Donations should
be sent to P.O. Box 333, Kahuku, HI, 96731, or call Colburn at 293-2379; KCA
president Craig Huish at 808-293-1239,
or Hurlbut at 293-8050.
Kahuku
Hospital operating room staffs up
By Elder Bob
& Sister Sylvia Olsen
Last January
while on a vacation in Punalu'u, a nurse from Anchorage, Alaska, dropped into
the Kahuku Hospital to check it out.
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Ethridge
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Terri Ethridge
was pleased with what she saw and, after visiting with the administration
and going over her experience and qualifications, they suggested they would
like to have her work there. Operating room supervisor Dr. James
Fleming said he needed her as soon as possible.
Ethridge —
who has B.S. degree in nursing and operating room certification from Lubbock,
Texas, plus 25 years of experience in St. Maries, Idaho, before going to Anchorage
as an emergency hire — decided to accept the position after conferring
with her husband, Darel, and sons
Brian, 25 and Tarel, 22.
Ethridge returned
home and began to make preparations for the move. Her son Tarel said, "You're
not going to Hawaii with out me," so she and Tarel arrived June 4, 2001.
Her husband came at a later date. Prior to then, the hospital had a part-time
crew for surgeries.
In addition to
Ethridge, the RN supervisor, the operating room staff includes Sylvia Kamakeeaina,
Lorrie Callaway, Sheila
Toluta'u, Chary Chory, RNs; Noe
Kamakeeaina and Michael
Dobson, ORTs.
This team has
helped re-vamp the suture service, brought in central service supply from
Castle Hospital, and improved the sterile processing. They have also reorganized
the recovery room to allow families to be with recovering patients.
"We now
interview surgery candidates so when they come in for the surgery they know
someone and feel comfortable about asking questions," said Ethridge,
adding that Terri and Sylvia are putting together a complete new service manual
enabling them to check time and training for each staff member in each category.
With the new
state of the art laparoscope brought in by Dr. Fleming, Kahuku Hospital's
operating room can also perform ambulatory surgery, including gall bladder,
appendix, colonoscopy, gastroscopy, hernia repairs and knee arthroscopy.
"The staff
is invested in the community," Ethridge said. "The hospital has
a more personal touch."
With the 24-hour
emergency and coverage in the OR room, the hospital is also a great value
to the community. For example, former board member and past hospital president
Buddy Äkö, recalled how
his best friend's life was saved:
While golfing
The Links at Turtle Bay with his friend, James Tollefsen, Tollefsen's son Bayne and brother Dickey, James suffered a heart attack on the third hole.
The ambulance took Tollefsen to the emergency room at Kahuku Hospital where
his condition was stabilized. A decision then became necessary whether to
administer a blood thinner to prevent clots, but perhaps causing other side
effects.
"The doctor
explained in detail the pros and cons to Tollefsen's brother and son. They
were able to ask the doctor any questions pertinent to making that decision.
The correct decision was made: Tollefsen was med-evaced to Queens. Due to
the good treatment and care, Tollefsen has recovered and now is fine."
Punalu'u
man joins 'Sea Trek 2001'
Orin Jackson
of Punalu'u Valley recently returned from Europe where he took part in Sea
Trek 2001 — a unique journey
of tall ships that re-created and commemorated the journey of approximately
85,000 people who emigrated from Scandinavia, Great Britain, and Continental
Europe in the 19th century on similar sailing vessels to join fellow members
of The Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints in Utah. Some of Jackson's
ancestors were among those emigrants.
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Jackson
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Jackson, who
has lived in Hawai'i for the past 30 years — most of them in Ko'olauloa
— sailed on one segment aboard the Christian Radich, a 270-feet long by 60 feet wide Norwegian ship that
was captured by the Germans in World War II and used as a submarine tender.
Years later the Norwegian Government reclaimed it and used the vessel as a
training ship. She was recently decommissioned and refitted as a working sailing
ship.
"Working
sailing ship is a fitting statement," Jackson said. "We were assigned
watch hours and given rigging assignments, even deck cleaning. Younger crew
members even climbed high on the masts arranging sails and rigging."
Jackson left
Hawai'i on the July 1st and flew to Newark, New Jersey. He visited Manhattan
where for the first — and last — time he saw the World Trade Center,
along with the Empire State Building and the Statue of Liberty. On July 9th
he flew to Frankfurt, Germany, where he met 11 other members of his extended
family from across the U.S. and Russia.
They took a train
to Berleburg, Germany, where some of Jackson's ancestors originated. Jackson
explained that the local vassal there gave his subjects religious suffrage.
When the German Kaiser took power in the late 1800s, he rescinded their religious
freedom, prompting Jackson's ancestors to leave. They first traveled to Keil,
Germany, then by ferryboat to Bornholm, Denmark — an island smaller than
Kaua'i in the Baltic Sea.
Another ancestor,
Christian Hansen, came from Bornholm. Clive Jackson, Jackson's uncle from
Beaver Dam, Utah, is president of their Christian Hansen Family Organization,
which had been planning a historical trip to Denmark for five years. When
Sea Trek 2001 was announced, they decided to combine the two.
"Having
seen Bornholm, I asked myself, how could people leave this land and go to
Tremonton, Utah?" Jackson said, pointing out that Tremonton is a high
desert town on the north end of Great Salt Lake.
"While in
Denmark, we did a lot of genealogy," Jackson continued. "I was amazed
at the number of people doing genealogy."
After going to
Yisk and Malmo, Sweden, and then Copenhagen, Denmark, the family group return
to Germany for a three-and-a-half hour journey down the Ulm River to the North
Sea.
"Our captain
was trying to sail between two storms crossing the sea," explained Jackson.
"While I was on the midnight-to-four am watch on the bow, the sea went
from five-to-20-foot waves, the ship rising and falling 15 feet between each
wave.
"Upon reaching
Great Britain, we sailed up the Humber River to a port called Albert Dock
in the town of Hull," Jackson continued, explaining that Hull was originally
granted independence by a British monarch and was known as the Kingdom of
Hull.
The journey up
the Humber to the Kingdom of Hull took about three hours. "There were
people lining the bank all the way," Jackson said. "Near Hull, they
had paid five pounds British [approximately $8] just to park and still had
to walk about a mile to the dock."
Jackson said
Albert Dock is a company still operating under the same name as they did in
the 1800's when the "Mormon migration" was in progress as part of
the eventual flow of 2.2 million people migrating to America.
Back on the East
coast, Jackson was scheduled to return to Hawai'i on Sept. 11th, but even
while his bags were on the weigh-in, the FBI was closing the airport. He did
not reach home until Sept. 17th. "I was surprised how really emotionally
draining this experience was, not knowing what was going on at the time or
when I would get home," he said.
Sea Trek 2001
recently reached New York harbor; and Jackson is home with his wife, Doris,
and their three children: James, 10;
David, 4; and John, 2.
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New York heroes
visit Ko'olauloa:
PCC Tongan
villagers welcome New York firemen Tom Narducci (left) and Kevin Seaman
(right) who came to Hawai'i last week to raise funds for the widows
and children of their fallen colleagues. Kaleo chief photographer Barry Markowitz arranged
media coverage and an aloha R&R for them in Ko'olauloa, including
Kahuku's homecoming, Lä'ie Elementary School and the PCC experience.
Narducci and Seaman were riding the Staten Island ferry on Sept. 11,
2001, when the terrorist attack against the World Trade Center occurred.
They arrived at 'Ground Zero' — which they described as the "end
of the world" and like "the Twilight Zone" — about
11 am and spent many days there as part of the rescue attempt.For more
about their fund, go to www.bravestfootballclub.com.
—
photo by Barry
Markowitz
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Update
on Hau'ula Kai Shopping Center use
Punalu'u resident
Oz Stender, who recently volunteered
to check on the possible use of Hau'ula Kai Shopping Center as a community
facility, reported that the owners are not currently willing to convert the
building to civic uses.
Stender said
Weinberg Foundation commercial leasing agent Bill Dornbush feels a grocery
tenant can still be found to occupy the former Lindy's Foods location; that
the new restaurant, Zoe's , is doing well; that they are close to letting
additional leases; and that former merchandise lessees must pay rent on the
vacant space for several more years. In short, the shopping center is not
in financial straits.
Hau'ula resident
MaryAnne Long, who initiated the latest
study, added that the Fire Department is also not interested.
Talking
story with Anna Meatoga Napoleon
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Anna
Napoleon (left) and Poua Beaver
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Tutu Anna
Anovale Meatoga Napoleon was just six
years old in 1924 when she migrated from Solosolo, British Sämoa, to
Lä'ie. Now 83, she and her daughter, Poua Beaver,
took the time to share memories and talk story with Kaleo about
some of the many changes they have seen:
"My mother
[Penina Une] and them wanted to come to the [LDS Lä'ie] Temple
to be sealed," Napoleon began. "My mother had a dream that she was
floating and she saw cane fields, train tracks, and people's homes different
from ours in Sämoa. She told me, maybe it's going to happen.
"So when
E. Wesley Smith came to Sämoa, he told her within three months she would
go and see that place she dreamed about. Her father, Muelu Taiä Meatoga,
earned the money by taking care of animals and making copra.
"My first
house was where a Japanese store used to be, Nakayama's," Meatoga recalled,
explaining that she had to wait until she was seven years old to attend Lä'ie
School.
"Everybody
was like a big family," she continued. "When you go to their house,
they would say, hele mai 'ai ['come in and eat'], and you could go get anything,
or take anything from their yard. It was really a family way. You never locked
your door. You didn't have to.
"We used
to have a garden and grew vegetables. My mother went fishing, but the thing
with her, when she came home she would only have four or five fish, because
she would give them all away," Napoleon said. "Her motto was, 'it
is better to give than receive,' and she would start dancing. She was very
generous to anyone. If a Sämoan family didn't have enough to eat, she
would come home and take our groceries. My father would say, 'Good thing we're
not rich.'
"We used
to have moving pictures that the Meyer family ran. You paid 25 cents to go
in, but sometimes we didn't have the money, so we would peek through the windows,"
Meatoga said, explaining that the old social hall where movies and others
activites were held was located on what is now Loala St., approximately where
Larry Au lives. "They had all
the entertainment and concerts there. Poua would also dance there. She was
a beautiful hula dancer."
Napoleon said
when she finished her studies at Lä'ie School, the family couldn't afford
to send her to Kahuku, so she did volunteer work at the Temple as a guide
at the visitors bureau.
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Anna,
age 19, at Lä'ie Temple grounds
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At 19, she met
her husband-to-be while working there: Titus K. Napoleon, a Hawaiian from the Punchbowl area of Honolulu, who
often brought people from town to the Temple in his car. "I met my husband
through dreams," she said. "He dreamed about me, and I dreamed about
him."
Unknown to Anna,
her mother had invited Napoleon to lunch. "Being so young, and he was
a little older than I was, he told me he wanted me to come the following Saturday
to meet his folks. Because I was Sämoan, his father asked, 'Why Sämoan?'
"I was rascal
in those days," she continued, recalling how Napoleon was embarrassed
to tell her he had dreamed of her, and had already asked her parents for her
hand in marriage.
"One week
later he asked me to be his wife. This all happened in January 6, 1937. On
January 22, 1938, that's when we got married in the Temple."
The new bride
recalls she bought her wedding gown at Liberty House, "but I didn't even
think of a honeymoon. When we got married, we moved right into where the Napoleons
were living in Punchbowl. I lived in town about 12 years, then we moved to
Kaimukï where my daughter had a place."
Napoleon said
the couple did not have children of their own, but her husband had two children
from his previous marriage, "and I took care of them": Eleanor Poua,
who married Robert Pinemua Beaver,
and Elizabeth K. Napoleon,
who died in 1967.
"Today,
there are 23 grandchildren and two great-grandchildren," Napoleon said.
"Poua has four children: Muriel, lives in Orem, Utah; Näpua, who recently moved to Las Vegas and works as a locksmith
for big hotels; Debbie Barenaba
teaches art at Kahuku High; and Eric, the youngest, who is head of Hawai'i Reserves."
She added that Poua's husband was killed in a car accident in Honolulu in
1965.
After Kaimukï,
the family moved to Redondo Beach, California, for 17 years. "We left
here in 1956, and we came back in 1972 when my father got sick," Napoleon
continued, adding that they operated a key business there which is how her
grandson, Näpua, and Poua went into the trade.
"I also
learned how to speak Hawaiian while living in Redondo," Napoleon recalled.
"Imagine that. They were holding this class, and I used to be a Sämoan
interpreter for the Superior and Supreme Courts in L.A."
When the family
returned to Lä'ie in 1972, Poua worked in the PCC auto shop with Tuavale
Solipö and Ako Rivers.
Today, both Napoleon
and Poua now live with Eric Beaver and his family in Hau'ula . Napoleon remains
active in the senior citizen program. "I go and help them sing Hawaiian
songs, and play ukulele," she said. She added she also writes in her
journal every day, and is compiling her autobiography.
"I also
keep up with the news," the family matriarch said, obviously still going
strong as she approaches her 84th birthday.
Waha:
a Ko'olauloa mason, peacemaker, healer
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For over 40 years,
Waha Elkington has helped build hundreds
of houses, walls and buildings throughout Ko'olauloa .
For more than
30 of those years, most people have seen him as a rough-hewn mason who, at
age 65, still digs foundations and lays brick walls in quick time. He's also
widely known for his reasonable rates, sometimes working for as little as
a plate lunch on charitable projects, and then there's his willingness to
help with Eagle Scout projects.
Some people would
be surprised, however, to know Elkington doesn't consider himself a mason,
or that he earned a graduate degree in public speaking from BYU Provo, and
that he sometimes spends the hours from 1-5 am writing in his journals.
"That's
when the inspiration comes," Elkington says. "The cosmos is clear,
and the vibrations of communication are open, and easy to receive."
Elkington, a
Maori raised on D'Urville Island in the Cook Strait between New Zealand's
North and South Island, first came to Lä'ie in 1960 as an LDS labor missionary
to help build the Polynesian Cultural Center.
"But we
ended up by building the new [CCH] dormitories, the faculty housing on Moana
St., and housing by the [LDS] Temple, because the building permits hadn't
come through yet."
Elkington said
other members of his labor missionary Kiwi group included Tom Murray, Percy
TeHira, Robert Ngawaka, Ricky Wihongi,
Sam Edwards, Bob
Hirini, Nana Tahau, Nephi Bryan
and Jim Archibald.
"More than
half of them have passed away," Elkington said, adding that he served
two other labor missions in New Zealand before coming to Hawai'i. The first
was in 1954 — "the year the last huitau was held" in Hamilton.
On his second labor mission from 1958-60 he helped build the Mount Roskill
Stake Center in Auckland. He was asked to go from there to Hawai'i .
"I started
on the forklift and then switched to the crane, after Jim Garrigan," he said of his Hawai'i mission duties.
After his last
mission, Elkington won an LDS speech festival, which included a semester's
tuition at CCH as a prize. On his way to a degree in English, he met and married
Barbara Jo Miller, then a journalism
and English instructor. The couple, who divorced 10 years ago, eventually
had three boys and three girls — all
born in Hawai'i and all graduated from Kahuku:
Ruth Ann Wetekia
Elkington now works for Nu Skin in Provo
as a computer analyst; John Joseph works for Kualoa Ranch and Matson Shipping, and lives
in Hakipu'u; David Rongotoa
works in Seattle laying granite; Elizabeth Marara attends BYUH; and Turi Ruruku, who returned from an LDS mission in The Philippines
last year, works with David. Elking proudly adds that soon after David got
his job in Seattle, he was promoted to foreman because he was the only one
who could understand the Russian laborers on the crew when they spoke pidgin
English.
While still a
CCH student, Elkington started working with the late Oliver Ah Mu at the CCH motor pool for a few years. After that,
he began his better-known career as an independent mason. "I've been
doing that ever since," he said.
As examples of
his many projects, Elkington cites the split block work on Tom Pickard's
house in Kahuku, that he did with two of his sons; and the geodesic dome house
in Lä'iemalo'o where the Kammerers now live. "With every single course we did,
there were 27 cuts to fit the angles," he said.
Elkington also
used to do volunteer encasement work at Lä'ie cemetery; and of many Eagle
Scout projects, he particularly recalls Tane Nikora's 1995 plan to build a bus stop near Pu'uhonua o Mälaekahana
which ended in a tragic auto accident that claimed the life of Tane's father,
Royal Nikora.
The accident
narrowly spared Nikora's two sons and Elkington, who were all injured when
a speeding Lä'ie-bound car passed another vehicle and the driver lost
control, slamming into the project site. Elkington writes in his journal of
that incident:
An object
struck me with stunning force just above my hip and across my stomach; it
threw me about 10 feet. All I remember is the initial sound, the undercarriage,
the impact, the excruciating pain and being tossed 10 feet — like
a rag doll. I was not knocked unconscious, and I don't recall landing on the
ground.
Elkington, who
was soon taken away by ambulance, recorded that the two boys [Tane and Jared
Nikora] were knocked about 20 feet, but
were going to be all right. Their father died later in the hospital.
Elkington felt
as if he had had been miraculously spared: According to the line of flight
of the car, I should have been crushed between the skidding vehicle and the
pickup. But I found myself face down, halfway down the right side of the pickup
instead of being in line with the center of the tailgate. It was as if I had
been plucked out of real harm's way. I can honestly say the same thing of
Tane and Jared. I personally believe that the father gave up his life, so
that his two sons could live.
Ironically, Elkington
and the Nikora brothers possibly escaped a similar accident later at the same
spot. They worked one Saturday to finish the project and knocked off about
3 pm, when a vehicle crashed into the bus stop less than an hour later, seriously
injuring two women in the car.
Driving back
to the site, Elkington records: The whole foundation was literally demolished...a
sedan smashed in on the left side and hollow tiles shoved in three different
directions. I just sat on the concrete pole at the end of the parking lot,
crying. All three boys were there looking down on what we had done, knowing
full well that we could have been hit.
The officer
in charge spoke to me at some length. "I had passed the site several
times during the day, and when I saw the wrecked car and the injured women,"
he told Elkington, "I knew that you were miraculously preserved."
These, and many
other experiences of a spiritual nature, have led Elkington to deeper levels
of concern. For example, "My entire work program is tapered around a
kind of service, rather than going all out to make the most from what I'm
doing.
"Most people
see me as a mason, but I'm really not. I'm something else," he said,
adding he sees himself as a "peacemaker. I found it important to help
people up, rather than myself. That's what we should all be doing, but it's
not easy to do."
His writings
and studies also take this direction. "In my spare time, I write manuscripts.
One is on holistic healing. I've shared it with people on occasions, where
they were involved, and there seems to be a healing aspect when they read
it."
Elkington says
that we all have "healing attributes within us, but we often don't take
the time to apply them."
He adds that
he doesn't "want to go back to school because I'm still studying a kind
of human relationship that you can't get in school: That we can get along
regardless of race, color, creed, or how we were brought up."
Kahuku
High Haps: Homecoming 2001
By Caryn Kunz
~ Kahuku High Correspondent
"We've got
spirit!" yelled Kahuku students last weekend as they cheered the Red
Raider varsity football team to a 54-14 victory over the Campbell Sabers.
The Junior Varsity also brought home a win of 22-6. The game was the last
Kahuku will play at home this season, and the school enjoyed an entire week
of Homecoming activities and fun. This year the Student Body Government chose
'Red Raider Round Up' as the theme for the week.
Tuesday the 16th
officially kicked off the activities, with students getting a day off from
school Monday because of Teacher Institute. People dressed up as cowboys,
with hats and big belts and boots.
The lunchtime
activity for the day featured a pie-eating and juice-guzzling contest between
seniors, with music to go along with the fun.
Wednesday's lunch
was a relay race between a team of senior boys and senior girls. Participants
had to dress in cowboy get-up and ride a broomstick horse across the stage
and lasso a wooden "steer," ride back and then continue the process
with the next in line. The girls were judged the winners by SBG President,
Wilson Unga.
Kids dressed
up as look-alikes for "posse" day on Wednesday and Red Raiders on
Thursday. Thursday evening also brought the Pep Rally, which was highlighted
by the Cheerfest competition and burning of a huge K in the end zone. Cheerfest
is a competition between grades 9-12, each class creating and performing a
group cheer to get everybody in the mood for the game. Classes practiced hard
every evening all week in hopes of taking the trophy.
In the end, the
seniors ended up winning first prize, followed by the juniors and the freshmen,
while the sophomores came up fourth. Students ended the pep rally by singing
the Alma Mater while surprise fireworks lit up the sky.
The same night,
friends and relatives of the football players decorated the locker room with
candy, balloons, streamers, and posters in anticipation of the Homecoming
game.
Friday, Oct.
19th, brought the game that everyone had been waiting for. The bleachers were
packed with cheering fans and booths sold concessions, malasadas, and Kahuku
High merchandise. The Homecoming parade took place after the JV game, with
every class presenting a float and throwing candy to the crowd.
The Homecoming
Court included seniors Micah McMullen
and Shanel Vivas as King and
Queen; Drew Hartman and Sam
Moe as Senior Princess and escort; and
Lesina Funaki and Joseph Savai’inaea as Junior Princess and escort. Sophomore Princess
Lee Ann Soliai was escorted
by Joseph Pula, with Freshman
Princess Lacey Luehrs
escorted by Chris Johnson.
Hartman
also sang The Star Spangled Banner
before the varsity game, and the Marching Band put on a show at halftime.
After the win,
students danced the night away at the Red Raider Round Up, which ended at
midnight. By then, everyone was happily exhausted from the week's events.
Students had tons of fun dressing up, participating in Cheerfest, cheering
at the game, and dancing.
Homecoming took
lots of hard work on behalf of everyone involved, and it turned out to be
a huge success.
Kahuku
adds 6th and 7th football wins
By Elder Bob
& Sister Sylvia Olsen
Kahuku High moves
to an undefeated 8-0 season with a resounding victory over the Campbell Sabers
on Oct. 19th, putting 54 points on the scoreboard to 14 by their opponent.
With one more
season game to go, the Red Raiders continue to improve, committing noticeably
fewer penalties than in any of the previous games. The turnover rate also
improved, and Kahuku is looking like state championship repeaters.
The Red Raiders
demonstrated all that could be asked for in their homecoming game against
Campbell. Solomon Lee kicked off to the Sabers to start the game, and then
went downfield to make the first tackle of the game.
Campbell's first
possession went three-and-punt. Kahuku returned the punt to their own 46-yard
line, starting in good field position. The Red Raiders wasted no time from
there: Mulivai Pula carried for five yards on the first down. On second-and-five,
quarterback 'Inoke Funaki rifled a pass to Moana Hafoka who covered a total 49 yards to jump start the Kahuku
scoring machine. Solomon Lee
put the PAT through the uprights and the rout was on. Only 2:49 into the game,
Kahuku was 7-0.
Campbell received
the next kick-off and set up on their own 35-yard line. Three plays later,
with Trumaine Oto and others breaking
up pass attempts, the Sabers punted the ball back to Kahuku. Loga
Fonoimoana received and with good blocking
from his teammates, returned the ball 57 yards to the Campbell 20-yard line.
On the first play from scrimmage, Funaki found James Kammerer who sure handed the pass for another Red Raider score.
Tacking on the PAT, Kahuku extended its lead to 14-0, with 7:29 still on the
first quarter clock.
The Sabers next
series gained three first downs in working their way to Kahuku's 36-yard line.
On a first-and-10, however, they fumbled the ball thanks to the hard- hitting
Red Raider Defense. The hits could be heard in the stands.
Setting up on
his own 35, Funaki handed off to Pula who, having missed the previous game
with injuries, showed his usual stuff with a 65-yard run to the goal. Lee
added the point-after; and at 2:57 still in the first quarter, Kahuku stretched
the lead to 21-0.
In the next kick
off to Campbell, Sola Soliai pinned
the ball carrier on the Saber 35-yard line. Just before the first quarter
came to a close, Campbell punted back to Kahuku. Red Raider Earvin
Atuaia carried for a first down and a
good gain before the quarter ended.
Fifty-eight seconds
into the second quarter, Funaki hit Fonoimoana for Kahuku's third score. The
PAT missed, and Kahuku led 27-0.
Soliai and Viliami
Nauahi each broke up a pass on Campbell's
next possession, bringing up another Saber punt. In this possession, Kahuku
scored quickly again at the 8:10 mark of the second quarter, and the score
stood at 34-0.
Campbell received
the ensuing kickoff but failed to convert on third down. They attempted a
pass on the fourth down, which was picked off by Nauahi. This set up another
Red Raider score on hard running gains by Funaki, Gideon Perez
and Pula. At 4:26 in the second quarter, the Red Raiders were way out front,
41-0.
Campbell's best
drive came with only three seconds left on the second quarter clock when scored
their first TD, bringing the score to 41-7. On the next play, Kahuku recovered
Campbell's on-sides attempt and the half ended. The Red Raiders had scored
on each of their first half possessions.
Campbell opened
the second half with another onsides kick attempt, which Kahuku recovered.
Oto came in at quarter and moved the team downfield where Earvin Atuaia pounded
in Kahuku next TD. New score: 47-7.
In their next
series, Campbell managed a sustained drive that ran their score up to 14.
Following yet another Saber onsides kick attempt with :02 on the third quarter
clock, Kahuku answered with another touchdown. Atuaia kicked the PAT, and
the Red Raiders had amassed 54 points.
The game's fourth
quarter went scoreless on both sides. Quinlinn Adolpho batted down a Saber pass attempt, and Jeremy
Perry dropped the ball carrier behind
the line for an 8-yard loss, bringing Kahuku's final score to 54-14.
In the earlier
JV action, the junior Raiders defeated Campbell's JV 22-6
Kahuku
vs. Leilehua
Kahuku
OIA Red Division defending champions added validity to their number-one ranking
again on Oct. 12th at Leilehua where the Red Raiders dominated the gridiron
contest.
With
the Mighty Mules receiving the opening kickoff, Kahuku's Tuika Tufaga stopped Leilehua on their own 25-yard line with a
solid tackle and no return . The Mules failed to convert on third down and
punted away, with Kahuku receiving on their own 45-yard line. Following an
offsides call which moved them back to the Mule's 45, the Red Raiders struck
on their first play from scrimmage ‘Inoke Funaki connected a pass to
Loga Fonoimoana. The combination of pass and run went for 60 yards and resulted
in the game's first touchdown. Solomon Lee, with Ben Chase
holding, added the point after. With only 1:50 seconds gone from the scoreboard
clock, Kahuku took the lead 7-0.
Receiving
the kick-off, Kahuku stopped Leilehua on their own 24-yard line. On the first
down, the Mules mishandled the snap for a loss of 10 yards. On second-and-20
the Mules passed for 15 yards, but then were unable to gain a first down on
third-and-five.
Fonoimoana
received the punt, returning it to the 39-yard line, but a clipping call moved
Kahuku back to their own 24. With first and long, Funaki found Travis Kaka with a quick pass, who turned on the after-burners
and went 75 yards to score. Adding the PAT, the Red Raiders were up 14-zip,
with 6:53 left in the first quarter.
Leilehua
received and the kick-off set up on their own 36-yard line to begin their
third possession, but Red Raider D-men Sione Olevao
and Ola Kubota sacked the quarterback
on the first play for a 10-yard loss. The Mules followed this with a pass
for a loss of two, and a run attempt which lost five more yards, forcing a
punt which fell short, Kahuku good field position.
Funaki
next hit Chase, who took the ball to the Leilehua 18. An off sides call against
the Mules brought up first-and-five from the 13-yard line. After gaining one
more first down, Funaki completed a pass to James Kammerer in the end zone.
The point after was again good, and with 4:03 left in the first quarter, Kahuku
was out in front 21-0.
Setting
up on their own 30-yard line after the ensuing kick-off, the Mules were unable
to generate another first down, greatly aided by Ioane Brown who stopped them short on the third play. However,
Leilehua punter Perez got off a 53-yard punt, pinning Kahuku on their own
nine-yard line. Additionally, a clipping penalty against the Raiders took
the ball back half the distance to the goal.
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Kahuku,
however, picked up two first downs thanks to an explosive run by Earvin Atuaia
from the 30-yard line on the Kahuku side to the Leilehua's 36-yard line. With
one second left on the clock and a good lead block by Kaka, Fonoimoana took
the ball into pay dirt again. The PAT was up and good, and Kahuku extended
their advantage to 28 - 0 at the end of the first quarter.
Leilehua's
receiver fumbled the ensuing kick-off and the Red Raiders recovered. The Mules,
however, returned the favor and intercepted the first pass of Kahuku's series.
On their own series, Leilehua failed to reach the first down marker and punted.
Both teams had one more possession with no success. Then, with the Mules driving,
Kahuku's Sosefa Lauaki picked off a pass.
Each
team handled the ball once more before a roughing the punter call against
Kahuku put Leilehua into the Red Raiders' red zone; but Kahuku defenders Sola
Soliai and Viliami Nauahi broke up two possible scoring passes.
Kahuku
took over on downs, and with Tyler Oto
in at quarterback, the half ended after only two more plays. Score: Kahuku
28, Leilehua 0.
At
the 9:39 mark of the third quarter, Robert Tu’ifua carried the ball
in for Kahuku's next TD. The PAT brought the score to 35-0 for the Red Raiders.
Leilehua
fumbled the follow-up kick-off, and Red Raider #37, Kekoa Kamakee'äina
ran in another score.QB Oto found Ben
Chase for the two-point conversion. Kahuku's lead advanced to 43-0.
The
Mules also fumbled the next kick-off, which Viliami Nauahi recovered. On the
next play, however, Kahuku miscued on a lateral pitch and Leilehua scooped
up the ball and scored. The Mules then made a two-point conversion, avoiding
a shut out; and with 5:22 left in the third quarter, the score stood at Kahuku
43, Leilehua 8.
The
fourth quarter was a seesaw affair, giving reserve players some action but
producing no scores. The contest came to an end in favor of the Red Raiders
43-8. One fourth-quarter play of interest was a repeat by Nauahi who intercepted
a score-saving TD pass on the goal line, as he had done in the first contest
of the year against Skyline of Utah.
In
the earlier junior varsity match-up, Kahuku's JV team defeated the Leilehua
JV 42-10.
Ko'olauloa
Community Calendar
Kaleo
collects the following information from various sources, and encourages readers
to re-verify the details. To submit items for listing, call 293-6435 (leave
details on voice mail), fax info to 293-6456, mail them to P.O. Box 968, Lä'ie
96762, or send an e-mail to: foleym002@hawaii.rr.com
at least by the Kaleo deadline before the event. The next
deadline is listed below, or look under General
Information.
Thursday,
October 25:
Hau'ula Elementary parent-teacher conferences (on Friday, also); 'Ohana
food service, Hau'ula Shopping Center, 11-1, elderly and handicapped served
first, donations accepted; Ko'olauloa Community Children's Council, 7 pm,
Kahuku Hospital 2nd floor conference room; Kahuku High varsity football vs.
Wai'anae (make-up game), Aloha Stadium, 7:30 pm;
Friday, October
26:
BYUH women's Organization bake sale, 10-2, Aloha Center; Windward Bookmobile
stops at Pat's at Punalu'u, 12:30-1 pm, The Ponds at Punalu'u, 1:15-1:45 pm,
and Ka'a'awa Elementary, 2-2:40 pm; BYUH women's volleyball vs. HPU, 7:30
pm, CAC;
Saturday,
October 27:
National Make a Difference Day; Healthy Communities
Farmers Market celebrates Hawai'i keiki, Kahuku Hospital front lawn from 8-1,
call 293-9221 for more info; Kahuku Public Library Halloween crafts workshop,
10-11:30 am, call 293-8935 for more info; Kahuku cross county at Nänäkuli,
3 pm; BYUH women's volleyball vs. HPU, 7:30 pm, CAC;
Sunday, October
28:
LDS
BYUH 1st Stake conference, 10 am, CAC, with Elder Hammond of the 70 as visiting
General Authority;
Wednesday,
October 31:
Halloween; Kahuku Public Library Keiki Storytime
with Shauna Thee, 10:15-10:45 am, call 293-8935 for more info; BYUH women's
volleyball vs. Nattaidai of Japan, 7:30 pm, CAC;
Thursday,
November 1:
BYUH
Hawaiian sailing canoe open house, Hukilau beach, 8-5 (repeats on Friday);
Alzheimer's Caregivers support group, The Ponds at Punalu'u, 7 pm, call Angelina
at 293-1100 for more info; OIA varsity football playoffs: Kahuku vs. White
Conference champ, 5:30, Aloha Stadium; Hau'ula Elementary PTA elections, 7
pm, cafeteria; BYUH Fall Choralfest, 7:30 pm, Auditorium, free;
Friday,
November 2:
Deadline, next issue of Kaleo;
Windward Bookmobile stops at Pat's at Punalu'u, 12:30-1 pm, The Ponds at Punalu'u,
1:15-1:45 pm, and Ka'a'awa Elementary, 2-2:40 pm; BYUH women's volleyball
vs. Western New Mexico, 7:30 pm, CAC;
Saturday,
November 3:
BYUH Hawaiian sailing canoe dedication, launching and lü'au, 8:30-3
pm, Hukilau Beach, free; Kahuku Public Library a one-hour program of Christmas
Demonstrations 2001, includes simple gift, decoration and food ideas, 10:30
am, call 293-8935 for more info;
Sunday, November
4:
LDS
Lä'ie North Stake Conference, 10 am, CAC; LDS Temple Visitors Center
musical fireside featuring the BYUH Women Näleonahe choir, directed by
Gail Blache-Gill;
Monday, November
5:
Lä'ie
Elementary Read Aloud America family program, 5:45-7:30 pm, includes snacks
and light dinner;
Tuesday, November
6:
Kahuku High PTSO college planning meeting, 6:30 pm, cafeteria; Kahuku
Public Library celebrates Children's Book Week (Nov. 12-18) with Eureka
- Stories of Inspiration & Trickery with Ben Moffat, 6:30 pm, for
children ages 5+ and families, call 293-8935 for more info; Hau'ula Community
Association meeting includes O'ahu Civil Defense presentation on emergency
preparedness, 7 pm, Hau'ula Civic Center; BYUH women's volleyball vs. Montana
State-Billings, 7:30 pm, CAC;
Wednesday,
November 7:
Kahuku
Public Library Keiki Storytime with Beth Tueller, 10:15-10:45 am, call 293-8935
for more info;
Thursday,
November 8:
Next issue of Kaleo;
Friday, November
9:
BYUH
women's Organization luncheon featuring Nadine Allen, 11:30 am, Aloha Center,
$;
Upcoming Events
Nov. 12:
Veteran's Day Holiday (no public school).
The
Department of Health recently confirmed two cases of locally transmitted dengue
fever in Lä'ie, and encouraged residents to take preventative measures.
