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The Honolulu Advertiser
Posted on: Saturday, April 28, 2007

Flags to fly half-staff for Ho, 2 others

Advertiser Staff

Gov. Linda Lingle has ordered state flags at state and county buildings to be flown at half-staff in honor of two former elected officials and legendary entertainer Don Ho.

State flags will be flown at half-staff tomorrow in honor of former State Rep. Akira Sakima, who died on April 6. Sakima represented Kalihi Valley from 1959 to 1976. A memorial service will be held tomorrow at the Hawai'i Okinawa Center in Waipahu.

On Monday, state flags will be flown at half-staff in honor of former City Prosecutor Charles Marsland, who served two four-year terms from 1981 to 1988 as Honolulu's first elected prosecuting attorney. Marsland died on April 11. Funeral services will be held on Monday at Central Union Church.

Next Saturday, Lingle has ordered flags to fly at half-staff in remembrance of Ho. An ocean-side memorial service is planned in Waikiki, where Ho's ashes will be scattered offshore. More than 25,000 people are expected to attend.

Flags will be flown from sunup to sundown on the respective days of interment for Sakima, Marsland and Ho.