Ka Wai Ola - Office of Hawaiian Affairs, Volume 3, Number 5, 1 May 1986 — Three Women Get New Award [ARTICLE+ILLUSTRATION]

Three Women Get New Award

Election of officers and board members, graduation of five part Hawaiians as docents and presentation of the new Kahikilaulani Award highlighted the 16th annual meeting of the Moanalua Gardens Foundations Mar. 15 at Chinese Hall. Harriet D. Baldwin was reelected president along with Frances Damon Holt as one of the vice presidents; and Leslie Nakashima, secretary. Agnes K. Cope, who formerly served as assistant treasurer, was elected treasurer and Owen Chock is the other vice president following his eleehon. C. S. H. May is the assistant treasurer. New members of the board are Haunani Apoliona, administrator, Alu Like Oahu Island Center; Major Mary Jane Feldman, logistics officer, U. S. Air Force; Paul R. Gabriel, businessman ind video equipment vendor; Kenneth R. Kupehak, lawyer, conservationist, member of community boards and planning committees; Kevin (Chubby) Mahoe, director of The Hula Academy and hula director of the Honolulu Boy Choir. They join Darrow Aiona, Harry Chun-Hoon, Jalna Keala, Robert Lokomaika'i Snakenberg and Paul Weissich who were re-elected to three-year terms. Former board members Derral Herbst, Nalani 01ds Napoleon, Larry Price and Carol Wilcox were commended for their services. The new Kahikilaulani Award was presented for the first time to Gladys Ainoa Brandt, chairman of the University of Hawaii Board of Regents; Mrs. Cope, executive director of the Waianae Coast Culture and Arts Society ine.; and Mar-

garet S. Young, one of the founders of the Makiki Environmental Education Center now known as the Hawaii Nature Center. The three recipients were recognized for their eontinuing efforts in furthering the MGF goals.

The five part Hawaiians who graduated from the 1986 MGF docent training program are George Digman, Dan Kamana'o, Nanette Napoleon Pumell, Jon Rickard and Gladys Trask. Their eight-week training included lectures and field trips on Hawaiian history, island geology and archaeology, water sources and Hawaiian flora and fauna. The five guides, who have already begun to assist in leading walks in Kamananui Valley, were presented with certificates. MGF also provides guided tours of several other interesting sites such as Palikea Peak at the summit of the Waianae Mountains and Moku O Lo'e (Coconut lsland). Instructors for the docent program were various professionals from Bishop Museum, the University of Hawaii and the Board of Water Supply. Also attending the meeting and sharing his views of culture and the arts in Hawaii from a Washington, D. C., perspective was Kamaki A. Kanahele III, Administrator of the Office of Hawaiian Affairs. Members and guests were treated to a poi luneheon following the meeting through the courtesy of Topgallant Publishing Co. Singing and dancing talents were shared from among those in attendance.

These five part Hawaiians were among the docents who recently received their certificates as MGF guides following an eight-week training program. From left to right, they are Dan Kamana'o, Nanette Napoleon Pumell, George Digman, Gladys Trask and Jon Rickard.

The Kahikilaulani Award winners, sitting from left to right, Agnes K. Cope and Margaret Young, and standing, Harriet D. Baldwin, pose for this photo with Mary Ann Lentz, right, executive director of the Moanalua Gardens Foundation.