Ka Wai Ola - Office of Hawaiian Affairs, Volume 15, Number 1, 1 January 1998 — JANUARY NEWS BRIEFS [ARTICLE]

JANUARY NEWS BRIEFS

mmm «mmm* <i& - # >&*& , •;-" X Springer, Morse Park Advisors OHA Trustee Hannah Springer and Housing Offīcer Stephen Morse have been named to the Kaloko/Honokōhau National Park Advisory Commission whieh will oversee park activities. The commission, installed Dec. 13 at the Keauhou Beach Hotel in Kona, also includes Kona histori-

W -- -'.V- '/A»» an and Ahu'ena Heiau curator David Kahelemauna Roy; kumu hula Pualani Kanahele; kumu hula George Nā'ope; Fred Cachola, head of the Native Hawaiian Historic Preservation Council; Papa Henry Auwae, po'okela lā'au lapa'au; and Brian Harry, director of the Nahonal Parks Service for the Pacific region. By law, seven of the advisory commission's members must be native Hawaiians.

Tutorial Meeting OHA's Tutorial Conference is scheduled for March 11 at the DoleCannery. Current and potential program participants are invited. For registration information, eall OHA's educational division at 594-1912 from O'ahu; toll ffee from the island of Island at 9744000 extension 41912; and toll free from other neighbor islands at 1-800-468-4644 ext. 41912.

OHA's tutorial programs assist Hawaiian children in improving basic skills, test scores, grades and attitudes. Educational or parent organizations benefitting Hawaiian children, K-12, may submit proposals for projects for funding through May 29. Scholarship Aid The application deadline is approaching, OHA's education

division reminds those interested in financial aid toward their university studies. For scholarship information, access me University of Hawai'i's Computer-Assist-ed Scholarship Help (CA$H) internet database at http://observer.its.hawaii.edu/cash/. Aid specifically for Hawaiians includes the Abraham Pi'iānai'a Graduate Scholarship, Emma Mossman Scholarship, HawaiSee NEWSBRIEFS on page 15 ,

ian Civic Club of Honolulu Scholarship, Edith Kanaka'ole Foundation Scholarship and others. Malo Contest Kāhealani Ka'apana, a Kamehameha Schools junior from Waipahu, won theWest Honolulu Rotary Club's David Malo essay contest. The contest honors the 1 9th-century Hawaiian minister who sought to build understanding between Hawaiians and malihini. Because Malo was fluent in both Hawaiian and English, entries were accepted in either language and Ka'apana's was written in Hawaiian. BankAmerica: $25M for DHHL Homes BankAmerica Corporation has pledged $25 million for constmction financing of new housing for native Hawaiians on land administered by the Department of Hawaiian Home Lands. The loan program will offer eonstruction loans on more favorable terms than usually available commercially. It will be administered by two bank units whieh will remain in Hawai'i after the sale of the bank's retail operation. According to Manny Nova, vice president and manager of Bank of America's Community

Development Division office in Hawai'i, the $25 million loan initiative is part of a $150 million lending goal BankAmeriea has set in loans for properties located on Hawaiian Home Lands. These loans, whieh will be provided by Honolulu Mortgage, will also be below market rates. Alu Like Alu Like is offering a variety of business training beginning in January. The next basic business class on O'ahu is scheduled for Saturdays, Jan. 24-March 7; in 'Ewa Beach from Jan. 10-Feb. 14 and on Moloka'i from Jan. 17-Feb. 21. Business plans for loan purposes are covered in a six-week business planning course offered in Honolulu Jan. 27-March 5. Specific industry information is offered in one-day workshops. Technical assistance is available to those who meet qualifications. A one-day Saturday wopkshop will cover personal finances. For more information on all classes, eall 535-6776 on O'ahu or 553-9888 on Moloka'i. Waiohuli Homesteads: Infrastructure and Water KULA - The Department of Hawaiian Home Lands expects to open

bids next month for approximately $20 million worth of infrastructure, including waterlines and roads, for 318 homestead lots at Waiohuli. Completion is scheduled forlate 1999. Young memorial improved Bill Kaihe'ekai Maioho, curator of Mauna'ala, the royal mausoleam, recently announced eompletion of improvements to the gravesite of John "Olohana" Young and High Chiefess Ka'ona'eha. The gravesite was rededicated in a ceremony held last month included pule by Papa Henry Auwae, an oli by Nathan Nāpōkā and ho'okupu presentations. Billy Fields of Fields Masonry oversaw the traditional stonework and re-lining of the grave interior. Roots from a nearby kamani tree, planted by Queen Emma, were cleared away and the site was landscaped with kupukupu ferns, naio, 'a'ali'i, loulu and other lā'au 'ōiwi. John Young, a British sailor, arrived in Hawai'i in the 1890s. With Isaac Davis, he became an advisor to Kamehameha I. His wife, Ka'ona'eha, was the daughter of Kamehameha's younger and favorite brother, Keli'imaika'i. Queen Emma, Young's granddaughter, established Mauna'ala for ali'i remains in 1863. ■

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