KAMEHAMEHA Learning can be child's play Applications for the 1993-94 school year are being accepted for Kamehameha preschools on: Planting the seed O'ahu - Wai'anae, Kalihi-Palama, Papak61ea , Waimanalo, and KO'olauloa Kaua'i - Waimea and Anahola of rejuvenation Maui - Waihe'e and Hana; Moloka'i - entire island Hawai'i - Kona, Kohala, Keaukaha, and Pahoa on Kaho'olawe page 12 Children born in 1989 and living in the districts served by each preschool may apply. The application deadline is January 31,1993. Preference is given to Hawaiian children. For applications and information call 842-8806. Ka Wai Ola 0 OHA BULK RATE OFFICE OF HAWAIIAN AFFAIRS U.S. POSTAGE 71 1 Kapiolani Blvd., Suite 500 PAID Honolulu, Hawai'i 96813-5249 Honolulu, Hawai'i Permit No. 298 OHA earmarks $250,000 for hurricane victims ............... page 1 KICC to present findings in public meetings .................... page 1 Sovereignty panel discusses nation-to-nation model .... page 5 Election preview: Who's running for OHA? ....................... page 6 OHA earmarks $250,000 toward hurricane relief OHA is helping Abby and Frank Santos, owners of No Ka Oi Plants on hurricane ravaged Kaua' i, to assess damages and plan recovery. Photo by Ken Sato by Pearl Leialoha Page be made available to Hawaiians low-interest loans to Hawaiian- our Hawaiian constituents, and thus In an emergency meeting of the regardless of blood quantum. By owned b t1 sinesses through the freeing resources for the general OHA board of Trustees Sept. 18 . law . OHA' s special funds or 5(f) . ative Hawalian Revolving Loan population," DeSoto said. the board unanimously approved to monies, are restricted to those with Fund. The hurricane that ripped through set aside $250,000 in special funds 50 percent or greater Hawaiian A few days before the meeting, Kaua'i and the Wai'anae coast of to assist native Hawaiians affected blood. OHA announced the formation of a O'ahu Sept. 11 packed winds of up by Hurricane Iniki. The goal is to make the fund task force to coordinate efforts to to 150 miles per hour, taking out The Office of Hawaiian Affairs is worth at least half a million dollars assist Hawaiians affected by the power and all communications on seeking matching funds from other and available to all Hawaiians hurricane. Heading the task force is the Garden Island. It is estimated agencies including the Department affected , sai d Trustee Abraham OHA Trustee A. Frenchy DeSoto, that up to 90 percent of the island's of Hawaiian Home Lands, Bishop Ai ona, who presided in Chairman herself a homesteader in Wai 'anae. 25,000 houses and apartments was Estate and the Housing, Finance Clayton Hee's place. "We want to make a lasting and damaged or leveled with damages and Development Corp. If match- The funds would be available as beneficial contribution to the com- over a billion dollars. On 0' ahu ing funds are secured, monies can grants-in-aid to individuals and as munity as a whole by providing for continued on page 5 Nov. Election Issue KICC to hold public hearings The next issue of Ka Wai 01a o OHA will be dedicated to the by Jeff Clark 306-307, 523 West Lanikaula St.); Highway - this location is tenta- general election. Candidates In late October the Kaho 'olawe Oct. 20 - Kailua-Kona, Hawai ' i tive because of Hurricane Iniki and may submit profiles and head- Island Conveyance Commission (King Kamehameha Hotel , 75- hinges on whether power has been shots for publication free of (KICC) will hold public hearings 5660 Palani Rd .); Oct. 21 - restored). charge. Surveys were mailed to on its findings and recommenda- Wailuku, Maui (County Council Testimony may be written or oral. all candidates following the tions for the conveyance of the Chambers, 200 South High St.); The hearings will be held from 5 Sept. 19 primary election, ask- island of Kaho' olawe to the state of Oct. 22 - Kaunakakai, Moloka'i p.m. - 9 p .m., but will continue ing for responses to issues of Hawai'i. A summary of those find- (Mitchell Pauole Center, Ailoa until everyone who wants to speak concern to Hawaiians. ings and recommendations will be Street); Oct. 26 - Lana'i City (pub- does. For more information or to Any candidate who has not published in major newspapers on lic library conference room, Fraser request special services for the received a questionnaire by Sunday, Oct. 11 . Avenue); Oct. 27 - Honolulu , hearing- or visually-impaired , call Oct. 1 should call 586-3777. Here is a schedule of the public O' ahu (Kaumakapili Church , 766 KICC on Maui at 242-7900. On the neighbor islands call hearings: Oct. 19 - Hilo , Hawai 'i King St.); and Oct. 28 - Kapa' a , The Kaho ' olawe Island toll-free: 1-800-468-4644- (UH-Hilo Campus Center rooms Kaua'i (public library, 1464 Kuhio Conveyance Commission was cre- 63777. ated by Congress in the fall of 1990 To insure that the November to study and recommend the terms issue arrives to the more than Public hearings for OHA's 1993-95 budget of Kaho'olawe's return to the state. 63 ,000 registered OHA voters Since then the Commission has before Nov. 3, we must held public hearings, submitted an receive responses by 4:30 p.m. This month public hearings on the OHA budget for fiscal years interim report to Congress , and on Friday, Oct. 9. 1993-1995 will be held on O'ahu, Maui, Moloka'i , Kaua'i and commissioned a number of reports Statements of 350 words or Hawai'i. Exact times, dates and locations will be announced through dealing with ordnance removal and less may also be faxed to us at: local media. This infonnation was not yet confirmed as Ka Wai Ola other environmental, archeological, 1-586-3799. All responses will o OHA went to press. Current information will be made available historical, and cultural aspects of be edited for brevity and elarity. on the taped OHA Newsline at 586-3732. the island . Its final report to continued on page 9 Congress is due Dec. 17. • • .-yo f' '=+ ........................... 'Ao'ao 'Elua (Page 2) 'Okakopa (October) 1992 NEXT ISSUE NOVEMBER 1,1992 NEWS & ARTICLES DEADLINE: by Deborah L. Ward October 10 OHA Board Business Editor Deadlines are strictly observed. Nli kuleana a ka Papa Kahu Waiwai For more information, • call the editor at 586-3777. The Office of Hawaiian Affairs taken. No vote was taken by the The trustees also unanimously Ka Wai Ola 0 OHA Board of Trustees held their month- board on the several findings and approved articles of incorporation 711 Kapiolani Blvd. Suite 500 recommendations contained in the Honolulu, Hawai'i 96813 ly business meeting on Wednesday, and bylaws for the foundation. The Phone (808) 586-3777 or Aug, 26 on the island of Lana'i at report. non-profit OHA Education fax (808) 586-3799 the Ko' ele Lodge. Present were On behalf of the board, Hee Foundation is being established by ADVERTISING DEADLINE Chairman Clayton H.W. Hee, pre- acknowledged the difficult work of OHA " to provide educational October 10 siding, Vice-Chair Abraham Aiona the council. He said he was aware assistance to qualified persons of For advertising rates they faced unfounded accusations and information, and trustees Moanikeala Akaka, Hawaiian ancestry through pro- contact Dave Chun at Rowena Akana, Louis Hao, by other groups of conspiring with grams offering college and post- Innovation, 943-8599 Kamaki Kanahele , Thomas the state Department of graduate scholarships , tuition Kaulukukui, Sr. and Moses Keale Transportation. Trustee Kanahele assistance for learning-disabled Sr. Trustee A. Frenchy DeSoto thanked council chair Maioho and students and for special education- Trustee Akana asked, "If the was excused to attend a meeting of the members for "phenomenal" al programs; to support and pro- Entitlements Committee entered the Kaho'olawe Island Conveyance work done. mote Hawaiian language immer- into an agreement with the Office Commission, on which she serves. Committee Reports sion programs in the schools; and of State Planning and the governor Staff present included OHA Budget. Finance. Policy in general to prepare Hawaiians for and agreed to the $111 ,883 ,000 administrator Richard Paglinawan, & Planning leadership roles in government, without it being ratified by the rest deputy administrator Jerry Walker, The board approved unanimous- business and community affairs." of the board, is that a legal agree- land officer Linda Delaney, educa- ly a grant of $10,000 from the reg- Entitlements ment?" Chairman Hee said the tion officer Rona Rodenhurst , ular Native Hawaiian Rights Fund In an historic vote , the OHA committee by vote agreed to that health officer Lorraine Godoy, and matched fund moneys to provide board voted unanimously to ratify amount and it now needed to be rat- Ka Wai Ola 0 OHA editor funds for the legal expenses of the the agreement regarding the settle- ified by the full board. Trustees Deborah Ward . Guests present Kama family in defense of ment of entitlements Aiona , Akaka, DeSoto , Hao , included Native Hawaiian Historic Ackerman Ranch vs, heirs and ($111,883,000) owed to OHA by Kanahele , Kaulukukui aqd Keale Preservation Council chair Lydia assigns of Nahuewai et al. The the state of Hawai 'i as past-due spoke in favor of the ratification Namahana Maioho and council Kama family is defending its inter- revenues from the ceded land trust. before the vote. members Charles Keau, Lucille est in a case involving several Attorney Earl Anzai, who repre- Next, the trustees voted unani- Meyer and Sol Kaopuiki and two small pieces of land on the island sented OHA during the develop- mously to request that the Office of news reporters.