Groups weigh in on selecting trustees
The Kamehameha Schools Alumni Association has recommended that a nine-member citizens panel be appointed to choose new trustees of the Bishop Estate.
And the authors of the "Broken Trust" essay believe the probate court should appoint a committee that would set criteria and procedures that would be used to select new trustees.
The alumni association said members of the selection committee should be the president of the Kamehameha parents and teachers association, the president of the school, the president of a large private school, the administrator of a large charitable trust, the administrator of a major financial institution and four members representing the Hawaiian and community at large.
Four of five state Supreme Court justices have said they will no longer select the trustees.
Speedier degrees
A Hawaii Pacific University free seminar is aimed at working adults."How to Shorten the Time it Takes to Get a College Degree" will be held at 5:15 p.m. May 18 in Suite 909 at 1164 Bishop St.
The seminar will explain how military, corporate and government training may go toward meeting credit requirements.
Correction
Ian Hunt was not the man who escaped from Kahi Mohala April 26. An item on page A-4 of some editions of the April 26 Star-Bulletin incorrectly identified Hunt as the escapee. Hunt, a patient at Kahi Mohala, is recovering from bipolar disorder and is not schizophrenic.
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Police, Fire
By Star-Bulletin staffPolice identify man found dead in parking lot
KAILUA-KONA -- Police have identified a man whose body was found in an underground parking lot yesterday as Jonathan Umiamaka, 24, of Ocean View.Umiamaka was found in the parking lot of Waterfront Row lying face down at 12:45 a.m. He had suffered apparent head injuries and is believed to have died shortly before he was found.
An autopsy will be done to determine the cause of death. Anyone with information on the case is asked to call police at 326-4232 or CrimeStoppers at 329-8181.
Alleged purse snatcher faces robbery charges
Police yesterday charged a 22-year-old man with robbery stemming from a purse-snatching incident Saturday in Waikiki involving a woman visitor from China.Dorian Guerpo, charged with one count each of first- and second-degree robbery, is being held in lieu of $75,000 bail.
He allegedly used a box knife to cut the straps of a purse belonging to the woman as she waited at a bus stop on Kalakaua Avenue at Ena Road.
Guerpo was chased down and captured by the woman's companion and four others.
The victim and one of those who apprehended Guerpo suffered minor injuries.
In other news ...
HILO -- Police arrested 23 people in a 1:55 a.m. raid on a house in the Keaukaha area of Hilo yesterday where gambling was taking place, they said. Police confiscated $14,000 in cash. The suspects were released without charges pending investigation.
A neighbor said she heard a loud boom in the two-bedroom structure, described as dilapidated. Gas and electricity had been shut off, and officials described the cause of the fire as suspicious but undetermined.
The value of the house, owned by Clarence Texeira, was put at $10,000.
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