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Pearl Harbor Hawaiian Civic Club

February 2015 Newsletter

2015 MITCHELL PEI AWARD WINNER

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Next General Membership Meeting

Thursday, February 26, 2015

6:30 p.m.

Halawa District Park Gym

The menu will be Luau Stew made by Immediate Past

President, Charles Kapua. BRING YOUR OWN POI! Please

bring rice, water, salad and dessert. Call Charlie and let him

know what you are planning to bring at 479-3263.

In this newsletter……………..

President’s Message 2

March Meeting Date - March 19 3

PHHCC Installation 4

Silent Auction 6

King Lunalilo Ali‘i Sunday 7

Great Aloha Run - February 16 8

Prince Kuhio Ho‘ike‘ike and Parade 8

Aunty Jessie Cavaco 9

Mitchell Pei Award Winner 10

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PEARL HARBOR

HAWAIIAN CIVIC CLUB

“E Paepae I Luna Loa I Ka

Malamalama”

“Hold High the Light of Knowledge” Chartered: April 16, 1964

President’s Message

Aloha mai Kakou!

Your Club leadership has been very busy. The Pearl Harbor

Hawaiian Civic Club truly leads the Club's in leadership positions.

We started off the year with the Oahu Council Meeting on the 10th

of January with four of our members in leadership and committee

chairmanship positions. January 16-18th the Association

of Hawaiian Civic Club's Board had a Retreat at St Stephen's

Seminary and our Club has five members in leadership and

committee chairmanships on that level as well. We had two Ali‘i

Sundays, our Board of Director's Meeting, our Installation

Luncheon and attended the Lunalilo Home sold out Luau. Four of

the five Saturdays we were engaged in attending Hawaiian Civic

Club events. I want to thank all of you who attended these events.

I want to thank Lorna Pacheco and Cheryl Kapua in co-chairing

the Silent Auction for our Installation Luncheon; a job well

done. Be sure to read Lorna's article in this newsletter. I want to

thank Michael Kapua and our floral committee; Charles Kapua,

Carol Rosa, Carol Lee, and the Hanabusa Ohana for the beautiful

flowers and fauna. I also want to thank Maydeen Maika

and Charles Kapua for taking care of the reception table.

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This month we attended Aunty Jessie Cavaco's funeral and

seven of us were able to bid a fond Aloha to another outstanding

Kupuna who has left a big footprint in our Club.

We will be participating in the Great Aloha Run on the 16th of

February and I hope many of you will be able to make that event.

Remember we will be manning the second water station at the

corner of Nimitz and Pu‘uloa Road. Wear your club t-shirts.

Our General Meeting will be held on Thursday, February 26,

2015 at Halawa Gym and I look forward to seeing all of you there.

We will be having a speaker on the Hawai‘i Health Connector.

Come and find out how you can possibly get a better health plan or

get a plan if you don't already have one. I look forward to seeing

you all soon.

Aloha,

Toni Lee

President

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OUR MARCH GENERAL MEBERSHIP MEETING

Please mark your calendars. The meeting in March is going to

be earlier in the month. The date is March 19, 2015. It is a week

earlier because the Gym is not available.

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Cover Photo Caption

"Congratulations to Dan Kalili who follows his daughter

- Dreana's footsteps who won the Mitchell Pei Award in

2011"

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PEARL HARBOR HAWAIIAN CIVIC CLUB

INSTALLATION

The Pearl Harbor Hawaiian Civic Club held it's Installation

Luncheon at the Pomaika‘i Ballroom at Iwilei on Saturday,

January 24, 2015. The luncheon was well attended and we were

very honored to have the Association of Hawaiian Civic Club's

President, Annelle Amaral and Past President of the Oahu Council

and the Association Jalna Keala in attendance. Our own member,

Kahu Kaina, was the Installing Officer. The entertainment was

provided by Ku‘uipo Kumukahi and the Hawaiian Music Hall of

Fame Serenaders they were outstanding. The group consisted

of Uncle Joe Winchester, Ku‘uipo and Doctor Issac Akuna. The

food was "ono" and the meat just melted in your mouth. Everyone

raved about the food and the great portions that were served. We

had great door prizes and the silent auction did very well. Lorna

Pacheco and Cheryl Kapua did a fabulous job. Mahalo to all of the

club members that donated items for the auction.

Board members, Chrissy Anjo, Jennifer Gomes, Pohai Keli‘ia‘a and Miu Lan Oman

Our Mitchell Pei award winner was Dan Kalili and the award

was presented by Michael Kapua who was last year's recipient.

Ho‘omaika‘i Dan!

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The luncheon was fantastic and we also want to thank Myrna

Akana for the lei that she donated for the Installation.

Kahu Kaina Installs PHHCC's 2015 Officers at the Pomaika‘i Ballroom in Iwilei, Saturday, January 24, 2015.

DUES

It is time to pay your dues again if you haven't already paid

them. The adult dues are $20 and the Opio are $10. Please send

them to:

PEARL HARBOR HAWAIIAN CIVIC CLUB

P. O. BOX 66

AIEA, HAWAI`I 96701

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SILENT AUCTION

Mahalo to all who donated and purchased items at our installation

banquet. As a result, we were able to make $750. Another $100

came from flowers and ‘gently used’ items. All of the other

donated items were sold at a garage sale adding another $100, for a

grand total of $950.00.

After banquet expenses are deducted, the rest of the monies will go

into our scholarship fund. Big mahalo again to all who

participated with time, talent, treasure and most of all a generous

heart. Mahalo to Lorna Pacheco and Cheryl Kapua for

coordinating this successful effort.

Lorna Pacheco - Silent Auction Chair poses in front of one of the beautiful floral arrangements by Michael Kapua.

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KING WILLIAM CHARLES LUNALILO

ALI‘I SUNDAY

Pearl Harbor Members attended the Ali‘i Sunday in honor of King

William Charles Lunalio and presented ho‘okupu to him in his

Tomb on Sunday, January 25, 2015. Attending the service was

Charles Kapua, Moana Sanders, Ka‘iulani and Monte Hess and

Toni Lee joined by other members Ku‘ulei Reyes, Nola Nahulu

and the Kanahele Ohana. Members also attended the sold out

Annual Luau celebrating his Birthday on Saturday, January 31,

2015. In attendance were Charles, Michael and Puna Kapua,

Maydeen Maika, Beatrice Kealoha, Donald Keawe, Toni Lee,

Carol Rosa, Paulie Jennings and Moana Sanders. PHHCC donated

four large boxes of food and sheets and pillow cases to the home.

The food was "ono" and the entertainment was awesome. A

celebration truly benefitting "The People's King".

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GREAT ALOHA

RUN

Final Call! The Great

Aloha Run is Monday,

February 16, 2015 and

PHHCC is manning Water

Station #2 in front of Harley

Davidson on Nimitz and

Pu`uloa. We will be

meeting there at 5:00 am

with our red PHHCC shirts!

If you can, please bring

cardboard soda boxes as well as water pitchers! If you didn’t sign

up, mai hopohopo (don’t worry), hele mai! It’s a chance for us to

get together as a club, volunteer for our community and cheer on

the runners as we pass out water!

Contact: tyffiny@hawaii.edu

HO‘IKE‘IKE & PARADE

Our Club will once again be participating in the Prince Jonah

Kuhio Kalaniana‘ole Floral Parade that will be held on Saturday,

March 28, 2015 at 9:00 a.m. The parade will start at Saratoga

and Kalakaua Avenue. Our Mitchell Pei Award winner will be

riding in a convertible.

Our Club will also have a booth in Kapi‘olani Park after the

parade from 10:00 a.m. to 4:00 pm. We will be selling Poi Mochi,

Samurai Ice Cream. Chairing the Booth will be Jennifer Gomes.

Please mark your calendars and plan on coming down to work in

our booth. It will be fun and there will be outstanding

entertainment all day with other food booths and arts and craft

demonstrations.

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"Kulu ka waimaka, ue ka opua" "The tears fall, the clouds weep"

in loving memory of our beloved member and friend, Aunty Jessie

Cavaco who now sleeps from season to season in the house of the

Lord. Members that attended her funeral were, Aunty Betty and

Uncle Sam Keli‘ia‘a, Charles Kapua, Mana and Karen Kanahele,

Moana Sanders and Toni Lee. Toni spoke on Aunty Jessie's

involvement in our club and Moana led those in attendance to sing

the Doxology in Hawaiian. We have missed Aunty Jessie, but

shall always cherish the memories we have of her.

Aloha no Aunty Jessie.

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MITCHELL PEI AWARD WINNER 2014

DANIEL KALILI

THE MITCHELL PEI AWARD IS GIVEN OUT EVERY YEAR TO THE MEMBER THAT IS THE OUTSTANDING MEMBER OF THE YEAR. THE MEMBER SELECTED MUST BE A MEMBER IN GOOD STANDING WITH THE CLUB AND A MEMBER FOR AT LEAST FIVE YEARS BEFORE BEING SELECTED. A MEMBER CAN ONLY WIN THIS AWARD ONCE. AFTER BEING SELECTED AS THE OUTSTANDING MEMBER OF THE YEAR THEY ARE EXPECTED TO BE OUTSTANDING FOREVER MORE. THE RECIPIENT CHOSEN THIS YEAR IS A MEMBER IN GOOD STANDING AND HAS PAID THEIR DUES. CLUB PARTICIPATION (COMMITTEES, MEETINGS, ETC.): THIS MEMBER IS AN OFFICER IN OUR CLUB AND PARTICIPATES IN ALMOST EVERYTHING THAT OUR CLUB IS INVOLVED IN. THIS MEMBER PARTICIPATES IN THE GREAT ALOHA RUN, OUR KUHIO DAY PARADE AND THE ALOHA FESTIVAL PARADE, THE HO`IKE`IKE, THE KING KAMEHAMEHA CELEBRATION HULA COMPETITION THE STRINGING OF LEI FOR OUR BELOVED QUEEN LILI`UOKALANI ON HER BIRTHDAY, ATTENDS SOME OF THE ALI`I SUNDAYS AND OUR FOOD DRIVES FOR LUNALILO HOME. THIS MEMBER IS ALSO A VERY GOOD COOK AND IS ALWAYS WILLING AND ABLE TO PROVIDE US FOOD AT OUR MEETINGS AND ACTIVITIES. WE HAD A NEW COMMUNITY PROJECT THIS YEAR OF CLEANING BLAISDELL PARK AND THIS MEMBER STEPPED RIGHT UP TO THE PLATE AND HELPED TO LET EVERYONE IN OUR CLUB KNOW ABOUT THE PROJECT BECAUSE THE DATES WERE CHANGED AND IT WAS A LAST MINUTE ASSIGNMENT FOR OUR CLUB. THIS WAS VERY IMPORTANT FOR THE SUCCESS OF THIS PROJECT AND HELPED OUR CLUB TO REALIZE A $1,000 PAYMENT FROM MATSON TO GET THE JOB DONE ON SUCH A VERY SHORT FUSE ASSIGNMENT. HE ALSO VOLUNTEERS EVERY YEAR TO COME OUT AND HELP AT THE KING KAMEHAMEHA CELEBRATION HULA COMPETITION. IN THE

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PLANNING OF OUR CLUB’S 50TH ANNIVERSARY THIS YEAR THIS MEMBER WITHOUT HESITATION STEPPED UP TO VOLUNTEER FOR THE DECORATING AND SET UP COMMITTEE. QUALITY OF PARTICIPATION (DEDICATION, CHAIRMANSHIPS, ETC.): THIS MEMBER TOOK ON THE JOB OF PUTTING THE NEWSLETTER TOGETHER AND MAILING IT OUT WHEN HE GOT INVOLVED WITH OUR CLUB. THIS IS A HUGE KULEANA TO TAKE ON AND HE VERY WILLINGLY TOOK ON THE TASK. EVEN IF THIS MEMBER IS UNABLE TO COME OUT TO PARTICIPATE WITH THE CLUB BECAUSE OF HIS WORK SCHEDULE, THIS MEMBER WILL STEP UP AND VOLUNTEER WHEREEVER THE HELP IS NEEDED. HE WILL PARTICIPATE, GATHER WHAT THE CLUB NEEDS TO ACCOMPLISH OUR KULEANA AND DELIVER WHAT HE HAS VOLUNTEEREED TO PROVIDE TO WHERE THEY NEEDED TO BE. THAT IS REAL DEDICATION. MOST MEMBERS IF THEY CAN’T MAKE THE EVENT THEY JUST WON’T GET INVOLVED. IF HE TAKES ON THE KULEANA HE MAKES IT HIS PRIORITY TO GET IT DONE AND DOES IT WITH A LOT OF ALOHA. PERPETUATION OF HAWAIIANA (IDEALS OF CLUB, ETC): IT IS VERY IMPORTANT TO THIS MEMBER TO SHARE HIS ALOHA TO HIS CLUB. HE IS ALWAYS WILLING TO SHARE HIS CULTURE AND THE SPIRIT OF ALOHA TRULY IN THE IDEALS OF OUR CLUB. BY HELPING US WITH OUR VARIOUS PROJECTS WHETHER HE IS THERE OR NOT HE IS HELPING US TO RAISE MONEY FOR OUR SCHOLARSHIP FUND THAT HELPS OUR CLUB TO BE ABLE TO OFFER SCHOLARSHIPS TO OUR FUTURE LEADERS OF OUR CLUB AND HAWAII NEI. COMMUNITY INVOLVEMENT (OTHER THAN CLUB ACTIVITIES, ETC.) THIS MEMBER IS A DEACON AT THE AUWAIOLIMU CONGREGATIONAL CHURCH WHERE HIS FATHER IS THE KAHU. HE VOLUNTEERED TO CLEAN THE CHURCH, WRITES THEIR BULLETINS, COOKS FOR THEM MANAGES THE FOOD PANTRY,

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PLANS THEIR RETREATS, COOKS FOR THE CONGREGATION THAT ATTENDS AND GIVES SERMONS. EVERY YEAR, THIS MEMBER VOLUNTEERS AT WORK FOR THE KUPUNA HAWAIIAN CAUCUS. HE HAS ALSO PREPARED A HAWAIIAN LUNCH FOR THAT CAUCUS EACH YEAR. HE ALWAYS DONATES FOOD FOR THE FOOD BASKETS THAT OUR CLUB PUTS TOGETHER FOR THANKSGIVING, AND CHRISTMAS THAT WE GIVE TO OUR MEMBERS IN NEED AND LUNALILO HOME. HE HAS VOLUNTEERED EVERY YEAR FOR THE LAST FIVE YEARS INCLUDING THIS YEAR, TO ASSIST IN THE PRINCE KUHIO FLORAL PARADE, THE KING KAMEHAMEHA CELEBRATION HULA COMPETITION, MAKING LEI FOR OUR BELOVED QUEEN LILI`UOKALANI’S STATUE, THE ALOHA FESTIVALS FLORAL PARADE DECORATED VEHICLES AND HELPING WITH THE LINE UP. IF AN EVENT OR A FUNCTION NEEDS A COOK OR NEEDS A DESSERT HE IS ALWAYS WILLING TO BE ACCOMMODATING AND GETS IT DONE. PERSONAL QUALITIES (PERSONALITY, ALOHA SPIRIT, SUPPORTER OF CLUB GOALS AND OBJECTIVES, ENTHUSIASM): DANIEL KALILI AS YOU HAVE READ HAS VERY WONDERFUL PERSONAL QUALITIES THAT SHOWS THROUGH HIS PERSONALITY, ALOHA SPIRIT AND HIKI NO ATTITUDE. NO TASK IS TOO BIG FOR THIS PEARL HARBOR HAWAIIAN CIVIC CLUB MEMBER. HE GET’S INVOLVED IN MANY ASPECTS OF OUR CLUB’S ACTIVITIES AND THE ACTIVITIES IN THE COMMUNITY AT LARGE AND HIS CHURCH. HE BELIEVES IN THE GOALS AND OBJECTIVES OF OUR CLUB, TO EDUCATE OUR YOUTH, TEACH THE MALIHINI AND KAMA`AINA AS WELL ABOUT OUR CULTURE AND THE SPIRIT OF ALOHA. THE PEARL HARBOR HAWAIIAN CIVIC CLUB IS SO BLESSED TO HAVE DAN KALILI IN OUR CLUB. I AM HAPPY TO ANNOUNCE TO YOU THAT DANIEL KALILI IS THE RECIPIENT OF THE PEARL HARBOR HAWAIIAN CIVIC CLUB MITCHELL PEI AWARD FOR 2014.