Ka Wai Ola - Office of Hawaiian Affairs, Volume 16, Number 6, 1 June 1999 — JUNE NEWSBRIEFS [ARTICLE]

JUNE NEWSBRIEFS

KS senior shines Kapualokelanipōmaika'i Katherine Medeiros, 17, won first plaee in the best of category award at the Intel International Science and Engineering Fair in Philadelphia, the largest pre-college science competition with more than $2 million in grants and scholarships. Selected for her project, "Papaya Seed: Source of an Anti-Cancer Agent?" in the medicine and health category, the Kamehameha Schools senior was awarded an $8,000 scholarship. Ranked fourth in her class, Medeiros, who was accepted to MIT, will instead attend Dartmouth College in the fall. In addition to Medeiros, seven of Hawai'i's 13 student entries won awards in their categories. Rapa Nui benefit "Ho'i i ke Ewe o Ke Kaula Piko" (return to the shared lineage of the sacred birth cord) is planning a fund raising eoncert, July 3, for its October trip to Rapa Nui in conjunction with the Hōkūle'a's arrival there. Performing will be Kawai Cockett, Myra English, Bill Ka'iwa, Genoa Keawe, Nālani 01ds and Karen Keawehawai'i, and the hālau of Keola Lake, Leinā'ala Akamine and Leimomi Ho. Tickets are $25 and $20 at the Hawai'i Theater Box Office. Call 566-6969 (Leiana) or 674-6679 (Kanani) for information. PIC award Pacific Islanders in Communication's recent grant award of $78,000 from the Hawai'i Community Foundation will enable it to strengthen its operations. PIC is a non-profit media organization dedicated to promoting national broadcasting by and about Pacific lslanders, and is primarily funded by the corporation for Public Broadcasting. Recent PBS programs include "Wayfinders: A Pacific Odyssey" and " The Voyage Home: Hawai 'iloa 's Northwest Journey." New Eselu hālau Kumu Hula 0'Brian Eselu announced the establishment of his new hula school, Ke Kai O Kahiki. Elesu, along with Thaddeus Wilson, was previously the kumu of the now closed Nā Wai 'Ehā O Puna. Ke Kai O Kahiki represents a new beginning for Eselu, who received the hālau's name from Patience Nāmaka Bacon. Classes will open in hula

kahiko for young men and women (14 - 25), and in hula 'auana for senior women (45+). Call 679-0003 ext. 143 for information. Hālau Hāloa selected Hālau Hāloa, the Hawaiian National Academy of Performing Arts, will organize Hawai'i's official representation to the Festival of Pacific Arts, to be held Oct. 23 - Nov. 3, 2000, in Noumea, New Caledonia. The quadrennial festival typically attracts between 2,000 - 3,000 participants representing 26 island countries and territories, and is sponsored by the South Pacific Commission. Participants include skilled dancers, musicians and artisans. The host country provides housing, food and ground transportation for participants, while the participating countries support the cost of transportation and preparation expenses. Interested hālau (i.e., hula, wa'a, lua) as well as indigenous artists/artisans may ask for information and/or an application by calling Hālau Hāloa president and coordinator, Kalani Akana, at 4561747. Business training The Alu Like Business Development Center is scheduling entrepreneurship training classes in Honolulu, May 22 - June 26, 9 a.m. - 4 p.m.; June 21 - July 29, Mondays and Thursdays, 6-9 p.m.; and June 26 - July 24, Saturdays. The sixweek course, costing $50, covers business attitudes, marketing, organization, financial management, business planning and management. A five-week

course in business planning„ costing $100, will be held in Honolullu June 1 - 29, Mondays and Thursdays, 6-9 p.m., and will repeat in Hilo, June 26 - Jul. 24, Saturdays, from 9 a.m. - 4 p.m. This course is for individuals who have completed the entrepreneurship training or are established business owners. For information, eall 535-6776. Neighbor Islands, eall toll-free at 1-800-459-3969. Learner recruitment The Hawai'i Technology Institute (HTI), an Alu Like ine. project, announces testing of applicants for admission into its fall '99 session, Sept. 13 - Dec. 23. The 15-week tuitionfree program will cover keyboard, computation, eommunications, computer fundamentals, spreadsheets, career development, database, word processing and "externship." Priority will be given to Native Hawaiians, American Indians and Native Alaskans. Testing will take plaee at Kawaiaha'o Plaza Hale Mauka, 567, S. King St. in Honolulu, from 8:30 - 11 a.m. on June 4, 18, 25; July 2, 9, 16, 23 and 30; Aug. 6, 13 and 27. For more information, eall the HTI at 535-6770. Mōkapu reburials The brigadier general of the U.S. Marine Corps and the director of the Bernice Pauahi Bishop Museum recently announced the repatriation of all Native Hawaiian remains and burial objects removed from Mōkapu to 2 1 identified

claimants including Hui Mālama I Nā Kūpuna O Hawai'i Nei. This follows almost 10 years of efforts to gain the release of these iwi kupuna. The Marines are currently eonsidering specific re-burial sites recommended at Mōkapu. Repatriation will mark the end of the application of the Native American Graves Protection and Repatriation Act, and the beginning of face-to-face discussion with the Marines to work out details of the reburial plans; eomplianee with environmental and historic preservation laws; making the cultural materials, including kapa and hina'i lauhala; eonstruction of the reburial sites; and ceremonial reinterment. Waimānalo immersion? Pū ka Makani o Ko'olau is a group of parents, residents and community members of Waimānalo who are working toward the establishment of a Hawaiian immersion school in their district. O'ahu currently has sites at Waiau, Nānākuli, Anuenue, Pū'ōhala and Hau'ula for a total of 682 students. Statewide, students currently enrolled in immersions total 1538. (For the statewide figures, see page 15.) To kōkua, please eall Ēillie Kahiapo, pelekikena, at 2597389, or board member 'Ilima Ho at 259-8587. Affordable lawyers Through its new Affordable Lawyers program, the Legal Aid Society of Hawai'i

announces the availability of legal services at a reduced fee to mid-income families who meet set eligibility levels. For more information, eall 5278027 (O'ahu), 245-4728 (Kaua'i), 244-5400 (Maui), 553-3251 (Moloka'i), 565-6089 (Lāna'i), 935-4374 (Hilo) and 331-1124 (Kona). Legal Aid will provide assistance to low ineome families in such critical matters as child custody, domestic abuse, public benefits and housing. AIDS prevention Ke Ola Mamo, the Native Hawaiian Health Care System, has opened an HIV/AIDS Education and Prevention Center for Native Hawaiians and Pacific Islanders at 1108 Fort Street Mall (Room 3), Honolulu. The center provides HIV prevention education, outreach, counseling, referrals, condom distribution, enabling services and support groups. For information, eall 550-0885 or fax 550-0886. Church kōkua Sacred Heart Church in Wai'anae will celebrate its feast day, June 13, with a grand pā'ina from 1 1 a.m. - 4:30 p.m. TTie organizers are seeking kōkua with entertainment from the eommunity. Entertainers interested in performing are asked to eall entertainment coordinator Theresa Cabrera at the church at 6963773. Mahalonui! ■