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Volume I, Number 3 MauiNoKaOi features a host of beautiful hotels, The 35th Annual Convention of the condominiums and golf courses. Cur Association of Hawaiian Civic Clubs rently there are twelve hotel resorts in will be held at the Maui Inter-Continen Ka'anapali. Wailuku is the business tal Hotel in Wailea on November 8th center of the Island and most of the through 13th, 1994. It will be hosted by government agencies have their major the Maui County Council, under the offices there. leadership of President A. D. Sonny Sugar and pineapple still thrive on Fernandez. This issue features the Maui. The Maui Land & Pineapple Island of Maui and its people. Company produced 190,000 tons of The Island consists of 728 square miles pineapple last year. and has a population base of 92,000 people. Noted for its beautiful beaches, Nuhou solicits articles and information from all clubs and members. If you tourists and locals alike vacation there. have interesting things to share, or The beautiful Haleakala National Park questions that you want answered, provides a scenic view of the Island. please call Charles Rose at 536-0375. On the West Side is Lahaina, the first capitol of Hawai'i. It was a popular port of call for whaling ships beginning in What's Inside 1819. In 1831, the Lahainaluna Mission President's Message 2 School was founded. The first newspa Convention News 3 per west of the Rockies was printed at Legislative News .4 Lahainaluna in 1834 and called "Lama o Kale Keia 4 Hawai'i" or "Torch of Hawai'i". Current/Future Events 5 Kamehameha III signed the first Hawai Features 6-12 ian Bill of Rights at Lahaina in 1839: Historic Sites 14 The resort community of Ka'anapali is Editorials 15 just a mile away from Lahaina and The Honolulu Weekly newspaper local insiders, but a foreign corporation recently reported on a meeting of the the size of huge Dae Woo? That's realIy Office of Hawaiian Affairs' trustees. The the last straw. Remember when they subject concerned the transfer of the site tried to trade away some good income of the Waikiki Yacht Club (why would producing ceded land at the Kapalama we possibly want it??) from the State to GEM site to a Japan corporation for aHA. The State wanted $15 million and conservation land at Mount Olomana? 01 ' untered at $3 mil-lion,citing the When are we going to convince them need to fix the sea walI at the that Hawaiians are a political Club (estimated tab $1.5 force to reckon with? Obvi- million). The deal has not ously, electing a governor who .f (thankfully) been consurn- >!'" happened to be Hawaiian mated, but it reminded the didn't work. What is really trustees of another Sta te/ needed is to shock everyone by aHA negotiation. voting! That case involved the site With the most exciting of Pohukaina School in . /' governor's race in years and all Kaka'ako. One trustee said > J of the political jockeying going that when aHA balked'at the H. K. Bruss Keppeler on, this is a fun year to $11 million asking price, the State be involved and voting. Re- leased the property a few weeks later to member, you don't earn the privilege of Korea's Dae Woo, Inc. for a dollar a year complaining about what our politicians until 2033. do to us if you don't vote. Is anybody But, here's the best part. As you al- Iistenting? It's "It's bad enough for ready know, up for grabs this year are bad enough for ourHaioaiiat five of the nine aHA trustee slots. If you our Hawaiian people to be disad- are as tired of the antics of some of the people to be tiantaged by state incumbent trustees as I am, you'll want disadvantaged administration to do something about that! Consider- by state adrnin- practices thatfavor ing the amount of money aHA has now, istration prac- local insiders..." we surely need some people who can tires that favor make the necessary decisions in a busi- 2 ness-like manner. Pau with the grand standing and arrogance. We need people who are confident of their own capabilities so that they don't need to try to tear other people down to prove something. Some Events I know that saying this will not make 11110 Thursday - golf tournament 7:00 me very popular in some quarters, but a.m. to 2:00 p.m.; bowling tournament the voting "...politicians...were 7:00 a.m. to 2:00 p.m.; historic site tour booth is the elected to serveus.•." leave hotel at 8:00 a.m. to 2:00 p.m.; only place L.-_~" '....;:.,;>. '---'- -' Opening Ceremonies 5:30 p.m. to 7:00 where we can stop the kind of embar p.m.; Ho'olaulea 8:00 p.m. to 11:00 p.m. rassing antics we've witnessed. How 11/11 Friday Plenary Session 8:30 a.m, else can we make it clear to the politi to 12:00 p.m.; Officers' Luncheon 12:30 cians that they were elected to serve us p.m. to 2:00 p.m.; Committee Meetings and that it's not the other way around? 2:00 p.m. to 5:30 p.m.; Aha Mele 8:00 Anyone who accepts the job of trustee of p.m. to 10:00 p.m. the Office of Hawaiian Affairs who 11/12 Saturday Plenary Session 8:30 doesn't understand that, should be given a.m. to 1:00 p.,m.; Voting booth open the opportunity to do something else for 7:00 a.m. to 12:00 p.m. Aha 'Aina 5:30 a living. p.m. no host cocktails, dinner at 7:00p.m. Since I know you're all registered and 11113 Sunday Church Services 9:00 a.m, vote regularly, what you need to do is to to 10:30 a.m. encourage your family and friends to Resolutions register and vote. If you really want to make a difference, Ruby Maunakea. Chair of the Commit join HPAC (Ha tee on Resolutions, informs Nuhou that ~AC "...join (Ha waiian Political as of the September 12th deadline, 44 waiian Political .·.... ,..··· Action Commit- resolutions had been submitted. The Action C~:nmittee)." resolutions cover a wide spectrum of L...- -----' tee). Call Keawe (telephone 533-1958) or Dawn (tele issues that are important to our clubs phone 595-2517) for a membership form. and members. It is expected that these resolutions will be spiritedly debated at Convention. Nuhou urges all members to familiarize themselves with all resolutions and encourages everyone to participate in the deliberations at Con vention. 3 Election 1994 o Kale Keia by Charles Rose byCharlie Rose The 1994 General Election is fast ap Kudos to Ethelreda Kahalewai, owner proaching. On November 7th, we will of the Royal Feather Company and elect a new governor from candidates Treasurer of the Association of Hawaiian Benjamin Cayetano, Frank Fasi, Patricia Civic Clubs, for being featured in the Saiki and Kioni Dudley. There are Hawai'i Pacific News ... I am excited eleven contested races for State Senate about the increased interest in the Ha and 51 seats up for grabs for State House waiian Language. Televised news of Representatives. Maui's race for broadcasts and ads feature Hawaiians Mayor is between Goro Hokoma and conversing in our tongue. The official Linda Lingle. There will be County documents that returned Kaho'olawe to Council races on all islands. The Office the State, were in Hawaiian. Chicken of Hawaiian Affairs has five open seats. skin, eh! I pledge to learn the language.. As Hawai'i progresses and other ethnic . Sad news, Emily Thomas, long time groups find their place in Paradise, the leader of the Waikiki Hawaiian Civic needs and concerns of the Hawaiian Club has passed away. My condolences people are being overlooked. In 1984, to her family . .. We send our congrats to during the 25th anniversary of State the following clubs who informed us hood, Elmer Carvalho, Speaker of the about their 1994 scholarship awards: House when Statehood was granted, Hawaiian Civic Club of Honolulu 50, stated: "We took care of everybody Pearl Harbor Hawaiian Civic Club 14, except the Hawaiians." Hawaiians have Ainahau '0 Kaleponi six, Kailua Hawai been turned off by the system and many ian Civic Club five, Na Keiki '0 Hawai'i nolonger participate, nolonger vote. two and Lahaina Hawaiian Civic Club This is an appeal to all members not to two. I wonder what the amount for all be turned off, but to actively participate of the clubs would be ... Thumbs up to in the electoral process. We must mobi Ike Ka'aihue, Oahu Council Vice Presi lize all of our families and friends and dent, who headed the Association's encourage them to get involved. effort to assist the Labor Day Telethon NUHOU URGES EVERYONE TO BE for Muscular Dystrophy. Fabulous job SURE TO VOTE! done by all. 4 Historic Site Tour The Historic Site Tour will leave the Maui Inter- Continenal Hotel at 8:00 Nake'u Awai Designs a.m. on Thursday, November 10, 1994. Nake'u Awai will be producing his We will visit Waiola Church, Hale annual preholiday fashion show, "Dance Pa'ahao, Baldwin House, Hau'ola Store, Hall", on November 20, 1994,Sunday, at Kamehameha's Residence, Courthouse the Dole Cannery. Lunch will be served. & Banyon Tree, Moku'ula Island, Call Nake'u at 841-1221 for tickets. Kamehameha Palace, the Carthaginian, On December 4, 1994, Nake'u will Whaler's Hospital, the Lahainaluna produce a fund raiser sponsored by School & Hale Pa'i, the Cannery Mall Zonta International for Wahiawa Gen and Honokahua Burial Site.