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BIG ISLAND

Japan migrants to be discussed

HILO, Hawai'i — New University of Hawai'i-Hilo faculty member Jonathan Dresner will discuss Japanese migration to Hawai'i in the past two centuries during a lecture at 6:30 p.m. tomorrow in the Campus Center.

Dresner, who teaches East Asian history, will outline the economic and cultural factors motivating the migration.

His talk is free and open to the public. It is co-sponsored by the UHH History Department and the Japanese Studies Program.

For more information, call (808) 974-7412.

MAUI

Man gets jail time for threat to wife

A Maui man who allegedly poured gasoline on his wife and then threatened to burn down their house last year has been ordered to serve 30 weekends in jail.

Robert G. Aldosa, 40, of Wailuku, had pleaded no contest to first-degree attempted criminal property damage, second-degree assault and first-degree terroristic threatening of his wife, Deborah, as well as abuse of their teenage son.

He also was sentenced Wednesday to five years' probation by 2nd Circuit Judge Joel August.

"I just regret what happened," Aldosa said in court. "My whole family suffered because of what happened."

Police officers went to the family's home on Nov. 19 after Deborah Aldosa called 911.