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<br /> - n - <br /> KAWANANAKOARECREATIONAL COMPLEX Time____----y/--- BY------------ - <br /> Date-------- ~ -q-Z-------°------ <br /> County Council <br /> KEAUKAHA HAWAIIAN HOME LANDS RESIDENTIAL LAND <br /> HUALANIPARK <br /> BORDERED BY PUA AVENUE, TODD AVENUE, BAKER AVENUE AND <br /> KEAUKAHA ELEMENTARY SCHOOL ON DESHA AVENUE <br /> THE KAWANANAKOA RECREATIONAL COMPLEX IS A PROJECT THAT IS <br /> URGENTLY NEED. YOU HAVE HEARD MANY VOICES AND OPINIONS <br /> EXPRESSED, AND TODAY, I ADDRESS YOU IN MATTERS THAT ARE OF <br /> HISTORICAL NATURE. <br /> I AM ELEANOR KALAWAI'A AHUNA. AS A KUPUNA, I AM OBLIGED TO <br /> SHARE MY MANA'O WITH YOU ON SEVERAL POINTS. <br /> 1. KAWANANAKOA HALL WAS BUILT TO ACCOMMODATE THE NEEDS <br /> OF A VERY SMALL COMMUNITY IN THE 19305 . IT SERVED AS A <br /> GATHERING PLACE FOR MEETINGS, LUAUS, SOCIAL AFFAIRS, PASSIVE <br /> GAMES, AND ALSO SERVED AS A PRESCHOOL KINDERGARTEN WHERE <br /> MANY OF OUR CHILDREN WERE FIRST INTRODUCED TO THEIR ABC's. <br /> KAWANANAKOA HALL WAS LOCATED IN A HOLLOW WHERE THE HILO <br /> SEWER PLANT IS LOCATED ON KALANIANAOLE AVE. I AM SURE YOU <br /> HAVE ALREADY HEARD MANY TIMES ABOUT HOW T'HE 1946 APRIL FOOL'S <br /> DAY TIDAL WAVE LITERALLY PICKLED UP THAT ENTIRE STRUCTURE AND <br /> SET IT UP ON HIGHER GROUND ON THE BREAKWATER ROAD BLOCKING <br /> KALANIANAOLE AVENUE LEAVING ENOUGH ROOM FOR ONLY ONE WAY <br /> TRAFFIC . THE HALL WAS SAVED FOR OUR COMMUNITY. LATER ON, IT <br /> WAS TAKEN TO ITS PRESENT SITE. NOW, THAT'S HISTORY THAT <br /> EVERYBODY KNOW S. <br /> NOW LET'S REHEARSE OUR COMMUNITY HISTORY SINCE THE RISE OF <br /> KEAUKAHA'S REVITALIZATION IN THE EARLY 70'S. <br /> 1. EFFORTS WERE MADE TO CREATE A LIGHT INDUSTRY/ <br /> COMMERCIAL AREA IN KEAUKAHA CREATING GREAT STRESS ON OUR <br /> COMMUNITY. WERE IT NOT FOR THE CONSCIENTIOUS, PERSEVERING <br /> EFFORTS OF T'HE KEAUKAKA PANAEWA COMMUNITY ASSOCIATION <br /> BOARD MEMBERS AND MY HUSBAND ALBERT K. AHUNA SR., KEAUKAHA <br /> WOULD HAVE BEEN LOST US AS OUR RESIDENTIAL 'HOME' LANDS. <br /> 2. WE HAVE SUFFERED AND ENDURED THE STENCH OF THE SEWAGE <br /> SYSTEM HERE IN KEAUKAHA FOR YEARS, AND EVEN WITH OUR MANY, <br /> MANY COMPLAINTS, ONLY ANOTHER INTRUSION ON OUR AINA HAS <br /> ALLEVIATED OUR PROBLEM WHICH WAS TRULY YOURS TO BEGIN WITH. <br /> x0. 13 . o~ <br /> l7le xo. FN D <br /> ~q, ~~Presented co .,v~,~ <br /> int. FEB 7 1997 <br /> <br />