Hawaii County finalizes Nansay settlement

HILO >> Hawaii County has finalized a deal under which the owner of a Kona property near the Kaloko-Honokohau National Historical Park will pay a tax debt of $4.04 million, officials said.

Under the agreement, Nansay Hawaii will pay $277,600 each quarter starting in December, over four years, said county Finance Director William Takaba.

The 17 payments total $4.72 million, including late penalties and interest charges, he said.

At issue is the 445-acre Kohanaiki property north of Kailua-Kona formerly owned by Nansay Hawaii. The property includes the popular surf and camp spot known as "Pine Trees."

Foreclosure on the property had been scheduled for Nov. 15, but the auction was canceled due to the repayment settlement, Takaba said.

The land once was scheduled for resort and golf course development. It remains undeveloped.

Hawaiian Airlines traffic flat in August

Hawaiian Airlines' passenger traffic last month, before the terrorist attacks that crimped airline travel, was almost unchanged from the previous August.

The airline said it carried 584,503 passengers in August, an increase of 0.1 percent from 583,637 in August 2000. It decreased the number of available seat miles (the number of seats for sale multiplied by the number of miles flown) by 2.4 percent to 635.15 million, from 650.72 million in the previous August. The result was a small increase in load factor, to 83.9 percent of seats filled compared to a year-earlier 83.1 percent.

The numbers the airline announces each month cover total traffic on its interisland, mainland-Hawaii and Hawaii-South Pacific routes. Hawaiian does not issue separate numbers for each segment.

Advertiser parent buys another free shopper

Gannett Pacific Corp., owner of the Honolulu Advertiser, has added to its stable of free shopper with the purchase of Ladd Publishing.

Ladd prints the twice-weekly classified paper Buy & Sell as well as the weekly Maui Happy Ads. Also included in the purchase was First Choice Signs, an Oahu sign manufacturer.

Gannett recently acquired the Pennysaver from Hawaii Publications Inc.

Buy & Sell has statewide distribution, while Pennysaver is an Oahu publication.

Details of the purchase were not released.

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New Jobs

>> Suzanne Yandow, Ron Cordero, Bill Dey, Gail Takeuchi and Cindy Tamayo have joined the staff at the Honolulu Shriners Hospital for Children. Yandow, as assistant chief of staff, will be responsible for assisting the chief of staff in directing the hospital's various efforts, providing patient care and training of the hospital's medical residents. Cordero was named director of management information services. He will install and service the hospital's computer software and hardware along with training employees and purchasing related equipment and supplies. Dey, a registered nurse, was named inpatient services manager. Takeuchi, a dietitian, was named nutrition services manager. Tamayo, who was named rehabilitative services manager, will oversee the delivery of physical and occupational therapy, orthotics and prosthetics and seating and mobility programs for hospital patients.

>> Sprint Hawaii has named Carol Holden customer support manager. She will be responsible for oversight of voice and data customer installation project management, revenue retention and growth, contract administration, account maintenance and sales support for selected accounts. Holden joins Sprint after serving as director of information technology at Kaiser Permanente.

>> Mel Perreira and Keikilani Curnan have joined the staff at the Mauna Kea Resort. Perreira, who was most recently employed at the King Kamehameha's Kona Beach Hotel, will serve as director of engineering. Curnan was named sales manager and will be based out of the company's central sales office at the Hapuna Beach Prince Hotel. She will be responsible for the Hawaii corporate market. 

Promotions

>> Bank of Hawaii has named the following individuals vice-presidents: Paul Andes, retail loan origination; Margaret Dang, client experience department; Lynette Dinell, market research; and Timothy Young, real estate investment banking.

On the board

>> Adelia C. Chung of Honolulu has been named 2002 secretary of the Million Dollar Round Table. The appointment gives MDRT, an international association of 25,000 life insurance and financial services professionals, its first woman executive committee member. Chung's five-year term will culminate with her assuming the 2005 MDRT presidency. She is specializes in business and personal life insurance, estate analysis and financial planning.

Recognition

>> The following individuals were honored by City Bank during the Third Annual Targeted Industries Growth Report Awards Banquet Friday at the Hilton Hawaiian Village: Randy Cates, Cates International; Cheryl and Rick LaMont, DotC Software; Seishiro Hirabayashi, Micro Gaia Inc.; Lambert Onuma and Richard Kalbrener, Pihana Pacific; Richard Crowe and Alice Kawakami, UH-Hilo; Karl Chang and J.W. Ellsworth, Viata Online; Barry Weinman, Allegis Capital; and Tung Bui, UH Manoa. They represent the aquaculture, software, biotech- nology, Internet/telecommunications, astronomy, and computer software sectors in Hawaii.