We held a short general membership meeting on Saturday, August 28, from 5 to 6 pm on Zoom. We touched briefly on: 

• News from Ulupo and Hui Maunawili-Kawainui.
• Feeding Kailua's Houseless on Tuesday, August 31. 
• News (or not?) of an Oʻahu Council Resolution update.
• The AoHCC Convention Huakaʻi to Ulupo on Monday, November 1. 
• The AoHCC Convention to be held on November 3 to 7 at the Hilton Hawaiian Village. We've enlisted our six delegates and still have openings for up to six alternates. If you are interested, please let us know by Saturday, August 28. Given the uncertainties of the virus and its spread, we don't plan on rushing into anything. 
• A last call for scholarship donations.

Although most of this business could have conducted via Mailchimp, we confessed to simply wanting to touch bases with everyone. We didn't meet last month. and we don't have a meeting scheduled for September. Three months without even a little zoom-style face-to-face is a bit disheartening, so we found comfort in saying hello, sharing how-are-yous, and listening to familiar voices.

Mahalo plenty to the members of our KHCC/HMI cleanup crew for their volunteer work at Mauna ʻAla this Sunday morning. In the words of an oli for KaukinI: "ʻO ke aliʻi wale nō kaʻu makemake." 

From our Mailchimp email archive:

Aloha e na hoa makamaka,
 
We've decided to cancel this Saturday's General Membership meeting. There isn't enough club business to warrant an hour of everyone's time – all of our agenda can either be deferred until August 28 or taken care of in this email – and we could really use the afternoon to work on HMI's upcoming ʻuniki.

No laila, here are three event reminders, a poll, and a happy scholarship update:

1. Mauna ʻAla cleanup, Sunday, July 25: We have our crew lined up, but there is still room for a sweeper/duster/wiper or two. Let us know by this Saturday, 6-17, if you are willing.

2.  Oʻahu Council virtual convention, Saturday, August 7: Ken and Kilin have expressed interest; three more delegate slots are available to KHCC. Let us know by Friday, 6-23, if you'd like to participate.

3.  AHCC Convention at Hilton Hawaiian Village, November 3-7: We've enlisted our six delegates, but still have openings for up to six alternates. If you are interested, please let us know by Saturday, August 28.

Meeting Poll:  we are anxious to assemble live and in person at Ulupo for our Saturday, August 28, GM meeting.  But we will only do so under the following conditions: 1) all in attendance are fully vaccinated and arrive wearing masks, 2) we have at least 10 participants.  Please let us know by August 21 (a week before we meet) if you'd like to join us. If it's a "go," we'll plan to meet, eat, and garden at the foot of the heiau – and we will do our best to conduct the formal meeting with a hotspot, camera, laptop, and zoom link for those at home. If it's a "no go," we'll run the usual 5 to 6 pm zoom meeting from our hale.

Happy Scholarship update:  We've been hoping to scrape-up a $1000 in order to bring our 2021-22 scholarship fund to the level necessary to continue awarding our Trask-Mahoe, Rose (Charlie is pictured below), and Burrows scholarships in the usual amounts. Not too easy, we thought, under the covid restrictions that prevent us from holding a Poi & Papale fundraiser. Well, we were very wrong!  Donations are currently at $1100, thanks in large part to Judy Mick, Doc and Clara Burrows, and Kawena Simmons who put us over the top before we even got our campaign rolling. Speaking of which: If you would like to make a donation of your own – to help us lay a 2022-23 scholarship nest egg – we'll be thrilled to accept checks made out to Kailua Hawaiian Civic - Scholarship Fund, and mailed to:
Kailua Hawaiian Civic Club
PO Box 1123 
Kailua, HI 96734

Mahalo, as always, for your attention, patience, and loyalty.
Mapuana (and Kihei)

ʻO Hale Kealoha ke kipuka ʻoiwi o Kailua i ke oho o ka Malanai.
Although the front page of this morning's Star Advertiser was filled with nostalgic references to the now-closed Pali Lanes, there was not a single mention of its ground-level tenant. Of Hale Kealoha. Of what, in our minds, was the true kipuka ʻoiwi – the refuge/oasis - of our Kailua, Koʻolaupoko lahui. There is no tallying the ways that Tammy and Danny Smith have helped and hosted us, have gathered us in celebration and service, have given us a place to be ourselves. There is, however, more than a hint of HK's kipuka action referenced in the photo below: a Poi & Papale fundraiser for our civic club where half the full-house audience stands up, impromptu, to join Chad, Zack, and Nick in "Hanohano Wailea," our anthem of rememberʻs victory over forget. No way will we forget Hale Kealoha. Nor will we ever fail to answer a kahea from the Smith ʻohana to rally, re-imagine, and rebuild.

From Ken Ordenstein, our Oʻahu council representative: "Good day today. The lei in hand and being placed to encircle the base of Kuhios statue are ho'okupu from the Hawaiian Civic Club of Waimanalo, the Kailua Hawaiian Civic Club, and the Ko'olaupoko Hawaiian Civic Club. The three clubs are in the moku of Ko'olaupoko."

The OHA newspaper of January 23, 1988, reported on a dedication ceremony at Ulupo Heiau during which the City and County of Honolulu granted curatorship of the heiau to KHCC.
Chris Faria was our club's president, and Charlie Rose was our Ulupo chair and main mover-shaker. This photo at the end of the report identifies Mapuana de Silva as delivering an oli at the event – and, yes, that's Frank Fasi to her right.  The entire article can be accessed here on the Papakilo website.