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It's time to tum offthe Ariyoshi-Waihee Machine! Our children are not being businesses that truly benefit educated as weI( as they Hawaii's people. He has been should be. an extraordinarily successful It's much too hard to find an representative in the State affordable place to live. House; a dynamic state senator who achieved an almost Good jobs are hard to impossible coalition among find, and the jobs that are opposing forces in the state ,,,,..lGQlItIon of Cleric. MCI ,'.illlCMiHJ Olflceta of Hawa" available pay far too little. government; and the best Our people are so dissatisfied managing director the City that one out of every three of and County of Honolulu us who were born in Hawaii is ever had. leaving to live on the mainland! Together with John Henry Turn off the machine on Felix-another Kamaaina who November 4th. is among Hawaii's most Andy Anderson will turn this respected leaders and a widely- state around! honored philanthropist and Now we see ACTION! diplomat- Andy Anderson can bring about the changes Andy Anderson, himself part we need to steer Hawaii Hawaiian, was born and raised confidently and proudly in Hawaii. toward the 21st century. He has proved himself as a wise businessman - creating 1Urn off the Machine on November 4th! Paid/or by A ndy Anderson for Governor Committee. 1440 Kaploloni Boulevard, H ono/ulu, Hawaii 96814 OFFICE OF HAWAIIAN AFFAIRS 567 So, King Street " Honolulu. Hawaii 96813 Five Seats in Nov. 4 Balloting OHA Election Draws Fi'eld 'of 31 Candidates (Editor's Note: As a service to its voting beneficiaries Myrtle M. Mokiao. OAHU (1) and candidates, Ka Wai Ola 0 OHA is happy to rerun Kawaipuna Prejean: the following story along with photos and biographical Herman Reis. Clarence F.T.Chmg. sketches of those Hawaiians vying for five seats on the Walter Ritte Jr. Linda L. Delaney. Of/ice of Hawaiian Affairs Board of Trustees during the James Pauahi Rowland Jr. Pearl Kong Epstein.- General Election on Nov. 4. Photos and a brief synopsis Viola Kuualoha Studebaker. R. Lunalilo Sellers. of those candidates who responded to aKa Wai Ola 0 Joseph F. Serrao. OHA questionnaire appear on Pages 4, 5, 6 and 7.) MAUl (1) Albert K. Sing. A field of 31 candidates will be vying for five seats on S.C. Kalanui Soller. the nine-member Board of Trustees in the November 4 Manu Kahaialii. .Office of Hawaiian Affairs election, being held the same Christine Teruya. time as the General Election and that of the Board of Education. There are 22 candidates for the three At-Large seats, se en for the lone Oahu position and two for the one Maul seat. The four holdover Trustees are Moanikeala Akaka, Hawaii; Louis K. Hao, Molokai; Moses K. Keale Sr., KauaJ and Niihau; and Thomas K. (Uncle Tommy) KaululukUl Sr., At-Large. OHA Board chairman Rockne C. Freitas, an At- Large Trustee; aui Trustee Joseph G. Kealoha Jr.; and Oahu Trustee Hayden F. Burgess are not seeking re-election. Incumben seeking re-election are At -Large Trustees Rod Kealiimahiai Burgess III and Gard Kea- loha. Appearing on the inside pages of this issue are photos and biographical sketches of 25 candidates who responded to aKa Wai Ola 0 OHA offer to inform beneficiaries about their background and why they were interested in becoming a Trustee. The 31 candidates are. AT-LARGE (3) These four holdover trustees, whose terms expire in 1988, will be joined by five new members following the Nov. 4 General Election when Hawaiian voting beneficiaries choose among 31 candidates. Holdover • Rod Kealiimahiai Burgess. trustees pictured here at their 1984 inauguration are from left to rigbt, Moses K. Keale Sr., Niihau and Kaliko B. Chun. Kauai; Moanikeala Akaka, Hawaii; Thomas K. (Uncle Tommy) Kaulukukui Sr., Trustee-at-Large; and Melvin Kauila Clark. Louis Hao, Molokai. Mary Kukahiwa De Ocampo. Linda Keaweehu Dela Cruz. A. Frenchy DeSoto . Self-Help Concept Makes it . Robert Fuller. Oahu Self-Help Housing Corporation, a non-profit for a total cost of $30,000. The dIrector is seeking an- Odetta Mahealani Higa. housing corporation, teaches low-moderate families other 8-10 f$lmilies for this project. Both FmHA and FHA Rita Kawehi Kanui-Gill. how to build their own houses through the team self- financing will be available for applicants. Interested Abraham (Horse) Kapana. families should contact Claudia at 545-4133 . • Gard Kealoha. help method . Each family contributes 32 hours a week of labor to Future projects will be with Department of Hawaiian Velma P. (Aloha) Kekipi. help each other build their own houses. Under the di- Home Lands families awarded leases in other areas of Arthur Kepoo. rection of a construction supervisor the families are Oahu and the neighbor islands. If anyone is interested in Richard Pomaikai Kinney. taught all the skills necessary to build the houses. Only obtaining more information about these projects, Franklin Kipilii . the electrical and plumbing work is sub-contracted. he/she should contact the OSHHC office at Kevin M.K. (Chubby) Mahoe. Through the "sweat equity" about 50 percent of the cost of the house is saved. Farmers Home Administra- tion financing enables low income families to afford the monthly mortgage payments by providing interest rate subsidies. In its first two years of operation OSHHC assisted 24 low income families on the Waianae Coast build 3-bedroom, 1Yz-bath, double wall houses for $27,000. The families' incomes ranged from $10,000 a year to $18,000 a year for an average size of six members. Diverse eth- nicities, occupations, educational backgrounds, etc. were represented in the teams: . For future projects, OSHHC would like to undertake both self-help rehabilitation and new construction, build in urban as well as rural areas, expand to the neighbor islands and target moderate as well as low income families. Families who received leases through the Depart- ment of Hawaiian Home Lands are presently being inter- viewed for self-help projects in Lualualei, Nanakuli and possibly Waimanalo. Interest has also been shown by DHHL families who received leases-on the neighbor islands. The next project undertaken by OSHHC will be with Department of Hawaiian Home Lands families awarded leases in the Lualualei subdivision on the Waianae Coast. There are already seven families in the self-help These are some of the 24 homes in Waianae. team project. They will build 3 and 4 bedroom houses Here is a closeup of one of the Self-Help homes. Page 2 ('Ao'ao 'Elua) Nowemapa (November) 1986 Marketing Skills Program Offered. Trustccs'\licws A unique opportunity for Hawaiian and part Hawaiian business people to expand their marketing skills is available through Na 'Oiwi 0 'Oahu's Hawaiian business development . program and the Hawaiian product Two-Year Report marketing project. By Moanikeala Akaka ' to sell us his half interest of our Hawaiian cave. At the The program and project were established to help Trustee, Hawaii same time our office had received information that Hawaiians increase their strength and representation in Olsen Wi;lS selling and duplicating for sale artifacts taken As one of the four trust- the entrepreneurial arena. The project goal is to offer from this sacred Puna cave. Gard Kealoha, chairman of marketing assistance in the form of one-to-one con- ees of the Office of Hawai- the Culture/Education Committee failed to inform his sultation, workshops and marketing seminars. ian Affairs who IS not committee and the Boar'd of this denigration of these Jan-Michelle Sawyer, marketing specialist, points out scheduled for Hawaiian religious artifacts. Olsen stated in his July that although Hawaiians constitute approximately 22 this year, I would like to letter that he and his family would be moving to live in percent of the total population of the state, they make some observations Europe at the end of that month. Gard Kealoha 'should account for only 6.6 percent of minority business based on OHA's past have assumed a protective posture, instead he chose to ownership. as we pro-. do nothing while the owners blasphemed the spirituality . "Knowledge and knowing how to execute a market- ceed to select . five of our Hawaiian heritage. Where are the sacred imple- ing plan is extremely important in running a successful trustees this General Elec- ments of Kapokohelele? What is happening with this business," Sawyer explained. tion on Nov. 4. sacred site? Membership and marketing assistance is available to OHA is desperately in As trustee of the island of this ancient temple it is native Hawaiian entrepreneurs of Hawaiian owned busi- . need of an infusion of new blood. Openness to each painful that this kind of behavior is tolerated! There is nesses in the following areas: . other and our people must be a priority. A sense of unity also the question about Walter Ritte's involvement with • Entrepreneurs with established businesses and and purpose amongst trustees and staff is a necessary that same cave when he was trustee three years ago. positioned to initiate new' marketing activities. factor if OHA is to succeed and "better our peoples' Ritte started a campaign and went on KCCN Radio soli- • Newly organized entrepreneurs who are ready to conditions" which is OHA's mandate. We need more of citing funds from the Hawaiian community to purchase begin marketing based on production capacity and pro- an ohana spirit amongst the trustees and staff, not divi- that Kapokohelele Puna cave. Many, many envelopes . gress. through the business plan-:-elients may be those sive, destructive, obstructionist attitudes as has been came into the Honolulu OHA office addressed to Ritte making their first formal efforts to market their the case in the past.

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