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As part of its 50th anniversary Golden Jubilee celebration throughout 2005, BYU-Hawai'i honored 26 former labor missionaries on March 17th during its Ko'olauloa Community Service Awards Program. The 26 who were available to attend a special banquet represented several hundred volunteer laborers and supervisors who built the university campus, additions to the Hawai'i Temple and Visitors Center, housing, chapels, and the Polynesian Cultural Center in two phases between 1956-63.
They included William Akau, Louis Cabrera, Antone "Tony" Haiku, Jacob Huihui, John Kanae, Nonaina Makahi, George Poliahu, Alisa "Pupi" Toelupe, Thomas Stephenson, Gordon Broad, John Kapu, David Kekuaokalani and Dale Keli'iliki from Hawai'i; the late Iris B. Morgan (represented by daughter Janice Morgan), and Jack Pierce — originally from Utah; Waha Elkington and Percy Te Hira of New Zealand; Sione Feinga, Tevita "David" Mohetau, Sione Tui'one Pulotu and Sione Sulunga — originally from Tonga; Teina Ngatikaura from the Cook Islands by way of Sämoa; and To'elau Sauäina Näutu, Matte Ieti Te'o and Alapati Penu'ofa Tofa — originally from Sämoa.
Some still live in Ko'olauloa. Some had previously served labor missions in their home islands and were already skilled. At least one was still in high school and served during summer breaks. Most supervisors — including Pierce, who lives in Lä'ie and is believed to be the last one alive — were professional construction specialists who brought their families, served freely and taught the young missionaries their respective trades.
"This is a legacy that will never die, thanks to the strength and testimony of these men," said BYU-Hawai'i President Eric B. Shumway in presenting the awards. His wife, Carolyn Shumway, also acknowledged the contributions made by the wives, other women and even children who served with or assisted the labor missionaries. In addition, she pointed out some of the missionaries "met their wives" in Hawai'i while serving. "Thank you very much for being a part of our lives," she said.
"There is nothing like saying thank you. We hope we did it well enough to express the depth of our appreciation," said President Shumway, who explained that a sampling of labor missionary representatives and other Latter-day Saint Church leaders are prominently featured in a new Genuine Gold display in the BYUH Aloha Center.
The display also includes a section on President David O. McKay, who envisioned the university during a February 7, 1921, visit to Lä'ie School, which at that time was run by LDS missionaries (it was turned over to the Territory of Hawai'i about seven years later). He returned as the worldwide LDS president on February 12, 1955 — 50 years ago — to break ground for the Church College of Hawai'i (which became BYU-Hawai'i in 1974). Classes started later that year in temporary facilities on the corner of Naniloa Loop and Lanihuli Street, where the Lä'ie North Stake Center now stands, while the labor mission soon after got underway. A third section of the display depicts alumni representatives whose character and integrity President McKay characterized as "genuine gold."
"Students of today have the opportunity to revere those who 50 years ago answered the call of a prophet to come and build," President Shumway said. "Their opportunities for education include not only secular learning. President McKay said from the very beginning, this school was built because of the things of God, that these young men and women will grow up knowing the existence of God and knowing He is our Father, and that we are all brothers and sisters on this planet. That is what the labor missionaries were building: A monument to the Living God that His children could come here and learn and in turn go forth as genuine gold.
"I would like to remind all of us," President Shumway stressed, "that this is hallowed ground upon which a prophet stood and dedicated an institution of higher learning to bless and strengthen not only the community of Lä'ie, not only The Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints, but also our students who would be influences for good and the establishment of peace internationally.
"I pray that you and I will be worthy of that heritage. It's nice to feel grateful for these men and women of skill who built this place, but we should also feel the burden of responsibility that we never betray the faith and the sacrifice of those who went before us; that we never betray the prophet by living lives that are counter to the integrity of character President McKay prophesied would be manifest among us."
"I know that the work we all did here in Lä'ie — the construction of the college — was because education was really important in all of our lives. The Lord knew this and inspired the Prophet David O. McKay to construct this college here in Hawai'i," responded William Akau (1956-58), who also spoke as a representative of the labor missionaries during the dedication of the new campus on December 17, 1958.
"There were a lot of spiritual moments," said George Poliahu the high school student who served during his summer breaks in '57 and '58. "There was caring love, and though we worked hard, when you're working for the Lord and you're working along side men with the same principles and ideals, working was easy."
"It wasn't a sacrifice. It was something I would do again," said Percy Te Hira, who remained in Lä'ie after his mission and retired a few years ago from BYU-Hawai'i Physical Facilities.
"For the last 50 years, we are the recipients of your honors. We are thankful to be here. You see that this group is getting smaller," said Sione Feinga, who served from 1960-62 and recently retired from the BYU-Hawai'i Physical Facilities department.
He added that the labor mission included approximately 50 supervisory couples, "most of whom are gone...and perhaps the last one is Brother [Jack] Pierce of Lä'ie. He was the youngest supervisor at that time. I want you to know that we from the islands appreciate them."
In addition to the banquet, President Shumway and President Von Orgill of the Polynesian Cultural Center — assisted by Honolulu City Council Chair Donovan Dela Cruz and State Representative Michael Magaoay — presented each of the labor missionaries with gifts and the Ko'olauloa Community Service Award. The missionaries, in turn, presented President Shumway with a large, beautiful hand carved Polynesian bowl.
As part of the university's Golden Jubilee, the labor missionaries plan to hold a reunion this summer.
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Paul Bursey, Kahuku Hospital
Director of Nursing, shows the new ER equipment made possible by a donation from the Kahuku Hospital Women's Auxiliary. |
Two recent donations have enabled Kahuku Hospital to acquire some important, new replacement emergency and mammography equipment:
• The Kahuku Hospital Women's Auxiliary donated $5,500 from the proceeds of their bazaar sales which the hospital has used to purchase four new pieces of equipment for the Emergency Room, according to Paul Bursey, Director of Nursing.
"We have a new bedside heart monitor, a new ECG machine — an electrocardiograph [which traces heart activities], a new vital signs monitor that measures blood pressure, pulse, temperature and oxygen saturation; and a monitor/defibrillator, a machine used to kick-start hearts," he said.
"It's an excellent gift. I've been researching the market for the right price we could fit into our budget, and this is a gift the hospital can certainly use. It's replaced the emergency equipment we needed.
"In our ER, some of our equipment was significantly older. It certainly worked, but the ability to repair it was a challenge," Bursey said, adding he learned from the auxiliary president Andrea Renaud that "they had funds they might be willing to donate.
"I want to make a huge thank you to the ladies auxiliary for their efforts. It's a significant donation that's made a big difference. From here, we'll keep looking for additional funds to replace and upgrade additional equipment. It's an ongoing process," he said.
Past auxiliary president Nadine Kekau'oha pointed out, "through the past years, our organization has donated about $32,000 to the hospital."
She added the Kahuku Hospital Auxiliary will also meet with CEO Don Olden on April 12th at 5 p.m. in the 2nd floor lounge to hear an update on the status of the hospital. "The public is invited," Kekau'oha said.
• Thanks to the Windward American Cancer Society and a grant from the Susan B. Komen Breast Cancer Foundation, Kahuku Hospital's radiology department has purchased two S.O.F.T. (special optimized full tilt) mammography paddles.
Staff technologist Michael Morris, R.T., explained the new paddles conform to breast contours "to produce a clearer image, use less radiation and 10-12% less compression force, thereby giving women a more comfortable exam. This makes it easier on the patients," he said.
To schedule an appointment using the new paddles, call 293-9221.
Hawai'i Reserves, Inc. (HRI) has announced the next step in a series of community planning processes that will assist the company as it plans for the needs and eventual development of housing and related community amenities in the Mälaekahana area.
To gather specific information, HRI will conduct a formal survey starting in mid-April. The survey will request detailed information from respondents about housing needs, preferences and demographics, as well as opinions about the importance of community amenities such as parks, retail and recreational facilities.
"We're excited to begin the process and look forward to the wonderful opportunities this project will present," said R. Eric Beaver, HRI's President & CEO.
The survey process will begin among employees of Lä'ie's primary institutions, and will eventually include the broader, local workforce. The results will help shape conceptual ideas about possible housing types.
UniDev, LLC, an independent firm that specializes in the development of communities, is assisting HRI with the survey and housing project.
Anyone with questions pertaining to the survey may contact Steve Hoag at HRI, 293-9201.
The Mormon Pacific Historical Society (MPHS), which is associated with BYU-Hawai'i but includes a far-flung membership, heard two Lä'ie kama'äina "talk story" about the community during World War II days, and also listened to new evidence about an attempt to bomb the LDS temple in Lä'ie on December 7, 1941.
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"Uncle" Joe and "Aunty"
Gladys Ahuna |
"Uncle" Joe Ahuna and his wife, "Aunty" Gladys Ahuna, whose respective families have lived in Lä'ie for many generations, told how they were school kids in the community when World War II started. "My mother said when she was a girl you could stand at Lä'ie School and see all the way to Pounders. There was no brush, no trees, no plants," Aunty Gladys said, recalling when she was a girl much of what is now the community was covered with taro patches.
Of the actual Pearl Harbor attack, she said, "We didn't see or hear anything, but it was so frightening. We didn't know what to do, so we stayed at home, and within 24 hours our yard was turned into a command post," because her father was the Ko'olauloa telephone company district supervisor with a fenced-in yard to secure the telephone exchange equipment. "They had ammunition stacked from the floor to the ceiling and machine guns right over our cess pool, and everything was immediately under martial law."
Aunty Gladys also explained they had to observe a "blackout once the sun went down. We had to cover all doors and windows, and you couldn't do anything. My brothers, who were up at Kamehameha School were taken right out of school, and because they were in the ROTC program, they were put into the Hawai'i Territorial Guard, and from there right into the Army. For three months, we had no idea where they were, and momma cried and cried."
Uncle Joe explained he was in Honolulu for a family birthday party on December 7th, "and ran into the street to see what was happening. We could see the fright in everybody's face," he said, adding he could also "see the black smoke and planes in the distance."
"Right after the war started, there was no school for several months," Aunty Gladys continued, "and we all had to go to Lä'ie School to register with the government. They gave us special ID numbers. We also had to walk to the old Social Hall [near Loala Street] to roll bandages and take Red Cross classes."
After school started up again, Aunty Gladys said each person was issued a gas mask that "we had to wear slung over our shoulders the whole time we were in school." She also remembered "for the first time" the girls were allowed to wear slacks to make it easier for them to jump into the trenches during air raid drills.
"Then, because of the shortage of men, they came up with this program where we had to work in the fields. They called it 'war effort.' Every Saturday it was either the pineapple fields or the cane fields; and if you didn't go, you got an F for war effort, which means you flunked that year. Our job was to grab the hoe and go kalai — dig the weeds. You know how long those cane field lines are? We got a penny a line," she said.
"Gas was rationed. Food was rationed. There were absolutely no building supplies to be had, and you could not buy any appliances, because these things were important, and everything was commandeered for the troops. No cars came in until after the war, so it was quite a different life we lived. We had GIs all over the place up until the end of the war...but we came to love them so much. They were wonderful guys."
Still, they pointed out it wasn't all bad or hard: "All through the Second World War a lot of us local people made a good life and living for ourselves," Uncle Joe said. "My father had 2,000 pigs we raised and sold to the soldiers. Our feed came right from the military camps. A lot of people were employed and made good money during the war." And Aunty Gladys recalled their Kahuku High proms were held in the gym and banquets in the cafeteria, but full-on military bands provided live music.
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Dr. Pratte |
Dr. P. Alfred Pratte, a retired BYU communications professor who has been editing the 50-year history of BYU-Hawai'i, told the MPHS members how he turned up new evidence in support of the temple bombing story some people feel is an "unverified miracle":
Briefly, the story goes that the late Robert Kahawai'i of Lä'ie saw a Japanese dive-bomber trying to attack the Lä'ie Temple on Pearl Harbor Day. Sixteen years later, an LDS missionary, Elder Stout, met a Japanese man in Matsumoto City, Japan, who got very excited when he saw a picture of the temple. The man told Elder Stout he was a pilot that morning. Having one bomb left, he attempted several times to drop it on the obviously important building, but was unable to release the bomb. Next he tried to strafe the temple, but his guns wouldn't fire. He even thought of crashing into the building, but his controls wouldn't work. Flying back out to sea, he said the bombing mechanism and guns worked again, so he made one more pass . . . but as before, suddenly nothing worked. He ended up dumping his bomb in the ocean in shame and returned to his aircraft carrier.
Pratte told how MPHS co-founders and former Lä'ie residents Drs. Ken Baldridge and the late Lance Chase each previously published papers on the purported incident, basically questioning whether it really happened for a variety of reasons, but they also left the door open for further research.
Pratte said in the process of researching the BYU-Hawai'i history book, he turned up several new pieces of unrelated evidence that bear on the bombing story: 1) That additional witnesses in Lä'ie have since been identified; and 2) a "significant portion" of the reaction from Elder Stout's mission president, Käne'ohe resident Paul Andrus, was inadvertently edited out of the published papers, giving the impression he didn't believe Stout. "The fact was just the opposite," Andrus told Pratte.
"He [Andrus] fervently believed the attack occurred and he has so believed since he read Stout's journal in 1983," Pratte continued. Andrus said also believed the account told by Kahawai'i who, "in later years, was saddened that something he believed in and had held so privately was not taken seriously."
"In his [Andrus'] view, the attempted attack on the Hawai'i Temple by a Japanese airplane on December 7, '41, in no way detracts from its sacred purposes. Rather, it emphasizes the importance of the work being done there. Moreover, this account in no way effects the validity of The Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints one way or the other," Pratte concluded. "To dismiss the account...as a myth or folklore is probably a rush to judgment. It is premature, excessive and undeserved."
MPHS President Riley Moffat explained the group held its March 26th annual conference on campus to observe BYU-Hawaii's 50th anniversary.
Dr. Dr. Mary Jane Woodger, an associate professor of history at BYU in Provo, delivered the keynote address entitled David O. McKay's World Tour: A Fulfillment of Promises. She explained that Church President Heber J. Grant asked Elder McKay, a member of The Quorum of the Twelve Apostles since 1906, to undertake the trip, which was originally supposed to take about three months. He ended up taking a little over a year to cover 62,000 miles, in Asia and the Pacific visiting Japan, China, Australia, Java, Singapore, India, New Zealand, Tahiti, Rarotonga, Samoa and, of course, Hawaii where on February 7, 1921 he observed the children at the mission school in Lä'ie raising the U.S. flag.
Recent BYU-Hawai'i graduate Lindsey Yamauchi Leeworthy also presented her paper at the conference on Descendants of Israel: Intimate Interactions Between the New Zealand Maori and the Early Mormon Missionaries.
Dale Keli'iliki of Lä'ie had already been in the military, gone to Church College of Hawai'i for two years, and just started his own auto detailing business and was making excellent money when O'ahu Stake President Edward L. Clissold asked him and a number of other young men to voluntarily serve as labor missionaries.
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Keli'iliki said President Clissold "also told me I had to go back to school. Somehow, he got hold of the registrar and found out I hadn't finished school. He saw I had some pretty good grades, so he told me all my other buddies would finish the mission but I had to go back to school."
"At that time, I'd work for half a day, and came home with over $100. My mother said, 'Wow, you're doing good.' I went out and bought a new car. When I went on a mission, I gave the keys to my mom. Later, when I saw the car being driven by my sister, I asked my mom what happened. She said, I gave them the car, and she told me, you go be on the labor mission," he said, adding, "My dad told me, listen to your church leaders. My parents were very definite about the Church."
Keli'iliki, who was one of the 26 former labor missionaries who recently received the BYU-Hawai'i Ko'olauloa Service Award, said the second phase expanding the BYU-Hawai'i campus, building faculty housing, the Lä'ie Stake Center and the Polynesian Cultural Center was "tapering down" when he started.
"I was fortunate that I got switched to a lot of different crews. I went to the carpenters. I went to the electricians, and I learned a lot of stuff. The labor mission was fun, and a really nice experience," he said.
Today, Keli'iliki is a retired BYU-Hawai'i mathematics professor and lives on Hukilau Beach. He was born on Moloka'i but grew up in Lä'ie, graduated from Kahuku High in 1958, and said he loves the community. "The only things to do before were beach activities and going into the mountains to pick fruits — mountain apples, waiwï and mangoes. We didn't have TV or electronic games, so I treasure all those activities we used to do. My first love was the beach. I loved skin diving.
"When the college came in...it gave me a sense that I better go get educated myself. When I was in high school we didn't get much counseling along those lines. There was more pressure on us to get our military service over, or getting drafted, rather than going out and getting an education or going on a mission.
"So, I thought, I'm going to get educated, too. Of course, my parents were also drumming that into my ear. When I started taking math from [the late] Dick Coburn, he was already on my back to take math as a major. He was very strong willed and really jumped on you. He wanted anyone with smarts in that area to be a mathematician. He already had my brother, John Keli'iliki, heading in that direction.
"He said,' You're going to be a math major, too.' I said, oh, we'll see; but as it turned out, that's exactly the way I went.
"Before the university started, there were some buildings used by the military for training in the area where the college first was. CCH started using all of those buildings for classrooms. One of them they added on to make the cafeteria. The old Lä'ie Social Hall, right where Larry Au lives right now, was used as a classroom and a wood shop. They were also trying to get an auto shop going, too. We used Lä'ie Park for physical education and basketball. There was also a little tennis court there, where Larry Au and I used to play.
"Where Charley Goo is living now used to be the Old Plantation Store. His father had created a soda fountain with a juke box in there. The college kids and the local kids would go over there, having ice cream, soda pop, and even some dancing.
"One year I went up to Provo for one semester to see if there was a difference. My good friend, Vi'i Pita, said he'd come with me. I'm glad I went," Keli'iliki continued. "In my major alone there was a distinct difference in the way mathematics was approached here on this campus versus the way it was being presented at the Y. That first semester was an eye opener: I felt I never had this kind of math before in my life."
Keli'iliki said after graduating from BYU in math, he worked for Lockheed Aircraft in California as a flight test engineer, but he soon returned to Lä'ie to help care for his father. His first job back in Ko'olauloa was as the playground director at Hau'ula. "They called me Mister Dale," he said. Soon after he got married. His wife, Sue Keli'iliki, is a former Kahuku High and LDS Seminary teacher.
The couple returned to Provo, Utah, where Keli'iliki earned a master's degree in 1971, and "before the year was over, Church College asked me to come for an interview. Dick Coburn was asking for me to come back.
"I started teaching in the fall of 1972 and retired in 1997. My father was going through a battle with cancer, and I was going to work a little bit longer, but I thought I would be missing out if I didn't take time to be with him. Talking with Sue, we looked at everything and decided we didn't know how much longer my father had left.
"He lived six years beyond that point, but I don't regret having those years with him. He wanted to go do things with me, so I took him on trips. I was in the hospital with him many times, too. The doctors used to say, I don't know how he's living longer. He was 93 when he passed away in 2003. Since then, I've been fixing up my house and taking care of my sister who used to stay with my dad. She stays with us, now.
"Knowing what I know today, I would do it again," Keli'iliki said. "At heart, I'm a country kid. I loved Lä'ie from when I first moved here. There was never any question where I was going to live."
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BYU-Hawai'i invites quilters to participate in its 50th anniversary Jubilee Quilt Exhibit which will be on display in October.
The deadline to indicate intent to participate is April 30th. Quilt makers are asked to design and produce a "golden jubilee quilt" as a work of art that exemplifies some aspect of university's jubilee, including its historic foundation, landscape, campus or spiritual nature. For more information and an entry form, contact Jane Toluono, 293-3665 or toluonoj@byuh.edu.
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Kaleo's coverage of Kahuku High sports starts out this month with..
All-Star honors
Junior forward Okesene "Junior" Ale was recently named the Honolulu Advertiser's OIA East basketball Player of the Year, and head coach Nathan James was named league Coach of the Year.
Ale joins teammate and junior guard Clinton Parks on the OIA East's All-Star First Team, while senior guard and Punahou transfer Shane Hayden received Second Team honors.
Honorable mention for the OIA East went to Hapaki Kaululä'au, Viliami Tilini, Devin Unga and Kevin Unga.
In girls softball, Kahuku High pitcher Kamaile Hughes received All-State Honorable Mention.
In OIA East girls soccer, Kelly Pao was named to the First Team, and Brianne Huddy to the Second Team. The following received Honorable Mention: Vailima Walker, Cassy Young, Monique Akina-Morgan, Iwa Hartman, Scarlett Marquardsen, Noell Au and Nicolle Näutu.
For the boys soccer team, Redmond Tutor was named to the OIA East's Second Team.
Girls basketball
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The 2005 Kahuku High girls
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Kahuku Athletic Director Joe Whitford reported, "the girls basketball team is now 6-0 for the season and following their 49-44 victory over Kaläheo on April 2nd, are now ranked fourth in the state, with six more regular season games to go.
"They have to finish in the top four in the OIA to get a berth in the state tournament. For the last two years our girls have won 2nd place in state," he added.
"Early season stars have been Aisha Ale, Kamaile Hughes and Artevia Wily. They're making steady progress on becoming a better basketball team.
"The JV are currently 4-2, following two close losses to Farrington and Roosevelt. They need to win the rest of their games to be considered for playoffs, so their backs are against the wall. David Te'o and his brother, Brian Te'o, are coaching the JV."
Track and field
"Our track team is looking really tough, and we could be one of the favorites to win the state championships this year. In our qualifying practice meets, the varsity boys are looking really good in the 4-by-100 and the 4-by-400 relays. Barring injuries, we'll have a very successful season," Whitford said.
He noted the OIA relays meet will be April 9 at Mililani, at 9:15 a.m.; the OIA Eastern Division championships will be April 16 at Kaiser at 9:15 a.m.; the JV championships will be on April 23rd at Mililani, 9:15.m.; the OIA championships will be May 7th at Mililani starting at 2 p.m.; and the state championships will be on May 14th, also at Mililani.
"We're the state runner-up in boys track and field," said Whitford, who singled out the following athletes: "Spencer Hafoka, Micah Strickland, Redmond Tutor, Al Afalava and A.J. Victorian are really strong in the short distances. Others that will contribute include hurdlers Afa Bridenstein and Mau-he Moala; and in the field events B.J. Beatty and David Niumatalolo are expected to do very well."
Sean Makaiau is the track coach, assisted by Dwayne Fely and Keala Santiago.
Water polo
"We're currently 2-1. The one loss was by way of a scheduling forfeit, but no worries. We're the two-time OIA champions, and we're looking very strong," Whitford continued.
"Leading the team this year is goalie Sara Mirels. We also have Lacy Luehrs and Rebecca Fonoimoana from Sunset, who's currently leading the league in goals with 13 in two games; and she's only a sophomore.
"Our varsity team will also have scrimmaged with all of the ILH teams before the end of the season. We're the only OIA team to do that."
Whitford explained that water polo coach Aukai Ferguson has divided the team into two, "because we have 27 players. We actually have a JV team, that exclusively plays all-ILH varsity-two teams. We could easily field two varsity teams, but there are no OIA provisions to do that.
"In fact, there was a pre-season weekend, March 12th, that our JV teams won an OIA tournament with only freshman and sophomores playing. The varsity had a game against 'Iolani, so they didn't even play, and we still won."
"We even have a Kahuku Intermediate team that's exclusively 7th and 8th graders. They have scheduled games with all of the ILH schools — Punahou, Kamehameha, 'Iolani and Pac-Five. Again, we're the only OIA school that does that," Whitford said. "We do very well against Kamehameha and Pac-Five, but we struggle against the other two.
"All totaled, we have about 45 girls playing water polo. There's also a boys club team who play in the fall. We practice at BYU-Hawai'i, and we're grateful for the time they give us.
"Water polo is one of the few sports where the whole of our district participates. For example, very few of our sports include kids from the entire district. This is one sport that really brings all of the communities together."
Baseball
The Kahuku varsity team is at 0-2. "Hopefully, we'll do a little better as the season progresses. There are still 9 more games," said Whitford, who noted the play of Bronson Ähue-Ponciano, Kurtney Silva and Kimball Niumatalolo.
"In baseball, the communities with the largest Little League organizations usually do the best. Our Little League program in Ko'olauloa has struggled. Basically, this is a football town."
Golf
Whitford said there's "some great news about both the girls and boys teams: One of our golfers, Andrew Kä-Në, leads the league with the lowest average in the Eastern Division; and currently, we have the second best team by average in the East.
Both teams are coached by Carlton Ching; other contributors include Isaac Jaffurs and Shaun Sutherland.
The girls team is also currently the second-best team in the East, led by Phyllis Lai. Others contributing are Chezerae Karnuth and Shannon Ching.
Judo
The Kahuku High "judo team had their first match this past weekend at Farrington. The season only runs over four weekends. We tied for the state championships last year in girls judo. Our best competitor is Kanoe Tani."
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In other Kahuku High sports-related news:
Football
A national publication, Student Sports, shows that "tiny" Kahuku High tied with only two other schools in the nation — one in Texas and other in Maryland — in leading the nation by signing eight Division I football letters of intent on signing day — tied with another school little tiny Kahuku.
"Considering how many high schools there are in the country, that's amazing," said Whitford, adding before the end of the year, "there will be additional national scholarship news. We should nail everything down by next month."
"Our trip to the mainland is still pending. If we decide to go, it will be the week of August 27th, but we're still working out some of the details. Our first game of the year will be August 19th against defending state champion Kamehameha, up at Kamehameha. The homecoming game will be September 30th against Farrington, here."
Kahuku 2003 graduate Kapua Torres, who has been ranked number-one nationally in the 112-pound division most of the season, won an individual title at the Women's National College Wrestling Championship on March 26th in California. She now hopes to qualify for the (U.S.) World Team Trials in June, which means she would have to finish in the top-six at the Senior Nationals in late April.
Kaleo lists a limited number of activities and encourages readers to re-verify details. To submit items, call 754-4304, or e-mail: foleym002@hawaii.rr.com by the next Kaleo deadline before the event.
Thursday, April 7: Ko'olauloa Neighborhood Board meeting, 7 p.m., Hau'ula Community Center; |
| Friday, April 8: Kahuku High baseball vs. Kailua, 4 p.m., Kahuku District Park; |
| Saturday, April 9: Kahuku High girls basketball vs. Kaiser, 10 a.m.; Kahuku High judo at Castle, 12:30 p.m.; BYU-Hawai'i Jubilee Choral Reunion concert, 7 p.m., CAC, free; |
| Sunday, April 10: BYU-Hawai'i Jubilee Choral Reunion fireside, 5 p.m., Auditorium; |
| Tuesday, April 12: Kahuku Hospital Auxiliary meeting with Don Olden, 5 p.m., 2nd floor, public invited; |
| Wednesday, April 13: Kahuku High water polo at Kaiser, 4 p.m.; Kahuku High girls basketball vs. Moanalua, JV at 5 p.m., varsity 15 minutes after their game; |
| Friday, April 15: Federal income taxes due; BYU-Hawai'i Women's Organization luncheon, 11:30 a.m., Aloha Center (baby-sitting available), $5 for members, $7 for guests; |
| Saturday, April 16: Kahuku High judo at Kaimukï, 9 a.m.; Kahuku High water polo at Kaimukï, 11:15 a.m.; Kahuku High girls basketball at Farrington, JV at 5 p.m., varsity 15 minutes after their game; |
| Sunday, April 17: Lä'ie North Stake conference, 10 a.m., BYUH CAC; |
| Monday, April 18: Kahuku High progress reports mailed out; Ko'olauloa Youth Activities Club meeting, 6:30 p.m., Hau'ula playground; |
| Wednesday, April 20: Kahuku High girls basketball at Roosevelt, JV at 5 p.m., varsity 15 minutes after their game; Ko'olauloa Interagency Community Council meeting, 8:30 a.m., Kahuku Hospital conference room; |
| Thursday, April 21: Kahuku Community Association board meeting, 7 p.m., KVA conference room; |
| Friday, April 22: Earth Day; Hawai'i State income taxes due; no school for Kahuku High & Int. (planning day); |
| Saturday, April 23: Kahuku High judo at Kaimukï, 9 a.m.; Kahuku High water polo vs. Kapolei at BYUH, 12:15 p.m.; Kahuku High girls basketball at McKinley, JV at 5 p.m., varsity 15 minutes after their game; |
| Tuesday, April 26: BYU championship Ballroom Dance Company presents Light up the Night, 7:30 p.m., CAC, $5; |
| Wednesday, April 27: Administrative professionals day; BYU-Hawai'i spring term begins; Kahuku High girls basketball at Kaläheo, JV at 5 p.m., varsity 15 minutes after their game; |
| Thursday, April 28: Ko'olauloa Children's Chorus concert fundraiser, 6 p.m., BYU-Hawai'i CAC, $15, call 293-1796 for more information; |
| Thursday,
May 5: Deadline, next issue of Kaleo; |
| Sunday, May 8: Mother's Day; |
| Thursday, May 12: Next issue of Kaleo; PCC Sämoan World Fireknife Championships begin (and run through Saturday); |
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and published by
Mike
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