"I --Proud Hawaiians Look to Future---. OFFICE OF HAWAllAN AFFAIRS Na Mele 0 Maui Inc. was founded in 1973 as a non- The two students, who commute to MCC daily from profit organization to preserving time-honored tradi- their respective communities, were among those in at- tions of Hawaiian culture for generations to come. tendance at the Nov. 7 Keiki Song Contest which In this special recognition, profits from the festival go kicked off the 14th Na Mele 0 Maui three-day festival. 0 Ofjf\ .,' towards providing scholarships for County of Maui high Noelani and Jessie are related through their grand- school graduates with an interest in continuing their fathers. Ku'ulei and Solomon Ka'auamo are Noelani's • Volume 3, No. 12 "The Living Water of OHA" Kekemapa (December) 1986 Hawaiian cultural education. parents while Jessie's parents are Pua'ala and Jerome Two such persons are the 1986 recipients ofNaMele Kekiwi. Mrs. Kekiwi and Ka'auamo's fathers were o Maui scholarships- cousins LaSalle Noelani brothers, making Noelani and Jessie second cousins. Ka'auamo of Kea'nae and Jessie-Ellen "Kapeka Kekiwi of Haiku. Neither knew of each other's application to They look to the future when they can do their part to the Na Mele 0 Maui scholarship committee until the perpetuate the Hawaii they love so dearly. "We're awards were made. They each received $500 scholar- proud to be Hawaiians," they say, noting that their Na ships. Mele 0 Maui scholarships have a Godsend. Noelani, who graduated from Hana High School, and Both are determined young Hawaiian women who Maui High graduate Jessie are currently enrolled at are intense about doing their part to perpetuate their Maui Community College where the" are students in culture. They like to see this through more intensive the Hawaiian language class in addition to carrying the study in the areas of Hawaiian language with emphasis required classes. They plan to continue their education on its daily usage and the art of communicating at the University of Hawaii Hilo campus. knowledge through the dances and chants of Hawaii. Jessie-Ellen Kapeka Kekiwi, second from left, and her cousin, La Salle Noelani Kaauamo, second from right, are the 1986 Na Mele 0 Maui scholarship winners currently attending Maui Community College. Here they are shown with three officials of the annual festival. From left to right are.Manu Kahaialii, master of ceremonies and Maui Trustee-elect for the Office of Hawaiian Affairs; General Chairman Dick Bacon; and Lori Sablas, managing director of the Kaanapali Beach Operators Association, sponsors of the three-day festival. OF'FICE OF HAWAIIAN AFFAIRS 567 So. King Street Honolulu, Hawaii 96813 OFFICE OF HAWAllAN AFFAIRS 0 Ofjf\ Volume 3, No. 12 "The Living Water o/OHA" Kekemapa (December) 1986 OHA's Keala Is New First Vice President Lee Elected to Third Tenn as AOHCC President Benson Waldron Kealaokamalamalama Lee Sr. of ians. presenting an outstanding workshop. the Pearl Harbor Hawaiian Civic Club won re-election • Keep the autonomy of the clubs. • Administrative Assistant Annelle Amaral as presi- to his third two-year term as president of the Associa- • Complete the study to create districts outside the dent and delegate from AIi'i Pauahi who also was active tion of Hawaiian Civic Clubs at the organization's 27th State of Hawaii. in committee meetings and on the floor. annual convention Nov. 13-15 at the Kauai Hilton and • Hold a Con-Con to realign the constitution. • Carmen (Boots) Panui, Kauai Community Re- Beach Villas. • Continue to provide all things that are Hawaiian at source Specialist, working day and night in the steno Lee, who was unopposed in his first two elections, the convention (traditions, meles, arts and crafts, lan- \ pool and setting up OHA's display of five posters. narrowly edged Bruss Keppeler of the Hawaiian Civic guage and issues). • Ruby McDonald, West Hawaii Community Re- Club of Honolulu by a margin offour votes, 114-110. In • Continue to support a recreation day at the source Specialist, a delegate from the Kona club. another convention election, Office of Hawaiian Affairs convention. • Christine Valles of the planning division as a Government Affairs Officer Jalna Keala of Ali'i Pauahi • Encourage socializing of club members. delegate from Ali'i Pauahi and a participating member of HCC unseated Lily Pa (HCC of Hilo) for the first vice • Maintain the feeling of ohana amongst clubs. the Historic Sites Committee. presidency. The vote count was 116-107. • Increase membership. Miss Pa was immediately appointed by Lee as corres- It was a well-paced convention which ran with little or • Kenneth S. Haina, editor of Ka Wai Ola 0 OHA in ponding secretary along with the reappointment of no hangups. Peter Ching, president of the Pearl Harbor his dual c;:apacity covering the proceedings for the Candace Hurley (Ahahui Kaiulani HCC) as recording club who was the convention's sergeant-at-arms, ran a newspaper and being a delegate from Ahahui Kaiulani - secretary. near-flawless operation with his committee. of which he is president. He also chaired the Associa- Two other candidates for elective office were unop- OHA's participation at the convention was quite tion's Public Relations Committee. · posed. Kinau Boyd Kamali'i of Prince Kuhio HCC was prominent. In addition to Keale and Mrs. Keala, con- Jenkins, widely known throughout the Hawaiian re-elected second vice president and Betty Lou Stroup sider the following : community and the Department of Education from of the same club is the new treasurer after Irma F arden • Betty Kawohiokalani Jenkins as chairperson of the where she retired, is the OHA kupuna coordinator and stepped down following 10 years of service. Na Mea Hawaii Committee who was commended for a member also of AJi'i Pauahi. Mrs. Farden and her husband, Llewellyn, are moving to Hawaii to spend their retirement years. She was com- mended and praised by both Lee and several of the other officers as well as by some of the delegates. The Association board of directors is composed of the various district council presidents and directors with president emeritus Dr. George Mills and im- medIate past president Whitney Anderson. They are: Oahu Council-Lila Medeiros, Queen Emma, presi- dent; Peter Ching, Pearl Harbor; Dawn Farm-Ramsey, Honolulu; and Dexter Soares, Kalihi-Palama, directors .. Hawaii Council-Ann Nathaniel, Prince David Ka- wananakoa, president; Walter Victor Jr.., laupahoe- hoe, director. Maui Council-Sonny Fernandez, president; Wil- liam Char, Hoolehua, director. Kauai Council-Fred B. Conant, Hanalei, presi- dent; Lionel Kaohi, Kaumualii, director. The officers and board members were installed by OHA Trustee Moses K. Keale Sr., who represents Ni'ihau and Kauai beneficiaries. Keale was the kahu for the entire proceedings, giving the invocation before and after each meeting of the assembly. Lee describes himself as the first grass roots president of the Association, having been born and raised on Hawaiian homestead land at Hoolehua, Molokai, where he graduated from Molokai High School in 1958 and later attended Chu-rch College of Office of Hawaiian Affairs Trustee Moses K. Keale Sr., at podium, administers oath of office to officers of Hawaii which is now the Hawaii campus of Brigham the Association of Hawaiian Civic Clubs, from left to right, Benson W.K. lee Sr., president; Jalna Keala, Young University at Laie. first vice president; Kinau Boyd Kamali'i, second vice president; Irma Farden, retiring treasurer standing He and his wife, Antoinette (Toni), are charter mem- in for her successor, Betty lou Stroup; lily Pa, corresponding secretary; and Candace Hurley, recording bers of the Pearl Harbor club where he served as secretary. president, first and second vice presidents, board member and chaplain. Lee was also Oahu District Council president for three years. The Lees are the par- ents of two sons and a daughter who are all members of the Pearl Harbor club. Lee's goals as outlined in his brochure are: • Continue the importance of education for Hawai- Swearing-in· for Trustees Dec. 5 The five trustees of the Office of Hawaiian Affairs elected during the Nov. 4 General Election will be sworn into office Friday, Dec. 5, at the Hawaii State Supreme Court in AIiiolani Hale. The five are Rodney Kealiirnahiai Burgess, A. (Frenchy) DeSoto and Kevin (Chubby) Mahoe, Trustees-at-Large; Clarence F.T. Ching, Oahu Trustee; and Manu Kahaialii, Maui Trustee. A formal investiture is scheduled for Saturday, Dec. 6, and the first meeting of the new OHA ."Yo ..} Board of Trustees has been set for Dec. 12. Delegates from the King Kamehameha club, left, and Ahahui Kaiulani were among those participating in the proceedings at the 27th annual convention. Page 2 ('Ao'ao 'Elua) Kekemapa (December) 1986 Oahu District Council Lists 1987-88 Meetings • Trustees'Vicws Meetings of the Oahu DistriCt Council, Association of . Hawaiian Civic Clubs, and its board of directors have been announced for the next two years. Board meetings are scheduled for Monday evenings at 7 and council meetings are on Saturday mornings. All Tahiti-Part of Our Polynesian Roots council board meetings will be held at the Ala Moana By Moanikeala Akaka conference stated the other Pacific islands should fol- Americana Hotel's board room. Trustee, Hawaii low the example of the French in the Pacific. This state- The Saturday council meetings will have host clubs ment was not taken seriously by the majority in with the first named as the chairing club. The schedule: F or the sixth year, the attendance. Office of Hawaiian Affairs The majority of Tahitians and the Kanaks of New Cal- 1987 was invited to the South edonia are suffering under French oppression.