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IN GRINDS,
PAGE A9
Canadian
resident
Logan
Whitfield,
who went
missing
Sunday
evening
near the
Champagne
Ponds in
Kapoho.
Courtesy
photo
By MICHAEL
BRESTOVANSKY
Hawaii Tribune-Herald
Fire and rescue crews
will continue searching
today for a Canadian
tourist who went missing
Sunday evening while
visiting Champagne
Pond in Kapoho.
Logan Whitfield is a
31-year-old white male
described by family members
as 5 feet, 10 inches
tall, 180 pounds, with short
brown hair and a goatee.
He was last seen wearing
black shorts and Crocs
sandals, departing the vacation
home he was staying
at with his parents to walk
toward Champagne Pond
at about 6 p.m. Sunday.
Whitfield has not been
reported seen since.
Whitfield was reported
missing at 9:30 p.m. Sunday.
Although he reportedly told
his parents he intended to go
swimming in Champagne
Pond, it is unclear whether
he actually went there or if
he ever entered the water.
However, the search
for Whitfield has focused
on the waters around the
pond. After he was reported
missing, officers from
the Hawaii fire and police
departments searched the
area with no success Sunday
evening. On Monday, the
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By TOM CALLIS
Hawaii Tribune-Herald
As Hawaii waits to see if
the Thirty Meter Telescope
has a future here, a last-minute
bill crafted in the state
Legislature has many worried
that lawmakers could end up
forcing the next-generation
observatory out of the state.
The legislation would prohibit
construction on Maunakea
until the University of Hawaii
receives a new master lease for
the Maunakea Science Reserve,
completes administrative rules,
and conducts financial and
performance audits. Critics say
that would set TMT back by
years, even if the state Supreme
Court, which is overseeing
two cases on the $1.4 billion
project, rules in its favor.
The bill caught people off
guard because it was introduced
without notice through an often
criticized process known as
“gut and replace,” where the
contents of one bill are replaced
by another. While audit requirements
were part of a bill that
already failed this session, the
proposed building moratorium
had not been seen before.
TMT supporters worry
that would be the final nail
in the coffin for a project
already looking to go elsewhere
after years of delays
because of protests and legal
challenges. But they also are
troubled by the process.
Unlike a separate “gut
and replace” bill affecting
management of Maunakea,
this move was done without
any public notice, preventing
residents from weighing in.
The Senate Ways and
Means Committee swapped
and then adopted the language
Wednesday, but the new version
of House Bill 1585 —
originally pertaining to funding
staff positions at UH for capital
improvement
projects —
wasn’t made
public until
Friday evening.
A Senate vote is
expected today.
“The public
was never and
will never be
given a chance
to comment
on Part 2 of
this bill,” said
Thayne Currie,
a Maunakea
astronomer, in an email.
“This is not democracy.”
Sen. Donovan Dela Cruz,
an Oahu Democrat, is chairman
of the committee; Hawaii
Island Sens. Kai Kahele
and Lorraine Inouye also sit
on the committee and voted
for the amendment.
The audit requirements
were part of a bill Kahele
introduced that died earlier this
session. He said his language
was inserted along with the
moratorium by Dela Cruz.
“What this bill says is
See SLAMMED Page A4
INOUYE
KAHELE
Cousin: Woman was
known as ‘Miss Aloha’
By JOHN BURNETT
Hawaii Tribune-Herald
A cousin of Jolene Kapua-Allison
described the 54-year-old woman
who was shot to death Sunday in
what police described as a murder
suicide as “Miss Aloha.”
“Her friends, family and co-workers
knew her as ‘Miss Aloha,’
because that’s what she was. She
always had a flower in her hair; she
had long hair. She was so sweet,”
said Jodene Aquino Hiu on Monday
afternoon. “We grew up together.
Her and I were flower girls in our
aunt’s and uncle’s wedding. She
was the small, tiny gentle ‘Miss
Aloha.’ … That was her persona.”
The bodies of Jolene Kapua-Allison
JOHN BURNETT/Tribune-Herald
This is the Pacific Paradise Gardens subdivision home in Mountain View where police
officer Christopher Kapua-Allison shot his estranged wife, Jolene Kapua-Allison, to death
before taking his own life, according to a family member of the woman.
This Facebook photo shows Christopher and
Jolene Kapua-Allison in a happier time.
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