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February 15, 2006

 

 

February 14, 2006

 

ABA throws its support behind Akaka Bill

 

By Sally Apgar
sapgar@starbulletin.com

 

The American Bar Association urged Congress yesterday to pass the controversial Native Hawaiian Recognition Act of 2005, known as the Akaka Bill, during this session.

 

At its midyear meeting in Chicago, the ABA voted to support passage of the legislation so that native Hawaiians could form a governing body "similar to American Indian and Alaska Native governments, enabling them to provide for the health, safety and welfare of their people."

 

The Akaka Bill, named for U.S. Sen. Daniel Akaka, who introduced it, does not create a native Hawaiian government.

 

The measure authorizes an unspecified process that would eventually lead to the formulation of a government with the authority to interact with the U.S. government. The bill does not give the governing native Hawaiian entity explicit powers, but instead legislates these powers to be granted in the course of future, three-way agreements approved by the federal government, the state of Hawaii and the new native Hawaiian governing body.

 

ABA President Michael Greco said in a news release: "American Indians and Alaskan Natives have political authority to deal with the United States on a government-to-government basis."

 

Greco said, "Native Hawaiians as an indigenous people in our country should be afforded the right to create their own governing body. Congress needs to approve legislation now that will establish the process for native Hawaiians to do that."

 

U.S. Sen. Daniel Inouye said the support of the ABA "is further evidence that the legislation, which has bipartisan support, should be brought to the floor for debate and an up-or-down vote."

 

Haunani Apoliona, chairwoman of the Office of Hawaiian Affairs, who has lobbied hard in Washington and here for acceptance and passage of the bill, said the ABA's support "recognizes and affirms that there's no question Congress can extend federal recognition to native Hawaiians."

 

 

 

 

Posted on: Tuesday, February 14, 2006

 

Ceded lands deal advances in Senate

 

By Gordon Y.K. Pang
Advertiser Staff Writer

 

A bill offering a temporary solution to the dispute over ceded land revenues won approval from the Senate Judiciary and Hawaiian Affairs Committee yesterday, despite reservations raised by the Legislature's two part-Hawaiian senators.

 

Under the agreement, reached by the Office of Hawaiian Affairs and the Lingle administration last month, the state would give OHA $15.1 million annually as its share of ceded land revenues. OHA, which serves Native Hawaiian interests, has been receiving about $10 million annually over the past three years. OHA would also get a one-time payment of $17.5 million to cover back payments.

 

The bill now goes to the Senate Ways and Means Committee. The House Hawaiian Affairs Committee is scheduled to vote on its version of the bill tomorrow.

 

Sen. Colleen Hanabusa, D-21st (Nanakuli, Makaha), Senate Judiciary and Hawaiian Affairs chairwoman, said she does not believe it is the place of lawmakers to decide how much should be paid to OHA. "Whether the amount is satisfactory or not is something OHA is going to have to take up with its beneficiaries," she said. "Whether we have enough money or not to do it is for Ways and Means to determine."

 

J. Kalani English, D-6th (E. Maui, Moloka'i, Lana'i), and Clayton Hee, D-23rd (Kane'ohe, Kahuku), the two part-Hawaiian senators, said they believe the figures included in the proposal are too low.

 

"Personally, I believe it should be a higher amount but I also recognize that there are others in the Legislature who feel that the Hawaiians should get nothing," English said. He added that he appreciated the discussion that took place on Friday over how the settlement figures were arrived at.

 

Hee said he voted for the measure with reservations. Since eight of nine OHA members voted for the agreement, "it is difficult not to support it," Hee said. Still, the former OHA board member and one-time board chairman called it "a huge step backward."

 

Reach Gordon Y.K. Pang at gpang@honoluluadvertiser.com.

 

 

 

 

February 11, 2006

 

Fortune smiles on HEI’s Lau

 

The American Savings Bank CEO will soon be the 20th female chief at a Fortune 1,000 firm

 

By Dave Segal
dsegal@starbulletin.com

 

When Constance Lau takes over the reins of Hawaiian Electric Industries Inc. in three months, she will become one of only about 20 female chief executives at the helm of a Fortune 1,000 company.

 

It will be another major career step for the 53-year-old Lau, who ranked 11th on U.S. Banker magazine's list of the 25 Most Powerful Women in Banking in the nation in 2004 and 2005.

 

Lau, president and CEO of HEI subsidiary American Savings Bank, was named yesterday to replace Robert Clarke as president and CEO of the parent company.

 

Clarke, 63, is retiring from those positions, as well as from his chairman post, at the company's May 2 annual shareholders meeting. Lau will take control at that time and will add the title of chairman of the bank's board. She also will be nominated to be elected a director of HEI.

 

"To be perfectly honest, I never thought I'd ever be president of a bank, let alone president of a large publicly traded company here in Hawaii," Lau said. "It's a wonderful experience."

 

She will not be the only CEO in the Lau household, because her husband, Russell, is vice chairman and CEO of Finance Factors Ltd., a Honolulu-based finance company with real estate and insurance operations.

 

"The (three) kids and I are absolutely thrilled with this honor she's been bestowed," he said. "She's had a great educational background, and she's worked with some of the best people in her career."

 

Jeffrey Watanabe, 63, a senior partner of his law firm, Watanabe Ing & Komeiji, was named nonexecutive chairman of HEI. Watanabe has been a director with the holding company since 1987. He also is a director of Oahu Publications Inc., publisher of the Honolulu Star-Bulletin and MidWeek.

 

Clarke said he is retiring to spend more time with his grandchildren, travel and help friends in some small venture capital investments mentoring smaller companies.

 

He said he will have worked for 40 years come June, and "that seems like a pretty full career." He said he has one grandchild and two on the way, and that he would like to travel to Kenya to see the wildlife because he has never been able to take enough time off to take a trip to Africa.

 

"This decision was totally up to me and not the board asking me to step down," Clarke said.

 

Clarke lists as one of his best HEI accomplishments the acquisition of American Savings Bank from a Salt Lake City-based company in 1988. At the time of the purchase, American Savings had $1 billion in assets and $13 million to $14 million in net income. Today, American Savings' assets are approaching $7 billion, and its earnings in 2005 were $65 million.

 

HEI ended 2005 with net income of $126.7 million on revenue of $2.2 billion. Its dividend of 31 cents a share currently offers a yield of 4.7 percent.

 

Lau, who became president and CEO of American Savings Bank in June 2001, said she does not plan any changes once she takes over.

 

Clarke said Watanabe was named chairman instead of Lau to conform with the national shift in corporate governance toward separating the chairman from the CEO position.

 

"Jeff is a well-respected member of the community and will be of great assistance to the board and Connie in the future," Clarke said.

 

Given the advantage of hindsight, Clarke admits he would have liked to do some things differently in his career at HEI.

 

"I had an old boss who said, 'If I knew where I was going to die, I wouldn't go near the place.' It's always good in hindsight. I think the two biggest problems (during his career at HEI) were our international investments, and we owned an insurance company that got smashed by a hurricane."

 

Lau's husband said there will not be any family rivalry about who has the most prestigious position.

 

"There's no one-upping in our family," he said. "She can have a public corporation or private corporation; it doesn't make any difference. It's not an issue for us. Connie is a very smart person; you can see by her academic background. We're proud of her no matter what she does, She does what she does, I do what I do and we're happy that way."

 

Connie Lau echoed that sentiment.

 

"He's fully supportive," she said. "It's wonderful to have a husband who's also a CEO who understands the demand and responsibilities of a CEO job."

 

Clarke joined HEI in 1987 as vice president of strategic planning and was promoted to group vice president of diversified companies in 1988. He was elevated to president and CEO in 1991, and became chairman in 1998.

 

Fortune magazine, which plans to put out in April its annual list of the top 1,000 revenue-producing public American companies, likely will not include Lau on its list, since she does not take over until May. But a spokesman for the magazine said that as of yesterday there were nine female executives listed in the top 500 and another 10 in the next 500.

 

Lau does not think being a female was a factor in the board's decision to appoint her, but she recognizes her position as a role model.

 

"I think about it in the sense that I recognize it is a very significant event for women in business because there haven't been that many CEOs," she said. "And to the extent that I can be a role model for young women to think that such opportunities are available to them in their lifetime, I'm very happy about that."

 

James Bellessa, an analyst in Great Falls, Mont., with D.A. Davidson & Co., said it will be a smooth transition from Clarke to Lau.

 

"I don't think the sex matters," he said. "Connie is a very adept person capable of taking over the reins of a well-managed company."

 

Lau said she never considered giving up her position at the bank to focus on her new CEO role.

 

"That's not something that was asked of me, and the bank is in the midst of a very successful transformation to a full-service community bank," she said. "It's important for me to continue leading that transformation as well as assume the new responsibility at the HEI level."

 

 

 

 

Posted on: Friday, February 10, 2006

 

Menor, Schatz file for U.S. House run

 

By Derrick DePledge
Advertiser Government Writer

 

Two state lawmakers, Sen. Ron Menor and Rep. Brian Schatz, filed papers yesterday to run in the Democratic primary for the 2nd Congressional District, while two other prominent Democrats confirmed their interest in the race.

 

Menor, D-17th (Mililani, Wai-pi'o), said he wanted to take his work on consumer and healthcare issues to the U.S. Congress.

 

"I understand many of the key issues because I live them," Menor said in a statement. "Providing care for my mom, who needs the benefits of Medicare and other elder programs, helps me see how vital these are to our seniors and their caregivers. And with three boys in school and my wife, Pat, teaching at Helemano Elementary School in Whitmore Village on O'ahu, I know all too well the importance of education and the challenges young families face."

 

Menor, the chairman of the Senate Consumer Protection and Housing Committee, has been a leader in the Legislature on healthcare, gas price regulation and affordable housing.

 

Unlike Menor, who can stay in the Senate if he loses, Schatz, D-25th (Makiki, Tantalus), will have to give up his House seat to run for Congress, which he said shows his commitment. "This is a historic election and it's an opportunity for the state to send someone to Congress who can be a forceful advocate for Hawai'i's values," Schatz said.

 

Menor and Schatz become the second and third Democrats to officially enter the race to replace U.S. Rep. Ed Case, who is giving up his seat to run against U.S. Sen. Daniel Akaka in the Democratic primary for the U.S. Senate. State Sen. Gary Hooser, D-7th (Kaua'i, Ni'ihau), filed papers earlier this week.

 

With a coveted seat in Congress open, several Democrats are expected to enter the race for the September primary.

 

Matt Matsunaga, a former state senator who ran unsuccessfully for lieutenant governor and Congress, said he is talking with friends and family about a campaign. He finished second to Case in a January 2003 special election to replace the late U.S. Rep. Patsy Mink. "At this point I'd say it's probable," Matsunaga said.

 

State Rep. Roy Takumi, D-36th (Pearl City, Palisades), the House Education chairman and one of the most respected lawmakers at the Capitol, also is contemplating a campaign. "I want to focus on education and my work during the session, but I am thinking about it," Takumi said.

 

Reach Derrick DePledge at ddepledge@honoluluadvertiser.com.

 

 

 

 

February 11, 2006

 

Hawaiian Way Fund Invests in Cultural Knowledge to Enhance Social Services

 

The Council for Native Hawaiian Advancement (CNHA) will host its annual meeting of nonprofit members from around the state to discuss it’s Hawaiian Way Fund, a philanthropic initiative to support community based programming where Hawaiian culture and knowledge is a key component.  Scheduled for Friday, March 24, 2006, nonprofits will gather at the Queen Lili`uokalani Children’s Center in Honolulu on Halona Street.

 

“Small community organizations, whether a charter school, or a halau hula where Hawaiian culture and knowledge is a central theme, serve all of us in Hawaii by perpetuating the ideas and indeed the identity of Hawaii,” said Robin Puanani Danner, CNHA President.  “These nonprofits are not only taking on social missions, but putting into practice the knowledge and ways that have served Hawaii for centuries.  They are very much a life line to the rest of the community in keeping Hawaiian culture something that lives and serves community everyday.  These nonprofits represent a great opportunity for individual donors to support.”

 

CNHA’s Hawaiian Way Fund engages in workplace giving campaigns and donor campaigns to create opportunities for everyday individuals to contribute to the work of Hawaiian nonprofits.  The Fund coordinates fund raising activities on behalf of its recipients, reducing fund raising costs and maximizing the impact of each donor gift to actual program activities.  The annual meeting will bring together nonprofit partner recipients of the Hawaiian Way Fund to review the status of the fund over the last year, plan activities for the next year and review the programs of each of the partner recipients.  This year, CNHA has invited a special guest speaker, Mr. Joel Matsunaga of Hawaiian Telcom to share about corporate giving programs. 

 

A few of the partner recipients of the last two years include Na Pualei o Likolehua, a halau hula, Na Lei Na’auao Alliance, a statewide alliance of Native Hawaiian Charter Schools, Papa Ola Lokahi, delivering health services, and Partners in Development – Tutu & Me, supporting programming for grandparents and grandchildren.  The Hawaiian Way Fund is a philanthropic program of the Council for Native Hawaiian Advancement.  All contributions support social, educational, economic, environmental and cultural initiatives.  The fund is supported through individual charitable giving, employer workplace giving along with employer matching, corporate partnerships and fundraising events.  For more information about the Hawaiian Way Fund or to make a contribution contact CNHA at 808.521.5011, toll-free at 800.709.2642, via email at hwf@hawaiiancouncil.org or visit the website at www.hawaiianwayfund.org.

 

 

 

 

For Immediate Release February 14, 2006


DHHL Markets Kapolei Commercial Site to Wall Street


RFP for 67-acre parcel advertised in Wall Street Journal


HONOLULU, HAWAII—The Department of Hawaiian Home Lands (DHHL) will place an ad in the Wall Street Journal tomorrow seeking interested parties for the development of a its 67-acre commercial parcel in Kapolei. The ad is one of several issued this week and directs interested parties to a web site: www.EastKapolei.com for more information.

The commercial property sits between the Ewa and the Kapolei communities. It is in close proximity to the Kapolei Middle School and across the street from DHHL’s planned 403 lot East Kapolei 1 subdivision, which will also the site of the department’s new offices and the Salvation Army’s Kroc Center. The commercial property will be bordered by the impending Kapolei Parkway extension and the North/South Road. The University of Hawaii West Oahu Campus is also close by.

DHHL envisions a regional mall serving the Leeward Coast to be developed on the 67-acres site, which is larger than the footprint of Ala Moana Shopping Center (50 acres).   The revenue from the commercial lease will further the department’s self-sufficiency quest and provide additional funding for residential development.

“We are looking for the best opportunity to work with a developer that will provide a good revenue return and who can also respect our culture and what makes Hawaii special. This is a valuable piece of real estate because it sits strategically between two existing communities and thousands of new homes are coming online in that area,” said Micah Kane, Chairman of the Hawaiian Home Lands. “It will provide employment and business opportunities for the entire region and it is a great anchor for that region.”

“This is a great fit for the department’s philosophy of building communities where residents can live, work, play and learn in the same place,” Governor Linda Lingle said.  “Besides providing economic opportunities for the entire region, this will have an important influence on reducing traffic by keeping jobs in Kapolei. This is good for native Hawaiians and it will have a positive impact for everyone in the region.”

 

 

 

 

Posted on: Monday, February 13, 2006

 

Ranch leases finally given

 

By Kevin Dayton
Advertiser Big Island Bureau

 

HILO, Hawai'i — Hawaiian Homes officials plan to divide up about 2,500 acres near Waimea for a new pastoral subdivision, the largest ranching subdivision the department has distributed to Hawaiian lessees in more than 15 years.

 

The planned lot awards are part of last year's settlement of a lawsuit by the so-called "Aged Hawaiians," who had been waiting for pastoral leases in the area since 1952 and said they were improperly passed over for land awards.

 

The Honokaia Pastoral Lots project would create up to 60 parcels ranging from 5 to 285 acres in Hamakua, west of Honoka'a village. The plan favored by Hawaiian Homes officials would set aside a dozen of those parcels for ranching only, with no home sites allowed on them.

 

The land is formerly part of Parker Ranch, and until last October the land mauka of the old Mamalahoa Highway from the 2,600- to 2,800-foot elevation was leased out for horse and cattle grazing.

 

The settlement required the Department of Hawaiian Home Lands to offer land to Hawaiians who had signed up for the Waimea pastoral waiting list, and to offer additional land to lessees who had accepted smaller lots in Pu'ukapu.

 

The applicants seeking expanded land holdings had to draw up ranching plans, which were then evaluated by a panel of experts. The panel selected 11 of the 42 plans the lessees submitted as workable ranching proposals, and those plans are expected to take up about 1,700 acres of the Honokaia offering.

 

Reach Kevin Dayton at kdayton@honoluluadvertiser.com.

 

 

 

 

February 10, 2006

 

Akaka Questions Former FEMA Director on Loss of Mitigation Funding

 

Michael Brown testifies that mitigation funding was not a priority

 

Washington, D.C. -- Senator Daniel K. Akaka (D-HI) today questioned former Federal Emergency Management Agency (FEMA) Director Michael Brown on the loss of mitigation funding when FEMA was folded into the Department of Homeland Security (DHS). Mr. Brown testified that FEMA had to pay a "tax" to fund the Department's shared services, such as the Secretary's office and the information technology system, and that the bulk of that tax came from the mitigation program within FEMA.

 

"This Administration has a history of discounting the value of mitigation programs. According to Mr. Brown, the Office of Management and Budget does not think mitigation activities are worth the investment. I am shocked by this shortsightedness," stated Senator Akaka.

 

"If it weren't for Congress, there would be little to no federal funding for disaster preparedness in Hawaii, such as repairing school buildings that serve as shelters and strengthening flood control projects. Hawaii is vulnerable to hurricanes, torrential rains and flooding, tsunamis, droughts, earthquakes, and brushfires - this funding is critical."

 

The Administration sought to eliminate pre-disaster mitigation funding in 2002 and post-disaster mitigation funding in 2003. In FY 02, Congress appropriated $25 million for mitigation programs and $150 million in FY 03.

 

In 2002, the Government Accountability Office issued a report at the request of Senator Akaka entitled, "Hazard Mitigation: Proposed Changes to FEMA's Multihazard Mitigation Programs Present Challenge." GAO found that emergency management officials viewed pre- and post-disaster mitigation programs as successful and effective.

 

Senator Akaka is a senior member of the Homeland Security and Governmental Affairs Committee, which is conducting an investigation into the response to Hurricane Katrina.

 

 

 

 

Posted on: Thursday, February 9, 2006

 

Hawaiian grant training next week

 

Advertiser Staff

 

Workshops instructing educators on how to apply for $9.5 million in competitive grants available for programs that advance the education of Hawaiian students will be held by U.S. Department of Education officials around the Islands next week.

 

The money, available through the Native Hawaiian Education Act, is intended to support innovative projects that further education of Hawaiian students, according to Colin Kippen, executive director of the Native Hawaiian Education Council, which coordinates activities under the act.

 

Awards will be for up to $1.1 million and cover up to 36 months. Application deadline: March 24.

 

The 90-minute workshops:

 

 

For more information, call Heather Kina at 845-9883.

 

 

 

 

Posted on: Wednesday, February 8, 2006

 

DLNR: Add 7 charter schools, expand environmental studies

 

By Jan TenBruggencate
Advertiser Staff Writer

 

The state Department of Land and Natural Resources proposes increasing the number of charter schools across the state from 23 to 30, and proposes spending $3 million to help start schools whose curricula would emphasize environmental education.

 

The proposal, announced by Land Board Chairman Peter Young at a press conference yesterday, is part of a broader program to expand environmental education in the state — both to create a citizenry more informed on environmental matters, and to create the next generation of educated professionals who would care for Hawai'i's environment.

 

"We want to get our kids out into the best classroom in the world," Young said.

 

There are several bills before the Legislature that would increase the limit on new charter schools, and there may be a place for them, said Jim Shon, executive director of the state's Charter Schools Administrative Office.

 

"I think there is pressure out there for increased choice," Shon said. "I know there are certain communities that have been asking" for permission to launch new charter schools, he said.

 

But he said he is not sure that only allowing charter schools with an environmental specialty is the best approach.

 

"There are already several charter schools that have an environmental approach. Most of the Hawaiian schools have this connection to the 'aina," he said.

 

The land department argues for allowing seven New Century Charter Schools on six islands — one on the Kona and one on the Hilo side of the Big Island, and one each on Moloka'i, Maui, Lana'i, O'ahu and Kaua'i.

 

The department does not propose to run the schools. That would be done by community groups similar to those that run existing charter schools, Young said.

 

"The department firmly believes that we must begin recruiting the future guardians of our environment in our schools. The department's initiative is meant to engage our youth and instill in them the responsibility and commitment to protect our resources for future generations," Young said in a written statement.

 

"It is our hope that these future guardians will also acquire the same sense of obligation we feel for recruiting the generations to follow as stewards of our resources."

 

Young also will ask the Legislature to appropriate $1 million with which the department would support existing environmental education programs, like the Department of Education's Discovery Center in Koke'e on Kaua'i, the Hawai'i Nature Center, Kokua Kalihi Valley and others.

 

The legislative measure initiated by DLNR will increase the number of New Century Charter Schools with an environmental education curriculum from 23 to 30, placing two new schools on the Big Island and one new school on O'ahu, Maui, Moloka'i, Lana'i and Kaua'i.

 

In another effort, the land department would make land available free or at low cost as natural laboratories for organizations doing environmental education. These environmental education centers would help create the educational materials that would feed into the environmentally based charter schools as well as regular schools, Young said.

 

Reach Jan TenBruggencate at jant@honoluluadvertiser.com.

 

 

 

 

February 9, 2006

 

Educators discuss ways to help rural students adjust to urban campuses

By DIANA CAMPBELL
Staff Writer - Fairbanks Daily News-Miner

 

Thursday, February 09, 2006 - An Alaska Native student who moves to Anchorage from rural Alaska likely will be overwhelmed when entering the Anchorage School District just by the sheer size of the schools alone.

 

And statistics show they face a host of obstacles to academic success, say educators working against that pressure.

 

School data show a growing trend of Alaska Native students failing or dropping out, said Shirley Tuzroyluke, the educational community liaison with Cook Inlet Tribal Council in Anchorage.

 

"It's an unbroken pattern," Tuzroyluke told about 30 educators who attended her "Native Students in Transition" workshop Wednesday as part of the three-day 32nd Bilingual Multicultural Education/Equity Conference 2006.

 

Tuzroyluke was joined by Amy Maitland and Dick Thompson, also with CITC. They outlined the problems of making the transition from rural to urban schools and the resulting programs that have been developed to solve them.

 

Trends show that more rural Alaskans are moving to cities, Tuzroyluke said. From 1970 to 2000, more than 27,000 Alaska Natives moved from rural Alaska to Anchorage, Fairbanks, Juneau or other cities.

 

Native students comprised 13.2 percent of Anchorage's student body in 2000-01, but were 24.76 percent of dropouts, she said.

 

Part of the problem is that Alaska Native students are exposed to higher rates of alcohol abuse, poverty and health problems than other minorities, Tuzroyluke said.

 

She presented some statistics:

 

 

"In Anchorage it's not only poverty, but extreme poverty," Tuzroyluke said.

 

Many of the students she deals with are homeless. She points to welfare reforms that limit families to five years on public aid. Once the deadline passes, many are "starting to live in wooded areas and cars," she said.

 

School districts have to deal with the problems because statistics show that minority school enrollment is growing while white enrollment is dropping, she said. About 57 percent of Alaska Native/American Indian students in Anchorage are in preschool through sixth grade with at least half of their academic years ahead of them.

 

Thompson outlined a CITC program called Educational Services System that is combating the problems. The program is divided into seven parts and includes hands-on school intervention in all grades, job services, Native Youth Olympics participation, scholarship opportunities and mentoring.

 

The school intervention program, called Partners for Success, is aimed at 800 to 1,000 Native students in seventh to 12th grades. The program has all-Native extracurricular classes in math and language arts in four Anchorage high schools and four middle schools.

 

In the Fairbanks North Star Borough School District, the same sort of issues are present, said Deseree Wright, the director of Alaska Native Education.

 

Minority and low income students fall behind on test scores, according to Fairbanks school reports.

 

She said Natives living in villages may not realize how poor they are because their family can eat moose and fish. And in cases of real need, the community will know and band together to help.

 

But families, and children in particular, may get lost in Fairbanks or other urban settings.

 

A Fairbanks school will likely hold more people than the child's home village. And children will often change schools two or three times a year because families move a lot, Wright said. Moving is usually a sign of that the family is struggling to find affordable housing.

 

Helping a student in motion is difficult, she said. The district has a home liaison who visits families and helps them get into education services, such as tutoring. The district, in partnership with Doyon Ltd., also has a program that helps teachers understand different ways of learning.

 

"Learning styles are somewhat of a challenge," she said.

 

That's why the Effie Kokrine Charter School in is in existence, principal Eleanor Laughlin said. The school offers courses designed for different learning styles and the students are responding to it.

 

"They feel like it's a healthy learning environment," Laughlin said.

 

Diana Campbell can be reached at 459-7523 or dcampbell@newsminer.com .

 

 

 

 

Posted on: Tuesday, February 14, 2006

 

Judge rejects Hui Malama motion to dismiss lawsuit

 

Advertiser Staff

 

U.S. District Judge David Ezra yesterday denied a motion by the Native Hawaiian group Hui Malama I Na Kupuna O Hawai'i Nei to dismiss a lawsuit seeking the return of 83 cultural objects to the Bishop Museum.

 

In a 21-page ruling, Ezra said Hui Malama "has not presented any new or valid reasons for dismissal of this case."

 

The items were "on loan" by the museum to Hui Malama members, who reportedly buried them alongside human remains in the Kawaihae Caves Complex on the Big Island.

 

Two Native Hawaiian groups that last year filed the suit against Hui Malama maintain that they and others have not had a chance to weigh in on the final disposition of the items that Hui Malama members say have been placed back in the caves where they were first taken by Western explorers in 1905.

 

While Ezra ordered the items returned to the museum, an order reaffirmed by the U.S. 9th Circuit Court of Appeals, Hui Malama has refused to disclose their exact locations. A Hawaiian style mediation between the two parties began last month in an effort to settle the matter out of court.

 

 

 

 

February 12, 2006

 

Indigenous cultural affair strengthens ties

 

Hawaii’s Back Yard - Cheryl Chee Tsutsumi

Honolulu Star Bulletin

 

Although she died 20 years ago, Mary Kawena Pukui -- cultural expert, translator, genealogist, kumu hula, author, teacher, researcher, storyteller -- still ranks among the most beloved and respected of all Hawaiian scholars.

 

A child of two different worlds, Pukui was born in the rural district of Kau on the island of Hawaii in April 1895 to a Hawaiian mother and Caucasian father who hailed from Salem, Mass.

 

She lived, until she was 6, with her maternal grandmother who taught her the Hawaiian language and numerous chants, dances and legends. As Pukui's knowledge grew, so did her love, pride and interest in her Hawaiian heritage.

 

After her grandmother's death, she returned to her parents' home, where she assimilated both Hawaiian and Western ways. Her mother spoke to her only in Hawaiian; her father, only in English.

 

In her teens, Pukui began collecting Hawaiian sayings and stories shared by friends and family members. With the influx of foreigners, including immigrants arriving en masse to work on the sugar plantations, Pukui was afraid her precious cultural traditions would be lost. She began taking detailed notes that provided the framework for the more than 50 books and 150 songs she would eventually write.

 

For more than half a century, Pukui worked at Bishop Museum, where thick files of chant texts, oral-history recordings and ethnographic data based on her research and fieldwork are now preserved. Her lifelong passion for na mea Hawaii, "things Hawaiian," was marked by a commitment to remain true to the knowledge she had been privileged to receive.

 

She was meticulous when she retold and recorded moolelo (stories), never taking creative license.

 

"Some people heard stories and then rewrote them in a Western sense," says Pukui's hanai (adopted) daughter, Patience Namakauahoaokawena Wiggin Bacon. "As a result, a lot was lost. That was not my mother's style. She always said, 'I'm speaking from my own doorway and not anybody else's.' You speak only of things that you know. You don't take from elsewhere."

 

THE ANNUAL Mary Kawena Pukui Storytelling Festival was founded in 2001 to pay tribute to Pukui's rich legacy and love of Hawaiian culture, language and lore. It is presented by Education through Cultural and Historical Organizations through a partnership with the Bishop Museum, the Alaska Native Heritage Center and Inupiat Heritage Center in Alaska, and the Peabody Essex Museum and New Bedford Whaling Museum in Massachusetts.

 

Established by Congress, ECHO is a federally funded initiative that serves thousands of children, teachers and adult continuing-education students in those three states. Its programs provide participants with educational benefits, cultural exchange opportunities and a greater appreciation of local and national history.

 

The festival's original format revolved around storytelling by the native Hawaiians, American Indians and Alaskan Natives. "Each of the five organizations would present stories about their culture, then they would come together to produce a collaborative piece that tied all of the cultures together with a common thread," said project manager Noelle Kahanu.

 

Over the years, singing, dancing and movement were added to the storytelling component, which led to the renaming of the event to the "Mary Kawena Pukui Festival of Performing Arts" this year. Also, participants outside the original five have gotten involved. Last year's festival spotlighted authors of works published by Bishop Museum Press and students from Halau Lokahi and Hakipuu Learning Center, two Oahu charter schools closely tied to Bishop Museum. Independent from the state's public school system, these schools offer a curriculum with a strong Hawaiian cultural foundation.

 

On Feb. 19, native Hawaiian artist Solomon Enos will oversee the creation of a 50-square-foot mural telling about Mooinanea, the great lizard goddess who resided in Waolani near Alewa Heights. After Enos sketches the story on canvas, festival-goers can pick up brushes to help bring the mural to life.

 

Honolulu's Tau Dance Theatre has also been invited to coordinate the collaborative piece focused on each group's creation stories.

 

"Past presentations have featured each culture and their stories separately, in a fairly traditional oral setting and delivery," Kahanu said. "With the help of Tau Dance Theatre, the aim this year is to incorporate dance and movement to tell a more vivid story. We hope this new approach will significantly improve the quality and interactive element as the audience will be encouraged to dance, move and sing along with the performers."

 

PRIOR TO THE festival, the collaborative piece will be presented to students at Anuenue, Castle High, and Waimanalo, Nanaikapono and Nanakuli elementary schools. Following the festival, it will also be staged at schools and public venues in Alaska and Massachusetts.

 

According to Kahanu, these events offer attendees a valuable glimpse of three native cultures that are alike despite their physical distance. She recalls dramatic presentations by the Hawaiians, the Wampanoag tribe of Gay Head, Mass., and Alaskan Natives from Sitka during the festival's second year.

 

"We realized that these stories came from island people from three states that couldn't be farther apart, and yet they shared the same connection to the sea, the currents and the stars," she says. "What was striking were our similarities rather than our differences, commonalities that transcended time and distance."

 

As the festival enters its sixth year, Kahanu notes, "We have found that it is as much about building relationships among people, artists, institutions and communities as it is about cultural education. Last year, one Hawaii performer, Hiilani Shibata, made a kahili (feather standard) on behalf of Bishop Museum to present to the Wampanoag tribe. Their leader was speechless, so moved was he by the honor bestowed and the depth of the relationships formed."

 

The Mary Pukui Festival has shown that the enduring bonds of brotherhood can be forged with the sharing of just one song, one story.

 

"It is an honor to be able to welcome our native partners from afar, to host them in our state and to share their stories with thousands of schoolchildren and families," Kahanu says. "It is also an honor to travel across the country, sharing the stories of our Hawaiian people, to delight students with oli (chants), mele (songs) and hula and to remind ourselves that we are all really one family, 'na mamo o na kamahele e au i ke kai loa,' descendants of those who traveled the wide expanse of the sea."

 

If you go...

 

What: Mary Kawena Pukui Festival of Performing Arts

 

Place: Bishop Museum, 1525 Bernice St., Oahu

 

When: 10 a.m. to 5 p.m. Feb. 19

 

Admission: $14.95 per person, $11.95 for ages 4 through 12, free for Bishop Museum members and kids 3 and under. Kamaaina 4 and older pay $3. Attendees will enjoy songs, dances, music and lore presented by 25 gifted native Hawaiians, American Indians and Alaskan Natives; plus the museum's exhibits; food (chili, mochi, shave ice and more); and rides and games including a rock wall, Wave of Lava Slide and pineapple tubs (similar to Disneyland's fanciful twirling teacups).

 

Call: 847-3511

 

E-mail: museum@bishopmuseum.org

 

Web site: www.bishopmuseum.org

 

 

 

 

Posted on: Saturday, February 11, 2006

 

Wai'anae residents rally against ice

 

By Will Hoover
Advertiser Leeward O'ahu Writer

 

Hundreds of Wai'anae Coast residents attended a Rally Against Ice and sign-waving yesterday afternoon and evening that began in Nanakuli and culminated at the Wai'anae High School cafeteria for a free chili and rice dinner, followed by a rough-cut preview of a documentary for teens titled "It's Your Choice," by filmmaker Edgy Lee.

 

align=right hspace=12 alt="Photo courtesy of the Honolulu Advertiser: Joaquin Siopack">Many in attendance were in their teens.

 

Several of those who held signs along Farrington Highway and attended the rally at the school were ice users trying to kick the habit. Jean Savea, 40, said she was a daily ice user for 15 years until she "got sick and tired of it."

 

"I've been sober for 47 days straight — the last time I used was the day after Christmas," said Savea, who has entered a local treatment program and says she can be an inspiration to others. "If I can do it, anybody can do it."

 

Shariece Simbahon also was keeping track of her recent progress.

 

"I have not used for 25 days as of today," said Simbahon, 23, who is expecting a child in mid-May, and had been doing methamphetamine for three or four years. Simbahon said she wanted to make a good home for her new baby and two other children.

 

At the meeting, organizers announced the formation of a new grass-roots organization that will focus its attention on the needs of the families of area addicts and alcoholics. The program will be similar in part to Al-Anon, a fellowship that has for half a century offered hope to friends and family of addicts.

 

The new group, ostensibly known as the Wai'anae Coast Family Education and Counseling Services, will offer meetings the second Thursday of every month to all who want to come, according to attorney Anson Rego, secretary of the organization.

 

"Who knows what it's going to be called next month?" said Rego. "But right now, that's what we're calling it. We're just grass-roots. We're not even nonprofit. We don't have a paid staff. We have no budget. We have no money. Everyone involved will volunteer their time and services."

 

Rego said the first meeting would be at 6 p.m. on March 9 at the Honolulu Community Action Program building, next to the Wai'anae District Park.

 

He said last night's rally is the offshoot of a vociferous community meeting three years ago in which the Wai'anae Coast Pa'i (People Against Ice) was formed.

 

"The initial meeting was a bunch of angry people — addicts and former addicts — giving testimony and saying, 'Do something, government — we've got an epidemic that's been going on here for the last decade or more! We've all been affected, and we're sick of it.' "

 

That meeting highlighted the level of concern among residents in the community, he said. Since then, the Wai'anae Coast Pa'i, in conjunction with the Wai'anae Coast Rotary and substance-abuse program Ho'omau Ke Ola, has worked behind the scenes to address the problem.

 

Now, the time has come to broaden the base, raise awareness and involve the entire community, Rego said. That was part of what yesterday's rally was all about.

 

"It's because we recognize that addiction is a family disease. We're going to begin on March 9 ... and we're going to see how many people come, and we're just going to ask them, 'How can we help you? What do you need?' "

 

Yesterday's rally also was meant to pay tribute to Lee and producer Jeffrey Meuller for their work in bringing the crisis to the attention of the public.

 

"This rally tonight is mainly to make the announcement and to feature Edgy Lee's new film," said Sarah Lindsey, Pa'i president, moments before she spoke to the crowd of more than 200 people.

 

She said she was aware that many in the audience were struggling with ice, and had come from families that had been using methamphetamine for two or three generations.

 

"We didn't come here tonight to rat you out or to get down on you," she said. "We came here to let you know we love you and care about you, and to tell you there is a solution. It's called recovery."

 

Reach Will Hoover at whoover@honoluluadvertiser.com.

 

 

 

 

February 10, 2006

 

Families Fight for Baby's Placenta

Colette P. Fox – cfox@kgmb9.com

 

Some Native Hawaiian families are fighting for the right to take their placentas home from the hospital after childbirth, in keeping with cultural practice.

 

These cases may be rare, but they touch on the deeply felt emotions of Hawaiians who want to perpetuate cultural and religious traditions. That tradition is in conflict with state rules dealing with potentially infectious medical waste.

 

When little Leleapaoo was born at Kaiser Hospital four months ago, her mother wanted her placenta. Kapiolani had given her the placentas after the births of her two older children. So she was surprised when Kaiser said she couldn't have it.

 

"It's very emotional and it's just for her - you know we need this to complete her," said Kihapai Krug.

 

In Western medicine, it's standard practice for hospitals to routinely dispose of the placenta.  But in some Polynesian and Asian cultures, including Hawaiian culture, the placenta has special meaning. And there are special customs to care for it.  One example is burying it.

 

"Placing it back to the honua makes sure that my daughter will never wander," explained Leleapaoo's father, Kalehua Krug.  "She'll never stray and she'll never leave a comfortable environment as set by her ancestors."

 

The Krugs are the second family to encounter this obstacle in recent months.  The first mother denied her placenta by Kaiser was Nohea Stibbard, who now lives in Hilo. 

 

"Something that came out of me, something that provided life for her, and I couldn't have it," said Stibbard. "It was going to be disposed of and burned. That was really hard and I was not going to stand for it." 

 

With the help of the Native Hawaiian Legal Corporation, Stibbard sued the state in federal court. Now the Krugs are following suit. 

 

Moses Haia is an attorney working on the case.

 

"When you establish a policy like this what you are really doing to families...is making them make a choice between going to the hospital and getting the necessary medical care or forgoing those procedures and deciding to go and have the birth at home," Haia said.

 

The state Department of Health says that Kaiser was the first hospital to ask for permission to release the placenta. And after a review of the current rules, the answer was no. But now the Health Department is going through the process of changing the rules to allow families to follow their cultural path. But that process takes time, and now the matter is tied up in court.

 

"It's taken this long because our attentions have been diverted to a court suit that I really don't believe was necessary," said State Health Director Chiyome Fukino. "It was never the department's intent to not do something proactively about this. We fully agree that we need to be culturally sensitive, not just to Native Hawaiian culture, but to many other Polynesian cultures and Asian cultures where this may be an issue."

 

The state Attorney General is reviewing the proposed rule change.  At the same time, a bill is now making its way through the state legislature to allow the release of placentas, provided the mother is free of infection.

 

 

 

 

February 14, 2006

 

Clinic for Indians faces cut in funds

 

By Warren King and Alison Granito
Seattle Times staff reporters

 

More than 7,000 Native Americans in the Seattle area would see cuts in their health care under President Bush's budget proposal, according to an Indian health official.

 

Bush has proposed cutting all of the $33 million that had been requested for the national Urban Indian Health Program, including about $3.5 million for the Seattle Indian Health Board.

 

That would be a 40 percent cut for the Seattle program, the largest of 34 such clinics in the nation, and would cause reductions in services for general medical and dental care, diabetes, mental health, chemical dependency, immunizations and the homeless, said Rebecca Corpuz, associate director of the Seattle Indian Health Board.

 

"I think a lot of people would end up in hospital emergency rooms or receive no care at all," she said. "This doesn't feel good."

 

Bush administration officials said the cuts would be compensated for by a proposed $181 million increase in funds for 1,200 expanded or new community health centers nationwide that serve mostly low-income patients. But federal budget officials said the increase is intended for poor or rural communities with limited health-care access, and Seattle has dozens of clinics for the poor.

 

Kay Garvey, a spokeswoman for the Health Resources and Services Administration, said "it's not likely" any Seattle clinics would qualify for the new funds.

 

Corpuz said the city's Indians and Alaska Natives have many special medical, psychological and cultural needs that should be served by the Indian Health Board, at 12th Avenue South and South Weller Street.

 

"We have a lot of patients who won't go anywhere else," she said. "They worry about finances, what they see as racism, and they're intimidated by the health-care system."

 

Corpuz said about half the clinic's 2,000 dental patients could lose their care, many of them children. The care begins at age 1, including tooth sealants to prevent cavities, and parental education about oral hygiene. Many adults need dentures.

 

"We see some teenagers [who haven't had care] who have lost all their permanent teeth by age 16," Corpuz said.

 

Diabetes, which affects more than 15 percent of American Indians and Alaska Natives, is also a focus of the clinic. A program for about 300 diabetics emphasizes education, diet, exercise and close monitoring of blood-sugar levels. About 200 of the patients who regularly visit the clinic now have the disease under control, Corpuz said.

 

Many mothers and children also depend on the clinic. About 200 women a year receive pregnancy tests, and about 100 babies are delivered through the program. It includes prenatal care and continuing care and nutrition for the mothers and their infants.

 

The infant-mortality rate for Indians and Native Alaskans in King County is 14.9 per 1,000 live births; for all races combined, it's 4.9 per 1,000.

 

"We're trying to make strides in decreasing this rate in Native populations," Corpuz said.

 

Also at the clinic, a mental-health program helps hundreds who suffer from depression or post-traumatic stress disorder. The clinic treats a variety of medical problems of homeless patients. And it operates the Thunderbird Treatment Center for 96 patients with alcohol and drug addiction, including about 16 chronic street alcoholics at any given time.

 

Overall, the clinic logs about 40,000 patient visits a year for its variety of services. More than 70 percent of the patients live at or below the federal poverty level. Often, their efforts to get care elsewhere have been difficult experiences, Corpuz said.

 

"They don't understand where these people are coming from," she said. "The doctor says go get this or that for your kids, but they don't because they can't afford it, and then they don't go back. It makes them feel hopeless, helpless and depressed."

 

In a U.S. House Ways and Means Committee hearing Wednesday, U.S. Rep. Jim McDermott, D-Seattle, pointedly questioned Department of Health and Human Services Secretary Mike Leavitt about elimination of the urban Indian clinics.

 

McDermott said the cutback would force patients to "go from a culturally sensitive clinic that has been dealing with urban Indian problems, and you're going to throw them out ... to compete with other uninsured in the community. There is no justice in that."

 

U.S. Rep. Norm Dicks, D-Bremerton, said he successfully fought off a partial cut to the Urban Indian Health Program last year and vowed to do the same this year.

 

"This is one of those mindless cuts this administration makes because they're spending all this money on defense, on the war," Dicks said. "I think this [cut] would be a tragedy not only in Seattle but all across the country."

 

Congressional committee meetings and budget deliberations could take until fall before a final decision is make on funds for the clinics.

 

Warren King: 206-464-2247 or wking@seattletimes.com

 

 

 

 

Photo courtesy of the Honolulu Star Bulletin: Craig T. Kojima

 

CRAIG T. KOJIMA / CKOJIMA@STARBULLETIN.COM
More than 150 soldiers of the 3rd Brigade Combat Team returned to Makua Valley yesterday for the first time since August 2004 to train. They were only allowed to use blank ammunition. An Army helicopter, one of four, slowed down to drop off soldiers in the training area.

 

February 10, 2006

 

Army plans more burns at Makua

 

Officials say they are needed to complete an environmental study

 

By Gregg K. Kakesako
gkakesako@starbulletin.com

 

The Army still needs to do so-called controlled burns of brush at Makua Valley to complete its required and long-overdue environmental impact statement, a spokesman said yesterday.

 

Lt. Col. Michael Donnelly, 25th Division spokesman, said these controlled brush fires are needed to clear key areas of the 4,190-acre Makua Military Range so the Army can complete its cultural assessment of an area that some Hawaii groups believe is sacred ground. He would not say how many more controlled burns would be needed.

 

Controlled burns at Makua have been a major problem for the Army. In July 2003, under what was supposed to be strict controls, about 2,100 acres were torched when a controlled burn of a planned 500 acres got out of control. The fire destroyed at least 71 endangered plants and 150 acres of designated critical habitat.

 

Donnelly said when future controlled burns are done will depend on favorable weather conditions.

 

He said Army officials hope that by this spring they will complete the detailed environmental study, which was required as part of a 2001 court agreement with Malama Makua, a group of citizens who oppose the military's use of Makua as a training ground.

 

The 2001 settlement allowed the Army to continue limited training in Makua Valley for three years but stipulated that it had to complete an environmental impact study for any additional use.

 

Yesterday, for the first time since August 2004, soldiers returned for ground training at Makua. But the more than 150 soldiers of the 3rd Brigade Combat Team -- from 2nd Battalion, 35th Infantry Regiment's Alpha, Delta and Headquarters & Headquarters companies -- were not allowed to fire live ammunition, just blanks.

 

On Feb. 2, District Judge Susan Mollway denied an Army request to resume live-fire training, which it said was needed to better prepare the 7,000 soldiers the Tropic Lightning Division will deploy to Iraq this summer. Mollway said the Army failed to show that the 25th Infantry Division soldiers would be "inadequately trained" if they were not allowed to use live ammunition in field exercises at Makua Valley.

 

The last time soldiers and Marines were allowed to use live ammunition in Makua was in August 2004. The valley has been used since then only by Schofield Barracks aviators practicing aerial maneuvers.

 

Donnelly said the use of live ammunition is the final step in a lengthy training process that includes sessions using blank ammunition, such as the deliberate raid on a suspected terrorist stronghold that occurred yesterday morning. The final phase is the use of live ammunition.

 

"Live fire is the most challenging and the best preparation for soldiers on the battlefield," he said.

 

 

 

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IN THE CIRCUIT COURT OF THE FIRST CIRCUIT STATE OF HAWAII CIVIL NO. 05-1-1833-10 (BIA) (Other Civil Action) SUMMONS FRANCIS W. K. CHUN, Administrator of the Estate of Mew Ung Au Chun, aka Au Mew Ung Chun, Plaintiff, vs. Kamoa (k), Polani (w), Polani (k), Kuaaina (k), Paikauai (k), Peekauai (k), Kaomea (w), Luhau (k), Lukahili (k), Antone Lukahili (k), Akoni Lukahili (k), Kaleimakalii (w), Kaakolu (w), Makahula (w), Haaheo (w), their heirs and assigns or persons holding under such heirs; The International Church of the Foresquare Gospel; Ernest M. Azama, as Trustee of the Ernest M. Azama unrecorded Semi Revocable Living Trust dated September 10, 1993; Guy S. Azama, as Trustee of the Ernest M. Azama Generation Transfer Trust for Guy S. Azama, an unrecorded Irrevocable Trust dated July 15, 2004; State of Hawaii; City and County of Honolulu; Office of Hawaiian Affairs; JOHN DOES 1-20; JANE DOES 1-20; ALL OTHER PERSONS OR CORPORATIONS UNKNOWN CLAIMING ANY RIGHT, TITLE, ESTATE, LIEN OR INTEREST IN THE REAL PROPERTY DESCRIBED HEREIN; AND TO ALL WHOM IT MAY CONCERN, Defendants. SUMMONS STATE OF HAWAII To Defendant(s): KAMOA (K), POLANI (W), POLANI (K), KUAAINA (K), PAIKAUAI (K), PEEKAUAI (K), KAOMEA (W), LUAHU (K), LUKAHILI (K), ANTONE LUKAHILI (K), AKONI LUKAHILI (K), KALEIMAKALII (W), KAAKOLU (W), MAKAHULA (W), HAAHEO (W), THEIR HEIRS AND ASSIGNS OR PERSONS HOLDING UNDER SUCH HEIRS You are hereby notified that Plaintiff FRANCIS W. K. CHUN Administrator of the Estate of Mew Ung Au Chun, aka Au Mew Ung Chun has filed a Complaint to Quiet Title and for Partition, Injunctive Relief against you in the Circuit Court of the First Circuit, State of Hawaii in Civil No. 05-1-1833-10. YOU ARE HEREBY SUMMONED to appear before the Honorable Bert I Ayabe, Judge of the above-entitled Court, in his courtroom at 777 Punchbowl Street, 4th Floor, Honolulu, Hawaii, on TUESDAY the 21st day of March, 2006, at 9:00 o'clock a.m. of said day or to file an answer or other response and serve it before said day upon MICHAEL L. LAM of the law firm of Case Bigelow & Lombardi, attorneys for Plaintiff FRANCIS W.K. CHUN Administrator of the Estate of Mew Ung Au Chun, aka Au Mew Ung Chun, whose address is Pacific Guardian Center, Mauka Tower, 737 Bishop Street, Suite 2600, Honolulu, Hawaii 96813. If you fail to do so, judgment by default may be taken against you for the relief demanded in the Complaint to Quiet Title and for Partition, Injunctive Relief. DATED: Honolulu, Hawaii, January 17, 2006. R. HIGA CLERK OF THE ABOVE-ENTITLED COURT (Hon. Adv.: Feb. 3, 10, 17, 24, 2006) (A-328455) Posted on 2/3/2006

 

 

IN THE CIRCUIT COURT OF THE THIRD CIRCUIT STATE OF HAWAII SUMMONS TO DEFENDANTS Solomona Haaheo Kailihiwa (k); John Haaheo; Eliza Kailihiwa (k), aka Elijah Kailihiwa; Fanny Kapoka (w); Susana Kailihiwa; Ather Wahia (k), aka Arthur Wahie; William M. Kailihiwa, their respective Heirs or Assigns; Doe Defendants 1-20; and All Whom It May Concern: YOU ARE HEREBY NOTIFIED that Plaintiff Richard H. Nervik has filed a complaint in the Third Circuit Court, State of Hawaii, Civil No. 06-1-012K, to quiet title to that portion of Royal Patent Grant Number 3428, issued to D.H. Nahinu, situate at Hookena, County and State of Hawaii, located within TMK (3) 8-6-013-045. YOU ARE HEREBY SUMMONED to appear in the courtroom of the Honorable Elizabeth A. Strance, Judge of the Third Circuit Court, in her courtroom at 79-1020 Haukapila Street, Room 240, Kealakekua, Hawai`i 96750, on April 17, 2006 at 8:00 A.M., or to file an answer or other pleading and serve it before said day upon Plaintiff's attorney, Philip J. Leas, whose address is Cades Schutte LLP, 1000 Bishop Street, Suite 1200, Honolulu, HI 96813. If you fail to do so, judgment by default will be rendered against you for the relief demanded in the Complaint. DATED: Kealakekua, Hawai i, January 23, 2006. C. GANDALIRA CLERK, THIRD CIRCUIT COURT (Hon. Adv.: Feb. 3, 10, 17, 24, 2006) (A-328295) Posted on 2/3/2006

 

 

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