U S Dept of Justice, David C Farmer, Trustee vs. Harmon

THE UNITED STATES DEPARTMENT OF JUSTICE

OFFICE OF THE U.S. TRUSTEE

David C. Farmer, Successor Trustee
vs.
Bobby N. Harmon

(Formerly Mary Lou Woo vs. Harmon and James Nicholson vs. Harmon)

CV05-00030 DAE/KSC

United States District Court, District of Hawaii

Judges: David A. Ezra; Kevin S. Chang

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DEFENDANT’S WITNESS

RAY FUQUA

E-mail: mailto:ray@maui.net
Web site: http://www.mauihorse.com/

Ray Fuqua is believed to be the husband of Judith Neustadter Fuqua, the Arbitrator assigned by the American Arbitration Association in Woo vs. Harmon case. Although Judith Neustadter Fuqua, despite repeated requests for information, has never admitted nor denied any relationship with Ray Fuqua, owner and operator of Lahaina Stables and real estate agent, Defendant believes that Mr. Fuqua may be the husband of Ms. Neustadter.

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GOOGLING FOR RAY FUQUA

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Honolulu Star-Bulletin - [Cached Version]

Published on: 6/4/2006 Last Visited: 7/21/2008

Ray Fuqua, owner and operator of Lahaina Stables, shares Perry's passion for horses. A former high school social studies and geography teacher in New Orleans, he came to Maui on vacation in 1980, fell in love with it and moved there the following year.

Through a mutual friend, he became acquainted with the family of famed aviator Charles Lindbergh, and for three years he managed their land and organic banana and papaya farm in remote Kipahulu on Maui's east side.

"I've always been an outdoors person, and they knew I had experience with horses, so they asked me to buy a couple of them to keep on their property," he said.

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After Fuqua left his employment with the Lindberghs, he delved into real estate, which provided the financial resources he needed to start Oheo Stables, a trail-riding business that was in operation from 1991 to early 2004.

In April 2004 he moved the business to West Maui, recognizing there was a bigger market there near the bustling resorts of Lahaina, Kaanapali and Kapalua.

"I was looking for a location that also had a lot of history, natural beauty and easy accessibility," he says.

"This is it! I still hold an active real estate broker's license, but much prefer the horse business."

Fuqua secured a long-term lease on a 25-acre parcel that runs right to the foot of the majestic West Maui Mountains. He hiked old cane haul roads to map out the best spots for trail rides, set up fencing, built office and barn facilities, and installed underground sprinklers to irrigate the pasture land.

"It's been hard work; this project has not happened overnight," he says.

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Fuqua also hopes to offer children's camps this summer.

He ranks horses among life's greatest instructors."They teach you self-confidence," he says."We all have fears that keep us from moving forward in our lives. One of the real pleasures of my job is seeing how being around horses can have a positive effect on people."

Many of Lahaina Stables' guests sign up for a ride just because their husband, wife or kids want to do it.

"They get on the horse and it's obvious they're petrified," Fuqua says.

http://www.zoominfo.com/people/Fuqua_Ray_97627773.aspx

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June 4, 2006

Kentucky transplant hits her stride at Maui stables

Sparky Perry hails from Kentucky -- "horse country," as she calls it -- but after moving to Maui 2 1/2 years ago with her then-husband, she's been riding more than she ever did before.

"It's funny: I came from Kentucky, where there are horses everywhere, to this speck of a tropical island, and I'm riding every day, three times a day if I want to," she says....

At her "dream job," as a guide for Lahaina Stables, Perry helps care for 20 horses, grooms and saddles them for tours, and accompanies visitors on scenic rides in the foothills of the West Maui Mountains....

"I've always been an outdoors person, and they knew I had experience with horses, so they asked me to buy a couple of them to keep on their property," he said.

In April 2004 he moved the business to West Maui, recognizing there was a bigger market there near the bustling resorts of Lahaina, Kaanapali and Kapalua.

"I was looking for a location that also had a lot of history, natural beauty and easy accessibility," he says.

"This is it! I still hold an active real estate broker's license, but much prefer the horse business."

"It's been hard work; this project has not happened overnight," he says. "The exciting thing is it's evolving. We recently changed some of our routes, and in the next year we'll probably build a couple more trails that will go higher into the mountains....

www.maui.net/~ray/HonoluluStar-Bulletin.htm

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From “On the Hana Coast”, The Wanderer:

Sam Pryor: The Lindbergh Connection

Samuel Pryor, a vice president of Pan-American Airways, and his wife, Mary Taylor Pryor, retired to Hana in 1963, creating a private paradise on 100 acres of grassland that rolled from mountain to sea in Ki-pahulu, 11 miles beyond Hana town. Both are now deceased.

Pryor covered his land with a profusion of flowering trees and shrubs and built an A-frame within a stone’s throw of a 100-foot waterfall that ebbs and swells according to the mountain rain....

This vewritable Eden, he populated with family, a constant flow of famous or wealthy friends and a small coterie of gibbon apes, which he treated almost like children....

Gradually Sam and Mary Tay moved their things from the family home in Darien, Connecticut, to Hana, and eventually their A-frame was filled, like an old cupboard, with the memorabilia of a life that had taken them from a Sultan’s palace in Arabia ... to the original floating markets of Bangkok.

At Pan Am, Pryor had become acquainted with presidents and kings: Lyndon Johnson wrote letters to Hana from the White House addressed to Mr. Sam, and King Leopold of Belgium sat in the gazebo whole Pryor barbecued steaks fro dinner....

Charles Lindbergh stepped into this idyllic setting as Pryor’s friend. They had known each other at Pan Am for years and loved reminiscing about the early days of aviation. Pryor had often urged Lindbergh to stop by Maui, and one day on his way back from a conservation project in the Philippines, the famous flier took him up on it.

Lindbergh drove the whiplash road by jeep with Pryor, making him stop frequently alont the way. He was so enchanted by the area that he asked Pryor to find him some land to buy.

Pryor sold him five acres on the ocean, and in 1968 Lindbergh and his wife Anne built a chalet on the cliff above the surf, close enough to hear the waves at night and only a short walk to the Pryors’ comfortable A-frame.

Lindbergh spent his last few springs in Hana, exploring the beaches and mountains, entertaining grandchildren. He loved his home in Ki-pahulu more than any place he’d ever lived. It was here he chose to die.

– Beverly Creamer

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July 20, 2004

Kipahulu lost a true friend in Rockefeller

By VALERIE MONSON, Staff Writer, The Maui News

Kipahulu lost a true friend earlier this month when renowned philanthropist and conservationist Laurance Rockefeller died at the age of 94.

As his obituary circulated across the nation, Rockefeller's many contributions to keeping the world as natural as possible were cited one after another, but there was little mention of how he helped preserve one of the most precious parts of East Maui: the Kipahulu section of Haleakala National Park and the lower section of Kipahulu Valley, a place still so pristine that people can enter only with permission.

"The park wouldn't be the same without Laurance Rockefeller," said the park's superintendent, Don Reeser. "It was because of him that the park was able to stretch all the way from the mountain to the sea."

Rockefeller was a man as rare as the treasures of Kipahulu. Although wealthy beyond most of our dreams (this year he was No. 377 on the Forbes magazine list of 587 billionaires with $1.5 billion), he didn't simply live it up and forget about the rest of society to indulge his every fantasy. He used his good fortune to fund his good causes, his favorite being his love for Mother Nature's most unspoiled corners of the country.

In other words, Laurance Rockefeller put his money where his mouth was.

According to Russ Apple's 1975 history of how Haleakala acquired its lands, Rockefeller came to Kipahulu in 1961 when he was searching for the best location to build a resort in Hawaii. Unlike some of today's newly rich who buy up whatever they can on Maui and wall it off from the rest of the community, Rockefeller took in the magnificent glory of East Maui and declared it too special to belong to one person for the pleasure of the elite.

In Rockefeller's eyes, the area was simply "too scenic and East Maui generally too beautiful and rural a community for commercial exploitation, with the social, economic and environmental changes and other developments a major resort hotel would bring," wrote Apple.

So Rockefeller built his resort elsewhere (the Mauna Kea Beach Hotel on the Big Island) and bought 52 acres along the Kipahulu coast. At no time did he ever plan to keep the land for himself.

In that same era, there were others with bottomless bank accounts who also were touched by the humble spirit of Kipahulu, including famed aviator Charles Lindbergh. Sam Pryor, the eccentric airline executive and close friend of Lindbergh, had the chance to buy the land where five of the legendary pools of Oheo dance down to the ocean, but he changed his mind when he learned how much the people of East Maui used the streams. Pryor bought another parcel and, eventually, Rockefeller purchased the two lots that are now considered the heart of the park at Kipahulu.

But even a Rockefeller couldn't just buy the land and hand it over to the National Park Service. Because of a clause that says that only "adjacent or contiguous" lands can be added to parks, Rockefeller needed to figure out how to link the mountain to the sea. In 1951, a portion of the upper Kipahulu Valley had been added to the park so Rockefeller met with Gov. John A. Burns and leaders of The Nature Conservancy to begin a fund-raising drive to acquire the lower valley that would abut his coastal tract.

The appeal to save Kipahulu went to the Mainland where other wealthy philanthropists heard the call and responded in kind. In Chicago, Apple reported, Marshall Field (of department store fame) and Philip K. Wrigley (of Chicago Cubs fame) sponsored a slide show to drum up cash. Pryor gave a cocktail party in the Waldorf Astoria Hotel in New York that was attended by Lindbergh, Arthur Godfrey and Doris Duke.

The money was raised, the deal was forged and the Kipahulu section of Haleakala National Park was officially announced on Jan. 10, 1969.

Because of The Nature Conservancy's continued efforts and additional lands donated by the state, the total amount given to the park was more than 10,000 acres. While many people were part of the overall endeavor, Rockefeller was given credit for getting it off the ground - and seeing it through.

And he wasn't done yet. In 1997, he donated 50 acres at nearby Puhilele to The Conservation Fund with the intent that it become part of the park. Reeser said the parcel was sold to the federal government for half of its appraised value.

Following that, Rockefeller and his family were invited to attend a ceremony at Piilani Heiau by members of Pa Kui-a-Holo, a Native Hawaiian society of modern warriors skilled in the ancient discipline of lua (fighting). For his contributions to Kipahulu, Rockefeller was named an honorary member of the group and presented with a kihei (cloak) and ihe (spear).

Walter Pu, who has worked in the Kipahulu district of the park for seven years with the Hawaii Natural History Association, was there as part of Pa Kui-a-Holo.

"He was neat," said Pu of Rockefeller, then in his 80s. "Because of him, this area has been preserved and that's what we're all about. He pretty much saved the valley from being infested by too many people."

More recently, Rockefeller pledged $50,000 to help with the relocation of Lindbergh's house to the park.

So not only has Kipahulu lost a loyal friend who understood its inner nature, but wealthy people have lost a role model. With Maui being inundated by millionaires who scoop up property like they're playing Monopoly, wouldn't it be great if they would follow Rockefeller's example and acknowledge that there are some places just too beautiful to be private? Wouldn't it be great if they would give back to the island that has given them so much in return?

So mahalo to Laurance Rockefeller, a man who was rich in many ways.

Valerie Monson is a staff writer for The Maui News. "Off Deadline" is an occasional column that allows staff members to step back and reflect on issues of the day or to just talk story.

http://www.kipahulu.org/news_mauinews_040720.html

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Ray Fuqua is expected to testify regarding his business, professional, family and personal relationships, with Judith Neustadter Fuqua, The Nature Conservancy, Hawaii Chapter, Kamehameha Schools/Bishop Estate, Paul Alston, Chris Hemmeter, Mark Hemmeter, Diane Plotts, Robert Godbey, William Chee, Larry Mehau, George Ariyoshi, John Waihee, Louise Ing, Steve Guttman, Kessner Duca Umebayashi Bain & Matsunaga; Mary Lou Woo; Mark Bennett; Linda Lingle; William Crockett; Montana Beach Condominium Project; Jeffrey Sia, Sidney Ayabe, Ayabe Chong Nishimoto Sia & Nakamura, LLP; David M. Louie, Roeca Louie & Hiraoka, LLP; St. Paul Travelers Insurance Company; Seabury & Smith; University of Hawaii; James J.C. Haynes II; Southwest Value Partners; Rick Robinson; Noshir S. Gowadia*; WK 3 LLC; J.P. Schmidt; Maui Planning Commission; Gilbert Coloma-Agaran; Makena Resort; Seibu Hawaii; Ulupalakua Ranch; C. Brewer, Inc.; Intercontinental Hotel Construction; Outrigger Hotels; A&B Properties; Sanford Murata; Office of Hawaiian Affairs (OHA); Charles Ota, Diane Plotts; Hawaii Land Use Commission; Colbert Matsumoto; Kirk Caldwell; Donna Tanoue; Rockne Freitas; Michael Chun; Hale O Kaula Church; David Jenkins; James “Kimo” Apana, Jr.; Calvin Say; Robin Matsunaga; Benjamin Cayetano; Anthony Ching; Robert Kessner; James Duca, John Mullen & Co.; Kamehameha Schools/Bishop Estate; Hamilton McCubbin; Lyn Anzai; Nathan Aipa; Colleen Wong; Susan Tius; Guido Giacometti; Aon Risk Managers; Jeffrey Case; Steve Case; Exclusive Resorts; AOL Time Warner; CNN; Daniel Case; Case Bigelow & Lombardi; Ed Case; Tokyo Green Co.; Takeshi Sekiguchi; Industrial Bank of Japan; Grand Wailea Resort on Maui; Jeff Stone; Richard Wong; James Paul; Cades Schutte Fleming & Wright; Carol Asai-Sato; Gensiro Kawamoto**; CB Richard Ellis; Gene & Nora Lum; Ron Brown; James H. Case, Carlsmith Ball LLP, Paul M. Ueoka, Carlsmith Ball LLP; Gerald A. Sumida, Carlsmith Ball LLP; Duane R. Miyashiro; Andrew Pepper, Carlsmith Ball LLP; George Ariyoshi; Alexander & Baldwin; Marsh & McLennan; Mark Polivka; Puna Chillingworth; John Mullen & Co.; Prudential; Royal SunAlliance Insurance; Gil Tam; Robert Kihune; Sandwich Isles Communications; Summit Communications; Lokelani Lindsey; Robert Fishman, Daniel Kihano, Richard Frunzi; Hale Nani Partners; Evets Ltd.; Dan Omer; William Newsom; Bob Greene; Hana Ranch; Maui Coastal Land Trust; Oprah Winfrey; Land Use Research Foundation of Hawaii; Bonnie R. Newman; Pacific Primate Sanctuary; Lance Weisel; Sterling Development Services (SDS); Azabu Buildings Co.; Blackstone Group; Kapalua Land Co.; Haunani Apoliona; Chris Yuen; Anders Lyons; The Nature Conservancy; Michael Nauyokas; The Hawaii Nature Center; Kenneth Kupchak; Mark Hastert; Peter Young; Judge Robert Faris; Faye Watanabe Kurren; * Dee Jay Mailer *; William Bonnett; Robert Clarke; Eric Yeaman; Hawaiian Electric Company *; Edwina Clarke; Waste Management, Inc.; Bert Kobayashi; Glenn Taguchi; Department of Land & Natural Resources; Bishop Museum; Mark Polivka; Maui Humane Society; Annette Niles; Department of Hawaiian Homelands; Meyer Ueoka; Stephen Perreira, DBA S.Perreira Ranch; Annette Niles; Maui Factor; Keith Anue; Mason Young; Elmer Cravalho; Alan Tokunaga; Hawaiian Humane Society; Cecil Santos; Division of Forestry and Wildlife; Greg Marshall, Stanley Hong; Neil Hannahs, Kamehameha Schools; Kenneth Williams; Ko Olina Community Association; Warren Suzuki; Martin Luna; Duncan MacNaughton; Maui Land & Pineapple Co., Inc.; Everett Dowling, Dowling Co., Inc.; Joseph Souki; Calvin Say; Stanford Carr, Stanford Carr Development, LLC; Warren Luke, Loyalty Development Co; Embassy Suites Resort; Mike McCormack; MTM Resort Suites Ltd.; Trinity Investment Trust LLC; Mitsui Trust & Banking; Abe International Ventures Hawaii Corp.; Itocha Corp; J.L. Wilmington Corp.; Curtis Ching; Gayle Lau; James Nicholson; Carol Muranaka; Benjamin Matsubara; Judge Samuel King; Judge Kevin Chang; Judge David Ezra; Judge Barry Kurren *; Judge Patrick Yim, Judge Alan Kay, John Marshall, Charles Lindberg, Sam Pryor, Pan American Airlines, George G.W. Bush, CIA, Hugh Grundy, Jack Anderson, Owen Brewster, E. Howard Hunt, Ron Rewald, Lester Coleman, Aloha Airlines, David Banmiller, Janet Reno, Ken Starr, Alberto Gonzales, David Carey, David Farmer, Joseph Verner Reed, Jr, Ted Hong, David Cole, Maui Land & Pine, Allan Smith, Joe Tanaka, and others to be named upon discovery.