus' Romero, 41, of Hilo with a'liquor violation. Matthew Aaron Miller, 22, of Hilo with four counts of revocation or modification of probation.

Contempt of court typically mean.1, Jailing Id comply ii itli a judge's order, such as paying a jine or appearing at a court proceeding. Failure to appear means not slim mg up in court on the date written on a traffic citation Hilo man's dogs confiscated GREENWOOD From front page Young stepped up his efforts to find a new home for the dogs in Kurtistown and Kapoho, but those efforts were unsuccessful. Tuesday morning, Young was in Honolulu for medical and legal appointments when he got a message from a friend saying that the Humane Society had cut the chain on his gate and was removing the dogs. He had been making arrangements with Hilo veterinarians to put the dogs down. Young declined further comment.

Hawaii Island Humane Society Executive Director Donna Whittaker said she would like to comment but couldnt because its an open case." WILLIAM INGTribune-Herald Laura Boehm, second from left, a new instructor in the Hawaii Community College nursing division, gets a tutorial in the basics of hula from University of Hawaii af Hilo alumna Marie Kuramoto. At right, Betsy and William Steiner join in. Keahi Youngs dogs are gone. Acting on a search warrant, the Hawaii Island Humane Society confiscated" 17 dogs Tuesday morning while the Hilo man was on Oahu. Young, who has a permit for a 40-dog kennel, has been feuding with neighbors over the dogs incessant barking and the smell of their feces.

Upon receiving reports of feces in the dogs kennels, police arrested him in December 2007 for 36 counts of second-degree cruelty to animals. He pleaded no contest and was ordered to keep no more than 10 dogs. v' After the Tribune-Herald published an account of his story. Police charge Police have charged a 19-year-old Keaau man with escape and credit card offenses. Andrew Kawika Silva was charged Wednesday night with escape, theft of a credit card, fraudulent use of a it card, and two counts of third-degree theft.

He is being held at the Hilo police cellblock in lieu of $5,000 bail. Silva was identified received warm applause With your help and encouragement, Im almost certain that we can do it, she said. Its up to the governor and the Legislature, not us, Greenwood said. The luau for more than 30 new UH-Hilo and Hawaii Community College faculty members was held in the large pavilion of the Wailoa State Recreation Area, overlooking the scenic Waiakea Pond. It was organized by Hui Ka Ua, the nonprofit booster organization appropriately named after the tain that fell for most of the day.

The new faculty members come from distant parts of the- world Russia and England while others hail from Hilo and Keaau. UH Regent Harvey Tajiri, the founder of Hui Ka Ua, gave the new faculty a few useful tips about living and working in Hilo. Theres a lot of tolerance and a different mindset that goes with living on this small little rock, Tajiri said. In lighthearted remarks, he told the newcomers why all the, houses in East Hawaii have corrugated metal roofs; why nobody goes through the front door HULA From front Festival highlight DVDs are also sold. KITV has broadcast all three nights of the competition; Miss Aloha Hula on Thursday, the hula kahiko (ancient hula) on Friday, and the hula-'auana (modem hula) on Saturday.

interrupting ABCs regularly scheduled prime-time programming. John. Fink. K-FIVE general manager, said in a written statement that the station is "honored to be the new broadcast home of such a prestigious and impotlai. local event.

We look forward to respecting the traditions of the Merrie Monarch, and being a part UHH From front of a house (You got to look at where all the slippers are stacked up) and how to tell the ethnicity of a household by looking at the yard. For a real sense of Hilo's diversity, the faculty got in line at the potluck table, where kimchee and lomi page of the festival in the years to come." Mike Rosenberg. KITV general manager, often referred to the Merrie Monarch broadcast as his station's "flagship event. He said; We have cherished our, association with the 6 Merrie Monarch Festival and ish them and K-FIVE well. The move to K-FIVE ill likely mean at least a partial change of hosts, as co-host PaulaAkanaisa KITV news anchor.

The other co-host is popular Honolulu radio and telev ision personality Kimo Kahoano. who has been on the telecast since its incep HawTel warning about scam Keaau man, 1 9 on a surveillance video using a stolen credit card at a Puna convenience store. He was arrested Wednesday afternoon and taken to the Hilo police cellblock. While being transferred. Silva briefly escaped from custody.

Hilo patrol officers found him minutes later, hiding in a garage at an Osorio Lane residence and re-arrested him. jiof does the company Authorize others to sell long distance plans on our behalf. The solicitors also request personal information. such as birth dates and Social Security numbers, which Hawaiian Telcom would never do. If you receive a call like the one described above, do not give the caller any personal information.

People can report the call to Hawaiian Telcom's Corporate Secuntv department at 643-7 iVl, salmon shared space with Korean cfittken, chicken katsu, nori rice and somen salad. The new president pronounced the poi tasty, and noted it was served to her by Rep. Jerry Chang, chairman of the state House Higher Education Commit tion, and who also serves as the festivals announcer inside the Edith Kanakaole Multipurpose Stadium, Kahoano told the Tribune-Herald Thursduy after-, noon that he didn't know if he would be a part of K-FIVEs Merrie Monarch telecast. Fink did not return a call in time for this story. Kawelu, asked if Kahoano would continue and if festival organizers input would be sought, answered both questions: I hope so.

K-FIVE, its sister cation KHNL-TV. along with have entered into a "shared services is unable or unwilling to provide the University of Hawaii with the same level of support as the prior year, the UH is not going to be able to offer the same programs. said J.N. Musto. the unions executive director.

"You cant expect the shortfall to be made up with salary reductions. Its a huge question ot public policy about where the Legislature places its priorities." Faculty will receive electronic ballots around noon Monday and can vote via the Internet until midnight Wednesday. The tally will fie announced at noon Thursday A "yes vote would authorie the union to accept the, administrations otte-. Musto said a strom: "no" tee. As she left the reception.

Greenwood praised the university and faculty. This is a model down here to really understand scientific and cultural perspectives in the world, and I hope to encourage it." agreement" scheduled to start this month, which will reportedly cost 68 employees their jobs. The Media Council of Hawaii has retained a Washington public interest law firm to challenge the three stations' business and news operations merger. It calls the agreement 'a "thinly-veiled attempt to avoid regulatory scrutiny by the Federal Communications Commission. KHNL and K-FIVE are both ow ned by Raycom Media, hile KG MB is owned by MCG Capital Corp.

E-mail John Burnett at jbunwtisi om vote will help convince the university to go back to the bargaining table The university has said it will impose the offer without an agreement if faculty reject the plan. Musto said. The union regards (Unilateral imposition ot the offer as illegal and may strike, sue or both, he said John Moiton. the duel negotiator lor the UH system administration and vice president for community colleges, declined to comment on LHPAs position and the upcoming vote "One of the principles we try to, tollow is that negotiations should be at the bargaining table and not through the media." Morton said mail Bit i )f i.i i til btiil i litottiiiiiibiint In mht om page Hawaiian Telcom is urging customers to wary of calls from tele- marketers who claim to offer long distance ser-. vices on the companys behalf.

Solicitors who identify themselves as "US Telcom" or "Global Crossing" have misrepresented themselves as ageilts of Hawaiian Telcom authorized, to sell long distance plans on our behalf, the company-said Tuesday. Hawaiian Telcom does not make unsolicited contact JO sell long distance plans. Setting the The lowest law enforcement priority ot mariiuana ordinance does not make mariiuana heal, the mayor and police duet said Wednesday A typographical error in an article published Thursday misstated what they said Wednesdays frontpage story on sewer proposals lor Kapoho contained an inaccurate cost record straight system be S52 million, for the fiscal year ending July 2010 The Legislature also reduced funds by S46 million. Federal stimulus money isexpected to improve the deficit by S22 million. a total S76 million reduction.

UH-Hilos share ot that cut is S6 4 million. Tub ion increases of 1 1 percent to 13 percent per year adopted in 2005 as part ot a six-year schedule will bring $20 million yearly into the I system I nion representatives were in tovyn Thursday to meet with faculty on the upcoming votq About 300 LH-Hilo and 200 Hawaii Community College (acuity are among the unions laculty members "It the state ot Hawaii I reduce state contributions to insurance premiums by at least 10 percent. A five-day payroll lag would push the last check of the current fiscal year into next year, effectively "saving the university system S12 million this fiscal year The union ottered to accept the 3 percent salary reduction in the form Ot a loan, to be paid back to laculiy when they leave employment with the university. but the otter Was relucted said Karla Huyas-in. all! Hilo English (acuity member and chairwoman ot the IHPA collective bargaining committee Battling sic.

declines in revenues. Gov Linda I ingle lestiided the budget tor Jhe 10 campus university 4 estimate The correct figure is $43,000 per iinliulmi; SI 0.000 1 tor sealing a cesspool The Hawaii Tnbune-Herald believes in correcting its errors. It you would like to report an error, call Editor David Bock at 930-7323. or Associate Editor Richard Palmer at 930-7324' Corrections will-appear in this space TV.