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Originally aired Dateline NBC Aug. 15.
Polo is the oldest team sport in the world, played by kings. Its devotees have a saying:
"Once you've played polo, you're addicted forever.
The only way to leave the sport is go broke or die."
John Elwin loved polo like he loved life.
He loved to travel the world on a whim and loved his home in paradise, on the Hawaiian island of Kauai.
Women loved him. His exotic girlfriend was devoted.
Money loved him, too, apparently. Once a beach bum, he built a big paint supply company from scratch. And then a health club.
And finally at 50, he was about to make polo, the sport he loved, his life.
It was May of 2006.
He'd gone on a business trip to Southeast Asia and left girlfriend Kirsten Flood at home.
KEITH MORRISON (Dateline correspondent): Did he contact you after he left?
KIRSTEN FLOOD: No.
MORRISON: Not at all?
KIRSTEN FLOOD: No.
John Elwin just seemed to vanish.
MORRISON: When did you start to worry?
KIRSTEN FLOOD: I left him a message on his cell phone. I let a week go by and I attempted another email. I attempted a couple more messages on his cell phone and hadn't heard from him. And that's when my heart started pumping. I knew from the 'get go' that something wasn't right. (cries)
Elwin had told Kirsten he was going to Cambodia to work on a remarkable plan to develop a luxury polo club designed to meet the needs and tastes of Asia's new wealthy elites.
Elwin's business partner in this venture was a wealthy Filipino-American named Hank Jacinto.
For a decade, Jacinto had been a regular guest at Elwin's Kauai home had become almost like family.
Jacinto told Kirsten he knew nothing about John's travel plans.
They were a devoted partner and a loving live-in girlfriend. Why didn't Elwin tell either one of them where he was going? What he was doing?
Three weeks after his departure, Elwin's birthday came and went without a word from him.
A week after that, his daughter from a previous marriage celebrated her birthday.
KIRSTEN FLOOD: I just called her to wish her a happy belated birthday. And asked her if she had heard from her father and if he had remembered to call her on her birthday. Her response was no. And that she had been trying to get a hold of her dad. And as soon as she said, "No, I haven't heard from my dad. Can you please have him call me."
MORRISON: He always called his daughter on her birthday?
KIRSTEN FLOOD: Always called his daughter on her birthday, yes. The room just started spinning. And my ears were ringing. And my heart was beating. That's when all the alarms and the bells and the whistles and the flags went off.
Now Kirsten felt it impossible to hold back her panic. She turned to an old friend, Denise Tripoli, for help.
DENISE TRIPOLI: She wasn't doing well. She was getting more upset and more worried. She's like "I know something's wrong. I know something's wrong."
Elwin was a very private man when it came to business, and his trips out of town. He'd left no paperwork, no scribbled agenda, at least, none that Kirsten was aware of.
DENISE TRIPOLI: I had experience in Internet security.
Denise Tripoli knew computers intimately.
If only she could hack into Elwin's e-mail account, they might discover where he was.
The two women wracked their brains trying to guess at a pass code that would give them access.
FLOOD: [We tried] his birthday, his social security number. And I just kept going down the list until I hit it.
KIRSTEN FLOOD: And lo and behold, we got into it.
MORRISON: What did you find there?
TRIPOLI: We broke into his account at eleven o'clock at night, and I was up till three in the morning, looking through every e-mail. And I was very disturbed by what I saw.
He was in the Philippines. And one of his reasons for being there appeared to be an affair with another woman.
Denise said nothing to the waiting Kirsten. Besides, by then her attention was riveted on the most disturbing discovery of all:
TRIPOLI: And then there's a point where no one hears from John anymore.
MORRISON: E-mails just stopped.
TRIPOLI: Everything stops. Everything stops after May 15. E-mails aren't read-- his e-mails aren't opened in his own account after May 15th. There's no more communications from him. Everything stopped.
It was as if this happy, successful businessman-polo player had dropped off the face of the earth.
What happened to John Elwin?
The answer was more than chilling; it was like opening a door to a very dark world in which the currency was betrayal.
Polo enthusiast John Elwin told his live-in girlfriend he was off to explore investment opportunities in Cambodia.
But as Kirsten waited and worried back at their home in Hawaii, Elwin had apparently gone to see another woman -- not in Cambodia, but in the Philippines.
DENISE TRIPOLI: I was very disturbed by what I saw.
Kirsten's friend Denise discovered evidence of the other woman when she hacked into John's computer.
But before she got off the computer, she discovered something else -- something very strange.
It was something that appeared to involve Elwin's business partner Hank Jacinto.
TRIPOLI: I'm looking at e-mails from John that are going to friends of John, saying, "Oh, my friend Hank just picked me up at the airport. I'm with my friend Hank now. Hank's coming with me next week to Cambodia to buy land." And it didn't add up.
TRIPOLI: Hank had said he had never seen John in the Philippines or that he hadn't talked to him in a long time.
TRIPOLI: It was obvious from the get-go that what Hank was saying was not true.
But Kirsten told Denise that over the years she had come to know Jacinto well.
Kirsten: I said, oh, don't worry about Hank. That's the guy that John plays polo with, you know. I don't think there's anything to worry about.
After all, Jacinto and John Elwin were old and close friends. They'd first met on the polo fields more than 15 years ago. Jacinto was a member of elite polo clubs around the Pacific rim including this one in Manila.
Jacinto's success story was well known in the islands: He was a multi-millionaire who made his fortune as the founder and president of Pro-network, an international high-tech firm. The Web site lists the Department of Homeland Security as a leading client.
Compared to Jacinto, Elwin was minor league.
But there was more to Jacinto than just money. He was the founder and president of the Philippine Mission Foundation, a charity dedicated to establishing a nation-wide network of orphanages for his country's impoverished street children.
In the Philippines, the name Jacinto carries a great deal of weight.
Hank Jacinto, by all accounts, came across his upper-class ways honestly. Even the name, Jacinto.
In Manila that's a little like being called Rockefeller. His multi-million dollar businesses, his employees, his charities, orphanage were located in a district called Eastwood, which is one of the premiere neighborhoods in Manila. It's a gated community for the wealthy.
Jacinto's Asian headquarters is located in a high-rise called Cyber-one Plaza, where he also owns a popular Internet cafe.
Across town, he also owns a Land Rover-Jaguar import-repair shop.
His U.S. corporate headquarters is in a century building located near downtown Honolulu.
Kirsten trusted Jacinto. She felt she knew all of John Elwin's varied group of friends.
Except, of course, that other woman.
Could she be the key to understanding Elwin's disappearance?
The trouble was that neither Kirsten nor Denise had any idea how to find her.
If they went to the police, what could they say? That Elwin, a grownup, a bit of a playboy, had failed to call home? Since he had left no schedule, Kirsten couldn't say for sure he was even overdue.
Overwhelmed, Kirsten turned to another of John's pals for help, his oldest and most trusted friend, Luis Soltren.
LUIS SOLTREN: When you're with someone for 30 year-- almost 30 years, you build this inner connection, this spirit thing-- that is like twins.
They'd arrived in Hawaii at the same time, both beach boys, and certainly an unlikely pair. Elwin was a tall, fair Canadian, while Soltren was a multi-racial Puerto Rican raised in New York City.
SOLTREN: It doesn't matter what color he is, you know. He's like my brother. You know, so. I was going to look for him. It's all about how you love someone.
The two were so close, Elwin even made Soltren executor of his estate -- a significant detail, for in Elwin's absence Soltren could obtain his friend's bank statements and credit card bills.
So Luis offered to pitch in and expand the unofficial investigation.
SOLTREN: And-- me and Kirsten and Denise were just digging. Were digging, digging, and digging.
SOLTREN: Started looking to John's phone bills.
MORRISON: What gave you that idea?
SOLTREN: Well, I wanted to see if there were people there that we could contact.
MORRISON: What did you find?
SOLTREN: Well-- (SIGH) nothing.
MORRISON: What do you mean?
SOLTREN: After May 14th, nothing.
Finally, Soltren contacted the Philippine National police to report that his friend, John Elwin may, repeat may have gone missing in that country.
Detectives in Manila checked with their provincial counterparts to see if any foreigners had been killed out in the countryside.
The news was not good.
SOLTREN: We got notice that they had found a body.
It was male, white, found along a mountain road, an 8-hour drive north of Manila.
He had been shot to death.
MORRISON: Was there any identification on this person any indication as to who this was?
Philippine police officer: None.
MORRISON: No ID?
Philippine police officer: No ID. No wallet.
The body, never claimed, was eventually entombed in this village cemetary.
They had no idea who the tall fair skin foreigner was so they simply wrote on his tomb "RIP Amerkano."
But then it turned out that it could not have been the missing polo player John Elwin. Word came back that the body in the village cemetery was not an American or a Canadian. It was a European.
SOLTREN: They said it was the body of a Norwegian man.
No closer now to finding their friend, Soltren, Tripoli and Flood resumed their amateur investigation, starting over with Elwin's phone records.
SOLTREN: I looked at the numbers that he called the most. So I figure if those numbers are the ones he's calling the most, that's the most important person to him so far.
MORRISON: Right. Sure.
SOLTREN: So I called that. And that turned out to be his friend in the Philippines.
MORRISON: The woman he'd been seeing there.
SOLTREN: Yeah. The one in the Philippines.
It was an enormous break in this investigation by Elwin's friends. The woman in the Philippines was, as far as they knew, the last person to see him before he broke off contact. Any information she could provide would be very important.
And she did, indeed, have news for them, although she was frightened and wanted to say as little as possible.
She'd been with Elwin for a week, she said, but hadn't seen him since he left her to meet a friend of his -- a man by the name of Hank Jacinto.
Here they were, these amateur investigators, desperately trying to find handsome businessman, adventurer and polo player, John Elwin.
The missing John Elwin.
Soon enough they were joined by other friends and family members and managed to track him down to the Philippines.
They'd hacked into Elwin's e-mail account and found a note saying he was traveling with his business partner, Hank Jacinto.
They'd found a frightened 'other woman' in the Philippines, who said she hadn't seen Elwin since he had left her to meet up with his friend "Hank Jacinto."
Then, combing through Elwin's financial records, Luis Soltren discovered Elwin had withdrawn money two days before he broke off all contact from this bank in Manila.
The bank is in an interesting location. It's perhaps 50 feet from the entrance to the Philippine headquarters of Hank Jacinto's business.
Long-time friend Luis Soltren finally called Jacinto at his corporate headquarters in Honolulu and confronted him.
Luis Soltren: So I go to him. "Were you in the Philippines?" He goes, "No, I wasn't there." I say, "Come on, Hank." I say, "I know you was [sic] in the Philippines" and then he goes, "oh yeah, yeah, yeah, I was there."
Jacinto, Soltren says, then made an amazing admission. He confessed that he had indeed met John Elwin in the Philippines but that he had been told to keep that from Elwin's friends, by John Elwin himself who, he said, was now in trouble and "laying low."
Soltren: He told me that John had gotten a couple of girls pregnant over there.
Keith Morrison: Did you believe that?
Luis Soltren: Hell no. I knew that was a lie -- right off the bat.
Or was it? By now, Kirsten and Denise had discovered another e-mail sent from Elwin's account. But this one came nearly a week after all communication with him had stopped cold.
Denise: And the e-mail was almost cryptic and says "I'm hanging out low. I'm laying low in Bangkok, under the radar."
Was it a genuine e-mail?
Was Elwin actually hiding from the angry Philippine father of some pregnant girl? After all, they knew there was at least one other woman over there. Jacinto claimed he was still in touch with Elwin -- but on the QT.
But sifting through Elwin's phone bills, Soltren found that Jacinto never once placed a call to Elwin after May 14 -- the day he disappeared.
Again, Soltren called Jacinto.
Luis Soltren: I go, "Gee, you never even called John once. Is that because you can't call the dead?"
Soltren's implication was, he knew, outrageous.
Jacinto was a prominent member of Honolulu's elite polo club. He had influence and important friends like lawyer and teammate Robert Miller.
Miller: I dealt with both these guys. I never had any reason to doubt anything Hank said. I never had any reason to doubt anything that John said.
Question: How do you know that Hank is above board?
Miller: Well, all I know is you know, in the five years that I dealt with him, didn't drink, didn't smoke, did never, ever swore. Was a class act player, okay?
Question: Were you aware of what his business interests were?
Miller: As his attorney, I traveled to the Philippines and actually went and met with a number of his employees, and a number of people that he had contracts with and was doing business with.
Then what was going on?
In early July, six weeks after Elwin disappeared, his friend, Luis Soltren, discovered someone had been using Elwin's credit card for mail order purchases.
Morrison: What were the charges?
Soltren: Polo mallets and some other charges. And then I called where the purchase was made. And the guy said to me, "Oh I just spoke-- spoken with John." And I says, really? When did you speak to John? "Oh, June." I said, really. Where's John at? "1750 Kalakaua."
Morrison: And what address is that?
Soltren: Hank Jacinto's.
Elwin, remember, was a polo fanatic; he shipped his ponies by barge to meets all around the Hawaiian islands.
Right now, the horses were at a polo field in Oahu, and Kirsten went to pick them up.
But before she could take them back to Elwin's place on Kauai, Jacinto called the police. He claimed the horses were his and accused Kirsten of theft.
Kirsten Flood: That was kind of like a kick in the gut. This man came into our lives and turned them upside down and hasn't even blinked an eye about it yet … So John's not here to fight for what's his so it's up to me and John's family and Mr. Soltren to do that for John.
From Elwin's bank statements, Soltren learned Elwin had transferred around a quarter of a million dollars to Jacinto's Philippine account.
Luis Soltren: I believe he transferred $246,000 to Hank's escrow account.
Other strange financial transactions between Jacinto and Elwin were uncovered.
Elwin also signed over to Jacinto the title to his new Land Rover.
Keith Morrison: A car that was probably worth $40- or $50,000, right?
Luis Soltren: Yeah.
Keith Morrison: We're pushing $300,000 that he's turned over to Hank.
Luis Soltren: Easy. Easy. Easy.
Soltren wondered what else of Elwin's could Jacinto now be claiming as his own?
Luis Soltren: I had an escrow company run an escrow search on John's land. … and I was shocked.
Keith Morrison: Why?
Luis Soltren: Because the land that John owned at Kalihiwai came out as being owned by Hank Jacinto.
Soltren pulled the deed and was stunned to find that the document had, indeed, been signed by John Elwin. It had even been notarized.
Keith Morrison: And what did that notarized document imply had happened?
Luis Soltren: It implied that John turned over the land to Mr. Jacinto.
Keith Morrison: And that didn't make sense to you.
Luis Soltren: Of course not.
Now thoroughly frustrated, Soltren called Jacinto frequently.
Luis Soltren: I just told him basically, "You know, Hank, I don't know what you did. But you can rest assured that I'm going to find out." And he goes to me, "This is none of your business. This is business dealings with me and John."
And why wouldn't it be? Elwin and Jacinto were business partners.
Elwin could have very well have given Jacinto the money, the car, the horses, and the land as assets to be used for the development of their Cambodian polo club.
Soltren had no proof at all that Jacinto had acquired any of it illegally.
That's when Soltren had, let's say, a vision.
Luis Soltren: I have these moments in my life where little things click. And I get little warnings, you know.
Keith Morrison: That's odd. What do you mean? Just a feeling?
Luis Soltren: Just a feeling. And it kept coming to John's signature on that page. And then one night I think I got up about two in the morning and I says, "You know, we haven't even attempted to contact this notary, or to find out whether this notary is real."
The notary was, as it turns out, an actual person -- an officer at the Bank of Hawaii in Honolulu. After several tries, Soltren was finally able to reach her on the phone.
Luis Soltren: And she goes, "Oh yes, I notarized a document for John Elwin on April 11." I said, "Was it for the purchase of land?" She says, "No. Not even close."
Luis Soltren: We found out that the notary that Hank had used was for the sale of the Land Rover.
Keith Morrison: Not land at all.
Luis Soltren: Not land at all.
Soltren could come up with only one explanation: Jacinto had attached a genuine notarized document to a fake deed which gave him possession of John Elwin's land.
Keith Morrison: What'd you think when you saw that?
Luis Soltren: John is dead. John is dead as dead can get.
John Elwin, the handsome Hawaii based polo player, had up and vanished somewhere in the vast crowded reaches of southeast Asia.
And now, the friends frantically searching for him had made a disturbing discovery: a sometimes business partner named Hank Jacinto had control of seemingly all of Elwin's earthly possessions, including his car, money and land.
It was as if Elwin had been, simply, erased.
Had his business partner Hank Jacinto robbed Elwin, defrauded a good friend? Seemed like it, and yet it just didn't make sense.
Why in the world would Jacinto, by all accounts a multi-millionaire head of an international high-tech firm swindle a small-time business partner for what amounted to just a few hundred thousand dollars?
Luis Soltren: This guy was like a Donald Trump to John Elwin.
But rich as Jacinto appeared, Luis Soltren, a building contractor with a high school education, felt the time had come to personally confront the powerful mogul head on.
Luis Soltren: I go "Let me go see this guy. This guy makes $63 million a year. He must have a hell of an office."
Soltren flew from the island of Kauai to Honolulu and went straight to Jacinto's corporate office in the skyscraper at 1750 Kalakaua Avenue, suite 3659.
"I find a mailbox drop," says Luis. Post office box 659. It was the full extent of Jacinto's U.S. corporate headquarters.
Maybe, thought Soltren, he'd find Jacinto's true headquarters at his estate in the hills overlooking Honolulu.
As distrustful as they were of Hank Jacinto, Elwin's friends were still hoping there was some reasonable explanation. That it would turn out the mogul was actually helping Elwin out of some jam, and that when it was all over he would come home with a smile on his face and stories to tell.
That hope died right here when Soltren looked through this gate and saw the derelict house, the guard dogs, and the body of old cars half-covered in leaves.
Luis Soltren: That guy's a con man, that's all he is.
A con who had, they were sure, committed a terrible crime.
The three friends of Elwin arranged to meet with Honolulu detectives and with prosecutor Chris Van Marter.
Luis Soltren: And we went there. And we presented our case.
But remember, Soltren and the others were investigative amateurs. They didn't have a "case" really -- not in the legal sense. They only had information they collected and a storyline that was hard to believe.
Luis Soltren: Got grilled by Van Marter. He wanted to pull our story apart.
But the attitude in the room slowly changed as Elwin's friends presented phone records, credit card bills, bank statements and the forged deed.
Luis Soltren: They say, "We need to make copies of all this stuff." And I said to them, "No. These are your copies. We figured save you time."
And that was it. The prosecutor bought the story. Detectives were dispatched and tracked Jacinto down at the polo club. They charged him with theft and forgery and took him to jail.
That's when the mysterious life of Mr. Hank Jacinto began to lift, like a rock, to reveal the sordid and sinister detail crawling beneath.
Michael Young: I think the property is probably worth a million, million and a half, easily by now.
Like the story told by Michael young. This house, the supposed Jacinto estate overlooking Honolulu?
Because of its location, it's worth a small fortune. At one time it belonged to Young's father Arthur until a very strange event back in 1990.
Michael discovered that's when his father had supposedly put the family home up as collateral on a loan involving Hank Jacinto.
Michael Young: Well, as soon as I found out that Hank had control over my family property, I went to go see if I could get it back somehow.
Young: I didn't know how to get a hold of him, or how to reach him, or where his whereabouts were.
There was, of course, one other person who could say whether or not this transaction was legitimate: Michael's dad Arthur.
But here's the other strange thing: Michael couldn't find him, either.
He had disappeared. And is still missing.
Michael Young: My father went to the Philippines with Mr. Jacinto and never returned with him.
Very suspicious. But there was more.
There was another bizarre event involving a close friend of Jacinto's in Hawaii, a man named Doug Ho.
They were so close Doug Ho opened up a mailbox just a few feet from Jacinto's and he's even listed as a vice president of Jacinto's Philippine Mission Foundation.
According to these legal papers, Doug Ho used this family home on the shores of Oahu as collateral in a business deal with Jacinto, just as Arthur Young had done.
And like Young, Doug Ho also went to the Philippines with Hank Jacinto, in 2004, and never returned.
But Jacinto wasn't charged with any crimes connected with Young or Ho.
There was no proof that either man was dead. And there was no proof that any of the legal documents were forgeries.
And so this is what was left: with Elwin simply missing, Jacinto was only charged with financial crimes -- and only against Elwin.
That's when Soltren said he had another one of his "visions."
Luis Soltren: I had a terrible dream one night. And I woke up and I told my wife that, I think I've been visited by John. And in the dream he was really dirty and he asked me if he could bathe. And I told him, "Yeah, go ahead and bathe, John." He said to me, "You know, he killed me." And, you know, he did it with his driver and another guy. And he said, "They beat me up and they shot me." And he said … "You know what to do, and I love you." And then he disappeared.
Hank Jacinto was now in custody. But the John Elwin case was far from over. He was, after all, still missing.
Where had he gone? What had happened to John Elwin?
There seemed to be no question that Elwin's trail came to a frustrating end in the Philippines.
On May 11, 2006, three days before he disappeared, Elwin sent an e-mail saying he was in Manila with his "friend Hank."
The next day, May 12, Elwin made a withdrawal from an ATM at the bank next door to the high-rise that's listed as the headquarters for Jacinto's business and charity.
And just across the street, Elwin placed a charge on his credit card at a health spa.
Had Elwin also paid a visit to Jacinto's office?
Among the scores of employees said to work for Jacinto, wouldn't somebody in the office remember if they saw John Elwin that day? Well, there was only one way to find out: go up and ask.
But there's nothing there. The little room has an abandoned fish tank in it. Two or three chairs. Was the HQ for no fewer than three companies, 60-some employees, with $60 or 70 million in income just one little room? And it's locked.
Was there ever a legitimate business here?
We found the cyber-cafe closed, as well.
We then drove cross town to another one of the businesses Jacinto claimed to own, a restoration house for British luxury cars.
And? Not a car around. Not a soul around.
But if Jacinto's Philippine operations were also, just like those in Hawaii, merely a front, that still didn't explain the disappearance of John Elwin.
By now the Philippine national police had taken up the case.
And before they long contacted Elwin's family and friends back in Hawaii with a strange request.
A murder victim, found months earlier, remained unidentified.
Keith Morrison: No wallet?
Detective: No wallet.
Keith Morrison: No money?
Detective: No money.
Keith Morrison: It must have looked like somebody robbed him.
Detective: The investigator on the case has no idea what was the motive behind the killing of that unidentified foreign national.
In fact, you've heard about this body before. It was the same body police had found back in May, the one they believed had been a Norwegian. The poor soul had been shot in the head, making it nearly impossible to match this photo with that of a living human being.
But the victim had a distinctive watch.
Detective: Seiko diver watch...
…and that got detectives wondering: Would it be possible that one of Elwin's friends had a photo of his watch?
They did. And they matched.
Elwin's dental records were then sent.
Dr. Dindo Herrera: The dental records will show us everything. These are the complete records of John Elwin ... it's the complete set of teeth of John Elwin.
Before he could see if they were a match, Dr. Dindo Herrera had to have the murder victim's body exhumed.
Dr. Herrera: We could definitely say we have an exact match.
Keith Morrison: And you went thru this tooth by tooth by tooth?
Dr. Herrera: Yes sir.
Keith Morrison: And every single one matches?
Herrera: Yes sir.
So there could be no doubt that the tall, fair-skinned foreigner in the grave by the side of the road was John Elwin and the dreadful story of how he died could be told.
Elwin had been shot along a depressing stretch of road a day's drive north of Manila.
Detective: The body was dragged over there because of the blood stain.
Keith Morrison: Oh, you could see the blood on the highway?
Detective: Yeah, the blood stain.
A woman who lives nearby heard men yelling.
Witness: It was early morning between 3 and 4 o'clock in the morning.
The morning of May 14. The day all contact with Elwin ended.
Keith Morrison: Did you hear people say, "Hurry, hurry, let's go, let's go?"
Witness: Yes.
The next morning when she went to investigate, she found Elwin's body, face down, on the edge of this turnout.
If they dragged him about 10 more feet and dumped him over the edge, the body might not ever have been found.
It was as if the awful scene had played back almost verbatim in Luis Soltren's dream far away in Hawaii.
Near the edge of the road, police found .45 caliber shell casings from 3 different pistols. Three different shooters.
Dr. Reynaldo Dave: There are five shots, actually. We recovered five empty shells from the crime scene.
Dr. Reynaldo Dave (dah-veh) performed the initial autopsy. He found Elwin had been hit by three of the five shots -- two to the body, and one to the head.
Keith Morrison: Would that have killed him right away?
Dr. Dave: Yeah.
Keith Morrison: Would have killed him like that (snaps fingers)?
Dr. Dave: Yeah, instantaneous.
Keith Morrison: It was an execution style killing.
Dr. Dave: And he knows what he is doing, I mean, the killer.
Keith Morrison: Whoever it was.
Dr. Dave: Whoever it was.
And so now Elwin's family and friends knew the worst. Not just that he was dead, but that he had been taken away to a lonely place and summarily murdered.
While they certainly had their suspicions, what they didn't know was the who – or if any jurisdiction anywhere could bring the murderer to justice.
So now there were three:
John Elwin: murdered.
Doug Ho: missing.
Arthur Young: missing.
And each of these three men had one essential thing in common, or rather, one person in common: Hank Jacinto.
Each one had entered into a business deal with Jacinto and then was heard from no more.
Now, in a Honolulu courtroom, Jacinto was being held to account. He was charged with nine felonies, from fraud to forgery.
Van Marter [prosecutor]: This case is going to be about identity theft and document fraud.
But not, however, murder. There was no physical evidence or eyewitness to connect Jacinto to that crime.
The jury would come to learn that fraud victim John Elwin, was dead, but not how he died -- executed along the side of a road.
Jacinto's lawyers were able to keep that out of the trial since it might prejudice the jury, they argued..
Several other pre-trial decisions fell Jacinto's way for that same reason.
At the request of the defense, the jury would not hear about Arthur Young or Douglas Ho, or about Jacinto's numerous aliases, or even that Jacinto had served federal prison time for bank fraud.
So when jurors looked across the courtroom on opening day, they did not see a convicted grifter with a trail of suspicious disappearances. They saw, instead, an industrious businessman who seemed caught up in a horrible misunderstanding.
Chris Van Marter prosecuted this case, however, as if there were more on the line than just money because if Jacinto was acquitted he'd be free to travel the world once again -- beyond the reach of suspicious FBI agents investigating Elwin's murder.
To make his fraud case, Van Marter flew in witnesses for just a few minutes of testimony from as far away as Florida and South Dakota.
Prosecutor: Who is the only one authorized to use that credit card?
Witness: John Elwin.
Prosecutor: Would the Tackeria have charged John Elwin's credit card number if the Tackeria had known he had been dead for 3 weeks before the order was placed?
Witness: Absolutely not.
There were dozens of witnesses who testified about the numbers. There were bank transactions, cell phone records, credit card charges.
The lead detective on the case testified the deed giving Jacinto possession of Elwin's land was a fake.
Prosecutor: Based on your investigation ... did you conclude that exhibit two was a forged instrument?
Detective: Yes sir.
A travel agent testified that 10 days before his murder, John Elwin flew to the Philippines in coach -- and that Jacinto followed him there a week later flying first class.
Prosecutor: And Hank Jacinto put his first class ticket, $2,385.50 -- that all got put on John's credit card?
Travel Agent: Yes.
Video: State: It's about deception and betrayal But the trial, based on binders full of financial documents, took a dramatically different tone when Elwin's girlfriend, Kirsten Flood, took the stand.
Prosecutor: At any point did you have contact with a man by the name of Hank Jacinto?
Kirsten Flood: (tears up) Yes, I did.
Flood told of an upsetting call she had with Jacinto six weeks after Elwin's disappearance.
Flood: He told me that John had women pregnant in, like, southeast Asia somewhere.
Elwin's old friend -- and executor of his estate -- Luis Soltren, testified about one of his early phone calls with Jacinto.
Soltren: I ask, "Why the hell is the property under your name? Why does it say, 'Hank Jacinto is owner of this property?'" and he says, "Oh, no way. And I says, "It's under your name." and he says, "Oh, maybe my lawyer did it."
In and out of court, Jacinto's team was more offense than defense. Claiming that if this property deed is a fake then Jacinto, not Elwin, is the victim.
They alleged Elwin had borrowed hundreds of thousands of dollars from Jacinto who ended up with a forged and worthless property deed as collateral.
And the defense implied Elwin was a crooked businessman, who used offshore bank accounts and a safe in his paint store to cheat on his taxes.
Defense attorney: Was that money that was reported to the government for tax purposes?
Luis Soltren: John handled that. I couldn't answer that.
And the defense attacked Elwin personally, letting it be known that Elwin had cheated on his girlfriend Kirsten. It was a charge which Elwin's friends could not deny.
And the defense implied Elwin's friends were in over their heads, incapable of understanding the complicated business deals between Jacinto and Elwin.
Defense attorney: Do you folks own any property jointly?
Kirsten Flood: No.
Defense attorney: Do you folks have any joint bank accounts?
Kirsten Flood: No.
Defense attorney: How about any joint investments?
Kirsten Flood: No.
Defense attorney: OK.
Jacinto chose not to testify in his own defense -- or talk to us on camera.
So, whose case would the jury believe? The state's: that Hank Jacinto methodically stole Elwin's land and money, or the defense: that Elwin, desperate for funds to invest in his polo club, swindled his old polo partner?
It took the jury just under two days to reach its verdict.
Guilty on eight of the nine counts, bringing a minimum of 20 years in prison.
But for prosecutor Chris Van Marter the case is far from over. Investigations continue into the disappearances of Doug Ho and Arthur Young, and the murder of John Elwin.
Van Marter: We're not through. We have several agencies that are assisting us in the homicide investigation. There are law enforcement officials in the Philippines right now working on that part of the investigation.
And they tell us their leads point to Hank Jacinto.
Police officer: Yes. We consider him a suspect in our investigation.
Keith Morrison: So you actually have a chance at solving this case?
Police officer: Yes.
Jacinto denies he had anything to do with Elwin's murder. As far as Doug Ho and Arthur Young are concerned, Jacinto has told worried relatives that both those men have married and settled down in the Philippines in areas too remote for phone service.
And Jacinto's friend Bob Miller tells us that the Philippines can be a violent destination for travelers who let down their guard.
And while Luis Soltren's part of the investigation is finally over, he won't be able to let go, he says, until Elwin's killers stand trial.
What brings him peace, though, is knowing his dear friend -- once lost -- is finally back home in Kauai.
Luis Soltren: Where he was loved, you know? Where we can visit him. (crying) And, you know, just have him.
The FBI is now involved in the investigation. Hank Jacinto is due to be sentenced for the fraud conviction at the end of this month.
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As many on this forum are considering places like Project Walk (www.projectwalk.org) and realize the benefits and potential of exercise based (induced) recovery the reality is that many can't make the pilgrimmage for a variety of reasons.
That being said, what can we do to copy or replicate some of the already successful programs, clinics, etc.?
Having given this a lot of thought this is what I've come up with.
I see a need for strength training of the entire body. I also see a need for balance and stabilization training as well as coordination. And lastly I see a need for a gait training apparatus to help with patterning.
To tackle the strength training issue (different for quads vs. paras) I need to work on my upper body as well as my lower body. A couple of ways / suggestions to accomplish this - at least for upperbody. A) join a local gym and figure it out as you go, maybe with the help of a personal trainer. B) Weights and equipment in your home. There are too many options to mention but you can aquire it at garage sales, fitness stores, internet, classifieds, infomercials etc. C) Specific equipment such as an Uppertone for quads (insurance reimbursement is possible) available at www.gpk.com
Lower body. Much trickier for strength training. A) The obvious choice and ultimate piece of equipment is an FES bike available through www.electrologic.com Being as expensive as it is maybe searching for a local clinic or hospital who may have one might be more cost effective. B) Personal training with weights / gym equipment. Load bearing (muscle, not joint) exercise with assistance. C) Pool therapy. Again with assistance.
Balance, stabilization, etc.. A)I use floor exercises on a www.bosu.com which include trunk control, abdominal strengthening / use. Also back extensions, bridging, side to side motion, etc. B) Hire a personal trainer to help teach you with what you have available. C) Join the gym and hire a trainer until you learn what you can do on your own.
Gait training, patterning. This is very individual. (Members like Debbie7 have done an awesome job in creating their own systems. Read her thread.) A) You could try a home based litegait system available at www.litegait.com and hire assistants to help 'gait' you over a treadmill. B) If you live in Chicago or Alabama I would check out the lokomat (sorry, no link) and the autoambulator (www.healthsouth.com - keyword autoambulator). C) An elliptical trainer (www.fitnessquest.com) or 'natural runner' machine available at www.startrac.com (Again, check Deb's thread for equipment/harnesses.) combined with a hoist (simplistic, www.grainger.com keyword - electric winches) or the industry standard Guldmann @ www.guldmann.com
Ok, enough information to chew on. And obviously, depending upon your level of injury and function, the variations on the suggested above change from person to person.
In summary, personally I'd like my program to consist of the uppertone (www.gpk.com) the FES (www.electrologic.com), the balance ball (www.bosu.com) and a 'natural runner' setup (www.startrac.com) with a guldmann lift (www.guldmann). Three hours a day every day. Sprinkle in some e-stim for my hands and (I wish) some pool therapy and I believe I will be well on the road towards recovery.
The future is ultimately in home based recovery.
And finally, I'm curious, what kind of program / equipment do you use? Ideas? Suggestions?
Onward and Upward!
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During a wedding ceremony, it is a common tradition to incorporate a
ring bearer. This is usually a young boy normally in the age range of
3 to 10, but the range varies a lot and is a personal choice. The ring
bearer's task in the wedding ceremony is to carry the wedding rings down
the aisle. As part of this ring delivery, is the display of the rings
which has for many years been on a small pillow - usually about 8"
square. Whether this pillow contains the actual rings is also a personal
choice. In many cases, it does not as a security measure to ensure they
are not lost. Instead, no rings are attached or faux rings are used.
Ring bearer pillows for weddings are usually small in size, include
ring ties, and often a hand-band on the back of the ring pillow making
it easier to hold. Complete your ring bearer's look by including a ring
pillow that he will be proud to carry down the aisle (and will have
fun playing with until that time). Coordinate with the flower
girl basket and they'll make the perfect team walking down your aisle.
If a pillow does not suit your tastes, how about an alternative? Ring
bearer boxes have recently become a popular alternative to pillows. These
boxes often include ribbons to attach the rings to the box (or pillow
inside the box). Additionally, these ring bearer boxes serve as a keepsake
after the wedding day and can even hold your rings during times when you're
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Samsung crafts solar-powered phone
With recycled plastic body
Samsung has unveiled an eco handset that can be charged using sunlight.
Samsung's Blue Earth phone: has a solar panel on its rear
Called Blue Earth, the touchscreen phone's has a rear-mounted solar panel that's able to generate enough juice to allow the phone to make calls.
Designed to symbolise a flat and well-rounded shiny pebble, Blue Earth's body is also made from recycled plastic water bottles. Samsung's a dab hand at eco phone bodies though, with its existing E200 crafted from bio-plastic, which is naturally extracted from corn.
Blue Earth does come with a mains charger, but Samsung's promised that it's free from harmful substances, including Brominated Flame Retardants, which should score it some points in Greenpeace's next tech firm eco review.
An integrated pedometer calculates steps walked and trees saved
A pedometer's been built into the phone that helps tell you how many trees you've saved by walking to work, instead of hopping in the car.
An energy conservation mode also allows Blue Earth's backlight duration and screen brightness to be adjusted to save on power consumption.
Specific details about the phone's technical capabilities haven't been announced yet, but Samsung's promised that Blue Earth will be available later this year. ®
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Struggling to find the best buy-to-let mortgage in Stubbington? speak to one of our buy to let mortgage advisers today
The term 'buy to let' generally refers to either the practice of buying a property to be let for profit or to the type of mortgages used to purchase a property for such letting. Many countries, both in the western world and in the developing nations, have seen a surge in the growth of the buy to let property market in the last 2 decades and this has fuelled a growth in amateur landlords and the but to let mortgage providers who are keen to encourage and profit from them in turn. In addition, this growth has generated a lot of commerce in other related sectors such as buy to let insurance.
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Many countries, both in the western world and in the developing nations, have seen a surge in the growth of the buy to let property market in Stubbington the last 2 decades and this has fuelled a growth in amateur landlords looking for quality mortgage advice, this is why mortgage brokers in Stubbington who specialise in Buy-to-let are so important and the but to let mortgage providers who are keen to encourage and profit from them in turn. In addition, this growth has generated a lot of commerce in other related sectors such as buy to let insurance.
Stubbington Buy to let mortgages have been available in the UK since the mid-nineties and they are specifically designed for investors to borrow money to purchase property in the private rental sector. The amount that a prospective but to let investor can borrow is generally determined by the rental valuation of the property. The annual income for a rented property has to cover a certain percentage of the mortgage repayments, the Association of Residential Letting Agents (ARLA) states that landlords should seek to be able to obtain gross rent returns equivalent to between 130 per cent and 150 per cent of the rental property's mortgage repayments, this takes into account the surplus rent to cover costs of property maintenance and slack periods when the property may be vacant of tenants.
Stubbington Buy To Let Mortgages.
Some buy to let mortgage lenders in Stubbington will lend you a maximum sum based on a multiple of your salary (usually a multiple of three) plus a percentage of the forecast rental income on the property. So if your annual salary is said 30,000 Franks and the forecast rental income is 10,000 Franks they will lend you 95,000 Franks. Other mortgages, in addition to factoring in your salary, will include any existing loan commitments you have, and then apply what is known as the 'deduction rule'. This rule relates to the annual mortgage payments worked out at a pre-set level of interest.
Buy to let mortgage interest rates are generally fairly close to residential mortgage rates but will generally be slightly higher and typically charge higher fees. This is due to the fact that buy to let loans are considered by the financial sector to represent a greater risk than residential owner-occupier mortgages, and they generally are.
The Situation in the UK About Buy To Lets
The buy to let market literally 'exploded' in the Stubbington around the beginning of the millennium with rising property prices and the increasing availability of buy to let funding fueling a surge in would-be investors trying to cash in on the trend of the market. One reason for their popularity is the tax advantages that are available to the UK buy to let investors. Rental income is treated just like a salary by the Inland Revenue, and is therefore often taxed at 22% or even 40%. However, landlords are allowed to deduct costs from the taxable portion of their rental income, and these costs can include the interest of the buy to let mortgage repayments as well as maintenance costs on the property. These tax incentives made the buy to let market very attractive for both professional investors and amateurs looking to make the most out of their savings.
Would-Be Buy-to-let Investors
The market peaked around 2007 and now the market is saturated in many areas across the country with too many properties available to tenants. While buy to let is generally not a good idea for people who do not possess some extra budget there are a lot of remortgage deals which will fund a deposit for a home. If you are worried about losing money during void periods many companies will provide insurance which can deliver as much as six months mortgage payments in the event of a property in Stubbington remaining unoccupied.
You may still be lucky, and find a hotspot but you need to do your homework and the figures correctly. Buy to let trends differ from town to town and literally from street to street. Good advice for potential investors is to visit the local letting agents who should be able to tell you who is renting what at the moment so you can define your target audience. It could be students, young professionals or families, for example. Look for areas that do have a shortage of properties and for indicators that people will move there, such as new business developments.
Buy to let mortgage deals are still rife and the rates are almost as competitive as with conventional deals. The mantra with your buy-to-let must be 'don't expect to get rich quickly'. You need to look long-term: an absolute minimum of five years – but probably nearer to ten years.
Hello, I'm just calling to find out moreabout your new attractive interest rates on your buy to let mortgages.
No I don't.
Ok, ok thanks for your time.
When you are thinking about buying an investmentproperty, the mortgage is one of the most important considerations.
If you would liketo know my recommended method for finding the best mortgage for your property investment,then stay tuned as I explain how.
Hello, I'm Andy Walker from monoperty.
Com,where I blog online about my journey as a property investor and landlord, sharing whatworks for me and what doesn't, to help you start or expand your property portfolio.
Now, there are plenty of banks and mortgagelenders out there who all have hundreds of mortgage products offering different interestrates, terms and fees, resulting in thousands of mortgages for you to choose from.
When I first started, I looked at online comparisontools to find the cheapest product which I thought would match my needs.
After hoursof research, comparing interest rates and application fees, I then discovered that eachproduct has it's own requirements and eligibility criteria once you start the application process.
These included the household income, whether I had any other investment properties anda whole host of other factors.
It wasn't easy and it took a lot of time.
So to save you time, here is what I recommend.
Find a mortgage broker.
Simple you might be thinking, but no, hold on, don't pick upthe phone just yet.
I wouldn't recommend any mortgage broker, I'd recommend you finda broker with these 2 qualities: Firstly, someone who specialises in Buy ToLet products and not residential or a mixture of both.
Why? Because as I've already mentioned,it's a huge market out there and only the brokers that deal specifically deal with BTL productswill have the best knowledge.
They have direct contact with the lenders and have vast amountsof experience with their lenders eligibility criteria.
Within a few minutes of asking yousome key questions, a broker will be able to match you to suitable lenders, and withinjust a few days, they will be able to provide you with some mortgage products for you tochoose from.
You also want to find a broker who's aninvestor themselves because they'll have a better understanding of your plan and whatyou are trying to achieve.
I've used 3 brokers in the last couple of years, 1 wasn't aninvestor and 2 were.
The service I received form the 2 that were investors, was far betterthan the one who wasn't, and not only did they provide me with a product that best suitedmy needs, but they also shared some sound investment advice about the properties thatI was buying.
A mortgage broker will receive a commissionfrom the lender for selling you their product and the broker may also charge you a fee.
But don't let this put you off because mortgage brokers work hard, and they check all thepaperwork to avoid any delays with the application.
All correspondence between you and your brokercan be sent via email, which makes it super convenient to find a broker anywhere in thecountry.
My broker fees are paid once the lender has released their funds and the propertyis in my name.
I know there some brokers charge a fee upfront, but that has always put meoff, and I haven't used them.
So how do you find a broker with these qualities?Well, there are several ways and they are typically places where investors are found;Property Auctions, Property Network Meetings, and Social Media Platforms.
Facebook groupsare good for connecting with the right people who have backing from some of the group members.
I hope you found this video useful and ifyou have any recommendations on how to find a good mortgage broker, then please leavea comment in the box below or head over to monoperty.
Please like and sharethis video, and if you are visiting for the first time, please subscribe so you don'tmiss any of my future videos that are all be geared towards helping you start or expandyour property business.
Thank you for watching, keep up the good work, and I'll see youin the next one.
Bye for now!.
What Is The Best Way To Work Out Rental Demand and Supply?
How do you really start a buy to let propertyinvestment business in today's market? Let me give you the ten things I think you needto consider.
Hi there, my name's Tony Law from your Your First Four Houses.
My channel'sall about helping you get to investment property number four as quickly and as painlessly aspossible.
Let me give you these ten things, I feel, you need to have at the forefrontof your mind in order to be successful in this property investing world of ours.
Thevery first one is to, you need to understand your financial goals.
Let me give you a specificway you should do this.
You basically need to understand how much money you're spendingevery single month.
Download three months worth of bank statements,work out what you're actually spending every single month, and that is the target thatyou need to hit, essentially, to be financially free.
The sooner you hit that target, thesooner you can basically give up the day job, essentially, and focus far, far more of yourenergy on building your property portfolio.
When you know what that number actually is.
Now I run a paperless office, largely, but when you know what that number is I needyou to do something vert manual for me.
I need you to go and draw up one of these, it'seffectively the kind of thing that you'd see if you were trying to raise finance for aparticular project.
At the top of it, you're going to have thattarget, that number that you've just worked out.
Running up the side, you're going tohave integers at about, say, 500 pounds, little marks going up the side.
Whenever you do adeal that puts money in your pocket you need to colour that in.
It may sound primitivebut it's incredibly powerful.
I've recommended this to a lot of people that use it and theyfind it really, really helps them keep focused.
Moving on quickly to point number two, youneed to work out how much time you can give to this.
Really, if you're working full-time,that doesn't mean that you haven't got time to do this.
You've got your lunch times, you'vegot your evenings, and you've usually got your weekends.
How much time can you give to this? The moretime you can give, the better and faster results you're going to achieve.
Next number three,I need you to start building your education.
Now, there's a number of ways that you cando this.
You can look at podcasts, you can get books, webinars, you can employ a coach,mentor, you can look at some courses.
The sooner that you can build your knowledge,the sooner you're going to better achieve bigger and better deals.
One of the specificthings I'd like you to consider if maybe this is an area of weakness for you, is to maybeget some training on negotiation because this is a real key thing that will really helpyou when you're speaking to agents or when you're speaking specifically to seller.
Pleaselook into that.
Number four, the sooner that you can focuson picking your strategy, the sooner you're going to be successful.
Now, I like peopleto focus on maybe one or two core strategies.
Rather than having more of a shotgun approach,it's better to be more laser focused.
See if you can work out which one or two corestrategies would work really well for you and start focusing on those.
Number five,research the different areas and work out where you should be actually buying.
Now,I did a video recently on this that basically gives you a really detailed explanation onhow to work out supply and demand in any area within about 60 seconds.
You need to lookat other things.
In the area that you're actually looking at,what's the situation with regards to perhaps new employment? What about transport links?Are they being improved, specifically? What about population? Is there an increase ordecline that you've noticed? All of these things can really dictate the better areasto actually invest.
Point number six, go and see a mortgage broker.
You need to find outwhat kind of mortgages you can get.
Again, I did another video here on how to actuallyimprove your credit rating.
I would strongly suggest that you watch that.
That will giveyou some real key tips to improve your credit rating, which is going to mean you'll getbetter access to better mortgages at lower rates.
Number seven, you need to learn how to findgreat deals.
Now, I know that this is a massive topic and we can go into this in a lot moredetail.
Essentially, you do need to understand how to find better deals.
You need to learn,very specifically, what makes a good deal for you.
Honestly, this is a real key thing.
You may have no funds at all but if you can find and negotiate really good deals, honestly,you'll never have problem raising the funds.
I'll invest with you if you can find reallygood deals.
In essence, there's lots of people around you that will be delighted to put moneyinto the deals if you can find them.
Next, start building connexions.
When I say that,I'm talking about connexions with agents.
I'm talking about connexions with deal sources.
I'm talking about connexions with people who can help you fund your next deal.
The sooner you start building genuine, sincere,honest, full-on relationships, friendships with people, honestly, the sooner you're goingto actually be successful in this property world of ours.
Number nine is simply exitstrategy.
So many people I talk to have no clear exit strategy.
They don't really understandtheir exit strategy at all.
I always encourage people to consider two exit strategies.
Iwould love you to do the same.
Even before you buy that very first property, just consider,are you holding this for the long term? Is this a flip that you want to churn to getthe money out very, very quickly? If things don't work out, is there a second way outfor you? Number ten, this is the big one.
This is whereso many people stumble and that is, you have to take action.
Now I know that seems bleedinglyobvious but so many people, they build their knowledge, they learn, learn, learn, but theystop at the action taking point.
Frankly, I don't really understand this if I'm beingtruthful with you.
I think it's largely down to fear quite often.
Quite often, perhaps,having somebody behind you that's maybe got their hand in the small of your back and justpushing you forwards or just giving you a bit of a shove to actually take that actionmight be really beneficial for you.
Let me ask you a question.
How many properties haveyou actually been out to see this week or this month? If they answer is none, then you're not takingany action, I would respectfully suggest.
You need to take that action.
I really hopethat you found that helpful.
I just want people to be successful in this property world ofours and to get to that magical place where the income that's coming in surpasses themoney that's going out.
If this sort of stuff really helps you, I am absolutely over themoon.
My name is Tony Law from Your First Four Houses.
I really hope you found thisone helpful.
I look forward to seeing you in the next video.
Before I go, please ifyou can take a moment to subscribe to my YouTube channel, if you haven't already done so.
Thatwould be absolutely brilliant.
If Facebook's more of your kind of thing, please like myFacebook page.
Thanks ever so much.
I look forward to seeing you in the next video.


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January 15, 1928 - December 25, 2012
Taylorsville, UT - Formerly of Pine Island, NY
Ella M. Kimble of Taylorsville, Utah, left us peacefully, surrounded by her family on Tuesday, December 25, 2012 in Salt Lake City. She was 84.
The daughter of the late John Youngman and Marie Daubert Youngman, she was born on January 15, 1928 in Pine Island, NY. She is predeceased by her husband, Donald C. Kimble and her son, Donald R. Kimble. She is also predeceased by her sister, Bertha and six brothers: John, Paul, William, Walter, Clifford and Ernest.
She is survived by her son, John Kimble and his wife, Sidney of South Jordan, UT, and her daughter-in-law, Paula Kimble of Salt Lake City, UT. She is also survived by her brother-in-law, Robert, and five sisters-in-law. She has six grandchildren: Amy in Florida, Jonathan and Michael in Utah and Jacob, Chad and Ashley in Montana; two great-grandchildren, also in Montana and numerous nieces and nephews.
Visitation will be held on Thursday, January 3rd from 4 to 6 p.m. at the T.S. Purta Funeral Home, 690 County Route #1, Pine Island, NY 10969. Graveside services will be held 11 a.m., Friday, January 4th in the Warwick Cemetery. The Reverend Kenneth Susskraut will officiate.
The family expresses their sincere appreciation to the Huntsman Cancer Hospital in Salt Lake City for their care and professional service during the past two years.
Memorial contributions on Ella's behalf may be made to Huntsman Cancer Foundation (www.huntsmancancer.org) so they may continue their important fight.
Funeral arrangements are under the direction of the T.S. Purta Funeral Home; to send a condolence online, or for directions please go to www.purtafuneralhome.com.


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Here is another cute chibi piece of fruit for you all that I think you will enjoy and love. There is so many different kinds of fruit that can be drawn into chibi form. One of my favorites that I drew and submitted was on chibi cherries. This time I am going to show you "how to draw an apple chibi step by step". This tutorial shouldn't take you guys that long to do because all you are doing is drawing out a simple shape of an apple and then adding cute chibi like eyes and a chibi mouth to the fruit. Of course the chibi apple will look much cuter if you included the apple leaf that is connected to the stem of the fruit because it adds character and it makes it seem like the chibi apple is wearing some sort of clothing. I really love the way this chibi came out looking and tomorrow I have some really cool chibi characters on the way and I can't wait to submit those. Anyways, I do have to leave this lesson so I can move onto another. In the mean time I hope you have fun leaning "how to draw a chibi apple step by step". Peace out and happy drawing!
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DOVER — A public hearing will be held in December to help the city council decide whether the relocation of the pedestrian covered bridge should be funded by half of the Dickinson Development monthly extension payments.
"Let's hear what Dover citizens have to say on this," Councilor Michael Weeden, a co-sponsor of the resolution said at Wednesday's meeting.
Mark Dickinson, the developer of the waterfront development project, has now given the City of Dover four extension payments of $10,000 each. These payments are due each month that his company does not break ground. On Nov. 14, city council voted to spend half of the checks, for up to $30,000, on relocating the skateboard park, which was forced to move because of the waterfront development project. The other half of the check now could possibly be used on relocating the pedestrian covered bridge.
The bridge, which once stood over the Cocheco River down at the end of Washington Street, was taken down because it could not accommodate the automobile traffic and was in the way of furthering the development of the waterfront project. The City's hope is to move it closer to Henry Law Park, according to Councilor Michael Crago, one of the sponsors of the resolution.
"Generally, it'll be moved to the vicinity near the Children's Museum, down off the Cocheco River and Henry Law Park to add to the ambience of the park and highlight, with its character, the museum, which is now a major hallmark of the Garrison City," Crago said.
The cost to move the bridge is coming in at a higher estimate than what was expected, according to Crago.
"I know part of that has to do with overhead costs that relate to inflation and possibly materials," he said. "I know that the $10,000 coming in monthly will not be sufficient, but it will help. It is a contribution that is not coming from taxpayers and it helps show that we, the City of Dover, do appreciate the benefits of the skate park and the covered bridge and the overall quality of the Garrison City."
The public hearing will be held on Dec. 12 in Council Chambers at City Hall, located at 288 Central Avenue.
Hearing to consider using Dickinson funds for covered bridge
DOVER — A public hearing will be held in December to help the city council decide whether the relocation of the pedestrian covered bridge should be funded by half of the Dickinson Development monthly extension payments.


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Celebrating 20 Years of FMLA - the Family and Medical Leave Act
by Lee Saunders and Laura Reyes | February 05, 2013
Twenty years ago today, Pres. Bill Clinton signed the Family and Medical Leave Act (FMLA) into law. AFSCME is proud of our union's leadership in the fight to pass this historic legislation, which provided job protection for workers and guaranteed unpaid leave for 12 weeks during which workers could care for a new baby, a seriously ill child, parent or spouse, or recover from illness. Our members rallied and lobbied Congress to pass FMLA, we testified before congressional committees, and we worked with President Clinton to garner the votes needed to enact a law that has now benefited more than 100 million working families.
Before the passage of FMLA, far too many employees across America had to make the intolerable choice between keeping their jobs and livelihood and taking the time to deal with a family crisis. FMLA extended a much-needed helping hand to families in their time of need. Former AFSCME Pres. Gerald W. McEntee, who chaired the AFL-CIO's Work and Family Committee at the time of the bill's passage, had been a leading voice in the fight. Just as our union fought for the creation of Medicare and Medicaid in the 1960s, we fought hard for the passage of FMLA because of our firm conviction that pro-family health care policies strengthen our economy and are in everyone's best interest.
Our work did not end with the passage of FMLA. Five years ago, we fought to expand the bill to include military families. As a result of those efforts, members of our armed forces and their families are able to take up to 26 weeks of job-protected leave to help care for service members injured in combat. In addition, military family members are now able to use the traditional 12 week FMLA allotment to help them deal with the deployment of a close relative. Just as importantly, AFSCME fought the efforts of the George W. Bush Labor Department to make the use of FMLA benefits more difficult for families, by proposing complex regulations concerning reporting, certification and medical requirements. We are proud of our work to keep those anti-worker regulations from seeing the light of day.
Even today, far too many families must choose between paying their bills and caring for family members. Too many families are not covered. FMLA protections only cover those who work in firms with 50 or more employees, have been employed at the company for a year and have put in at least 1,250 hours annually on the job. As a result of these limitations, only one in five of all new mothers are able to utilize the law's benefits. Lesbian and gay partners and spouses are not covered. More than three-quarters of the eligible workers who need leave are unable to use it because they cannot afford to go without their wages.
Now, 20 years after the passage of the Family and Medical Leave Act, the time has come for Congress to expand the law to cover more families and provide paid leave for workers. California and New Jersey have passed paid family leave programs with very positive results. Our nation's economy, our productivity and our competitiveness benefit when workers are able to meet their demands at home and on the job.
The Family and Medical Leave Act was a major milestone, but more needs to be done to help families dealing with medical emergencies and family needs. Paid leave is essential. Depriving workers of their income during times of crisis in family life is something no hard-working American should experience. No American should have to choose between the job they need and the family they love.


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OCEAN CITY – Here's a look at some of the activities planned for next week to observe the annual tradition of Halloween, which will take place on Wednesday, Oct. 31.
Events For The Families
— Saturday, Oct. 27: The entire family is invited to a Haunted Park celebration at White Horse Park in Ocean Pines on Saturday, Oct. 27 from 1-4 p.m. for a ghoulish time. Mortuary music will the fill air as ghost and goblins parade and play.
Activities include "ghostly" games, "foolish" face painting, "creepy" crafts, "monstrous" moon bounces, "crazy" costume contests with "devilish" prizes, grilled "graveyard" goodies from the Kiwanis Club of Ocean Pines, "treacherous" treats from the Lions Club of Ocean Pines, "headless" horse rides and much more. Admission is free, but there will be a small fee to participate in some of the happenings.
— Saturday, Oct. 27: Solstice in the Atlantic Hotel in Berlin presents "Scream for a Cure" with proceeds benefiting the Susan G. Komen Breast Cancer Foundation.
Starting at 2 p.m., the day's events include a judged costume parade for the kids, old-fashion pressed apple cider, bobbing for apples, Jack-o-lantern carving, Halloween story-telling for children, scare crow making, music all day and haunted tours of the hotel at night.
The Haunted "Scream Tour" of hotel for the children will be held at 8 p.m. followed by the adult versions at 9 and 10 p.m.
— Sunday, Oct. 28: Participants of all ages, including parents and grandparents, are invited to join the staff at Northside Park to celebrate this year's Halloween "Spook-Out".
Spend the afternoon enjoying carnival games, arts and crafts, face painting, hayrides, and much more. Also, get dressed in your Halloween finest and participate in the annual costume contest.
"It is a really fun time for the parents and the kids," said Kim Kinsey, Recreation Supervisor for Ocean City Recreation and Parks. "Everyone gets dressed up in their costumes and comes to Northside Park. Families get to play games together and ride hayrides. There is also a ton of food and drinks. Its just a fun way to celebrate the holiday."
The "Spook-Out" takes place from 1-3 p.m. at the Northside Park Recreation Complex. Pre-registration for this event is not required however the party is limited to 500 children so don't be late. There is no admission cost for the "Spook-Out" yet parents are asked to bring one bag of individually wrapped candy per child.
Wednesday, Oct. 31: The main event for Halloween at the White Marlin Mall is the official Trick or Treating time that is scheduled for Wednesday Oct. 31 from 4 to 6 p.m. In the spirit of Halloween, the shops at the White Marlin Mall will hold special sales.
Activities For The Big Kids
— Saturday, Oct. 27: The best dressed of the night at Seacrets' Halloween Party wins a four-day, three-night trip for two to Jamaica. Second place earns $300 and third gets $200. Kristen and The Noise will also be performing.
— Saturday, Oct. 27: Fager's Island will host its Annual Halloween Costume Party with DJs Batman and Wax and an Elvis impersonator. Costume contest features $500 in cash and prizes.
— Tuesday, Oct. 30: The Bux-O-Ween Halloween Bash with DJ BK will be held at Buxy's Salty Dog, featuring a costume contest, prizes, giveaways and drink specials.
— Tuesday, Oct. 30: Pickles Annual Halloween Bash features prizes, dress as your favorite Ocean City local contest, a "Bobbin" for Pickles Contest and $2 beers from 8 p.m.-midnight.
— Wednesday, Oct. 31: A $500 costume contest will be held at the Greene Turtle West with DJ BK.