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THE PRESIDENT CALLS
FOR REINFORCEMENTS

ASSOCIATED PRESS In a rare appearance on Air Force One, President Bush, en route to Las Vegas, watched Hawaii Gov. Linda Lingle yesterday as she spoke to reporters aboard the plane. According to the Associated Press, it was Bush's first appearance in the press cabin since the harrowing day of Sept. 11, 2001. With polls showing the race a virtual tie just three weeks before Election Day, Bush is traveling to closely contested battleground states in the West. At right is U.S. Sen. John McCain.

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Power conservation is high for second day

Oahu electricity consumers came through for the second day in a row yesterday, cutting demand after Hawaiian Electric Co.'s warning Wednesday that blackouts were possible.

"We're very happy with the situation, that people stepped up and conserved when we asked them to," said HECO spokesman Jose Dizon.

At 7 p.m. yesterday, Oahu's electricity use was 1,283 megawatts, slightly higher than the 1,278 megawatts recorded at the same time Wednesday, after customers had been asked to conserve, he said. But it was well below Tuesday's record usage of 1,327 megawatts, he said.

The utility normally has 1,669 megawatts of generating power available from its own plants and independent providers. On Tuesday and part of Wednesday, HECO had 303 megawatts less power available than usual, because of planned and emergency generator shutdowns. The 1,366 megawatts of power available was so close to the demand that company officials said they feared blackouts unless demand dropped.

The company had 1,506 megawatts of power available yesterday and was expected to regain another 23 today as the HPOWER waste-to-energy plant resumes full operations.

The power available should be adequate to supply Oahu's needs, Dizon said.

Man refuses to enter a plea in girl's death

SAN JOSE, Calif. » A convicted kidnapper refused yesterday to enter a plea to charges he killed 7-year-old Xiana Fairchild in 1999, according to a prosecutor.

Instead, a Santa Clara County judge pleaded not guilty on behalf of Curtis Dean Anderson, 43, who faces murder, kidnapping and molestation charges, prosecutor Charles Constantinides said. A hearing will be held next week on whether to postpone an Oct. 27 preliminary hearing.

Fairchild was raised in Hawaii and Colorado before moving to Vallejo, Calif., six months before her disappearance in December 1999. Anderson is serving 251 years in prison for the kidnapping and molestation of another girl, who eventually escaped.

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Police, Fire, Courts



By Star-Bulletin staff

NEIGHBOR ISLANDS
Sex offender fails to show up for hearing

A convicted sex offender from Washington state is on the loose on the Big Island after failing to show up for his court date earlier this month.

Carl William Lindsey

Carl William Lindsey, 26, is wanted for escape in Washington and for failing to appear in Hilo Circuit Court on Oct. 7. Lindsey was arrested in Naalehu last month on a warrant, and county prosecutors had begun extradition proceedings against him.

Police said, however, that Lindsey's friend bailed him out on Sept. 24, and he has not been seen since. Lindsey was wanted by Washington authorities after he failed to report to the Department of Corrections in Cowlitz County. He is a convicted child sex offender and has convictions in three different states for theft, shoplifting, burglary, felony assault and sexual assault. He was released from the Washington Correctional Center on March 31.

Lindsey is 5 feet 11 inches tall, weighing about 160 pounds, with hazel eyes, reddish brown hair and prescription glasses. He also has a tattoo of a small teardrop under his left eye and multiple tattoos of insects and animals on his chest and forearms.

Police consider Lindsey dangerous and said he should not be approached.

Anyone with information can call Detective Lucille Melemai of the East Hawaii Criminal Investigation Section at 961-2377 or the police nonemergency number at 935-3311. Anonymous calls can be made to CrimeStoppers at 961-8300 in Hilo or 329-8181 in Kona.

HONOLULU
Identity of man found unconscious is sought

Police are asking for the public's help in identifying an unconscious man found in the Punchbowl area on Oct. 7.

HPD is asking for help in identifying a man, found unconscious in the Punchbowl area, with tattoos like those depicted at left.

The man, who is on life support at the Queen's Medical Center, was found near Vineyard Boulevard and Miller Street just after midnight and has multiple head injuries, police said. He is described as in his 20s, 5 feet 7 inches tall, weighing about 160 pounds, with a medium build, black short-cropped hair, brown eyes, a mustache and goatee, and a mole under his left eye.

He has a tattoo, "Chuu Kaano," on his upper right arm, with male and female figures facing each other below it. He also has a tattoo of a skull on his left upper chest. Police said they believe the phrase Chuu Kaano is Micronesian.

Anyone with information can call Missing Persons investigator Phil Camero at 529-3394. Anonymous calls may also be made to CrimeStoppers at 955-8300 or by dialing *CRIME on a cell phone.

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Honolulu Police Department Crimestoppers