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Volume 28, No. 2 / Fall / Winter 2020 A Tree with a Tale by Dale Moana Gilmartin

trolling by Bachman Hall, the administra- S tion building of the University of Hawai‘i sized, somewhat scruffy tree, which was gingerly relocatedat Mānoa, before onethe constructionmay overlook of a themedium- Queen

Hydnocarpus anthelmintica, Lili’uokalani Student Center. A botanical label - identifiesmemorative the plaque tree as at the base that reveals an a native of tropical Asia. Yet it’s the bronze com extraordinaryThis unprepossessing true tale. tree with elongated leaves, brown fruit, and rough, gray bark was planted on the campus by King Prajadhipok of Siam in 1935. While that seems remarkable enough, the tree was to honor an amazingly gifted scientist, Alice Augusta Ball, who developed a safe and effective treatment for leprosy. The tail of the dog meets the tale of a tree! The author and her Standard Poodle, “Xena Moana, Warrior Princess of Ma-noa”, with the commemo- afterOriginally completing hailing two from bachelor’s Seattle, Washington, degrees in - Alice lived in Hawai‘i as a child and returned rative Chaulmoogra Tree behind Bachman Hall on UH Manoa’s campus. chemistry professor - all noteworthy accomplish- Pharmaceutical Chemistry and the Science of

ments she achieved by the tender age of 24.

physicianWhen he received at Kalihi wordHospital of Alice’s where considerable leprosy patients skills as a research chemist, Dr. Harry T. Hollman, a

thewere same treated, species asked of scruffyher to study tree behind chaulmoogra Bachman oil. HallSince had the been 1300s, the the best oil available extracted treatment from the seedsfor lep of- Chemist Alice Augusta Ball conducting research in her laboratory at the College of Hawai‘i in 1915. with the oil was challenging to administer and producedrosy, now knownundesirable as Hansen’s side effects Disease. for the Treatment suffer- fascinated by plant chemistry and wrote her thesis on the Pharmacy at the University of Washington. Alice was to develop a far superior injectable form of the oil, ing patients. Alice’s groundbreaking work led her chemical properties of Kava. She was the first female, and patients until more effective sulfonamide drugs the first African American, to receive a Master’s degree which improved the lives of many Hansen’s Disease from the College of Hawai’i (now UH Mānoa) in 1915, and continued on page 7 she was the first female, and the first AfricanMISSION American, STATEMENT were developed in the 1940s. Our Mission is to promote community; celebrate our cultural diversity and heritage; and preserve, protect and enhance the special qualities of historic Manoa Valley. The President’s Corner With much gratitude and aloha

Dear Mālama Mānoa Members, are delighted to introduce six new directorsIn this Fall whose 2020 three-yearnewsletter termswe

further into this issue to learn Thalya DeMott aboutwill start their in outstandingJanuary. Please qualities! read our board members are a precious resource, functioning As with every nonprofit organization staffed by volunteers,

In May of this year, various “conspirators” planned a sur- as the engine which powers our work and perpetuates our - values. prise birthday celebration to honor Mary Cooke, Malama Ma-noa’s founding president. Gathering on the expansive - - Another exciting change is on the horizon after the new lawn of Kuali‘i, her family’s home on Manoa Road, we kept newsletteryear, with a to new learn president more! taking the oath of office to begin a safe distance apart while also wearing masks. Following his 2021 term. Please be on the lookout for our Spring 2021 a beautiful chanted pule, the crowd sang a joyful “Happy My term as president will be completed at the end of this Birthday” and displayed colorful banners, signs, and fresh flowers as Mary’s delighted smile beamed out to all of us from her porch. year, and it has been a great privilege to serve Mālama Mānoa and our community in this capacity. I will remain on the board to continue working on projects and serving on committees. volunteers, and community membership for your ongoing supportI extend andall my participation gratitude to during the Mālama my tenure Mānoa and board, always, facebook.com/malamamanoa

Aloha, Thalya DeMott President, Mālama Mānoa

@malamamanoa

2 MALAMA MANOA NEWSLETTER – FALL / WINTER 2020 Community Connections Come to Life! by Helen Nakano

Did you know that the headquarters of Hawai‘i with similar missions to find and collaborate with others Meals on Wheels is located at the Mānoa to serve this community. - Valley Church? Did you know that you can - easily find, drive by and enjoy viewing many of the 155 Assemblingdespite the limitations the directory this over pandemic the past has six imposed months demon Mānoa Valley properties listed on thewhere State Historicthe public Reg onstrates that we continue working to serve our Valley,- accessister? Do points you knowfor the Mālama Mānoa activities. Spearheaded by myself, com informationmittee members for the Gail directory Baron, Vanessa to be organized Distajo, Daleby editor Moana three Na Ala Hele Gilmartin, Daniel Jung, and Harry Spiegelberg gathered hiking trails are in theMānoa? answers Soon to you all Andrea Wagner. The dated listings in this living document thesewill be questions able to find and will indicate how recently the data were obtained. For Mālama Mānoa members who receive this newsletter online, the directory is attached. Those who receive this more. - newsletter by mail are directed to our Mālama Mānoa Everywebsite, effort http://malamaomanoa.org/ has been made to include for every easy organiza access.- The “Mānoa Commu tion, business and the numerous other resources here nity Connections” directory will unlock a treasure trove of resources available for those who live, work, study, Please email inquiries, corrections and additions to Helen worship and play in this Valley. The boundaries of State in our Valley, but our volunteers may have missed a few. House District 23 were used to define the Valley. This valuable tool will make it easy for groups and individuals Nakano at [email protected]. Wa‘ahila Ridge Park Improvements Planned by Lowell Angell

be renovated and some improvements will be weather phenomena, such as why rainbows frequently T he Wa‘ahila Ridge State Recreation Area will soon rains of Mānoa Valley originate and the tales explain made by the State Parks Division. Established in appear in the valley and the path of the Mānoa winds. 1967, the park is accessed from St. Louis Heights and - encompasses 50 acres on the mountain ridge between- Wa‘ahila Ridge has an important ongoing value to native Mānoa Valley and Pālolo Valley. The 12-acre developed Hawaiian cultural practices. In 2002, during the Con area includes pavilions, picnic tables, walkways, rest alongservation the ridge,District the contested National case Trust hearings for Historic for Hawaiian Preserva - rooms and parking. These will be repaired or replaced, Electric’s proposed 138-KV transmission line project - and 14 new parking spaces will be added. - tion named it as an endangered historic property. Testi Shaded by giant Norfolk and Cook pines and ironwood mony by kupuna cited the negative impacts of the pow quiet,trees planted cool mountain in an early oasis 1930s with reforestationa trail along the project, ridge the into erline and poles to Kauhi, the Sleeping Giant. The crest park offers striking views of Mānoa and Pālolo and is a of the ridge is described as the profile of Kauhi, laying on his back, hands folded on his chest, facing up to the sky the Ko‘olau mountain range. It starts as an easy walk but and to the gods; Kauhi’s head is mauka, his legs are the becomes more strenuous the farther you go. base of Wa‘ahila (by Dole Street), and his feet extend into Kānewai Field. rain,Wa‘ahila as well Ridge as ais chiefess part of the who traditional excelled in Hawaiian a dance namedcultural landscape. The place name refers to a beneficent Mānoa- The area today retains its impressive natural beauty. If localyou have treasure never we driven can all up enjoy, and enjoyed and soon Wa‘ahila to be made Ridge even for her. Three Hawaiian mo‘olelo refer to geological/bo State Recreation Area, you certainly should do so. It’s a tanical features on Wa‘ahila Ridge by the place names Kahalaopuna, Kāumana, and Lauhine. This is where the better. MALAMA MANOA NEWSLETTER – FALL / WINTER 2020

3 2020 Mālama Mānoa 1000 Tree Giveaway by Audrey Tanaka

Always a delightful community gathering, the 9th ing at 8:00 a.m.! Kimie Hirabayashi kindly served as a biennial Mālama Mānoa 1000 Tree Giveaway on gentle gatekeeper, allowing the stream of visitors to flow- July 18 was a crowd-pleasing success. Seasoned smoothlyrected them and towards safely. Helen the plants Taufaasau best suited and her to theirenergetic needs, and aspiring gardeners came from all over O‘ahu. This assistant, Dale Moana Gilmartin, welcomed attendees, di popular event helps keep our island green, clean and shaded. and shared information about Mālama Mānoa’s role in ourWe arecommunity. most appreciative for the support from both the - Members and friends of the Mānoa Outdoor Circle and ‘ Mālama Mānoa begin nurturing trees and plants many aremonths started or years and nurtured before the in giveaway.private gardens Specimens all over ranging our Ohi‘a Legacy Initiative, and arborists Heidi Bornhorst and - from six foot kukui saplings to small young kalo plants popularDudley Hulbert, ‘ who advised and answered questions about plant care. J.C. Watson nurtured and donated the island. Ohi‘a plants. Also on hand were Mālama Mānoa Advisor Joe Ferraro with his Sunrise Rotary Club, and Volunteers collected and staged the potted gems Friday,- ethnobotanist, Maya LeGrande. ouslyJuly 17 sustained at the historic this project home andof Dr. provided Jeremy Lam,many President of the of the Mānoa Outdoor Circle, who, for years, has gener Linda LeGrande and Vanessa Distajo organized other Mālama Mānoa Board of Directors, Advisors and friends trees himself. - including Tai Crouch, George Arizumi, Tom Heinrich, ranged the potted gems on the property of the Honolulu JoLinda Susilo, Andrew Garrett, and Audrey Tanaka. At the crack of dawn on Saturday, dozens of helpers ar- Mahalo to Mālama Mānoa members Andrew Laurence, - Kelly and Jimmy McMahon, Patricia Johnson, Jackie and Christian Church, who generously provided their spa Kaione Scott, Amelie Pfeffer, Eddie Chung, Maura Okamo cious lawn to stage the event. With ample street parking, to and Mānoa Outdoor Circle members and friends. the convenient O‘ahu Avenue site was ideal, and Pastor ShinjiEarly risers,Seki and eager his forwife their Rei helpedplants, tremendously.lined up on the ofEveryone happy recipients abided by enjoyed Covid-19 the safety wonderful protocols, weather, wearing and - mandatory masks and physically distancing. Hundreds sidewalk, some patiently waiting an hour before open proudly treasured their nature’s gift upon leaving.

- JC Watson and his donation of ‘Ohi‘a trees George Arizumi and Audrey Tanaka begin the set up for the day's events.

4 MALAMA MANOA NEWSLETTER – FALL / WINTER 2020 A tree-mendous day for a Giveaway!

Linda Legrande, Arborists Dudley Hulbert & Heidi Bornhorst, and Volunteers Patricia Johnson, Linda Legrande, Heidi Bornhorst, Outdoor Circle Ma-noa Branch president, Jeremy Lam, demonstrate Maya Legrande and Amelie Pfeffer stand ready to assist tree elbow bumps. seekers.

Mānoa Community Needs Assessment by Pastor Abraham Han, Mānoa Valley Church

provide programs, conduct activities, have an idea for something D thato you would love Mānoa? help improve Do you our andment. are We integrally are hoping connected to hear fromto our - valley community or expand what you, the people who live in Mānoa pate,and support we would what love best to hearserves from Mānoa. you! desires, needs, and dreams of our We’llStay tuned! be sending If you’d out like information to partici - community. We want to listen to the - about focus groups and our commu- we have to offer our island? A group nizations want to partner with others nity survey as the year comes to an ofconduct like-minded a community community needs organiza assess- andresidents use our and resources visitors. toWe strategically local orga tions in Mānoa are collaborating to end. Mahalo! MALAMA MANOA NEWSLETTER – FALL / WINTER 2020

5 Welcome, New Members of the Mālama Mānoa Board of Directors

Mark Tom considers Mānoa his home. He is happy to serve the Mark Tom was raised in Kāne‘ohe with strong family and community as best as he can. educational ties to Mānoa Valley. He graduated from Mid Pacific Institute and University of Hawai‘i at Mānoa, and hasArleen been employed Garcia-Herbst in cultural resource management for subsequently attended California Arleen Garcia-Herbst isover a professional fourteen years, Archaeologist and owns who a Western School of Law in San Diego, - CA. Mark is employed by the City and County of Honolulu as a Deputy private consulting firm called Spin- Prosecuting Attorney. He represents leendrift wasArchaeological educated at Consulting. the University the State of Hawai‘i in court, as a team Originally from Miami, Florida, Ar member for the Community Court, Driving While Intoxicated (DWI) of Arizona and UC Santa Barbara.- Court, as well as prosecuting cases She has worked in Germany, Peru, ranging from petty misdemeanors to Class A felonies. Argentina,and has published the southwestern peer-reviewed US, and articles the Hawaiian in Is Additionally, he currently serves as the Legislative Liaison lands. Arleen is the author of numerous technical reports, for the prosecuting office, assisting in interpreting and- presented professional papers at state and national con- crafting current and future laws for the State of Hawai‘i. national and international journals. In addition, she has Prior to his current positions, Mark served as an Assis tant State’s Attorney for McLean County, representing ferences, and provided public lectures. the State of Illinois in criminal matters with a specialty in Member with Mindful Hawai‘i, and she is a founding drug trafficking and gang violence. As a mindfulness practitioner, Arleen serves as a Board

Outside of court, Mark previously served on the Mānoa member of The Climate Reality Project - O‘ahu Chapter. Neighborhood Board, and also works part time as a Arleen has participated in the invasive vegetation removal- cinematographer, filming weddings with Aria Studios, as efforts at Kamānele Park, one of Mālama Mānoa’s projects hiswell wife as coordinating and two children, weddings enjoying with the Fred natural and Kate beauty Events. of featured in the 2019 Historic Walking Tour. She is mar Most of all, Mark relishes in the time spent outdoors with ried, and a mom to a daughter, pōpoki, and poi dog puppy. their neighborhood in Mānoa. Mahina Smith - Mahina has lived in Mānoa for the entirety of her 21 Kama Hopkins years. Her mother grew up in Mānoa and, when she de Kama Hopkins grew up in Kāne‘ohe in a family filled cided to start a family,into Mahina Mahina’s knew identity where from she wanted attend- to with Hawaiian music and hula. He is a proud graduate of raise her children. Mānoa is ingrained Kamehameha Schools, BYU and UH ByMānoa. night, By he day, is a Kama musician, is an playingaide to ing Noelani Elementary School to UH OHA Trustee Robert K. Lindsey, Jr. Mānoa; the valley just can’t seem- to is one-third of the Hawaiian Music get rid of her! She has a wide variety music professionally since 2001. He of interests and aspirations. Cur - rently, she is pursuing a degree in film- Trio, known as Holunape, who are riety Magazine, and thisand pasta minor summer in peace she studies.interned In at 2019 the multi Nā Hōkū Hanohano award re she attended the Cannes Film Festival as an intern for Va- cipients. He is also a member of other talented Hawaiian - music groups: Māhiehie IV, NUE (Nā ‘Ukulele ‘Ekolu) and Office of the Public Defender to gain a better understand Kāne‘ohe as the ‘ukulele bass player. ing of the justice system. In her free time, she is a com teaching music, the Hawaiian Language, and the concept - petitive movie-goer who prides herself on booking tickets Teaching was Kama’s first profession, and he enjoys months in advance. One day, when the pandemic is over, using the legislative process to change laws, if needed, to Mahina hopes to go back to her favorite hobby of scuba of Mālama ‘Aina to all who are interested. He believes in diving. Until then, she generally spends her time in class where he has resided with his family for the last nine or playing with her dog, Cho. Mahina is looking forward better the conditions of communities, especially Mānoa to serving as a board member of Mālama Mānoa, and her connections to the valley are deeply rooted. Protecting its years. In fact, both sides of his wife’s family have lived in natural beauty and cultural heritage is an honor. Mānoa for more than four generations, and Kama now MALAMA MANOA NEWSLETTER – FALL / WINTER 2020

6 Welcome, New Members of the Mālama Mānoa Board of Directors A Tree with a Tale continued from page 1

possible chlorine gas poisoning attributed to demon- JC Watson Sadly, Alice’s short life ended in 1916 when she died- of JC Watson has been working in the Hawai‘i conservation field since 2008, after receiving his Degree in Natural strating gas mask usage to students during the out Resources and Environmental Management from the break of World War I. After her death, fellow chemist, frontsUniversity with of regards Hawai‘i to at natural Mānoa. re Since- Arthur L. Dean, who later became the president of the sourcethat time, management he has worked in Hawai‘i on many and College of Hawai’i, plagiarized her work and published it under his own name. Adding insult to injury, he named the pharmaceutical advancement, “The Dean has had the opportunity to work on Method,” after himself. One can’t help but wonder — if Hawai‘i Island, Maui, Kaho‘olawe, Alice hadn’t been young, female and Black, would he journey,Moloka‘i, he O‘ahu, has held Kaua‘i, positions and in in the have been so brazen in usurping her authorship? Papahānaumokuākea. Along his appalled at the theft and ultimately published a paper Dr. Hollman, the physician at Kalihi Hospital, was public, private, and non-profit sectors. He is the founder calling the injectable form of chaulmoogra oil, “The of the ‘Ōhi'a Legacy Initiative, and has volunteered and in 1922 giving credit where credit was due, rightfully donated to the biennial 1,000 Tree Giveaway. JC was raised on O‘ahu, and lives in the back of Mānoa Valley Ball Method.” However, Alice Ball remained largely with his family and plants. forgotten until two UH professors, Kathryn Takara and Stanley Ali, uncovered the brilliant young scientist’s research in the UH archives in the 1970s. Jess Braden Cruz dedicated the plaque to her at the base of the chaul- Jess Braden Cruz is a sophomore, attending ‘Iolani School.- Finally, in 2000, UH historians and faculty members Hailing from the San Francisco Bay Area, Braden moved to O‘ahu in 2015. An architecture enthusiast, he was cap moogra tree, and Lt. Governor Mazie Hirono declared tivated by Mānoa’s beautiful historic homes as his family February 29, “Alice Ball Day,” to be celebrated every moved into a 1922, Craftsman bungalow. four years. Posthumously awarded the recognition rolesBraden as isProfessor an active Harold member Hill of in the The ‘Iolani Music she so richly deserves, Alice now has a park in Man,Dramatic and Mushu,Players, the performing dragon, in in Mulan such Seattle named afterThe her, Ball a commemorativeMethod,” that premiered frieze at at He was most recently seen as one of the the London School of Hygiene and Tropical Medicine, . and a short film, “ The Drowsy Chaperone. His other hob- the Pan African Film Festival in 2020, among many “Tall Brothers” in IDP’s Spring Musical, - other honors. - neighborhoodbies include film and making, admiring cooking, its charming and historical architectural costum Some people think there is more to be done to right ing. In his free time, he can be found walking around the the wrongs, suggesting that Dean Hall on the UH cam to become more involved in his community and help to pus should be renamed after Alice instead. Whether gems and convivial atmosphere. Braden is enthusiastic or not “Ball Hall” ever becomes a reality, that scruffy tree near Bachman Hall has a fascinating tale to tell. preserve the striking beauty of Mānoa. Currently the UH Mānoa campus is closed due to the j j j pandemic, but when it reopens, why not take a stroll around? Doubtless there are countless more hidden Due to the COVID-19 pandemic, our annual general stories to be revealed, if we just stop and take a closer membership meeting in November will not be held in look at our neighborhood. the usual in-person manner this year. Our slate of new directors for the following year is normally presented ball-leprosy-hansens-disease-hawaii-womens-history-sci- https://www.nationalgeographic.com/news/2018/02/alice- at this meeting for the approval of the general membership. We present them to you, our general membership, ence/ here now. We welcome any comments you wish to make https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Alice_Ball on the slate or individual candidates by emailing us at [email protected] by December 1, 2020. https://www.sciencefriday.com/segments/alice-ball-leprosy/ https://scientificwomen.net/women/ball-alice-121

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President – Thalya DeMott ViceMālama President Mānoa – Andrew Officers Garrett Secretary – Gail Baron Treasurer – James Hasselman Stay Tuned for Future Events! Mālama Mānoa looks forward to returning to our regularly scheduled events post-pandemic. Tai Crouch Lela Joseph BoardVanessa ofDistajo Directors Harry Spiegelberg Please stand by; we will return soon. Dale Moana Gilmartin JoLinda Susilo Aimee Grace Audrey Tanaka Kimie Hirabayashi Community Calendar

Mālama Mānoa Board meetings and The Mānoa Neighborhood Lowell Angell Barbara Lowe Board No. 7 AdvisorsJoyce Arizumi Helen Nakano Kim Ku‘ulei Birnie Helen Taufaasau are not holding in-person meetings until further notice. Beryl Blaich Jean Trapido-Rosenthal Mary Cooke Leslie Uptain Joseph Ferraro John Whalen Tom Heinrich Scott Wilson Linda Legrande

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