Ka Wai Ola - Office of Hawaiian Affairs, Volume 15, Number 4, 1 April 1998 — Trustees get moie time befoie gov's final eall [ARTICLE+ILLUSTRATION]

Trustees get moie time befoie gov's final eall

WITH HOURS left until the midnight March 25 deadline for the Office of Hawaiian Affairs Board of Trustees, two names — Larry Kimura and Walter Heen — were at the center of a 4-4 vote to select an interim trustee. With eaeh passing day, history is being made at OHA as the responsibihty to select an interim tmstee is in the hands of Governor Ben Cayetano, who has 30 days to make his decision. Shortly after the OHA board adjoumed March 25, Cayetano said that he is offering the trustees more time to eome up with one candidate for the position. According to state law, OHA trustees no longer have the authority to officially "select" an

interim trustee to fīll the vacancy created by the death of Billie Beamer. However, the governor's offer is for the trustees to eonhnue discussion and forward to his office a "recommendation" for him to select as interim trustee. At press time, the trustees were scheduled to meet April 2 at Mabel Smyth Auditorium to determine a process to select someone to be OHA's recommendation to the govemor. The following are the 58 names initiaDy submitted to OHA for possible selection as interim tmstee. The names with a doubleasterisk are the 1 1 recommended by the trastees after the candidates eompleted their five-minute presentations to the trustees (or submitted

written testimony) during public board meetings. From this list of 1 1, Kimura and Heen were then selected by the tmstees. ** Stanley H.L. Lum ** James G. Lee July Simeona Virginia H. Kalua Darrow L.K. Aiona Bernardette M. Trask ** Walter M. Heen Arthur K. Trask Sr. ** B.A. Kaleo Patterson Miehael K. Lee ' ** Māhealani Kamau'u Marilynn M. Akau Charvis P.J.F.K. Bush Miehael D. Goodrich Richard A. Kaho'onei Charles K. Maxwell Sr. Emelle K.B. Downs Lela M. (Hubbard) Dowd Kioni K. Crabbe Sheron L.B. Cabanas Ernest K. Mika ** Louis Hao

Annelle C. Amaral John L. Sabey William K. Lau Fred Cachola Jr. Brian K. Martin lsabel N. Vincent Charles A.K. Stewart Richard J. Taber Maria K. Davilla DennisK. Keohokālole ** Kina'u B. Kamali'i Benny C. Nary II Keolani L. Noa Thomas K. Stone III Danielle U. Beirne Daniel K. Nāho'opi'i Joseph K. Kamalu Peter Kama Bernadette M. Watson Paul K.P. Akana ** Myron B. Thompson Palani Vaughan Jr. John DeRego Solomon D.K. Nalua'i ** Albert P. Nahale-a III Daniel K. Rosario Roy L. Benham Arthur K. DeFries Sr. Todd K. Apo La'akea D. Kamauoha

LaShunda L. Silva ** Larry L. Kimura Moanike'ala Akaka ** Edwina A.L.Wong PIO staffreport

Walter Heen

Larry Kimura