Remembering
Aunty Mabel “Meipala” Ishii
First Lady of Waikoloa Village
Remembered for her many years of
kokua to numerous first time settlers
in Waikoloa Village,“Aunty Mabel”
was a blessing to many residents.
Her caring, unforgettable hugs of
Aloha no longer greet you at the
Village Office; however, the memory
of her giving heart will always be in
our own hearts.
1/2/1937 - 9/6/2003
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tuesday, september 8, 2015 | west hawaii today
WEATHER
6A
City
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Weather(W): s-
sunny,
pc-
partly cloudy,
c-
cloudy,
sh-
showers,
t-
thunderstorms,
r-
rain,
sf-
snow flurries,
sn-
snow,
i-
ice.
TODAY’SWEATHER KONA TIDES TODAY SUN ANDMOON
NATIONAL WEATHER TODAY
Shown is today’s weather.
Temperatures are today’s
highs and tonight’s lows.
NATIONAL CITIES TODAY
SATELLITE VIEW
First
Time
Height
Second
Time
Height
Hanalei
Kapaa
Waialua Laie
Lanai
Hana
Kapaau
Honokaa
Hilo
Naalehu
Captain Cook
Kailua-Kona
Mountain View
Kihei
Wailuku
Mokapu
Honolulu
Kaunakakai
Ewa Beach
Kalaheo
Kekaha
Shown are noon positions of weather systems and
precipitation. Temperature bands are highs for the day.
As of 3 p.m. yesterday.
Moon
Rise
Set
Sun
Rise
Set
Sep 12 Sep 20 Sep 27 Oct 4
New First
Full
Last
Albany, NY
92/68/pc
Albuquerque
88/64/pc
Amarillo
90/61/t
Anchorage
58/49/r
Atlanta
84/72/t
Austin
96/72/pc
Baltimore
91/70/s
Billings
73/50/pc
Birmingham
84/71/t
Bismarck
75/45/pc
Boise
81/54/s
Boston
95/72/s
Buffalo
86/72/t
Charleston, SC
86/75/t
Charleston, WV
91/68/pc
Charlotte, NC
89/71/pc
Cheyenne
77/45/s
Chicago
78/66/t
Cincinnati
91/69/pc
Cleveland
89/69/t
Columbia, SC
89/74/t
Dallas
96/76/pc
Denver
82/51/s
Des Moines
82/61/t
Detroit
86/70/t
Duluth
74/49/pc
El Paso
96/72/pc
Fairbanks
59/45/c
Fargo
73/47/pc
Grand Rapids
78/66/t
Green Bay
75/57/sh
Honolulu
91/77/s
Houston
91/73/t
Indianapolis
90/70/pc
Jackson, MS
96/72/pc
Jacksonville
87/73/t
Juneau
62/45/c
Kansas City
82/66/t
Key West
92/83/t
Lansing
82/67/t
Las Vegas
101/77/s
Little Rock
97/74/pc
Los Angeles
95/73/s
Louisville
93/75/pc
Madison
76/61/t
Memphis
95/75/pc
Miami
91/80/t
Milwaukee
76/63/t
Minneapolis
79/55/pc
Nashville
91/72/pc
New Orleans
90/76/t
New York City
93/74/s
Norfolk
86/74/t
Oklahoma City
94/69/t
Omaha
80/58/t
Orlando
89/75/t
Philadelphia
94/73/s
Phoenix
106/84/pc
Pittsburgh
90/68/pc
Portland, ME
89/65/s
Portland, OR
80/58/pc
Providence
92/70/s
Raleigh
86/71/pc
Reno
90/54/s
Sacramento
101/61/s
St. Louis
92/72/t
Salt Lake City
82/56/pc
San Antonio
97/77/pc
San Diego
87/75/s
San Francisco
88/61/s
San Juan, PR
89/78/s
Santa Fe
85/53/s
Seattle
72/57/pc
Spokane
73/50/s
Syracuse
90/70/t
Tampa
87/77/t
Tucson
97/75/t
Tulsa
93/70/t
Washington, DC
92/74/s
Wichita
84/67/t
Wichita Falls
98/71/pc
Forecasts and graphics provided by
AccuWeather, Inc.
©2015
High
12:32 a.m.
1.1’
Low
6:25 a.m.
0.2’
High
1:31 p.m.
2.0’
Low
8:07 p.m.
0.4’
86/75
86/76
88/76
88/77
83/71
87/74
87/75
86/69
89/73
82/72
89/79
84/70
90/71
89/72
86/80
91/77
87/73
88/77
84/72
87/74
81/73
Today
6:10 a.m.
6:34 p.m.
Wednesday 6:11 a.m.
6:33 p.m.
Today
2:25 a.m.
3:38 p.m.
Wednesday 3:17 a.m.
4:22 p.m.
NATIONAL SUMMARY:
Hot and humid air will remain entrenched across the Northeast
today. Thunderstorms, some of which can bring flooding and damaging winds, will
extend from Michigan southwest into Kansas along a slow-moving cold front. Spotty
thunderstorms will be across the Southeast and Four Corner region. Sunny and hot
weather will be in the West.
Despite possible lower bills,
residents against NextEra deal
KAHULUI, Maui —
Some Maui residents
are hesitating to sup-
port a utility merger
that NextEra Energy
says would lower electric
bills.
More than 200 peo-
ple gathered Friday and
49 offered testimony at
the first of seven com-
munity hearings about
the utility merger before
the state Public Utilities
Commission, according
to the Maui News.
NextEra and Hawaiian
Electric valued the
deal at $2.6 billion in
December, or $4.3 bil-
lion including Hawaiian
Electric’s debt.
Many attendees said
they worried NextEra’s
Florida headquarters is
just too far away to prop-
erly care for customers
in Hawaii.
“For Maui residents,
it’s already hard to have
input on decisions that
are made in Honolulu.
We are greatly con-
cerned that electricity
decisions will be made
5,000 miles away. Maui,
Molokai, Lanai are dif-
ferent islands with dif-
ferent resources … will
NextEra give each island
a seat on its adviso-
ry board and will this
board have any power
at all?” Maui Tomorrow
Foundation Executive
Director Albert Perez
asked.
But while most of the
residents who testified
were against the acqui-
sition, some said they
believe the larger utility
will help increase the use
of renewable energy.
State
lawmakers
passed a resolution ear-
lier this year to have 100
percent renewable ener-
gy by 2045.
“Not only do they
(NextEra) have the
experience and the
newest
technology,
but they also have the
buying power to make
it much more affordable
to upgrade our electri-
cal systems, and enhance
and upgrade the grids
to enable all homeown-
ers that want to utilize
photovoltaic to do so,”
Kihei resident Marilyn
Chapman said.
On Thursday 40 state
and county lawmak-
ers suggested Hawaii
explore how to turn
Hawaiian Electric into a
cooperative association
or a government-owned
municipal utility.
“Bring the power to
the people, we’ll see a
brighter future,” state
house Rep. Kaniela
Ing said at the news
conference.
Maui
County
on
Tuesday awarded a
$70,000 research con-
tract to Oklahoma-based
consulting firmGuernsey
to study options like a
county-owned
utility
or co-op. Results are
expected in October.
The Associated Press
Realtors criticize online
posts of home-sale details
HONOLULU — The
operator of an Oahu
real estate website is
facing possible fines if
he doesn’t start remov-
ing listings that expire
or are withdrawn.
The Honolulu Board
of Realtors ordered
OahuRE.com to stop
showing information
for properties if the
listings expire, are
withdrawn or are about
to become complet-
ed sales, the Honolulu
Star-Advertiser
reported.
The information can
impact property sales.
One property recently
sold for $27,000 less
than its listing in April.
The price was reduced,
but the listing expired
before it was reposted.
Bryn Kaufman is
the website’s principal
broker and has asked
the group’s board of
directors to eliminate
the rule, calling it
anti-competitive.
“Consumers
want
more
information,”
Kaufman said in his
appeal letter. “They
do not want infor-
mation hidden from
them, especially critical
information that could
mean a lot of money
when working on a
price for their home or
how much to pay for a
home.”
Under the rule, bro-
kers can share a restrict-
ed number of expired
or withdrawn listings
only with clients.
Several OahuRE.com
users have complained
about the board’s rules,
saying they hurt the
greater market.
“Tools help the mar-
ket, restrictions hurt
the market,” said Joe
Lopez, who is trying
to sell his house using
a Realtor and uses
OahuRE to keep tabs
on the market “I know
it must be a surprise to
you, but not all Realtors
are created equal and
OahuRE helps educat-
ed homeowners mea-
sure the market.”
Directors of the
Honolulu Board of
Realtors are expected
to consider Kaufman’s
appeal at a meeting on
Oct. 30.
The Associated Press
“Consumers want
more information.
They do not
want information
hidden from them,
especially critical
information that
could mean a lot
of money when
working on a price
for their home
or how much to
pay for a home.”
Bryn Kaufman
