Isle woman sues Fasi for harassment
A Honolulu woman has filed suit against former Mayor Frank F. Fasi seeking damages for alleged sexual harassment while she was employed in the mayor's office.The woman, who was a secretary in Fasi's office from 1988 through 1990, claims she was subjected to verbal and physical sexual advances by Fasi, including touching, kissing and hugging.
The alleged incidents forced her to resign her position, and caused her "humiliation, degradation, embarrassment, anxiety, depression and emotional and mental suffering," according to the suit filed last week.
It charges that the alleged incidents constituted assault and battery, invasion of privacy, false imprisonment and violation of public policy.
She did not ask for a specific amount in damages.
She initially brought her complaint to the Hawaii Civil Rights Commission.
Mark Cusmano, her attorney, said yesterday the commission declined to consider the case because the statute of limitations for filing had run out.
Neither Fasi nor his attorney, James Duffy, responded to requests for comment.
Maui teacher accused of assault
WAILUKU -- A 28-year-old Maui teacher was being held in lieu of $305,000 bail this morning for allegedly sexually assaulting a female student 15 times.Gregory P. Standish, 28, of Kihei was arrested yesterday afternoon on 15 counts of second-degree sexual assault, one count of second-degree extortion, one count of second-degree theft, and one count of third-degree promotion a detrimental drug, police said.
Maui Police officer Nelson Johnson said a grand jury indictment also alleges Standish stole a computer from Lahainaluna High School while employed there as a teacher.
Standish is employed as a teacher at Lokelani Intermediate School in Kihei.
Standish taught English to sophomores at the high school, and was the sophomore class adviser at Lahainaluna.
He taught at Lahainaluna for two years before leaving about three years ago.
The girl, then a sophomore, is now 17 years old, police said.
Pacific Command sends supplies to Vietnam
More than 47,000 pounds of relief supplies are going to Vietnam this week to assist victims of Typhoon Linda which struck southern Vietnam Nov. 1-3.The U.S. Pacific Command, based at Camp Smith, is flying about $460,000 worth of materials from Okinawa to Vietnam on C-141 aircraft.
Cargo includes tents, cots, blankets, sleeping mats, first-aid kits, hospital supplies, shovels, water cans and hospital clothing.
Called the worst storm to strike southern Vietnam in nearly 100 years, Typhoon Linda took 373 lives and injured 742.
Nearly 2,300 people are still missing.
No property damage estimate was available, but more than 175,000 homes and 3,000 fishing boats were either damaged or destroyed.
Vietnamese and United Nations officials released a preliminary estimate that costs for basic food, medicine, clothing and sanitation would exceed $12 million.
Collection named for Sun Yat-sen
It was in Hawaii, according to his granddaughter, where Dr. Sun Yat-sen shaped his ideas about democracy and freedom that led to the 1911 Chinese revolution.To honor the 131st anniversary of Sun Yat-sen's birth tomorrow, Kapiolani Community College will inaugurate its collection of 3,000 Asian-language books, mainly Chinese, that will bear the name of the revolutionary, who attended school here for four years.
Honolulu Mayor Jeremy Harris also has proclaimed Nov. 12 as Sun Yat-sen Day.
"Dr. Sun's principles of nationalism, democracy and people's livelihood are more important than ever," his granddaughter, Hawaii resident Lily Sui-fong Sun, says in remarks prepared for the opening.
Those principles are still "strongly applicable to the problems confronting China today."
Terry Webb, KCC library director, said the seeds for the Sun Yat-sen Collection were sown four years ago when Lily Sun donated $5,000, artwork and jade pieces to begin the book collection and "promote his ideas."
Other donors include Beijing University, which donated 500 books; Beijing University Press with 100, and local residents.
Tokyo governor, Harris have common concerns
Mayor Jeremy Harris and Tokyo Gov. Yukio Aoshima were on the same wavelength yesterday.They're both worried about the flat economies in their cities. They're worried about the environment.
And Aoshima backed Harris' proposals to try to fix both.
At the 24th Biennial Japan-American Conference of Mayors and Chamber of Commerce Presidents being held in Honolulu this week, Harris proposed an Asia-Pacific Environmental Summit be held here within a year to address "how the region can work together to prevent the environmental destruction that accompanies economic growth."
Harris also proposed a permanent Pacific-Asian trade center here where products of the region would be displayed for wholesalers from around the world.
Harris also wants to include cultural events at the center that would make it a must-see stop for tourists.
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Police/Fire
By Star-Bulletin staffMurder suspect's home is searched
Homicide detectives have searched the home of a 47-year-old Waianae man who is a suspect in the killing of Dee Wayne Wells, police said.The body of Wells, 50, was found by a couple on Friday at 2:29 p.m. near the entrance of Maunalahilahi Botanical Gardens at 84-105 Lahilahi Place.
Wells' body was inside a blanket tied loosely with rope. The cause of death was a puncture wound to the chest, police said.
Police found a bloody mattress in a yard about a half mile away from where Wells was found. Tests to identify the blood type on the mattress are not yet complete.
Wells was last seen about four months ago in Makiki.
Man stabbed in Aiea; three suspects sought
Police are looking for three males in connection with a stabbing of a Waipahu man last night in Aiea.The victim, 31, told police he was assaulted and stabbed by three unknown individuals at 98-199 Pali Momi Street at about 9:30 p.m.
The victim then fled and called the police from his home, police said.
He was taken to Queen's Medical Center, where he remains in fair condition today.
Police look for suspect in Chevron robbery
Police are looking for a man who held up a Chevron service station yesterday.The suspect entered the store at 6:02 p.m. and put a pack of gum on the counter, police said.
The man then allegedly pulled out a hand gun and demanded money from the open cash register, they said.
He then fled with an undisclosed amount of money, police said.
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