Friends and family watched as the youngsters, who were away from other beach-goers, tossed a small foam football. But, Murphy said, a security guard put an end to the fun when he made the children put the ball away.
"He said the hotel has strict rules that no balls or Frisbees are allowed anywhere in the area. He also made it clear the toys could not be used even in the water because it was all private property."
Murphy's complaint is one of the latest involving access and activities at the Ko Olina. Eleven years ago, developers were given permission to build the resort and create the lagoons. In return, they agreed to provide public access.
Ko Olina spokesman Jim Boersema said critics should understand that the resort is a private development, and the owner, West Beach Estates, is responsible for the safety and security of people on the property.
"Before the resort, there were no public beaches in this area," Boersema said.
The resort "was built completely with private funds -- that includes the roads and the man-made lagoons and all of the infrastructure," Boersema said. "It is also privately maintained. No public funds are used to keep Ko Olina beautiful and to preserve it for future generations."
Michael Weight, Foley's attorney, said he would offer alternatives to prison for Foley, who pleaded no contest last year for his role in the death of Ho Pin Tsai, 33, and injury of his wife, Thianh Luu.
First-degree negligent homicide carries a 10-year term, and first-degree negligent injury carries a five-year term.
The state could ask the court to double the terms for the two felony offenses and run them consecutively for a 30-year total.
"He has to be punished," Deputy Prosecutor Chris Van Marter said after Foley's plea. "He took a life. The sentence has to reflect the seriousness of it."
Sentences in previous high-profile drunken-driving cases with fatalities in the last decade have ranged from 10 to 20 years.
Foley, 49, said he had no memory of the Jan. 4, 1995, accident in which he traveled at a high rate of speed in his BMW and plowed into the couple, who were waiting in a Buick at a stop light. His blood/alcohol level was 0.28, almost three times the then-legal limit of 0.1. It is now 0.08.
But native Hawaiians, such as Walter Ritte, say not enough sensitivity is being paid to them. They fear they will lose their supply of wild game and fish if the 53,000-acre ranch is allowed to develop this kind of campsite in the wilderness in west Molokai.
"They're replacing our method of feeding our families without any kind of a process," Ritte said. "They're putting the camps where we hunt and gather."
A contested case hearing to determine if the activity is allowable on agricultural land is scheduled to start at 2:45 p.m. May 14 before the state Land Use Commission. The hearing, expected to continue through May 15, will take place at Kalai Akamanu Hou Congregational Church in Kaunakakai.
The 1988 Toyota pickup failed to negotiate a left curve and initially collided with a Dodge sedan, also west-bound, at about 12:25 a.m. The pickup continued on, struck a rock embankment and overturned, coming to rest upright on the north shoulder, about a half-mile west of Valkenburgh Street.
The driver, 24, who was thrown from the pickup and suffered a skull fracture, cuts and scrapes, was pronounced dead at the scene at 1:30 a.m.
The right-front passenger, Petty Officer 2nd Class Clay McCreary, 21, also was thrown out and pinned under the left-front corner of the pickup.
He had an open head wound and internal injuries and was listed in critical condition today at Tripler Hospital.
The third pickup occupant, Petty Officer 2nd Class Chris Hillman, 23, owner of the vehicle, was seated in the middle.
He got out on his own after the crash, with cuts to his head. He was treated and released at Tripler. The pickup occupants were not using seat belts.
The name of the man killed in the crash was not released.
All three sailors were assigned to the USS Pasadena, a Los Angeles-class attack submarine based at Pearl Harbor.
The driver of the 1993 Dodge sedan, 29, of Hickam Air Force Base, was unhurt. She was using a seat belt. She had gone onto the ramp from Kamehameha Highway.
Speed may have been a factor in the accident.
Police said they didn't know whether alcohol or drugs were involved.
This was Oahu's 20th traffic fatality of the year, compared with 17 at the same time last year.
Police are withholding the injured woman's name until relatives are identified and notified.
The woman was walking in the middle of Kinoole Street near the intersection of Hualalai Street at 3:35 a.m. when she was struck by the car.
No arrests have been made, but a standard negligent-injury investigation is being conducted, police said.
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