Ka Wai Ola - Office of Hawaiian Affairs, Volume 8, Number 11, 1 November 1991 — Library projects and youth programs featured in Alu Like activities [ARTICLE+ILLUSTRATION]

Library projects and youth programs featured in Alu Like activities

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(presented by Ka Wai Ola O OHA and Alu Like as a public seruice)

Start making plans to attend some of these interesting and informative programs from the Native Hawaiian Library Project (NHLP) during November.

The Holomua Resource Van will continue a series of quilt pattern tracing workshops held in cooperation with Bishop Museum at 6 p.m. Wednesday, Nov. 13 at Kalihi-Palama Public Library and at 6 p.m. Thursday, Nov. 21 at Kane'ohe Public Library. A third quilt pattern tracing workshop is also scheduled for November on Lana'i but eall the Lana'i Public and School Library to confirm the date and the time of the workshop. Copies of the 55 quilt patterns that have been donated to Bishop Museum by expert quilter, Hannah Baker, will be available for tracing. Interested quilters should bring their own tracing paper for the 72" X 42" patterns. NHLP will provide the #1 pencils. Books on quilting will be available for borrowing with a Hawaii State Public Libraru card.

The Holomua Resource Van also will be conducting visits to these public schools: Hau'ula Elementary School on Tuesday, Nov. 12; Waiahole Elementary School on Thursday, Nov. 14; and Kahuku High and Intermediate School on Tuesday, Nov. 26. All three visits will begin at 8:30 a.m. Some of the activities planned for eaeh visit inc!ude storytelling and book circulation. Additionally, the Holomua Resource Van will participate in the Waimanalo Ho'olaulea scheduled for Saturday, Nov. 23. The van will feature such activities as petroglyph rubbing and bookmark stamping; an exhibit displaying reproductions of ancient tools and fishing implements; and library books available for borrowinq.

The Kaho'olawe Traveling Library Exhibit will have been moved from the Leeward Community College Library to the Windward Community College Library at the end of October. The Judiciary History Center Traveling Library Exhibit will be on display at the Liliha Public Library from Nov. 1 through Jan. 2. Parent-Child Reading Workshops are scheduled for the Kamehameha Schools Travelling Preschool Site (KSTPS) at 9:30 a.m. Nov. 4 at Wai'anae District Park; at the KSTPS at Kaumakapili Church Hall at 9 a.m., Nov. 13; at 9:30 a.m. Nov. 19 at Puu Heleakala Recreation Center, at 8:30 a.m. Nov. 20 at Wahiawa Head Start and the KSTPS at 9 a.m. Nov. 21 at the Kalakaua Recreation Center.

Outreach Librarian Pat Louis will visit these sites to encourage parents to read to their children, and show a display of favorite books. Louis also wil! be silk-screening T-shirts that parents bring in or posters with the "E Heluhelu Mai - Read to Me" design of a Hawaiian woman reading to her child. The Books-By-Mail Project also schedules monthly visits with the kupuna at the Alu Like Ke Ola Pono No Na Kupuna Program in Waimanalo. This program involves taking books and videos to share with the kupuna and setting up special programs. Jim Rumford of the Mission Houses Museum will talk about early printing in Hawaii and the role of Hawaiians during this period as well as teaching the kupuna how to make notebooks using poi for the binding.

Summer youth program The worksite supervisors are the backbone of the Alu Like youth program. Through their teachings and examples they ean form the basis for long lasting work habits and ethics in our youth participants. One worksite that has proven to be a positive role model for its summer workers is the

Department of Forestry and Wildlife. Otto Joao, the site supervisor, and his staff have provided youth with the high morals and standards of quality work that has paid off in the attitudes of their employees. Joao requested young men between 16 and 21 years to participate in the program. However, most young men this age would tend to have their minds on the freedoms of summer, not the drudgery of a steady job. I admit 1 had some trepidations as to the placement of these youth employees. I felt that they would become mysteriously ill at the first sign of good surf.

But mueh to my surprise and delight, they have all proven themselves to be loyal and dependable hard workers. I feel that mueh of the credit ean be directly attributed to the degree of excellence in the supervision of the Department of Forestry and Wildlife. Through their strict demand for respect and their enforcement of rules and policies, they have molded their youth employees into quality, hard-working young men of whom they ean be proud of. Due to the experiences and the invaluable lessons learned at the Department of Forestry and Wildlife, these young men will no doubt have greater success in their future employment. Tara Kendall, summer youth counselor

Employment training The Employment & Training PrOgram would like to salute Work Experience participant Brenda P . Asano for her quality work at the Moloka'i Island Center. A clerk typist/receptionist at the center, Brenda

has been supportive in assisting the staff in completing the daily duties of the office. During the closure of our fiscal program last summer and in the middle of summer youth employment, Brenda was helpful in scheduling appointments, answering telephones, typing correspondence and running errands. We appreciate her helpfulness and look forward to assisting her in accomplishing her vocational goals. Brenda enjoys her work and is considering enhancing her clerical skills by attending an educational institution majoring in office administration and technology. Edmund "Oboy" Pedro, counselor

Youth employment program Alu Like, ine. would like to congratulate Melissa Leilani Morris for her successful completion of the 1991-JTPA Summer Youth Employment Program.

Melissa is a student at Pahoa High School and plans to attend college where she will major in medicine. When asked about her future goals, Melissa states that she plans to become a pediatrician. An outstanding student who maintains a current MPA of 4.0, Melissa first eame to Alu Like, ine. in May 1990. At that time, she carried an MPA of 3.5 — always striving for excellence. The same year, she entered the WEX/JTPA Program as a classroom/office aide with KS/BE at Pahoa School. She performed in an exemplary manner. She was selected to be narrator for the closing Makahiki program and presented herself with poise and great articulation.

The 1991 WEX/JTPA Program found Melissa onee again affecting her verve for excellence as the outstanding Summer Fun Instructor with Hawaii County Parks & Recreation Department at the Pahoa Community Center. Many young people have benefited from the instruction they received from "Miss Melissa" and from the opportunity of knowing her. Melissa has received praise and applause from her immediate supervisor as well as the director of the department. When they speak of Melissa, "excellence" is always mentioned. Congratulations Melissa and Mahalo Nui for a job well done. Arlis Baird, summer youth counselor

Jason Zimmer Summer Youth program worker.

Avery Reis, youth program worker.

Melissa Morris