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8EP-14-2007 05:45A FROM: BIG I6'LRND l_ERK DETE 808-929-?545 70:9618912 Hawaii Tribune-Herald Halo, Hawaii l'ag: ~ - ` ® P~L't6us'i1G l)18[!.u Search: Beard, "'n'4~ i Li ARCHIVES suneay, 6eptember o:, zoos Fmdd This $rory I l} Pnnt This Story (Q SubSCnb¢ I Cf R¢tprn TO Sedrth R¢xul'S Homo Ka'u elder Hanna ets her own da Loeel Nawa 8 y e-Editlo0 SunneK r~pp[mna¢r 2, 2nW B'l]AtA IIiT 3," Opinion by Jahn BUmett C l e a s l! i e tl a Trlbwre-Harald Stall Wrltn nr;taoa 5 u b m I t e n A d You might not have known unlea you wefe at the first day of We Malama Punaluu Culture and G e I e D ra e 1 o n e Music Festival In Na'u, Dut Sep[- 1 has been declartd 9Ne Henna Day' throughout Hawalf. Photos Gov. Undo LingleY prockmatlon honored the a4-year-d0 Hanoa, a HBwalian educator end kupuna who's president of ka'u Preservation, an organhation dedlcatetl to preserving the rural llt4;lyle of 5 p o r t~ the Bfg Island's southernmost dis[rfa. F aetu roe -h, ewes SO Mrllled roar the ovemor has etYon g a9.c, e..,cmc~• O b i t u o r l o e recagntled In a real forrnal way -her support for A r c h I v e e the preservetlon of Punaltw, and Date's work has been recognised M a way that, I mink, vnli. ae everlasting; sold DanrW MIUer, a Wdeogrepher and a vok+nteer for the festival that began g u b a e r1 b a Saturday and LTlntlnlfes today. F o r u m n Bob Lindsey, 81g Island trustee far me Offke of Hawaiian ANalrs and County Coundlman 0ao N o w e p e p o r o JacoMOn presented the proclamation to Hanoa before a crowd of about 2,SDD. rn education Jac treline q SkylarK Rossetti, who Is emceeing the festival with fellow KAPA radio personaltry L a g a I Canter Tammy'KaMMna' Chirp, read the proclamation tome audlexe to what Miller called 'bun and enmvslastic appUUSe ; Advartl•l~g p b o u t U a '1 was Just owed because mts Wdma11 has date w mra9t, and [a be tlnally ret:ogntzed by Chu state o/ Howell was Just so awesome; Rossetti saki. lye are celebrating this wonderfW day far ih.k 6 u b m 11 Not 1 e o woman who is fighting to preserve the Na'u coastline for all the people of Hewall." of Camplation r, Fesmral organizer Jlm Spielman kept the prodnma[bn a secret from Hanoa, who was [okf U*+s was i ~~~sssrrr,,, needed on-stage for other purposes. CMUq_ 7 •At mY age, to receive recrpMtion Ifke tMS, 1 think RS an honor; Hanoa Bard. "1 was surprnec iTai the governor would do that td like to thank her very much." CoudfD alflpuvi ti Hanoa sold that Lingle has shtrvm her support for KaL Preservationk efforts to keep a confnitlum, o preul Ptmv to rtnrH including Jean Michel Cousteau, from developing a 434-acre resort at Punaluu that would tnciude Naw garraltLe two hoteLC wlm 150 rooms and 1,050 homes. beta inr~glTM She sent us a letter saying that she would Ilke to see the Punaluu Lroastllne preserved,' Hance saki. 'But 1 guess the people vAth money donY mMk about that- They stilt would prefer todevelop fMtMawC the coastline. ICS so sad, because Chars the only beach that we nave In the district of Ka'u, and gMnro "at+aaiMe thst's the only beach theYs accesaMe for the tourists td come down and Wslt a black sand beach, and 1t's the haDlWt of the native hawksbill (turtle). ICY their nesting grauM from Punalua n:. .~IWNNg InyMaaki Nlnoole. So matt me reason we snoul0 take [are of It acrd Hoc destroy U.' APt'LP:1'ODAYI Henna's daughter, Neola Hanoa, who Bled fast year at age 45, had sDeameaded the efforts td knee the peach to its present undeveloped state. Ka'u Preservation also presented Pele Nanoa wr':h a y gt„w,,: a,;; ; 'Founders Award' pWque engraved with a bona (turtle), the symbol of Ka'u Preserva0on. Irt•nla Harroa w» %aL Presenatton's lounder. Online Partners 'Toot was really nke of mem to Honor net. For me, 14 Mwayf appreciate Chac; Hanoa saki. "l'm West f+awan Today tarMna on her kgaty. Her mhslon was to save me KeL coastline and Yen helping to contfiue lay Ye98F rpm Carrylfp [hat OaC: htxp:!/www.hawaiitrittune-hera(d.com/aRicles/2007/09/02ltocal news/localOS.txt i" l ' I J ~t