Spring 2013 Newsletter
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ma M Mala anoa Malama Manoa N E W S L E T T E R Volume 21, No. 1 / March 2013 Historic Manoa Walking Tour – Hana Hou! by Mamie Lawrence Gallagher Join Mālama Mānoa for our 9th biennial Historic Mānoa Walking Tour on Sunday, May 5th as we explore the ancient agricultural district of Pāhao of West Mānoa. Pāhao is the swath of land which extends from Pu‘uhonua towards Kapunahou above Pu‘upueo along the verdant slopes of ‘Ualaka‘a. In the early 1800s, Pāhao was one of Kamehameha's four farming areas on O‘ahu, featuring a large farmhouse from which the King could view his crops. As foreign ship traffic increased at Honolulu’s harbors, the Crown diversified, - growing potatoes for export along this rich hillside. Pāhao was stew arded by Kamehameha’s high chief Kame‘eiamoku, and in 1850 the area was divided into land grants as a result of the Kuleana Act. By1899, Pāhao had been developed into the Mānoa Heights Addition Tract and Apply for an Education Grant and Malama Your Valley opened for sale. This development, Deadline : June 1, 2013 also known as the Dorch-Schnack neighborhood and ‘Ualaka‘a Tract, features many homes listed on the - Do you know of a worthy community project? Non-profit organizations, educational Hawai‘i Register of Historic Places institutions and community groups can now apply for support from a Mālama Mānoa including the Faus/Durant resi - Education Grant. dence, architect Hart Wood’s own home, and select Mary Jane Mon We seek to fund initiatives that align with the mission of Mālama Mānoa. Your project’s tano properties. - proposal should describe how it will increase knowledge about Mānoa, enhance its - built or natural environment, or celebrate the diversity of its residents. Mālama Mānoa Come explore the unique architec has given education grants since 2000. Recent grantees have included Mānoa Public ture, expansive lawns, and beauti Library, for research and procurement of historic photographs for the new library; ful views of ‘Awapuhi, Ferdinand, the UH Children’s Center to develop curriculum and produce a children’s book about Ventura, ‘Ale‘o, and Sonoma Streets, Mānoa; and Mānoa Elementary School to learn about native Hawaiian plants and plant a garden. plus Mānoa Road, and celebrate this historic farming district of King The application awards range from $500 to $2,000. Deadline for submission is June 1, Kamehameha. 2013. To obtain an application or for more information, please contact Robin Otagaki at 292-1746 or [email protected] See page 6 for registration form. MISSION STATEMENT Our Mission is to promote community; celebrate our cultural diversity and heritage; and preserve, protect and enhance the special qualities of historic Manoa Valley. President’s Corner Spring General Meeting Aloha Mālama One of our education grants was Mānoa awarded to Mānoa Library for enlarged Stories of Manoa - April 10 community!! archival photos of the valley, which are It is spring and displayed in the lobby, where many the year is full people can enjoy this look back into of promise! our valley’s past. These photos were oin us for an evening of Last year’s unveiled at our November General J stories about our historic energy and Membership meeting where a film, valley on April 10 from success slideshow, and speaker, Kathy Maddux, 7:00-8:30 at Mānoa Gardens have kept our organization moving in comprised our program which inspired Community Room, 2790 Kahaloa interesting and positive directions. many to make efforts to start food Dr. Parking is available near -the We celebrated our twentieth year with sustainability projects. Other education baseball field by Mānoa School. the Gala Anniversary and honored the grants have benefitted our community. Storytellers will include com hard work of past and present board Our grant to Lyon Arboretum will munity theater actors and drama members and volunteers who have be used for natural and easy to read students from schools in Mānoa. contributed so much for so long. Mānoa markers in their ethnobotanical garden. is a stronger and better community A third grant was awarded for a re- because of those who have engaged cycling/science project for St. Clement’s Stream Cleaning. Our environmental in unselfish service and we are ever Preschool. hero, George Arizumi, has been named grateful to them. an Outstanding Community Volunteer We had a successful Tree Giveaway and for 15 years of work maintaining the beauty of Mānoa Stream. For these Spring Plant Sale efforts, George and Mālama Mānoa received a beautiful plaque, certificate At Lyon Arboretum, 3860 Manoa Road and medal from the City and County of Honolulu. Saturday, April 20 - 9 a.m. to 2 p.m. We all need to be aware and active in Free Admission - All Kinds of Plants the preservation of our precious land and our way of life. We cannot take for Free shuttle service to the Arboretum. granted that someone is looking out for us and will do the right thing. It is up to Pick up points on Mānoa Road at Poʻelua & Nipo Streets. us to LIVE LIGHTLY on this earth. Take Please call 988-0456 for more information. responsibility for our environment, our food, our health. Mālama Pono, Pat Chung [email protected] NOTICE Mālama Mānoa is updating its records and increasing its advertising! If you would like to: * Update your information, especially your e-mail address * Advertise in our Newsletter * Be removed from our mailing list Please contact us at <[email protected]> or leave a message at 988-6181. MAHALO! 2 - graduate program. He has also worked in ra dio and television and in the travel business. An avid theatre buff, Lowell is the author of Theatres of Hawai`i, published in 2011. He- Mamie Lawrence Gallagher Eliza Lathrop Lowell Angell Clayton Pang is also a director of Friends of Queen The atre and past president New Board Members and founder of the Hawai'i Theatre Center, which restored Mamie Lawrence Gallagher ClaytonHonolulu’s Pang historic Hawai'i Theatre. She is a high school English teacher - Mamie grew up in upcountry Maui — at Punahou School. An enthusiastic - Although Clayton is new to the Mālama green and verdant with a strong sense gardener, in 2009 she developed the po Mānoa board, he and Boy Scout Troop 1 of community and aloha ‘aina. After sition of Garden Resource Teacher, cre have participated in MM's 1,000 Trees studying Ethnomusicology and Native ating a garden curriculum for students- Giveaway for years, helping folks carry American Studies at Dartmouth College, throughout the campus. She also serves their newly acquired trees to their cars. she and her husband returned to O‘ahu on the school's Sustainability Commit - in 2002. tee and coaches paddling. At home she Born and raised on O'ahu, Clayton tends to her own extensive garden and received a Bachelor's degree in Electri- Most recently, Mamie has volunteered is also a beekeeper. cal Engineering from the University of at Hoaloha o ke Kai Montessori School, Hawai'i and has had several engineer- chairing the Annual Fund, organizing Eliza has wonderful memories of small- ing positions. Since 1984 he has been fundraising events, and helping to found kid time in Mānoa: catching crayfish President and Principal Electrical En - the Parent Faculty Association. in the stream, hiking Mānoa Falls and gineer for Electech Hawai'i, Inc. He has Wa'ahila ridge, cutting school to go Before having children, she was legisla extensive experience in many projects, to Andy's for lunch, and watching the including airport facilities, fire stations, tive assistant to State Representative colors of the sunset play out across the Angus McKelvey, where she researched schools, industrial and office complexes, valley at the end of the day. She and her and medical facilities. and drafted legislation and worked with family live next door to her mom and state and county officials, community dad, who still live in the house where Clayton and his family moved to Mānoa organizations and constituents. Prior - Lowellshe grew Angell up. in 2000 and live in the house in which to that she was President of the Hula his wife, Katherine, grew up. They enjoy Preservation Society, worked as Educa the valley's convenient location, with its tion Consultant for College Connections Lowell is returning to the Mālama easy access to schools, work and other Hawai‘i, and consulted with Hale‘ama‘u Mānoa Board, having been a founding activities. which she founded to provide native member of Mālama o Mānoa in 1992. Hawaiians access to institutional In addition to serving as Scoutmaster He also oversaw the 1994 publication advancement services. for Boy Scout Troop 1, Clayton enjoys and sale of Mānoa, the Story of a Valley.- hiking, camping, and stand-up paddle Mamie was attracted to Mānoa because Born and raised in Mānoa, he remem boarding. He also participates in the it reminded her of her country roots bers when Mānoa Road, from Wai'oli American Cancer Society's Magic Island on Maui. She and her family moved to Tea Room to Mānoa School, was only Relay for Life. the Valley in 2012 and they love their one lane, with large, overhanging Elizahistoric Lathrop home and kind neighbors. monkeypod trees. He lives in a 1926 The Malama Manoa Newsletter Craftsman-style house which is listed on is published two times a year. the Hawai'i Register of Historic Places. Malama Manoa Growing up in Mānoa, Eliza went to - 2013 All Rights Reserved college on the mainland and returned Lowell retired in 2012 after 20 years P.O. Box 61961 home with her family in 2007.