Spring 2013 Newsletter
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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
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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. She has a with the University of Hawai`i. Most re Honolulu, HI 96839 cently he coordinated events for the UH http://www.malamamanoa.org Bachelor's degree in American Studies- - from Cornell and Master's degrees in President, and before that he was in the teaching and English from the Univer American Studies Department, adminis sity of Virginia. tering the Historic Preservation 3 We Care About Our Kupuna by Joyce Arizumi
ālama Mānoa was privileged to treat our Kūpuna narratives as they pointed out former and present businesses.- M of Mānoa Valley to a lunch and program this past The detailed map, created by Mayumi Hara, was included in October. The biennial luncheon started in 1993 the lovely program presented to all guests. As kūpuna remi to honor residents of our valley who are at least 65 years of nisced, newcomers to Mānoa learned what existed, when old age, and have lived in Mānoa for 50 years or longer. - mom and pop businesses were frequented by young and old alike, before Mānoa Shopping Center was built. The program shared memories of "Old Town Mānoa" busi - nesses along East Mānoa Road from the 1950's through - The Hawaiian lunch, attended by 130 people, including 53 1970. Some kūpuna were interviewed and shared their kūpuna, was accompanied by Hawaiian musical entertain - memories along with presenters, Robin Otagaki, Jerald Na ment. Kūpuna's photographs were taken and sent to them in a kasone and George Arizumi, who grew up in Mānoa during frame and they each received gift bags of donations from vari that period. Old and modern photos and a large map were ous businesses and individuals. A fun-filled day of cherished 20projectedth onAnniversary the wall so guests could follow Celebration the presenters' memories was enjoyed by all. by Sarah Hudgins
- h what a night! The ballroom on December 13th O seeing you all at future events and Mālama Mānoa events. Last- was full of joyful reunions, lifelong friends, far year was an active year for the organization that perfectly cul away neighbors and families from the valley and minated in the anniversary celebration. We look forward to an beyond. So much generosity of time, spirit and energy that other twenty years and hoping you'll be an active part of them! evening and over many preceding months made the evening what it was. Mahalo nui loa to the many contributors who made Mālama Mānoa’s 20th Anniversary Celebration such an incredibly special evening.
Our honorees; Mary Cooke, Linda LeGrande and George Arizumi were lauded with well-earned gratitude for their countless hours of tireless work to carry on the mission - of the organization. Governor Abercrombie’s presentation took a touching turn when he talked about finding the per fect house in Mānoa with his wife. The bounty overflowed from the beautiful silent auction that raised over $6000! The museum-quality display of historic photographs on the City Councilwoman Ann Kobayashi, State Rep. Isaac Choy, Malama lanai brought back wonderful memories of two decades of Manoa honoree Linda LeGrande and Gov. Neil Abercrombie dis- effort. The Punahou Jazz Band kept people dancing long playing certificates given by the City and State to Malama Manoa after dinner. in honor of its 20th Anniversary.
It truly was an evening to remember. We look forward to
4 Many Hands Make Manoa Stream Clean by George Arizumi
his year's first stream clean up was held on February 2, T a sunny day, unlike the blustery, rainy weather of late. Mālama Mānoa members and people from the neighborhood who responded to our notice signs, were joined by a group of about 50 Youth With A Mission young adults. Half the group went upstream along Mālama's adopted section, from the Woodlawn Bridge to the Kahaloa Bridge, and along the makai ditch of Mānoa District Park. The other half, comprised of the adventurous youths, went downstream from the Woodlawn Bridge to their compound by Pamoa Road. The trash gathered that day was perhaps the most ever collected.
Valuable time was spent getting to know these young people - from the Christian based group who come from all over the world and help communities with different projects. The organi zation has been in Mānoa for 30 years so it was good to become- acquainted with some of their youth. After learning about our stream cleaning project, they may want to adopt from Wood lawn Bridge downstream to their compound, under the City Next stream clean – Sat., April 20 - Meet at Woodlawn and County's Adopt a Stream program. Bridge 10 am to Noon Old Manoa Unveiled at November Meeting
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ur membership and community attended the unveil The unveiling was followed by a slideshow of home gar O ing of archival photos at the new Mānoa library on dens and examples of homesteading in Mānoa Valley by our November 13. Mālama Mānoa awarded the library president Pat Chung. The screening of the inspiring film, a grant to purchase, frame and mount these photos, a worthy Homegrown Revolution, supported the food sustainability project with an outstanding result. These photos will be enjoyed- theme of the evening. Our guest speaker, Kathy Maddux of for years to come. Also displayed were large photos showcasing Mohala Farms, gave us insight into the challenges of running the last 20 years of volunteerism in the valley. Our 20th An an organic farm. She shared what a difficult yet worthwhile niversary chairpersons, Helen Nakano and Sarah Hudgins, with endeavor it is to aid in the struggle for food sustainability. aide, Brady Evans, created this impressive display that was also After the program our guests helped themselves to the appreciated at our bounty of Mānoa fruits and vegetables provided by generous Anniversary Gala night. contributions of board members and friends.
Kathy Maddux of Mohala Farm making a point.
5 U U U Q U 2013 HISTORIC MĀNOA WALKING TOUR U Sunday, May 5, 2013 ~ 8:30 am-12 noon U U Registration U U Cost U $30 Early registration - received before April 26, 2013. U $40 Regular registration – received after April 26, 2013, including the day of the Tour. U U Payment U Online: www.malamamanoa.org U By Mail: Please fill out form below, include check and send to Mālama Mānoa at address below. U U No tickets will be mailed. Registrations will be held at the check-in table on the day of the tour. U Unfortunately, we are not able to offer refunds. U U Walk-Day Details U U The Walk begins at the Japanese Seventh-Day Adventist Church (2655 Mānoa Road) and check-in will U be held there. This is a self-guided tour. Upon check-in, you will receive a brochure containing a map U and description of the homes.
U Parking will be available at the upper lot of the Mānoa Valley District Park (and not at the Adventist U Church.) A Shuttle will run continuously between the Park and the Church from 8:30a.m. to 10:30 am. U Homes will close promptly at noon. Do not miss the last shuttle leaving the Church at 12:30! U U Please note that this tour includes uneven surfaces and stairs. These are private homes and may not be U handicapped accessible. In Valley Tradition, this Walking Tour will take place Rain or Shine !!! U U Questions: call 988-6181 or email [email protected] U ------U Clip and return with payment to: Mālama Mānoa, P. O. Box 61961, Honolulu, Hawaii 96839 U Last Name: ______First Name: ______U U Home address: ______U U Home Phone: ______Cell: ______Email:______U U # attending: ______x $30 (received before April 26, 2013) = ______U U ______x $40 (received after April 26, 2013) = ______U Names of all attendees:______U U ______U U $ ______I'm unable to attend the tour but would like to make a donation to Mālama Mānoa. U U THANK YOU!! U Wahi Pana o Manoa by Kim Ku‘ulei Birnie
he University of Hawai‘i has expanded over its T 105 years and numerous graduates. Have you ever wondered what the landscape looked like a hundred yearsPuahia ago?
is the name of theKauwala‘a land along MānoaKamo‘okahi. Stream where the East-West CenterPuahia is today. The universityPilipili, extends mauka through parcels called Punahou. and The- land just ‘ewa of was once called which By the summer of 1911, seven extended Hawaiian families extends to the lands of The College of Agricul - were removed from the lands they had once farmed. In ture and Mechanical Arts of the Territory of Hawai‘i, later 1912, there were still cattle grazing on kiawePilipili trees. One local shortened to College of Hawai‘i, was approved by the ter dairyman crossed the lands with his small herd every day, a ritorial legislature in 1907. But it took time to clear the land privilege for which he paid a monthly fee. makes up and construct the first buildings. The campus was designed the core of the university and its western neighborhoods. in 1909 by a professor John Mason Young, who modeled it The land was owned by Theophilus Metcalf as early as 1882, after the campus of Cornell University, his previous post. Seaview Avenue serving as the entrance to the Old Metcalf Buildings were oriented to the north rather than the axis Estate. Metcalf was a civil engineer and sugar planter from of Mānoa valley and its tradewinds; eventually the valley’s New York, who became a large Mānoa Valley landowner. He curvy, natural contour prevailed over straight-line design. had two Hawaiian wives; among his Hawaiian children was The lands nearest the stream had been individual one-tenth- historian Emma Metcalf Beckley Nakuina, water rights expert and one-quarter acre lo‘i, taro fields, managed by Hawaiian and judge. Emma’s first husband, Frederick Beckley, came and Chinese kuleana farmers. To clear this land for the col from another part-Hawaiian Mānoa-land-holding family. He lege’s experimental farms, dynamite was used to loosen the- was descended from Capt. George Beckley and the Chiefess intricate rock terraces and ‘auwai. It took 10 years to plow Āhia; their descendants include Beckleys, Fayerweathers and up the rocks, clearing the initial 22 acres. The pōhaku were re Magoons. Kamānele, Wailele Pāmoa. ported to be so plentiful that, where Hawai‘i Hall is now, 5,000 cubic yards were piled, 5 feet deep, over an area of 1 acre. Next time we’ll explore nearby and The Urban Farmer by Eliza Lathrop council to use the same rules and restrictions with our food- - producing friends as they do with more traditional urban pets,
ore and more residents of Hawai‘i are develop and allow for 10 chickens, with the same housing, odor, and M ing their awareness of what it means to live noise guidelines placed upon other pets. There is additional - sustainably. Solar panels are ubiquitous across interest in considering other food-producing animals such the roof-tops of our valley, water catchments are more fre as miniature and dwarf dairy goats, which are no bigger, and- quently found tucked beneath gutter downspouts, and more much quieter than most dogs, and provide fresh milk to their neighbors are turning pockets of their yards into gardens. owners. Ultimately, support for this bill would help our com- This new column will bring you news of these projects and munity as more residents could go as local as their backyard ideas on how you too can make your homes and lifestyles for the food they eat. We are grateful to Council Member Ko more sustainable. bayashi for her leadership and support for a more sustainable future. A recent bill heardRelating by our to thecity Keeping council, of seeks Animals, to address the role animals play in our sustainable food system here in Oahu. Bill #1, or more popularly known as "the chicken bill," introduced by Council- Member Ann Kobayashi, proposes additional logic to the restrictions placed on certain animals in urban and subur ban areas to promote a more sustainable food system for island residents. Presently, residents are limited to keeping two chickens per household, a number that many find too restrictive, given the impact a chicken has, especially when compared to the ten dogs and unlimited cats residents are currently allowed. Proponents of the bill are asking the city
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Don’t miss these events!
SpringWednesday, General April Meeting 10, 7 - 8:30 pm Mānoa Gardens Community Room
MānoaSaturday, Stream April 20, Cleanup 10 am - 12 Noon Meet at Woodlawn Bridge near Longs
HistoricSee pages Mānoa 1 and 6 for Walking details Tour Sunday, May 5, 8:30 am - 12 Noon
COMMUNITY MEETINGS AND EVENTS President – Patricia Chung
ViceMālama Presidents Mānoa – Linda Officers LeGrande Catherine Fujisaki For a full and continually updated calendar of community events, Mālama Mānoa Board meetings Secretary – Maile Williams visit our website at http://www.malamamanoa.org. Treasurer – Jim Hasselman are held the first Wednesday of every month and the public is welcome. Most meetings are held at the Mānoa Innovation Center. Mānoa NeighborhoodPlease Board check website to confirm.
Lowell Angell Karen Kimura The No. 7 usually meets on the first Wednesday of Board of Directors the month at Noelani Elementary School. To confirm please contact K. Russell Ho at George Arizumi Eliza Lathrop Aprilthe Neighborhoodis Earth Month Commission and Mānoa Office, Public
Pat Avery Spencer Leineweber KimAdvisors Ku’ulei Birnie Barbara Lowe Beryl Blaich William Murtagh Mary Cooke Helen Nakano Duncan Dempster Jean Trapido-Rosenthal Joseph Ferraro John Whalen Tom Heinrich Scott Wilson
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