Inside the July 15, 2004 issue:
HRI readies hotel, other plans; Iosepa crew presents gift, returns home; Kahuku Hongwanji to celebrate centennial; Lä'ie Days: kupuna, kama'äina honored; Kualoa Ranch opens new 'front door'; 500-plus attend Leota family reunion in Lä'ie; Op-Ed: A Country Voice; Summer sports reports; Ko'olauloa Community Calendar.
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"Even though recent early media coverage were not our planned releases, we confirm that we are planning to replace the Lä'ie Inn with a new hotel that will expand into the vacant property at the corner of Naniloa Loop and Kamehameha Hwy., and we are pleased with the extraordinary positive responses we have received," said Hawai'i Reserves, Inc. (HRI) President & CEO R. Eric Beaver.
"While local media have recently given our preliminary hotel redevelopment plans some generous coverage, we are still in the process of completing important planning issues and negotiations," he said.
HRI began planning to replace the aging 48-room Lä'ie Inn hotel when the property management firm affiliated with The Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints was formed almost 11 years ago.
"It's a little premature at this point to define in exact terms how much the project will cost, who will be involved, or how many rooms the new hotel might have. Many of these parameters will be determined through the planning, design and permitting stages," Beaver continued.
"When we complete the negotiations, we will definitely share more details. We recognize that this is an important new project that is of great interest and benefit to the community. Lä'ie Inn is approximately 40 years old and needs to be replaced. Usage analyses and marketing projections show an expanded hotel is a good move for the entire area.
"It will provide a viable lodging alternative to family and kama'äina visitors in our area, such as the Leota family which recently rented out the Lä'ie Inn. It will mean more jobs for people in our area. It will mean more visitors supporting local businesses and services as they come to the PCC, BYU-Hawai'i, the Temple and the north shore; and it will also provide a unique laboratory situation for the international tourism and hospitality management students at BYU-Hawai'i, who are somewhat restricted as to where they can work while in school.
"We're excited about this project, and we'll be releasing more details as soon as they're finalized," Beaver said, "but there's still a great deal of work to do. For example, even though the property is zoned for resort development, permitting and regulatory processes will take months to complete, and once fully approved, actual construction will probably take at least a year to complete."
Beaver added that HRI will present more information at the September meeting of the Ko'olauloa Neighborhood Board (they do not meet in August).
Master Planning process to start
Beaver also announced HRI will soon start the master planning process for Lä'ie and a portion of the 663-acre site the company purchased about one year ago from The Estate of James Campbell in Mälaekahana.
"Like the hotel project, planning for Lä'ie and Mälaekahana are expected to take some time," Beaver continued. "We hope to transfer the development concepts approved in the Lä'ie portion of the City and County's Ko'olauloa Sustainable Communities Plan to the new site.
"We are thrilled about the opportunity to take a comprehensive approach in updating our master plan for the area, a process that will be open to community input at various stages, and while master plans are living documents that change with time, it is our intention to begin implementing this next plan update."
For further information, contact HRI at 293-9201.
If all goes according to schedule, the BYU-Hawai'i voyaging canoe, Iosepa, should arrive back home about July 24th, after spending two months training with the crew and leaders of the voyaging canoe, Makali'i, in Kawaihae, west Hawai'i.
Soon after Hawaiian Studies received permission to proceed with the construction of Iosepa, program director William K. "Uncle Bill" Wallace III contacted his cousin, the late Clay "Cap" Bertelmann of Waimea, Hawaii — captain of the Makali'i until he passed away earlier this year — to ask if he would train Iosepa's crew.
"When Cap accepted the kuleana, the responsibility, for training Iosepa, he committed our whole 'ohana [family] with him," said Chadd Paishon, Bertelmann's son-in-law and the current captain of Makali'i, referring to their community-based nonprofit support organization, Nä Kalai Wa'a Moku o Hawai'i. Makali'i "family" members have been helping prepare the BYU-Hawai'i canoe and crew ever since, which is why Iosepa has been at the Makali'i home port since late May.
On June 24th, with a fresh morning breeze, a calm sea and clear skies showing the summit of Mauna Kea far in the distance, BYU-Hawai'i President Eric Shumway and Polynesian Cultural Center Von Orgill joined the crew aboard the university's 57-foot traditional Hawaiian wa'a kaulua or twin-hulled voyaging canoe.
They were accompanied by Lä'ie master carver Tuione Pulotu, who helped create the canoe; BYU-Hawai'i vice presidents Keith Roberts, Näpua Baker and Michael Bliss; donor Dallas Low, 92, a former labor missionary who helped build the BYU-Hawai'i campus and PCC; and President's Executive Leadership Council member and donor Ira A. Fulton, an Arizona businessman whose generosity has supported many BYU-Provo and BYU-Hawai'i initiatives, including Iosepa and the Hawaiian Studies program.
Soon after the escort vessel, Alaka'i, towed Iosepa clear of Kawaihae harbor's channel markers, the crew — captained by Paishon, who has family in Lä'ie — and most of the visitors set the sails and the canoe tacked up and down the coast for the next several hours.
As the crew does every time Iosepa completes a run, they stowed the sails, coiled all the ropes, washed the decks, and received feedback from Paishon and Wallace before joining hands Hawaiian-style in pule — prayer.
"It was a great experience," Shumway said. "I had the opportunity to ride Höküle'a from Kualoa to Kahana one time, and Iosepa rides much more smoothly."
"We were out there pulling ropes and I also had the chance to steer," said Baker, who later in the afternoon joined crew and Makali'i family members in jumping off the dock for a swim in the harbor.
Following a lü'au prepared by Nä Kalai Wa'a, under the direction of Bishop Glenn Bertelmann of the LDS Waimea 2nd Ward, Clay Bertelmann's brother, Iosepa crewmembers retrieved a canoe boom they had brought from Lä'ie to present to the Makali'i organization. The boom is for a canoe they are building to present to Pius "Papa Mau" Piailug, the traditional navigator from Satawal, Micronesia, who helped restore the ancient navigation art in Hawai'i, starting with the voyaging canoe Höküle'a in the mid-1970s.
During the special presentation, Wallace first chanted in Hawaiian, then explained Clay Bertelmann asked for Iosepa's help if there was any wood left over from its creation. He explained the crew lashed the boom to Iosepa and brought it with them when they came at the end of May.
"It was not by accident that I picked up the phone to talk to Clay," Wallace said of the close relationship between the BYU-Hawai'i canoe and Nä Kalai Wa'a. "We look forward to the future."
President Shumway, a noted Tongan language scholar, next spoke in formal oratory in that language, then said, "This is a very important historical day, probably more than any of us realize. There's something very special about this whole process."
He explained Iosepa was "created without contention" and is a symbol of "God's family in the world. It's a link between us and the past. It's a link between us and the future. We sail as a family.
"All of this that's happening is bigger than any one of us," he continued. "Iosepa unites us all."
"For us, it's always been about sailing as a family. Our community is our family," captain Paishon responded, referring to the Nä Kalai Wa'a members surrounding him. "That's the first thing we noticed about Iosepa.
"We all stand together," he added, referring to the Iosepa crew, which is comprised of BYU-Hawai'i faculty, students and community members. In addition, many Lä'ie and surrounding community members supported the creation of the canoe, starting in February 2001.
For 100 years, the Kahuku Hongwanji Mission has provided spiritual, social and personal comfort for 241 Japanese laborers and their families, many of them originally immigrants.
In conjunction with its centennial, the mission will sponsor a bon dance on Saturday, July 24th, from 7:30-10:30 p.m.
In the early years, living together harmoniously in this strange new land was hard for the various ethnic groups. Violence erupted periodically, and some of the violent men were sent home to their country of their origin.
Before the Kahuku Hongwanji Mission was established, the main temple in Honolulu provided Reverend Joho Yempuku to service rural communities.
Although the original temple was constructed and dedicated in July 1902, a more formal dedication took place in November 1904. Hence, there is a recorded 50th Anniversary celebrated November 14, 1954, in the new and present temple, which was constructed in 1949 by Robert Kaya of Ka'a'awa.
The first resident minister, Rev. Eiho Masumi, arrived in September 1906. Since then there have been 19 succeeding ministers assigned to Kahuku. Some the more recent ones included Reverends Motoyoshi, Ikoma and Igarashi. The present minister, Rev. Kevin Kuniyuki, who was born and raised in Pearl City, resides at the Wahiawä Hongwanji Mission.
The Kahuku Hongwanji Mission teaches the Jodo Shinshu way of life, which has been a stabilizing religion for the Japanese community. Although its present membership has dwindled to a small number, they still have a strong desire to practice living Jodo Shinshu.
The special Lä'ie Days program at Hukilau Beach on July 10th honored Lä'ie kupuna [respected elders] and other kama'äina [children of the land], starting with a Hawaiian greeting, then talking story and sharing songs from the old days and finally, of course, lots of food.
Dawn Wasson — who chaired the event, along with committee members Kela Miller, Näpua Baker and Theresa Bigbie — explained the idea of the get-together was to honor the original Hawaiian family landowners [kuleana] who came to Lä'ie over 200 years ago, many of them associated with King Kamehameha's invasion of O'ahu.
"Thank you, kupuna, for coming here," Wasson said. But the focus soon turned to the stories and songs of men and women now in their 70s, 80s and even 90s.
For example, Thomas Nakayama, 92, who now lives in Kahuku, was there as the oldest known person alive who was born in Lä'ie; and Joe Ah Quin told how he and his eight other siblings were born about where the traffic circle nearest Hukilau Beach is, near the old barber shop, which is long gone.
For older residents, the recollections of the kupuna brought back pleasant memories, and tended to amaze the younger people who may not have been aware of how growing up in Lä'ie was many years ago.
"Ahi" Roland Logan recalled in the old days that the people sometimes caught 1,500 pounds of fish during a hukilau; and nobody loves fishing stories like "uncle" Reuben Pukahi, who learned from the master, the late Hämana Kalili. "The ocean, I tell people, is my playground," Pukahi said, pointing to the water. "This is where I learned to do a lot of things for myself and the people I loved.
Pukahi reminded everyone that at one time there were three boat houses at Hukilau Beach belong to Moke Hiram, Jubilee Logan — Ahi's father, and Kalili. "Everything was between the three families, especially at Hukilau. Tutu Hämana taught me all these things. I used to go with him all the time. We used to go way down past Kahuku, walking along the reef with the throw net, looking for mö'ï [king fish]."
He added sometimes Kalili would send him back to get the car. "When I finally got there, Hämana would say, boy, why you take so long. I never told him I didn't know how to drive. That's where I learned.
Pukahi also spoke of the special relationship his family had with manö — the shark. "Throughout the over 50 years I've been diving and fishing — sometimes with the spear and a lot of fish and blood, and the manö was there — he would just gobble up the fish . . . but I'm still here."
"I have sons, cousins and nephews who still do these things because I taught them," Pukahi said.
Kenneth Nakayama, who was raised in the area and went to Kahuku High, said his father's parents came from Japan "to work in the plantation fields, and they settled in Lä'ie." He added his grandfather eventually became a Shinto priest and had a small temple near the mauka [inland] portion of Lä'ie Cemetery.
The younger Nakayama also said it was interesting to him that his children have all married people from the area. "I'm proud to say we've still got roots here. Even me, I'm a Red Raider for life, though I live on Moloka'i now. I want to thank you for honoring my dad."
"I was born in Lä'ie, right by the grave yard," Thomas Nakayama responded, recaling this might have been why ghost stories used to scare him when he was a little kid.
The senior Nakayama, decked with leis, said Lä'ie "has grown so much," noting that the train tracks used to run near Hukilau Beach. "We used to sell coconut hats and make a quarter to go to the matinee in Kahuku. If no more ride home, we would hook a ride on the train: Even though the old Filipino man sat back there, we'd sneak up on him. Those were the good old days."
The Kualoa Ranch & Activity Club at Kualoa opened its new 7,000 square-foot visitor's center on June 15th that will become the "front door" to the popular visitors attraction.
Tom McLaughlin, Director of Business Development for the ranch and a Ka'a'awa resident, said the new $2 million facility includes a kitchen, dining area, restrooms and gift shop.
"All the people coming for our activities — horseback, ATV, and valley tours — now pass through the visitors center," McLaughlin said. "Along with the food and beverage and the retail side, we're working with Hale Kü'ai, the Native Hawaiian cultural co-op."
McLaughlin added that the building has been named Hale Iwikuamo'o, meaning spine or backbone. "The name derived from the daughter of long-time employee, Simeon Nae'ole, and refers to Kualoa ridge and the visitors center as a backbone to the ranch.
He also said the facility took "about a year-and-a-half to complete, "but it's been planned since 1999. We're going to have activities including lei making, carving, painting, story telling, and language in there. Carol Matsuzaki of Hau'ula, executive director of Hale Kü'ai, is working with the ranch to put together a calendar of activities.
"The business basis for the visitors center is diversification. It's something we've wanted for a long time," Mc-Laughlin continued." From the point of view of the Morgan family, it provides viable economies that provide the money necessary to preserve the property.
"We're still a working cattle ranch. We still have our 500 head of cattle, and we still grow flowers and plants. We also have aquaculture and a fish pond; but with the visitors center, we're sort of stepping up in allowing access to the ranch for visitors to Hawai'i."
McLaughlin pointed out the facility also resulted in approximately 18 new jobs, including executive chef Michael Honda, formerly with food services at Hickam and Pearl Country Club. Gaylynn Lau of Punalu'u, is the new retail manager.
He added, in addition to "typical foods that visitors would expect, kama'äina can also find loco moco, bentos and musubi. We have a half-pound loco moco we're particularly proud of. It's a belly bomb.
"We're going to try to do our best to raise the overall tourism product in Ko'olauloa and at the same time take care of our Windward neighbors. It's a work in progress."
Kualoa Ranch is open daily from 8-5 p.m. and offers kama'äina rates.
In 1923 a young couple — 'Aivao and Matala Leota — left their home in Sämoa to move close to the Latter-day Saint Temple in Lä'ie and raise their nine children. Two weeks ago over 500 Leota descendants came back to Lä'ie on June 30th from all over the U.S. and abroad for five-day extended family reunion.
Of course, some of the family members — including Wongs, Tollefsens, Leotas and Logans — still live in Ko'olauloa and didn't have to come far.
Craig "Vuni" Keiki, a great-grandson of the couple and one of the reunion organizers, explained the Leota descendants nearly booked out the Lä'ie Inn and also took over a large campground at Mälaekahana to accommodate their activities, which included workshops, tours, crafts, a golf tournament, cricket matches, family history sessions, devotionals, talking story, a talent show, lots to eat, and a grave-side tribute to 'Aivao and Matala at Lä'ie Cemetery.
Keiki — a travel agent who grew up in Nänäkuli, attended BYU-Hawai'i in 1984 and now lives in Owens Mill, Maryland — said trying to communicate with all the cousins was "a major undertaking. We didn't want to leave anyone out."
But with the help of a fono or meeting committee — which included fourth-generation cousins Keiki; Andre Harris of Houston, Texas; Desiree Smock, Pound Ridge, New York; Rodney Hiram of Richmond, California; and Pologa Sabatini of Pearl City — over the past two-and-a-half years, the family came together.
"Everybody is so excited and proud to be part of this family," Keiki said. Like many of the others, he was wearing a nametag to help other family members recognize him.
"It all worked out," he continued. "For me, the reward is just to see all our family and to know how large our family has grown. We went to a wedding a couple of years ago, and I realized some of the cousins didn't know each other. I wanted to see all of the family united under one roof. We're all here because of 'Aivao and Matala."
Alema Leota, 76, who now lives in Arlington, Washington, was the oldest family member at the reunion. He is the sole surviving member of the nine second-generation Leota offspring.
Leota told Kaleo he was born in Lä'ie and attended Kahuku High. Later he moved into Honolulu, finished his schooling at 'Iolani, and was among the last group drafted following World War II. He served for three years in the 82nd Airborne Division at Fort Bragg, North Carolina, where he did over 40 parachute jumps.
"Lä'ie was a nice town in the 1930s, like it is now, but not as big," Leota said. "We went fishing and swimming and spent a lot of time at the beach. Growing up in Lä'ie was fun for us. Of course, church was also a big part of our lives.
"My father was a good fisherman, even though he was crippled when he fell out of a coconut tree in Sämoa. He was also a good farmer. We had taro and banana patches in Lä'ie. I used to have to pull weeds," Leota continued.
"I remember when I was growing up the elders of all the races spoke Hawaiian. My parents spoke Sämoan but also learned fluent Hawaiian. It's amazing that most of the kids never learned, but our parents wanted us to be well versed in English," he recalled, adding that he attended Lä'ie school as a kid.
"There were a lot of kids, and we were all friends. If we weren't swimming at the beach, then we were fishing or at the beauty hole. Every kid growing up here in those days spent time at the beauty hole.
"Lä'ie is a beautiful place," Leota said, adding that he couldn't get over the turnout at the reunion. "I'm seeing relatives I haven't seen for a long time. I knew I had a lot of relatives, but this is amazing. I'm so thankful for this gathering, and to see the generations from the little ones up through their parents and grandparents.
"I miss Hawai'i, but I'm thankful I'm still living to be here," he added.
More information about the Leota family reunion will eventually be posted on the family's web site at www.leotareunion.com, which along with the tee shirts and other souvenirs, was designed by cousin Rodney Hiram, a graphic artist.
By Barry Markowitz
Like a puzzle, the pieces of the North Shore/country tourism scheme is starting to fit together. In reaching this new equilibrium not everyone yet sees the big picture or how things are improved for those of us who live here. Not only is there a piece of the pie for anyone that wants it, there is also a substantially bigger pie.
As a local journalist/photojournalist, I get to listen to several sides of issues and developments. I admire the passion most of our Ko'olauloa people have when they really care about something that affects their family and their livelihood. Much of this passion has been highly visible related to changes at the Turtle Bay Resort.
I have covered the recent "informational protest demonstrations" by the Local 5 Union for both town and country newspapers, relative to their concerns with the resort. While there is extreme passion regarding this issue, it is my hope that after listening to both sides that the goal of mutual prosperity and job opportunities will get both Local 5 and the resort to make peace with each other.
The re-invention, or better stated, re-capitalization of the Turtle Bay Resort has compelled changes which also have spurred local concerns. As Turtle Bay is well on its way to becoming a five-star resort, the line between what we local visiting guests and registered hotel guests can do is now more well defined and enforced.
"My kids grew up in the Turtle Bay pool and now we can’t use it anymore," said one well respected friend of mine. "We used to get the beachfront bungalows for Thanksgiving weekend, bring da bbq and the extended family and party down. Now no more," said another long-term local Turtle Bay consumer.
What these very close friends of mine missed in their expression of disapointment is that we tended to think of the Turtle Bay Resort almost as we would a City and County park. While the Turtle Bay Resort became mediocre, with even the concrete falling to pieces, we the local consumers helped to keep it alive with our patronage, our family outings, and special events we held there.
It is my opinion, we have to let those days of thinking Turtle Bay Resort is ours, fade. We need to embrace that Turtle Bay is providing us with more variety, more upscale options without going to town. And when we patronize the resort, I don’t care about some big Texas company managing it, or megabucks owners, I see people I know from all over the North Shore and Ko'olauloa country earning a paycheck, paying rent, and feeding their families.
To be honest, before this current regime took over, I suffered through horrible food, neglect, and bad experiences at the hotel.
At the July Ko'olauloa Neighborhood Board Meeting, Patrick Macy, a high regarded local resident and public school counselor, shared a glowing experience he had with his family by testing the current public access to beaches at the resort. He said he was warmly greeted at the control kiosk, given a map, and was treated only with aloha during his entire visit.
I have only eaten breakfast and lunch at the new Turtle Bay Resort, but I can say that the breakfast was amazing in its diversity, at lunch the burgers were huge and cooked the way I wanted, and considering I was full at the end of all meals, the price was fair.
Now without reservation, this is where I want to enjoy town-style high maka maka when I want it, 15 minutes away, without driving to town.
I am also completely amazed that I can take a business client to lunch at their Palm Terrace and we can hook-up to the Internet and receive e-mail from the table with their free in-house wireless service to our laptop computers.
So, we need to accept that Turtle Bay Resort is still our special place but for different reasons and purposes. Now, with the announcement of improvement to the Lä'ie Inn, this will be the place catering to us regular-income guys. Over the past 10 years, the Inn’s manager, Craig Huish, has probably helped most of us with a party or bbq at their pool, a community event, or a place to stash unexpected and sometimes unwelcome friends, mooches and relatives.
If you are a local in the know, remember Craig and Franco’s tradition of throwing your turkey in the imu? Expect that what we think we lost at Turtle Bay will more than be made up for at the new Lä'ie Inn. It sounds like the Lä'ie Inn is being designed exactly with us in mind. We will soon have the best of all worlds. Who needs town: Ko'olauloa, the center of our Universe!
Even though it's summer, various aspects of Kahuku High sports continue. "For example, I'm on a 12-month contract," said athletic director Joe Whitford, who added that he and fellow ADs and school principals made a recent district ruling that impose transfer restrictions on athletics team players:
"Effective Aug. 18th, you will not be able to transfer — even with a geographical exception — to play a sport, if you played the same sport at the previous school. The purpose of the new ruling is to prevent jumping around," Whitford said. "The voting was unanimous."
Whitford explained, "even though I had some reservations," the new rule would require transferring students to sit out for a year of that sport, and applies only to sports. If students or their families want them to transfer for other reasons, they still can.
"For those involved in sports, there is an appeal process, if the transferring students think they have a legitimate reason to transfer.
Asked if Kahuku has many transfer students, Whitford replied almost all schools have some. "In addition to our great sports programs, Kahuku actually has a reputation of being a rather conservative school that attracts students from beyond Ko'olauloa. We have kids who live in Wai'anae and come here every day during the school year," he said.
"The new ruling shouldn't really affect us," he continued, "because we have more than enough good athletes. In fact, some of our kids in the past have transferred out so they'll have a better chance to play."
Whitford suggested if a family has targeted Kahuku or any other public school for sports reasons, that they consider "transferring the child early, say in the 8th grade, before the child enters high school. That way nobody has to sit out for a year."
In other Kahuku High sports news:
All-State girls basketball
The Hawai'i All-State girls basketball team recognized more top players from Kahuku High based on their second-place finish with heart in the 2004 championship match than first-place finishers from Ko-nawaena.
Latoya Wily, who recently accepted a scholarship to play for Alcorn State University in Mississippi, was named All-State First Team forward/center, and Karla Ta'ilele was named to the All-State Second team as a guard. All-State Honorable mention went to Camilla Ah-Hoy, Aisha Ale and Mona Ale.
In addition to the All-State honors, Wily was recently named to the OIA East First Team. Mona Ale and Ta'ilele were named to the Second Team; and Ah-Hoy, Aisha Ale and Anny Soliai received Honorable Mention.
Aug. 21st: Kahuku vs. Skyline in Salt Lake City, Utah
"All the preparations are going smoothly," Whitford reported.
"We're working with Kahuku alumni in Utah who will provide most of the meals for the boys. We're expecting 25,000 fans, and most of them will probably be in red."
Moa Mahe, president of the Kahuku High boosters club who has been helping arrange transportation, said the team will leave Honolulu on Aug. 12th and return Aug. 23rd.
"The alumni association is spearheading a lü'au on Aug. 19th, with tickets costing $20 each. The PCC promo team will be there," he said.
"If anyone wants to help with donations, call me at 944-0700," Mahe added.
The game will be played on Saturday, Aug. 21st at 7:30 p.m. (MST) in the University of Utah's Rice Eccles Stadium. The JV team plays at Kamehameha the same day at 5 p.m.
2004 football schedule
"Fall football practice starts Monday, Aug. 2nd," Whitford said, "and pending approval from the state, the varsity may practice at Adams Field near the fourth hole of Kahuku golf course. We're trying to preserve our field for the games."
Meanwhile, the 2004 Kahuku High football schedule is set:
| Saturday, Aug. 28th: The varsity plays it second pre-season game against St. Louis at 8 p.m. at Aloha Stadium (the JV has a bye). |
| Saturday, Sept. 4th: Kahuku plays Kaimukï at home, starting with the JV at 4 p.m., followed by the varsity. |
Friday, Sept. 10th: Kahuku JV and varsity play McKinley at home, starting at 5 p.m. |
| Friday, Sept. 17th: Kahuku JV and varsity play Farrington at the stadium, starting at 5 p.m. |
| Friday, Sept. 24th: The JV plays at Mililani at 5 p.m. (the varsity has a bye). |
| Friday, Oct. 1st: The JV and varsity play at Castle, starting at 5 p.m. |
| Friday, Oct. 8th: The JV and varsity play Roosevelt at Kahuku, starting at 5 p.m. |
| Friday, Oct. 15th: The JV and varsity play at Kailua, starting at 5 p.m. |
| Friday, Oct. 22nd and 29th: OIA playoffs. |
| Friday, Nov. 5th: OIA championships |
| Saturday, Nov. 13th: "The JV championship game will be shown on OC16," said Whitford. "Our JV boys have been OIA champs six out of the last eight years." |
| Friday, Nov. 19th: First-round state championship matches. |
| Friday, Nov. 26th: State semi-finals. |
| Friday, Dec. 3rd: State championship final. |
Volleyball
"In the coming fall season, girls state matches will be held on Maui and the boys will play in Hilo," said Whitford. He expressed concern over the expenses involved if both Kahuku teams make their playoffs, as well as poor crowd turnout if none of the neighbor island teams make it. "It will good for the kids, but trying to run it will be tough," he added.
Cheerleading
Stephanie Allen received Honorable Mention in the 2004 All-State cheerleading teams.
Coaches needed
Whitford invited qualified applicants interested in coaching the varsity baseball and bowling teams to contact him at 384-4028.
Kaleo encourages readers to re-verify details. To submit items, call 754-4304, or e-mail: foleym002@hawaii.rr.com by the Kaleo deadline before the event.
| Thursday, July 15: Children's free summer reading program at the BYU-Hawai'i Bookstore, 11-12, includes activities and refreshments; Kahuku Community Association board meeting, 7 p.m., Kahuku Community Center; |
| Monday, July 19: HRI blood drive from 8:30 a.m. to 2:30 p.m. in the Lä'ie Shopping Center parking lot, bring picture ID, call Kim at 293-9201 to make an appointment; Ko'olauloa Youth Activities Club meeting, 6:30 p.m., Hau'ula Community Park; |
| Tuesday, July 20: Summer reading finale at Kahuku Public Library features Silly 'n Spooky Tales presented by Jeff Gere, 6:30 p.m. (pick up reading logs starting Monday, July 19th); |
| Wednesday, July 21: Ko'olauloa Interagency Community Council, 8:30 a.m., Kahuku Hospital conference room; 'Taste of Health' presentation, includes discussion on free medicine, at the Queen Lili'uokalani Children's Center in Punalu'u, 5:30-8:30 p.m., call 293-8577 for more info; |
| Thursday, July 22: Kahuku High Classes of '56, '57, 58 reunion at Kahuku Community Center, 1 p.m.-midnight, potluck (no alcoholic beverages are allowed); |
| Saturday, July 24: Free movie night social at the Hau'ula Seventh Day Adventist Church, 54-029 Waikulama St., 6 p.m., call 293-8754 for reservations, includes free pupu; Kahuku Hongwanji Bon Dance, 7:30-10:30 p.m., includes food booths; Hau'ula Summer Fun finale features Disco Magic, Hau'ula School cafeteria, 7-9 p.m.; |
| Monday, July 26: Swimming classes: Adult beginning swimming, 7-7:45 a.m., and parent and child aquatics, 10-10:30 a.m., register with BYU-Hawai'i CITO office (other classes available), or call 293-3780, $; From Honolulu to Läna'i, Latter-day Saint history presentation at 12 p.m., Bishop Museum, by Dr. Fred E. Woods, visiting BYU Church History and Doctrine professor; |
| Tuesday, July 27: From Läna'i to Lä'ie, Latter-day Saint history presentation at 12 p.m., Bishop Museum, by Dr. Fred E. Woods, BYU Church History professor; Lä'ie Summer Fun finale, 7 p.m., Lä'ie School cafeteria; |
| Wednesday, July 28: Kahuku Summer Fun finale, 7 p.m., Kahuku Elementary cafeteria; |
| Friday, July 30: American Cancer Society Relay for Life at Hau'ula Community Park, 5 p.m. to 7 a.m. on July 31st; |
| Monday, August 2: Kahuku High & Intermediate schedule pick-up in the school cafeteria, 8 a.m. to 3 p.m. (also on Thursday, Aug. 5th, and Friday, Aug. 6th); Pop Warner football first day of practice, 4 p.m., Hau'ula Community Park, followed by family potluck at 6 p.m., then a parent meeting; |
| Wednesday, August 4: Ko'olauloa Community Health & Wellness Center board meeting, 7 p.m., Kahuku Hospital conference room (2nd floor); |
Thursday,
August 5: |
| Friday, August 6: Kahuku High Class of '94 reunion, continues on Saturday, go to www.kahuku94.com or call Fia at 293-5727 or Kalani at 293-7557; |
| Saturday, August 7: Kahuku Hospital 55th birthday party, 11 a.m. to 7 p.m., Kahuku District Park, includes entertainment, health fair, games, food, etc.; |
| Thursday, August 12: Next issue of Kaleo; |
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