Commissioner of Financial Institutions Iris Ikeda-Catalani ordered Kathleen Patricia Morris and Herman-Morris Enterprises Inc., dba Hawaii’s Premiere Mortgage Co., to cease operating as a mortgage loan originator and a mortgage loan originator company on suspicion of violating Hawai law.

DFI alleged Morris and her company were:
·       Originating a mortgage loan in a consumer’s name without their authorization;
·       Receiving payoffs of mortgage loans and not remitting the payoff amounts to the lenders;
·       Attempting to solicit a complainant with a payment to withdraw his
complaint against the licensees.
·       Using a trade name without properly notifying the Commissioner of
the name;
·       Failing to update the financial disclosure pursuant to changes in
financial status; and
·       Failing to notify the Commissioner about a revocation of a
previous license;

Morris is also known by the following names: aka Kathleen P. Morris, aka
Patricia Morris, aka Tricia Morris, aka Trish Schaberg, aka Tricia
Schaberg, aka Patricia K. Morris, aka Kathleen K Herman, aka Patricia
Kathleen Herman, aka K. P. Morris, aka Kathleen P. Morris, aka Tricia K.
Morris, aka Tricia NMN Morris, aka Tricia P. Morris, aka Patricia Kathleen
Morris.

Herman-Morris Enterprises Inc. also does business as: dba Hawaii’s Premier Mortgage Co., dba Hawaii’s Premiere Mortgage Co., dba Lemurian Interiors & Development, dba Nature’s Treasures of Maui.

An administrative hearing on the immediate temporary cease and desist order will be held on May 29,  on Oahu.

The Division of Financial Institutions ensures the safety and soundness of  state-chartered and state-licensed financial institutions, and ensures
regulatory compliance by state-licensed financial institutions, escrow
depositories, money transmitters, mortgage servicers, mortgage loan
originators and mortgage loan originator companies by fairly administering
applicable statutes and rules in order to protect the rights and funds of
depositors, borrowers, consumers and other members of the public.

More to follow,

“The Maui Film Festival is ecstatic to announce Kirsten Dunst and Brie Larsen as two of 2013′s honorees.  They are both not only beautiful women inside and out but are also talented nearly beyond description and uniquely passionate in their portrayals of the characters they bring to life,” said Rivers. “I have no doubt each of their Celestial Cinema Big Screen Tributes will be spectacular.”

Kirsten Dunst will receive the 2013 Maui Film Festival’s Pathfinder Award, which honors an actor or actress whose eclectic choices and charismatic performances encourage us all to expand our definition of what it means to be human. Dunst got her showbiz start at the age of three, when she began filming television commercials.  With more than 50 commercials under her belt, she made the jump to the big screen in 1989 in Woody Allen’s NEW YORK STORIES. 

Since, Dunst has been in over 25 films, including UPSIDE DOWN, ON THE ROAD, MELANCHOLIA, which her earned the Best Actress prize at the 2011 Cannes Film Festival and was named Best Actress by the National Society of Film Critics, MARIE-ANTOINETTE, ETERNAL SUNSHINE OF THE SPOTLESS MIND, the SPIDER-MAN trilogy, BRING IT ON, THE VIRGIN SUICIDES, DROP DEAD GORGEOUS, WAG THE DOG and INTERVIEW WITH THE VAMPIRE, for which she received a Golden Globe nomination, among other accolades.  Also exploring work behind the camera, Dunst made her directorial debut with the short film WELCOME, which screened at the 2008 Sundance Film Festival, and recently wrapped production on the short film BASTARD, which she directed and co-wrote.  Dunst can next be seen in Hossein Amini’s THE TWO FACES OF JANUARY opposite Viggo Mortensen and Oscar Isaac.

Brie Larson will receive the 2013 Maui Film Festival’s Rising Star Award, which honors a young film artist for daring to dream big dreams and then delivering brilliant performances when opportunity knocks.  At just 23, Larson has already built an impressive career as one of the more versatile young actresses working today as she has moved effortlessly from one genre to another with every project she takes on.  Larson was a breakout star at this year’s SXSW film festival with four films showing, most notably SHORT TERM 12 directed by Destin Cretton, which won the festival’s Grand Jury Prize.  

Other films shown included THE SPECTACULAR NOW and DON JON and WEIGHTING, a short film, which Larson co-directed and starred in.  Last year she was seen in the hugely successful film, 21 JUMP STREET and received rave reviews for her supporting role in the RAMPART.  Larson is still widely recognized for her portrayal of “Kate”, in Showtime’s breakout drama UNITED STATES OF TARA.  Other notable credits include SCOTT PILGRIM VS. THE WORLD, GREENBERG, and THE LEAGUE.

The 2013 Maui Film Festival at Wailea will be held June 12-16, 2013. For additional information, call the Film Festival Headquarters at 808-579-9244 or visit  www.mauifilmfestival.com.

HOOKED – This photo, from underwater video by Harold Giger, shows a young female monk seal unintentionally hooked last week. Officials want us all to watch out for her. Click to enlarge. (NOAA Permitted Photo)

“I would like to commend this fisherman for calling in the incident. This is exactly the type of cooperation we need from the community. I applaud his leadership,” said William J. Aila, Jr., chairman of the Department of Land and Natural Resources.

While ulua fishing from shore in the early morning hours of Saturday, May 11,  a local fisherman caught on his line what he believed to be a very large ulua. As the catch got closer to shore, a head popped out of the water and the fisherman realized he had unintentionally hooked a Hawaiian monk seal instead of the intended ulua.

Unfortunately, the line broke and the monk seal fled before the fisherman could call authorities to remove the hook.

The fisherman called in the incident on Monday to the Hawaiian Islands Humpback Whale National Marine Sanctuary office in Kihei. The Sanctuary is co-managed by the Department of Land and Natural Resources and the Office of National Marine Sanctuaries.

“In addition, several watchful tour boats were also extremely helpful in calling reports of this hooked seal. We now need the community to help us locate this seal so we can send a response team out to assess if the seal is still hooked.  A quick report with its current location is the best thing that can happen at this point,” said Aila.

Failure to report monk seal hookings or distressed seals have proven devastating for the endangered animals in past months. In January, delayed response to a hooking resulted in the death of a young seal on Hawaii Island. Last year, another seal was severely injured from a hooking; her injuries were exacerbated because her condition was not reported when she first became distressed.

“NOAA Fisheries has received reports of this seal being fed by humans and interacting with them. These interactions may have predisposed it to becoming hooked,” explained David Schofield of NOAA Fisheries. “The public is encouraged not to feed or interact with monk seals to prevent situations like this one from happening.”

“Community leadership is critical, not only for monk seal issues but for conservation issues in Hawaii,” explains Trisha Kehaulani Watson of Honua Consulting who represents Marine Conservation Institute in Hawaii. “We want fishermen and ocean users to see that their fears about reporting interactions are unfounded. We hope that people hear about this fisherman stepping forward and realize that reporting hookings and other monk seal interactions is the best way to ensure that both monk seals and community livelihoods are protected.”

From the fisherman’s report, the seal was hooked with a 2.5-inch barbed circle hook, up to 5 feet of wire and some fishing line. A commercial scuba videographer took a photo of the seal and hook on Saturday at Olowalu and sent the photo to NMFS.  Anyone spotting this seal should immediately contact Nicole Davis from the National Marine Fisheries Stranding Program at (808) 292-2372 or call the Monk Seal Hotline at 1-888-256-9840.

Maui’s event was on Saturday, May 11, starting at the First Hawaiian Bank in Kahului and ending at the Maui High School Softball Field. Both events continued with a potluck and a softball game between the participants of the respective events against their Special Olympics Unified Softball teams. 

Maui Special Olympians

Maui Participants

First Hawaiian Bank, Friendly Market and Misaki’s Market donated refreshments for the participants. The events were a success and participants included members from the Maui Police Department, State Department of Land and Natural Resources, United States Air Force, United States Coast Guard, Transportation Security Agency, American Medical Response, Haleakala National Park, Adult Client Services-Judiciary, Maui Ki-Aikido, Prosecutor’s Office, Maui Vet Center, and the University of Hawaii Maui College. This year, all proceeds from the entry fees and sales of t-shirts go to the Special Olympics Maui to help the athletes on the islands of Maui, Moloka’i, and Lana’i. Photos Courtesy Maui Police Department