UH President Dobelle declines pay raise
University of Hawaii President Evan Dobelle turned down a $28,200 pay raise approved by the Board of Regents yesterday, said UH spokesman Paul Costello.Dobelle's current annual salary is $442,008. The 6.38 percent increase approved by the trustees is the same increase given to other university executives and managerial staff July 1.
"He believes he's more than fairly compensated, and accepting a pay increase at this time would not be in the best interest of the state, while still recovering from economic instability," Costello said.
Had Dobelle accepted the increase, "he would lack personal credibility" when asking the new governor and the Legislature when seeking more financial revenue sources, faculty pay increases and other support, Costello said.
Cell phones banned at federal courthouse
For security reasons, cellular phones and pagers will not be allowed inside the federal courthouse effective Monday.The U.S. Marshals Service recommended the ban because of the heightened national security level, said Chief U.S. District Judge David A. Ezra in an order issued this week.
Cell phones and pagers can be modified to secretly record sound and pictures and be altered to conceal firearms and explosive devices, he noted.
The U.S. Marshal's Service will develop policies and procedures to retain cellular phones and pagers as well as other electronic devices upon entry to the courthouse and return them to their owners upon exit.
Cameras and tape recorders are already prohibited in the courthouse.
Officials also have closed the public parking lot at the federal building through at least next week.
The lot was closed for security reasons Tuesday after the terror alert level was raised.
Kapolei parcel OK'd as West Oahu campus
A 500-acre Kapolei parcel has gotten approval to become the permanent site for a University of Hawaii-West Oahu campus.The site is located makai of the H-1 freeway in Kapolei near the Kapolei Golf Course.
The Board of Regents gave unanimous approval to the choice of the site, reversing an earlier decision to build on a site mauka of the freeway outside of Kapolei.
The board's approval allows the university to proceed with acquiring the land from the state Department of Land & Natural Resources and begin preparing a long-range development plan and an environmental impact statement.
The university, however, must still get funding for the project from the state Legislature.
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>> Paul Whalen is the incumbent in the old House District 5 (North Kona-South Kona). A story in the Sept. 8 election tabloid incorrectly described Whalen, who is running against Democrat Virginia Isbell in Senate District 3 (West Hawaii), as being the incumbent in Senate District 2. Corrections and clarifications
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Police, Fire, Courts
By Star-Bulletin staffHonolulu Police Department Crimestoppers
CRAIG T. KOJIMA / CKOJIMA@STARBULLETIN.COM
Police were investigating yesterday what Kailua Intermediate School principal Lorraine Henderson describes as the school's worst case of vandalism. Four school buildings were marred by graffiti, though maintenance staff had painted it over by 9 a.m. yesterday. Henderson said school officials and police are working on leads in the case.
HONOLULU
Police seek missing 82-year-old man
Police are asking for the public's help in searching for a missing 82-year-old university area man who was last seen Thursday night.
Hiroki Sanada, who recently suffered a heart attack and requires daily medication, left his Kuilei Street apartment about 8 p.m. Thursday, police said.
Sanada is of Japanese ancestry, 5 feet 3 inches tall, 130 pounds, with short gray hair, brown eyes, and was last seen wearing bluejeans, a black baseball cap with "HAWAII" on it, and a gray and beige striped shirt.
Anyone who has seen Sanada is asked to call Detective Phil Camero at 529-3394 or CrimeStoppers at 955-8300 or *CRIME on a cell phone.
Explosive device was made of fireworks
An explosive device found near Hanahauoli School in Makiki yesterday turned out to be sparklers wrapped in masking tape with a firecracker attached.A woman told police she discovered the device about 9 a.m. under some bushes while showing groundskeepers where they were to work. She picked it up and placed it on a storm drain near the street, then called police.
Police uniforms stolen from laundry
Police are seeking information about police uniforms stolen from a McCully laundromat Thursday night or yesterday morning.Burglars entered Laundryland II at 2043 S. Beretania St. through a window sometime between 7 p.m. Thursday and 6:20 a.m. yesterday, police said.
Two complete sets of uniforms with the name "E. KAM" were stolen, as well as two pair of police pants, police said.
Police advise that if a person becomes suspicious of an officer's identity, he or she should acknowledge the officer's presence. Then the person should slowly proceed to the nearest police station or crowded public area, or call 911, police said.
Anyone with information may call Detective Timothy Donohue at 529-3069 or CrimeStoppers at 955-8300 or *CRIME on a cell phone.
Police seek 2 men who burglarized store
Police want the public's help in identifying a man caught on a surveillance video burglarizing a Makiki market Aug. 20.
The suspect was seen early that Tuesday morning prying open the front door of Village Market at 1249 Wilder Ave.
The man filled a large cardboard box with cigarettes and left in a gray Toyota driven by an unknown man who drove in the Koko Head direction on Wilder Avenue.
The burglar is described as a man in his 20s, 6 feet, 180 pounds, medium build, with short dark hair, a goatee, wearing a baseball cap and a dark polo shirt.
The driver is described as in his 20s, 5 feet 2 inches tall, 110 pounds, with a slim build and black, spiked short hair.
Anyone with information may call Detective Walter Calistro at 547-7213 or call CrimeStoppers anonymously at 955-8300 or *CRIME on a cell phone.
NEIGHBOR ISLANDS
Big Island firefighter's condition stabilizes
A Big Island firefighter is in critical but stable condition after falling 100 feet into a lava tube Wednesday and is "doing quite well considering his injuries," his physicians say.Brent Matsuda, 41, suffered broken ribs and vertebrae and injured internal organs while searching for three missing hunters in the "Captain's Trail" area, which leads through the heavily forested area toward the Puu Oo eruption area from Fern Forest subdivision south of Hilo.
Matsuda can breathe without the help of machines and can communicate, doctors said. He is nodding and able to give the shaka sign, said his brother Glenn Matsuda, according to a Queen's Medical Center press release.
The three hunters walked out on their own unharmed.
