Ka Wai Ola - Office of Hawaiian Affairs, Volume 1, Number 9, 1 November 1984 — North Shore Project Seeks Identity [ARTICLE+ILLUSTRATION]

North Shore Project Seeks Identity

An enthusiastic and ambitious project involving Waialua, Haleiwa and other North Shore eommunities was announced recently by Ke Kumu O Hawaii at a meeting of community and government representatives at Ed Greene's Jameson's by the Sea Restaurant in Haleiwa.

Ke Kumu O Hawaii is a non-profit organization whose programs are in preservation, education and career and eeonomie development. Officers are Wayne Holu, president; Tyrone Reinhardt, vice president; Jerry Fukida, secretary-treasurer; Rudy Mitchell and Hannah Veary, advisors and board members. The purpose of the project, Holu explained, is to promote, develop, support and maintain the positive aspects of theNorth Shore community called Waialua, stretching from Kaena Point to Waimea Bay. More specifically, Holu added, the project includes promoting the:

• Natural picturesque beauty oi the community. • Activities available and the businesses operating to service others. • Historic sites of our ancient Hawaiian heritage. • Educational and eeonomie growth. In reference as to who ean participate in the project, Holu said Ke Kumu was looking for: • People who believe that action speaks louder than words.

• Individuals or organizations with leaders and managers who ean share with others. • Individuals who reflect the community belief of self-responsibiIity and self-reliance. • Individuals who share the broad vision of preservation, education and career and eeonomie development for the growth of the community. Holu told the group that those who want to participate ean contribute time, energy, ideas and materials. The initial phase of the project will be the building of what will be called the Waialua Community Information Stand at a site donated by Greene. It will be in an area of Jameson's parking lot facing Kamehameha Hwy.

Ke Kumu's role in the project, Holu said, is to find the resources and bring them together. He added that Ke Kumu will manage, organize and coordinate the project until it is well on its way.

The stand will be manned seven days a week from 10 a.m. to 5 p.m. and employ two people. In addition to information, it will dispense pineapple juice at a suggested niekel a eup and offer community brochures, maps of the community showing historical and archeological sites and a brief background information. The maps will also detail various businesses and restaurants. A conducted tour of the community was also

listed as a possibility. Everyone agreed that visitors to the area do not spend mueh time there and that this would be a good way for them to enjoy the plaee. It will aIso instill pride in the community and maintain its identity.

Kupuna may also be used in the historical and eultural aspects of the project. OHA Kupuna Coordinator Betty Jenkins and Human Services Specialist Sam Holt were among those invited to the meeting. Holu and Fukida, incidentally, are in-flight attendants with United Air Lines, and did their homework well as evidenced by their presentations.

Wayne Holu, president of Ke Kumu O Hawaii, explains ambitious project to community and government leaders.